The Bone Vault

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Following the critically acclaimed and top ten Best Seller The Deadhouse, Linda Fairstein now takes us behind the scenes of some of New York's magnificent and mysterious institutions in her most electrifying Alexandra Cooper thriller yet. The Bone Vault begins in the glorious Temple of Dendur at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where wealthy donors have gathered to hear plans for a controversial new exhibit. An uneasy mix of scholarship and showbiz. The exhibition has raised fierce opposition from some of the museum's elite: IMAX time trips and Rembrandt refrigerator magnets have no place for them at the Met. Assistant DA Alex Cooper, off duty for the evening, observes the proceedings with bemused interest until the Met director suddenly pulls her aside: the body of a young researcher has been found in an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus. Teaming up with cops Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace, Alex must penetrate the silent sentinels comprising New York's museum society, investigating not only at the Met but also at the Museum of Natural History and the Cloisters, to find a killer. Atmospheric, chilling, and shot through with procedural authenticity.

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Genre : Fiction
Author : Linda Fairstein
Publisher : Hachette UK
Release : 2011-05-05
File : 358 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780748130252


The Thin Bone Vault

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This book delves into one of the greatest riddles perplexing modern science: ?Why are humans so smart?? In a format understandable even by the non-expert, the author investigates the origins of human intelligence, starting with classical Darwinian concepts. Thus, the strengths and beauty of natural selection are presented with many examples taken from natural history. Common criticisms of Darwin, from scientists and non-scientists alike, are confronted and shown to be either inconclusive or outright false.The author then launches into a discussion of human intelligence, the most important feature of human evolution, and how it cannot be fully explained by mutational selection. Modern humans are smarter than what is demanded by our evolutionary experience as hunter-gatherers. The difficulty lies in the inability of natural selection to answer the following question: how can a complex set of genes, controlling expensive traits with little immediate benefit, come into permanent existence within a short time period in every member of a small population (which was dispersed and geographically isolated over a huge planet) which had a low reproductive output and a low mutation rate?The book concludes with a speculative epigenetic theory of intelligence that does not require DNA mutations as a source of evolution. Although the book is comprehensible by anyone with a college education, this last section in particular should intrigue both layman and expert alike.

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Genre : Science
Author : Fredric M. Menger
Publisher : World Scientific
Release : 2009
File : 313 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781848163362


Thin Bone Vault The The Origin Of Human Intelligence

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This book delves into one of the greatest riddles perplexing modern science: “Why are humans so smart?” In a format understandable even by the non-expert, the author investigates the origins of human intelligence, starting with classical Darwinian concepts. Thus, the strengths and beauty of natural selection are presented with many examples taken from natural history. Common criticisms of Darwin, from scientists and non-scientists alike, are confronted and shown to be either inconclusive or outright false.The author then launches into a discussion of human intelligence, the most important feature of human evolution, and how it cannot be fully explained by mutational selection. Modern humans are smarter than what is demanded by our evolutionary experience as hunter-gatherers. The difficulty lies in the inability of natural selection to answer the following question: how can a complex set of genes, controlling expensive traits with little immediate benefit, come into permanent existence within a short time period in every member of a small population (which was dispersed and geographically isolated over a huge planet) which had a low reproductive output and a low mutation rate?The book concludes with a speculative epigenetic theory of intelligence that does not require DNA mutations as a source of evolution. Although the book is comprehensible by anyone with a college education, this last section in particular should intrigue both layman and expert alike./a

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Genre : Science
Author : Fredric M Menger
Publisher : World Scientific
Release : 2009-02-11
File : 313 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781908978554


Diseases Of The Nasal Cavity And The Vault Of The Pharynx

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Author : Carl Michel
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Release : 1877
File : 116 Pages
ISBN-13 : STANFORD:24500622140


Wiley Blackwell Student Dictionary Of Human Evolution

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Not so long ago, all a student studying human evolution needed was a familiarity with the relatively sparse fossil record and what limited information there was about the context of the sites, a basic knowledge of gross anatomy and archeology, and an understanding of simple analytical methods. Times have changed. The fossil record has grown exponentially, imaging techniques have advanced dramatically, quantitative methods have burgeoned, and molecular biology has revolutionized our understanding of genetics, evolutionary history, and development. Added to this are advances in the archeological, biological, and earth sciences that help interpret the context of the fossil evidence and reconstruct behavior. But presently there is nowhere students of human evolution cna easily find out about topics as disparate as ameloblast, Coopers Cave, daily secretion rate, the effect hypothesis, homeobox genes, insolation, phylogenetically independent contrasts, quantitative trait locus, semicircular canals, and tephrostratigraphy. The Wiley Blackwell Student Dictionary of Human Evolution contains upwards of 2500 entries, all drafted with an eye on the student user. It is an indispensable source for those studying human evolution.

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Genre : Science
Author : Bernard Wood
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Release : 2015-10-20
File : 644 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781118335734


A System Of Surgery

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Genre : Surgery
Author : Timothy Holmes
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Release : 1883
File : 1146 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015076965485


The Student S Surgery A Multum In Parvo

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Genre : Surgery
Author : Frederick James Gant
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Release : 1890
File : 870 Pages
ISBN-13 : STANFORD:24503429274


Atlas And Text Book Of Human Anatomy Bones Ligaments Joints And Muscles

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Genre : Anatomy
Author : Johannes Sobotta
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Release : 1906
File : 510 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015045682906


British Medical Journal

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Release : 1896
File : 2024 Pages
ISBN-13 : BSB:BSB11793741


Obstetrics

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Genre : Medical
Author : Thomas Loftus Townshend Lewis
Publisher : Hodder Education
Release : 1972
File : 760 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015011779009