Author Catalog

Author Catalog
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 784
Release: 1964
Genre: Library catalogs
ISBN:

Vols. for 1951-53 include "Authors" and "Subjects."

Edith and Florence Stoney, Sisters in Radiology

Edith and Florence Stoney, Sisters in Radiology
Author: Adrian Thomas
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2019-07-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3030165612

This book explores the lives and achievements of two Irish sisters, Edith and Florence Stoney, who pioneered the use of new electromedical technologies, especially X-rays but also ultraviolet radiation and diathermy. In addition, the narrative follows several intertwined themes as experienced by the sisters during their lifetimes. Their upbringing, influenced by their liberal-minded scientist father, set the tone for both their lives. Irish independence fractured their family heritage. Their professional experiences, fulfilling for Florence as a qualified doctor but often frustrating for Edith as a Cambridge-educated scientist, mirrored those of other aspiring women during this period, when the suffragist movement expanded and women’s lobby groups were formed. World War I created an environment in which their unusual specialist knowledge was widely needed, and the sisters’ war experiences are carefully examined in the book. But ultimately this is the extraordinary story of two independent but closely bonded sisters and their abiding love and support for one another.

Mass Mediations

Mass Mediations
Author: Walter Armbrust
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2000-09-19
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780520219267

This book takes a new approach to studying the contemporary Middle East, focusing on popular culture, including film, music, and television. Innovative essays by a group of smart young scholars in anthropology, history, and ethnomusicology.

Dissemination of Cartographic Knowledge

Dissemination of Cartographic Knowledge
Author: Mirela Altić
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2017-09-07
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319615157

This book gathers 22 papers which were presented at the 6th International Symposium of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography in Dubrovnik, Croatia on 13–15 October 2016. The overall conference theme was ‘The Dissemination of Cartographic Knowledge: Production – Trade – Consumption – Preservation’. The book presents original research by internationally respected authors in the field of historical cartography, offering a significant contribution to the development of this field of study, but also of geography, history and the GIS sciences. The primary target audience includes researchers, educators, postgraduate students, map librarians and archivists.

Wheat Landraces

Wheat Landraces
Author: Nusret Zencirci
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2021-09-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030773884

Landraces possess a very large genetic base in population structure and are dynamic populations of cultivated plants with historical origin, distinct identity, and without any formal crop improvement. They are often genetically diverse, locally adapted, and associated with traditional farming systems. Resistance genes to biotic and abiotic stress factors, which are especially diversified in landraces, are of great interest to plant breeders, faced with global climate challenge. In addition, gene pools made of different landraces grown in different ecological conditions can be used for wheat breeding to enhance quality; yield and other desirable agricultural parameters. An estimated 75% of the genetic diversity of crop plants was lost in the last century due to the replacement of high yielding modern varieties. There is, thus, an urgent need to preserve existing species, not only for posterity but also as a means to secure food supply for a rising world population. In this book, we provide an overview of wheat landraces with special attention to genetic diversities, conservation, and utilization.