Outros livros que poderiam interessá-lo

• 

  Deforestation - The Silent...

  Marcus Klein

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  Forests are among the Earth’s most precious resources, spanning vast landscapes and serving as critical lifelines for countless species, including humanity. Their towering trees and dense undergrowth form a complex ecosystem that sustains biodiversity, provides essential resources, and regulates the natural processes that make life possible. Yet, beneath this quiet resilience, forests face an ongoing crisis. The relentless clearing of these vital ecosystems, known as deforestation, has become one of the greatest threats to our planet’s delicate balance.  
    
  Deforestation is the systematic removal of forested areas for purposes such as agriculture, logging, mining, and urban development. While forests have been cleared throughout history to make way for human settlements and progress, the scale of destruction in modern times far surpasses anything seen before. Once regarded as boundless, forests are now disappearing at a rate that defies imagination. Landscapes that took centuries to form can be leveled in days, leaving behind scars that may take generations to heal—if they ever do.  
    
  Forests are far more than clusters of trees; they are intricate systems where every plant, animal, and microorganism plays a role in sustaining life. When a forest is lost, its inhabitants—many of which are found nowhere else on Earth—are left without refuge. Fragile ecosystems collapse, species are driven toward extinction, and the harmony that once thrived among living organisms begins to unravel. But the consequences extend far beyond the forest’s borders. Rivers dry up as watersheds lose their protective canopies, soils erode without the roots that once anchored them, and communities dependent on forests for food, medicine, and shelter face an uncertain future. 

  Ver livro

• 

  The Back Story on Spine Care - A...

  Dr. Drew Bednar

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  A practical and occasionally provocative look at the state of spinal surgical care 
   
   
   
  Just a few decades ago most spine surgery was literally a gamble: maybe you'd get better and maybe you wouldn't. Today we have the knowledge, understanding, and technology to predictably relieve pain and neurological deficits like never before—yet many patients are still getting subpar care. 
   
   
   
  Foundational knowledge of surgical spine care isn't spreading to the medical community, let alone to patients, whose quality of life hangs in the balance. With The Back Story on Spine Care, orthopedic specialist Dr. Drew Bednar presents case studies that illuminate the common issues plaguing patients—and their treatment—today. 
   
   
   
  Back problems are among the most common health issues, and with Dr. Bednar's insights, knowledge, and practical tips, medical professionals can provide care that leads to healthier backs and happier lives.

  Ver livro

• 

  Stalking the Great Killer -...

  Larry C. Floyd, Joseph H. Bates

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  Stalking the Great Killer is the story of Arkansas's struggle to control tuberculosis, and how the state became a model in its treatment of the disease. 
   
   
   
  To place the story of tuberculosis in Arkansas in historical perspective, the authors trace the origins of the disease. Arkansas suffered some of the worst ravages of the disease, and the authors argue that many of the improvements in the state's medical infrastructure grew out of the desperate need to control it. 
   
   
   
  In the early twentieth century, Arkansas established a sanatorium and thirty years later, the segregated Black sanitorium. These institutions helped slow the disease but at a cost: removed from families and communities, patients suffered from the isolation. Joseph Bates saw this when he delivered an uncle to the sanitorium in the 1940s. In the 1960s, Bates, now a physician, and his colleague Paul Reagan overcame a resistant medical-political system to develop a new approach to treating the disease. 
   
   
   
  In the age of Covid-19, this history offers valuable lessons about community involvement in public health, the potential efficacy of public-private partnerships, and the importance of leadership in the battle to eradicate disease.

  Ver livro

• 

  A Little Bit of Land

  Jessica Gigot

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  From midwifing new lambs to harvesting basil, Jessica Gigot invites the reader into her life on a small farm and the uncommon road that led her there. Fascinated by farming and the burgeoning local food movement, she spent her twenties wandering the Pacific Northwest, interning at small farms and doing graduate work in horticulture, always with an eye towards learning as much as she could about how and why people farm. Despite numerous setbacks and the many challenges of farming, she created a family and farm life defined by resilience and a genuine love of the land.   
  In A Little Bit of Land, Gigot explores the intricacies of small-scale agriculture in the Pacific Northwest and the changing role of women in this male-dominated industry. Gigot alternates between chapters describing joys, routines, and challenges of farm life and chapters reflecting on her formative experiences in agriculture, on farms and in classrooms from Ashland to the Skagit Valley. Throughout, she explores questions of sustainability, economics, health, and food systems.

  Ver livro

• 

  What Water Holds

  Tele Aadsen

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  Tele Aadsen met the ocean as a child when her parents traded jobs as veterinarians for a migratory life shared with sea birds, salmon, and fishermen. In the mist of the Tongass rainforest, Tele learned to explore life within endless shades of gray, coming to know firsthand how fine the line between life and death and the precarious balance of sea, land, and sky. She’s spent the four decades since trolling for salmon off Southeast Alaska. 
  In What Water Holds, a series of lyrical essays first shared at Oregon’s FisherPoets Gathering, Tele examines questions of equity, identity, community, the changing climate, and sustainability with loving, detailed attention, revealing the complexities within their many shades of gray. Weaving stories of what lies beneath the surface and the possibilities beyond, What Water Holds speaks to anyone who has fallen under the spell of the sea, struggled to find their own uncharted path, and wrestled with big philosophical questions – in short, anyone seeking to live a full, deeply considered life.  
  “In this beautiful, brave, knowledgeable collection, Aadsen invites us to examine an industry with clear eyes. Her recollections are rich and poignant, and her eye for social critique is unwavering as she lays bare the complexities of fishing life. Gender, death, power, history, relationships, and the natural world all come under her gaze and are shared with ruthless love.”  
  					- Lara Messersmith-Glavin, author of Spirit Things

  Ver livro

• 

  High Energy Physics - Exploring...

  Mark Hedges

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  High Energy Physics (HEP), also known as particle physics, is the branch of physics that explores the fundamental building blocks of nature and the forces that govern their interactions. It seeks to answer fundamental questions about the universe, such as the nature of matter, the origins of mass, and the unification of forces. By studying subatomic particles at extremely high energies, physicists gain insights into the fundamental laws of nature, often pushing the boundaries of human knowledge. 
  The origins of high energy physics trace back to the early 20th century with the development of quantum mechanics and special relativity. The discovery of the electron, proton, and neutron laid the foundation for the understanding of atomic structure. However, as experimental techniques improved, scientists found that protons and neutrons were not fundamental particles but were composed of even smaller constituents called quarks. This led to the formulation of the Standard Model of Particle Physics, which describes the known fundamental particles and the forces that act between them. 
  High energy physics relies on particle accelerators, which propel charged particles to nearly the speed of light before colliding them. These high-energy collisions create conditions similar to those present in the early universe, allowing scientists to observe rare and exotic particles. The most famous accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, has been instrumental in discoveries such as the Higgs boson, a particle responsible for giving mass to elementary particles.

  Ver livro