Myelodysplastic syndromes

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Ann F. Ramenofsky and Anastasia Steffen

The relativity of measurement is one of the paradoxes of science. Even as we seek evidence to explain the world around us, the nature of that knowledge depends on our tools. The apparent inconsistency between what we know and how and what we measure points to the importance of scientific method as a bridge between ideas and entities. This volume emphasizes one aspect of scientific method: units of measure and their construction as applied to archaeology. Attributes, artifact classes, locational designations, temporal periods, sampling universes, culture stages, and geographic regions are all examples of constructed units. Unit Issues in Archaeology discusses how units are defined, described, and evaluated within specified research contexts. Topics include projectile points as chronological markers, the Pecos classification, obsidian and ceramic sourcing, ceramic typology, the "Folsom problem," and landscape-scale units. Throughout the volume, emphasis is placed on the relationship between research goal and measurement. Because research drives the selection and construction of units, units are not treated as unvarying sets of absolutes.

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Terence Martin

A critical introduction to the nature and extent of Hawthorne's achievement in fiction, giving new insight into his romances and tales.

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Bill Green

"You could die looking into such blueness," a scientist once said of Antarctica's Dry Valley lakes. Water, Ice and Stone is Bill Green's remarkable account of the time he spent probing the blueness of these lakes, expertly analyzing their chemistry and humbly listening to their stories of nature's unity. Permanently covered by as much as twelve feet of ice, these are the most isolated lakes in the world - not a single fish darts through their waters, not one tree or plant has ever taken root on their rocky shores. Yet for geologists and geochemists like Green, the lakes contain a rich historical narrative of the earth's development. In the lakes he finds answers that can be expressed in the calibrated and quantified language of research, and he finds questions that can never be answered, only pondered in the memories and musings awakened by the beauty and brutality of a lonely, dangerous land. We experience with him something of this awe and wonder - the inspiration for all scientific inquiry.

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Teh Fu Yen

"This book aims at bridging the concepts and theory of chemistry with examples from fields of practical application, thus reinforcing the connection between science and engineering. Written primarily for use as a textbook for a university-level course, the topics covered here provide the fundamental tools necessary for an accomplished engineer." --Back Cover.