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Mechanism of Muscular Contraction
This book describes the evolution of ideas relating to the mechanism of muscular contraction since the discovery of sliding filaments in 1954. An amazing variety of experimental techniques have been employed to investigate the mechanism of muscular contraction and relaxation. Some background of these various techniques is presented in order to gain a fuller appreciation of their strengths and weaknesses. Controversies in the muscle field are discussed along with some missed opportunities and false trails. The pathway to ATP and the high energy phosphate bond will be discussed, as well as the discovery of myosin, contraction coupling and the emergence of cell and molecular biology in the muscle field. Numerous figures from original papers are also included for readers to see the data that led to important conclusions. This book is published on behalf of the American Physiological Society by Springer. Access to APS books published with Springer is free to APS members.
The Dream Chaser
Years ago, ten-year-old Jason Young stared into the night sky dreaming of the day he could soar among the stars and explore new worlds. In 2018, Jason is given the chance to chase his dream, but the dream quickly becomes a nightmare. Jason is one of six chosen to embark on a special mission to test the new experimental ship Dream Chaser, a craft that can fly at sub-light speeds using a reactor. The mission has endured heavy media criticism instigated by a group called Global Safety Watch, who claims the ship and reactor are going to be used as a weapon. After a two-year delay, the six take off, Jason's lifelong dream finally a reality. But soon they are faced with a threat: the ship's controls are taken over by a virus, and the ship is on a direct collision course with a top-secret military satellite. When Dream Chaser jets off into deep space without a flight plan, Jason is forced to confront a haunting past to find his way again. A fast-paced adventure filled with sabotage and hope, Dream Chaser is a novel that takes readers on a remarkable quest to destiny.
King Arthur and Robin Hood on the Radio
Before stories of King Arthur and Robin Hood were adapted and readapted for film, television and theater, radio scriptwriters looking for material turned to Thomas Malory's Le Morte Darthur (1485) and Howard Pyle's The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood (1883). Throughout the 1930s to the mid-1950s, their legends inspired storylines for Abbott and Costello, Popeye, Let's Pretend, Escape, Gunsmoke, The Adventures of Superman and others. Many of these adaptations reflect the moral and ethical questions of the day, as characters' faced issues of gender relations, divorce, citizenship, fascism, crime and communism in a medieval setting.
