Between Zeus And The Salmon

Author : Caleb E. Finch,Committee on Population
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1997-10-29
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : NAP:13236

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Between Zeus and the Salmon by Caleb E. Finch,Committee on Population Pdf

Demographers and public health specialists have been surprised by the rapid increases in life expectancy, especially at the oldest ages, that have occurred since the early 1960s. Some scientists are calling into question the idea of a fixed upper limit for the human life span. There is new evidence about the genetic bases for both humans and other species. There are also new theories and models of the role of mutations accumulating over the life span and the possible evolutionary advantages of survival after the reproductive years. This volume deals with such diverse topics as the role of the elderly in other species and among human societies past and present, the contribution of evolutionary theory to our understanding of human longevity and intergenerational transfers, mathematical models for survival, and the potential for collecting genetic material in household surveys. It will be particularly valuable for promoting communication between the social and life sciences.

Author : Caleb Ellicott Finch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0309184738

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Between Zeus and the Salmon: The Biodemography of Longevity by Caleb Ellicott Finch Pdf

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309306645

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Sociality, Hierarchy, Health by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population Pdf

Sociality, Hierarchy, Health: Comparative Biodemography is a collection of papers that examine cross-species comparisons of social environments with a focus on social behaviors along with social hierarchies and connections, to examine their effects on health, longevity, and life histories. This report covers a broad spectrum of nonhuman animals, exploring a variety of measures of position in social hierarchies and social networks, drawing links among these factors to health outcomes and trajectories, and comparing them to those in humans. Sociality, Hierarchy, Health revisits both the theoretical underpinnings of biodemography and the empirical findings that have emerged over the past two decades.

Author : David P. Smith,Nathan Keyfitz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783642358586

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Mathematical Demography by David P. Smith,Nathan Keyfitz Pdf

Mathematical demography is the centerpiece of quantitative social science. The founding works of this field from Roman times to the late Twentieth Century are collected here, in a new edition of a classic work by David R. Smith and Nathan Keyfitz. Commentaries by Smith and Keyfitz have been brought up to date and extended by Kenneth Wachter and Hervé Le Bras, giving a synoptic picture of the leading achievements in formal population studies. Like the original collection, this new edition constitutes an indispensable source for students and scientists alike, and illustrates the deep roots and continuing vitality of mathematical demography.

Author : David S. F. Portree
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Extravehicular activity (Manned space flight)
ISBN : UIUC:30112004759657

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Walking to Olympus by David S. F. Portree Pdf

Author : Edward Fitzgibbon,Andrew Young
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1850
Category : Flies, Artificial
ISBN : OXFORD:600040927

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The Book of the Salmon by Edward Fitzgibbon,Andrew Young Pdf

Author : Richard Flanagan
Publisher : Penguin Group Australia
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-26
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781761044380

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Toxic by Richard Flanagan Pdf

In a triumph of marketing, the Tasmanian salmon industry has for decades succeeded in presenting itself as world’s best practice and its product as healthy and clean, grown in environmentally pristine conditions. What could be more appealing than the idea of Atlantic salmon sustainably harvested in some of the world’s purest waters? But what are we eating when we eat Tasmanian salmon? Richard Flanagan’s exposé of the salmon farming industry in Tasmania is chilling. In the way that Rachel Carson took on the pesticide industry in her ground-breaking book Silent Spring, Flanagan tears open an industry that is as secretive as its practices are destructive and its product disturbing. From the burning forests of the Amazon to the petrochemicals you aren’t told about to the endangered species being pushed to extinction you don’t know about; from synthetically pink-dyed flesh to seal bombs . . . If you care about what you eat, if you care about the environment, this is a book you need to read. Toxic is set to become a landmark book of the twenty-first century.

Author : Cory O'Brien
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-05
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781101619674

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Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes by Cory O'Brien Pdf

Get this: Cronus liked to eat babies. Narcissus probably should have just learned to masturbate. Odin got construction discounts with bestiality. Isis had bad taste in jewelry. Ganesh was the very definition of an unplanned pregnancy. And Abraham was totally cool about stabbing his kid in the face. All our lives, we’ve been fed watered-down, PC versions of the classic myths. In reality, mythology is more screwed up than a schizophrenic shaman doing hits of unidentified…wait, it all makes sense now. In Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes, Cory O’Brien, creator of Myths RETOLD!, sets the stories straight. These are rude, crude, totally sacred texts told the way they were meant to be told: loudly, and with lots of four-letter words. Skeptical? Here are a few more gems to consider: • Zeus once stuffed an unborn fetus inside his thigh to save its life after he exploded its mother by being too good in bed. • The entire Egyptian universe was saved because Sekhmet just got too hammered to keep murdering everyone. • The Hindu universe is run by a married couple who only stop murdering in order to throw sweet dance parties…on the corpses of their enemies. • The Norse goddess Freyja once consented to a four-dwarf gangbang in exchange for one shiny necklace. And there’s more dysfunctional goodness where that came from.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : UOM:39015051610437

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The World Book Encyclopedia by Anonim Pdf

An encyclopedia designed especially to meet the needs of elementary, junior high, and senior high school students.

Author : Robert Ferguson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786696755

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The Cabin in the Mountains by Robert Ferguson Pdf

The wooden holiday cabin, or hytte, is a staple of Norwegian life. Robert Ferguson, author of Scandinavians, explores the significance of a national icon in this charming, affectionate history. Turf-roofed and wooden-built, offering fresh air, breathtaking views and peaceful isolation, the wooden cabin home – or hytte – is a crucial part of Norwegian national identity. In 2016, Robert Ferguson and his wife bought a piece of land high up in the Hardangervidda, and on it they built a cabin. As the cabin takes shape, Ferguson learns how native Norwegians have married a new-found urban affluence to their past as a tight-knit rural community-nation, and confronts his own ideas about the dream-tradition of the hytte, drawing an affectionate but unsentimental portrait of Norwegian culture, society and landscape. 'Singular and captivating: the pursuit of a dream' Professor John Carey 'Illuminating' TLS 'An uncompromising journey into the dark cold north, to reveal the warmth that comes from deep community bonds' Tim Ecott

Author : Joan Holub,Suzanne Williams
Publisher : Aladdin
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781534457393

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Persephone the Grateful by Joan Holub,Suzanne Williams Pdf

Get to know Persephone, the Queen of the Underworld, in this twenty-sixth Goddess Girls adventure!

Author : Tommy Bengtsson,Nico Keilman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030050757

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Old and New Perspectives on Mortality Forecasting by Tommy Bengtsson,Nico Keilman Pdf

This open access book describes methods of mortality forecasting and discusses possible improvements. It contains a selection of previously unpublished and published papers, which together provide a state-of-the-art overview of statistical approaches as well as behavioural and biological perspectives. The different parts of the book provide discussions of current practice, probabilistic forecasting, the linearity in the increase of life expectancy, causes of death, and the role of cohort factors. The key question in the book is whether it is possible to project future mortality accurately, and if so, what is the best approach. This makes the book a valuable read to demographers, pension planners, actuaries, and all those interested and/or working in modelling and forecasting mortality.

Author : Adrienne Mayor
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691202266

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Gods and Robots by Adrienne Mayor Pdf

Traces the story of how ancient cultures envisioned artificial life, automata, self-moving devices and human enhancements, sharing insights into how the mythologies of the past related to and shaped ancient machine innovations.

Author : Nicholas Wade
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2002-03-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780743217392

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Life Script by Nicholas Wade Pdf

With the decoding of the human genome, researchers can now read the script in which evolution has written the program for the design and operation of the human body. A new generation of medical treatments is at hand. Researchers are developing therapies so powerful that there is now no evident obstacle to the ancient goal of conquering most major diseases. Nicholas Wade has covered the sequencing of the genome, as well as other health and science stories, for The New York Times, in the course of which he has interviewed many of the principal researchers in the field. In this book he describes what the genome means for the health of present and future generations. Someday soon physicians will have access to DNA chips that, from a drop of blood, will screen a person's genes for all the diseases to which he or she may be genetically vulnerable. From full knowledge of the instruction manual of the human body, provided by the genome, pharmaceutical companies hope to develop a new generation of sophisticated drugs; one of the first genome-derived drugs is already undergoing clinical trials. Another vital tool will be regenerative medicine, a new kind of therapy in which new organs and tissues will be grown from a patient's own cells to replace those that are old or diseased. With the help of DNA chips, medical researchers will soon be able to diagnose diseases such as cancer much more precisely and to tailor specific treatments for each patient. Individualized medicine will also become an important part of the pharmaceutical world. Many drugs will be prescribed based on information from DNA chips that identify which of a range of drugs is best for each patient, as well as which drugs are likely to cause side effects. The medicine of the post-genomic era will be customized for a patient's genetic make-up, providing treatments based on a precise understanding of the mechanism of disease. Life Script describes a future in which good health, even perfect health, may become the standard for everyone -- at every age.

Author : Lewis Hyde
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010-08-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781429930833

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Trickster Makes This World by Lewis Hyde Pdf

In Trickster Makes This World, Lewis Hyde brings to life the playful and disruptive side of human imagination as it is embodied in trickster mythology. He first visits the old stories—Hermes in Greece, Eshu in West Africa, Krishna in India, Coyote in North America, among others—and then holds them up against the lives and work of more recent creators: Picasso, Duchamp, Ginsberg, John Cage, and Frederick Douglass. Twelve years after its first publication, Trickster Makes This World—authoritative in its scholarship, loose-limbed in its style—has taken its place among the great works of modern cultural criticism. This new edition includes an introduction by Michael Chabon.