Genetics is one of the greatest adventures in science. This book will help you explore everything from the foundations of genetics, a little over a century ago, to modern genetic applications, including the genetic engineering of plant products that you probably eat on a regular basis. You will learn about medical, legal, and ethical aspects of genetics, as well as the impact of genetics on our…
Guido Gezelle, born in Bruges in 1830, left a varied œuvre as a man of letters, journalist, translator and populariser. But it is mainly as a poet that he occupies an illustrious position in the history of Dutch literature. He is undoubtedly the most innovative and original Flemish poet between 1680 and 1880. With his exceptional lyrical poetry he was some twenty years ahead of the renewal mov…
Pengelolaan sampah di daerah perkotaan merupakan salah satu hal yang paling mendesak dan merupakan permasalahan lingkungan yang serius, dihadapi oleh pemerintah di negara berpendapatan rendah dan menengah. Tantangan yang semakin berat ini akan terus meningkat karena adanya trend urbanisasi yang terjadi dan tumbuh dengan cepat di populasi masyarakat perkotaan. Karena meningkatnya tekanan dari ma…
Merupakan literatur penulis-penulis di dunia, mulai dari David Sedaris, Lena Dunham, Anne Lamott, Dan Brown, J.K. Rowling, James McBride, Bryan Cranston dan masih banyak lagi.
Perubahan iklim sering dialami oleh Indonesia, baik kekeringan di beberapa wilayah maupun peningkatan intensitas curah hujan yang berdampak pada banjir, erosi, dan longsor. Kondisi ini mengharuskan kita lebih waspada dan berbenah, apa yang sebaiknya kita lakukan untuk “menabung” air agar melindungi sumber mata air dari kekeringan. Selain itu, perlunya menyiapkan resapan agar air hujan dapat…
Textbooks on microprocessors are sometimes hard to understand. This text attempts to present the various aspects of microprocessors in ways that are are understandable and interesting.
It's Not How Good You Are... is a concise guide to making the most of yourself - a pocket 'bible' for the talented and timid to make the unthinkable thinkable and the impossible possible. After decades at the top of one of the world's most competitive industries, Paul Arden offers insights into such diverse subjects as the value of being fired and why it's often better to be wrong than to be r…
Why do some children succeed while others fail? The story we usually tell about childhood and success is the one about intelligence: success comes to those who score highest on tests, from preschool admissions to SATs. But in How Children Succeed, Paul Tough argues that the qualities that matter more have to do with character: skills like perseverance, curiosity, optimism, and self-control. Ho…
At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade's worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, and the next he was a patient struggling to live. And just like that, the future he and his wife had imagined evaporated. When Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithi's transformation from a naïv…