gene delivery or gene transfer books

	Teach What You Know: A Practical Leader's Guide to Knowledge Transfer Using Peer Mentoring
	By: Steve Trautman ISBN: 0137143680 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Release Date: 04 February, 2008 Bioscience book rank: 468793	Good, practical advice. For the impatient, you can read this book on O'Reilly's online service. <br /> <br />From Chapter 4: "The training plan is perhaps the most important tool in the entire book. If you take advantage of only one idea, I hope it will be this one." This book is a very clear, easy-to-read book about how to duplicate abilities to carry out repeatable tasks. And lest you think, "my task is special or too complex," think again. For better or worse, a lot of what we do every day is repeatable and not particularly creative. It makes sense to be able to train more people to share those burdens, anything from computer system configuration to project logistics, at the lowest cost to the current experts in our organization. It's all about getting more people up to speed, so we can all concentrate on the interesting part of the work: the creative and problem-solving parts. <br /> <br />For mentoring that part, try searching "lucid quality" on the web. I highly recommend this book to people that value quality in the workplace. I'm amazed how relevant the information is to different companies and possibly even personal/family life. I work in the high tech industry, customer support. Everything I've read so far (I'm only half way through) has been totally worthwhile and applicable to me and the team I work with. I believe the ideas presented would also be much needed at the coffee shop where my wife works. Pretty basic sensible stuff once you get down to it, but isn't it the basics where we often come up short? <br /> <br />I like the clear writing style. It's refreshing to read something where the intent is obviously to educate the reader, as opposed to some authors that appear to be trying to convince the reader how intelligent the author is. It's one thing to show how much a writer knows, it's an entirely different thing to help a reader learn valuable information efficiently. I think Steve is clearly and thankfully in the second group. <br /> <br />I think this is one of the most valuable books in my library.
	Memories of a Lifetime: Fairies & Angels: Artwork for Scrapbooks & Fabric-Transfer Crafts (Memories of a Lifetime)
	By: Nancy Rosin ISBN: 1402726406 Publisher: Sterling/Chapelle Release Date: 01 September, 2005 Bioscience book rank: 273698	SO worth it! You can use these images for cards, scrapbooks, altered books, the options are endless! You'll need them all (ok, WANT them all) ;) Good book, paper texture is OK, some pictures are bed quality ( one can see pixels or colour spills over the edges ... ) Let me say so, half book is super good, other half I will give to my children for play. Ive had this book in my wish list for months and finally got it..I wish id gotten it sooner now..its lovely,nice paper texture,wonderful pictures,beautiful colors..perfect for card making,and decoupage,,,or Altered art projects..its just a lovely offering..B.W.
	An Introduction to Mass and Heat Transfer: Principles of Analysis and Design
	By: Stanley Middleman ISBN: 0471111767 Publisher: Wiley Release Date: 21 October, 1997 Bioscience book rank: 593739	I am a Chemical Engineering senior at a major university. My professor forced middleman down our throats both for fluid dynamics and Mass and Heat transfer(double dose of Middleman..hehe..:).However he was a good teacher and pretty much derived everything .I got a B in the class and I am only an average math student. The book taught me alot and I am glad that I perservered ,particularly it made me appreciate diffQ's and how they are applied to design ,in Chem E. I have to admit this book is not meant for self study, you have to read it like 3 times to get it ,it's kind of a test of how bad you want to be a Chem E. Some parts are like advanced hieroglyphics. some of the end of chapter problems are insane(Middleman must have been tipsy:)). Despite everything I honestly feel it's a very good solid book well written for the most part and intended for a mature audience( like any serious ChemE's:). It is also meant to teach you how to think in terms of design and I am grateful for that. If you want to learn how to design air freshners:)and how to set expiration dates on bread and candy :) etc you have to suck it in and get through this book/Course. Maybe it wouldnt be so bad if students had access to answers to some of the end of chapter problems. I know it is engineering not physics but cut us some slack Middleman. Also if you really want to be a Chem E quit whinning and just struggle through the book nothing comes easy ,many have gone before you and survived. This book is not that bad. I recommend it to all who are not faint hearted.You dont have to be a math whiz to grasp the concepts ,if you look beyond the arcane math and if you dont get bogged down by the algebra, there lies beneath it a beautiful subject that will enhance your understanding of Calculus and Diffq's and open your mind to real engineering and its applications. <br />Good luck if you have to take this book and by the way pick up some No-Doze, before the semester begins , you will definitely need that. <br />P.S It also made me realise how worthless my diffQ. teacher was. <br />Greg This book makes people want to quit undergraduate chemical engineering at my school. I'd rather do slave work in a mineshaft than to try to read this dry and abstruse book again! What a waste of people's lives when professors force their students to try to learn from this book. The subject matter itself should be challenging part and not the presentation. You know, I think when authors spent too many years using the concepts, they feel like what is obvious to them is good enough for any novice to understand. I felt like I had to translate heiroglyphics and learn fluid dynamics at the same time. Of course, I don't mean to be so depressing and leave anyone hanging. A good book like Fundamentals of Heat&Mass Transfer should be like a day at disneyland compared to this book. Schaum's outlines can be quite nice too. Good luck! I agree with some of the other reviewers that there are notoriously few books on heat and mass transfer which are not heavy on mathematics -- which has to do with the subject! However, Middleman's book stands out in another respect: it tries to balance the motivation behind the maths with the mathematical derivations themselves and is therefore much more self-contained than many others. Personally, I found the use of non-SI units annoying, but that may not be a problem for US readers.
	William Morris Iron-On Transfer Patterns (Dover Pictorial Archives)
	By: William Morris, Marty Noble ISBN: 0486431835 Publisher: Dover Publications Release Date: 08 August, 2003 Bioscience book rank: 323965
	Memories of a Lifetime: Alphabets & Ornaments: Artwork for Scrapbooks & Fabric-Transfer Crafts (Memories of a Lifetime)
	By: Anna Corba ISBN: 1402719957 Publisher: Sterling/Chapelle Release Date: 01 April, 2005 Bioscience book rank: 100282	Though the images on the CD are nice, the whole concept would have benefited from using an image type that supports transparency. As they are presented here, the individual images have to be cropped (either manually or on the computer) to eliminate the white background. This is especially annoying with bits of lace or doilies, in cases where you might want to apply the image to a darker background. <br /> <br />I also would have liked to see some actual fonts included (not all the "alphabets" are even complete... sometimes there are only two or three letters). The selection of images is nice, though, so I'll give the book two stars. I was dissapointed that none of the "alphabets" are actual fonts, so you can't make your own titles and such. You can only use the few individual letters they provide. But the graphics on the cd are easy to use and easy to crop to the size you want.
	Thermal Radiation Heat Transfer
	By: Robert Siegel ISBN: 1560328398 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Release Date: 15 December, 2001 Bioscience book rank: 507099	Overall, good text for radiation heat transfer. Certain cases in radiation problems where the solution will involve some numerical technique are not emphasized enough in the example problems. Thermal Radiation Heat Transfer by Robert Siegel and John Howell is probably the ,most widely used text for graduate students and is the book I have probably used more than any other in my professional engineering career. Originally published in the 1960's as a NASA Special Publication (SP-164), this book has been significantly updated three times since its initial published in 1972. In this latest version of the book, the authors cover the standard radiation heat transfer topics, such as the Stefan-Boltzmann relation, blackbody radiation, the various forms of optical surfaces properties (emissivity, transmissivity, absorptivity, diffuse, specular and much more), and an enclosure analysis. Topics, which are often overlooked in other textbooks, such as gas radiation, scattering, multi-mode heat, the Maxwell relationships, are given a thorough examination in this book. Furthermore, this latest edition of the book includes a CD-ROM contains a catalog of 290 configuration factors in algebraic or graphical form, plus homework problems. Finally, if you are looking for an excellent textbook which covers almost aspects of radiation heat, this book is a must, especially for those people planning of a career in which is involved with heat transfer. This is fourth edition of excellent monograph that comprises all theoretical and computational problems of radiative heat transfer. In comparison with the previous edition, the book of R. Siegel and J. R. Howell is updated by the state-of-the-art material concerning the analysis of radiative heat transfer in absorbing, emitting, and scattering media, in semitransparent bodies, modern applications of Monte Carlo method etc. The book may serve a great textbook for university students, as well as a great reference book for all experts in radiation heat transfer. Accompanying CD-ROM with the catalog of radiation configuration factors (bibliographic rarity, up to a recent time available only on John Howell's web site) will be a reliable tool to everyone who deals with computation of radiation transfer within system of diffuse surfaces. I beleive this is a best book in its area (you may compare with the books of Sparrow & Cess or Modest)
	J.K. Lasser ProEstate and Business Succession Planning: A Legal Guide to Wealth Transfer
	By: Russell J. Fishkind, Robert C. Kautz ISBN: 0471214485 Publisher: Wiley Release Date: 04 January, 2002 Bioscience book rank: 219262
	Liquid Vapor Phase Change Phenomena: An Introduction to the Thermophysics of Vaporization and Condensation Processes in Heat Transfer Equipment
	By: Van P. Carey ISBN: 1591690358 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Release Date: 19 November, 2007 Bioscience book rank: 574851	This book is one of the few books I have found on the topic of two phase flow which gives good, concise physical models that correspond to the mathematical theory. There are very few books written exclusively focussing on Two Phase flow, and this is one of the very good books on that subject. It caters the interest of Mechanical engineers in large and also Chemical engineer
	Novels, 1920-1925: One Man's Initiation: 1917, Three Soldiers, Manhattan Transfer (The Library of America)
	By: John Dos Passos ISBN: 1931082391 Publisher: Library of America Release Date: 11 September, 2003 Bioscience book rank: 578657	Fast shipping, the book itself was in great condition although the cover was a little more torn than I had expected! But still very satisfied! In this Library of America edition, there are three Dos Passos novels of varying length and subject matter. The first, One Man's Initiation: 1917, is a brief, semi-autobiographical account of the author's tour of duty in the ambulance corps of WWI. One thing holds true for all Dos Passos novels and this is his devotion to linear narrative at the expense of plot development. Dos Passos writes phenomenally well, his imagery exquisite, but one may often wonder to what point it is directed. In longer novels, character formation may be such that the lack of plot is less evident, but One Man's Intiation isn't long enough to create a diversion. Instead, it appears an arbitrary stream of events with little or no objective. <br /> <br />Three Soldiers, the next offering, is an extended example of the first. Again, it takes place during WWI and recounts the US Army experiences of, to no surprise, three soldiers. Here, once more, is a linear narrative devoid of plot, but Dos Passos' character formation and imagery are powerful enough to divert attention. Dos Passos can certainly evoke a time and place and expertly contrasts the desperate, chaotic trenches with the metropolitan flair and relative ease of Paris. <br /> <br />The best of the lot is saved for last in Manhattan Transfer, a novel of early 20th-century New York. The city and it's inhabitants are fertile ground for Dos Passos' talents and he presents here what I consider his finest effort. Still largely plotless, the author nevertheless admirably narrates the pre-war lives of twelve people interconnected in various ways. One readily experiences the sights and sounds of New York and retains a notion of city life as it must have been 90 years ago. Manhattan Transfer alone merits 5 stars, but the inclusion of the first two books lower the rating of this collection to 4. Regardless, I strongly recommend this reading experience to anyone interested in WWI-era American literature. Dos Passos may be different, may be a taste acquired, but he is undoubtedly worthy of our attention. Final Draft<p>Three Soldiers: Best War Novel<p>"How soons it take a feller to git out o'this camp", This quote in John Dos Passos Three Soldiers is typical for the soldiers for the soldiers of that time because, most of the men couldn't wait to charge into battle on the other side of the Atlantic. The authors main goal in the Three Soldiers is to show you what a soldier really goes through. John Dos Passos captures you in this novel how he shows you a soldier's life on the base and off. Also the different characteristics of the three soldiers, each one with a different back ground and each one going through the same struggles the brings to them. Even down to the languages the character uses told us the lifestyles for every day soldier.<p>Three Soldiers is about 3 men trapped in the world of war, Fuselli, Andrews, and Chrisfield. Each soldier took their own direction into the war. Each Soldier has their own purposes in the war whether it was to become a colonel or to be a war hero. John Dos Passos grabs the readers heart in this epic adventure each character faces.<p>Three Soldiers gets four stars due to the fact that the story is a bit confusing, as he jumps from the slang talk of the soldiers to the formal language of the colonels. The story takes place at a camp and moves on to the battlegrounds over sea. Each character had their own plot, Which is a great way to keep your attention, because three stories in one is always more interesting.<p>The setting jumps from the boring base to the treacherous battlefield. The setting is great because it emphasis's on the life of soldiers in that period. The blood and gore that is spread in the battlefield is such good imagery you thing your actually there. The sickness and the smell aboard the boat makes you gag by the use of diction John Dos Passos uses. John Dos Passos is no doubt one of the best with his words.<p>Also, the way the men speak to each other you could tell they weren't very educated, "you mean do I speak eyetalian, naw sir". The lieutenants speak the opposite with a more formal language, "Italian parentage, I presume? ". The language in this novel is somewhat confusing, because it's hard to read and try to understand what the soldiers are saying and get the story all in one.<p>The goal in this story for the characters is to get out of the war alive and to get the information back to the people in America about the brutality that goes on overseas. The goal they have to accomplish seems so impossible it grabs the reader's interest so strongly they won't be able to let go. The goals the characters face and defeat, make the novel unforgettable.<p>All in all, this novel is a great way to show how a soldier lives through a war. John Dos Passos is a great author of imagery and will capture the reader with the fear, love, and hatred these three soldiers go through. This novel could be by far the most realistic fiction novel written.
	Handbook of Heat Transfer
	By: Warren M. Rohsenow, James P. Hartnett, Young I. Cho ISBN: 0070535558 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Release Date: 01 May, 1998 Bioscience book rank: 577477	This book is a resource for understanding/solving complex heat transfer. There are no pages wasted on useless information, just vital information pertinent to the topic. The book is well laid out and well referenced. The chapter on heat pipes is a bit lacking. Overall an excellent heat transfer reference. You could spend the rest of your life reading this book! It would be useful for any professor or A student or other intellectual studying the material in depth. But for a practicing engineer who has little available time to ponder the specifics, it would take a "lot" of effort to find material that could be put to work in this text. If you are interested in deriving the equations you need yourself, or if you're analysing a unique design, then this is the book for you. But if you are busy with standardized systems and technology, find another reference. I was expecting more tables and equations especially for natural convection external flow. There is also very little useful information about forced convection external flow. I also would have liked to see some sample calculations to demonstrate how to use this book better. <br /> <br />There is plenty of theory despite the product's description and most of it is probably unnecessary for a handbook. It's more like a big, expensive text for heat transfer than a handbook. A person would have to be an engineer, mathematician, or physicist to deal with the level of mathematics presented in this book. <br /> <br />There is a fair amount of information about internal flow for both forced and natural convection, but this book's value is quite limited. I am dissappointed with this book and would not purchase it again if I lost it.