The Language Instinct

The Language Instinct
Author: Steven Pinker
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 578
Release: 2010-12-14
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0062032526

"A brilliant, witty, and altogether satisfying book." — New York Times Book Review The classic work on the development of human language by the world’s leading expert on language and the mind In The Language Instinct, the world's expert on language and mind lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children learn it, how it changes, how the brain computes it, and how it evolved. With deft use of examples of humor and wordplay, Steven Pinker weaves our vast knowledge of language into a compelling story: language is a human instinct, wired into our brains by evolution. The Language Instinct received the William James Book Prize from the American Psychological Association and the Public Interest Award from the Linguistics Society of America. This edition includes an update on advances in the science of language since The Language Instinct was first published.

Plant Biotechnology and Genetics

Plant Biotechnology and Genetics
Author: C. Neal Stewart, Jr.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 554
Release: 2012-12-13
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1118589483

Designed to inform and inspire the next generation of plant biotechnologists Plant Biotechnology and Genetics explores contemporary techniques and applications of plant biotechnology, illustrating the tremendous potential this technology has to change our world by improving the food supply. As an introductory text, its focus is on basic science and processes. It guides students from plant biology and genetics to breeding to principles and applications of plant biotechnology. Next, the text examines the critical issues of patents and intellectual property and then tackles the many controversies and consumer concerns over transgenic plants. The final chapter of the book provides an expert forecast of the future of plant biotechnology. Each chapter has been written by one or more leading practitioners in the field and then carefully edited to ensure thoroughness and consistency. The chapters are organized so that each one progressively builds upon the previous chapters. Questions set forth in each chapter help students deepen their understanding and facilitate classroom discussions. Inspirational autobiographical essays, written by pioneers and eminent scientists in the field today, are interspersed throughout the text. Authors explain how they became involved in the field and offer a personal perspective on their contributions and the future of the field. The text's accompanying CD-ROM offers full-color figures that can be used in classroom presentations with other teaching aids available online. This text is recommended for junior- and senior-level courses in plant biotechnology or plant genetics and for courses devoted to special topics at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. It is also an ideal reference for practitioners.

Submarine Commander

Submarine Commander
Author: Paul R. Schratz
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2013-07-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 0813143624

A fascinating personal memoir of underwater combat in World War II, told by a man who played a major role in those dangerous operations. Frank and beautifully written, Submarine Commander's breezy style and irrepressible humor place it in a class by itself. This book will be of lasting value as a submarine history by an expert and as an enduring military and political analysis. In early 1943 the submarine USS Scorpion, with Paul R. Schratz as torpedo officer, slipped into the shallow waters east of Tokyo, laid a minefield, and made successful torpedo attacks on merchant shipping. Schratz participated in many more patrols in heavily mined Japanese waters as executive officer of the Sterlet and the Atule. At war's end he participated in the Japanese surrender, aided the release of American POWs, and had a key role in the disarming of enemy suicide submarines. He then took command of the revolutionary new Japanese submarine I-203 and returned it to Pearl Harbor. But this was far from the end of Schratz's submarine career. In 1949 he commissioned the ultramodern USS Pickerel, the most deadly submarine then afloat, and set a world's record in a 21-day, 5,200-mile submerged passage from Hong Kong to Honolulu. With the outbreak of the Korean War, the Pickerel was immediately sent to Korea to participate in secret intelligence operations only recently declassified and never before revealed in print. Schratz's broad military experience makes this a far from ordinary memoir.

Management of Fruit Flies in the Pacific

Management of Fruit Flies in the Pacific
Author: A. J. Allwood
Publisher:
Total Pages: 272
Release: 1997
Genre: Electronic books
ISBN:

Predations of fruit flies on a wide range of fruits and vegetables cause major economic losses throughout the world. This publication is a record of the papers presented at a regional symposium on the subject held in Fiji in October 1996.

The 2016 Fiji Ant-mealybug Bioinvasion

The 2016 Fiji Ant-mealybug Bioinvasion
Author: Randolph R. Thaman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2018
Genre:
ISBN: 9789820109759

This publication is about the 2016 Fiji Ant-Mealybug Bioinvasion of Fijis islands, cities, villages, homes and gardens by "new" invasive alien ants and the mealybugs, scale insects and other sap-sucking insects that are tended by the ants. As we go about our daily business to promote "sustainable" development, address climate change and promote conservation, a silent multi-front invasion threatens health, livelihood, cultural and environmental security in Fiji.

Food Science

Food Science
Author: Edelstein
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Total Pages: 705
Release: 2018-01-16
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1284122301

The science of food is discussed within the broader context of the world’s food supply. Food Science, An Ecological Approach explores the idea of global sustainability and examines the ecological problems that challenge our food supply and raise increasing concerns among consumers.

State Data Book

State Data Book
Author: United States. Rehabilitation Services Administration. Division of Monitoring and Program Analysis. Statistical Analysis and Systems Branch
Publisher:
Total Pages: 56
Release: 1972
Genre: Rehabilitation
ISBN: