A heart churning story of a billionaire, Frank, who faces certain death unless he receives a heart from a lovely doctor, Erin. Frank brings the pressure of his power and charm to bear on Erin, whose Heart Clinic is dying a financial death. Frank receives his heart under mysterious circumstances, as Erin's lover dies in an accident. Suffering the depravations of heart transplant, invasive procedures and toxic drugs, Frank dedicates his resources to improve medical science. Frank's research staff consists of supremely intelligent descendants of the Anasazi who protect the radical research from regulation within a "sovereign nation." Frank defies bureaucratic regulators, and advances the art of healing. The austere grandeur of a desert southwest setting, simmering romance, irreverent humor, ancient civilizations and mind blowing archeological discoveries, the book covers a lot of ground. The author received a heart transplant; this novel is full of his insight and hope.

Density Functional Theory (DFT) is a quantum mechanical modelling method, used in physics and chemistry to investigate the electronic structure (principally the ground state) of many-body systems, in particular atoms, molecules, and the condensed phases. This book provides current research in the study of the principles, applications and analysis of Density Functional Theory (DFT). Topics discussed include density functional treatment of interactions and chemical reactions at interfaces; applications of DFT calculations to lithium carbenoids and magnesium carbenoids; thermoelectric properties of low-dimensional materials by DFT; using DFT computations on the radical scavenging activity studies of natural phenolic compounds; polarisability of C60/C70 fullerene [2+1]- and [1+1]-adducts; DFT application to the calculation of properties of di- and trimethylnaphthalenes; transport calculations of organic materials; the evolution of DFT; the capabilities of DFT for materials design of alloys; and the fundamentals of energy density functionality in nuclear physics.