Book Reviews

Analyzing How Devices Are Used
Author(s)3: Paul King
Analyzing How Devices Are Used 150 150 IEEE Pulse

Edited by Mary Beth Privitera, Academic Press, 2015, ISBN 9780128018521, xxii + 284 pages, US$106 paperback. As a former design instructor, the title of this text interested me because I…

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Technology: Toward Research in Biology
Author(s)3: Paul King
Technology: Toward Research in Biology 150 150 IEEE Pulse

From X-Rays to DNA: How Engineering Drives Biology Edited by W. David Lee, MIT Press, 2013. ISBN 978-0-262-01977-4. xii + 233 pages, US$30. This text, primarily authored by W. David Lee,…

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Work in Living Systems
Author(s)3: Paul King
Work in Living Systems 150 150 IEEE Pulse

Work Meets Life: Exploring the Integrative Study of Work in Living Systems Edited by Robert Levin, Simon Laughlin, Christina De La Rocha, and Alan Blackwell, MIT Press, 2011. ISBN: 978-0-262-…

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Biomedical Imaging
Author(s)3: David Moratal
Biomedical Imaging 150 150 IEEE Pulse

Edited by Reiner Salzer, Wiley 2012. ISBN: 978-0-470-64847-6. xix + 423 pages, US$125.00 (hardback). This one-editor, 28-author, 12-chapter book provides a very good start-up guide for students, researchers, and clinicians…

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Clinical Engineering
Author(s)3: Paul King
Clinical Engineering 150 150 IEEE Pulse

Azzam F.G. Taktak, Paul Ganney, David Long, and Paul White, Eds., Academic Press, 2014. ISBN: 978–0– 12–396961–3, xvii + 443 pages, US$125. To me, the title of this book implied…

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Transitioning from the Lab Bench to Business
Author(s)3: Paul King
Transitioning from the Lab Bench to Business 150 150 IEEE Pulse

Eugene Kohr, Academic Press, 2014. ISBN: 978-0-12-410516-4, xx + 21 pages, US$49.95. From Academia to Entrepreneur: Lessons from the Real World by Eugene Khor is an interesting, compact, reasonably priced,…

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Synthetic Biology
Author(s)3: Elizabeth C. King
Synthetic Biology 150 150 IEEE Pulse

Edited by Gregory E. Kaebnick and Thomas H. Murray, MIT Press, 2013. ISBN: 9780262519595, 192 pages, US$21.00 (paperback). The rapid advancement of gene sequencing and synthesis technology has fostered the…

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Designing Science Presentations: A Visual Guide to Figures, Papers, Slides, Posters, and More
Author(s)3: Paul King
Designing Science Presentations: A Visual Guide to Figures, Papers, Slides, Posters, and More 150 150 IEEE Pulse

Matt Carter, Academic Press, ISBN: 978-0-12-38569-3. xxi + 360 pages, US$49.95. This text consists of 27 chapters in six subsections and includes four appendixes. Each chapter begins with an introduction to the material…

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Funding Your Career in Science: From Research Idea to Personal Grant
Author(s)3: Paul King
Funding Your Career in Science: From Research Idea to Personal Grant 150 150 IEEE Pulse

Ritsert C. Jansen, Cambridge University Press, 2013. ISBN: 978-1-107-62417-7. 210 pages, US$28. The author of this text is a dean of talent and professor of bioinformatics at the University of…

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