David L Thurston

The World's Most Significant and Magnificent Aircraft: Evolution of the Modern Airplane

Evolution of the Modern Airplane. This book showcases the world's most remarkable aircraft that have made a valuable contribution to the development and evolution of the airplane as we know it today. A total of 142 planes were chosen by the author because of their importance in the advancement of de...

Anti-aging Drugs: From Basic Research to Clinical Practice (Drug Discovery)

Aging is a natural phenomenon that is peculiar to all living things. However, accumulating findings indicate that senescence could be postponed or prevented by certain approaches. Substantial evidence has emerged supporting the possibility of radical human health and lifespan extension, in particula...

Chemistry and Pharmacology of Anticancer Drugs

While drug therapies developed in the last 50 years have markedly improved the management of some types of cancers, treatment outcomes, and drug side-effects for the most common types remain unacceptable. However, recent technological advances are leading to improved therapies based on targeting dis...

Design for Flying

This award-winning classic, completely revised and updated, provides an excellent background and reference source for ground and flight school instructors, technical schools and individuals interested in practical design, and all pilots curious about how aircraft is designed and what makes planes fl...

Drug Transporters: Role and Importance in ADME and Drug Development Complete Set (Drug Discovery)

Understanding and quantifying the effects of membrane transporters within the human body is essential for modulating drug safety and drug efficacy. This two volume set of books comprehensively reviews current knowledge and techniques in the transporter sciences and their relations to drug metabolism...

Venoms to Drugs: Venom as a Source for the Development of Human Therapeutics (Drug Discovery)

The pharmaceutical industry has become increasingly interested in biologics from animal venoms as a potential source for therapeutic agents in recent years, with a particularly emphasis on peptides. To date six drugs derived from venom peptides or proteins have been approved by the FDA, with nine fu...

Allosterism in Drug Discovery

Although the concept of allosterism has been known for over half a century, its application in drug discovery has exploded in recent years. The emergence of novel technologies that enable molecular-level ligand-receptor interactions to be studied in studied in unprecedented detail has driven this tr...

Homebuilt Aircraft (McGraw-Hill series in aviation)

Surveys the sailplanes, gliders, helicopters, replica aircraft, and seaplanes that can be built at home, discusses the costs and shop requirements, and offers advice on safety and insurance.

Design for Safety

Chemistry and Pharmacology of Anticancer Drugs

Design for Flying

Design for Flying

Design for Flying

Design for Flying

Design for Safety

Design for Safety