Decoding Genes with Max Axiom, Super Scientist

Decoding Genes with Max Axiom, Super Scientist
Author: Amber J. Keyser
Publisher: Graphic Science 4D
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2019-08
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1543572472

"In graphic novel format, follows the adventures of Max Axiom as he explains the science behind genes"--Provided by publisher

The Basics of Cell Life with Max Axiom, Super Scientist

The Basics of Cell Life with Max Axiom, Super Scientist
Author: Amber J. Keyser
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2010
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1429634146

"In graphic novel format, follows the adventures of Max Axiom as he explains the science behind plant and animal cells"--Provided by publisher.

Understanding Photosynthesis with Max Axiom Super Scientist

Understanding Photosynthesis with Max Axiom Super Scientist
Author: Liam O'Donnell
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2018-08
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1543529631

Join Max Axiom as he examines the life-sustaining process of photosynthesis and the relationship between plants and energy on Earth. Young readers will dig into the mysteries of one of nature's coolest secrets! Download the free Capstone 4D app for an augmented reality experience that goes beyond the printed page. Videos, writing prompts, discussion questions, and hands-on activities make this updated edition come alive and keep your collection current.

A Journey Through the Digestive System with Max Axiom, Super Scientist

A Journey Through the Digestive System with Max Axiom, Super Scientist
Author: Emily Beth Sohn
Publisher:
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2019
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1543570178

Join Max Axiom as he explores the human digestive system. Max helps young readers understand how digestion works and keeps us healthy. These newly revised editions feature Capstone 4D augmented reading experience, with videos, writing prompts, discussion questions, and a hands-on activity. Fans of augmented reality will love learning beyond the book!

Information Theory, Inference and Learning Algorithms

Information Theory, Inference and Learning Algorithms
Author: David J. C. MacKay
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 694
Release: 2003-09-25
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9780521642989

Information theory and inference, taught together in this exciting textbook, lie at the heart of many important areas of modern technology - communication, signal processing, data mining, machine learning, pattern recognition, computational neuroscience, bioinformatics and cryptography. The book introduces theory in tandem with applications. Information theory is taught alongside practical communication systems such as arithmetic coding for data compression and sparse-graph codes for error-correction. Inference techniques, including message-passing algorithms, Monte Carlo methods and variational approximations, are developed alongside applications to clustering, convolutional codes, independent component analysis, and neural networks. Uniquely, the book covers state-of-the-art error-correcting codes, including low-density-parity-check codes, turbo codes, and digital fountain codes - the twenty-first-century standards for satellite communications, disk drives, and data broadcast. Richly illustrated, filled with worked examples and over 400 exercises, some with detailed solutions, the book is ideal for self-learning, and for undergraduate or graduate courses. It also provides an unparalleled entry point for professionals in areas as diverse as computational biology, financial engineering and machine learning.

Graphic Novels

Graphic Novels
Author: Michael Pawuk
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 758
Release: 2017-05-30
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1440851360

Covering genres from adventure and fantasy to horror, science fiction, and superheroes, this guide maps the vast terrain of graphic novels, describing and organizing titles to help librarians balance their graphic novel collections and direct patrons to read-alikes. New subgenres, new authors, new artists, and new titles appear daily in the comic book and manga world, joining thousands of existing titles—some of which are very popular and well-known to the enthusiastic readers of books in this genre. How do you determine which graphic novels to purchase, and which to recommend to teen and adult readers? This updated guide is intended to help you start, update, or maintain a graphic novel collection and advise readers about the genre. Containing mostly new information as compared to the previous edition, the book covers iconic super-hero comics and other classic and contemporary crime fighter-based comics; action and adventure comics, including prehistoric, heroic, explorer, and Far East adventure as well as Western adventure; science fiction titles that encompass space opera/fantasy, aliens, post-apocalyptic themes, and comics with storylines revolving around computers, robots, and artificial intelligence. There are also chapters dedicated to fantasy titles; horror titles, such as comics about vampires, werewolves, monsters, ghosts, and the occult; crime and mystery titles regarding detectives, police officers, junior sleuths, and true crime; comics on contemporary life, covering romance, coming-of-age stories, sports, and social and political issues; humorous titles; and various nonfiction graphic novels.

24-Hour History: The Complete Graphic Novel Collection

24-Hour History: The Complete Graphic Novel Collection
Author: Nel Yomtov
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2021-08
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1484668146

A day of infamy and a day of bravery. Two days of tragedy and a day of triumph. Collected here are the remarkable stories of five crucial days that changed the course of history forever. Witness the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and the D-Day invasion during World War II. Grieve with a nation during the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Bask in the triumph of humanity as Apollo 11 safely delivers the first people to the moon. Through dynamic graphic novel artwork and action-packed text, readers will experience the moments in history that will be remembered forever.

The Logic of Chance

The Logic of Chance
Author: Eugene V. Koonin
Publisher: FT Press
Total Pages: 530
Release: 2011-06-23
Genre: Science
ISBN: 013262317X

The Logic of Chance offers a reappraisal and a new synthesis of theories, concepts, and hypotheses on the key aspects of the evolution of life on earth in light of comparative genomics and systems biology. The author presents many specific examples from systems and comparative genomic analysis to begin to build a new, much more detailed, complex, and realistic picture of evolution. The book examines a broad range of topics in evolutionary biology including the inadequacy of natural selection and adaptation as the only or even the main mode of evolution; the key role of horizontal gene transfer in evolution and the consequent overhaul of the Tree of Life concept; the central, underappreciated evolutionary importance of viruses; the origin of eukaryotes as a result of endosymbiosis; the concomitant origin of cells and viruses on the primordial earth; universal dependences between genomic and molecular-phenomic variables; and the evolving landscape of constraints that shape the evolution of genomes and molecular phenomes. "Koonin's account of viral and pre-eukaryotic evolution is undoubtedly up-to-date. His "mega views" of evolution (given what was said above) and his cosmological musings, on the other hand, are interesting reading." Summing Up: Recommended Reprinted with permission from CHOICE, copyright by the American Library Association.