Robust correlation : theory and applications / by Shevlyakov, Georgy L.

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Death defied : the anatomy lessons of Frederik Ruysch / by Kooijmans, L.

Table of Contents: “…The anatomy lesson -- Established and envied -- Under fire -- Ruysch at work -- Rivals -- The collection -- The return of Peter the Great -- Reproduction -- Latter days -- Ruysch's legacy.…”
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Stuffed animals & pickled heads : the culture and evolution of natural history museums / by Asma, Stephen T.

Table of Contents: “…Flesh-eating Beetles and the Secret Art of Taxidermy -- Peter the Great's Mysterious Fars: How to Pickle a Human Head and Other Great Achievements of the Scientific Revolution -- Taxonomic Intoxication, Part I: Visualizing the Invisible -- Taxonomic Intoxication, Part II: In Search of the Engine Room -- Exhibiting Evolution: Diversity, Order, and the Construction of Nature -- Evolution and the Roulette Wheel: A Chance Cosmos Rattles Some Bones -- Drama in Diorama: The Confederation of Art and Science.…”
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Asian Marine Biology.

Table of Contents: “…Table of Contents; Fouling polychaetes of Hong Kong and adjacent waters / Wang Jianjun and Huang Zongguo; Four new species of Cumacea from Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan / Ludmilla A. Tzareva and Stella V. …”
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Asian Marine Biology.

Table of Contents: “…MackieAN ECOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE ZOOPLANKTON IN WESTERNXIAMEN HARBOUR, CHINA/ Dai Yanyu, Lin Jinghong, Lin Mao, Chen Luixing and Huang Yijing -- ARENICOLOUS HALACARIDAE (ACARI) FROM HONG KONG/ Use Bartsch -- MARINE AMPELISCIDAE (CRUSTACEA: AMPHIPODA) FROM HONGKONG/ Akira Hirayama -- FEEDING ECOLOGY OF THE PREDATORY GASTROPOD NUCELLAHEYSEANA IN PETER THE GREAT BAY, SEA OF JAPAN/ V.V. Gul'bin1 and N.V. …”
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek : master of the minuscule / by Backer, Jantien, Robertson, Lesley

Table of Contents: “…-- 'The Animalcules from the Male sperm derive from the first Man that was created' -- Van Leeuwenhoek as a Zealous Advocate of Animalculism -- On Parental Characteristics, Mules And Aphids -- Epigenesis and Preformation -- Ovulism and Animalculism -- Theological Objections -- The Solution of the Question of Generation -- Chapter 8 -- The Circulation of Blood -- The Heart: Source of Vital Force or Blood Pump -- "One and the same continuous vessel" -- "Aalkijker" -- "Particles of the blood that make it red" -- Scientific Importance -- Chapter 9 -- Secrets of Nature -- The Dragonfly With 25,088 Eyes -- The Coconut Tree, 'the most useful crop that the earth produces' -- 'Wool fibres between the toes' -- 'As if the Earth stood still' -- 'As though we saw pointed, polished diamonds' -- Moxa Against Gout -- Chapter 10 -- The Famous Van Leeuwenhoek -- Correspondents -- Frederik Adriaan and Maria van Renswoude -- Royal Visits -- Czar Peter the Great Tries the Microscopes -- Entertainer and Slave -- An Uninvited Guest -- Van Leeuwenhoek: Glorified or Vilified? …”
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