Книги. Художественная литература. Учебники и пособия.

Peter Scott

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Eggers Dave

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Joanne Oppenheim, Stephanie Oppenheim

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Murray Bail

On a remote estate in New South Wales a farmer named Holland promises his daughter Ellen's hand in marriage to the man who can correctly name the hundreds of species of eucalyptus that he has planted on his land. Ellen observes the suitors coming to the estate, one after another, drawn by reports of her legendary beauty. Gradually she sinks I into despair. But one afternoon a mysterious : young man appears among the gum trees and tells her stories of faraway lands.

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With all of the multitude of challenges facing the pharmaceutical research and development process, the industry is actively exploring the relationships between human genetics and drug responsiveness, susceptibility to disease and disease severity. In Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine, leading experts from the pharmaceutical industry, the scientific community and the government provide guidance for conducting pharmacogenomic research from discovery to the market, while also presenting a realistic perspective on the challenges, practicalities and obstacles in its application. Focusing on DNA data and associated analytical methodologies, with a consideration for complementary RNA-based studies, this volume includes a wide array of vital, cutting-edge research. Comprehensive and timely, Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine will assist novice and experienced investigators alike in the understanding of the current scientific challenges in applying pharmacogenomics to drug...

David Lattin

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Edited by Gabor T. Herman, Attila Kuba

"Advances in Discrete Tomography and Its Applications" is a unified presentation of new methods, algorithms, and select applications that are the foundations of multidimensional image reconstruction by discrete tomographic methods. The self-contained chapters, written by leading mathematicians, engineers, and computer scientists, present cutting-edge research and results in the field. Three main areas are covered: foundations, algorithms, and practical applications. Following an introduction that reports the recent literature of the field, the book explores various mathematical and computational problems of discrete tomography including new applications. Topics and Features: introduction to discrete point X-rays; uniqueness and additivity in discrete tomography; network flow algorithms for discrete tomography; convex programming and variational methods; applications to electron microscopy, materials science,...

Wilborn Hampton

"Elvis may have left the building, but interest in his life hasn't waned. This entry in the "Up Close" biography series records the familiar tracks in Elvis' life, giving slightly more attention to his assent to fame than the tragic descent into narcotics addiction and his extravagant lifestyle in the final years. The strained relationships with wife Priscilla and the controlling Colonel Parker are included, but daughter Lisa Marie is barely mentioned. Hampton provides plentiful examples to back up first girlfriend Dixie's assertion: "Elvis was just a nice boy who desperately wanted to please people". The language dealing with Elvis' exploits with girls is genteel as well - "The relationship became passionate very quickly, but both Elvis and Dixie agreed they would not go all the way until they were married". This didn't hold true for women he met on the road, but subtlety reigns there too, suiting this biography to a younger audience than most Presley picks. Source notes and...

Robert Pasquill

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