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I believe this is the most widely used text book in Plant Pathology worldwide. This book has had
very significant impact on dissemination of science of Plant Pathology. The fifth edition of
the book is probably the last edition prepared by the author.
With his writings, Jim Watson has inspired generations of young scientists (myself included) and
drawn them to the exciting and wonderful world of molecular biology.In this most recent book, he
casts the grand ideas and talks about the future challenges that we will face in the next fifty
years.
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an emerging biomedical imaging modality that I have been
involved with since its inception. I believe OCT will play a significant role in helping to
diagnose diseases such as cancer. This book reviews many of the fundamental advances and
applications for this technology.
My father was a high school social studies teacher, and this book was always on our family room
bookshelf when I was growing up. I spent countless hours reading it over and again. To
this day, I still have a deep interest in the Presidency, politics and public policy, thanks to my
father and to this book.
Much of my research and teaching is in the area of applied welfare economics. Just, Hueth
and Schmitz wrote the standard reference in this field in 1982. Over two decades, it became
impossible to find this book. People stole them from libraries. Finally, the authors
have revised the book. I want our library to have plenty of copies.
This is the first book I checked out from the library stacks as a first-year graduate
student. This book (originally published in 1885) is historically important because it showed
that memory (and by extension other mental processes) could be studied scientifically and
quantitatively. In this day and age in which I am studying memory and aging processes as they
unfold in the brain, I still find this book, and the pioneering work of Ebbinghaus, inspiring.
Monica
Fabiani
This book reviews the foundations of modern astrophysics, from cosmology to the structure of
stars. It is as complete an introduction to the field as one could hope to find in one volume,
and a real treasure for both graduate students and professors!
The book tells an important story about modernity and enlightenment. As a former Peace
Corps volunteer and now professor, having social impact is important. Sinclair Lewis deftly
teaches us about humility and respect for our fellow human beings as we set about trying to change
the world around us.
John von Neumann was an astoundingly creative mathematician and innovator with significant
contributions to mathematics, economics and computer science. His work is inspiration to many of
us; his utter brilliance is quite humbling.
It was written by my Ph.D. supervisor, and it has been the most influential book in my
professional career. In it, Brian Charlesworth develops the mathematical theory of
evolution in organisms with overlapping generations (where different ages coexist at the same time,
like in humans). The evolutionary process in these kinds of organisms is complicated because
it involves the interaction of genetics, natural selection, and population demography. This
theory has profound implications for many of the most fundamental problems in evolutionary
biology: life-history evolution, the evolution of senescence (aging), kin selection, sexual
selection, and the evolution of mating systems.
A great book about how the independent actions of ordinary soldiers in WWII, collectively lead
to an extraordinary outcome. It follows their responses to day to day difficulties, and how they
overcame these most challenging times order to do their job.
This book has had a strong impact on my intellectual as well as my spiritual
development. Lewis not only taught me to think critically about my earlier bias against
Christianity; he also trained me to think more critically about philosophical assumptions in
general, including those underlying my discipline.
The
Phantom Tollbooth taught me about learning and exploration and the wonders of imagination.
I was even more fortunate to have my own Milo to guide me through life, foster my desire to learn
and set me on my journey to becoming a teacher.
This book is the leading textbook in the field of concrete materials, the area of my
work. One of the authors, UIUC Professor Emeritus Francis Young, was instrumental in
recruiting me to come to the University, and served as an influential mentor through the years.
Voices of the Mind has served as an inspiration for my research, teaching, and personal life.
The author has provided a scholarly, innovative, yet accessible explication of the work of Mikhail
Bakhtin. The book demonstrates how the mind develops through engagement in dialogue with the social
world.
One of the most pressing problems in better predicting future scenarios of global climate change
is obtaining a better understanding of three-dimensional cloud radiation effects. I selected this
book because it gives an overview of issues in this field that are not represented in any other
book in the university library.
I selected this book because it documents the life of the artist who has had the most musical
impact on my life as a performing artist and my passion, jazz improvising. Tenor saxophonist John
Coltrane has influened millions of jazz musicians throughout the world and is one of my earliest
and deepest influences. His sound and expressiveness were the main two elements that brought
me to jazz and continue to inspire me!
The visually dramatic variations in the morphology of the maize plant are fascinating to all who
observe them and have contributed greatly to our understanding of plant biology. This book
documents the interesting history and science of maize genetics and presents exciting opportunities
for future discovery.
Most important, this is a fabulous adventure story, but it is also a sly meditation on good and
evil, consciousness, and many other grand issues. It is also wonderful to see a science fiction
update of
Paradise Lost!
Research on functionally graded materials (FGMs) considers, in a large sense, functions of
gradients in materials comprising thermodynamic, mechanical, chemical, optical, electromagentic,
and/or biological aspects. I hope that whoever reads this statement will be motivated to learn more
aobut the fascinating field of FGMs.
This book is a fascinating description of the early years of modern elementary particle
physics. It describes the first experiments to definitively prove that protons and neutrons
are not fundamental particles, instead they are made of smaller objects known as quarks.
This book implores Evangelicals not to abandon intellectual rigor and the life of the mind for
the sake of mere comfort or simplicity. Its indictment of modern evangelicalism inspired me to
pursue a career in the academy.
It is the first book connecting in a comprehensive way the principles of modern finance and
financial statements produced by the accrual accounting system. It is also the first book that
fully exploits the articulation of financial accounting in carrying out financial statement
analysis for equity security valuation.
The ESV (English Standard Version) Reformation Study Bible is a scholarly work that combines the
latest translation research with insight on reformed Christian theology as the 500th anniversary of
the Reformation nears. It is an invaluable resource for anyone who wishes to better understand
the most important book in history.
I chose this book to honor Tom Hamm, my favorite undergraduate history professor. As part
of a grant funded seminar in which faculty and students conducted primary research for publication,
Tom loaded up the class in the Earlham van and toured the area where our research subjects, whose
lives we were uncovering through minutes and land records, lived and worked. The power of
place and local history was never more vivid.
Theory always has a history, even as it tries to abstract patterns from the intellectual,
cultural, social and political formations of any historical moment. In this wonderful
two-volume study, Dosse illuminates some of the most influential theories of our own moment by
situating them within their formative contexts.
This book captures the intellectual excitement of elementary particle physics better than any
that I know of. I recall reading it right around the time that I was offered a position at
the University of Illinois, so it has special meaning to me.