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Soil response to acid deposition at different regional scales : Field and laboratory data, critical loads and model predictions.
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ISBN: 9032702556 Year: 1994 Publisher: Wageningen : Landbouwuniversiteit te Wageningen,

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Time trends and mechanisms of soil acidification.
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ISBN: 9054852895 Year: 1994 Publisher: Wageningen : Landbouwuniversiteit te Wageningen,


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Soil salinity and acidity : spatial variabily and effects on rice production in West Africa's mangrove zone.
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ISBN: 9054852860 Year: 1994 Publisher: Wageningen : Landbouwuniversiteit te Wageningen,


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Management of acid tropical soils for sustainable agriculture : Proceedings of an IBSRAM inaugural workshop 24 April - 3 May 1985, Yurimaguas, Peru and Brasilia, Brazil.
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ISBN: 9747614391 Year: 1987 Publisher: Bangkok : International Board for Soil Research and Management (IBSRAM),

50 great myths of popular psychology : shattering widespread misconceptions about human behavior.
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ISBN: 9781405131124 9781405131117 140513111X 1405131128 Year: 2015 Publisher: Chichester Wiley-Blackwell

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In a society in which psychological knowledge is shaped as much, if not more, by supermarket tabloids, talk shows, and self-proclaimed "self-help gurus" as it is by the latest scientific advances, here is a book that helps students and the public distinguish fact from fiction in the world of psychology. The authors use popular myths as a vehicle for distinguishing science from pseudoscience. Organized around key topic areas of modern psychology such as brain functioning, perception, development, memory, emotion, intelligence, learning, personality, mental illness, and psychotherapy, this book will help students and laypersons to critically evaluate the information and misinformation that is generated by popular psychology.--From publisher description


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Acidification research in Finland : Review of the results of the Finnish acidification research programme (HAPRO) 1985-1990.
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ISBN: 9514751841 Year: 1991 Publisher: Helsinki : Ministry of the Environment, Environmental Protection Department,


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The aesthetic brain : how we evolved to desire beauty and enjoy art
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ISBN: 9780199811809 0199811806 Year: 2014 Publisher: Oxford: Oxford university press,

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The Aesthetic Brain takes the reader on a wide-ranging journey through the world of beauty, pleasure, and art. Chatterjee uses neuroscience to probe how an aesthetic sense is etched in our minds and evolutionary psychology to explain why aesthetic concerns feature centrally in our lives. Along the way, Chatterjee addresses fundamental questions: What is beauty? Is beauty universal? How is beauty related to pleasure? What is art? Should art be beautiful? Do we have an instinct for art? Chatterjee starts by probing the reasons that we find people, places, and even numbers beautiful. At the root of beauty, he finds, is pleasure. He then examines our pleasures by dissecting why we want and why we like food, sex, and money and how these rewards relate to aesthetic encounters. His ruminations on beauty and pleasure prepare him and the reader to face art. He wanders through the problems of defining art, understanding contemporary art, and interpreting ancient art. He explores why art, something that seems so useless, also feels fundamental to our humanity. Replete with facts, anecdotes, and analogies, this empirical guide to aesthetics offers scientific answers without deflating the wonders of beauty and art.

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