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Domain theory is a subject that emerged as a response to natural
concerns in the semantics of computation, and it involves the study
of ordered sets that possess an unusual amount of mathematical
structure. Disorder in Domain Theory explores the connection
between domain theory and quantum information science and the
concept that relates them: disorder.
Today, air-to-surface vessel (ASV) radars, or more generally
airborne maritime surveillance radars, are installed on maritime
reconnaissance aircraft for long-range detection, tracking and
classification of surface ships (ASuW-anti-surface warfare) and for
hunting submarines (ASW-anti-submarine warfare). Such radars were
first developed in the UK during WWII as part of the response to
the threat to shipping from German U-boats. This book describes the
ASV radars developed in the UK and used by RAF Coastal Command
during WWII for long-range maritime surveillance.
Today, air-to-surface vessel (ASV) radars, or more generally
maritime surveillance radars, are installed on maritime
reconnaissance aircraft for long-range detection, tracking and
classification of surface ships (ASuW-anti-surface warfare) and for
hunting submarines (ASW-anti-submarine warfare). Such radars were
first developed in the UK during WWII as part of the response to
the threat to shipping from German U-Boats. This book describes the
ASV radars developed in the UK after WWII (1946-2000) and used by
the RAF for long-range maritime surveillance.
Containing an extensive illustration of the use of finite
difference method in solving boundary value problem numerically, a
wide class of differential equations have been numerically solved
in this book.
The Proceedings of the 24th International Solvay Conference on
Chemistry comprise contributed short personal statements and
transcripts of in-depth discussions on 'Catalysis in Chemistry and
Biology' from a by-invitation-only select group of 48 eminent
scientists, including four Nobel Laureates, from all parts of the
world. The theme of the conference was presented in six sessions,
along which the Proceedings are organized. The first session on
'Homogeneous Catalysis,' chaired by Professor Robert Grubbs, is
devoted to basic research on catalysis in homogeneous solutions and
applications thereof. 'Heterogeneous Catalysis and Characterization
of Catalyst Surfaces,' chaired by Professor Gerhard Ertl, includes
extensive references to industrial applications of catalysis on
solid supports, and discussions on the experimental techniques used
in this field. 'Catalysis by Microporous Materials,' chaired by
Professor Mark E. Davis, is devoted to a detailed characterization
of this particular class of solid support catalysts, with special
emphasis on model analysis of the processes catalyzed by these
materials. 'Catalysis under Extreme Conditions: Studies at High
Pressure and High Temperatures - Relations with Processes in
Nature,' chaired by Professor Henk N W Lekkerkerker, broadens the
scope of the two preceding sessions with exciting illustrations.
The sessions on 'Catalysis by Protein Enzymes,' chaired by Prof.
JoAnne Stubbe, and 'Catalysis by Ribozymes in Molecular Machines,'
chaired by Prof. David Lilley, present at the same time an exciting
extension of and a contrast to the initial four sessions. The
combination of the six sessions provides an impressive overview,
giving innovative insights into relationships between catalysis in
chemical processes and in biological systems, and a unique outlook
to anticipated developments in the coming years and the more
distant future.
This book presents simple interdisciplinary stochastic models meant
as a gentle introduction to the field of non-equilibrium
statistical physics. It focuses on the analysis of two-state models
with cooperative effects and explores a variety of mathematical
techniques to solve the master equations that govern these models.
The models discussed are at the confluence of nanophysics, biology,
mathematics and the social science, and they provide a pedagogical
path toward understanding the complex dynamics of particle
self-assembly with the tools of statistical physics.
Dr. Tomalin with over 10 years of clinical experience has developed
a unique and easy to follow system that everyone can use to improve
the quality of their life. In this book, he discusses the impact of
toxicities and deficiencies on your health, explains an easy to
follow system of nutrition, and illustrates key exercises and
stretches to transform your body and your health.
This book contains Julius A. Dresser's summary of mental science
and the ability to heal the sick with mental and spiritual power.
As the son of Horatio Dresser - an acquaintance and adherent of
Phineas Quimby, the founder of the New Thought movement - Julius
felt obliged to carry on his father's legacy by explaining the
beliefs he held. Citing both ancient philosophy and religion,
Julius begins by saying knowledge of mental healing is neither new
nor novel: rather, it has practiced through history. Referring
repeatedly to Christianity and Jesus Christ as an example of mental
healing in action, Dresser aims to illustrate how P. P. Quimby
rediscovered it. His experiences with tuberculosis, where
conventional medicine in the form of camomile did more harm than
good, are detailed. Quimby would later go on to assert that
exciting, uplifting experiences such as riding a horse did far more
for his tuberculosis than any other method.
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A short but engaging exploration of the brain. In Brains, scientist
Leif Østergaard explores our most complicated and mysterious
organ. From the dissection of Einstein's brain to research on how
to map networks of neurons, Østergaard deconstructs the different
parts of the brain and provides an engaging overview of its
essential functions. He explains how we store information in the
synapses of neural networks and how these networks carry commands
to our muscles and internal organs and receive sensory input from
our skin, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. Delving into the
subconscious, we learn what our brains are doing while we daydream
and how neurotransmitters play a role in addiction. In this
fascinating book, Østergaard reveals how this enigmatic organ is
even more complex than we thought it was. In Reflections, a series
copublished with Denmark's Aarhus University Press, scholars
deliver 60-page reflections on key concepts. These books present
unique insights on a wide range of topics that entertain and
enlighten readers with exciting discoveries and new perspectives.
This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
The mission of the book series, Research in Science Education, is
to provide a comprehensive view of current and emerging knowledge,
research strategies, and policy in specific professional fields of
science education. This series would present currently unavailable,
or difficult to gather, materials from a variety of viewpoints and
sources in a usable and organized format. Each volume in the series
would present a juried, scholarly, and accessible review of
research, theory, and/or policy in a specific field of science
education, K-16. Topics covered in each volume would be determined
by present issues and trends, as well as generative themes related
to current research and theory. Published volumes will include
empirical studies, policy analysis, literature reviews, and
positing of theoretical and conceptual bases.
In this brilliant and gripping medical detective story. Richard Rhodes follows virus hunters on three continents as they track the emergence of a deadly new brain disease that first kills cannibals in New Guinea, then cattle and young people in Britain and France -- and that has already been traced to food animals in the United States. In a new Afterword for the paperback, Rhodes reports the latest U.S. and worldwide developments of a burgeoning global threat.
The portable Raspberry Pi computing platform with the power of
Linux yields an exciting exploratory tool for beginning scientific
computing. Science and Computing with Raspberry Pi takes the reader
through explorations in a variety of computing exercises with the
physical sciences. The book guides the user through: configuring
your Raspberry Pi and Linux operating system; understanding the
software requirements while using the Pi for scientific computing;
computing exercises in physics, astronomy, chaos theory, and
machine learning.
Molecular-Genetic and Statistical Techniques for Behavioral and
Neural Research presents the most exciting molecular and
recombinant DNA techniques used in the analysis of brain function
and behavior, a critical piece of the puzzle for clinicians,
scientists, course instructors and advanced undergraduate and
graduate students. Chapters examine neuroinformatics, genetic and
neurobehavioral databases and data mining, also providing an
analysis of natural genetic variation and principles and
applications of forward (mutagenesis) and reverse genetics (gene
targeting). In addition, the book discusses gene expression and its
role in brain function and behavior, along with ethical issues in
the use of animals in genetics testing. Written and edited by
leading international experts, this book provides a clear
presentation of the frontiers of basic research as well as
translationally relevant techniques that are used by
neurobehavioral geneticists.
Text extracted from opening pages of book: INTERNATIONAL SERIES IN
PURE AND APPLIED PHYSICS G. P. HARNWELL, CONSULTING EDITOR ADVISORY
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE: E. U. Condon, George R. Harrison Elmer
Hutchisson, K. K, Darrow HEAT CONDUCTION With Engineering and
Geological Applications The quality of the materials used in the
manufacture of this book is governed by contin ued postwar
shortages. HEAT CONDUCTION With Engineering and Geological
Applications By Leonard R. Ingersoll Professor of Physics
University of Wisconsin Otto J. Zobel Member of the Technical Staff
Bt> ll Telephone Laboratories, Inc., New York and Alfred C.
Ingersoll Instructor in Civil Engineering University of Wisconsin
FIRST EDITION NEW YORK TORONTO LONDON MCGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY,
INC. 1948 HEAT CONDUCTION Copyright, 1948, by the McGraw-Hill Book
Company, Inc. Printed in the United States of America. All rights
reserved. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any
form without permission of the publishers. THE MAPLE PRESS COMPANY,
YORK, PA. PREFACE The present volume is the successor to and, in
effect, a revision of the Ingersoll and Zobel text of some years
ago. To quote from the earlier preface: . . . the theory of heat
con duction is of importance, not only intrinsically' but also
because its broad bearing and the generality of its methods of
analysis make it one of the best introductions to more advanced
mathe matical physics. The aim of the authors has been twofold.
They have attempted, in the first place, to develop the subject
with special reference to the needs of the student who has neither
time nor mathematical preparation to pursue the study at great
length. To this end, fewer types of problemsare handled than in the
larger treatises, and less stress has been placed on purely mathe
matical derivations such as uniqueness, existence, and con vergence
theorems. The second aim has been to point out . . . the many
applications of which the results are susceptible .... It is hoped
that in this respect the subject matter may be of interest to the
engineer, for the authors have attempted to select appli cations
with special reference to their technical importance, and in
furtherance of this idea have sought and received suggestions from
engineers in many lines of work. While many of these applications
have doubtless only a small practical bearing and serve chiefly to
illustrate the theory, . . . the results in some cases . . . may be
found worthy of note. The same may be said of the geological
problems. While a number of solutions are here presented for the
first time ... no originality can be claimed for the underlying
mathematical theory which dates back, of course, to the time of
Fourier. Since the above was written there has been a steady
increase vi PREFACE in interest in the theory of heat conduction,
largely along prac tical lines. The geologist and geographer are
interested in a new tool which will help them in explaining many
thermal phenomena and in establishing certain time scales. The engi
neer, whose use of the theory was formerly limited almost entirely
to the steady state, has developed many useful tables and curves
for the solution of more general cases and is interested in finding
still other methods of attack. The physicist and mathematician have
done their part in treating problems which have hitherto resisted
solution. The present volume carries out and extendsthe aims of the
earlier one. Most of the old material has been retained, although
revised, and almost an equal amount of new has been added. The
geologist, geographer, and engineer will find many new applications
discussed, while the mathematician, physicist, and chemist will
welcome the addition of a little Bessel function and conjugate
function theory, as well as the several extended tables in the
appendixes. Some of these are new and have had to be specially
evaluated. The number of refer ences has also been greatly enlarged
and three-quarters of them are of more
Jewish life in Europe has undergone dramatic changes and
transformations within the 20th century and also the last two
decades. The phenomenon of the dual position of the Jewish minority
in relation to the majority, not entirely unusual for Jewish
Diaspora communities, manifested itself most distinctly on the
European continent. This unique Jewish experience of the ambiguous
position of insider and outsider may provide valuable views on
contemporary European reality and identity crisis. The book focuses
inter alia on the main common denominators of contemporary Jewish
life in Central Europe, such as an intense confrontation with the
heritage of the Holocaust and unrelenting antisemitism on the one
hand and on the other hand, huge appreciation of traditional Jewish
learning and culture by a considerable part of non-Jewish
Europeans. The volume includes contributions on Jewish life in
central European countries like Hungary, the Czech Republic,
Poland, Austria, and Germany.
Lissajous figures are produced by combining two oscillations at
right angles to each other. The figures, drawn by mechanical
devices called harmonographs, have scientific uses, but are also
enjoyed for their own beauty. The author has been working with
harmonographs since his undergraduate days, building several of
them, lecturing on them and has written articles about them. This
book is intended for people who enjoy physics or art or both.
"Must I die?" asked Gilgamesh. Forty five centuries later, we're
still asking the same question. Science writer Paul Bracken embarks
on a lighthearted assessment of the human condition, to explore
what it means to be mortal, and what our fate may be. This
scientific reimagining of the ancient Gilgamesh quest delves into a
multitude of topics including the origin of life, the workings of
the human mind, and the possibilities for life prolongation. The
ancient Gilgamesh was so distraught at the death of his friend
Enkidu, and so sickened by the knowledge that he too would die,
that he rebelled against his fate and set out on a search for
salvation. Likewise, at the age of eleven, Bracken wondered if
there might be a way to bring his grandfather back from the dead
and has been pondering this question ever since. Is death a problem
to be solved, or is it an essential aspect of our humanity? "We
human beings instinctively resist the notion of personal
extinction. In his thoughtful and hugely readable Gilgamesh in the
21st Century, Paul Bracken canters effortlessly through an amazing
range of science to help put this fraught human proclivity in
perspective, both for himself and for us." -- IAN TATTERSALL,
American Museum of Natural History, New York City.
This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
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