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T. Ziegler: A Chronicle About the Development of Electronic
Structure Theories for Transition Metal Complexes.- J. Linderberg:
Orbital Models and Electronic Structure Theory.- J.S. and J.E.
Avery: Sturmians and Generalized Sturmians in Quantum Theory.- B.T
Sutcliffe: Chemistry as a "Manifestation of Quantum Phenomena" and
the Born-Oppenheimer Approximation?- A.J. McCaffery: From Ligand
Field Theory to Molecular Collision Dynamics: A Common Thread of
Angular Momentum.- M. Atanasov, D. Ganyushin, K. Sivalingam and F.
Neese: A Modern First-Principles View on Ligand Field Theory
Through the Eyes of Correlated Multireference Wavefunctions.- R.S.
Berry and B.M. Smirnov: The Phase Rule: Beyond Myopia to
Understanding.
J.P. Dahl: Carl Johan Ballhausen (1926-2010).- J.R. Winkler and
H.B. Gray: Electronic Structures of Oxo-Metal Ions.- C.D. Flint:
Early Days in Kemisk Laboratorium IV and Later Studies.- J.H.
Palmer: Transition Metal Corrole Coordination Chemistry. A Review
Focusing on Electronic Structural Studies.- W.C. Trogler: Chemical
Sensing with Semiconducting Metal Phthalocyanines.- K.M. Lancaster:
Biological Outer-Sphere Coordination.- R.K. Hocking and E.I.
Solomon: Ligand Field and Molecular Orbital Theories of Transition
Metal X-ray Absorption Edge Transitions.- K.B. Moller and N.E.
Henriksen: Time-resolved X-ray diffraction: The dynamics of the
chemical bond.
Research on the interactions of plants and phytopathogenic fungi has become one of the most interesting and rapidly moving fields in the plant sciences, the findings of which have contributed tremendously to the development of new strategies of plant protection. This book offers insight into the state of present knowledge. Special emphasis is placed on recognition phenomena between plants and fungi, parasitization strategies employed by the phytopathogenic fungi, the action of phytotoxins, the compatibility of pathogens with host plants and the basic resistance of non-host plants as well as cultivar-specific resistance of host plants. Special attention is paid to the gene-for-gene hypothesis for the determination of race-specific resistance, its molecular models and to the nature of race non-specific resistance as well as the population dynamics of plants and the evolution of their basic resistance.
This book provides a comprehensive selection of Michael Faraday's
writings, taken from all aspects of his life, intimate and public.
It is designed to show the relationships between his many
activities, especially with the Royal Institution, for whose
bicentenary this collection is published.
Around the world, citizens in local communities are utilising ICTs
to underpin the creation of a participatory and democratic vision
of the network society. Embedded in the richness and diversity of
community practice, a vision of a 'civil network society' is
emerging. A society where ICTs are harnessed as tools to improve
the quality of life and reflect the diversity of social networks;
where people are viewed as citizens, not just as consumers, and
where heterogeneity is perceived as a strength rather than a
weakness.
Community Practice in the Network Society looks at the broad
context in which this is happening, presents case studies of local
projects from around the world, and discusses community ICT
research methodologies. Not only does it highlight the symbiotic
relationship between community ICT practice and research, but it
also provides evidence supporting the case for the development of
more inclusive and participatory pathways to the network society.
Around the world, citizens in local communities are utilising ICTs
to underpin the creation of a participatory and democratic vision
of the network society. Embedded in the richness and diversity of
community practice, a vision of a 'civil network society' is
emerging. A society where ICTs are harnessed as tools to improve
the quality of life and reflect the diversity of social networks;
where people are viewed as citizens, not just as consumers, and
where heterogeneity is perceived as a strength rather than a
weakness.
Community Practice in the Network Society looks at the broad
context in which this is happening, presents case studies of local
projects from around the world, and discusses community ICT
research methodologies. Not only does it highlight the symbiotic
relationship between community ICT practice and research, but it
also provides evidence supporting the case for the development of
more inclusive and participatory pathways to the network society.
Contrary to Jesus' wish that his followers "may all be one",
Christianity has become, over time, ever more schismatic. This
concise, one-volume dictionary provides information on over a
thousand significant denominations and movements, ranging from the
mainstream historical churches, for example Roman Catholic and
Orthodox, to heretical sects that flourished briefly in the third
or fourth centuries to groups that sprang up around charismatic
leaders in the 19th and 20th centuries.;Alternative names are given
at the end of entries and are cross-referenced in an appendix. Such
groups include the delightfully named 'Body-felt Salvation Church'
in the Torres Strait Islands, with 300 members, and the 'Old
Catholic Orthodox Church,' founded in London by (and apparently
for) the Most Reverend James Bartholomew Banks, "known to his
friends as "Piggy" on account of the happy conjunction of his vast
inherited wealth and his surname". The author approaches what might
in other hands be a dull catalogue with considerable zest and
enjoyment, and the result is a mine of good stories and useful
information.
Traditionally, magnetic materials have been metals or, if inorganic
compounds such as oxides, of continuous lattice type. However, in
recent years chemists have synthesized increasing numbers of
crystalline solids based on molecular building blocks in the form
of coordination and organometallic complexes or purely organic
molecules, which exhibit spontaneous magnetization. In striking
contrast to conventional magnets, these materials are made from
solutions close to room temperature rather than by metallurgical or
ceramic methods. This book, which originates from contributions to
a Discussion Meeting of The Royal Society of London, brings
together many of the leading international practitioners in the
field, who survey their own recent work and place it in the context
of the wider fields of magnetism and supramolecular chemistry. All
aspects of molecular-based magnets are addressed, including
synthesis, structure-property relations and physical properties.
Contents include details of the characterization of the first
purely organic ferromagnet, the synthesis of high coercivity
materials and a unique description of new materials with Curie
temperatures well above ambient. A coherent survey of this rapidly
developing field for the more general reader, Metal-Organic and
Organic Molecular Magnets will also be welcomed by researchers and
lecturers in materials science and inorganic or solid state
chemistry.
Michael Faraday has a good case to be crowned as the greatest
experimental scientist who ever lived. His discoveries in
electrochemistry, electromagnetism, dia-and para-magnetism and
above all the unification of the forces of nature, continue to
provide the backdrop against which the physical sciences operate at
the end of the 20th century. Yet his contribution was more than
simply scientific discovery. He was a fervent advocate of better
understanding of science by the population at large, an
inspirational lecturer on science to young people, advisor to
governments and, perhaps most importantly, a deeply moral and
spiritual man, whose life was founded on strongly held beliefs
about man, society and religion. This book brings together for the
first time a comprehensive selection of his writings, taken from
all aspects of his life, intimate and public. They show the
relationships between his many activities, especially with the
Royal Institution, for whose bicentenary this collection is
published.
T. Ziegler: A Chronicle About the Development of Electronic
Structure Theories for Transition Metal Complexes.- J. Linderberg:
Orbital Models and Electronic Structure Theory.- J.S. and J.E.
Avery: Sturmians and Generalized Sturmians in Quantum Theory.- B.T
Sutcliffe: Chemistry as a "Manifestation of Quantum Phenomena" and
the Born-Oppenheimer Approximation?- A.J. McCaffery: From Ligand
Field Theory to Molecular Collision Dynamics: A Common Thread of
Angular Momentum.- M. Atanasov, D. Ganyushin, K. Sivalingam and F.
Neese: A Modern First-Principles View on Ligand Field Theory
Through the Eyes of Correlated Multireference Wavefunctions.- R.S.
Berry and B.M. Smirnov: The Phase Rule: Beyond Myopia to
Understanding.
J.P. Dahl: Carl Johan Ballhausen (1926-2010).- J.R. Winkler and
H.B. Gray: Electronic Structures of Oxo-Metal Ions.- C.D. Flint:
Early Days in Kemisk Laboratorium IV and Later Studies.- J.H.
Palmer: Transition Metal Corrole Coordination Chemistry. A Review
Focusing on Electronic Structural Studies.- W.C. Trogler: Chemical
Sensing with Semiconducting Metal Phthalocyanines.- K.M. Lancaster:
Biological Outer-Sphere Coordination.- R.K. Hocking and E.I.
Solomon: Ligand Field and Molecular Orbital Theories of Transition
Metal X-ray Absorption Edge Transitions.- K.B. Moller and N.E.
Henriksen: Time-resolved X-ray diffraction: The dynamics of the
chemical bond.
Research on the interactions of plants and phytopathogenic fungi
has become one of the most interesting and rapidly moving fields in
the plant sciences, the findings of which have contributed
tremendously to the development of new strategies of plant
protection. This book offers insight into the state of present
knowledge. Special emphasis is placed on recognition phenomena
between plants and fungi, parasitization strategies employed by the
phytopathogenic fungi, the action of phytotoxins, the compatibility
of pathogens with host plants and the basic resistance of non-host
plants as well as cultivar-specific resistance of host plants.
Special attention is paid to the gene-for-gene hypothesis for the
determination of race-specific resistance, its molecular models and
to the nature of race non-specific resistance as well as the
population dynamics of plants and the evolution of their basic
resistance.
Clinical Problem Solving in Orthodontics and Paediatric Dentistry,
third edition, provides a unique step-by-step guide to differential
diagnosis and treatment planning. The popular 'Clinical Case'
format helps readers combine different dental procedures into a
rational plan of treatment for patients who may have several dental
problems requiring attention. This is a third edition of a hugely
successful practical resource in orthodontics and paediatric
dentistry which is ideal for undergraduate dental students and
postgraduates preparing for the MJDF and similar exams. Useful
'Clinical Case' format promotes a logical approach to problem
solving through history taking, clinical examination and diagnosis
Contains approximately 350 photographs, 50 line artworks and 40
tables Provides two different approaches to the Clinical Cases -
some topics include scenarios with questions and answers; others
include differential diagnosis with a focus on how to plan and
manage treatment effectively 'Key-point' boxes systematically
emphasise core knowledge, assessment and treatment approaches
Useful Mind Maps (R) provide a focused framework for learning and
revision Thoroughly updated text with over 140 new clinical images
New orthodontic sections covering classification and definitions,
referral guide, implications of some medical problems, together
with further information on CBCT and TADs, protraction facemask
treatment, management of non-nutritive sucking habits, and retainer
types and problems. New authorship to paediatric dentistry section
provides comprehensive text revision New paediatric dentistry
Clinical Cases address behavioural problems in the child and
adolescent, the treatment of children with learning difficulties
and physical disability, as well as providing coverage of common
medical problems in children and assessment of dental trauma
Updated reading lists include Cochrane reviews
Science and technology are the most potent influences driving the
modern world. Most science is done in laboratories but, apart from
a generalized image of an anonymous building populated by
white-coated figures, few people outside the sciences have any idea
how such places come into existence or how they work. This memoir
approaches both issues from the author's personal experience. Peter
Day's career took him to many countries and laboratories, including
the Royal Institution in London, arguably the oldest continuously
operating laboratory in the world - and, of course, much else
besides. He looks at a selection of these places through the eyes
of an 'incomer', trying to understand how they came into being and
what makes them tick. He was the first member of his family to go
to university and introductory chapters sketch his early life in a
small Kentish village and tortuous route into science, along with
vignettes of Oxford 50 years ago, a long-lost world. Laboratories,
like most other human constructs, are brought into being through
the ambition and hubris of individuals, kept going by intellect and
sharp elbows, and sometimes brought low by blind egoism. This book
shares examples of all these traits of humanity, observed, if not
by an outsider then certainly by an incomer. Peter Day is an
internationally recognised materials chemist who has received
numerous honorary Fellowships, degrees and Academy memberships.
From a small village in Kent, his career took him to Oxford and
industrial research laboratories in the USA, followed by
Directorship of a European institute in France and the Royal
Institution in London. As well as many technical papers he has
published books and articles about the practise of science, people
who carry it out and organisations where it is done.
Michael Faraday's social origins, his thought processes, his
methods of experimentation, and his religion have all been subjects
of exhaustive analysis by historians and philosophers of science.
One aspect of his work, which provides unique insight into his
career path and the way in which his mind worked, has not received
much emphasis outside the realm of academic professionals: namely,
his writing. The Philosopher's Tree: Michael Faraday's Life and
Work in His Own Words is an illustrated anthology of Faraday's
writings compiled with commentary by Professor Peter Day, the
director of the Royal Institution of Great Britain.
From when he was a teenage apprentice bookbinder until his final
resignation from the Royal Institution due to failing memory,
Faraday wrote voluminously and his output took many forms. Apart
from letters, Faraday kept journals (both scientific and personal);
as a practicing scientist, he wrote articles in learned journals;
as an adviser to the government and to many other agencies, he
wrote reports; and as a supremely successful communicator
(especially to young people), he left lecture notes and
transcripts. All of these writings add life, color, and depth of
focus to the stereotypical scientific colossus. Although Faraday's
life was largely lived within what might appear to be very narrow
geographical confines (just a few miles around 21 Albemarle Street
in London's West End), his professional, social, and family
relationships were extensive and diverse, and his responses to them
equally complex. Through all the forms of expression that his
multifaceted career required of him, one fact shines clearly: not
only is Faraday one of the world greatest scientists, he showed
enviable quality as a writer.
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