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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's preservation reformatting program. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the text that can both be accessed online and used to create new print copies. This book and thousands of others can be found in the digital collections of the University of Michigan Library. The University Library also understands and values the utility of print, and makes reprints available through its Scholarly Publishing Office. ... Read more

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The fruit fly drosophila melanogaster serves as the classic model for the demonstration of the basic phenomena of genetics. With its easily recognizable genetic markers it is also ideally suited as a test organism for screening newly developed substances for toxicity and mutagenicity. The practical course manual on drosophila includes all experiments on formal genetics which can be carried out without expensive equipment. The experiments are described in enough details that teachers and students with little previous experience in drosophila techniques can complete them successfully. A results and answers section helps students to control their experiments and guides them through scientific reasoning. Routine laboratory procedures can be established following this manual and it serves as a prerequisite to perform more sophisticated experiments including techniques of molecular genetics. ... Read more

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Are there monsters among us? Comb through this essential handbook to learn the secrets that even respected scientists don’t know.

Is it true that a humble stone can summon a sea serpent to your aid?
Do you know the best way to remedy a cyclops’s "lazy eye"? What bison-like creature burns its enemies with venomous dung (and must be approached from the front)? How does one reliably tell true beasts from false, and what do stitches and glue have to do with it? Even monsterologists who know their bigfoots from their bakus can be stymied by the unexpected, and here is a no-nonsense source brimming with fun hands-on lessons guaranteed to leave the reader confident and prepared. Among this lavish handbook’s special features are:
— two envelopes with pull-out surprises
— a removable certificate of achievement
— four pages of monstrous stickers
— fact files on beasts of the earth, water, and air — as well as monsters that are semi-human ... Read more

Customer Reviews (3)

good book
my son wants the whole collection of the ology books!
I think they're great,well done and full of nice details.

Flamingnet.com Top Choice Book-made each monster seem alive
The Monsterology Handbook by Ernest Drake is a guide to all
the monsters of the Earth. It covers all the monsters with
illustrations and facts explaining each creature. It is very
interactive and even gives you a place to fill out you're
name. It covers everything from unicorns to krakens, and is
very interesting. The book is very informative on all the
stories and legends each creature holds.

The Monsterology Handbook was a very fascinating book.
It had wonderful illustrations and facts. It held your attention
for a longtime. I liked the handbook layout that felt very
interactive. The book is also very realistic. It made each
monster seem alive. I learned a lot about different legends
and beliefs. I'd definitely recommend this to anyone, but
particularly fourth through sixth grade boys.

Reviewed by a young adult student reviewer
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A Brilliantly Imagined and Beautifully Executed Book
THE MONSTEROLOGY HANDBOOK is designed to educate students who have recently arrived at Dr. Ernest Drake's newly established Sanctuary for Fabulous Beasts in St. Leonard's Forest, Horsham, for a three-month-long stay. The year, it should be noted, is 1905. The aspiring monsterologist must begin by taking an oath swearing to protect all monsters and beasts, never revealing their hideouts to unbelievers or to those who seek to exploit them, and studying them only for the sake of science. A provisional license that a student can fill out with his or her own name and photograph makes the process official.

The handbook consists of four sections: dealing with beasts of the Earth, another for beasts of water, a third for beasts of the air, and the final for dealing with semi-human beasts. Thus, the classification is based on habitat rather than on their biological features since the purpose of the book is to prepare one to encounter the beasts in their natural surroundings. Each lesson comes with a homework activity to be completed at a later time --- for once, kids will actually look forward to doing homework. Each section contains fascinating details about "supposedly" mythical beasts. For instance, did you know that the chimera's three heads (goat, snake and lion) do not "see eye-to-eye"? Or that the shy anteater-like baku can devour nightmares and induce calm?

This volume is crammed full of utterly valuable tips for the aspiring monsterologist. One will learn that it is never a good idea to try to trick bigfoots by wearing a monkey suit to sneak up on them (they will not be amused). A good way to calm down a screeching baby yeti is to feed it ice cream to cool it down, whereas baby unicorns need a steady diet of pomegranate juice until they are five months old.Sensible students will learn that sailors would be wise to stay away from a scylla since they form the monster's favorite form of food. It also turns out that everyone would be wise to stay away from the bison-like bonnacon since its main mode of attack is by spraying flesh-burning, venomous dung. As it so happens, there are many perfectly good uses for bonnacon dung, such as dissolving metals ("such as locks"), curing tough dragonhide to make it soft and pliable, and effectively clearing the groundcover in any area for several years. An especially valuable section of the book deals with learning to spot real monsters from the fake ones. One must always be wary of stitches, glue, paint, too many suspiciously identical bones, and those asking for money.

Gorgeous color illustrations scattered throughout the book, small envelopes holding surprises, four pages of stickers, diary entries from Dr. Ernest Drake himself, and many other neat features make THE MONSTEROLOGY HANDBOOK a natural for kids. This is a brilliantly imagined and beautifully executed book designed to give both adult and child readers many, many hours of pleasure. But be warned: this utterly engrossing take on mythical monsters may just make a believer out of you!

--- Reviewed by Usha Reynolds ... Read more

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Protein Physics is a lively presentation of the most general problems of protein structure, folding and function from the physics and chemistry perspective, based on lectures given by the authors. It deals with fibrous, membrane and, most of all, with the best studied water-soluble globular proteins, in both their native and denatured states. The major aspects of protein physics are covered systematically, physico-chemical properties of polypeptide chains; their secondary structures; tertiary structures of proteins and their classification; conformational transitions in protein molecules and their folding; intermediates of protein folding; folding nuclei; physical backgrounds of coding the protein structures by their amino acid sequences and protein functions in relation to the protein structure. The book will be of interest to undergraduate and graduate level students and researchers of biophysics, biochemistry, biology and material science.

* Designed for a wide audience of undergraduate and graduate students, as well as being a reference for researchers in academia and industry
* Covers the most general problems of protein structure, folding, and function and introduces the key concepts and theories
* Deals with fibrous, membrane and especially water-soluble globular proteins, in both their native and denatured states
* Summarizes and presents in a systematic form the results of several decades of world wide fundamental research on protein physics, structure and folding
* Examines experimental data on protein structure in the post-genome era ... Read more

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Unique
I know of no other book that explains the physics behind protein structure in such a clear and accessible way. The illustrations are simply fantastic, and the book is written in a very lively way. Highly recommended. It would be the ideal text book for students in structural bioinformatics or biophysics, but it's a pity that it is so expensive.

The true science from the true scientists
A clearly, yet thoroughly physical point of view constitutes the framework of this book. Written by pioneers in the field of protein physics, the book amazingly guides the readers to "think" of protein and raises fundamental questions in the field of soft-condensed matter physics. A must for everyone who wants to have a correct and scientific vision of proteins.

Great book!
This is a magnificent book, remarkable for its breadth, depth, and accessibility.

Elegant discussions of background material including topics in quantum chemistry
and thermodynamics render this book a self-contained tutorial on the many-faceted problems of
protein physics.Because of its structure as a series of increasingly sophisticated lectures, it should be accessible to a wide variety of audiences with diverse backgrounds.

To top it off, the text is beautifully written, at points nearly poetic including even a Greek chorus, a pleasure to read and to study.I am reminded of a few other great lecture series in science where razor-sharp intellects explain complicated phenomena from soup to nuts with wisdom and wit.

Anyone from professional scientist to motivated novice in almost any analytic discipline should find this a valuable introduction and detailed study of protein physics.

R. C. Penner, Professor of Math and Physics,
University of Southern California

Ptitsyn's 'Protein Physics': a book of worth.
A book of worth from the legendary institution, PhysTech (Moscow). Ptitsyn's 'Protein Physics' is a valuable source of information on folding thermodynamics and kinetics both to beginners and professionals in this (and related) fields. No more words. Strongly recommended!

By far the best book on this subject
Excellent book for both beginners and experts.I will recommend it to students as a source of initial knowledge not only on proteins, but also on biopolymers and biophysics in general.For instance, presentation of forces is superb.I am also positive that every expert will find new non trivial insights on great many subtle points of this difficult topic. ... Read more

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Caribbean Primary Science provides support and guidance for teachers. The authors all have considerable experience of primary level teaching and they understand the problems of teaching science with limited resources. The activities in this course do not rely on the use of specialist equipment. Teachers are guided as to how to make the best use of the resources available in their environment.* Carefully structured teacher's guides (free on request) outline the main objectives, methods of teaching and suggestions for further work for each unit in the pupils' books. * This course provides a balanced approach to learning for primary children. It develops the skills and attitudes they need to participate in science activities and the activities themselves have been carefully thought out and are designed to develop knowledge and understanding. * This course uses a topic-based approach and clearly indicates through colour-coding the main areas of study. Topics are revisited in each unit of the course, so that children can maintain a balanced knowledge of plants, animals, humans, materials and their properties, energy and forces.* The course also contains assessment activities and ideas for the teaching of environment and technology topics. * Children will enjoy Caribbean Primary Science because it helps them to understand the important contribution science makes to their everyday lives, and those of their families and friends. * The activities in the books are all based on situations that are familiar to children e.g. shopping, the home, the garden. Book 6 and the accompanying Teacher's Guide cover two years for countries with a seven-year syllabus. (They also give full preparation for those students taking the common entrance exam in science.) ... Read more

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In the jungle of Southern India the Seeonee Wolf-Pack has a new cub. He is not a wolf - he is Mowgli, a human child, but he knows nothing of the world of men. He lives and hunts with his brothers the wolves. Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther are his friends and teachers. And Shere Khan, the man-eating tiger, is his enemy. Kipling's famous story of Mowgli's adventures in the jungle has been loved by young and old for more than a hundred years. ... Read more