JoVE science education. Basic methods in cellular and molecular biology.

Subjects: “…Cytology Experiments. sh 85035240…”
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Everyday science experiments in the backyard / by Hartzog, John Daniel

Subjects: “…Natural history Experiments Juvenile literature. sh 92002348…”
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Janice VanCleave's insects and spiders : mind-boggling experiments you can turn into science fair projects / by VanCleave, Janice Pratt

Subjects: “…Insects Experiments Juvenile literature. sh 85066670…”
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Super science projects about light and optics by Cobb, Allan B.

Table of Contents: “…Lights and optics -- Experiment #1. How light travels -- Experiment #2. Refraction -- Experiment #3. …”
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Experience and faith : the late-Romantic imagination of Emily Dickinson / by Brantley, Richard E.

Table of Contents: “…Distinguishing mode -- Ch. 2. Experimental trust -- Ch. 3. Nature methodized -- Ch. 4. …”


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The mighty experiment : free labor versus slavery in British emancipation / by Drescher, Seymour

Table of Contents: “…The Mighty Experiment; 9. Expanding the Experiment; 10. The Experiment Eroded; 11. …”
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Observation and experiment : an introduction to causal inference / by Rosenbaum, Paul R.

Table of Contents: “…Observational studies: Between observational studies and experiments -- Natural experiments -- Elaborate theories -- Quasi-experimental devices -- Sensitivity to bias -- Design sensitivity -- Matching techniques -- Biases from general dispositions -- Instruments -- Conclusion.…”
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Observation and experiment : an introduction to causal inference / by Rosenbaum, Paul R.

Table of Contents: “…Between observational studies and experiments -- Natural experiments -- Elaborate theories -- Quasi-experimental devices -- Sensitivity to bias -- Design sensitivity -- Matching techniques -- Biases from general dispositions -- Instruments -- Conclusion.…”


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Everglades Experiments Lessons for Ecosystem Restoration / by Richardson, Curtis J.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The Hydrologic Status of the Everglades, Past and Present Alteration Effects -- Soils of the Everglades Landscape -- Vegetation of the Everglades -- Ecological Status of the Everglades: Historical and Current Comparisons of Ecosystem Structure and Function -- Long-term Water Chemistry Along Nutrient and Hydrologic Gradients -- Hydrology Gradients in the Everglades -- Soil Chemistry and P Storage Along Nutrient Gradients -- Patterns of Algal Assemblages Along a Phosphorus Gradient -- Macrophyte Community Responses to Long-term Nutrient Additions, Altered Hydroperiod and Fire -- Invertebrates Along a Nutrient Gradient in the Northern Everglades -- Historical Gradient Changes in Vegetation, Water Quality and Hydrology in WCA-2A as Determined by Paleoecological Analysis -- A Mesocosm Approach to Establishment of Phosphorus Dosing Gradients in the Everglades -- Water Quality and Soil Chemistry responses to P Dosing -- Diel Changes in Water Chemistry in Response to P Dosing -- Changes in Macrophyte Slough Communities in Response to Experimental P Enrichment -- Experimental Assessment of Phosphorus Effects on Algal Assemblages in Dosing Mesocosms -- Decomposition of Organic Matter under P Dosing.…”
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The Everglades experiments : lessons for ecosystem restoration / by Richardson, Curtis J.

Table of Contents: “…Everglades Ecosystem -- Overview of Gradient Studies and Experiments -- Ecological Status of the Everglades: Environmental and Human Factors that Control the Peatland Complex on the Landscape -- Soil Characteristics of the Everglades Peatland -- Vegetation and Algae of the Everglades Fen -- Nutrient and Hydrologic Gradient Studies -- to the Gradient Studies -- Enrichment Gradients in WCA-2A and Northern WCA-3A: Water, Soil, Plant Biomass, and Nutrient Storage Responses -- Geologic Settings and Hydrology Gradients in the Everglades -- Effects of Hydrologic Management Decisions on Everglades Tree Islands -- Macrophyte Community Responses in the Everglades with an Emphasis on Cattail (Typha domingensis) and Sawgrass (Cladium jamaicense) Interactions along a Gradient of Long-Term Nutrient Additions, Altered Hydroperiod, and Fire -- Algal Responses to Long-Term Nutrient Additions -- Macroinvertebrate Responses to a Gradient of Long-Term Nutrient Additions, Altered Hydroperiod, and Fire -- Historical Changes in Water Quality and Vegetation in WCA-2A Determined by Paleoecological Analyses -- Carbon Cycling and Dissolved Organic Matter Export in the Northern Everglades -- Everglades Experiments -- to a Mesocosm Approach for Establishment of Phosphorus Gradient Experiments -- Water Quality, Soil Chemistry, and Ecosystem Responses to P Dosing -- Macrophyte Slough Community Response to Experimental Phosphorus Enrichment and Periphyton Removal -- Decomposition of Litter and Peat in the Everglades: The Influence of P Concentrations -- Experimental Assessment of Phosphorus Effects on Algal Assemblages in Dosing Mesocosms -- Macroinvertebrate and Fish Responses to Experimental P Additions in Everglades Sloughs -- Plant Community Response to Long-Term N and P Fertilization -- The Effects of Disturbance, Phosphorus, and Water Level on Plant Succession in the Everglades -- Establishment and Seedling Growth of Sawgrass and Cattail from the Everglades -- Modeling Ecosystem Responses to Phosphorus Additions -- Long-Term Phosphorus Assimilative Capacity (PAC) in the Everglades -- Spatial Distributions of Total Phosphorus and Phosphorus Accretion Rates in Everglades Soils -- An Ecological Basis for Establishment of a Phosphorus Threshold for the Everglades Ecosystem -- Lessons for Restoration of the Everglades -- An Ecological Approach for Restoration of the Everglades Fen.…”
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Discipline and Experience : the Mathematical Way in the Scientific Revolution. by Dear, Peter, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Note on Citations and Translations; Introduction: The Measure of All Things; One Induction in Early-Modern Europe; Two Experience and Jesuit Mathematical Science: The Practical Importance of Methodology; Three Expertise, Novel Claims, and Experimental Events; Four Apostolic Succession, Astronomical Knowledge, and Scientific Traditions; Five The Uses of Experience; Six Art, Nature, Metaphor: The Growth of Physico-Mathematics; Seven Pascal's Void, Natural Philosophers, and Mathematical Experience; Eight Barrow, Newton, and Constructivist Experiment.…”
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Experimenting Landscapes : Testing the Limits of the Garden. by Festival, Métis International Garden

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The prison experience : disciplinary institutions and their inmates in early modern Europe / by Spierenburg, Petrus Cornelis

Table of Contents: “…Thieves, Prostitutes and Aggressors The Evolution of Imprisonment as a Penal Sanction; 8. The Prison Experience Internal Life from Above and from Below.…”
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The film experience : an introduction / by Corrigan, Timothy, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Preparing viewers and views: distribution, promotion, and exhibition -- Exploring a material world: mise-en-scène -- Seeing through the image: cinematography -- Relating images: editing -- Listening to the cinema: film sound -- Telling stories about time: narrative films -- Other cinematic shapes: documentary and experimental films -- Rituals, conventions, archetypes, and formulas: movie genres -- Conventional film history: evolutions, masterpieces, and periodization -- Global and local: inclusive histories of the movies -- Reading about film: critical methods and theories -- Writing a film essay: observations, arguments, research, and analysis.…”


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The film experience : an introduction / by Corrigan, Timothy, 1951-, White, Patricia, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Studying film : culture and experience -- Encountering film : from preproduction to exhibition -- History and historiography : Hollywood and beyond -- Formal Compositions : Film Scenes, Shots, Cuts, and Sounds. …”


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Design of experiments with MINITAB / by Mathews, Paul G., 1960-

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The film experience : an introduction / by Corrigan, Timothy

Table of Contents: “…Contexts: making, watching, and studying movies -- Introduction to the film experience -- Preparing viewers and views: production, distribution, promotion, and exhibition -- Compositions: film scenes, shots, cuts, and sounds -- Exploring a material world: mise-en-scène -- Seeing through the image: cinematography -- Relating images: editing -- Listening to the cinema: film sound -- Organizational structures: from stories to genres -- Telling stories about time: narrative films -- Representing the real: documentary films -- Experimental screens: avant-garde film, video art, and new media -- Rituals, conventions, archetypes, and formulas: movie genres -- Hollywood and the world -- Conventional film history: evolutions, masterpieces, and periodization -- Global and local: inclusive histories of the movies -- Reactions: reading and writing about film -- Reading about film: critical theories and methods -- Writing a film essay: observations, arguments, research, and analysis.…”


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Exhibition experiments /

Table of Contents: “…en / edited by Clare Carolin and Cathy Haynes -- From exhibiting to installing ethnography : experiments at the Museum of Anthropology of the University of Coimbra, Portugal, 1999-2005 / Nuno Porto -- Raising specters : welcoming hybrid phantoms at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry / Anne Lorimer -- Exposing expo : exhibition entrepreneurship and experimental reflexivity in late modernity / Alexa F?…”
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The American experience ; a radical reader /

Table of Contents: “…/ Jonas Mekas -- The new cinema / Leon Lewis -- Experimental music / John Cage -- Like a rolling stone / Ralph J. …”


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Walter Benjamin the colour of experience / by Caygill, Howard

Subjects: “…Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940 Contributions in philosophy of experience.…”
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