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Living with Breast Cancer - The Step-by-Step Guide to Minimizing Side Effects and Maximizing Quality of Life (Paperback):... Living with Breast Cancer - The Step-by-Step Guide to Minimizing Side Effects and Maximizing Quality of Life (Paperback)
Jennifer A. Shin, David P. Ryan, Vicki A. Jackson; As told to Michelle D. Seaton
R709 R599 Discovery Miles 5 990 Save R110 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Your complete resource for handling the physical and emotional effects of breast cancer treatments. At the time of diagnosis, breast cancer patients are faced with many overwhelming decisions about possible treatments. Living with Breast Cancer provides you with an overview of what to expect from testing and treatment, which cancer specialists you may need to see, and common terms to use to help communicate your needs to your team. This empathetic resource full of relatable stories teaches patients and caregivers how to ask the right questions to get the best possible care. The authors explain how to minimize the symptoms and side effects of treatment and outline coping strategies to deal with the stress of breast cancer treatment, including the changes in your body from cancer and its therapies. The book helps readers * make sense of their diagnosis * set goals and prepare for treatment * understand the different types of therapies, tests, and scans * manage the symptoms and side effects of treatment, such as nausea, fatigue, shortness of breath, weight fluctuations, and depression * learn what medications and lifestyle modifications can help with symptoms * live and cope with progressive cancer Living with Breast Cancer is your definitive resource for handling the physical and emotional effects of breast cancer and treatment.

Sex and Class in Women's History - Essays from Feminist Studies (Hardcover): Judith L. Newton, Mary P. Ryan, Judith R.... Sex and Class in Women's History - Essays from Feminist Studies (Hardcover)
Judith L. Newton, Mary P. Ryan, Judith R. Walkowitz
R4,003 Discovery Miles 40 030 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The essays collected in this volume reflect the upsurge of interest in the research and writing of feminist history in the 1970s/80s and illustrate the developments which have taken place - in the types of questions asked, the methodologies employed, and the scope and sophistication of the analytical approaches which have been adopted. Focusing on women in nineteenth-century Britain and America, this book includes work by scholars in both countries and takes its place in a long history of Anglo-American debate. The collection adopts 'the doubled vision of feminist theory', the view that it is the simultaneous operation of relations of class and of sex/gender that perpetuate both patriarchy and capitalism. This view informs a wide variety of contributions from 'Class and Gender in Victorian England', to 'Servants, Sexual Relations and the Risks of Illegitimacy', 'Free Black Women', 'The Power of Women's Networks', and 'Socialism, Feminism and Sexual Antagonism in the London Tailoring Trade'. Both the vigour and the urgency of scholarship infused with social aims can be clearly felt in the essays collected here.

24 Hours in Ancient Egypt - A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There (Paperback): Donald P. Ryan 24 Hours in Ancient Egypt - A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There (Paperback)
Donald P. Ryan
R213 Discovery Miles 2 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'Lively and amusing [...] an engaging read. Ryan successfully makes this ancient civilisation more immediate and accessible.' - Current World Archaeology _____________________ '[Donald] Ryan - who has worked in and on Egypt for decades, as an archaeologist, historian and popular writer - has succeeded in bringing all of his characters to life. This is a great little volume.' - KMT Magazine _____________________ 'Very readable [...] its originality lies in the clever construction of the content. The variety of characters covered allows for a considerable breadth of information on life for the rich and poor.' - Ancient Egypt Magazine _____________________ Spend 24 hours with the inhabitants of the most powerful kingdom in the ancient world. Ancient Egypt wasn't all pyramids, sphinxes and gold sarcophagi. For your average Egyptian, life was tough, and work was hard, conducted under the burning gaze of the sun god Ra. During the course of a day in the ancient city of Thebes (modern-day Luxor), Egypt's religious capital, we meet 24 Egyptians from all strata of society - from the king to the bread-maker, the priestess to the fisherman, the soldier to the midwife - and get to know what the real Egypt was like by spending an hour in their company. We encounter a different one of these characters every hour and in every chapter, and through their eyes see what an average day in ancient Egypt was really like.

Living with Cancer - A Step-by-Step Guide for Coping Medically and Emotionally with a Serious Diagnosis (Paperback): Vicki A.... Living with Cancer - A Step-by-Step Guide for Coping Medically and Emotionally with a Serious Diagnosis (Paperback)
Vicki A. Jackson, David P. Ryan, Michelle D. Seaton
R580 R546 Discovery Miles 5 460 Save R34 (6%) Ships in 7 - 13 working days

The prospect of entering treatment is overwhelming for anyone facing a diagnosis of cancer. While patients have access to a vast amount of medical information online, this advice is often unreliable or confusing. In Living with Cancer, Drs. Vicki A. Jackson and David P. Ryan have crafted the first step-by-step guide aimed at helping people with this life-defining disease grasp what's happening to them while coping physically and emotionally with cancer treatment. An empathetic resource full of relatable patient stories, this book teaches patients and caregivers how to ask the right questions to get the best possible care-beginning at the moment of diagnosis. Drs. Jackson and Ryan explain how to work with a team of doctors and nurse practitioners to minimize symptoms and side effects while living as fully as possible in the face of cancer. They relay important information about understanding prognosis, and they translate what doctors mean when they describe tests, treatments, and medical procedures. Finally, they discuss hospice care and answer questions about continuing treatment and managing the final phase of life. Based on new research and a groundbreaking program in which patients are treated with palliative care-along with the best cancer care-during the course of their illness, this honest and caring book provides the right advice to use at the right time throughout a journey with cancer. It allows a person with cancer to concentrate on living the best life possible, despite an uncertain future. Patients at every stage will find Living with Cancer a comprehensive, thoughtful, and accessible guide for navigating the illness and its treatment.

Ancient Egypt - The Basics (Paperback): Donald P. Ryan Ancient Egypt - The Basics (Paperback)
Donald P. Ryan
R635 Discovery Miles 6 350 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Ancient Egypt: The Basics offers an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the history, archaeology and influence of this fascinating civilization. Coverage includes: A survey of Egyptian history from its earliest origins to the coming of Islam Life and death in ancient Egypt Key archaeological discoveries and important characters Egypt's impact and reception through to the modern day Lively and engaging, this is an indispensable resource for anyone beginning their studies of Egyptian history, culture and archaeology, and a must-read for anyone who wants to learn more about the country's long and captivating past.

Internalized Homonegativity Among Same Gender Loving Black Men - An Exploration of Truths (Hardcover): P. Ryan Grant Internalized Homonegativity Among Same Gender Loving Black Men - An Exploration of Truths (Hardcover)
P. Ryan Grant
R1,443 Discovery Miles 14 430 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book accessibly explores the phenomenon of internalized homonegativity among same gender loving Black men who love other men, providing practical tools to help therapists identify the underlying motivations for their clients' feelings. Written from personal and clinical experience, P. Ryan Grant defines internalized homonegativity as the negative thoughts felt by a person due to their same gender loving identity. The book's introduction provides a backdrop of the developmental experiences Black same gender loving men often encounter and connects theoretical concepts with qualitative Black same gender loving male experiences. Chapters then explore the contextual consequences of internalized homonegativity and educate readers on how conditioned shame and anxiety relating to these factors alter mental health and functioning in various spaces. The final part of the book presents therapeutic techniques based on dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to assist readers in helping clients to navigate a homonegative world. This book is essential reading for sex therapists, educators, students, and sexuality professionals who are looking for resources on working with Black same gender loving male clients, as well as those occupations seeking to create programs for Black same gender loving men. It will also be a helpful resource for Black same gender loving men seeking to live value-based lives.

Ancient Egypt - The Basics (Hardcover): Donald P. Ryan Ancient Egypt - The Basics (Hardcover)
Donald P. Ryan
R2,929 Discovery Miles 29 290 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Ancient Egypt: The Basics offers an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the history, archaeology and influence of this fascinating civilization. Coverage includes: A survey of Egyptian history from its earliest origins to the coming of Islam Life and death in ancient Egypt Key archaeological discoveries and important characters Egypt's impact and reception through to the modern day Lively and engaging, this is an indispensable resource for anyone beginning their studies of Egyptian history, culture and archaeology, and a must-read for anyone who wants to learn more about the country's long and captivating past.

A Year in the Life of Ancient Egypt - The Real Lives of the People Who Lived There (Hardcover): Donald P. Ryan A Year in the Life of Ancient Egypt - The Real Lives of the People Who Lived There (Hardcover)
Donald P. Ryan
R309 Discovery Miles 3 090 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Spend a year in the company of the ancient Egyptians, during the twenty-sixth and final year of the reign of Amenhotep II (c.1400 BC), which saw a royal transition bringing Thutmose IV to the throne of Upper and Lower Egypt. While builders from the secluded village of royal tomb workers rush to complete Amenhotep's tomb, and craftsmen labour to finish the numerous extravagant objects to accompany the god-king in his burial, most Egyptians go about their daily lives in ways unchanged for eons. Following the Egyptian calendar year, which was divided into three seasons (flooding, sowing and harvest), we will meet a farmer and his family, an embalmer, an artisan, a royal physician, a priest and even a royal wife as they live their lives in Thebes and Memphis during the eighteenth dynasty of the New Kingdom in this remarkable year in ancient Egyptian history.

Sex and Class in Women's History - Essays from Feminist Studies (Paperback): Judith L. Newton, Mary P. Ryan, Judith R.... Sex and Class in Women's History - Essays from Feminist Studies (Paperback)
Judith L. Newton, Mary P. Ryan, Judith R. Walkowitz
R1,658 Discovery Miles 16 580 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The essays collected in this volume reflect the upsurge of interest in the research and writing of feminist history in the 1970s/80s and illustrate the developments which have taken place in the types of questions asked, the methodologies employed, and the scope and sophistication of the analytical approaches which have been adopted.

Focusing on women in nineteenth-century Britain and America, this book includes work by scholars in both countries and takes its place in a long history of Anglo-American debate. The collection adopts 'the doubled vision of feminist theory', the view that it is the simultaneous operation of relations of class and of sex/gender that perpetuate both patriarchy and capitalism. This view informs a wide variety of contributions from 'Class and Gender in Victorian England', to 'Servants, Sexual Relations and the Risks of Illegitimacy', 'Free Black Women', 'The Power of Women s Networks', and 'Socialism, Feminism and Sexual Antagonism in the London Tailoring Trade'. Both the vigour and the urgency of scholarship infused with social aims can be clearly felt in the essays collected here.

Living with Cancer - A Step-by-Step Guide for Coping Medically and Emotionally with a Serious Diagnosis (Hardcover): Vicki A.... Living with Cancer - A Step-by-Step Guide for Coping Medically and Emotionally with a Serious Diagnosis (Hardcover)
Vicki A. Jackson, David P. Ryan, Michelle D. Seaton
R1,279 Discovery Miles 12 790 Ships in 7 - 13 working days

The prospect of entering treatment is overwhelming for anyone facing a diagnosis of cancer. While patients have access to a vast amount of medical information online, this advice is often unreliable or confusing. In Living with Cancer, Drs. Vicki A. Jackson and David P. Ryan have crafted the first step-by-step guide aimed at helping people with this life-defining disease grasp what's happening to them while coping physically and emotionally with cancer treatment. An empathetic resource full of relatable patient stories, this book teaches patients and caregivers how to ask the right questions to get the best possible care-beginning at the moment of diagnosis. Drs. Jackson and Ryan explain how to work with a team of doctors and nurse practitioners to minimize symptoms and side effects while living as fully as possible in the face of cancer. They relay important information about understanding prognosis, and they translate what doctors mean when they describe tests, treatments, and medical procedures. Finally, they discuss hospice care and answer questions about continuing treatment and managing the final phase of life. Based on new research and a groundbreaking program in which patients are treated with palliative care-along with the best cancer care-during the course of their illness, this honest and caring book provides the right advice to use at the right time throughout a journey with cancer. It allows a person with cancer to concentrate on living the best life possible, despite an uncertain future. Patients at every stage will find Living with Cancer a comprehensive, thoughtful, and accessible guide for navigating the illness and its treatment.

American Education in Popular Media - From the Blackboard to the Silver Screen (Hardcover): S. Terzian, P. Ryan American Education in Popular Media - From the Blackboard to the Silver Screen (Hardcover)
S. Terzian, P. Ryan
R2,165 R1,862 Discovery Miles 18 620 Save R303 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

American Education in Popular Media explores how popular media has represented schooling in the United States over the course of the twentieth century. Terzian and Ryan examine prevalent portrayals of students and professional educators while addressing contested purposes of schooling in American society.

American Education in Popular Media - From the Blackboard to the Silver Screen (Paperback, 1st ed. 2015): S. Terzian, P. Ryan American Education in Popular Media - From the Blackboard to the Silver Screen (Paperback, 1st ed. 2015)
S. Terzian, P. Ryan
R1,393 R1,090 Discovery Miles 10 900 Save R303 (22%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

American Education in Popular Media explores how popular media has represented schooling in the United States over the course of the twentieth century. Terzian and Ryan examine prevalent portrayals of students and professional educators while addressing contested purposes of schooling in American society.

Ordinary Differential Equations - Analysis, Qualitative Theory and Control (Paperback, 2014 ed.): Hartmut Logemann, Eugene P.... Ordinary Differential Equations - Analysis, Qualitative Theory and Control (Paperback, 2014 ed.)
Hartmut Logemann, Eugene P. Ryan
R1,141 Discovery Miles 11 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The book comprises a rigorous and self-contained treatment of initial-value problems for ordinary differential equations. It additionally develops the basics of control theory, which is a unique feature in current textbook literature. The following topics are particularly emphasised: * existence, uniqueness and continuation of solutions, * continuous dependence on initial data, * flows, * qualitative behaviour of solutions, * limit sets, * stability theory, * invariance principles, * introductory control theory, * feedback and stabilization. The last two items cover classical control theoretic material such as linear control theory and absolute stability of nonlinear feedback systems. It also includes an introduction to the more recent concept of input-to-state stability. Only a basic grounding in linear algebra and analysis is assumed. Ordinary Differential Equations will be suitable for final year undergraduate students of mathematics and appropriate for beginning postgraduates in mathematics and in mathematically oriented engineering and science.

Master-Servant Childhood - A History of the Idea of Childhood in Medieval English Culture (Hardcover, New): P. Ryan Master-Servant Childhood - A History of the Idea of Childhood in Medieval English Culture (Hardcover, New)
P. Ryan
R2,058 Discovery Miles 20 580 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Master-Servant Childhood offers a new understanding of childhood in the Middle Ages as a form of master-servant relation embedded in an ancient sense of time as a correspondence between earthly change and eternal order. It challenges the misnomer that children were 'little adults' in the Middle Ages and corrects the prevalent misconceptions that childhood was unimportant, unrecognized or disregarded. The book argues for the value of studying childhood as a structure of thought and feeling and as an important avenue for exploring large scale historical changes in our sense of what it is to be and become human.

Empowerment, Lifelong Learning and Recovery in Mental Health - Towards a New Paradigm (Hardcover): P. Ryan, S. Ramon, T. Greacen Empowerment, Lifelong Learning and Recovery in Mental Health - Towards a New Paradigm (Hardcover)
P. Ryan, S. Ramon, T. Greacen
R2,956 Discovery Miles 29 560 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

An exploration of how empowerment, lifelong learning and social inclusion are closely connected to the concept of recovery from mental illness, showing how mental health services in general need to restructure to enable people with the lived experience of mental illness to lead a meaningful life with and beyond the illness.

Ancient Egypt in Poetry - An Anthology of Nineteenth-Century Verse (Hardcover): Donald P. Ryan Ancient Egypt in Poetry - An Anthology of Nineteenth-Century Verse (Hardcover)
Donald P. Ryan
R389 Discovery Miles 3 890 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Egypt's ancient pyramids, temples, and tombs along the Nile, which have inspired artists and writers for centuries, have also inspired poets--and particularly in the nineteenth century when romanticism was at its height. Egyptologist Donald Ryan here collects a wide variety of English verse composed by British, Irish, and North American poets fired up by the magic, the splendor, or the desolation of the pharaonic ruins and their echoes of a distant history. Includes verse by: Robert Browning, Lord Byron, John Keats, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Herman Melville, John Ruskin, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Alfred Tennyson, Lady Wilde, and many more.

Development Planning and Poverty Reduction (Hardcover): D. Potts, P. Ryan, A. Toner Development Planning and Poverty Reduction (Hardcover)
D. Potts, P. Ryan, A. Toner
R2,969 Discovery Miles 29 690 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The stated aim of much development assistance is the reduction of poverty. This book examines how development interventions might be more effectively targeted to achieve this aim. Part One provides an overview of planning for poverty reduction, and evidence on the extent and causes of poverty. Part Two examines participatory approaches to development planning. Part Three assesses macro-economic strategies and programs for poverty reduction. Part Four concludes with a microeconomic analysis of the distribution of benefits from investment projects.

Development Planning and Poverty Reduction (Paperback, 1st ed. 2003): D. Potts, P. Ryan, A. Toner Development Planning and Poverty Reduction (Paperback, 1st ed. 2003)
D. Potts, P. Ryan, A. Toner
R2,943 Discovery Miles 29 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The stated aim of much development assistance is the reduction of poverty. This book examines how development interventions might be more effectively targeted to achieve this aim. Part One provides an overview of planning for poverty reduction, and evidence on the extent and causes of poverty. Part Two examines participatory approaches to development planning. Part Three assesses macro-economic strategies and programmes for poverty reduction. Part Four concludes with a microeconomic analysis of the distribution of benefits from investment projects.

Environmental and Low Temperature Geochemistry, 2nd Edition (Paperback, 2nd Edition): P. Ryan Environmental and Low Temperature Geochemistry, 2nd Edition (Paperback, 2nd Edition)
P. Ryan
R2,190 R1,783 Discovery Miles 17 830 Save R407 (19%) Ships in 7 - 13 working days

Environmental and Low-Temperature Geochemistry presents conceptual and quantitative principles of geochemistry in order to foster understanding of natural processes at and near the earth's surface, as well as anthropogenic impacts and remediation strategies. It provides the reader with principles that allow prediction of concentration, speciation, mobility and reactivity of elements and compounds in soils, waters, sediments and air, drawing attention to both thermodynamic and kinetic controls. The scope includes atmosphere, terrestrial waters, marine waters, soils, sediments and rocks in the shallow crust; the temporal scale is present to Precambrian, and the spatial scale is nanometers to local, regional and global. This second edition of Environmental and Low-Temperature Geochemistry provides the most up-to-date status of the carbon cycle and global warming, including carbon sources, sinks, fluxes and consequences, as well as emerging evidence for (and effects of) ocean acidification. Understanding environmental problems like this requires knowledge based in fundamental principles of equilibrium, kinetics, basic laws of chemistry and physics, empirical evidence, examples from the geological record, and identification of system fluxes and reservoirs that allow us to conceptualize and understand. This edition aims to do that with clear explanations of fundamental principles of geochemistry as well as information and approaches that provide the student or researcher with knowledge to address pressing questions in environmental and geological sciences. New content in this edition includes: Focus Boxes - one every two or three pages - providing case study examples (e.g. methyl isocyanate in Bhopal, origins and health effects of asbestiform minerals), concise explanations of fundamental concepts (e.g. balancing chemical equations, isotopic fractionation, using the Keq to predict reactivity), and useful information (e.g. units of concentration, titrating to determine alkalinity, measuring redox potential of natural waters); Sections on emerging contaminants for which knowledge is rapidly increasing (e.g. perfluorinated compounds, pharmaceuticals and other domestic and industrial chemicals); Greater attention to interrelationships of inorganic, organic and biotic phases and processes; Descriptions, theoretical frameworks and examples of emerging methodologies in geochemistry research, e.g. clumped C-O isotopes to assess seawater temperature over geological time, metal stable isotopes to assess source and transport processes, X-ray absorption spectroscopy to study oxidation state and valence configuration of atoms and molecules; Additional end-of-chapter problems, including more quantitatively based questions. Two detailed case studies that examine fate and transport of organic contaminants (VOCs, PFCs), with data and interpretations presented separately. These examples consider the chemical and mineralogical composition of rocks, soils and waters in the affected system; microbial influence on the decomposition of organic compounds; the effect of reduction-oxidation on transport of Fe, As and Mn; stable isotopes and synthetic compounds as tracers of flow; geological factors that influence flow; and implications for remediation. The interdisciplinary approach and range of topics - including environmental contamination of air, water and soil as well as the processes that affect both natural and anthropogenic systems - make it well-suited for environmental geochemistry courses at universities as well as liberal arts colleges.

Cradle of the Middle Class - The Family in Oneida County, New York, 1790-1865 (Paperback, New Ed): Mary P. Ryan Cradle of the Middle Class - The Family in Oneida County, New York, 1790-1865 (Paperback, New Ed)
Mary P. Ryan
R973 Discovery Miles 9 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Winner of the 1981 Bancroft Prize. Focusing primarily on the middle class, this study delineates the social, intellectual and psychological transformation of the American family from 1780-1865. Examines the emergence of the privatized middle-class family with its sharp division of male and female roles.

The Sea of Stars (Paperback): Frank P. Ryan The Sea of Stars (Paperback)
Frank P. Ryan
R358 Discovery Miles 3 580 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Working from the Heart - A Therapist's Guide to Heart-Centered Psychotherapy (Hardcover): William P. Ryan Working from the Heart - A Therapist's Guide to Heart-Centered Psychotherapy (Hardcover)
William P. Ryan
R3,212 Discovery Miles 32 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

When therapists work in a heart-centered way, they feel freer to be both professionals and loving human beings. Working from the Heart advocates for a deeper understanding that the therapist's expressions of non-sexual, non-romantic love are a core ingredient in effective psychotherapy. Each chapter in Working from the Heart focuses from a heart-centered perspective on a particular aspect of therapeutic work that has been insufficiently addressed in traditional training and supervision. Chapter topics include: removing patients' psychological blocks to receiving love; enabling patients to access their Higher Selves to solve complex life dilemmas; how to slog through professional and personal conflicts about touch in order to discern in what situations and with which patients gentle touch is the right therapeutic action; why a heart-centered approach is so important for male patients; how therapists can engage their "Big Hearts," aspects of their Higher Selves, during sessions; and how to create sanctuary for patients and therapists alike. Working from the Heart addresses these issues in an informal style in order to make the book more accessible to wider spectrum of readers. Ryan is sharing his ideas, gleaned from thirty-five years of experience, and inviting a conversation. For more information, please visit http: //www.williampryan.com/.

Mysteries of Sex - Tracing Women and Men through American History (Paperback, New edition): Mary P. Ryan Mysteries of Sex - Tracing Women and Men through American History (Paperback, New edition)
Mary P. Ryan
R1,278 Discovery Miles 12 780 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In a sweeping synthesis of American history, Mary Ryan demonstrates how the meaning of male and female has evolved, changed, and varied over a span of 500 years and across major social and ethnic boundaries. She traces how, at select moments in history, perceptions of sex difference were translated into complex and mutable patterns for differentiating women and men. How those distinctions were drawn and redrawn affected the course of American history more generally.

Ryan recounts the construction of a modern gender regime that sharply divided male from female and created modes of exclusion and inequity. The divide between male and female blurred in the twentieth century, as women entered the public domain, massed in the labor force, and revolutionized private life. This transformation in gender history serves as a backdrop for seven chronological chapters, each of which presents a different problem in American history as a quandary of sex. Ryan's bold analysis raises the possibility that perhaps, if understood in their variety and mutability, the differences of sex might lose the sting of inequality.

Environmental and Low Temperature Geochemistry (Paperback): P. Ryan Environmental and Low Temperature Geochemistry (Paperback)
P. Ryan
R1,476 R1,225 Discovery Miles 12 250 Save R251 (17%) Ships in 7 - 13 working days

Environmental and Low-Temperature Geochemistry presents conceptual and quantitative principles of geochemistry in order to foster understanding of natural processes at and near the earth s surface, as well as anthropogenic impacts on the natural environment. It provides the reader with the essentials of concentration, speciation and reactivity of elements in soils, waters, sediments and air, drawing attention to both thermodynamic and kinetic controls. Specific features include: An introductory chapter that reviews basic chemical principles applied to environmental and low-temperature geochemistry Explanation and analysis of the importance of minerals in the environment Principles of aqueous geochemistry Organic compounds in the environment The role of microbes in processes such as biomineralization, elemental speciation and reduction-oxidation reactions Thorough coverage of the fundamentals of important geochemical cycles (C, N, P, S) Atmospheric chemistry Soil geochemistry The roles of stable isotopes in environmental analysis Radioactive and radiogenic isotopes as environmental tracers and environmental contaminants Principles and examples of instrumental analysis in environmental geochemistry The text concludes with a case study of surface water and groundwater contamination that includes interactions and reactions of naturally-derived inorganic substances and introduced organic compounds (fuels and solvents), and illustrates the importance of interdisciplinary analysis in environmental geochemistry. Readership: Advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying environmental/low T geochemistry as part of an earth science, environmental science or related program. Additional resources for this book can be found at: www.wiley.com/go/ryan/geochemistry.

Homogeneous Relativistic Cosmologies (Paperback): Michael P. Ryan, Lawrence C. Shepley Homogeneous Relativistic Cosmologies (Paperback)
Michael P. Ryan, Lawrence C. Shepley
R1,376 Discovery Miles 13 760 Ships in 7 - 13 working days

Addressing a variety of theoretical cosmological problems, and emphasizing a mathematical approach, this volume nicely complements Peebles' Physical Cosmology (Princeton Series in Physics, 1971). Ryan and Shepley have concentrated on the structure of models of the universe. By using a modern terminology that emphasizes the operator nature of vectors and tensors, as opposed to their components in a particular coordinate system, the authors develop modern tensor analysis to the point where it can be applied to general relativistic cosmology. They then use it to describe homogeneous cosmologies in considerable detail. Both students and researchers are likely to find these techniques especially useful. Among their subjects are: spaces with groups of motions; singularities; Taub-NUT-Misner space; Bianchitype models; Hamiltonian cosmology; and perturbations in anisotropic models. A brief section on observations is also included, as is a complete bibliography. A final section presents graded exercises that underscore the potential yet unrealized in this area of study. Originally published in 1975. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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