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First published in 1954, this reissue deals with the problem of
international tensions arising from demographic and fertility
differences, with special reference to such heavily populated Asian
countries as China, Japan and India.
First published in 1972, this reissue deals with the crucial issue
of population explosion, one of the most crucial problems facing
the contemporary developing world. Written by a world-renowned
demographer and family planning specialist, the book deals
specifically with the Indian experience. Reviewing population
change in India over the last century, Professor Chandrasekhar
focuses on three key issues: the socioeconomic repercussions of
reduced infant mortality in twentieth-century India; the rapid
population growth from 1871 and its implications on India's efforts
to raise her standard of living; and finally India's valiant
efforts to promote family planning amongst her hundred million
married couples.
Asia's Population Problems (1967) features papers written by
specialists - demographers, economists and sociologists - examining
the various population issues facing different Asian countries in
the decades following the Second World War. Population facts and
policies, apart from affecting an individual's happiness and
security and a nation's economic and social advancement, have come
to play an important role in international relations. A proper
understanding of demographic trends is key, and this volume aims to
supply significant population facts and figures, and also provides
the general national, economic and political framework of each
country against which certain international demographic attitudes,
approaches and policies may be understood.
First published in 1972, this reissue deals with the crucial issue
of population explosion, one of the most crucial problems facing
the contemporary developing world. Written by a world-renowned
demographer and family planning specialist, the book deals
specifically with the Indian experience. Reviewing population
change in India over the last century, Professor Chandrasekhar
focuses on three key issues: the socioeconomic repercussions of
reduced infant mortality in twentieth-century India; the rapid
population growth from 1871 and its implications on India's efforts
to raise her standard of living; and finally India's valiant
efforts to promote family planning amongst her hundred million
married couples.
First published in 1954, this reissue deals with the problem of
international tensions arising from demographic and fertility
differences, with special reference to such heavily populated Asian
countries as China, Japan and India.
"I say that this is a dirty, filthy book, and the test of it is
that no human being would allow that book on his table, no decently
educated English husband would allow even his wife to have it...."
Such was the uncompromising pronouncement of Sir Hardinge Gifford,
Her Majesty's Solicitor General, who in 1877 prosecuted Charles
Bradlaugh and Annie Besant for publishing Dr. Charles Knowlton's
Fruits of Philosophy.
Knowlton's work was the first American medical handbook on
contraception. It had become an incredibly popular book among
Britons who believed the neo-Malthusian dictum that the only
solution to poverty in Britain was a limit on the growth of its
population. They saw effective birth control measures as a way to
make such a limit practicable. In 1877, its publisher was hauled
into court and pleaded guilty to printing obscene material.
Bradlaugh and Besant tested the right of official harassment by
bringing out an edition of the Fruits of Philosophy that bore an
introduction explaining their motives. The pair was arrested and
charged with violating the Obscene Publications Act of 1857.
Their arrest, trial, conviction, and eventual acquittal
constitute a landmark in the history of the world birth control
movement. The enormous publicity accorded the principals and their
cause brought the subject of family planning into the homes of
nearly every Briton who read the newspapers' sensational coverage.
What followed thereafter is telling: a dramatic, steady decline in
the English birthrate. By their simple act of publishing Knowlton's
short book, Bradlaugh and Besant helped establish England's
pioneering role in the dissemination, democratization, and
implementation of birth controlinformation.
This volume contains the writings of Charles Knowlton and Annie
Besant on reproductive physiology and birth control and an account
of the Bradlaugh-Besant trial. Included also are two of Besant's
own pamphlets on birth control, and a comprehensive introductory
essay that establishes a context for understanding
neo-Malthusianism and the advocacy of birth control in
nineteenth-century England. One of a small handful of books that
helped stimulate a women's movement in the West, it will interest
sociologists and gender studies specialists as well as the general
reader interested in the history of birth control.
"I say that this is a dirty, filthy book, and the test of it is
that no human being would allow that book on his table, no decently
educated English husband would allow even his wife to have ita."
Such was the uncompromising pronouncement of Sir Hardinge Gifford,
Her Majesty's Solicitor General, who in 1877 prosecuted Charles
Bradlaugh and Annie Besant for publishing Dr. Charles Knowlton's
Fruits of Philosophy.Knowlton's work was the first American medical
handbook on contraception. It had become an incredibly popular book
among Britons who believed the neo-Malthusian dictum that the only
solution to poverty in Britain was a limit on the growth of its
population. They saw effective birth control measures as a way to
make such a limit practicable. In 1877, its publisher was hauled
into court and pleaded guilty to printing obscene material.
Bradlaugh and Besant tested the right of official harassment by
bringing out an edition of the Fruits of Philosophy that bore an
introduction explaining their motives. The pair was arrested and
charged with violating the Obscene Publications Act of 1857.Their
arrest, trial, conviction, and eventual acquittal constitute a
landmark in the history of the world birth control movement. The
enormous publicity accorded the principals and their cause brought
the subject of family planning into the homes of nearly every
Briton who read the newspapers' sensational coverage. What followed
thereafter is telling: a dramatic, steady decline in the English
birthrate. By their simple act of publishing Knowlton's short book,
Bradlaugh and Besant helped establish England's pioneering role in
the dissemination, democratization, and implementation of birth
control information.Sripati Chandrasekhar is an internationally
respected demographer and social scientist. He is a former minister
of health and family planning in India and was vice-chancellor of
Annamalai University in South India. He is the author of numerous
books and articles on population and family planning.
Describes the main aspects of chirality in liquid crystals, and
points out some of the open questions of current research. The
chapters review the highlights of the important topics and
questions.
Objects that differ from their mirror images, such as the left and right hands, play an important role in physics at all lengths scales, from elementary particles to macroscopic systems. The handedness, or chirality, of molecules in liquid crystals has a remarkable influence on the macroscopic physical properties of these systems, including the appearance of new phases. Indeed, the majority of optical applications of liquid crystals is due to chiral structures, namely the thermochromic effect of cholesteric liquid crystals, the optical activity in twisted nematic liquid crystal displays, and the ferroelectric and antiferroelectric switching of smectic liquid crystals.This book describes the main aspects of chirality in liquid crystals, and points out some of the open questions of current research. The chapters, each by an expert in the field, review the highlights of the important topics and representative questions in the field of chiral liquid crystals.
This issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics, Guest Edited by Drs. Darius
Kohan and Sujana S. Chandrasekhar, is devoted to Implantable
Auditory Devices. Articles in this outstanding issue include:
Medical and Audiological Indications for Implantable Auditory
Devices; Limitations of Conventional Hearing Aids;
Non-implantables: Deep Canal Hearing Aids; Physiology of
Osseointegration; Osseointegrated Auditory Devices: Baha and Ponto;
Osseointegrated Auditory Devices: Sophono; Osseointegrated Auditory
Devices: Bonebridge; Ossicle Coupling Active Implantable Auditory
Devices: Magnetic Driven System; Ossicle Coupling Active IAD:
Vibrant Soundbridge; Totally Implantable Auditory Devices;
Electro-acoustic Stimulation; Special Populations in IADs:
Pediatric; Special Populations in IADs: Geriatric; Special
Populations in IADs: Developmentally Challenged; Special
Populations in IADs: Musicians; Implantable Auditory Devices:
Financial Considerations and Office-Based Implantation; and Future
of Implantable Auditory Devices.
Includes Diffraction Of X-Rays By Liquid Elements. Edited By J. W.
Buchta, A. H. Compton, K. T. Compton, K. K. Darrow, E. C. Kemble
And D. L. Webster.
My research is oriented towards investigating carbon sequestration
potential of few important multipurpose tree species through
physiological behavior of plants and biochemical activity at its
seedling stage. To support this finding, carbon isotope
discrimination study was carried out to explore the efficiency of
the selected multipurpose tree species. The trees which were
examined are significant components of Agroforestry and plantation
forestry in the study region.
Includes Diffraction Of X-Rays By Liquid Elements. Edited By J. W.
Buchta, A. H. Compton, K. T. Compton, K. K. Darrow, E. C. Kemble
And D. L. Webster.
This study surveys the level, causes, and course of infant
mortality in India during the last seventy years. Besides this
historical survey, the book examines the implications of high and
low infant mortality on the country's major problems of population
growth and the current population policy designed to reduce the
birth rate through family planning.
Originally published 1972.
A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the
latest in digital technology to make available again books from our
distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These
editions are published unaltered from the original, and are
presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both
historical and cultural value.
This is the third of six volumes collecting significant papers of
the distinguished astrophysicist and Nobel laureate S.
Chandrasekhar. His work is notable for its breadth as well as for
its brilliance; his practice has been to change his focus from time
to time to pursue new areas of research. The result has been a
prolific career full of discoveries and insights, some of which are
only now being fully appreciated.
Chandrasekhar has selected papers that trace the development of his
ideas and that present aspects of his work not fully covered in the
books he has periodically published to summarize his research in
each area.
This volume is divided into four sections. The first, on dynamical
friction and Brownian motion, includes papers written after
Chandrasekhar published his 1942 monograph "Principles of Stellar
Dynamics," Also in this section is "Stochastic Problems in Physics
and Astronomy," one of the most cited papers in the physics
literature, as well as papers written jointly with John von Neumann
that have been given impetus to recent research. As Chandrasekhar
notes, the papers in the second section, on statistical problems in
astronomy, were influenced by Ambartsumian's analysis of brightness
in the Milky Way. A third section on the statistical theory of
turbulence addresses issues still unresolved in fluid dynamics, and
the last section is devoted to hydromagnetic problems in
astrophysics that are not discussed in Chandrasekhar's monographs.
This book is based on two lectures given in Cambridge by Professor
Chandrasckhar to mark the centenary of the birth of Arthur Stanley
Eddington. The text describes Eddington's major contributions to
astrophysics and to general relativity. The approach is not
technical, although it will mainly be of interest to professionals
in astronomy, applied mathematics and the history of modern
astronomy.
This new and greatly revised edition of Professor Chandrasekhar's classic book Liquid Crystals (1977) presents a systematic and self-contained treatment of the physics of the different types of thermotropic liquid crystals--the three classical types, nematic, cholosteric and smectic, composed of rod-shaped molecules, and the newly discovered discotic type composed of disc-shaped molecules. The coverage includes a description of the structures of these four main types and their polymorphic modifications, their thermodynamical, optical and mechanical properties and their behavior under external fields. The basic principles underlying the major applications of liquid crystals in display technology (for example, the twisted and super-twisted nematic devices, the surface stabilized ferroelectric device, etc.) and in thermography are also discussed.
This new and greatly revised edition of Professor Chandrasekhar's classic book Liquid Crystals (1977) presents a systematic and self-contained treatment of the physics of the different types of thermotropic liquid crystals--the three classical types, nematic, cholosteric and smectic, composed of rod-shaped molecules, and the newly discovered discotic type composed of disc-shaped molecules. The coverage includes a description of the structures of these four main types and their polymorphic modifications, their thermodynamical, optical and mechanical properties and their behavior under external fields. The basic principles underlying the major applications of liquid crystals in display technology (for example, the twisted and super-twisted nematic devices, the surface stabilized ferroelectric device, etc.) and in thermography are also discussed.
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Neurotology (Paperback)
Darius Kohan, Selena E. Heman-Ackah, Sujana S. Chandrasekhar
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Discovery Miles 17 360
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This text provides a concise yet comprehensive review of common
neurologic disorders. The pathophysiology, presentation, diagnosis,
and management of these entities is discussed in detail in a clear,
easy to understand format. The focus is on patients presented with
vertigo, disequilibrium, hearing loss, pulsatile and non-pulsatile
tinnitus, facial nerve weakness, and complications of the otitis
media. Vascular tumors and anomalies, trauma to the temporal bone,
Meniere's disease, as well as cerebellopontine lesions such as
vestibular schwannoma and meningioma will be discussed with special
emphasis on clinical applications. The appropriate diagnostic work
up and treatment options as well as controversies will be discussed
in the context of evidence-based medicine and "best practice"
approach. Judicious use of MRI/CT scanning and audio-vestibular
testing relevant for each pathology is discussed in detail.
Appropriate illustrations and tables will summarize algorithms and
protocols for managing these disorders making this text an easy-
to-digest medical resource. A comprehensive reference list is
provided.
Part of the reissued Oxford Classic Texts in the Physical Sciences series, this book was first published in 1983, and has swiftly become one of the great modern classics of relativity theory. It represents a personal testament to the work of the author, who spent several years writing and working-out the entire subject matter. The theory of black holes is the most simple and beautiful consequence of Einstein's relativity theory. At the time of writing there was no physical evidence for the existence of these objects, therefore all that Professor Chandrasekhar used for their construction were modern mathematical concepts of space and time. Since that time a growing body of evidence has pointed to the truth of Professor Chandrasekhar's findings, and the wisdom contained in this book has become fully evident.
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