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Ten Questions Science Can't Answer (Yet!): A Guide to Science's Greatest Mysteries
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Ten Questions Science Can't Answer (Yet!): A Guide to Science's Greatest Mysteries
From the author of the bestselling The Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comes another incredible trip to an even more mysterious terrain. Michael Hanlon identifies ten scientific questions that we simply can't seem to answer and explains why these compelling mysteries will remain unsolved for years to come.

How did life begin? Why are there two sexes? Where did language originate? In Hanlon's characteristically witty style, he ponders the ways these questions have persisted in frustrating the best minds and asks what might be needed to get to the bottom of it all. From politics to lack of technology, each question has its own set of circumstances holding it back. By exploring these unanswerable questions, Hanlon exposes some of science's greatest failings and missteps, and charts a hopeful direction for getting science back on the road to discovery.

 
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Introductory Economics
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Introductory Economics
This book provides the reader with a good understanding of the fundamental concepts of economics.

 
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Spiral Up: and Other Management Secrets Behind Wildly Successful Initiatives
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Spiral Up: and Other Management Secrets Behind Wildly Successful Initiatives
Maybe the reason so many well-intentioned management initiatives fall short is because typical "best practice" methods only help managers avoid failure, rather than produce genuinely spectacular results. Jane Linder proposes a new way of managing. Based on her study of more than 40 wildly successful projects, she has identified five characteristics that fly in the face of conventional practice:

Make Space – Allow the project to grow and develop in unpredictable ways.

Get it Right – Insist on finding the right answers to the toughest questions.

Make a Difference – Reach beyond your grasp to accomplish the impossible.

Energize People – Create an emotional environment filled with challenge.

Spiral Up – Don’t stop with a single achievement; use it as a step to greater success.

From developing a virtual reality simulator for underwater mining equipment to saving an Ohio oil refinery from closure, Spiral Up presents accounts of everyday project champions who have produced breathtaking results . . . and shows readers how to do the same.


 
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Phenomenal Memory
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Hepatitis C Virus Disease: Immunobiology and Clinical Applications
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Hepatitis C Virus Disease: Immunobiology and Clinical Applications
Product Description

The Hepatitis C Virus is a major global health problem affecting more than 170 million people. HCV can eventually lead to cirrhosis, liver failure, and cancer in many instances. This volume will include comprehensive original papers that cover much of the past, current, and future literature that has appeared since the identification of the hepatitis C virus RNA genome. It will specifically deal with the effects of various types of interferons in basic research and clinical outcomes of HCV disease and its progression. The novelty of this publication will be that the immunobiology of HCV and the IFN-induced modification of the immune response will be emphasized more clearly then it has ever been in any other publication. It will be the immunobiology section that will help readers better understand the clinical efficacy of Interferon treatment. It will be a valuable volume for the student, researcher, or clinician interested in HCV transmission, molecular virology, immune response, cellular/molecular pathogenesis, and possibilities for developing effective new therapeutics and vaccines.


 
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