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Ancient Eastern Wisdom Meets Modern Western ScienceCompares teachings of Buddhism with principles of modern biology, revealing many significant points of compatibility....

Phenomenology, Renormalization and Statistical ClosuresFluid turbulence is often referred to as `the unsolved problem of classical physics'. Yet, paradoxically, its mathematical description resembles quantum field theory. The present book addresses the idealised problem posed by homogeneous, isotropic turbulence, in order to concentrate on the...

An Environmental History since 1900A close look at milk and its history as a pure and modern consumer product in American culture....

A Handbook of TechniquesThe aim of this book is to outline the main methods and techniques available to ornithologists. A general shortage of information about available techniques is greatly hindering progress in avian ecology and conservation. Currently this sort of information is disparate and difficult to locate with much of it widely dispersed...

Clearcutting in the Southern AppalachiansOur North American forests are no longer the wild areas of past centuries; they are an economic and ecological resource undergoing changes from both natural and management disturbances. A watershed-scale and long-term perspective of forest ecosystem responses is requisite to understanding and predicting...

A School of the 21st Century Model at the Independence School DistrictOne of the major domestic policy issues of our time is whether our nation can provide a more effective educational experience for our children. Economists have stressed that the quality of our educational system eventually defines the ability of our workforce, which in turn...