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Schaum's Outline of Physics for Engineering and Science

• ISBN:
• 007008498X
• Authors:
• Michael Browne

This book will save you time as you master the basics taught in first-year, calculus-based college physics courses. You'll firmly grasp the all-important building blocks needed for every physical science and all branches of engineering. The many problems included with guided solutions make this potentially daunting subject much easier. Additional problems with answers give you a chance to reinforce what you've learned and gauge your progress as...

Radiation Biophysics, Second Edition

• ISBN:
• 0120530856
• Authors:
• Edward L. Alpen

This newly revised and updated edition of Radiation Biophysics provides an in-depth description of the physics and chemistry of radiation and its effects on biological systems. Coverage begins with fundamental concepts of the physics of radiation and radioactivity, then progresses through the chemistry and biology of the interaction of radiation with living systems. The Second Edition of this highly praised text includes major revisions which...

Atom Interferometry

• ISBN:
• 0120924609
• Authors:
• Paul R. Berman

The field of atom interferometry has expanded rapidly in recent years, and todays research laboratories are using atom interferometers both as inertial sensors and for precision measurements. Many researchers also use atom interferometry as a means of researching fundamental questions in quantum mechanics. Atom Interferometry contains contributions from theoretical and experimental physicists at the forefront of this rapidly developing field....

Tensors, Relativity, and Cosmology

• ISBN:
• 012200681X
• Authors:
• Mirjana Dalarsson, Nils Dalarsson

This book combines relativity, astrophysics, and cosmology in a single volume, providing an introduction to each subject that enables students to understand more detailed treatises as well as the current literature. The section on general relativity gives the case for a curved space-time, presents the mathematical background (tensor calculus, Riemannian geometry), discusses the Einstein equation and its solutions (including black holes, Penrose...

A Physicist's Guide to Mathematica, Second Edition

• ISBN:
• 0126831920
• Authors:
• Patrick T. Tam

For the engineering and scientific professional, A Physicist's Guide to Mathematica, 2/e provides an updated reference guide based on the 2007 new 6.0 release, providing an organized and integrated desk reference with step by step instructions for the most often used features of the software as it applies to research in physics. For Professors teaching physics and other science courses using the Mathematica software, A Physicist's Guide to...

High Pressure Semiconductor Physics I, Volume 54 (Semiconductors and Semimetals) (Pt. 1)

• ISBN:
• 0127521623

Since its inception in 1966, the series of numbered volumes known as Semiconductors and Semimetals has distinguished itself through the careful selection of well-known authors, editors, and contributors. The "Willardson and Beer" Series, as it is widely known, has succeeded in publishing numerous landmark volumes and chapters. Not only did many of these volumes make an impact at the time of their publication, but they continue to be well-cited...

Late Victorian Gothic Tales (Oxford World's Classics)

• ISBN:
• 0192804804

The Victorian fin de siecle has many associations: the era of Decadence, The Yellow Book, the New Woman, the scandalous Oscar Wilde, the Empire on which the sun never set. This heady brew was caught nowhere better than in the revival of the Gothic tale in the late Victorian age, where the undead walked and evil curses, foul murder, doomed inheritance and sexual menace played on the stretched nerves of the new mass readerships. This anthology...

Nonextensive Entropy: Interdisciplinary Applications (Proceedings Volume in the Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity,)

• ISBN:
• 0195159764

A great variety of complex phenomena in many scientific fields exhibit power-law behavior, reflecting a hierarchical or fractal structure. Many of these phenomena seem to be susceptible to description using approaches drawn from thermodynamics or statistical mechanics, particularly approaches involving the maximization of entropy and of Boltzmann-Gibbs statistical mechanics and standard laws in a natural way. The book addresses the...

Evolution of Networks: From Biological Nets to the Internet and WWW (Physics)

• ISBN:
• 0198515901
• Authors:
• S. N. Dorogovtsev, J. F. F. Mendes

Only recently did mankind realize that it resides on a world of networks. The Internet and the World Wide Web are changing our life. Our physical existence is based on various biological networks. We have recently learned that the term ""network"" turns out to be a central notion in our time, and the onsequent explosion of interest in networks is a social and cultural phenomenon. The principles of the complex organization and evolution of...

The Physics of Rubber Elasticity (Oxford Classic Texts in the Physical Sciences)

• ISBN:
• 0198570279
• Authors:
• L. R. G Treloar

This book provides a critical review of the equilibrium elastic properties of rubber, together with the kinetic-theory background. It is suitable for the non-specialist and the emphasis is on the physical reality embodied in the mathematical formulations. Polymer science had developed greatly since the second edition of this text in 1958, and the two main advances-the refinements of the network theory and associated thermodynamic analysis, and...

Aristotle's On Generation and Corruption I (Symposia Aristotelica) (Bk. 1)

• ISBN:
• 0199242925

In this collection, a stellar team of ancient philosophers from the UK, the USA, and Europe present a systematic, chapter-by-chapter study of one of Aristotle's key texts in his science and metaphysics Contributors include Keimpe Algra, Sarah Broadie, Jacques Brunschwig, M. F. Burnyeat, David Charles, Alan Code, John M. Cooper, Michael Crubellier, Dorothea Frede, Edward Hussey, Carlo Natali, David Sedley, and Christian Wildberg.

Reason's Neglect: Rationality and Organizing

• ISBN:
• 019929836X
• Authors:
• Barbara Townley

Reason, and the need to Be Rational, are essential dimensions of society and the organizations we live and work in. Yet the "rationalization" of working and administrative processes, or the "rationality" studied in social sciences, is all too often, used, understood, and interpreted in an extremely narrow sense. Reason's Neglect does three things. Firstly, it argues that rationality is a leitmotif of organization studies, but one that has often...

The Harvest of a Century: Discoveries in Modern Physics in 100 Episodes

• ISBN:
• 0199544697
• Authors:
• Siegmund Brandt

Physics was the leading science of the twentieth century and the book retraces important discoveries, made between 1895 and 2001, in 100 self-contained Episodes. Each is a short story of the scientists involved, their time and their work. Together, they formed a mosaic of modern physics: formulating relativity and quantum mechanics, finding the constituents of matter and unravelling the forces between them, understanding the working of...

The Six Core Theories of Modern Physics (Bradford Books)

• ISBN:
• 0262193590
• Authors:
• Charles F. Stevens

Reviews all the key areas of physics in one place. Provides a brief, clear, and self-contained summary of the basic theoretical structures of classical mechanics. DLC: Physics.

Business Continuity Management: How To Protect Your Company From Danger (Management Briefings Executive Series)

• ISBN:
• 0273663518
• Authors:
• Michael Gallagher

Business continuity management (BCM) has become a hot topic in recent years and more significantly, in recent months (September 11, foot and mouth and flooding). However, BCM is not just about recovery from a disaster such one caused by fire or flood or the failure of IT systems. It can also be about the collapse of a key supplier or customer, about fraud, unethical operations and about reputation management. Recent surveys have shown that most...

Management and Organisational Behaviour

• ISBN:
• 0273688766
• Authors:
• Laurie J. Mullins

This book helps students of today become effective managers of tomorrow by truly understanding organizational behavior. This book is for undergraduate and graduate courses in Organizational Behavior and Management. Taking a managerial approach and demonstrating the application of behavioral science within the workplace, this text emphasizes the role of management as a core integrating activity. This long established market leader has set...

The Matrix Organization Reloaded: Adventures in Team and Project Management (Creating Corporate Cultures)

• ISBN:
• 0275991334
• Authors:
• Marvin R. Gottlieb

Matrix management was introduced in the 1970s in the context of competition from Japanese manufacturers, computerization of many technical and administrative tasks, and a recognition among business leaders that cross-functional teams (comprised of people from different departments and specialties) were necessary to create and produce complex products rapidly. Ideally, this approach, in which people are assigned to projects, rather than...

Nuclear Physics ( Physics Through the 1990s: A Series)

• ISBN:
• 0309035473
• Authors:
• Nuclear Physics Panel, Physics Survey Committee, Board on Physics and Astronomy

Einstein Defiant: Genius versus Genius in the Quantum Revolution

• ISBN:
• 0309089980
• Authors:
• Edmund Blair Bolles

"I find the idea quite intolerable that an electron exposed to radiation should choose of its own free will, not only its moment to jump off, but also its direction. In that case, I would rather be a cobbler, or even an employee in a gaming house, than a physicist." -Albert Einstein A scandal hovers over the history of 20th century physics. Albert Einstein — the century’s greatest physicist — was never able to come to terms with quantum...

Principal-Investigator-Led Missions in the Space Sciences

• ISBN:
• 0309100704
• Authors:
• Committee on Principal-Investigator-Led Missions in the Space Sciences, National Research Council

Principal Investigator-Led (PI-led) missions are an important element of NASA's space science enterprise. While several NRC studies have considered aspects of PI-led missions in the course of other studies for NASA, issues facing the PI-led missions in general have not been subject to much analysis in those studies. Nevertheless, these issues are raising increasingly important questions for NASA, and it requested the NRC to explore them as they...

A Short History of Chemistry

• ISBN:
• 0385036736
• Authors:
• Isaac Asimov

From the use of metals by prehistoric man to the alchemical experiments of medieval and renaissance man to the complex chemical skills of contemporary man, Asimov traces the development of this building block of our technological world.

Applied Computational Materials Modeling: Theory, Simulation and Experiment

• ISBN:
• 038723117X

The scope of the proposed book is to identify and emphasize the successful link between computational materials modeling as a simulation and design tool and its synergistic application to experimental research and alloy development. Hence, the purpose of this book is to provide a more balanced perspective of the role that computational modeling can play in every day research and development efforts. This will be done by presenting a series of...

Optics: Learning by Computing, with Examples Using Maple, MathCad®, Matlab®, Mathematica®, and Maple® (Undergraduate Texts in Contemporary Physics)

• ISBN:
• 0387261680
• Authors:
• K.D. Moeller

This new edition is intended for a one semester course in optics for juniors and seniors in science and engineering. It uses scripts from Maple, MathCad, Mathematica, and MATLAB to provide a simulated laboratory where students can learn by exploration and discovery instead of passive absorption. The text covers all the standard topics of a traditional optics course, including: geometrical optics and aberration, interference and diffraction,...

Magneto-Fluid Dynamics: Fundamentals and Case Studies of Natural Phenomena (Astronomy and Astrophysics Library)

• ISBN:
• 0387335420
• Authors:
• Paul Lorrain, Francois Lorrain, Stephane Houle

The part "Fundamentals" is novel, first in that it stresses the use of electric currents in Magneto-Fluid-Dynamics. As a rule, authors discuss magnetic field lines without ever referring to the required electric currents. Second, the book stresses the importance of electric space charges inside conductors that move in magnetic fields. It is the custom to disregard both the required electric currents and the field of the space charges; this leads...

Animals in Space: From Research Rockets to the Space Shuttle (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)

• ISBN:
• 0387360530
• Authors:
• Colin Burgess, Chris Dubbs

Many readers will doubtless be astonished to learn that animals were being fired aloft in U.S. and Soviet research rockets in the late 1940s. In fact most people not only believe that the Russian space dog Laika was the first canine to be launched into space, but also that the high-profile, precursory Mercury flights of chimps Ham and Enos were the only primate flights conducted by the United States. In fact, both countries had sent literally...

Waves and Compressible Flow (Texts in Applied Mathematics)

• ISBN:
• 038740399X
• Authors:
• Hilary Ockendon, John R. Ockendon

This books aims to provide students and rsearchers with a basis for understanding the wide range of wave phenomena with which any mathematician may be confronted in applications. Compressible flow is the main focus of the book however the authors show how wave phenomena in electromagentism and solid mechanics can be treated using similar mathematical methods. This book originated from a course at Oxford University and previous book by H Ockendon...

High Pressure Shock Compression of Solids II: Dynamic Fracture and Fragmentation (High Pressure Shock Compression of Condensed Matter) (Vol II)

• ISBN:
• 0387944028
• Authors:
• D. E. Grady, Mohsen Shahinpoor, L. W. Davison

The chapters in this volume cover various aspects of fracture and fragmentation caused by shock waves interacting with solid materials. Each is by a leading researcher in the field and provides a fundamental review as well as an introduction to current research.

High-Pressure Shock Compression of Solids VI (Shock Wave and High Pressure Phenomena) (v. 6)

• ISBN:
• 0387955321

Both experimental and theoretical investigations make it clear that mesoscale materials, that is, materials at scales intermediate between atomic and bulk matter, do not always behave in ways predicted by conventional theories of shock compression. At these scales, shock waves interact with local material properties and microstructure to produce a hierarchy of dissipative structures, such as inelastic deformation fields, randomly distributed...

Solid-State Lasers: A Graduate Text (Advanced Texts in Physics)

• ISBN:
• 0387955909
• Authors:
• Walter Koechner, Michael Bass

Solid-state lasers have seen a fast and steady development and are the ubiquitous tool both for research and industrial applications. The author's monograph Solid-State Laser Engineering has become the most-used reference book in this area. The present graduate text on solid-state lasers takes advantage of this rich source by focusing on the needs at the graduate level and those who need an introduction. Numerous exercises with hints for...

High-Pressure Shock Compression of Solids (Shock Wave and High Pressure Phenomena)

• ISBN:
• 0387979646

The chapters in this volume cover all aspects of shock-compression science. Each is by a leading researcher in the field and provides a fundamental review as well as an introduction to current research. An extensive chronological bibliography and an annotated bibliography of the current literature will make this a particularly useful reference. Problems at the ends of the chapters enhance the usefulness of the book as a text. (A solutions manual...

The Science of Paintings

• ISBN:
• 0387987223
• Authors:
• Richard Newman, W. Stanley Taft

One's appreciation of a beautiful painting is enhanced by knowing about the aesthetic choices the artist made in composition and execution of the painting. It is also enhanced by knowing how the artist's selection and use of materials --- and their interplay with light --- affects what we see in the painting. This book discusses the physics and materials science that go into making a painting appear the way it does: the physical principles...

Visual Quantum Mechanics: Selected Topics with Computer-Generated Animations of Quantum-Mechanical Phenomena (with CD-ROM)

• ISBN:
• 0387989293
• Authors:
• Bernd Thaller

The use of visualization techniques greatly enhances the understanding of quantum mechanics as it allows us to depict phenomena that cannot be seen by any other means. "Visual Quantum Mechanics" uses the computer generated animations found on the accompanying CD-ROM to introduce, motivate, and illustrate the concepts explained in the book. For example, by watching QuickTime movies of the solutions of Schroedinger's equation, students will be...

Elsevier's Dictionary of Medicine and Biology: in English, Greek, German, Italian and Latin

• ISBN:
• 0444514406
• Authors:
• G. Konstantinidis

Dictionaries are didactic books used as consultation instruments for self-teaching. They are composed by an ordered set of linguistic units which reflects a double structure, the macrostructure which correspond to the word list and the microstructure that refers to the contents of each lemma. The great value of dictionaries nests in the fact that they establish a standard nomenclature and prevent in that way the appearance of new useless...

Unstable Singularities and Randomness: Their Importance in the Complexity of Physical, Biological and Social Sciences

• ISBN:
• 0444516131
• Authors:
• Joseph P. Zbilut

Traditionally, randomness and determinism have been viewed as being diametrically opposed, based on the idea that causality and determinism is complicated by "noise." Although recent research has suggested that noise can have a productive role, it still views noise as a separate entity. This work suggests that this not need to be so. In an informal presentation, instead, the problem is traced to traditional assumptions regarding dynamical...

Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths, Volume 38

• ISBN:
• 0444521437

This continuing authoritative series deals with the chemistry, materials science, physics and technology of the rare earth elements. Volume 38 of the Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earth incorporates a recapitulation of the scientific achievements and contributions made by the late Professor LeRoy Eyring (1919-2005) to the science of the lanthanide oxides in which the lanthanide element has a valence equal to or greater than...

Thermophysical Properties of Materials

• ISBN:
• 0444827943
• Authors:
• G. Grimvall

This is a thoroughly revised version of the original book published in 1986. About half of the contents of the previous version remain essentially unchanged, and one quarter has been rewritten and updated. The rest consists of completely new and extended material. Recent research has focussed on new materials made through "molecular engineering", and computational materials science through ab initio electron structure calculations. Another trend...

Methods for Experimental Design

• ISBN:
• 0444895299
• Authors:
• Jacques L. Goupy

A method for organizing and conducting scientific experiments is described in this volume, which enables experimenters to reduce the number of trials run, while retaining all the parameters that may influence the result. The choice of ideal experiments is based on mathematical concepts, but the author adopts a practical approach and uses theory only when necessary. Written for experimenters by an experimenter, it is an introduction to the...

Biophysical Chemistry of Fractal Structures and Processes in Environmental Systems (Series on Analytical and Physical Chemistry of Environmental Systems)

• ISBN:
• 0470014741

This book aims to provide the scientific community with a novel and valuable approach based on fractal geometry concepts on the important properties and processes of diverse environmental systems. The interpretation of complex environmental systems using modern fractal approaches is compared and contrasted with the more classical approaches. The book will provide the fundamental knowledge necessary for solving practical environmental problems....

Discovering the Solar System

• ISBN:
• 0470018313
• Authors:
• Barrie W. Jones

Discovering the Solar System, Second Edition  covers the Sun, the planets, their satellites and the host of smaller bodies that orbit the Sun. This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the subject for science students, and examines the discovery, investigation and modelling of these bodies. Following a thematic approach, chapters cover interiors, surfaces and the atmospheres of major bodies, including the Earth. The book starts with an...

Chemistry in Motion: Reaction-Diffusion Systems for Micro- and Nanotechnology

• ISBN:
• 0470030437
• Authors:
• Bartosz A. Grzybowski

Change and motion define and constantly reshape the world around us, on scales from the molecular to the global. In particular, the subtle interplay between chemical reactions and molecular transport gives rise to an astounding richness of natural phenomena, and often manifests itself in the emergence of intricate spatial or temporal patterns. The underlying theme of this book is that by “setting chemistry in motion” in a proper way, it is...

Digital Electronics: Principles, Devices and Applications

• ISBN:
• 0470032146
• Authors:
• Mr Anil Kumar Maini

The fundamentals and implementation of digital electronics are essential to understanding the design and working of consumer/industrial electronics, communications, embedded systems, computers, security and military equipment. Devices used in applications such as these are constantly decreasing in size and employing more complex technology. It is therefore essential for engineers and students to understand the fundamentals, implementation and...

Portuguese Phrases For Dummies (For Dummies (Lifestyles Paperback))

• ISBN:
• 0470037504
• Authors:
• Karen Keller

Are you thinking about traveling, studying, or working in Portugal or Brazil, but you don’t know any Portuguese? Want to improve your conversation skills with the Portuguese-speaking people in your life? Portuguese Phrases for Dummies is the perfect diving board for anyone looking to communicate and even become fluent in the language. As the fifth-most widely spoken language in the world, Portuguese can be heard in South America, Africa,...

Bioimpedance and Bioelectricity Basics, Second Edition

• ISBN:
• 0123740045
• Authors:
• Orjan G. Martinsen, Sverre Grimnes

Bioelectricity (or bioelectromagnetism) relates to the study of biological electrical currents, and bioimpedance deals with the measurement of electrical conductivity. They are intimately linked to biomedical engineering, with major significance for development of novel medical devices, as well as the study of biological rhythms. This completely updated new edition remains the most comprehensive reference tool for this intricate,...

Chemical Thermodynamics: Principles and Applications

• ISBN:
• 0125309902
• Authors:
• J. Bevan Ott, Juliana Boerio-Goates

Chemical Thermodynamics: Principles and Applications presents a thorough development of the principles of thermodynamics--an old science to which the authors include the most modern applications, along with those of importance in developing the science and those of historical interest. The text is written in an informal but rigorous style, including ancedotes about some of the great thermodynamicists (with some of whom the authors have had a...

A Dictionary of Science (Oxford Paperback Reference)

• ISBN:
• 0192806416

This best-selling dictionary contains over 9,000 entries on all aspects of science and provides comprehensive coverage of biology (including human biology), chemistry, physics, the earth sciences, and astronomy. Appendices cover the periodic table, geological time scale, and animal and plant classification. New features include virtual thumb tags for easy reference, expanded areas including astronomy and earth science and more features on key...

Systems and Control (Engineering & Technology)

• ISBN:
• 0195150112
• Authors:
• Stanislaw H. Zak

Systems and Control presents modeling, analysis, and control of dynamical systems. Introducing students to the basics of dynamical system theory and supplying them with the tools necessary for control system design, it emphasizes design and demonstrates how dynamical system theory fits into practical applications. Classical methods and the techniques of postmodern control engineering are presented in a unified fashion, demonstrating how the...

How to Read the Bible: History, Prophecy, Literature--Why Modern Readers Need to Know the Difference, and What It Means for Faith Today

• ISBN:
• 0195161491
• Authors:
• Steven L. McKenzie

More people read the Bible than any other book. Indeed, many try to live their lives according to its words. The question is, do they understand what they're reading? As Steven McKenzie shows in this provocative book, quite often the answer is, "No." McKenzie argues that to comprehend the Bible we must grasp the intentions of the biblical authors themselves--what sort of texts they thought they were writing and how they would have been...

Stochastic Dynamic Macroeconomics: Theory and Empirical Evidence

• ISBN:
• 0195301625
• Authors:
• Gang Gong, Willi Semmler

This is a book on stochastic dynamic macroeconomics from a Keynesian perspective. It shows that including Keynesian features in intertemporal models considerably contributes to resolve major puzzles arising in the context of the Dynamic General Equilibrium (DGE) model. It also demonstrates that including microeconomic intertemporal behavior of economic agents in macroeconomics is not inconsistent with Keynesian economics.

The Theory of Open Quantum Systems

• ISBN:
• 0198520638
• Authors:
• Heinz-Peter Breuer, Francesco Petruccione

The physics of open quantum systems plays a major role in modern experiments and theoretical developments of quantum mechanics. Written for graduate students and readers with research interests in open systems, this book provides an introduction into the main ideas and concepts, in addition to developing analytical methods and computer simulation techniques.

Introduction to Computational Plasticity

• ISBN:
• 0198568266
• Authors:
• Fionn Dunne, Nik Petrinic

This book gives an introduction to computational plasticity and includes the kinematics of large deformations, together with relevant continuum mechanics. Central to the book is its focus on computational plasticity, and we cover an introduction to the finite element method which includes both quasi-static and dynamic problems. We then go on to describe explicit and implicit implementations of plasticity models in to finite element software....

Mathematical Physics

• ISBN:
• 0201007274
• Authors:
• Eugene Butkov

Optimal Control and Dynamic Games: Applications in Finance, Management Science and Economics (Advances in Computational Management Science)

• ISBN:
• 0387258043

Optimal Control and Dynamic Games has been edited to honor the outstanding contributions of Professor Suresh Sethi in the fields of Applied Optimal Control. Professor Sethi is internationally one of the foremost experts in this field. He is, among others, co-author of the popular textbook "Sethi and Thompson: Optimal Control Theory: Applications to Management Science and Economics". The book consists of a collection of essays by some of the best...

Unification and Supersymmetry

• ISBN:
• 0387955348
• Authors:
• Rabindra N. Mohapatra

Derived from a course given at the University of Maryland for advanced graduate students, this book deals with some of the latest developments in our attempts to construct a unified theory of the fundamental interactions of nature. Among the topics covered are spontaneous symmetry breaking, grand unified theories, supersymmetry, and supergravity. the book starts with a quick review of elementary particle theory and continues with a discussion of...

Academic Writing and Publishing: A Practical Handbook

• ISBN:
• 0415453224
• Authors:
• JAMES HARTLEY

Academic Writing and Publishing will show academics (mainly in the social sciences) how to write and publish research articles. Its aim is to supply examples and brief discussions of recent work in all aspects of the area in short, sharp chapters. It should serve as a handbook for postgraduates and lecturers new to publishing. The book is written in a readable and lively personal style. The advice given is direct and based on up-to-date research...

The Physics of Vibrations and Waves

• ISBN:
• 0470012951
• Authors:
• H. J. Pain

The main theme of this highly successful book is that the transmission of energy by wave propogation is fundamental to almost every branch of physics. Therefore, besides giving students a thorough grounding in the theory of waves and vibrations, the book also demonstrates the pattern and unity of a large part of physics. This new edition has been thoroughly revised and has been redeisgned to meet the best contemporary standards. It includes new...

Biomedical Vibrational Spectroscopy

• ISBN:
• 0470229454
• Authors:
• Peter Lasch PhD, Janina Kneipp PhD

This comprehensive overview of biomedical applications of vibrational spectroscopy focuses on methodologies that are most relevant to biodiagnostics. After a few introductory chapters that summarize the current status of the field, the reference covers current spectroscopic applications; new spectroscopic directions; and study design and the analysis of vibrational spectral fingerprints from complex biological and clinical samples . With...

A Practical Approach to Signals and Systems

• ISBN:
• 0470823534
• Authors:
• D. Sundararajan

Concisely covers all the important concepts in an easy-to-understand way Gaining a strong sense of signals and systems fundamentals is key for general proficiency in any electronic engineering discipline, and critical for specialists in signal processing, communication, and control. At the same time, there is a pressing need to gain mastery of these concepts quickly, and in a manner that will be immediately applicable in the real word....

An Introduction to Modern Cosmology

• ISBN:
• 0470848340
• Authors:
• Andrew Liddle

A concise, accessible introduction to this exciting and dynamic subject. * Adopts an approach grounded in physics rather than mathematics. * Includes worked examples and student problems, along with hints for solving them and the numerical answers. * Many reviewers have commented that this is one of the best 'introductory undergraduate level' texts on the subject and they would all welcome a Second Edition.

Quantum Field Theory: From Operators to Path Integrals

• ISBN:
• 0471141208
• Authors:
• Kerson Huang

A unique approach to quantum field theory, with emphasis on the principles of renormalization Quantum field theory is frequently approached from the perspective of particle physics. This book adopts a more general point of view and includes applications of condensed matter physics. Written by a highly respected writer and researcher, it first develops traditional concepts, including Feynman graphs, before moving on to key topics such as...

Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling

• ISBN:
• 0471225770
• Authors:
• Harold Kerzner

* Completely revised and streamlined for course use including expanded problems and exercises. * Content has been refocused on the critical aspects of project management. * Supplemented by instructors packages for both academic use and corporate trainers, includes online PowerPoint(r) presentations, student workbook, instructor's manual, and a new book of case studies.

Theory and Design of Charged Particle Beams

• ISBN:
• 0471306169
• Authors:
• Martin Reiser

Although particle accelerators are the book's main thrust, it offers a broad synoptic description of beams which applies to a wide range of other devices such as low-energy focusing and transport systems and high-power microwave sources. Develops material from first principles, basic equations and theorems in a systematic way. Assumptions and approximations are clearly indicated. Discusses underlying physics and validity of theoretical...

The Fast Forward MBA in Business Planning for Growth (Fast Forward MBA Series)

• ISBN:
• 0471345482
• Authors:
• Philip Walcoff

The Fast Forward MBA in Business Planning for Growth gives you a strategy for success! Is your company at a standstill, or is it growing but without the focus and strategy it needs for sustained and continued growth? Do you have an idea for a business but no idea where to start? Business planning is vital to the growth and survival of any company, but only an action-oriented plan can give your business the steady growth it needs to survive and...

Computational Dynamics

• ISBN:
• 0471371440
• Authors:
• Ahmed Shabana

A practical approach to the computational methods used to solve real-world dynamics problems Computational dynamics has grown rapidly in recent years with the advent of high-speed digital computers and the need to develop simulation and analysis computational capabilities for mechanical and aerospace systems that consist of interconnected bodies. Computational Dynamics, Second Edition offers a full introduction to the concepts, definitions, and...

Special Events: Twenty-First Century Global Event Management (The Wiley Event Management Series)

• ISBN:
• 0471396877
• Authors:
• Joe Goldblatt

THE WILEY EVENT MANAGEMENT SERIES From the foremost authority on event management The only comprehensive guide to the research, design, coordination, evaluation, and marketing of all types of special events The future is bright for event managers equipped with the essential training and skills required to research, plan, schedule, organize, and market special events anywhere in the world. In this Third Edition of his definitive guide to the...

The Topology of Chaos: Alice in Stretch and Squeezeland

• ISBN:
• 0471408166
• Authors:
• Robert Gilmore, Marc Lefranc

A new approach to understanding nonlinear dynamics and strange attractors The behavior of a physical system may appear irregular or chaotic even when it is completely deterministic and predictable for short periods of time into the future. How does one model the dynamics of a system operating in a chaotic regime? Older tools such as estimates of the spectrum of Lyapunov exponents and estimates of the spectrum of fractal dimensions do not...

Balanced Scorecard Step-by-Step for Government and Nonprofit Agencies

• ISBN:
• 0471423289
• Authors:
• Paul R. Niven

Hands-on guidelines for using the Balanced Scorecard within mission-driven organizations Today’s insistence on demonstrated organizational performance is not limited to private-sector corporations. Public and nonprofit agencies are also finding that, as financial resources decrease and demand for results increases, they too must institute performance goals along with programs and processes to consistently progress toward those goals. Balanced...

Pulsed Laser Deposition of Thin Films: Applications-Led Growth of Functional Materials

• ISBN:
• 0471447099
• Authors:
• Robert Eason

Edited by major contributors to the field, this text summarizes current or newly emerging pulsed laser deposition application areas. It spans the field of optical devices, electronic materials, sensors and actuators, biomaterials, and organic polymers. Every scientist, technologist and development engineer who has a need to grow and pattern, to apply and use thin film materials will regard this book as a must-have resource.

Crystal Growth Technology

• ISBN:
• 0471495247
• Authors:
• Hans J. Scheel, Tsuguo Fukuda

This volume deals with the technologies of crystal fabrication, of crystal machining, and of epilayer production and is the first book on industrial and scientific aspects of crystal and layer production. The major industrial crystals are treated: Si, GaAs, GaP, InP, CdTe, sapphire, oxide and halide scintillator crystals, crystals for optical, piezoelectric and microwave applications and more. Contains 29 contributions from leading crystal...

The Electronic Structure of Atoms

• ISBN:
• 0471542806
• Authors:
• Levente Szasz

Written for theoretical and chemical physicists that emphasizes theory and not mathematical calculations. It presents the quantum theory of the electronic structure of atoms and explains what that structure is like by presenting the main results of the theory. It is novel in its approach in that it presents a systematic, critical evaluation of some numerical results that have been obtained by Hartree-Fock models and also treats relativistic...

Advances in Chemical Physics, Reduced-Density-Matrix Mechanics: With Application to Many-Electron Atoms and Molecules (Volume 134)

• ISBN:
• 0471790567

An up-to-date account of this cutting-edge research in a consistent and understandable framework, of special interest to experts in other areas of electronic structure and/or quantum many-body theory. It will serve equally well as a self-contained guide to learning about reduced density matrices either through self-study or in a classroom as well as an invaluable resource for understanding the critical advancements in the field.

Strategic Flexibility: Managing in a Turbulent Environment

• ISBN:
• 0471984736

Moving towards the zenith of the technological age brings with it an ever-increasing amount of uncertainty, change and flux. Academic, business and consultative commentators around the world have for years been speculating on the divergent courses we may take through the information maze, and on the different possibilities we may attain when we get there. What is needed now is not another set of possibilities, but an entirely new way of looking,...

The Nature of Light and Colour in the Open Air (Dover Books on Earth Sciences)

• ISBN:
• 0486201961
• Authors:
• M. Minnaert

A highly engaging study of mirages, illusions of multiple moons, the fata morgana, colored shadows and scores of other phenomena in a book praised as "a great depository of projects, science fair ventures, experiments, and always pure pleasure" — Science and Math Weekly. 202 illustrations.

Group Theory in Quantum Mechanics: An Introduction to Its Present Usage (Dover Books on Physics)

• ISBN:
• 0486458784
• Authors:
• Volker Heine

This text introduces research students in physics and chemistry to the three main uses of group theory in quantum mechanics. It requires a previous course in quantum theory, but matrix algebra appears in an appendix. A series of examples of varying levels of difficulty follows each chapter. 1960 edition.

Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, Vol. 1

• ISBN:
• 0486606368
• Authors:
• James Clerk Maxwell

Volume 1 of an important foundation work of modern physics. Brings to final form Maxwell's theory of electromagnetism and rigorously derives his general equations of field theory.

Optics and Optical Instruments: An Introduction (Dover books explaining science)

• ISBN:
• 0486606422
• Authors:
• B. K. Johnson

This invaluable practical guide shows how to set up working models of telescopes, microscopes, photographic lenses and projecting systems, then shows how to conduct experiments for determining accuracy, resolving power, identifying aberration, and more. Only elementary mathematics required. Index. 234 diagrams.

Electromagnetism

• ISBN:
• 0486622630
• Authors:
• John C. Slater, Nathaniel H. Frank

A basic introduction to electromagnetism, supplying the fundamentals of electrostatics and magnetostatics, in addition to a thorough investigation of electromagnetic theory. Numerous problems and references. Calculus and differential equations required.

Relativity, Thermodynamics and Cosmology

• ISBN:
• 0486653838
• Authors:
• Richard C. Tolman

This landmark study by a distinguished physicist develops three important themes: a coherent and inclusive account of Einstein’s theory of relativity; the extension of thermodynamics to special and general relativity; and the applications of relativistic mechanics and relativistic thermodynamics in the construction and interpretation of cosmological models.

Introduction to Classical Integrable Systems (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics)

• ISBN:
• 0521036704
• Authors:
• Olivier Babelon, Denis Bernard, Michel Talon

Introducing the reader to classical integrable systems and their applications, this book synthesizes the different approaches to the subject, providing a set of interconnected methods for solving problems in mathematical physics. The authors introduce and explain each method, and demonstrate how it can be applied to particular examples. Rather than presenting an exhaustive list of the various integrable systems, they focus on classical objects...

The Theory of Atomic Spectra

• ISBN:
• 0521092094
• Authors:
• E. U. Condon, G. H. Shortley

Condon and Shortley has become the standard comprehensive work on the theory of atomic spectra. The first two chapters contain a brief historical introduction and an exposition of quantum mechanics along the lines formulated by Dirac. Then follow sixteen chapters devoted to a unified, logical deduction of the structure of the spectra of atoms from quantum mechanical principles. The theory is given in full detail and the results are amply...

Angular Momentum in Quantum Physics: Theory and Application (Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications)

• ISBN:
• 0521102448
• Authors:
• L. C. Biedenharn, James D. Louck

This text develops the theory of angular momentum from the viewpoint of a fundamental symmetry in nature and shows how this concept relates to applied areas of research in modern quantum physics.

Equilibrium Thermodynamics

• ISBN:
• 0521274567
• Authors:
• C. J. Adkins

Equilibrium Thermodynamics gives a comprehensive but concise course in the fundamentals of classical thermodynamics. Although the subject is essentially classical in nature, illustrative material is drawn widely from modern physics and free use is made of microscopic ideas to illuminate it. The overriding objective in writing the book was to achieve a clear exposition: to give an account of the subject that it both stimulating and easy to learn...

Polarization Holography

• ISBN:
• 0521509750
• Authors:
• L. Nikolova, P. S. Ramanujam

Current research into holography is concerned with applications in optically storing, retrieving, and processing information. Polarization holography has many unique properties compared to conventional holography. It gives results in high efficiency, achromaticity, and special polarization properties. This books reviews the research carried out in this field over the last 15 years. The authors provide basic concepts in polarization and the...

Electrons and Phonons in Semiconductor Multilayers

• ISBN:
• 0521516277
• Authors:
• B. K. Ridley

Advances in nanotechnology have generated semiconductor structures that are only a few molecular layers thick, and this has important consequences for the physics of electrons and phonons in such structures. This book describes in detail how confinement of electrons and phonons in quantum wells and wires affects the physical properties of the semiconductor. This second edition contains four new chapters on spin relaxation, based on recent...

From Physics to Philosophy

• ISBN:
• 0521660254

This collection of essays by leading philosophers of physics offers philosophical perspectives on two central elements of modern physics, quantum theory and relativity. The topics examined include the notorious "measurement problem" of quantum theory and the attempts to solve it by attributing extra values to physical quantities, the mysterious non-locality of quantum theory, and the philosophical aspects of the search for a theory of quantum...

Granular Physics

• ISBN:
• 0521660785
• Authors:
• Anita Mehta

The field of granular physics has burgeoned since its development in the late 1980s, when physicists first began to use statistical mechanics to study granular media. They are prototypical of complex systems, manifesting metastability, hysteresis and bistability, and a range of other fascinating phenomena. This book is a wide-ranging account of developments in granular physics, and lays out the foundations of the statics and dynamics of granular...

Dynamics of the Atmosphere: A Course in Theoretical Meteorology

• ISBN:
• 0521809495
• Authors:
• Wilford Zdunkowski, Andreas Bott

Complete with numerous exercise sets and solutions, this work is written for advanced students of meteorology and related sciences as well as professional meteorologists and researchers. The first part of the book presents the mathematical tools needed for a thorough understanding of the topics covered in the second. These topics include kinematics of the atmosphere; inertial and dynamic stability; turbulent systems; and novel weather prediction...

Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering: A Comprehensive Guide

• ISBN:
• 0521813727
• Authors:
• K. F. Riley, M. P. Hobson, S. J. Bence

The new edition of this highly acclaimed textbook contains several major additions, including more than four hundred new exercises (with hints and answers). To match the mathematical preparation of current senior college and university entrants, the authors have included a preliminary chapter covering areas such as polynomial equations, trigonometric identities, coordinate geometry, partial fractions, binomial expansions, induction, and the...

Elements of Statistical Mechanics: With an Introduction to Quantum Field Theory and Numerical Simulation

• ISBN:
• 0521841984
• Authors:
• Ivo Sachs, Siddhartha Sen, James Sexton

This concise introduction to the key concepts and tools of modern statistical mechanics is self-contained. Combining analytical and numerical techniques, it also covers advanced topics such as non-relativistic quantum field theory. After introducing classical analytical techniques, the authors present important numerical methods and a diverse range of applications. Quantum statistical mechanics is then analyzed and applied to topics in...

A Student's Guide to Maxwell's Equations

• ISBN:
• 052187761X
• Authors:
• Daniel Fleisch

Gauss's law for electric fields, Gauss's law for magnetic fields, Faraday's law, and the Ampere-Maxwell law are four of the most influential equations in science. In this guide for students, each equation is the subject of an entire chapter, with detailed, plain-language explanations of the physical meaning of each symbol in the equation, for both the integral and differential forms. The final chapter shows how Maxwell's equations may be...

Supersymmetry in Particle Physics: An Elementary Introduction

• ISBN:
• 0521880238
• Authors:
• Ian Aitchison

Supersymmetry represents the culmination of the search for fundamental symmetries that has dominated particle physics for 50 years. Traditionally, the constituents of matter (fermions) were regarded as different from the particles (bosons) transmitting the forces between them. In supersymmetry, fermions and bosons are unified. Intended for graduate students in particle physics, and researchers in experimental and phenomenological supersymmetry,...

Molecular Symmetry and Spectroscopy

• ISBN:
• 0660175193
• Authors:
• Philip R. Bunker, Per Jensen

Accelerated Learning Techniques

• ISBN:
• 0671536842
• Authors:
• Brian Tracy

Access Your Genius Potential The world's foremost producer of personal development and motivational audio programs now gives you the inside look at techniques to improve the way you learn. Science has suggested that the human mind has an almost infinite potential for learning and processing information. The problem has always been in accessing this incredible power. Accelerated Learning Techniques tells you how. Based on Nobel Prize-winning...

Cocoa Programming

• ISBN:
• 0672322307
• Authors:
• Scott Anguish, Erik Buck, Donald Yacktman

Cocoa Programming is a comprehensive work that starts as a fast-paced introduction to the OS architecture and the Cocoa language for programmers new to the environment. The more advanced sections of the book will show the reader how to create Cocoa applications using Objective-C, to modify the views, integrate multimedia, and access networks. The final sections explain how to extend system applications and development tools in order to create...

Strategy Safari: A Guided Tour Through The Wilds of Strategic Management

• ISBN:
• 0684847434
• Authors:
• Henry Mintzberg, Joseph Lampel, Bruce Ahlstrand

Strategy making is considered the high point of managerial activity. But bombarded by fads and fixes, most managers have been groping blindly to get their arms around the proverbial elephant. Now Henry Mintzberg, author of the award-winning The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning, has teamed up with Bruce Ahlstrand and Joseph Lampel to create a powerful antidote: a comprehensive and illuminating -- as well as colorful -- tour through the fields...

The Topology of Fibre Bundles. (PMS-14)

• ISBN:
• 0691005486
• Authors:
• Norman Steenrod

Fibre bundles, now an integral part of differential geometry, are also of great importance in modern physics--such as in gauge theory. This book, a succinct introduction to the subject by renown mathematician Norman Steenrod, was the first to present the subject systematically. It begins with a general introduction to bundles, including such topics as differentiable manifolds and covering spaces. The author then provides brief surveys of...

Modern Theory of Critical Phenomena

• ISBN:
• 0738203017
• Authors:
• Shang-keng Ma

An important contributor to our current understanding of critical phenomena, Ma introduces the beginner-especially the graduate student with no previous knowledge of the subject-to fundamental theoretical concepts such as mean field theory, the scaling hypothesis, and the renormalization group. He then goes on to apply the renormalization group to selected problems, with emphasis on the underlying physics and the basic assumptions involved. Read...

Women's Rights (Small Guides to Big Issues)

• ISBN:
• 0745323480
• Authors:
• Geraldine Terry

All over the world, women and girls are being denied their social, economic, political and civil rights. The aim of this book is to expose this systematic discrimination wherever it occurs – in education, access to public services, in reaping benefits from trade, and elsewhere. The book also explores violence against women and looks at how the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa is linked to the denial of women’s rights. Geraldine Terry looks at...

Thinker, Faker, Spinner, Spy: Corporate PR and the Assault on Democracy

• ISBN:
• 0745324444
• Authors:
• William Dinan, David Miller

Bringing together leading activists and writers from the US and beyond, this book unmasks the covert and undemocratic world of corporate spin. Wherever big business is threatened, spin doctors, lobbyists, think tanks and front groups are on hand to push the corporate interest, often at the public's expense.The public relations industry is not just about celebrity gossip. The authors show how PR techniques are in use across a wide range of...

The Universal Journalist

• ISBN:
• 0745326552
• Authors:
• David Randall

This is a new edition of the world's leading textbook on journalism. Translated into more than a dozen languages, David Randall's handbook is an invaluable guide to the "universals" of good journalistic practice for professional and trainee journalists worldwide. This fully updated edition contains scores of new anecdotes and examples, drawing on the author's own experience as a national newspaper reporter and columnist. It also contains a...

Non-accelerator Particle Physics, (Studies in High Energy Physics, Cosmology, and Gravitation)

• ISBN:
• 0750303050
• Authors:
• Klapdor-Kleingr

The past decade has seen the emergence and rapid development of particle physics experiments performed in underground laboratories and other non-accelerator installations. Such work allows profound questions of particle physics beyond the capabilities of modern accelerators to be attacked. At a time when elementary particle physics has reached a stage at which it places extreme requirements on new generations of accelerators, such work increases...

Introduction to Supersymmetric Field Theory: Or a Walk Through Superspace, Revised Edition (Series in High Energy Physics, Cosmology and Gravitation)

• ISBN:
• 0750305061
• Authors:
• I.L Buchbinder, Sergio M. Kuzenko

Ideas and Methods of Supersymmetry and Supergravity: Or a Walk Through Superspace provides a comprehensive, detailed, and self-contained account of four dimensional simple supersymmetry and supergravity. Throughout the book, the authors cultivate their material in detail with calculations and full discussions of the fundamental ideas and motivations. They develop the subject in its superfield formulations but where appropriate for illustration,...

Nuclear Dynamics in the Nucleonic Regime (Fundamental and Applied Nuclear Physics Series)

• ISBN:
• 0750305371
• Authors:
• D Durand, E Suraud, B Tamain

Over the last decade one of the most active areas of research in nuclear physics has been the study of systems of nucleons in various dynamical situations. Heavy-ion collisions at beam energies in the range 30-150 MeV per nucleon, where subnucleaonic degrees of freedom can be considered as frozen, allow such systems to be studied in detail. This book summarises our current understanding of this branch of physics. The authors' approach is to...

Handbook of Laser Technology and Applications (Three- Volume Set) (Vols 1-3)

• ISBN:
• 0750306076

The invention of the laser was one of the towering achievements of the twentieth century. At the opening of the twenty-first century we are witnessing the burgeoning of the myriad technical innovations to which that invention has led. The first of the three volumes comprises an introduction to the basic scientific principles of lasers, laser beams and non-linear optics. The second volume describes the mechanisms and operating characteristics of...

Dinosaur (Eyewitness Guides)

• ISBN:
• 0751364851
• Authors:
• Angela C. Milner, David Norman

This text explores the world of the dinosaurs - their evolution, behaviour and habits. Starting with a comparison of a dinosaur and a living iguana, the book goes on to examine these animals in detail, including a head-to-tail study of one of the biggest dinosaurs ever, Diplodocus. Well-preserved fossils from millions of years ago help tell the dinosaurs' story - how they laid eggs, attacked and defended themselves, fed, and how they lived....

Physics For Dummies (For Dummies (Math & Science))

• ISBN:
• 0764554336
• Authors:
• Steve Holzner

Does just thinking about the laws of motion make your head spin? Does studying electricity short your circuits? Do the complexities of thermodynamics cool your enthusiasm? Thanks to this book, you don’t have to be Einstein to understand physics. As you read about Newton’s Laws, Kepler’s Laws, Hooke’s Law, Ohm’s Law, and others, you’ll appreciate the For Dummies law: The easier we make it, the faster people understand it and the more...

PMP: Project Management Professional Study Guide

• ISBN:
• 0782141064
• Authors:
• Kim Heldman

Finally, a comprehensive self-study option for the highly respected Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute. With in-depth coverage of all exam objectives, detailed case studies, hundreds of challenging review questions, and a searchable electronic version of the entire book, you'll be ready to approach the exam with confidence. Put your career on the fast track with the PMP certification, which...

PMP: Project Management Professional Workbook

• ISBN:
• 0782142400
• Authors:
• Claudia M. Baca, Patti M. Jansen, Claudia Baca, Patti Jansen

Solid project management skills are in especially high demand today as an increasing number of companies have refocused their attention on the fundamentals of project management, demanding more from their project managers than ever before. In addition to understanding basic project management theory, you must possess solid charting and diagramming skills in order to succeed as a project manager (and pass the PMP exam). This one-of-a-kind...

The 2R Manager: When to Relate, When to Require, and How to Do Both Effectively (The Jossey-Bass Business & Management Series)

• ISBN:
• 078795893X
• Authors:
• Peter E. Friedes

The 2R Manager will make you a better manager---immediately. It offers specific advice tailored to each individual's current management style. You will take some self-surveys, see the results, and learn the impact you now have on those you manage. Youll learn what changes you must make and how to make them. Managers have naturally either a Relating or a Requiring style. Those who naturally require are weaker at relating---sometimes much...

The Nature of Matter (Physics in Action)

• ISBN:
• 0791089290
• Authors:
• Daniel T. Larson

Energy (Physics in Action)

• ISBN:
• 0791089304
• Authors:
• Andrew Dean, Ph.D. Foland

Processes That Shape the Earth (Physics in Action)

• ISBN:
• 0791089320
• Authors:
• David M. Thompson

Probability & Phase Transition (NATO Science Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Volume 420)

• ISBN:
• 0792327209

This volume describes the current state of knowledge of random spatial processes, particularly those arising in physics. The emphasis is on survey articles which describe areas of current interest to probabilists and physicists working on the probability theory of phase transition. Special attention is given to topics deserving further research. The principal contributions by leading researchers concern the mathematical theory of random walk,...

Applications of Digital Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics (The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science)

• ISBN:
• 0792381300

With the advent of `multimedia', digital signal processing (DSP) of sound has emerged from the shadow of bandwidth limited speech processing to become a research field of its own. To date, most research in DSP applied to sound has been concentrated on speech, which is bandwidth limited to about 4 kilohertz. Speech processing is also limited by the low fidelity typically expected in the telephone network. Today, the main applications of audio DSP...

Fuzzy Set Theory - and Its Applications

• ISBN:
• 079239075X
• Authors:
• Hans-Jurgen Zimmermann

Since its inception 20 years ago the theory of fuzzy sets has advanced in a variety of ways and in many disciplines. Applications of this theory can be found in artificial intelligence, computer science, control engineering, decision theory, expert systems, logic, management science, operations research, pattern recognition, robotics and others. Theoretical advances, too, have been made in many directions, and a gap has arisen between advanced...

Jesus and the Spirit: A Study of the Religious and Charismatic Experience of Jesus and the First Christians as Reflected in the New Testament

• ISBN:
• 0802842917
• Authors:
• James D. G. Dunn

In this book James D. G. Dunn explores the nature of the religious experiences that were at the forefront of emerging Christianity. Dunn first looks at the religious experience of Jesus, focusing especially on his experience of God in terms of his sense of sonship and his consciousness of the Spirit. He also considers the question of whether Jesus was a charismatic. Next Dunn examines the religious experiences of the earliest Christian...

Women Writing Women: The Frontiers Reader

• ISBN:
• 0803273363

By merging scholarly writing with personal life stories, Women Writing Women creates a new setting for communicating the unique experiences of women. The interdisciplinary nature of this volume, incorporating authors' ideas on identity, gender, and social realities, illuminates a rich diversity of experiences. To give voice to the different realities women live in and write from, the editors have divided the anthology into four sections: writing...

Work Motivation in the Context of A Globalizing Economy

• ISBN:
• 0805828141

Work Motivation in the Context of a Globalizing Economy evolved from a work motivation conference held in Israel, attended by a group of internationally renowned scholars. These scholars were given the charge of creating a vision of motivation research for the 21st century. Coming from different parts of the world, the scholars represent a wide range of perspectives from the very micro focus on the individual level of motivation, through the...

The Rhetorical Nature of XML: Constructing Knowledge in Networked Environments

• ISBN:
• 0805861793
• Authors:
• J.d. Applen

The Rhetorical Nature of XML is the first volume to combine rhetoric, XML, and knowledge management in a substantive manner. It serves as a primer on XML and XML-related technologies, illustrating how the naming of XML elements can be understood as a rhetorical act, and detailing the essentials of knowledge management practices that illustrate the need for intelligently conceived databases in organizations. Authors J.D. Applen and Rudy McDaniel...

Listening to Conflict: Finding Constructive Solutions to Workplace Disputes

• ISBN:
• 0814404294
• Authors:
• Erik J. Van Slyke

Sometimes the most obvious solution is the most effective one--and the one least considered. Take conflict resolution. It's not the persuading, cajoling, arguing, or even trying to win that's going to solve the problem. Instead, the key to finding effective, lasting solutions to combative disputes is simply to listen. Listening, as author Erik J. Van Slyke defines it, isn't the same thing as nodding your head in passive agreement. To really...

The Little Black Book of Project Management (The little black book series)

• ISBN:
• 0814477321
• Authors:
• Michael C. Thomsett

Provides you with instructions on how to control a budget, choose and lead a team, create a workable schedule, and more.

Semiconductor Safety Handbook: Safety and Health in the Semiconductor Industry (Semiconductor Safety Series)

• ISBN:
• 0815514182
• Authors:
• Richard A. Bolmen

Interwoven within our semiconductor technology development had been the development of technologies aimed at identifying, evaluating and mitigating the environmental, health and safety (EH&S) risks and exposures associated with the manufacturing and packaging of integrated circuits. Driving and advancing these technologies have been international efforts by SEMI's Safety Division, the Semiconductor Safety Association (SSA), and the Semiconductor...

Atlas of African-American History (Facts on File Library of American History)

• ISBN:
• 0816067139
• Authors:
• James Ciment

Building on the authoritative text of the first edition, "Atlas of African-American History, Revised Edition" chronicles the important cultural, historical, political, and social experiences of African Americans through the years. Completely updated and revised, this fascinating book features numerous full-color maps - 18 of which are new - that engage readers with easy-to-grasp facts, figures, and images of everyday life. Ten new...

Foundations of Time-Frequency Analysis (Applied and Numerical Harmonic Analysis)

• ISBN:
• 0817640223
• Authors:
• Karlheinz Gröchenig

Time-Frequency Analysis is a rich source of ideas and applications in modern harmonic analysis. The history of time-frequency analysis dates back to von Neumann, Wigner, and Gabor, who considered the problems in quantum mechanics and in information theory. For many years time-frequency analysis has been pursued only in engineering, but recently, and with the development of wavelet theory, it has emerged as a thriving field of applied...

Dynamics On and Of Complex Networks: Applications to Biology, Computer Science, and the Social Sciences (Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology)

• ISBN:
• 0817647503

This self-contained book systematically explores the statistical dynamics on and of complex networks having relevance across a large number of scientific disciplines. Almost any large-scale system, either naturally occurring or man-made, can be viewed as a complex network of interacting entities dynamically evolving over time. Therefore, the theories related to complex networks are increasingly being used by researchers for their usefulness in...

Microoptics Technology: Fabrication and Applications of Lens Arrays and Devices (Optical Science and Engineering)

• ISBN:
• 0824713486
• Authors:
• Nicholas F. Borrelli

Examines refractive, gradient index (GRIN), and diffractive fabrication technologies. Covers the major application areas for microlens arrays, from barcode scanning to camera autofocusing. Reviews the optics and fabrication methods of microoptic elements, paying particular attention to lenses and lens arrays and highlighting key applications. DLC: Lenses--Design and construction.

Silicon Nanoelectronics

• ISBN:
• 0824726332

Technological advancement in chip development, primarily based on the downscaling of the feature size of transistors, is threatening to come to a standstill as we approach the limits of conventional scaling. For example, when the number of electrons in a device's active region is reduced to less than ten electrons (or holes), quantum fluctuation errors will occur, and when gate insulator thickness becomes too insignificant to block quantum...

Traumatic Brain Injury: Rehabilitative Treatment and Case Management, Second Edition

• ISBN:
• 0849313627

Traumatic Brain Injury: Rehabilitative Treatment and Case Management, Second Edition provides therapists, case managers and physicians with information about the longer-term issues faced by this population. Originally titled Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation, this new edition updates the clinical information and broadens the scope of the best-selling text with ten additional chapters designed to meet the needs of educators, discharge...

Systems, Controls, Embedded Systems, Energy, and Machines (The Electrical Engineering Handbook; Third Edition)

• ISBN:
• 0849373476

In two editions spanning more than a decade, The Electrical Engineering Handbook stands as the definitive reference to the multidisciplinary field of electrical engineering. Our knowledge continues to grow, and so does the Handbook. For the third edition, it has expanded into a set of six books carefully focused on a specialized area or field of study. Each book represents a concise yet definitive collection of key concepts, models, and...

Geophysics in Engineering Investigations (CIRIA)

• ISBN:
• 0860175626
• Authors:
• P. W. McDowell

The full potential of geophysics in engineering investigations is still to be realised. The many available techniques can provide important information about the ground, its mass properties, its small-scale variations, and its anomalies of structure or content. The advantage of a geophysical survey is that it enables information to be obtained for large volumes of ground that cannot be investigated by direct methods due to cost. The applications...

Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher's Journey through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling

• ISBN:
• 0865716315
• Authors:
• John Taylor Gatto

“Gatto draws on thirty years in the classroom and many years of research as a school reformer. He puts forth his thesis with a rhetorical style that is passionate, logical, and laden with examples and illustrations.” ForeWord Magazine “ Weapons of Mass Instruction is probably his best yet. Gatto’s storytelling skill shines as he relates tales of real people who fled the school system and succeeded in spite of the popular wisdom that...

GRE Physics (REA) - The Best Test Prep for the GRE (Test Preps)

• ISBN:
• 0878918485
• Authors:
• Joseph Molitoris

This test preparation book includes four full-length exams with detailed explanations modeled after the actual GRE in Physics. Knowledge of mechanics, electromagnetism, atomic physics, physicoptics and wave phenomena, quantum mechanics, special relativity, thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, laboratory methods, and advanced topics tested. Includes a general physics review of all topics tested on the exam. For physics students bound for...

Sink or Float? Thought Problems in Math & Physics (Dolciani Mathematical Expositions)

• ISBN:
• 0883853396
• Authors:
• Keith Kendig

Sink or Float: Thought Problems in Math and Physics is a collection of problems drawn from mathematics and the real world. Its multiple-choice format forces the reader to become actively involved in deciding upon the answer. The book s aim is to show just how much can be learned by using everyday common sense. The problems are all concrete and understandable by nearly anyone, meaning that not only will students become caught up in some of the...

Control Perspectives on Numerical Algorithms And Matrix Problems (Advances in Design and Control)

• ISBN:
• 0898716020
• Authors:
• Eugenius Kaszkurewicz Amit Bhaya

Control Perspectives on Numerical Algorithms and Matrix Problems organizes the analysis and design of iterative numerical methods from a control perspective. The authors discuss a variety of applications, including iterative methods for linear and nonlinear systems of equations, neural networks for linear and quadratic programming problems, support vector machines, integration and shooting methods for ordinary differential equations, matrix...

Data Clustering: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications (ASA-SIAM Series on Statistics and Applied Probability)

• ISBN:
• 0898716233
• Authors:
• Guojun Gan; Chaoqun Ma; and Jianhong Wu

Cluster analysis is an unsupervised process that divides a set of objects into homogeneous groups. This book starts with basic information on cluster analysis, including the classification of data and the corresponding similarity measures, followed by the presentation of over 50 clustering algorithms in groups according to some specific baseline methodologies such as hierarchical, center-based, and search-based methods. As a result, readers and...

Signals and Systems with MATLAB Computing and Simulink Modeling

• ISBN:
• 0974423998
• Authors:
• Steven T. Karris

This text has been superseded by the FOURTH EDITION which includes a comprehensive discussion on window functions and examples using the fft and ifft MATLAB functions. As in previous editions, this text is an introduction to continuous and discrete-time signals and systems. It contains numerous examples that are solved analytically and verified with the latest Student Versions of MATLAB. It is intended for electrical engineering majors. It can...

Generation We: How Millennial Youth are Taking Over America And Changing Our World Forever

• ISBN:
• 0982093101
• Authors:
• Eric Greenberg, Karl Weber

In the last three years, the Millennial Generation has emerged as a powerful political and social force. Currently including 95 million young people born between 1978 and 2000, the Millennials are the largest generation in history. They are also the first post-ideological, post-political, and post-partisan generation, and they are spearheading a period of sweeping change in America and around the world. Generation We explores the emerging power...

The Professional Development of Teachers: Practice and Theory

• ISBN:
• 1402020058
• Authors:
• Philip Adey

This book integrates in a unique way all that is known about changing teachers' practice, the key to all educational development. All attempts to `raise standards' or to 'make schools relevant to the 21st century' rest on helping teachers to develop new skills. The Professional Development of Teachers: Practice and Theory draws on the author's 30 years of experience, on a series of new empirical studies, and on the extensive literature on staff...

Hans Christian Ørsted and the Romantic Legacy in Science: Ideas, Disciplines, Practices (Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science)

• ISBN:
• 1402029799
• Authors:
• Robert M. Brain

The relations between science and philosophy in the early nineteenth century remain one of the most misunderstood topics in modern European intellectual history. By taking the brilliant career of Danish physicist-philosopher Hans Christian Ørsted as their organizing theme, leading international philosophers and historians of science reveal illuminating new perspectives on the intellectual map of Europe in the age of revolution and...

Complex Dynamics in Physiological Systems: From Heart to Brain (Understanding Complex Systems)

• ISBN:
• 1402091427

Nonlinear dynamics has become an important field of research in recent years in many areas of the natural sciences. In particular, it has potential applications in biology and medicine; nonlinear data analysis has helped to detect the progress of cardiac disease, physiological disorders, for example episodes of epilepsy, and others. This book focuses on the current trends of research concerning the prediction of sudden cardiac death and the...

A Concise Companion to American Fiction 1900 - 1950 (Concise Companions to Literature and Culture)

• ISBN:
• 1405133678

An authoritative guide to American literature, this Companion examines the experimental forms, socio-cultural changes, literary movements, and major authors of the early 20th century. This Companion provides authoritative and wide-ranging guidance on early twentieth-century American fiction. Considers commonly studied authors such as Faulkner, Fitzgerald, and Hemingway, alongside key texts of the period by Richard Wright, Charles Chesnutt, Zora...

21st Century Communication: A Reference Handbook

• ISBN:
• 1412950309

The discipline of communication has grown in popularity from the time professors of journalism and speech decided, in the mid-1960s, that the term “communication” was an excellent general descriptor for the theory and research that each group aspired to create.  Over time, the two groups grew closer and recognized significant overlap in their theoretical and research interests, but there were also differences in their traditions that kept...

Designing Complex Systems: Foundations of Design in the Functional Domain (Complex and Enterprise Systems Engineering)

• ISBN:
• 1420087533
• Authors:
• Erik W. Aslaksen

Without standardized construction elements such as nuts, bolts, bearings, beams, resistors and the like, the design of physical equipment is hopelessly inefficient, and engineers are continually bogged down with re-designing these elements over and over again. The same can be said for the domain of ideas and performance requirements. Only through a process of standardization of the corresponding functional elements will systems engineering truly...

The Top Ten Algorithms in Data Mining (Chapman & Hall/Crc Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery)

• ISBN:
• 1420089641

The Best-Known Algorithms Currently Used in the Data Mining Community Contributions from recognized leaders in the field Identifying some of the most influential algorithms that are widely used in the data mining community, The Top Ten Algorithms in Data Mining provides a description of each algorithm, discusses its impact, and reviews current and future research. Thoroughly evaluated by independent reviewers, each chapter focuses on a...

Advances in Molecular Vibrations and Collision Dynamics, Volume 3 (v. 3)

• ISBN:
• 1559387904
• Authors:
• Author Unknown

This volume focuses on molecular clusters, bound by van der Waals interactions and hydrogen bonds. Twelve chapters review a wide range of recent theoretical and experimental advances in the areas of cluster vibrations, spectroscopy, and reaction dynamics. The authors are leading experts, who have made significant contributions to these topics. The first chapter describes exciting results and new insights in the solvent effects on the short-time...

Value-Added Records Management: Protecting Corporate Assets, Reducing Business Risks 2nd Edition, Updated and Expanded

• ISBN:
• 156720547X
• Authors:
• Karen L. Sampson

Buried in paper? As new technologies, threats of litigation, and the onslaught of e-business innovations change the very nature of work, organizations need ways to safely and properly manage information. This revised and expanded edition of Sampson's earlier classic shows how records and information management practices jointly contribute to an organization's financial well being, be it public or private, non- or for-profit. Recordkeeping...

Control and Boundary Analysis (Lecture Notes in Pure and Applied Mathematics)

• ISBN:
• 1574445944

-------------------Description-------------------- This volume comprises selected papers from the 21st Conference on System Modeling and Optimization in Sophia Antipolis, France. It covers over three decades of studies involving partial differential systems and equations. Topics include: the modeling of continuous mechanics involving fixed boundary, control theory, shape optimization and moving boundaries, and topological shape optimization....

Point Sources and Multipoles in Inverse Scattering Theory. Chapman & Hall/CRC Research Notes in Mathematics, No. 427

• ISBN:
• 1584882522
• Authors:
• Roland Potthast

Over the last twenty years, the growing availability of computing power has had an enormous impact on the classical fields of direct and inverse scattering. The study of inverse scattering, in particular, has developed rapidly with the ability to perform computational simulations of scattering processes and led to remarkable advances in a range of applications, from medical imaging and radar to remote sensing and seismic exploration. Point...

Handbook of Bioinspired Algorithms and Applications (Chapman & Hall/Crc Computer & Information Science)

• ISBN:
• 1584884754

The mystique of biologically inspired (or bioinspired) paradigms is their ability to describe and solve complex relationships from intrinsically very simple initial conditions and with little or no knowledge of the search space. Edited by two prominent, well-respected researchers, the Handbook of Bioinspired Algorithms and Applications reveals the connections between bioinspired techniques and the development of solutions to problems that arise...

An Introduction to Systems Biology: Design Principles of Biological Circuits (Chapman & Hall/CRC Mathematical & Computational Biology)

• ISBN:
• 1584886420
• Authors:
• Uri Alon

Thorough and accessible, this book presents the design principles of biological systems, and highlights the recurring circuit elements that make up biological networks. It provides a simple mathematical framework which can be used to understand and even design biological circuits. The textavoids specialist terms, focusing instead on several well-studied biological systems that concisely demonstrate key principles. An Introduction to Systems...

Quantum Computing Devices: Principles, Designs, and Analysis (Chapman & Hall/Crc Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Science Series)

• ISBN:
• 1584886811
• Authors:
• Goong Chen, David A. Church, Berthold-Georg Englert, Carsten Henkel, Bernd Rohwedder, Marlan O. Scully, M. Suhail Zubairy

One of the first books to thoroughly examine the subject, Quantum Computing Devices: Principles, Designs, and Analysis covers the essential components in the design of a real quantum computer. It explores contemporary and important aspects of quantum computation, particularly focusing on the role of quantum electronic devices as quantum gates. Largely self-contained and written in a tutorial style, this reference presents the analysis, design,...

Capillary Flows with Forming Interfaces

• ISBN:
• 1584887486
• Authors:
• Yulii D. Shikhmurzaev

Capillary Flows with Forming Interfaces explores numerous theoretical problems that arise in the mathematical description of capillary flows. It focuses on developing a unified approach to a variety of seemingly very different capillary flows of practical importance where classical fluid mechanics leads to nonphysical results. The book begins with a review of the conceptual framework of fluid mechanics and then proceeds to analyze the roots of...

Chromatic Monitoring of Complex Conditions (Series in Sensors)

• ISBN:
• 1584889888

Explaining the chromatic methodology for the intelligent monitoring of complex systems, Chromatic Monitoring of Complex Conditions demonstrates that chromatic processing is analogous to human vision yet also extends into a wide range of nonoptical domains. Taking a practical approach that utilizes many examples and graphs, the book presents the origin and methodology of chromaticity, before delving into the various applications of chromatic...

What Is ArcGIS 9.1?

• ISBN:
• 1589481321

ESRI ArcGIS is a comprehensive, integrated, scalable framework for implementing GIS for a single user or for many users on desktops, in servers, over the Web, and in the field. What is ArcGIS 9.1? provides a valuable introduction to the full ESRI ArcGIS framework and an overview of many important GIS concepts. Whether you are new to or are familiar with ArcGIS software, this book will help you develop a more comprehenseive understanding of GIS...

Introduction to Molecular Beam Gas Dynamics

• ISBN:
• 1860945562
• Authors:
• Giovanni Sanna; Giuseppe Tomassetti

Introduction to Molecular Beams Gas Dynamics is devoted to the theory and phenomenology of supersonic molecular beams. The book describes the main physical idea and mathematical methods of the gas dynamics of molecular beams, while the detailed derivation of results and equations is accompanied by an explanation of their physical meaning. The phenomenology of supersonic beams can appear complex to those not experienced in supersonic gas dynamics...

Examkrackers MCAT Biology

• ISBN:
• 1893858448
• Authors:
• Jonathan Orsay

This book reviews all the biology tested by the MCAT. It includes nine 30 minute exams in the MCAT format, and 135 additional stand alone questions. All 342 questions are in MCAT form and fully annotated. The book is illustrated in black and white, and in color. This book is expensive because it is the best MCAT biology review available.

Examkrackers Mcat Inorganic Chemistry

• ISBN:
• 1893858472
• Authors:
• Jonathan Orsay

This book reviews all the inorganic chemistry tested by the MCAT. It includes seven 30 minute exams in the MCAT format, and 85 additional stand alone questions. All 266 questions are in MCAT form and fully annotated. This book is expensive because it is the best MCAT chemistry review available.

Core Animation for Mac OS X and the iPhone: Creating Compelling Dynamic User Interfaces (Pragmatic Programmers)

• ISBN:
• 1934356107
• Authors:
• Bill Dudney

Mac OS X Leopard introduces a fantastic new technology that makes writing applications with animated and cinematic user interfaces much easier. We'll explore this new technology by starting with the familiar concepts you already know from the pre-Leopard development kits. Then we'll see how they apply to the new frameworks and APIs. We'll build on your existing knowledge of Cocoa and bring you efficiently up to speed on what Core Animation is...

Handbook of Semiconductor Technology (2 Volume Set)

• ISBN:
• 352729970X

Semiconductor technology is the basis of today's microelectronics industry with its many impacts on our modern life, i.e. computer and communication technology. This two-volume handbook covers the basics of semiconductor processing technology, which are as essential for the design of new microelectronic devices as the fundamental physics. Volume 1 'Electronic Structure and Properties' covers the structure and properties of semiconductors, with...

Cellular and Porous Materials: Thermal Properties Simulation and Prediction

• ISBN:
• 3527319387

Providing the reader with a solid understanding of the fundamentals as well as an awareness of recent advances in properties and applications of cellular and porous materials, this handbook and ready reference covers all important analytical and numerical methods for characterizing and predicting thermal properties. In so doing it directly addresses the special characteristics of foam-like and hole-riddled materials, combining theoretical and...

Novel Methods in Soft Matter Simulations (Lecture Notes in Physics)

• ISBN:
• 3540209166

Soft matter and biological systems pose many challenges for theoretical, experimental and computational research. From the computational point of view, these many-body sytems cover variations in relevant time and length scales over many orders of magnitude. Indeed, the macroscopic properties of materials and complex fluids are ultimately to be deduced from the dynamics of the microsopic, molecular level. In these lectures, internationally...

Lectures on Flavor Physics (Lecture Notes in Physics) (v. 629)

• ISBN:
• 3540222553

This volume contains the edited versions of some selected lectures delivered at the famous

Advanced Computer Simulation Approaches for Soft Matter Sciences II (Advances in Polymer Science) (v. 2)

• ISBN:
• 3540260919

Uncovering CP Violation: Experimental Clarification in the Neutral K Meson and B Meson Systems (Springer Tracts in Modern Physics)

• ISBN:
• 3540403337
• Authors:
• Konrad Kleinknecht

Uncovering CP Violation deals with one of the crucial ingredients necessary to create the observed matter-antimatter asymmetry of the universe. There is one force in nature which acts differently on matter and antimatter. This phenomenon was discovered in decays of neutral K mesons in 1964. In a long series of ever refined experiments between 1964 and 2001, it was shown that this force emerges as a part of the weak interaction between quarks...

CP Violation in Particle, Nuclear, and Astrophysics (Lecture Notes in Physics)

• ISBN:
• 3540437053

This book provides a collection of recent lectures on the physics of CP violation. As such, it covers all relevant modern fields of elementary particle, nuclear, and astrophysics. Special attention is paid to the neutral meson systems and the recent confirmation of CP violation in the B meson system. The theory and the novel methods needed for these experiments are given in detail. The classical and ongoing searches for the electric dipole...

Computational Many-Particle Physics (Lecture Notes in Physics)

• ISBN:
• 3540746854

Complicated many-particle problems abound in nature and in research alike. Plasma physics, for example, or statistical and condensed matter physics are all heavily dependent on efficient methods for solving such problems. Addressing graduate students and young researchers, this book presents an overview and introduction to state-of-the-art numerical methods for studying interacting classical and quantum many-particle systems. A broad range of...

Feynman's Thesis: A New Approach to Quantum Theory

• ISBN:
• 9812563660

Richard Feynman’s never previously published doctoral thesis formed the heart of much of his brilliant and profound work in theoretical physics. Entitled “The Principle of Least Action in Quantum Mechanics,” its original motive was to quantize the classical action-at-a-distance electrodynamics. Because that theory adopted an overall space–time viewpoint, the classical Hamiltonian approach used in the conventional formulations of quantum...

Mathematics of Physics and Engineering

• ISBN:
• 981256621X
• Authors:
• Edward K. Blum, Sergey V. Lototsky

Aimed at scientists and engineers, this book is an exciting intellectual journey through the mathematical worlds of Euclid, Newton, Maxwell, Einstein, and Schrodinger-Dirac. While similar books present the required mathematics in a piecemeal manner with tangential references to the relevant physics and engineering, this textbook serves the interdisciplinary needs of engineers, scientists and applied mathematicians by unifying the mathematics and...

Damage Mechanics (Mechanical Engineering (Marcell Dekker))

• ISBN:
• 0824727576
• Authors:
• George Z. Voyiadjis, Peter I. Kattan

Before a structure or component can be completed, before any analytical model can be constructed, and even before the design can be formulated, you must have a fundamental understanding of damage behavior in order to produce a safe and effective design. Damage Mechanics presents the underlying principles of continuum damage mechanics along with the latest research. The authors consider both isotropic and anisotropic theories as well as elastic...

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Project Management (2nd Edition)

• ISBN:
• 0028639200
• Authors:
• Sunny Baker

You don't have to be an MBA to learn the principles of project management! This book gives you comprehensive, easy-to-understand guidelines for getting your projects done on time and under budget.

Solid State Physics

• ISBN:
• 0030839939
• Authors:
• Neil W. Ashcroft, N. David Mermin

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of solid state physics for undergraduate students in physics, chemistry, engineering, and materials science.

Digging Up Trouble: A Nina Quinn Mystery (Nina Quinn Mysteries)

• ISBN:
• 0060723491
• Authors:
• Heather Webber

Digging Her Own Grave Landscaper Nina Quinn makes her living from surprise garden makeovers. It's not her fault that someone duped her into digging up the wrong yard. And she certainly can't be blamed when her handiwork turns the unsuspecting real owner apoplectic and he drops dead from a heart attack . . . can she? Nina's got enough trouble already, with her divorce from faithless hubby Kevin nearing completion and her unruly stepson up to his...

Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization

• ISBN:
• 0061251305
• Authors:
• Dave Logan, John King, Halee Fischer-Wright

It's a fact of life: birds flock, fish school, people "tribe." Every company, indeed every organization, is a tribe, or if it's large enough, a network of tribes--groups of 20 to 150 people in which everyone knows everyone else, or at least knows of everyone else. Tribes are more powerful than teams, companies, or even CEOs, and yet their key leverage points have not been mapped--until now. In Tribal Leadership , Dave Logan, John King, and...

Fatally Flaky: A Novel (Goldy Schulz Culinary Mysteries, No. 15)

• ISBN:
• 0061348139
• Authors:
• Diane Mott Davidson

Colorado caterer Goldy Schulz encounters bridezilla—and murder—in another delectable novel by the New York Times bestselling author of Sweet Revenge , Dark Tort , and Double Shot Cynics say getting married is a death wish. . . . It's been a long, rainy summer for Goldy Schulz, who is engaged in planning wedding receptions for what seems to be all of Aspen Meadow. It's bad enough that Billie Attenborough, the bride from hell, has changed her...

Well Read and Dead: A High Society Mystery (High Society Mysteries)

• ISBN:
• 0061673250
• Authors:
• Catherine O'connell

The return of blue-blooded fashionista Pauline Cook, whose search for a missing friend leads her from an iconoclastic book group to the deepest and most unfashionable reaches of the Far East. Back in Chicago after a disastrous European love affair, socialite Pauline Cook finds her finances nearly depleted, her co-op a shambles, and her best friend mysteriously missing—vanished along with Pauline's cat. Though Whitney Armstrong's husband offers...

An Introduction To Mechanics

• ISBN:
• 0070350485
• Authors:
• Daniel Kleppner, Robert Kolenkow

Modern Lens Design: A Resource Manual

• ISBN:
• 0070591784
• Authors:
• Warren J. Smith, Inc. Genesee Optics Software

Published in 1964 and long out of print, copies of Cox's A System of Optical Design are covered by experienced lens designers simply because a small section of the book features lens design examples. Such examples are notoriously difficult to find and the hundred-odd pages of Cox's book that include them are widely photocopied and constantly referred to by designers in the know. Finally, lens designers have a better place to turn. The most...

Schaum's Outline of Electric Circuits

• ISBN:
• 0071393072
• Authors:
• Mahmood Nahvi, Joseph Edminister

This new edition of Schaum's Outline of Electric Circuits give readers a thorough foundation in the theory and operation of electric circuits. This bestselling outline combines brief descriptions of theory with illustrative examples, solved problems, and supplement problems to provide a direct and effective tool and methodology for learning.

Relativity Demystified

• ISBN:
• 0071455450
• Authors:
• David McMahon, Paul M. Alsing

Finally, someone is going to explain Einstein’s theory of relativity in layman’s terms, without getting mired in overly heavy discussion or formal mathematics. In Relativity Demystified, key definitions, examples, and results join the trusted exercises that have made the Demystified series so successful in all subject areas.

Mathematica DeMYSTiFied

• ISBN:
• 0071591443
• Authors:
• Jim Hoste

Need to learn MATHEMATICA? Problem SOLVED! Take full advantage of all the powerful capabilities of Mathematica with help from this hands-on guide. Filled with examples and step-by-step explanations, Mathematica Demystified takes you from your very first calculation all the way to plotting complex fractals. Using an intuitive format, this book explains the fundamentals of Mathematica up front. Learn how to define functions, create 2-D graphs of...

Course of Theoretical Physics: Physical Kinetics (Course of Theorectical Physics Series: Vol 10)

• ISBN:
• 0080206417
• Authors:
• E. M. Lifshitz, L. P. Pitaevskii

The approach to physical kinetics is closely integrated with that of other branches of physics as presented in the companion volumes of this series. The major part of the contents is concerned with a systematic development of the theory of plasmas, the authority being firmly rooted in the pioneer work of Landau. Although the main scope concerns fully ionized gaseous plasmas, corresponding results are also given for partially ionized plasmas,...

Advanced Pulverized Coal Injection Technology and Blast Furnace Operation

• ISBN:
• 008043651X

In order to reduce the cost of running blast furnaces (BFs), injected pulverized coal is used rather than coke to fire BFs. As a result of this, unburned fine materials are blown with the gas into the bosh and dead man areas with possible detrimental effects on gas flow and permeability of the coke column. The capacity of the furnace to consume these particles by solution loss is probably one of the limitations to coal injection. It is,...

The Art of Cryogenics: Low-Temperature Experimental Techniques

• ISBN:
• 0080444792
• Authors:
• Guglielmo Ventura, Lara Risegari

Cryogenics is the study of low temperature interactions - temperatures well below those existing in the natural universe. The book covers a large spectrum of experimental cases, including basic vacuum techniques, indispensable in cryogenics. Guidance in solving experimental problems and numerous numerical examples are given, as are examples of the applications of cryogenics in such areas as underground detectors and space applications. Updated...

Handbook of Liquids-Assisted Laser Processing

• ISBN:
• 0080444989
• Authors:
• Arvi Kruusing

Laser processing of solid materials has been commonly performed in gas ambient. Having the workpiece immersed into liquid, having a liquid film on it, or soaking the material with liquid gives several advantages such as removal of the debris, lowering the heat load on the workpiece, and confining the vapour and plasma, resulting in higher shock pressure on the surface. Introduced in the 1980s, neutral liquids assisted laser processing (LALP) has...

Advanced Mathematical Tools for Control Engineers: Volume 1: Deterministic Systems

• ISBN:
• 0080446744
• Authors:
• Alex Poznyak

This book provides a blend of Matrix and Linear Algebra Theory, Analysis, Differential Equations, Optimization, Optimal and Robust Control. It contains an advanced mathematical tool which serves as a fundamental basis for both instructors and students who study or actively work in Modern Automatic Control or in its applications. It is includes proofs of all theorems and contains many examples with solutions. It is written for researchers,...

Zinc Oxide Bulk, Thin Films and Nanostructures: Processing, Properties, and Applications

• ISBN:
• 0080447228

With an in-depth exploration of the following topics, this book covers the broad uses of zinc oxide within the fields of materials science and engineering: - Recent advances in bulk , thin film and nanowire growth of ZnO (including MBE, MOCVD and PLD), - The characterization of the resulting material (including the related ternary systems ZgMgO and ZnCdO), - Improvements in device processing modules (including ion implantation for doping and...

Advances in Applied Mechanics, Volume 39

• ISBN:
• 0120020394

The major developments in the field of fluid and solid mechanics are scattered throughout an array of scientific journals, making it often difficult to find what the real advances are, especially for a researcher new to the field. The Advances in Applied Mechanics book series draws together the recent significant advances in various topics in applied mechanics. Published since 1948, Advances in Applied Mechanics aims to provide authoritative...

Advances in Applied Mechanics, Volume 40

• ISBN:
• 0120020408

The major developments in the field of fluid and solid mechanics are scattered throughout an array of scientific journals, making it often difficult to find what the real advances are, especially for a researcher new to the field. The Advances in Applied Mechanics book series draws together the recent significant advances in various topics in applied mechanics. Published since 1948, Advances in Applied Mechanics aims to provide authoritative...

ADV IN ATOMIC & MOLEC PHYS V31, Volume 31 (Advances in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics)

• ISBN:
• 0120038315

This serial, established in 1965, continues to document the most vital developments in atomic, molecular and optical physics, including related applied areas. Subject areas covered range from studies of the fundamental properties of radiation and matter, through studies of hitherto inaccessible states of "ordinary" and exotic atoms and molecules, the control of atoms and molecules by light, the behaviour of atoms and molecules in intense...

Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics, Volume 116

• ISBN:
• 0120147580

Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics merges two long-running serials-Advances in Electronics and Electron Physics and Advances in Optical and Electron Microscopy. This series features extended articles on the physics of electron devices (especially semiconductor devices), particle optics at high and low energies, microlithography, image science and digital image processing, electromagnetic wave propagation, electron microscopy, and the...

Computational Electromagnetism: Variational Formulations, Complementarity, Edge Elements

• ISBN:
• 0121187101
• Authors:
• Alain Bossavit

Computational Electromagnetism refers to the modern concept of computer-aided analysis, and design, of virtually all electric devices such as motors, machines, transformers, etc., as well as of the equipment inthe currently booming field of telecommunications, such as antennas, radars, etc. The present book is uniquely written to enable the reader-- be it a student, a scientist, or a practitioner-- to successfully perform important simulation...

Differential Manifolds & Theoretical Physics, Volume 116 (Pure and Applied Mathematics)

• ISBN:
• 0122002318
• Authors:
• W. D. Curtis, Frederick J. Miller

This work shows how the concepts of manifold theory can be used to describe the physical world. The concepts of modern differential geometry are presented in this comprehensive study of classical mechanics, field theory, and simple quantum effects.

Functional Analysis and Linear Control Theory (Mathematics in Science and Engineering)

• ISBN:
• 0124418805
• Authors:
• Author Unknown

Functional analysis provides a concise conceptual framework for linear control theory. This self-contained text, geared toward engineering students, demonstrates the subject's unity. A wide range of powerful theorems illustrates inner product spaces; instability, controllability, and observability; minimum norm and time control; and distributed systems. 1980 edition.

Problems and Solutions for Students (Methods of Experimental Physics)

• ISBN:
• 0124759084
• Authors:
• Ladislaus Marton, William F. Hornyak

Stochastic Models, Estimation and Control Volume 3 (Mathematics in Science and Engineering)

• ISBN:
• 0124807038
• Authors:
• Peter S. Maybeck

This volume builds upon the foundations set in Volumes 1 and 2. Chapter 13 introduces the basic concepts of stochastic control and dynamic programming as the fundamental means of synthesizing optimal stochastic control laws.

Observers for Linear Systems (Mathematics in Science and Engineering)

• ISBN:
• 0125277806
• Authors:
• John O'Reilly

My aim, in writing this monograph, has been to remedy this omission by presenting a comprehensive and unified theory of observers for continuous-time and discrete -time linear systems. The book is intended for post-graduate students and researchers specializing in control systems, now a core subject in a number of disciplines. Forming, as it does, a self-contained volume it should also be of service to control engineers primarily interested in...

Peptide-Lipid Interactions, Volume 52 (Current Topics in Membranes)

• ISBN:
• 0126438714

Peptides are involved in numerous biological processes that include: killing bacteria, signal transduction, cell growth, and synaptic transmission. This reference book presents an overview of the interaction of peptides with synthetic and biological membranes, and includes state-of-the-art methodology, computer simulations and theoretical analysis. This book contains numerous color figures and can be used by persons interested in cell biology,...

A Physicist's Guide to Mathematica

• ISBN:
• 0126831904
• Authors:
• Patrick T. Tam

A Physicists Guide to Mathematica (r) teaches students and professional physicists how to master Mathematica using examples and approaches that will appeal to them. The book illustrates the usefulness of Mathematica in learning, teaching, and carrying out research in physics. Part One gives a practical, physics-oriented, and self-contained introduction to the program. Part Two covers the application of Mathematica to mechanics, electricityand...

Variational Methods in Nonconservative Phenomena (Mathematics in Science and Engineering)

• ISBN:
• 0127284508
• Authors:
• B. D. Vujanovic, S. E. Jones

This book provides a comprehensive survey of analytic and approximate solutions of problems of applied mechanics, with particular emphasis on nonconservative phenomena. Include

Advanced Modern Engineering Mathematics (3rd Edition)

• ISBN:
• 0130454257
• Authors:
• Glyn James

Building on the foundations laid in the companion text Modern Engineering Mathematics 3e, this book gives an extensive treatment of some of the advanced areas of mathematics that have applications in various fields of engineering, particularly as tools for computer-based system modelling, analysis and design. Despite the advanced level of this text, the philosophy of learning by doing is retained, with continuing emphasis on the development of...

First Course in Continuum Mechanics (3rd Edition)

• ISBN:
• 0130615242
• Authors:
• Y.C. Fung

Revision of a classic text by a distinguished author. Emphasis is on problem formulation and derivation of governing equations. New edition features increased emphasis on applications. New chapter covers long-term changes in materials under stress.

It's Your Move: Dealing Yourself the Best Cards in Life and Work

• ISBN:
• 0131424815
• Authors:
• Cyndi Maxey, Jill Bremer

Life is like a card game... and you have the power to deal yourself the winning hand! In It's Your Move, image and self-improvement specialists Cyndi Maxey and Jill Bremer use the analogy of life as a card game to introduce you to powerful strategies for improving both your business and personal life... no matter what cards you are dealt. As in any good game, life offers you multiple options for achieving greatness: listening, learning,...

Computational Physics

• ISBN:
• 0133677230
• Authors:
• Nicholas Giordano

Computational physics book that emphasizes the physics that can be done with numerical/computational methods rather than just the methods themselves. Uses True Basic. (Representative programs on WWW). Praised for its coverage of many interesting topics in pure and applied physics.

Fearful Symmetry: Is God a Geometer? (Penguin science)

• ISBN:
• 0140130470
• Authors:
• Ian Stewart, Martin Golubitsky

Starting with an analysis of the forms of symmetry, the authors show how a few key principles can help us understand everything from cat's movements, corn circles, and snow crystals to subatomic particles and the overall structure of the cosmos. 127 figures. of full-color illustrations.

Clifford Algebra: A Computational Tool for Physicists

• ISBN:
• 0195098242
• Authors:
• John Snygg

Clifford algebras have become an indispensable tool for physicists at the cutting edge of theoretical investigations. Applications in physics range from special relativity and the rotating top at one end of the spectrum, to general relativity and Dirac's equation for the electron at the other. Clifford algebras have also become a virtual necessity in some areas of physics, and their usefulness is expanding in other areas, such as algebraic...

Atomic Physics in Hot Plasmas (International Series of Monographs on Physics)

• ISBN:
• 0195109309
• Authors:
• David Salzmann

The field of atomic physics in hot plasmas, also called hot plasma spectroscopy, covers the properties and behavior of atoms and ions in hot plasmas, the related emission and absorption spectra, and the applications of the emitted radiation. This book is the first comprehensive treatise on the topic in 25 years.

Statistical Mechanics of Solids (Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials)

• ISBN:
• 0195119657
• Authors:
• Louis A. Girifalco

This monograph, suitable for use as an advanced text, presents the statistical mechanics of solids from the perspective of the material properties of the solid state. The statistical mechanics are developed as a tool for understanding properties and each chapter includes useful excercies to illustrate the topics covered. Topics discussed include the theory of the harmonic crystal, the theory of free elcetrons in metal and semiconductors,...

The Bay of Pigs (Pivotal Moments in American History)

• ISBN:
• 019517383X
• Authors:
• Howard Jones

In January 1959, as Fidel Castro entered Havana in triumph, Americans hailed the revolutionary as a hero. Then came Castro's increasingly anti-American talk, the rise in his regime of the openly Marxist Che Guevara and Raul Castro, and seizures of American-owned assets. In little more than a year, President Dwight D. Eisenhower concluded that Castro must go. In The Bay of Pigs, Howard Jones provides a concise, incisive, and dramatic account of...

Parenting by Men Who Batter: New Directions for Assessment and Intervention (Interpersonal Violence)

• ISBN:
• 0195309030

What is the best way to work with fathers who have a history of abusive behavior? This question is among the thorniest that social service and criminal justice professionals must deal with in their careers, and in this essential new work Jeffrey L. Edleson, Oliver J. Williams, and a group of international colleagues examine the host of equally difficult issues that surround it. Beginning with the voices of mothers and fathers who speak about...

Electrodynamics from Ampere to Einstein

• ISBN:
• 0198505930
• Authors:
• Olivier Darrigol

Three quarters of a century elapsed between Ampere's definition of electrodynamics and Einstein's reform of the concepts of space and time. The two events occurred in utterly different worlds: the French Academy of Sciences of the 1820s seems very remote from the Bern patent office of the early 1900s, and the forces between two electric currents quite foreign to the optical synchronization of clocks. Yet Ampere's electrodynamics and Einstein's...

Electrodynamics from Ampere to Einstein

• ISBN:
• 0198505949
• Authors:
• Olivier Darrigol

This richly documented and abundantly illusrated work sheds new light on the origins of Einstein's relativity.

Numerical Methods for Delay Differential Equations (Numerical Mathematics and Scientific Computation)

• ISBN:
• 0198506546
• Authors:
• Alfredo Bellen, Marino Zennaro

The mainpurpose of the book is to introduce the readers to the numerical integration of the Cauchy problem for delay differential equations (DDEs). Peculiarities and differences that DDEs exhibit with respect to ordinary differential equations are preliminarily outlined by numerous examples illustrating some unexpected, and ofter surprising behaviors of the analytical and numerical solutions. The effect of various kinds of delays on the...

Analytical Mechanics: An Introduction (Oxford Graduate Texts)

• ISBN:
• 0198508026
• Authors:
• Antonio Fasano, S Marmi

Analytical Mechanics is the investigation of motion with the rigorous tools of mathematics. Rooted in the works of Lagrange, Euler, Poincare (to mention just a few), it is a very classical subject with fascinating developments and still rich of open problems. It addresses such fundamental questions as : Is the solar system stable? Is there a unifying 'economy' principle in mechanics? How can a point mass be described as a 'wave'? And has...

The Feynman Integral and Feynman's Operational Calculus (Oxford Mathematical Monographs)

• ISBN:
• 0198515723
• Authors:
• Gerald W. Johnson, Michel L. Lapidus

The aim of this book is to make accessible to mathematicians, physicists and other scientists interested in quantum theory, the mathematically beautiful but difficult subjects of the Feynman integral and Feynman's operational calculus. Some advantages of the four approaches to the Feynman integral which are given detailed treatment in this book are the following: the existence of the Feynman integral is established for very general potentials in...

Semiconductor Physics and Applications (Series on Semiconductor Science and Technology, 8)

• ISBN:
• 0198517408
• Authors:
• M. Balkanski, R. F. Wallis

This textbook combines a thorough theoretical treatment of the basic physics of semiconductors with applications to practical devices by putting special emphasis on the physical principles upon which these devices operate. Topics treated are the detailed band structure of semiconductors, the effect of impurities on electronic states, and semiconductor statistics. Also discussed are lattice dynamical, transport, and surface properties as well as...

The Beat of a Different Drum: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman

• ISBN:
• 0198518870
• Authors:
• Jagdish Mehra

Few would argue that Richard Feynman was one of the greatest American-born theoretical physicists of the twentieth century, and fewer still would dispute that he was the most iconoclastic. In the words of the eminent mathematician Mark Kac, geniuses are of two kinds: the ordinary, and the magicians. Feynman was a magician of the highest caliber. No one could guess how his mind worked, how he could make transcendental leaps of the imagination so...

Quantum Physics in One Dimension (International Series of Monographs on Physics)

• ISBN:
• 0198525001
• Authors:
• Thierry Giamarchi

This book is a pedagogical yet complete introduction to the physics of the one dimension. Recent progress in nanotechnology and material research have made one dimensional systems a crucial part of today's physics. After an introduction to the basic concepts of correlated systems, the book gives a step by step description of the techniques needed to treat one dimension, and discusses the resulting physics. The specific experimental realization...

Quantum Liquids: Bose Condensation and Cooper Pairing in Condensed-Matter Systems (Oxford Graduate Texts)

• ISBN:
• 0198526431
• Authors:
• Anthony James Leggett

Starting from first principles, this book introduces the closely related phenomena of Bose condensation and Cooper pairing, in which a very large number of single particles or pairs of particles are forced to behave in exactly the same way, and explores their consequences in condensed matter systems. Eschewing advanced formal methods, the author uses simple concepts and arguments to account for the various qualitatively new phenomena which occur...

Modern Supersymmetry: Dynamics and Duality (International Series of Monographs on Physics)

• ISBN:
• 0198567634
• Authors:
• John Terning

The book begins with a brief review of supersymmetry and the construction of the minimal supersymmetric standard model and approaches to supersymmetry breaking. General non-perturbative methods are also reviewing leading to the development of holomorphy and the Affleck-Dine-Seiberg superpotential as powerful tools for analyzing supersymmetric theories. Seiberg duality is discussed in detail, with many example applications provided, with special...

Information, Physics, and Computation (Oxford Graduate Texts)

• ISBN:
• 019857083X
• Authors:
• Marc Mezard, Andrea Montanari

This book presents a unified approach to a rich and rapidly evolving research domain at the interface between statistical physics, theoretical computer science/discrete mathematics, and coding/information theory. It is accessible to graduate students and researchers without a specific training in any of these fields. The selected topics include spin glasses, error correcting codes, satisfiability, and are central to each field. The approach...

Theories of Molecular Reaction Dynamics: The Microscopic Foundation of Chemical Kinetics (Oxford Graduate Texts)

• ISBN:
• 0199203865
• Authors:
• Niels E. Henriksen, Flemming Y. Hansen

This book deals with a central topic at the interface of chemistry and physics- the understanding of how the transformation of matter takes place at the atomic level. Building on the laws of physics, the book focuses on the theoretical framework for predicting the outcome of chemical reactions. The style is highly systematic with attention to basic concepts and clarity of presentation. Molecular reaction dynamics is about the detailed...

Fundamental Physics for Probing and Imaging

• ISBN:
• 0199203881
• Authors:
• Wade Allison

This book addresses the question 'What is physics for?' Physics has provided many answers for mankind by extending his ability to see. Modern technology has enabled the power of physics to see into objects to be used in archaeology, medicine including therapy, geophysics, forensics and other spheres important to the good of society. The book looks at the fundamental physics of the various methods and how they are used by technology. These...

Introduction to 3+1 Numerical Relativity (International Series of Monographs on Physics)

• ISBN:
• 0199205671
• Authors:
• Miguel Alcubierre

This book introduces the modern field of 3+1 numerical relativity. The book has been written in a way as to be as self-contained as possible, and only assumes a basic knowledge of special relativity. Starting from a brief introduction to general relativity, it discusses the different concepts and tools necessary for the fully consistent numerical simulation of relativistic astrophysical systems, with strong and dynamical gravitational fields....

Isochronous Systems

• ISBN:
• 0199535280
• Authors:
• Francesco Calogero

A dynamical system is called isochronous if it features in its phase space an open, fully-dimensional region where all its solutions are periodic in all its degrees of freedom with the same, fixed period. Recently a simple transformation has been introduced, applicable to quite a large class of dynamical systems, that yields autonomous systems which are isochronous. This justifies the notion that isochronous systems are not rare. In this book...

Semiclassical Physics (Frontiers in Physics)

• ISBN:
• 0201483513
• Authors:
• Matthias Brack, Rajat Bhaduri

Semiclassical Physics emphasizes the close connection between the shorter classical periodic orbits, and the partially resolved quantum fluctuations in the level density and response of an autonomous finite quantum system. Particular care is taken to present a detailed derivation of Gutzwiller's trace formula, and its extensions to continuous symmetries, zeta function techniques, and diffractive orbits.

Statistical Thermodynamics Of Surfaces, Interfaces And Membranes (Frontiers in Physics, Vol 90)

• ISBN:
• 0201626330
• Authors:
• Samuel Safran

Presents the traditional approach and then investigates hwo thermal fluctuations affect the simple description of the system. Primary focus is on the systems important in colloid and interface science. DLC: Surfaces (Physics)

Density Waves In Solids (Frontiers in Physics)

• ISBN:
• 0201626543
• Authors:
• George Gruner

Discusses the theoretical and experimental state of affairs of two novel types of broken symmetry ground states of metals, charge, and spin density waves. DLC: Charge density waves.

Same Sex, Different Politics: Success and Failure in the Struggles over Gay Rights (Chicago Studies in American Politics)

• ISBN:
• 0226544095
• Authors:
• Gary Mucciaroni

Why is it so much harder for American same-sex couples to get married than it is for them to adopt children? And why does our military prevent gays from serving openly even though jurisdictions nationwide continue to render such discrimination illegal? Illuminating the conditions that engender these contradictory policies, Same Sex, Different Politics explains why gay rights advocates have achieved dramatically different levels of success from...

Online Communication in Language Learning and Teaching (Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics)

• ISBN:
• 0230001270
• Authors:
• Regine Hampel, Marie-Noelle Lamy

This book deals with research and practice in online communication and communication technologies of language learning and teaching. These include all forms of computerized media using text, graphics, audio and video, with a particular focus on multimodal teaching and learning. As part of the project the authors describe well-structured action research projects which have transferable features and which can inspire readers wanting to undertake...

Marking Enterprise: Business Success and Societal Embedding (INSEAD Business Press)

• ISBN:
• 0230001874
• Authors:
• Jean-Claude Thoenig, Charles Waldman

This new approach argues that many practices and postures in strategy, marketing and branding, and organisational management are neither appropriate nor efficient. Based upon their studies of extremely successful firms, the authors distinguish two main paths to success. One followed by "proactive markers" like Club Med, Ikea and Royal Canin consists of designing and creating new economic and societal "territories", not just market shares or...

The Rediscovery of Common Sense Philosophy

• ISBN:
• 0230002463
• Authors:
• Stephen Boulter

This book is a defence of the philosophy of common sense broadly in the spirit of Thomas Reid and G.E. Moore. It breaks new ground by drawing on the work of Aristotle, contemporary evolutionary biology and psychology, and historical studies on the origins of early modern philosophy. Part One offers new answers to the questions: What counts as a common sense belief? Why should common sense beliefs be considered default positions?, and Why is it...

Analysing Multimodal Documents: A Foundation for the Systematic Analysis of Multimodal Documents

• ISBN:
• 0230002560
• Authors:
• John Bateman

Analysing Multimodal Documents presents the first systematic, corpus-based, and theoretically rigorous approach to the description and analysis of multimodal documents. John Bateman introduces researchers and advanced students to a linguistically-based method of analysis that shows how different modes of expression--including language, rhetoric, images, typography, colour and space--go together to make up a document with a recognizable genre....

Coleridge, the Bible, and Religion (Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters)

• ISBN:
• 0230601340
• Authors:
• Jeffrey W. Barbeau

Barbeau reconstructs the system of religion that Coleridge develops in Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit (1840). Coleridge’s late system links four sources of divinity—the Bible, the traditions of the church, the interior work of the Spirit, and the inspired preacher—to Christ, the Word.  In thousands of marginalia and private notebook entries, Coleridge challenges traditional views of the formation and inspiration of the Bible,...

Houches Lectures: 1972, Black Holes (Les Houches Lectures : 1972 Lectures)

• ISBN:
• 0677156103
• Authors:
• C. Dewitt

The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe

• ISBN:
• 0679776311
• Authors:
• Roger Penrose

Roger Penrose, one of the most accomplished scientists of our time, presents the only comprehensive and comprehensible account of the physics of the universe. From the very first attempts by the Greeks to grapple with the complexities of our known world to the latest application of infinity in physics, The Road to Reality carefully explores the movement of the smallest atomic particles and reaches into the vastness of intergalactic space. Here,...

Concepts of Mass in Contemporary Physics and Philosophy

• ISBN:
• 069101017X
• Authors:
• Max Jammer

The concept of mass is one of the most fundamental notions in physics, comparable in importance only to those of space and time. But in contrast to the latter, which are the subject of innumerable physical and philosophical studies, the concept of mass has been but rarely investigated. Here Max Jammer, a leading philosopher and historian of physics, provides a concise but comprehensive, coherent, and self-contained study of the concept of mass...

More Surprises in Theoretical Physics (Princeton Series in Physics)

• ISBN:
• 0691025223
• Authors:
• Rudolf Peierls

Like its predecessor, this book by the renowned physicist Sir Rudolf Peierls draws from many diverse fields of theoretical physics to present problems in which the answer differs from what our intuition had led us to expect. In some cases an apparently convincing approximation turns out to be misleading; in others a seemingly unmanageable problem turns out to have a simple answer. Peierls's intention, however, is not to treat theoretical physics...

Shafarevich Maps and Automorphic Forms

• ISBN:
• 0691043817
• Authors:
• Janos Kollar

The aim of this book is to study various geometric properties and algebraic invariants of smooth projective varieties with infinite fundamental groups. This approach allows for much interplay between methods of algebraic geometry, complex analysis, the theory of harmonic maps, and topology. Making systematic use of Shafarevich maps, a concept previously introduced by the author, this work isolates those varieties where the fundamental group...

Fourier Analysis: An Introduction (Princeton Lectures in Analysis, Volume 1)

• ISBN:
• 069111384X
• Authors:
• Elias M. Stein, Rami Shakarchi

This first volume, a three-part introduction to the subject, is intended for students with a beginning knowledge of mathematical analysis who are motivated to discover the ideas that shape Fourier analysis. It begins with the simple conviction that Fourier arrived at in the early nineteenth century when studying problems in the physical sciences--that an arbitrary function can be written as an infinite sum of the most basic trigonometric...

Guesstimation: Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin

• ISBN:
• 0691129495
• Authors:
• Lawrence Weinstein, John A. Adam

Guesstimation is a book that unlocks the power of approximation--it's popular mathematics rounded to the nearest power of ten! The ability to estimate is an important skill in daily life. More and more leading businesses today use estimation questions in interviews to test applicants' abilities to think on their feet. Guesstimation enables anyone with basic math and science skills to estimate virtually anything--quickly--using plausible...

Wave Propagation in Elastic Solids (North-Holland Series in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics)

• ISBN:
• 0720403251
• Authors:
• Jan Achenbach

The propagation of mechanical disturbances in solids is of interest in many branches of the physical scienses and engineering. This book aims to present an account of the theory of wave propagation in elastic solids. The material is arranged to present an exposition of the basic concepts of mechanical wave propagation within a one-dimensional setting and a discussion of formal aspects of elastodynamic theory in three dimensions, followed by...

Quantum Mechanics (The Feynman Lectures on Physics: The Complete Audio Collection, Volume I)

• ISBN:
• 0738200077
• Authors:
• Richard P. Feynman

Presents Richard P. Feynman's Lectures on Physics, known worldwide as the classic resource for students & professionals alike, ranging from the most basic principles of Newtonian physics through such formidable theories as Einstein's general relativity, superconductivity, & quantum mechanics. Volume 1. Audiocassette.

The Innovation Premium: How Next Generation Companies Are Achieving Peak Performance and Profitability

• ISBN:
• 0738203602
• Authors:
• Ronald Jonash, Tom Sommerlatte, Ronald S. Jonash

Demonstrates a direct and measurable correlation between a company's innovation leadership and its performance on Wall street. Presents a practical framework for how the most successful companies of this generation are achieving that success, and how to jump on the wagon and cash in on their successful strategies. Softcover.

The Blackwinged Night: Creativity in Nature and Mind

• ISBN:
• 0738204919
• Authors:
• E. David Peat

An insightful look into the essence of creativity and the connections between the human imagination and the origins of the universe. "David Peat is exceptionally well qualified to write about creativity, because he combines being a physicist with a wide knowledge of the arts. The book is packed with illuminating insights." -Anthony Storr, author of The Dynamics of Creation, Churchhill's Black Dog, and Music of the Mind What does the creation of...

Atomic & Molecular Clusters

• ISBN:
• 0748409300
• Authors:
• Roy Johnston, Roy L. Johnston

This book describes the experimental generation, detection, and interrogation of clusters. They are classified according to their bonding types, and theoretical models are presented which account for their respective properties. Examples are given of present and possible future applications in electronic, optical, and magnetic devices.

Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Properties and Applications

• ISBN:
• 0750303581

This volume discusses such topics as: synthesis of semiconductor nanoclusters; formation of nanostructures by mechanical attrition; positron lifetimes studies of interfaces; biological nanomaterials; and the synthesis, structure and properties of fullerenes.

Laser Aided Diagnostics of Gases and Plasmas (Series on Plasma Physics)

• ISBN:
• 0750306432
• Authors:
• K Muraoka, M Maeda

Laser-Aided Diagnostics of Gases and Plasmas is an updated and revised translation of the original Japanese edition. The authors have taken a unique approach in treating laser aided diagnostics as a unified subject instead of the usual and disjointed approach of describing each application as a totally separate system. In taking this approach, they highlight the relative strengths of each method and show how they can compliment each other in the...

An Introduction to Inertial Confinement Fusion (Plasma Physics)

• ISBN:
• 0750307013
• Authors:
• Susanne Pfalzner

Newcomers to the field of inertial confinement fusion (ICF) often have difficulty establishing a clear picture of the overall field. The reason for this is because, while there are many books devoted to special topics within the field, there is none that provides an overview of the field as a whole. An Introduction to Inertial Confinement Fusion fills this gap with an overview of the processes involved in ICF presented at an accessible level....

The Physics of Modern Brachytherapy for Oncology (Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering)

• ISBN:
• 0750307080
• Authors:
• Dimos Baltas, Loukas Sakelliou, Nikolaos Zamboglou

Brachytherapy has become the modality of choice for several cancer localizations, minimizing the possibility of unacceptable risks for healthy tissues and providing a more cost-effective and convenient treatment for patients. Written by leading experts in the physics, development, and implementation of brachytherapy, The Physics of Modern Brachytherapy for Oncology discusses the subject in detail, covering its definition, the basic physics of...

Fast Light, Slow Light and Left-Handed Light (Series in Optics and Optoelectronics)

• ISBN:
• 0750309261
• Authors:
• P.W. Milonni

The propagation of light in dispersive media is a subject of fundamental as well as practical importance. In recent years attention has focused in particular on media in which the refractive index can vary with frequency in such a way that the group velocities of optical pulses can be much greater or much smaller than the speed of light in vacuum, or in which the refractive index can be negative. This book treats these topics at an introductory...

An Introduction to the Passage of Energetic Particles through Matter

• ISBN:
• 0750309350
• Authors:
• N.J Carron

Identifying where to access data, extracting a needed subset from available resources, and knowing how to interpret the format in which data are presented can be time-consuming tasks for scientists and engineers. By collecting all of this information and providing a background in physics, An Introduction to the Passage of Energetic Particles through Matter enables specialists and nonspecialists alike to understand and apply the data. Making...

Intelligent and Adaptive Systems in Medicine (Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering)

• ISBN:
• 0750309946

Intelligent and adaptive techniques are rapidly being used in all stages of medical treatment, from the initial diagnosis to planning delivery and follow-up therapy.To realize the full potential of these techniques, developers and end users must understand both the underlying technology and the specifics of the medical application considered. Focusing on this growing area of interest, Intelligent and Adaptive Systems in Medicine clearly and...

The Origins and Role of Same-Sex Relations in Human Societies

• ISBN:
• 0786435135
• Authors:
• James Neill

This groundbreaking work draws on a vast range of research into human sexuality to demonstrate that homosexuality is not a phenomenon limited to a small minority of society, but is an aspect of a complex sexual harmony that the human race inherited from its animal ancestors. Through a survey of the patterns of sexual expression found among animals and among societies around the world, and an examination of the functional role homosexual behavior...

Science of Everyday Things: Real-Life Physics

• ISBN:
• 078765633X
• Authors:
• Judson Knight, Neil Schlager

The Versatile Leader: Make the Most of Your Strengths Without Overdoing It (J-B US non-Franchise Leadership)

• ISBN:
• 0787979449
• Authors:
• Bob Kaplan, Rob Kaiser

In this groundbreaking new book, Bob Kaplan and Rob Kaiser introduce an innovative approach to identifying and correcting lopsidedness in leaders. You will discover how to make optimal use of your strengths and avoid getting trapped in a one-dimensional mindset that results in too much of a good thing. Based on twenty years of research and extensive work with senior leaders, The Versatile Leader is packed with illustrative cases and practical...

Deserts (Extreme Environments)

• ISBN:
• 0791092348
• Authors:
• Charles F. Gritzner

The Black Death (Great Historic Disasters)

• ISBN:
• 0791096491
• Authors:
• Louise Chipley Slavicek

In 1347, Europe was hit by the worst natural disaster in its recorded history: the Black Death. Now believed to be a combination of bubonic plague and two other rarer plague strains, the Black Death ravaged the continent for several terrible years before finally fading away in 1352. Most historians believe that the pandemic, which also swept across parts of Western Asia and North Africa, annihilated 33 to 60 percent of Europe's population -...

What If Medicine Disappeared?

• ISBN:
• 0791473058
• Authors:
• Gerald E. Markle, Frances B. McCrea

Argues convincingly, if counterintuitively, that modern medicine has little impact on longevity or mortality.

The Changing Role of the American Prosecutor

• ISBN:
• 0791475913

Looks at how prosecution of offenders is evolving in the contemporary legal milieu.

Control of Quantum-Mechanical Processes and Systems (Mathematics and its Applications)

• ISBN:
• 0792306899
• Authors:
• A.G. Butkovskiy, Yu.I. Samoilenko

Solving Frontier Problems of Physics: The Decomposition Method (Fundamental Theories of Physics)

• ISBN:
• 079232644X
• Authors:
• G. Adomian

The Adomian decomposition method enables the accurate and efficient analytic solution of nonlinear ordinary or partial differential equations without the need to resort to linearization or perturbation approaches. It unifies the treatment of linear and nonlinear, ordinary or partial differential equations, or systems of such equations, into a single basic method, which is applicable to both initial and boundary-value problems. This volume deals...

Matrix Computations (Johns Hopkins Studies in Mathematical Sciences)(3rd Edition)

• ISBN:
• 0801854148
• Authors:
• Gene H. Golub, Charles F. Van Loan

Revised and updated, the third edition of Golub and Van Loan's classic text in computer science provides essential information about the mathematical background and algorithmic skills required for the production of numerical software. This new edition includes thoroughly revised chapters on matrix multiplication problems and parallel matrix computations, expanded treatment of CS decomposition, an updated overview of floating point arithmetic, a...

Bayesian Field Theory

• ISBN:
• 0801872200
• Authors:
• Jörg C. Lemm

Ask a traditional mathematician the likely outcome of a coin-toss, and he will reply that no evidence exists on which to base such a prediction. Ask a Bayesian, and he will examine the coin, conclude that it was probably not tampered with, and predict five hundred heads in a thousand tosses; a subsequent experiment would then be used to refine this prediction. The Bayesian approach, in other words, permits the use of prior knowledge when testing...

Concepts of Simultaneity: From Antiquity to Einstein and Beyond

• ISBN:
• 0801884225
• Authors:
• Max Jammer

Max Jammer's Concepts of Simultaneity presents a comprehensive, accessible account of the historical development of an important and controversial concept -- which played a critical role in initiating modern theoretical physics -- from the days of Egyptian hieroglyphs through to Einstein's work in 1905, and beyond. Beginning with the use of the concept of simultaneity in ancient Egypt and in the Bible, the study discusses its role in Greek and...

Breeding Bin Ladens: America, Islam, and the Future of Europe

• ISBN:
• 0801885051
• Authors:
• Zachary Shore

While American leaders wage war on extremists in the Middle East, they are dangerously detached from a potentially greater threat closer to home. In Breeding Bin Ladens, Zachary Shore asserts that the growing ambivalence of Europe's Muslims poses risks to national identities, international security, and the transatlantic alliance.Europe's failure to integrate its Muslim millions, combined with America's battered image in the Muslim world, have...

Driving Women: Fiction and Automobile Culture in Twentieth-Century America

• ISBN:
• 0801885507
• Authors:
• Deborah Clarke

Over the years, cars have helped to define the experiences and self-perceptions of women in complex and sometimes unexpected ways. When women take the wheel, family structure and public space are reconfigured and re-gendered, creating a context for a literary tradition in which the car has served as a substitute for, an escape from, and an extension of the home, as well as a surrogate mother, a financial safeguard, and a means of...

Driving Women: Fiction and Automobile Culture in Twentieth-Century America

• ISBN:
• 0801886171
• Authors:
• Deborah Clarke

Over the years, cars have helped to define the experiences and self-perceptions of women in complex and sometimes unexpected ways. When women take the wheel, family structure and public space are reconfigured and re-gendered, creating a context for a literary tradition in which the car has served as a substitute for, an escape from, and an extension of the home, as well as a surrogate mother, a financial safeguard, and a means of...

Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics (2nd Edition)

• ISBN:
• 0805327363
• Authors:
• Randall D. Knight

KEY MESSAGE : As the most widely adopted new physics text in more than 50 years, Knight’s Physics for Scientists and Engineers was published to widespread critical acclaim from professors and students. In this eagerly awaited second edition, Knight builds on the research-proven instructional techniques he introduced, as well as national data of student performance, to take student learning even further. Knight’s unparalleled insight into...

The Curse of the Werewolf: Fantasy, Horror and the Beast Within

• ISBN:
• 1845111575
• Authors:
• Chantal Bourgault du Coudray

Looking at the how the werewolf has been interpreted by anthropologists, psychologists and criminologists, the author explores the werewolf's appearance across a number of popular forms, from film to graphic novels. The author looks at the roots of the myth and at its appearance in Gothic horror, at ideas of "the beast within" and Freud's "wolf-man" to representations of criminality, wolf imagery in Nazism, the "body horror" films of the 1980s...

Engaging Anthropology

• ISBN:
• 1845200640
• Authors:
• Thomas Hylland Eriksen

Engaging Anthropology takes an unflinching look at why the discipline has not gained the popularity and respect it deserves in the twenty-first century.While showcasing the intellectual power of discipline, Eriksen takes the anthropological community to task for its unwillingness to engage more proactively with the media in a wide range of current debates, from immigrant issues to biotechnology. Eriksen argues that anthropology needs to...

Complex Systems Concurrent Engineering: Collaboration, Technology Innovation and Sustainability

• ISBN:
• 1846289750
• Authors:
• Geilson Loureiro

Concurrent engineering is well-established as an approach to engineer product parts. However, the concept has much broader application. Complex Systems Concurrent Engineering: Collaboration, Technology Innovation and Sustainability demonstrates how concurrent engineering can be used to benefit the development of complex systems, to produce results that sustain balanced stakeholder satisfaction over time. Gathered from the 14th ISPE International...

Machining: Fundamentals and Recent Advances

• ISBN:
• 1848002122

Machining is one of the most important manufacturing processes. Parts manufactured by other processes often require further operations before the product is ready for application. “Machining: Fundamentals and Recent Advances” is divided into two parts. Part I explains the fundamentals of machining, with special emphasis on three important aspects: mechanics of machining, tools, and work-piece integrity. Part II is dedicated to recent...

Salam + 50: Proceedings of the Conference

• ISBN:
• 1848161905

The year 2007 marked not only the centenary of Imperial College London but also the 50th anniversary of the late Nobel Laureate Professor Abdus Salam's arrival at the College. Accordingly, a conference entitled "Salam + 50" organized by the Theoretical Physics Group was held at Imperial College on 7 July 2007. Many distinguished guests attended and paid their respects to the great man. Their contributions recorded in these proceedings are...

Latest Advances In Atomic Cluster Collisions: Structure and Dynamics from the Nuclear to the Biological Scale

• ISBN:
• 1848162375
• Authors:
• Jean-Patrick Connerade

This book presents a 'snapshot' of the most recent and significant advances in the field of cluster physics. It is a comprehensive review based on contributions by the participants of the 2nd International Symposium on Atomic Cluster Collisions (ISACC 2007) held in July 19-23, 2007 at GSI, Darmstadt, Germany. The purpose of the Symposium is to promote the growth and exchange of scientific information on the structure and properties of nuclear,...

Quantum Aspects Of Life

• ISBN:
• 1848162537
• Authors:
• Derek Abbott

This book presents the hotly debated question of whether quantum mechanics plays a non-trivial role in biology. In a timely way, it sets out a distinct quantum biology agenda. The burgeoning fields of nanotechnology, biotechnology, quantum technology, and quantum information processing are now strongly converging. The acronym BINS, for Bio-Info-Nano-Systems, has been coined to describe the synergetic interface of these several disciplines. The...

Let There Be Light: The Story of Light from Atoms to Galaxies

• ISBN:
• 1848163282
• Authors:
• Alex Montwill, Ann Breslin

This book is the first of its kind to devote itself at this level to the key role played by light and electromagnetic radiation in the universe. Readers are introduced to philosophical hypotheses such as the economy, symmetry, and universality of natural laws, and are then guided to practical consequences such as the rules of geometrical optics and even Einstein's well-known but mysterious relationship, E = mc2. Most chapters feature a pen...

Design of Observer-based Compensators: From the Time to the Frequency Domain

• ISBN:
• 1848825366
• Authors:
• Peter Hippe, Joachim Deutscher

Design of Observer-based Compensators presents the frequency domain design of observer-based controllers in complete correspondence to well-known time domain results and gives connecting relations at every design stage. This facilitates and adds transparency to the design in the frequency domain which is not as well-established among control engineers as time-domain design. The presentation of the design procedures starts with a short review of...

Fault-tolerant Flight Control and Guidance Systems: Practical Methods for Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Advances in Industrial Control)

• ISBN:
• 1848825609
• Authors:
• Guillaume J.J. Ducard

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) offer an incomparable means of gathering intelligence and carrying out missions without needing an onboard human pilot. The benefits are considerable in terms of cost, efficiency, and reduced pilot risk. In order to complete a mission efficiently and with a high level of safety and security, the following key design points must be met: • the flight control system must be robust against the aircraft’s model...

A Search for the Origins of Judaism: From Joshua to the Mishnah (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)

• ISBN:
• 1850754454
• Authors:
• Etienne Nodet

Quantum Physics: A Beginner's Guide

• ISBN:
• 1851683690
• Authors:
• Alastair I. M. Rae

As Alastair Rae points out in his introduction, “quantum physics is not rocket science”. It may have gained a reputation as the theory that no one really understands, but its practical applications are all around us in everyday life. If it were not for quantum physics, computers would not function, metals would not conduct electricity, and the power stations that heat our homes would not produce energy. Assuming no prior scientific or...

Recreating Newton: Newtonian Biography and the Making of Nineteenth-Century History of Science (Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century)

• ISBN:
• 1851969063
• Authors:
• Rebekah Higgitt

Higgitt examines Isaac Newton's changing legacy during the nineteenth century. She focuses on 1820-70, a period that saw the creation of the specialized and secularized role of the 'scientist'. At the same time, researchers gained better access to Newton's archives. These were used both by those who wished to undermine the traditional, idealised depiction of scientific genius and those who felt obliged to defend Newtonian hagiography. Higgitt...

Discrete-Time Markov Jump Linear Systems (Probability and its Applications)

• ISBN:
• 1852337613
• Authors:
• O.L.V. Costa, M.D. Fragoso, R.P. Marques

Safety critical and high-integrity systems, such as industrial plants and economic systems can be subject to abrupt changes - for instance due to component or interconnection failure, and sudden environment changes etc. Combining probability and operator theory, Discrete-Time Markov Jump Linear Systems provides a unified and rigorous treatment of recent results for the control theory of discrete jump linear systems, which are used in these...

Practical Guide to Mentoring

• ISBN:
• 1857038126
• Authors:
• Roger Hieds, Roger Hinds, David Kay

Mentoring can be such a rewarding experience - you play an active and invaluable part in somebody's professional development. In this text the whole process is covered from start to finish.

Modern Physics: An Introductory Text

• ISBN:
• 1860942504
• Authors:
• Jeremy I. Pfeffer, Shlomo Nir

This volume originated from the need for a suitable student text for the course "An Introduction to Modern Physics" given at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The course is open to all students who have completed the standard first-year physics course in mechanics, optics, electricity and magnetism. Its primary goal is to produce graduates who are - whatever their field of specialization - "modern-physics-literate". The presentation of the...

X-Ray Scattering from Semiconductors

• ISBN:
• 1860943608
• Authors:
• Paul F. Fewster

This book presents a practical guide to the analysis of materials and includes a thorough description of the underlying theories and instrumental aberrations caused by real experiments. The main emphasis concerns the analysis of thin films and multilayers, primarily semiconductors, although the techniques are very general. Semiconductors can be very perfect composite crystals and therefore their study can lead to the largest volume of...

Mathematical Perspectives on Theoretical Physics: A Journey from Black Holes to Superstrings

• ISBN:
• 1860943640
• Authors:
• Nirmala Prakash

This book presents the basics of mathematics that are needed for learning the physics of today. It describes briefly the theories of groups and operators, finite- and infinite-dimensional algebras, concepts of symmetry and supersymmetry, and then delineates their relations to theories of relativity and black holes, classical and quantum physics, electroweak fields and Yang–Mills. It concludes with a chapter on (the complex theory of) strings...

Topics in Polymer Physics

• ISBN:
• 1860944116
• Authors:
• Richard S. Stein, Joseph Powers

This book can serve as an introduction to students interested in learning the techniques used in developing mathematical models of physical phenomenon in polymers; or it can furnish the background information to the experienced professional desiring to broaden his/her knowledge of polymers. The senior author presented material in this book to students interested in learning the fundamental mathematics underlying many areas of polymer physics and...

Edward Teller Lectures: Lasers and Inertial Fusion Energy

• ISBN:
• 186094468X
• Authors:
• Hora Heinrich; George H. Miley

How to achieve unlimited, safe, clean and low-cost energy by laser- or beam-driven inertial nuclear fusion has preoccupied all winners of the Edward Teller Medal since its inception in 1991. This book presents their findings, meeting discussions, and personal insights from Edward Teller himself. Expect discussion of important advances anticipated in the future such as multi-billion dollar fusion research projects (NIF), and new schemes such as...

Latest Advances In Atomic Cluster Collisions: Fission, Fusion, Electron, Ion And Photon Impact

• ISBN:
• 1860944957

This comprehensive volume surveys the general aspects of atomic cluster science and outlines some of its important new challenges. It begins by detailing the recent advances in the understanding of structure and the essential properties of selected atomic cluster systems, fullerenes and confined atoms. Recent advances in the field of photo processes involving atomic clusters and fullerenes are discussed, and an entire chapter is devoted to the...

Finite Size Effects in Correlated Electron Models: Exact Results

• ISBN:
• 1860945031
• Authors:
• Andrei A. Zvyagin

The book presents exact results for one-dimensional models (including quantum spin models) of strongly correlated electrons in a comprehensive and concise manner. It incorporates important results related to magnetic and hybridization impurities in electron hosts and contains exact original results for disordered ensembles of impurities in interacting systems. These models describe a number of real low-dimensional electron systems that are...

Advances In Multiphysics Simulation And Experimental Testing Of MEMS (Computational Adn Experimental Methods in Structures)

• ISBN:
• 1860948626
• Authors:
• Attilio Frangi

This volume takes a much needed multiphysical approach to the numerical and experimental evaluation of the mechanical properties of MEMS and NEMS. The contributed chapters present many of the most recent developments in fields ranging from microfluids and damping to structural analysis, topology optimization and nanoscale simulations. The book responds to a growing need emerging in academia and industry to merge different areas of expertise...

Understanding Arabs: A Guide for Westerners (The Interact Series)

• ISBN:
• 1877864153
• Authors:
• Margaret K. Nydell

From the rise of fundamentalism to the historically uneasy relationship between the Arab World and the West, Margaret Nydell has expanded her highly respected book to bring today's complex issues into clearer focus. This third edition of "Understanding Arabs" introduces the complexities of Arab culture and Islam in an evenhanded, unbiased style. The book covers such topics as beliefs and values, religion and society, the role of the family,...

Dynamic Programming & Optimal Control, Vol. I

• ISBN:
• 1886529264
• Authors:
• Dimitri P. Bertsekas

The first of the two volumes of the leading and most up-to-date textbook on the far-ranging algorithmic methododogy of Dynamic Programming, which can be used for optimal control, Markovian decision problems, planning and sequential decision making under uncertainty, and discrete/combinatorial optimization. The treatment focuses on basic unifying themes, and conceptual foundations. It illustrates the versatility, power, and generality of the...

Opticks (Italian Edition)

• ISBN:
• 1891788043
• Authors:
• Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton can be seen as a Renaissance colossus, a polymath straddling his age with one foot confidently planted in the Enlightenment and the other still mired in the Middle Ages. A firm believer in reason and the ability of human beings to understand how the universe worked ("the inward frame of bodies is not yet known to us," he writes in one place, with apparent confidence that eventually it would be), he also held some surprisingly...

Examkrackers MCAT Physics

• ISBN:
• 1893858456
• Authors:
• Jonathan Orsay

This book reviews all the physics tested by the MCAT. It includes eight 30 minute exams in the MCAT format, and 120 additional stand alone questions. All 304 questions are in MCAT form and fully annotated. This book is expensive because it is the best MCAT physics review available.

Examkrackers MCAT Verbal Reasoning & Mathematical Techniques

• ISBN:
• 1893858480
• Authors:
• Jonathan Orsay

This book explains the most effective strategy for scoring well on the MCAT verbal reasoning section. It is the same strategy used by the author, who scored a perfect score on that same section. You simply won't find a better strategy for verbal reasoning. The book also contains a brief discussion on math techniques that you should use when taking the MCAT, such as rounding, graphs, and proportions. Three 30 minute verbal exams are included in...

Analysis and Control of Linear Systems (Control Systems, Robotics & Manufacturing Series (ISTE-CAM))

• ISBN:
• 1905209355

Automation of linear systems is a fundamental and essential theory. This book deals with the theory of continuous-state automated systems.

Reich Of The Black Sun: Nazi Secret Weapons & The Cold War Allied Legend

• ISBN:
• 1931882398
• Authors:
• Joseph P. Farrell

A fascinating expose proving that Nazi Germany won the race for the atom bomb in late 1944. Were the Nazis secretly researching the occult, alternative physics and new energy sources’ This scientific-historical journey tracks down the proof and answers these fascinating questions: * What were the Nazis developing in Czechoslovakia’ * Why did the US Army test the atom bomb on Hiroshima’ * Why did the Luftwaffe fly a non-stop round-trip...

Volume 6, Advances in Electrochemical Science and Engineering

• ISBN:
• 3527295151

Volume 6 in the well-establish series Advances in Electrochemical Science and Engineering covers - among others - such important topics as time dependent modulation techniques and computer modeling by continuum and non-continuum methods. As in all previous volumes, the editors have succeeded in selecting highly topical areas of electrochemical research and in presenting authors who are leaders in their fields. The result is a compelling set of...

Compound Semiconductor Devices: Structures and Processing

• ISBN:
• 3527295968

Compound Semiconductor Devices provides a comprehensive insight into today's standard technologies, covering the vast range of semiconductor products and their possible applications. The materials covered runs from the basics of conventional semiconductor technology through standard,power and opto semiconductors, to highly complex memories and microcontrollers and the special devices and modules for smartcards, automotive electronics, consumer...

Nanocomposite Science and Technology

• ISBN:
• 3527303596
• Authors:
• Pulickel M. Ajayan, Linda S. Schadler, Paul V. Braun

This book contains the essence of this emerging technology, the underlying science as well as the motivation behind the design of these structures and the future, particularly from the perspective of applications. Intended as a reference handbook for future scientists, it carries the basic science and the fundamental engineering principles that lead to the fabrication and property evaluation of nanocomposite materials in different areas of...

Chemical Engineering: Modelling, Simulation and Similitude

• ISBN:
• 3527306072
• Authors:
• Tanase Gh. Dobre, Jose G. Sanchez Marcano

A description of the use of computer aided modeling and simulation in the development, integration and optimization of industrial processes. The two authors elucidate the entire procedure step-by-step, from basic mathematical modeling to result interpretation and full-scale process performance analysis. They further demonstrate similitude comparisons of experimental results from different systems as a tool for broadening the applicability of the...

Thin Film Analysis by X-Ray Scattering

• ISBN:
• 3527310525
• Authors:
• Mario Birkholz

With contributions by Paul F. Fewster and Christoph Genzel While X-ray diffraction investigation of powders and polycrystalline matter was at the forefront of materials science in the 1960s and 70s, high-tech applications at the beginning of the 21st century are driven by the materials science of thin films. Very much an interdisciplinary field, chemists, biochemists, materials scientists, physicists and engineers all have a common interest in...

Fatigue Crack Propagation in Metals and Alloys: Microstructural Aspects and Modelling Concepts

• ISBN:
• 3527315373
• Authors:
• Ulrich Krupp

This comprehensive overview of the whole field of fatigue and fracture of metallic materials covers both the theoretical background and some of the latest experimental techniques. It provides a summary of the complex interactions between material microstructure and cracks, classifying them with respect to the overall damage process with a focus on microstructurally short cracks and dynamic embrittlement. It furthermore introduces new concepts...

Organic Photovoltaics: Materials, Device Physics, and Manufacturing Technologies

• ISBN:
• 3527316752

Providing complementary viewpoints from academia as well as technology companies, this book covers the three most important aspects of successful device design: materials, device physics, and manufacturing technologies. It also offers an insight into commercialization concerns, such as packaging technologies, system integration, reel-to-reel large scale manufacturing issues and production costs. With an introduction by Nobel Laureate Alan Heeger.

Frequency Standards: Basics and Applications

• ISBN:
• 3527402306
• Authors:
• Fritz Riehle

Of all measurement quantities, the frequency represents the one that can be determined with the highest degree of accuracy. This also allows precise measurements of other physical and technical quantities, whenever they could be put down to a frequency measurement. This volume covers the important methods and techniques developed for frequency measurements in physics, electronics, quantum electronics, statistics, and communication theory. After...

Nitride Semiconductors: Handbook on Materials and Devices

• ISBN:
• 3527403876

Semiconductor components based on silicon have been used in a wide range of applications for some time now. These elemental semiconductors are now well researched and technologically well developed. In the meantime the focus has switched to a new group of materials: ceramic semiconductors based on nitrides are currently the subject of research due to their optical and electronic characteristics. They open up new industrial possibilities in the...

Photophysics of Molecular Materials: From Single Molecules to Single Crystals

• ISBN:
• 3527404562

Carbon based pi-conjugated materials offer a broad range of applications, going from molecular electronics and single molecule devices to nanotechnology, plastic electronics and optoelectronics. The proper physical description of such materials is in between that of molecular solids and that of low-dimensional covalent semiconductors. This book is a comprehensive review of their elementary excitations processes and dynamics, which merges the two...

Vibrational Spectroscopy in Life Science (Tutorials in Biophysics)

• ISBN:
• 3527405062
• Authors:
• Friedrich Siebert, Peter Hildebrandt

The authors describe basic theoretical concepts of vibrational spectroscopy, address instrumental aspects and experimental procedures, and discuss experimental and theoretical methods for interpreting vibrational spectra. It is shown how vibrational spectroscopy provides information on general aspects of proteins, such as structure, dynamics, and protein folding. In addition, the authors use selected examples to demonstrate the application of...

The Physics of Semiconductor Microcavities

• ISBN:
• 3527405615

Electron and photon confinement in semiconductor nanostructures is one of the most active areas in solid state research. Written by leading experts in solid state physics, this book provides both a comprehensive review as well as a excellent introduction to fundamental and applied aspects of light-matter coupling in microcavities. Topics covered include parametric amplification and polariton liquids, quantum fluid and non-linear dynamical...

Accelerator X-Ray Sources

• ISBN:
• 3527405909
• Authors:
• Richard Talman

This first book to cover in-depth the generation of x-rays in particle accelerators focuses on electron beams produced by means of the novel Energy Recovery Linac (ERL) technology. The resulting highly brilliant x-rays are at the centre of this monograph, which continues where other books on the market stop. Written primarily for general, high energy and radiation physicists, the systematic treatment adopted by the work makes it equally suitable...

Robot Grippers

• ISBN:
• 3527406190
• Authors:
• Gareth J. Monkman, Stefan Hesse, Ralf Steinmann, Henrik Schunk

Since robotic prehension is widely used in all sectors of manufacturing industry, this book fills the need for a comprehensive, up-to-date treatment of the topic. As such, this is the first text to address both developers and users, dealing as it does with the function, design and use of industrial robot grippers. The book includes both traditional methods and many more recent developments such as micro grippers for the optolectronics industry....

Nuclear Reactor Physics

• ISBN:
• 3527406794
• Authors:
• Weston M. Stacey

Nuclear reactor physics is the core discipline of nuclear engineering. Nuclear reactors now account for a significant portion of the electrical power generated worldwide, and new power reactors with improved fuel cycles are being developed. At the same time, the past few decades have seen an ever-increasing number of industrial, medical, military, and research applications for nuclear reactors. The second edition of this successful comprehensive...

Quantum Theory of Optical Coherence: Selected Papers and Lectures

• ISBN:
• 3527406875
• Authors:
• Roy J. Glauber

A summary of the pioneering work of Glauber in the field of optical coherence phenomena and photon statistics, this book describes the fundamental ideas of modern quantum optics and photonics in a tutorial style. It is thus not only intended as a reference for researchers in the field, but also to give graduate students an insight into the basic theories of the field. Written by the Nobel Laureate himself, the concepts described in this book...

Many-Particle Quantum Dynamics in Atomic and Molecular Fragmentation (Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics)

• ISBN:
• 3540006672

This is the first comprehensive treatment of the interactions of atoms and molecules with charged particles, photons and laser fields. Addressing the subject from a unified viewpoint, it reflects our present understanding of many-particle dynamics in rearrangement and fragmentation reactions such as electron capture, target and projectile ionisation, photoabsorption and Compton scattering, collisional breakup in Coulomb systems, and dissociative...

Transition Metal Arene Pi-complexes In Organic Synthesis And Catalysis (Topics in Organometallic Chemistry)

• ISBN:
• 354001604X
• Authors:
• Peter Kndig

Metal-arene p-complexes show a rich and varied chemistry. The metal adds a third dimension to the planar aromatic compounds and coordination of a metal to an arene thus not only altering the reactivity of ring-carbons and substituents but also makes possible reactions that lead to chiral non-racemic products. This book, organized in nine chapters and written by leading scientists in the field provides the reader with an up-to-date treatise on...

Progress in Numerical Fluid Dynamics: Lecture Series held at the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Rhode-St.-Genese, Belgium, February 11-15, 1974 ... Updated Version. (Lecture Notes in Physics)

• ISBN:
• 3540074082

Noise-Induced Transitions: Theory and Applications in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (Springer Series in Synergetics)

• ISBN:
• 3540113592
• Authors:
• W. Horsthemke, R. Lefever

This classic text, an often-requested reprint, develops and explains the foundations of noise-induced processes. At its core is a self-contained, textbook-style presentation of the elements of probability theory, of the theory of Markovian diffusion processes and of the theory of stochastic differential equations, on which the modeling of fluctuating natural and artificial environments is based. Following an introduction to the mathematical...

QCD and Numerical Analysis III: Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Numerical Analysis and Lattice QCD, Edinburgh, June-July 2003 (Lecture ... Science and Engineering) (v. 3)

• ISBN:
• 3540212574

This book reports on progress in numerical methods for Lattice QCD with chiral fermions. It contains a set of pedagogical introductory articles written by experts from both the Applied Mathematics and Lattice Field Theory communities, together with detailed accounts of leading-edge algorithms for the simulation of overlap chiral fermions. Topics covered include: QCD simulations in the chiral regime; Evaluation and approximation of matrix...

Advanced Computer Simulation Approaches for Soft Matter Sciences I (Advances in Polymer Science) (Pt. 1)

• ISBN:
• 3540220585

Soft matter science is nowadays an acronym for an increasingly important class of materials, which ranges from polymers, liquid crystals, colloids up to complex macromolecular assemblies, covering sizes from the nanoscale up the microscale. Computer simulations have proven as an indispensable, if not the most powerful, tool to understand properties of these materials and link theoretical models to experiments. In this first volume of a...

Fourier Transformation for Pedestrians (Fourier Series)

• ISBN:
• 354023165X
• Authors:
• Tilman Butz

Meant to serve an "entertaining textbook," this book belongs to a rare genre. It is written for all students and practitioners who deal with Fourier transformation. Fourier series as well as continuous and discrete Fourier transformation are covered, and particular emphasis is placed on window functions. Many illustrations and easy-to-solve exercises make the book especially accessible, and its humorous style will add to the pleasure of learning...

Electrostatic Accelerators: Fundamentals and Applications (Particle Acceleration and Detection)

• ISBN:
• 3540239839

Electrostatic accelerators are an important and widespread subgroup within the broad spectrum of modern, large particle acceleration devices. They are specifically designed for applications that require high-quality ion beams in terms of energy stability and emittance at comparatively low energies (a few MeV). Their ability to accelerate virtually any kind of ion over a continuously tunable range of energies makes them a highly versatile tool...

Energy Dissipation in Molecular Systems

• ISBN:
• 3540250506
• Authors:
• André Tramer, Christian Jungen, Françoise Lahmani

Energy Dissipation in Molecular Systems analyzes experimental data on the redistribution and dissipation of energy injected into molecular systems by radiation or charged particles. These processes, competing with such practically important relaxation channels as chemical reaction or stimulated emission (laser action), are the primary focus in this monograph. Among other topics, the book treats vibrational redistribution and electronic...

New Algorithms for Macromolecular Simulation (Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering)

• ISBN:
• 3540255427

Molecular simulation is a widely used tool in biology, chemistry, physics and engineering. This book contains a collection of articles by leading researchers who are developing new methods for molecular modelling and simulation. Topics addressed here include: multiscale formulations for biomolecular modelling, such as quantum-classical methods and advanced solvation techniques; protein folding methods and schemes for sampling complex landscapes;...

Advanced Quantum Mechanics

• ISBN:
• 3540259015
• Authors:
• Franz Schwabl

Advanced Quantum Mechanics , the second volume on quantum mechanics by Franz Schwabl, discusses nonrelativistic multi-particle systems, relativistic wave equations and relativistic fields. Characteristic of Schwabl’s work, this volume features a compelling mathematical presentation in which all intermediate steps are derived and where numerous examples for application and exercises help the reader to gain a thorough working knowledge of the...

The Statistical Mechanics of Financial Markets (Theoretical and Mathematical Physics)

• ISBN:
• 3540262857
• Authors:
• Johannes Voit

This highly praised introductory treatment describes the parallels between statistical physics and finance - both those established in the 100-year long interaction between these disciplines, as well as new research results on financial markets. The random-walk technique, well known in physics, is also the basic model in finance, upon which are built, for example, the Black-Scholes theory of option pricing and hedging, plus methods of portfolio...

Introducing Molecular Electronics (Lecture Notes in Physics)

• ISBN:
• 3540279946

This volume presents a summary of our current understanding of molecular electronics combined with selected state-of-the-art results at a level accessible to the advanced undergraduate or novice postgraduate. This single book comprises the basic knowledge of both theory and experiment underpinning this rapidly growing field. Concepts and techniques such as density functional theory and charge transport, break junctions and scanning probe...

Erfolgreiche Karriereplanung: Praxistipps und Antworten auf brennende Fragen aus der "Karriereberatung" der VDI Nachrichten (VDI-Buch / VDI-Karriere) (German and German Edition)

• ISBN:
• 3540298657
• Authors:
• Heiko Mell

In jeder Ausgabe der VDI nachrichten stellen die Leser seit vielen Jahren Fragen zu unterschiedlichen Themen des Komplexes "Bewerbung/Beruf/Karriere". Heiko Mell beantwortet diese ausführlich, mit Hinweisen auf Hintergründe und Zusammenhänge. In den Augen mancher Leser hat die Reihe längst "Kultstatus" erreicht. Am jeweiligen praktischen Fall stellt der Autor dar, wie das berufliche System "funktioniert", wie Entscheidungsträger denken und...

Collective Phenomena in Synchrotron Radiation Sources: Prediction, Diagnostics, Countermeasures (Particle Acceleration and Detection)

• ISBN:
• 3540343121
• Authors:
• Shaukat Khan

This book helps to dispel the notion that collective phenomena, which have become increasingly important in modern storage rings, are an obscure and inaccessible topic. Despite an emphasis on synchrotron light sources, the basic concepts presented here are valid for other facilities as well. Graduate students, scientists and engineers working in an accelerator environment will find this to be a systematic exposition of the principles behind...

Light Emitting Silicon for Microphotonics

• ISBN:
• 3540402330
• Authors:
• S. Ossicini, L. Pavesi, F. Priolo, Stefano Ossicini

This book gives a fascinating picture of the state-of-the-art in silicon microphotonics and a perspective on what we can expect in the near future. The book presents an overview of the current understanding of getting light from silicon. It concentrates mainly on low dimensional silicon structures, like quantum dots, wires and wells, but covers also alternative approaches like porous silicon and the doping of silicon with rare-earths. The...

Quantum Gravity: From Theory to Experimental Search (Lecture Notes in Physics)

• ISBN:
• 354040810X

The relation between quantum theory and the theory of gravitation remains one of the most outstanding unresolved issues of modern physics. According to general expectation, general relativity as well as quantum (field) theory in a fixed background spacetime cannot be fundamentally correct. Hence there should exist a broader theory comprising both in appropriate limits, i.e., quantum gravity. This book gives readers a comprehensive introduction...

Electrochemical Thermodynamics and Kinetics (Landolt-Bornstein: Numerical Data and Functional Relationships in Science and Technology - New Series)

• ISBN:
• 3540410384
• Authors:
• Rudolf Holze

Volume 9 of group IV consideres and describes the electrochemical processes at the boundaries of electrodes and electrolytes. All related phenomena require a precise knowledge of the involved systems. The volume thus presents firstly a thorough overview on the field of electrochemistry and secondly collects all relevant data of electrochemical systems as reported up to now. Phenomena and data are considered and reported from the constitutive...

Powder Metallurgy Data

• ISBN:
• 3540429611
• Authors:
• G. Leichtfried, G. Sauthoff, G.E. Spriggs

For many applications powder metallurgy (PM) is the only way to economically produce so-called impossible materials e.g. homogenous fine grained immiscible materials, nanomaterials, highly alloyed segregation free tool steels or nickel base alloys, functionally graded materials, bonded hard materials or rare earth hard magnets, just to name few. The scope of this data collection is the authoritative coverage of critically evaluated and reviewed...

Intelligent Life in the Universe: Principles and Requirements Behind Its Emergence (Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics)

• ISBN:
• 3540439889
• Authors:
• P. Ulmschneider

This book addresses all science readers interested in the origins, development, and fate of intelligent species in the observable part of our universe. In particular, the author scrutinizes what kind of information about extraterrestrial intelligent life can be inferred from our own biological, cultural and scientific evolution. The first part of the book provides the necessary background information from space and life sciences, thus making the...

Sputtering by Particle Bombardment: Experiments and Computer Calculations from Threshold to MeV Energies (Topics in Applied Physics)

• ISBN:
• 3540445005
• Authors:
• Rainer Behrisch

This volume gives a comprehensive overview about the physical processes causing sputtering of solids at bombardment with energetic ions. The most important quantities are the sputtering yields, i.e. the average number of atoms eroded per incident ion. The latest results for the sputtering yields and their dependence on the incident energy and angle of incidence, as well as the energy and angular distributions of the sputtered atoms are...

Density Functional Theory: An Approach to the Quantum Many-Body Problem

• ISBN:
• 3540519939
• Authors:
• Reiner M. Dreizler, Eberhard K.U. Gross

Density Functional Theory is a rapidly developing branch of many-particle physics that has found applications in atomic, molecular, solid-state and nuclear physics. This book describes the conceptual framework of density functional theory and discusses in detail the derivation of explicit functionals from first principles as well as their application to Coulomb systems. Both non-relativistic and relativistic systems are treated. The connection...

The Navier-Stokes Equations Theory and Numerical Methods: Proceedings of a Conference held at Oberwolfach, FRG, Sept. 18-24, 1988 (Lecture Notes in Mathematics)

• ISBN:
• 3540527702

These proceedings contain original (refereed) research articles by specialists from many countries, on a wide variety of aspects of Navier-Stokes equations. Additionally, 2 survey articles intended for a general readership are included: one surveys the present state of the subject via open problems, and the other deals with the interplay between theory and numerical analysis.

IUTAM Symposium on Elementary Vortices and Coherent Structures: Significance in Turbulence Dynamics: Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium held at Kyoto International ... 2004 (Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications)

• ISBN:
• 1402041802

Elementary vortices – those tubular swirling vortical structures with concentrated vorticity commonly observed in various kinds of turbulent flows – play key roles in turbulence dynamics (e.g. enhancement of mixing, diffusion and resistance) and characterize turbulence statistics (e.g. intermittency). Because of their dynamical importance, manipulation of elementary vortices is expected to be effective and useful in turbulence control as...

Encyclopedia of Time: Science, Philosophy, Theology, & Culture (Three Volume Set)

• ISBN:
• 1412941644

"With a strong interdisciplinary approach to a subject that does not lend itself easily to the reference format, this work may not seem to support directly academic programs beyond general research, but it is a more thorough and up-to-date treatment than Taylor and Francis’s 1994 Encyclopedia of Time. Highly recommended." -Library Journal STARRED Review Surveying the major facts, concepts, theories, and speculations that infuse our present...

Customizing the Body: The Art and Culture of Tattooing

• ISBN:
• 1592138888
• Authors:
• Clinton Sanders, D Angus Vail

Originally published in 1989, this ground-breaking ethnographic exploration of tattooing - and the art world surrounding it - covers the history, anthropology, and sociology of body modification practices; the occupational experience of the tattooist; the process and social consequences of becoming a tattooed person; and the prospects of "serious" tattooing becoming an accepted art form. Curiously, despite the greater prevalence of tattoos and...

The Anthropology of Islam

• ISBN:
• 1845202848
• Authors:
• Gabriele Marranci

An increasing number of people have questions about Islam and Muslims. But how can we approach and study Islam after September 11th? Which is the best methodology to understand an Islam that is changing in a globalized world?  The Anthropology of Islam argues that Islam today needs to be studied as a living religion through the observation of everyday Muslim life. Drawing on extensive original fieldwork, Marranci provides provocative analyses...

Home Cooking in the Global Village: Caribbean Food from Buccaneers to Ecotourists (Anthropology and Material Culture)

• ISBN:
• 1845203593
• Authors:
• Richard Wilk

Belize, a tiny corner of the Caribbean wedged into Central America, has been a fast food nation since buccaneers and pirates first stole ashore. As early as the 1600s it was already caught in the great paradox of globalization: how can you stay local and relish your own home cooking, while tasting the delights of the global marketplace? Menus, recipes and bad colonial poetry combine with Wilk's sharp anthropological insight to give an important...

Piezoelectric Transducers for Vibration Control and Damping (Advances in Industrial Control)

• ISBN:
• 1846283310
• Authors:
• S.O. Reza Moheimani, Andrew J. Fleming

Flexible mechanical systems experience undesirable vibration in response to environmental and operational forces. The very existence of vibrations can limit the accuracy of sensitive instruments or cause significant errors in applications where high-precision positioning is essential so in many situations control of vibrations is a necessity. Piezoelectric transducers have been used in countless applications as sensors, actuators, or both. When...

Machining Dynamics: Fundamentals, Applications and Practices (Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing)

• ISBN:
• 1846283671
• Authors:
• Kai Cheng

Machining dynamics play an essential role in the performance of machine tools and machining processes in manufacturing. Current advances in computational modelling, sensors, diagnostic equipment and analysis tools, 3D surface metrology and manufacturing science are giving researchers and practising engineers a new perspective on the machining process. Machining Dynamics: Fundamentals and Applications reflects the new integrated approach to...

Constrained Control and Estimation: An Optimisation Approach (Communications and Control Engineering)

• ISBN:
• 1852335483
• Authors:
• Graham C. Goodwin, María M Seron, José A. De Doná

Recent developments in constrained control and estimation have created a need for this comprehensive introduction to the underlying fundamental principles. These advances have significantly broadened the realm of application of constrained control. - Using principle tools of prediction and optimisation, examples of how to deal with constraints are given, placing emphasis on Model Predictive Control. - New results combine a number of methods in a...

Mesh Enhancement: Selected Elliptic Methods, Foundations And Applications

• ISBN:
• 1860944876
• Authors:
• Glen A. Hansen, Rod W. Douglass, Andrew Zardecki

This book focuses on mesh (grid) enhancement techniques — specifically, the use of selected elliptic methods for both structured and unstructured meshes associated with computational physics applications. Mesh enhancement is the process in which an existing mesh is modified to better meet the requirements of the physics application. To provide the reader with sufficient background information, seven of the nine chapters contain a summary of...

Candid Science VI: More Conversations With Famous Scientists (Pt. 6)

• ISBN:
• 1860946933
• Authors:
• Istvan Hargittai, Magdolna Hargittai

"Candid Science VI" concludes the series by narrating the conversations with famous scientists from the biomedical sciences, chemistry, and physics. There are 31 Nobel laureates and 11 other luminaries among them. The scientists - according to their loosely-defined fields - are, in the biomedical sciences: Francis Crick, Sydney Brenner, Matthew Meselson, Paul M Nurse, R Timothy (Tim) Hunt, Seymour Benzer, Christiane Nusslein-Volhard, Werner...

Biophysical Analysis of Membrane Proteins: Investigating Structure and Function

• ISBN:
• 3527316779

Meeting the need for a book on developing and using new methods to investigate membrane proteins, this is the first of its kind to present the full range of novel techniques in one resource. Top researchers from around the world focus on the physical principles exploited in the different techniques, and provide examples of how these can bring about important new insights. Following an introduction, further sections discuss structural approaches,...

Contemporary Health Physics: Problems and Solutions

• ISBN:
• 352740824X
• Authors:
• Joseph John Bevelacqua

This is the first text specifically designed to train potential health physicists to think and respond like professionals. Written by a former chairman of the American Board of Health Physics Comprehensive Panel of Examiners with more than 20 years of professional and academic experience in the field, it offers a balanced presentation of all the theoretical and practical issues essential for a full working knowledge of radiation exposure...

Partielle Differentialgleichungen und numerische Methoden (Springer-Lehrbuch Masterclass) (German Edition)

• ISBN:
• 3540208232
• Authors:
• Stig Larsson, Vidar Thomée

Das Buch ist für Studenten der angewandten Mathematik und der Ingenieurwissenschaften auf Vordiplomniveau geeignet. Der Schwerpunkt liegt auf der Verbindung der Theorie linearer partieller Differentialgleichungen mit der Theorie finiter Differenzenverfahren und der Theorie der Methoden finiter Elemente. Für jede Klasse partieller Differentialgleichungen, d.h. elliptische, parabolische und hyperbolische, enthält der Text jeweils ein Kapitel...

Low Thermal Expansion Glass Ceramics (Schott Series on Glass and Glass Ceramics)

• ISBN:
• 3540241116

This book appears in the authoritative series reporting the international research and development activities conducted by the Schott group of companies. This series provides an overview of Schott's activities for scientists, engineers, and managers from all branches of industry worldwide in which glasses and glass ceramics are of interest. Each volume begins with a chapter providing a general idea of the current problems, results, and trends...

Frontiers in Superconducting Materials

• ISBN:
• 3540245138

Frontiers in Superconducting Materials gives a state-of-the-art report of the most important topics of the current research in superconductive materials and related phenomena. It comprises 30 chapters written by renowned international experts in the field. It is of central interest to researchers and specialists in Physics and Materials Science, both in academic and industrial research, as well as advanced students. It also addresses electronic...

Adsorption of Molecules on Metal, Semiconductor and Oxide Surfaces (Landolt-Bornstein: Numerical Data and Functional Relationships in Science and Technology - New Series) (Part 5)

• ISBN:
• 3540258485

Surface Science is understood as a relatively young scientific discipline, concerned with the physical and chemical properties of phenomena on clean and covered solid surfaces, studied under a variety of conditions. The adsorption of atoms and molecules on solid surfaces is, for example, such a condition, connected with more or less drastic changes of all surface properties. An adsorption event is frequently observed in nature and found to be of...

Mathematical Foundation of Turbulent Viscous Flows: Lectures given at the C.I.M.E. Summer School held in Martina Franca, Italy, September 1-5, 2003 (Lecture ... Mathematics / Fondazione C.I.M.E., Firenze)

• ISBN:
• 3540285865
• Authors:
• Peter Constantin, Giovanni Gallavotti, Alexandre V. Kazhikhov, Yves Meyer, Seiji Ukai

Five leading specialists reflect on different and complementary approaches to fundamental questions in the study of the Fluid Mechanics and Gas Dynamics equations. Constantin presents the Euler equations of ideal incompressible fluids and discusses the blow-up problem for the Navier-Stokes equations of viscous fluids, describing some of the major mathematical questions of turbulence theory. These questions are connected to the...

Complex Engineered Systems: Science Meets Technology (Understanding Complex Systems)

• ISBN:
• 3540328319

Recent advances in science and technology have led to a rapid increase in the complexity of most engineered systems. In many notable cases, this change has been a qualitative one rather than merely one of magnitude. A new class of Complex Engineered Systems (CES) has emerged as a result of technologies such as the Internet, GPS, wireless networking, micro-robotics, MEMS, fiber-optics and nanotechnology. These complex engineered systems are...

Metal Forming Practise: Processes - Machines - Tools

• ISBN:
• 3540332162
• Authors:
• Heinz Tschaetsch

The book presents in a condensed and precise manner the most important forming and shearing processes as well as the required tools and machines. The definitions for the processes are introduced, typical applications are shown, machines and tools are classified, and operational areas are presented. The description of the specific processes or machines, respectively, ends with exercises. The book is completed by a summary of the applied materials...

Proofs from THE BOOK

• ISBN:
• 3540404600
• Authors:
• Martin Aigner, Günter M. Ziegler

From the Reviews: "... Inside PFTB (Proofs from The Book) is indeed a glimpse of mathematical heaven, where clever insights and beautiful ideas combine in astonishing and glorious ways. There is vast wealth within its pages, one gem after another. Some of the proofs are classics, but many are new and brilliant proofs of classical results. ...Aigner and Ziegler... write: "... all we offer is the examples that we have selected, hoping that our...

Compton Scattering: Investigating the Structure of the Nucleon with Real Photons (Springer Tracts in Modern Physics)

• ISBN:
• 3540407421
• Authors:
• Frank Wissmann

This monograph offers a comprehensive summary of experiments on Compton scattering from the proton and neutron and performed at the electron accelerator MAMI. The experiments cover a photon energy range from 30 MeV to 500 MeV. The reader is introduced to the theoretical concepts of Compton scattering followed by a description of the experiments on the proton, and their analysis and results. Investigating the same reaction on the neutron requires...

The Fokker-Planck Equation: Methods of Solution and Applications (Springer Series in Synergetics)

• ISBN:
• 3540504982
• Authors:
• Hannes Risken

The Fokker-Planck equation deals with those fluctuations of systems which stem from many tiny disturbances, each of which changes the variable of the system in an unpredictable way. In this book, the methods of solution are applied to the statistics of a simple laser model and to Brownian motion in potentials. Such Brownian motion is important in solid state physics, chemical physics and electrical circuit theory. In this second edition, some...

Mathematical Aspects of Fluid and Plasma Dynamics: Proceedings of an International Workshop held in Salice Terme, Italy, 26-30 September 1988 (Lecture Notes in Mathematics)

• ISBN:
• 3540535454

The proceedings of an international workshop which explored the mathematical aspects of fluid plasma dynamics. Topics discussed included numerical problems in semiconductor device simulation, canical propagators for nonlinear systems and semiconductor modelling using the Boltzmann models.

Bosonization of Interacting Fermions in Arbitrary Dimensions (Lecture Notes in Physics New Series M)

• ISBN:
• 3540627200
• Authors:
• Peter Kopietz

The author presents in detail a new non-perturbative approach to the fermionic many-body problem, improving the bosonization technique and generalizing it to dimensions d>1 via functional integration and Hubbard--Stratonovich transformations. In Part I he clearly illustrates the approximations and limitations inherent in higher-dimensional bosonization and derives the precise relation with diagrammatic perturbation theory. He shows how the...

Synchronization: From Simple to Complex (Springer Series in Synergetics)

• ISBN:
• 3540721274
• Authors:
• Alexander Balanov, Natalia Janson, Dmitry Postnov, Olga Sosnovtseva

Synchronization: From Simple to Complex  is devoted to the fundamental phenomenon in physics – synchronization that occurs in coupled non-linear dissipative oscillators. Examples of such systems range from mechanical clocks to population dynamics, from human heart to neural networks. The authors study this phenomenon as applied to oscillations of different nature such as those with periodic, chaotic, noisy and noise-induced nature, reveal the...

Advanced Materials and Structures for Extreme Operating Conditions

• ISBN:
• 3540742999
• Authors:
• Jacek J. Skrzypek, Artur W. Ganczarski, Franco Rustichelli, Halina Egner

The present monograph deals with new advanced materials, including composites, functionally graded materials, materials for high temperature service, advanced approaches to local and non-local analysis of localized damage, new description of crack deactivation, and many more. It contains following subjects: Material properties for high temperature applications; thermodynamics of constitutive modeling of damaged materials; developing and...

Linear Systems Control: Deterministic and Stochastic Methods

• ISBN:
• 3540784853
• Authors:
• Elbert Hendricks, Ole Jannerup, Paul Haase Sørensen

Modern control theory and in particular state space or state variable methods can be adapted to the description of many different systems because it depends strongly on physical modeling and physical intuition. The laws of physics are in the form of differential equations and for this reason, this book concentrates on system descriptions in this form. This means coupled systems of linear or nonlinear differential equations. The physical approach...

Structural Complexity Management: An Approach for the Field of Product Design

• ISBN:
• 3540878882
• Authors:
• Udo Lindemann, Maik Maurer, Thomas Braun

Product design is characterized by a steady increase in complexity. The main focus of this book is a structural approach on complexity management. This means, system structures are considered in order to address the challenge of complexity in all aspects of product design. Structures arise from the complex dependencies of system elements. Thus, the identification of system structures provides access to the understanding of system behavior in...

Introduction to Superstring Theory (Leuven Notes in Mathematical and Theoretical Physics)

• ISBN:
• 9061868947
• Authors:
• E. Kiritsis

The Oskar Klein Memorial Lectures

• ISBN:
• 9810203527
• Authors:
• S. Weinberg, C. N. Yang

... the book should interest a wide audience of readers. The main lectures are good authoritative reviews of the field and are written in a non technical language. Physicists with a broad interest in cosmology and particle theory and also historians of science should find this book useful.

Foundations of Quantum Mechanics in the Light of New Technology

• ISBN:
• 9810228449

Proceedings of the First through Fourth Intl Symposia on Foundations of Quantum Mechanics in the Light of the New Technology (ISQMs) held every three years since 1983. DLC: Quantum theory.

Sir Rudolf Peierls: Selected Private And Scientific Correspondence

• ISBN:
• 9812565035
• Authors:
• Sabine Lee

This edition of the private and scientific correspondence of Sir Rudolf Peierls gives a unique insight into the life and work of one of the greatest theoretical physicists of the 20th century. Rudolf Peierls scientific work contributed to the early developments in quantum mechanics, and he is well known and much appreciated for his contributions to various disciplines, including solid state physics, nuclear physics, and particle physics. As an...

Walther Nernst: Pioneer of Physics, And of Chemistry

• ISBN:
• 9812565604
• Authors:
• Hans-georg Bartel, Rudolf P Huebener

More than 100 years ago, in 1905, Walther Nernst discovered the Third Law of Thermodynamics, thus completing this fundamental theory. In 1920 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The book describes the life of this pioneer of science, his major stations being Graz, then Göttingen, and finally Berlin. Also presented is a lively account of the development of low temperature physics by Nernst during the early days of quantum theory, when...

Acoustic And Radio EEV Neurtrino Detection Activities

• ISBN:
• 9812567550

The ARENA Workshop in Zeuthen was the first to combine extensively the fields of acoustic and radio detection techniques for high-energetic particle cascades from cosmic neutrino interactions. The articles in this volume comprise the latest research work which was presented by over 50 speakers from 10 countries. The wide coverage includes: theoretical predictions on fluxes and the potentialities of new techniques, theoretical and experimental...

Gribov Memorial Volume: Quarks, Hadrons, and Strong Interactions: Proceedings of the Memorial Workshop Devoted to the 75th Birthday V N Gribov, Budapest, Hungary 22 - 24 May

• ISBN:
• 9812567569

Vladimir Naumovich Gribov was one of most outstanding theorists, a key figure in the creation of the modern elementary particle physics. His many discoveries are famous and well accepted by the physics community (Gribov-Regge theory of high energy hadron interactions, Gribov vacuum pole - Pomeron, Reggeon field theory parton evolution equations, neutrino oscillations, Gribov copies in non-Abelian gauge field theories, etc.). Some of his ideas...

Astroparticle, Particle And Space Physics, Detectors And Medical Physics Applications (Proceedings of the 9th Italian Conference)

• ISBN:
• 9812567984

The exploration of the subnuclear world is done through increasingly complex experiments covering a wide range of energies and in a large variety of environments - from particle accelerators, underground detectors to satellites and space laboratories. For these research programs to succeed, novel techniques, new materials and new instrumentation need to be used in detectors, often on a large scale. Hence, particle physics is at the forefront of...

Strongly Correlated Systems, Coherence and Entanglement

• ISBN:
• 9812705724
• Authors:
• J. M. P. Carmelo, J M B Lopes dos Santos, V Rocha Vieira, P D Sacramento

This volume presents a collection of review papers on recent work in the connected areas of strongly correlated systems, the effects of coherence on macroscopic systems, and entanglement in quantum systems. These areas have attracted considerable interest due to their complexity and associated unexpected nontrivial phenomena, and also due to their potential applications in various fields, from materials science to information technology. The...

Neutrino Oscillations: Present Status and Future Plans

• ISBN:
• 9812771964
• Authors:
• Jennifer A. Thomas, Patricia L Vahl

This book reviews the status of a very exciting field -- neutrino oscillations -- at a very important time. The fact that neutrinos have mass has only been proved in the last few years and the acceptance of that fact has opened up a whole new area of study to understand the fundamental parameters of the mixing matrix. The book summarizes the results from all the experiments which have played a role in the measurement of neutrino oscillations and...

Perspectives Of LHC Physics

• ISBN:
• 9812779752
• Authors:
• Gordon Kane

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), located at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, will be the world's largest and highest energy and highest intensity particle accelerator. Here is a timely book with several perspectives on the hoped-for discoveries from the LHC. This book provides an overview on the techniques that will be crucial for finding new physics at the LHC, as well as perspectives on the importance and implications of the discoveries. Among the...

Getting Lost with Boys

• ISBN:
• 0060824328
• Authors:
• Hailey Abbott

Cordelia Packer hates the unexpected, but she's in for a surprise when Jacob Stein offers to be her travel companion, all the way from San Diego to her sister's place in northern California. Before she knows it, her neatly laid out summer plan has turned into a wild road trip, where anything can – and does – happen. Who knew getting lost with a boy could be so much fun?

CALPHAD (Calculation of Phase Diagrams): A Comprehensive Guide, Volume 1 (Pergamon Materials Series)

• ISBN:
• 0080421296

This monograph acts as a benchmark to current achievements in the field of Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry, often called CALPHAD which is an acronym for Computer CAL culation of PHA se D iagrams. It also acts as a guide to both the basic background of the subject area and the cutting edge of the topic, combining comprehensive discussions of the underlying physical principles of the CALPHAD method with detailed...

Advances in the Science of Victorian Brown Coal

• ISBN:
• 0080442692
• Authors:
• Chun - Zhu Li

Over the past decade, extensive research has been conducted on the subject of coal as one of the world's leading energy sources. The current and future status of this resource is a topic of considerable interest to the largest world economies, including the US, Japan, China and Europe. Advances in the Science of Victorian Brown Coal provides critical reviews of the information and research published over this time, giving the reader an...

Nonlinear Magnetization Dynamics in Nanosystems (Elsevier Series in Electromagnetism)

• ISBN:
• 0080443168
• Authors:
• Isaak D. Mayergoyz, Giorgio Bertotti, Claudio Serpico

As data transfer rates increase within the magnetic recording industry, improvements in device performance and reliability crucially depend on the thorough understanding of nonlinear magnetization dynamics at a sub-nanoscale level. This book offers a modern, stimulating approach to the subject of nonlinear magnetization dynamics by discussing important aspects such as the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert (LLG) equation, analytical solutions, and the...

Energy Optimization in Process Systems

• ISBN:
• 0080451411
• Authors:
• Stanislaw Sieniutycz, Jacek Jezowski

Despite the vast research on energy optimization and process integration, there has to date been no synthesis linking these together. This book fills the gap, presenting optimization and integration in energy and process engineering. The content is based on the current literature and includes novel approaches developed by the authors. Various thermal and chemical systems (heat and mass exchangers, thermal and water networks, energy converters,...