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  • The Elusive Road Towards Effective Cancer Prevention and Treatment

    by Franklyn De Silva, Jane Alcorn ...
    Cancer will remain a global major health problem unless new diagnostic, prognostic, and management approaches are discovered to address both loss of life and quality of life. Here we summarize the general physiology, pathology, heterogeneity, and evolution of cancer, current status, limitations and challenges associated with prevention, incidence, treatment, survival, and mortality, as well as ... Read more

    $83.81 CAD

  • Tesla For Beginners

    by Robert I. Sutherland-Cohen ...
    The father of modern-day electricity and considered by some to be the ultimate "mad scientist" Nikola Tesla filed nearly 300 patents in his lifetime. Many of these patents resulted in functioning inventions; others were little more than wide-eyed dreams—or still await possible development. Tesla For Beginners examines the man behind the alternating current and wireless technologies who traveled ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Mitochondrial Dysfunction Caused by Drugs and Environmental Toxicants

    Edited by Yvonne Will, James A. Dykens ...
    Developed as a one-stop reference source for drug safety and toxicology professionals, this book explains why mitochondrial failure is a crucial step in drug toxicity and how it can be avoided.• Covers both basic science and applied technology / methods• Allows readers to understand the basis of mitochondrial function, the preclinical assessments used, and what they reveal about drug effects• ... Read more

    $432.99 CAD

  • Nikola Tesla

    Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

    by Sean Patrick ...
    If you want to learn about one of history’s most fascinating minds and uncover some of his secrets of imagination—secrets that enabled him to invent machines light years ahead of his time and literally bring light to the world—then you want to read this book.Imagination amplifies and colors every other element of genius, and unlocks our potential for understanding and ability.It’s no coincidence ... Read more

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  • Wizard:

    The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla

    by Marc Seifer ...
    “The story of one of the most prolific, independent, and iconoclastic inventors of this century…fascinating.”—Scientific AmericanNikola Tesla (1856-1943), credited as the inspiration for radio, robots, and even radar, has been called the patron saint of modern electricity. Based on original material and previously unavailable documents, this acclaimed book is the definitive biography of the man ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Empires of Light

    Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World

    by Jill Jonnes ...
    The gripping history of electricity and how the fateful collision of Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, and George Westinghouse left the world utterly transformed.In the final decades of the nineteenth century, three brilliant and visionary titans of America’s Gilded Age—Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, and George Westinghouse—battled bitterly as each vied to create a vast and powerful electrical empire. In ... Read more

    Was $15.99 CAD Now $11.99 CAD

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  • Stem Cells

    From Biology to Therapy, 2 Volumes

    Edited by Robert A. Meyers ...
    Series series Advances in Molecular Biology and Medicine
    This third in the Current Topics in Molecular Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine Series contains a careful selection of new and updated, high-quality articles from the well-known Meyer's Encyclopedia, describing new perspectives in stem cell research. The 26 chapters are divided into four sections: Basic Biology, Stem Cells and Disease, Stem Cell Therapy Approaches, and Laboratory Methods, with ... Read more

    $322.99 CAD

  • Tesla

    Man Out of Time

    by Margaret Cheney ...
    In this “informative and delightful” (American Scientist) biography, Margaret Cheney explores the brilliant and prescient mind of Nikola Tesla, one of the twentieth century’s greatest scientists and inventors.Called a madman by his enemies, a genius by others, and an enigma by nearly everyone, Nikola Tesla was, without a doubt, a trailblazing inventor who created astonishing, sometimes world ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • Cancer Stem Cells

    Edited by William L. Farrar, PhD ...
    A remarkable paradigm shift has occurred in recent years regarding the biological origins of cancer. The cancer stem cell hypothesis challenged the foundational notions of cancer, and the therapeutic implications have been profound. Compelling evidence indicates that errors in the development of a small subset of adult stem cells can lead to cancer. Only this small sub-population of cells has the ... Read more

    $122.99 CAD

  • Tesla

    Inventor of the Electrical Age

    by W. Bernard Carlson ...
    Nikola Tesla was a major contributor to the electrical revolution that transformed daily life at the turn of the twentieth century. His inventions, patents, and theoretical work formed the basis of modern AC electricity, and contributed to the development of radio and television. Like his competitor Thomas Edison, Tesla was one of America's first celebrity scientists, enjoying the company of New ... Read more

    $24.19 CAD

  • Handbook of the Biology of Aging

    Edited by Nicolas Musi, Peter Hornsby ...
    Series series Handbooks of Aging
    Handbook of the Biology of Aging, Ninth Edition, provides a comprehensive synthesis and review of the latest and most important advances and themes in modern biogerontology. The book focuses on the trend of 'big data' approaches in the biological sciences, presenting new strategies to analyze, interpret and understand the enormous amounts of information being generated through DNA sequencing, ... Read more

    $110.99 CAD

  • Tesla: Wizard at War

    The Genius, the Particle Beam Weapon, and the Pursuit of Power

    by Marc Seifer ...
    In this revelatory new book, the author of the award-winning international bestseller Wizard: The Life & Times of Nikola Tesla delves deeper into the groundbreaking ideas and astonishing mind of one of the greatest geniuses of modern times . . .“In a few years hence, it will be possible for nations to fight without armies, ships or guns, by weapons far more terrible to the destructive action and ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus