Science Books

This book provides a clear and concise understanding of the principles, applications and limitations of the various techniques involved in analytical chemistry. It covers all major areas such as qualitative analysis, quantitative analysis, data analysis, analysis of organic compounds, separation and purification techniques, electroanalytical techniques and spectroanalytical techniques. The book will motivate the students to face the academic and research challenges in the field of analytical chemistry in performing analytical analysis and interpreting the results obtained.

Intended primarily as a text for undergraduate students and postgraduate students (B.Sc. and M.Sc.) of chemistry, the book would also be of great benefit to the students who are appearing in NET and GATE examinations.

This highly acclaimed and widely adopted text, now in its Eleventh Edition, continues to combine with great skill the fundamental principles, clinical research, and pedagogy to provide a clear understanding of the subject.

Using numerous illustrative cases and a wealth of clinical examples, this new edition of the international best seller gives a profound analysis of the difficulties faced by people because of their own personality problems, interactions with others, and the situations and challenges they confront in life. The authors emphasize the increasing focus of researchers and clinicians on these interactions, with growing records of evidence that suggest their impact and importance on several conditions-particularly anxiety disorders, mood disorders, and schizophrenia.

The book incorporates relevant examples from recent events reported in the media to enhance student interest and to emphasize how real the problems are.

Designed as a textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate students of agriculture, it fulfills the need for an uptodate comprehensive information (as per the syllabus framed by ICAR) on the theoretical and applied aspects of agricultural meteorology.

Illustrated with graphs, schematic representations, photographs and pictures, the scope of the book is divided into three major areas of study:

1. Discusses the basic aspects of agricultural meteorology; introduces the principal meteorological variables (with emphasis on radiation and temperature) that govern the atmosphere and highlights the causal factors leading to the global and local weather and climate variations like atmospheric pressure and winds, clouds, monsoon and precipitation.

2.Addresses the effects of weather on various crops and discusses applications of Hopkin’s bioclimatic law to mitigate the ill effects of weather on crop production; explains agroclimatic classification and discusses droughts and their management strategy with special reference to crops.

3.Deals with various types of weather forecasting and their techniques including weather service to farmers; explains crop growth simulation modelling—a newly emerging area in agricultural meteorology; focuses on influence of weather in relation to pest and disease outbreaks, discusses climate change and provides introduction to remote sensing.

A special feature of the book is that it contains many indigenous examples related to the humid tropics. In addition, the book has many plates and information on basic and sophisticated meteorological equipment.

A variety of chapter-end questions help develop students’ understanding of salient concepts and makes the material presented more meaningful.

Development is behind what one looks like. It is directed by genes, the units of heredity, which are made up to deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in all animals (including man), plants, microorganisms and most of the viruses except in some viruses where ribonucleic acid (RNA) is the genetic material. Developmental Genetics integrates the two disciplines of development and genetics into one. Key Features: • Each chapter begins with a brief introduction and historical background. • The text explains both classical and recent material. • Various phenomena of developmental genetics explained with examples of animals, plant, bacteria and viruses. • Text explained with suitable examples, illustrations, tables and figures. • List of references and review questions given at the end of each chapter • Exhaustive glossary, author index and subject index given at the end of the book. This book is essential reading for postgraduate in developmental genetics, teachers teaching this subject and developmental biologists conducting research in this area. It is also suitable for candidates preparing for ARS/UGC NET examination.