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Gadsby, D. /Editor Na/K-ATPase and related transport ATPases
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L Beauge ́, David C Gadsby and Patricio J Garraha/ editors. Na/K-ATPase and related transport ATPases: structure, mechanism, and regulation
This volume disseminates the most recent advances in understanding of the molecular structure, transport mechanism, and regulatory properties of the sodium/potassium adenosine triphosphatase. Recent knowledge gained from other transport ATPases is incorporated as well.
pt. 1. Structure -- pt. 2. Mechanism -- pt. 3. Regulation -- pt. 4. Pharmacology.
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Glimm, J. Constructive quantum field theory : selected papers
The Rockefeller University
James Glimm. Constructive quantum field theory: selected papers
Series: Contemporary physicists
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Glimm, J. Decay of solutions of systems of hyperbolic conservation laws
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James Glimm, Peter D Lax Courant. Decay of solutions of systems of hyperbolic conservation laws
Series: Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society; no. 101
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Glimm, J. Quantum field theory and statistical mechanics : expositions
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James Glimm, Arthur Jaffe. Quantum field theory and statistical mechanics: expositions
This volume contains a selection of expository articles on quantum field theory and statistical mechanics by James Glimm and Arthur Jaffe. They include a solution of the original interacting quantum field equations and a description of the physics which these equations contain. Quantum fields were proposed in the late 1920s as the natural framework which combines quantum theory with relativity. They have survived ever since. The mathematical description for quantum theory starts with a Hilbert space H of state vectors. Quantum fields are linear operators on this space, which satisfy nonlinear wave equations of fundamental physics, including coupled Dirac, Maxwell, and Yang-Mills equations. The field operators are restricted to satisfy a "locality" requirement that they commute (or anti-commute in the case of fermions) at space-like separated points. This condition is compatible with finite propagation speed, and hence with special relativity. Asymptotically, these fields converge for large time to linear fields describing free particles. Using these ideas a scattering theory had been developed, based on the existence of local quantum fields.
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Glimm, J. The Legacy of John von Neumann
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James Glimm, John Impagliazzo, and I. M Singer/ editors. The Legacy of John von Neumann
Series: Proceedings of symposia in pure mathematics; v. 50. John von Neumann : a personal view / Marina v.N. Whitman -- Remembering John von Neumann / Peter D. Lax -- Nonmathematical reminiscences about Johnny von Neumann / Françoise Ulam -- The extraordinary inspiration of John von Neumann / Israel Halperin -- The philosophical legacy of John von Neumann, in light of its inception and evolution in his formative years / Nicholas Vonneuman -- Von Neumann and the early days of ergodic theory / George W. Mackey -- Von Neumann and ergodic theory / Donald S. Ornstein -- Nonconventional ergodic averages / Hillel Furstenberg -- The rings of operators papers / F.J. Murray -- Operator algebras-- an overview / Richard V. Kadison -- Introduction à la géométrie non-commutative / Alain Connes -- Some of the legacy of John von Neumann in physics : theory of measurement, quantum logic, and von Neumann algebras in physics / Huzihiro Araki -- Mathematics motivated by physics / Arthur Jaffe. (cont.) The mathematical implications of fundamental physical principles / I.E. Segal -- On the principles of large scale computing machines / Herman H. Goldstine and John von Neumann -- Scientific computing : Von Neumann's vision, today's realities, and the promise of the future /James Glimm-- Intermittency of turbulence / Zhen-Su She, Eric Jackson, and Steven A. Orszag -- Supercomputer simulations of the interaction of biomolecules in solution / Enrico Clementi ... [et al.] -- Von Neumann and neural networks / Jack D. Cowan -- Two-person, perfect-information GAMES / Elwyn Berlekamp -- The origins of John von Neumann's theory of automata / William Aspray -- Developments in "The synthesis of reliable organisms from unreliable components" / Nicholas Pippenger.
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Goodman, M. The endocrine system
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P. Michael Conn, H. Maurice Goodman, Jack L Kostyo/editors. The endocrine system
Series: Handbook of physiology (Bethesda, Md.); section 7 -
Greengard, P. Fidia Research Foundation Neuroscience Award Lectures
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Eric R Kandel, Paul Greengard, Michael D Gershon, Gerald D. Fischbach. Fidia Research Foundation neuroscience award lectures, 1986
The Fidia Research Foundation annually honors distinguished investigators in the neurosciences and invites them to contribute to a special volume of timely review articles on significant developments in their particular areas of research. Because of the eminent stature of the award-winning authors, and their coverage of advances that are opening up new vistas for future research, the books are uniquely suited for use as teaching aids in most neuroscience courses. Volume 1 of this book series contains review articles by Eric R. Kandel, Paul Greengard, Michael D. Gershon, and Gerald D. Fischbach, the recipients of the awards given in the first year of this program. Dr. Kandel analyzes results of his research group's pioneering studies on molecular mechanisms underlying short-term and long-term memory in Aplysia. Dr. Greengard examines the role of protein phosphorylation in neuronal function. Dr. Gershon presents new insights into neural development derived from his groundbreaking studies of the enteric nervous system. Dr. Fischbach presents findings on nerve-muscle and interneuronal synapse formation obtained from his research group's studies of isolated embryonic chick neurons and muscle fibers maintained in sparse cell culture.
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Griffin, D. Animal minds
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Donald R. Griffin. Animal minds
In Animal Minds, Donald R. Griffin takes us on a guided tour of the recent explosion of scientific research on animal mentality. Are animals consciously aware of anything, or are they merely living machines, incapable of conscious thoughts or emotional feelings? How can we tell? Such questions have long fascinated Griffin, who has been a pioneer at the forefront of research in animal cognition for decades, and is recognized as one of the leading behavioral ecologists of the twentieth century.
With this new edition of his classic book, which he has completely revised and updated, Griffin moves beyond considerations of animal cognition to argue that scientists can and should investigate questions of animal consciousness. Using examples from studies of species ranging from chimpanzees and dolphins to birds and honeybees, he demonstrates how communication among animals can serve as a "window" into what animals think and feel, just as human speech and nonverbal communication tell us most of what we know about the thoughts and feelings of other people. Even when they don't communicate about it, animals respond with sometimes surprising versatility to new situations for which neither their genes nor their previous experiences have prepared them, and Griffin discusses what these behaviors can tell us about animal minds. He also reviews the latest research in cognitive neuroscience, which has revealed startling similarities in the neural mechanisms underlying brain functioning in both humans and other animals. Finally, in four chapters greatly expanded for this edition, Griffin considers the latest scientific research on animal consciousness, pro and con, and explores its profound philosophical and ethical implications.
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Griffin, D. Animal structure and function
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Donald R. Griffin. Animal structure and function
Series: Modern biology series
Donald R. Griffin draws on the research in animal behavior, the philosophy of mind, and cognitive science of the 1980s and 1990s to broaden the terms in which one can consider the nature and potential of animal minds. In species ranging from bees to dolphins to chimpanzees, Griffin gives examples of foraging behavior, predatory tactics, artifact construction, tool use, and the experimental psychology of animal cognition. He gives us instances of animals communicating vocally and symbolically, revealing some of the surprising intricacies of their social arrangements.
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Griffin, D. Bird Migration
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Donald R. Griffin. Bird migration
The resent volume describes the impressive sequence of experiments in the field of bird migration and navigation conducted over the past few years by biologists in this country and Europe. Summarizing the work of these investigators and his own work (which has included flying his own airplane to track migrants), Dr. Griffin has written an authoritative account of how one of the oldest mysteries of the natural world is being explained by brilliant modern research.
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Griffin, D. Echoes of bats and men
The Rockefeller University
Donald R. Griffin. Echoes of bats and men
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Griffin, D. Listening in the dark
The Rockefeller University
Donald R. Griffin. Listening in the dark; the acoustic orientation of bats and men
This book, the title of which was suggested by my father, Henry F. Griffin, grew out of three Trumbull lectures on animal navigation given at Yale University in December of 1955. I hoped to stimulate more interest in echolocation, the ability of animals and men to locate objects at a distance by the echoes they return from probing signals.
A biologist has accepted with interest the 1940 discovery by Robert Galambos and me that bats avoided obstacles by hearing echoes of sounds above the range of human hearing. Later I found that bats also detect their insect prey by echolocation. In collaboration with a few students and colleagues at Harvard, I began to appreciate the range of specializations for echolocation among the diverse groups of bats and other animals. But I felt intellectually lonesome because so few other scientists had become actively involved in the investigation of these fascinating adaptations of behavior and physiology. -- Donald R. Griffin
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Griffin, D. The question of animal awareness
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Donald R. Griffin.The question of animal awareness : evolutionary continuity of mental experience
The Question of Animal Awareness was first published in 1976. Reaction was immediate and vociferous, ranging from unqualified endorsement to equally unqualified depreciation. The result? Professor Griffin has answered his critics in this revised and enlarged edition, in which he further elaborates on his theme that, by breaking old taboos, it should be possible to establish two-way communication with animals under study and so develop a truly experimental science of cognitive ethology. He also engages in broad discussions of a number of challenging questions that either have been ignored or sidestepped by investigators in fields ranging from anthropology, ethology, and linguistics to psychology and zoology: Just how complex are animal communication systems? Are animals aware of what they are doing? Do they have mental images? Are human mental experiences the only kind that exist? Is language in truth a uniquely human characteristic?
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Hanafusa, H./ Editor. Retroviruses and disease
The Rockefeller University
Hidesaburō Hanafusa, Abraham Pinter, Maynard E. Pullma/ editors. Retroviruses and disease
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Herter, C. Imagination and idealism in the medical sciences
The Rockefeller University
Christian A. Herter. Imagination and idealism in the medical sciences
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Herter, C. Lectures on chemical pathology
The Rockefeller University
Christian A. Herter. Lectures on chemical pathology in its relation to practical medicine, delivered at the University and Bellevue medical school, New York City
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Hille, B. Ionic channels of excitable membranes
The Rockefeller University
Bertil Hille. Ionic channels of excitable membranes
Ion channels underlie a broad range of the most basic biological processes, from excitation and signaling to secretion and absorption. Like enzymes, they are diverse and ubiquitous macromolecular catalysts with high substrate specificity and subject to strong regulation. This fully revised and expanded Third Edition of Ion Channels of Excitable Membranes describes the known channels and their physiological functions, then develops the conceptual background needed to understand their architecture and molecular mechanisms of operation. It includes new chapters on calcium signaling, structural biology, and molecular biology and genomics. Ion Channels of Excitable Membranes begins with the classical biophysical work of Hodgkin and Huxley, continues with the roles of channels in cellular signaling, then develops the physical and molecular principles needed for explaining permeation, gating, pharmacological modification, and molecular diversity, and ends with a discussion of channel evolution. Ion Channels of Excitable Membranes is written to be accessible and interesting to life scientists and physical scientists of all kinds. It introduces all the concepts that a graduate student should be aware of but is also effective in advanced undergraduate courses. It has long been the recognized authoritative overview of this field used by all neuroscientists.
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Hirsch, J. Creating the Science of Medicine
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Jules Hirsch. The Rockefeller University Hospital, 1910- 2010: creating the science of medicine: a centennial essay
The year 2010 marks the Centennial of The Rockefeller University Hospital, one of the great philanthropic achievements of the 20th century. For ten decades, the Hospital has played a central role in the development and growth of medical science by enabling physician-scientists to make an intensive study of human biology and disease. With ingenuity and devotion, they have greatly enriched medical and basic biological science.
This account emphasizes the founding and first half century of the Hospital as it became a germinal center for clinical science. The second half of the century saw a rapid change in medicine and health care with vexing problems, many are yet unsolved.
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Holmes, F. Handbook of phytopathogenic viruses
The Rockefeller University
Francis O. Holmes. Handbook of phytopathogenic viruses
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Kac, M. Discrete thoughts
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Mark Kac, Gian-Carlo Rota, Jacob T Schwartz, and Harry Newman. Discrete thoughts: essays on mathematics, science, and philosophy
Series: Scientists of our time
This is a volume of essays and reviews that delightfully explore mathematics in all its moods a "from the light and the witty, and humorous to serious, rational, and cerebral. Topics include logic, combinatorics, statistics, economics, artificial intelligence, computer science, and applications of mathematics broadly. You will also find history and philosophy covered, including discussion of the work of Ulam, Kant, and Heidegger among others.
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Kac, M. Enigmas of chance: an autobiography
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Mark Kac. Enigmas of chance: an autobiography
Series: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Mark Kac led a life filled with discovery and achievement. Enigmas of Chance, his memoir, traces that life from his youth in Poland through his long and brilliant career in mathematical research in the United States.
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Kac, M. Statistical independence in probability, analysis and number theory
The Rockefeller University
Mark Kac. Statistical independence in probability, analysis and number theory
Series: Carus mathematical monographs; no. 12
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Kac, M. Studies in probability theory
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Mark Kac, Murray Rosenblatt. Studies in probability theory
Series: Studies in Mathematics (Mathematical Association of America); v. 18.
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