Have a look at some newly published titles for Chemistry and Life Sciences.
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Here are a some examples of what’s newly published:-
Advanced Structural Inorganic Chemistry
Oxford University Press
A revised and updated English version of a postgraduate textbook based on teaching. The term “inorganic” is used in a broad sense as the book covers the structural chemistry of representative elements (including carbon) in the Periodic Table, organometallics, coordination polymers, host-guest systems and supramolecular assemblies. Part I of the book reviews the basic bonding theories, including a chapter on computational chemistry. Part II introduces point groups and space groups and their chemical applications. Part III comprises a succinct account of the structural chemistry of the elements in the periodic table. It presents structure and bonding, generalizations of structural trends, crystallographic data, as well as highlights from the recent literature.
Potato biology and biotechnology - advances and perspectives
Elsevier, 1st ed.
In the past 15-20 years major discoveries have been concluded on potato biology and biotechnology. Important new tools have been developed in the area of molecular genetics, and our understanding of potato physiology has been revolutionized due to amenability of the potato to genetic transformation. This technology has impacted our understanding of the molecular basis of plant-pathogen interaction and has also opened new opportunities for the use of the potato in a variety of non-food biotechnological purposes. This book covers the potato world market as it expands further into the new millennium. Authors stress the overriding need for stable yields to eliminate human hunger and poverty, while considering solutions to enhance global production and distribution. It comprehensively describes genetics and genetic resources, plant growth and development, response to the environment, tuber quality, pests and diseases, biotechnology and crop management. Potato Biology is the most valuable reference available for all professionals involved in the potato industry, plant biologists and agronomists.
Current Directions in Abnormal Psychology
Pearson Education
An American Psychological Society Reader, edited by Thomas F. Oltmanns, Washington University, and Robert E. Emery, University of Virginia. This new and exciting reader includes over 20 articles that have been carefully selected for the undergraduate audience, and taken from the very accessible Current Directions in Psychological Science journal. These timely, cutting-edge articles allow instructors to bring their students real-world perspective-from a reliable source-about today’s most current and pressing issues in abnormal psychology.
Marion Kennedy
Subject Librarian
