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How Children Think and Learn, eTextbook
David Wood
This is the second edition of a textbook that has met with enthusiastic acclaim since its publication in 1988. It explores in detail theories and discussions of how children think and learn. It also looks at the practical implications of...
The Handbook of Hispanic Sociolinguistics
Manuel Diaz-Campos
This Handbook provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of theoretical and descriptive research in contemporary Hispanic sociolinguistics. Offers the first authoritative collection exploring research strands in the emerging and...
The Blackwell Companion to Religion and Violence
Andrew Murphy R.
The timely Blackwell Companion to Religion and Violence brings together an international, interdisciplinary group of scholars who provide a coherent state of the art overview of the complex relationships between religion and violence. This...
The Blackwell Companion to Paul
Stephen Westerholm
The Blackwell Companion to Paul presents a distinctive dual focus approach that encompasses both the historical Paul and the history of Paul's influence. In doing so, expert contributors successfully address the interests of students of early...
An Introduction to Zoo Biology and Management
Paul Rees A.
This book is intended as an introductory text for students studying a wide range of courses concerned with animal management, zoo biology and wildlife conservation, and should also be useful to zookeepers and other zoo professionals. It is...
An Introduction to Forensic Geoscience
Elisa Bergslien
An Introduction to Forensic Geoscience provides fundamental training in geoscience as developed through the lens of its forensic applications. It incorporates a range of topics including geophysical methods of grave detection, the mineralogy of...
Chemical Sensors and Biosensors for Medical and Biological Applications
Ursula Spichiger-Keller E.
This book introduces the principles and concepts of chemical and biochemical sensors for analyzing medical as well as biological samples. For applications like analyzing or monitoring gastric juice or blood plasma, the potential of sensors is...
Electron Cyclotron Heating of Plasmas
Gareth Guest
Authored by a highly regarded plasma scientist, this book fills the gap for a topical reference and source with a professional audience in mind. While the use of this critical method at the international fusion reactor, ITER, is covered in...
Coherent States in Quantum Physics
Jean-pierre Gazeau
This self-contained introduction discusses the evolution of the notion of coherent states, from the early works of Schrodinger to the most recent advances, including signal analysis. An integrated and modern approach to the utility of coherent...
Principles and Practice of Mixtures Toxicology
Moiz Mumtaz
This first comprehensive treatment of the subject for more than a decade includes the latest research on nanoparticle toxicology. The practical handbook addresses all areas where toxic mixtures are encountered, from environmental via...
Reviews of Nonlinear Dynamics and Complexity, Volume 3
Heinz Schuster Georg
Written in a style that breaks the barriers between the disciplines, this monograph enables researchers from life science, physics, engineering, or chemistry to access the most recent results in a common language. The resulting review character...
Amino Acids, Peptides and Proteins in Organic Chemistry, Protection Reactions, Medicinal Chemistry, Combinatorial Synthesis
Andrew Hughes B.
This is the fourth of five books in the Amino Acids, Peptides and Proteins in Organic Synthesis series. Closing a gap in the literature, this is the only series to cover this important topic in organic and biochemistry. Drawing upon the combined...
Amino Acids, Peptides and Proteins in Organic Chemistry, Analysis and Function of Amino Acids and Peptides
Andrew Hughes B.
This is the last of five books in the Amino Acids, Peptides and Proteins in Organic Synthesis series. Closing a gap in the literature, this is the only series to cover this important topic in organic and biochemistry. Drawing upon the combined...
Advances in Speckle Metrology and Related Techniques
Guillermo Kaufmann H.
Speckle metrology includes various optical techniques that are based on the speckle fields generated by reflection from a rough surface or by transmission through a rough diffuser. These techniques have proven to be very useful in testing...
Quantum Optics in Phase Space
Wolfgang Schleich P.
Quantum Optics in Phase Space provides a concise introduction to the rapidly moving field of quantum optics from the point of view of phase space. Modern in style and didactically skillful, Quantum Optics in Phase Space prepares students for...
A Plasma Formulary for Physics, Technology and Astrophysics
Declan Diver
Plasma physics has matured rapidly as a discipline, and now touches on many different research areas, including manufacturing processes. This collection of fundamental formulae and definitions in plasma physics is vital to anyone with an...
The Method of Normal Forms
Ali Nayfeh H.
In this introductory treatment Ali Nayfeh presents different concepts from dynamical systems theory and nonlinear dynamics in a rigorous yet plan way. He systematically introduces models and techniques and states the relevant ranges of validity...
Genome Organization And Function In The Cell Nucleus
Karsten Rippe
By way of its clear and logical structure, as well as abundant highresolution illustrations, this is a systematic survey of the players and pathways that control genome function in the mammalian cell nucleus. As such, this handbook and reference...
Metal-Fluorocarbon Based Energetic Materials
Ernst-Christian Koch
This exciting new book details all aspects of a major class of pyrolants and elucidates the progress that has been made in the field, covering both the chemistry and applications of these coompounds. Written by a pre-eminent authority on the...
The Photophysics behind Photovoltaics and Photonics
Guglielmo Lanzani
From a leading researcher in optical spectroscopy and electronic properties of novel semiconductors comes this much-needed toolbox title to understand the concepts behind the spectroscopy of advanced organic materials and how they work. The book...
New Strategies in Chemical Synthesis and Catalysis
Bruno Pignataro
This volume represents one of the two edited by inviting a selection of young researchers participating to the European Young Chemist Award 2010. The other volume concerns the area of Nanotechnology/Material Science and is titled: Molecules at...
Fehlerfrei durch die ICP Emissionsspektrometrie
Joachim N?lte
Das bewahrte Konzept der Fallstricke – jetzt auch fur ICP! Eingangige, hervorragend durchdachte Kombinationen von Bildmaterial und knappen, aber aussagekraftigen Texten vermitteln die gewunschte Losung ohne Umwege.
Encyclopedia of Nuclear Physics and its Applications
Reinhard Stock
This book fills the need for a coherent work combining carefully reviewed articles into a comprehensive overview accessible to research groups and lecturers. Next to fundamental physics, contributions on topical medical and material science...
Biomimetic Approaches for Biomaterials Development
Joao Mano F.
Biomimetics, in general terms, aims at understanding biological principles and applying them for the development of man-made tools and technologies. This approach is particularly important for the purposeful design of passive as well as...
A Practical Guide to Optical Metrology for Thin Films
Michael Quinten
A one-stop, concise guide on determining and measuring thin film thickness by optical methods. This practical book covers the laws of electromagnetic radiation and interaction of light with matter, as well as the theory and practice of thickness...
Nonrelativistic Quantum X-Ray Physics
Stefan Hau-Riege P.
Providing a solid theoretical background in photon-matter interaction, Nonrelativistic Quantum X-Ray Physics enables readers to understand experiments performed at XFEL-facilities and x-ray synchrotrons. As a result, after reading this book,...
The Physics and Engineering of Compact Quantum Dot-based Lasers for Biophotonics
Edik Rafailov U.
Written by a team of European experts in the field, this book addresses the physics, the principles, the engineering methods, and the latest developments of efficient and compact ultrafast lasers based on novel quantum-dot structures and...
Chemie f?r Einsteiger und Durchsteiger
Thomas Wurm
Kompakt und 'verdammt clever' auf den Punkt gebracht – vermittelt dieses Einsteiger-Buch das unverzichtbare chemische Grundwissen fur 'Chemie-Nebenfachler'. Die Studenten konnen sowohl Studenten der Lebenswissenschaften (Medizin, Biologie) als...
Is the EU Doomed?
Jan Zielonka
The European Union is in crisis. Crippled by economic problems, political brinkmanship, and institutional rigidity, the EU faces an increasingly uncertain future. In this compelling essay, leading scholar of European politics, Jan Zielonka...
Cyber Policy in China
Greg Austin
Few doubt that China wants to be a major economic and military power on the world stage. To achieve this ambitious goal, however, the PRC leadership knows that China must first become an advanced information-based society. But does China have...
Physics of Solar Energy
C. Chen Julian
The definitive guide to the science of solar energy You hold in your hands the first, and only, truly comprehensive guide to the most abundant and most promising source of alternative energy—solar power. In recent years, all major countries in...
Horticultural Reviews, Volume 39
Jules Janick
Horticultural Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on topics in horticultural science and technology covering both basic and applied research. Topics covered include the horticulture of fruits, vegetables, nut crops, and ornamentals. These...
Progress in Inorganic Chemistry
Kenneth Karlin D.
This series provides inorganic chemists and materials scientists with a forum for critical, authoritative evaluations of advances in every area of the discipline. Volume 57 continues to report recent advances with a significant, up-to-date...
Essential Computational Fluid Dynamics
Oleg Zikanov
This book serves as a complete and self-contained introduction to the principles of Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) analysis. It is deliberately short (at approximately 300 pages) and can be used as a text for the first part of the course of...
Advances in Water Desalination
Noam Lior
Desalination is a dynamically growing field with more research, more engineering, more applications, more countries, more people, and with more training programs. This book provides high quality invited reviews on progress in various aspects of...
Horticultural Reviews, Volume 40
Jules Janick
Horticultural Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on topics in horticultural science and technology covering both basic and applied research. Topics covered include the horticulture of fruits, vegetables, nut crops, and ornamentals. These...
The Toxicology of Methanol
John Clary J.
The Toxicology of Methanol presents a single source of information and an understanding of the toxicity of methanol from animal data, potential environmental effects as well as human effects. The animal data, which goes to making up the majority...
The Magic of Ceramics
David Richerson W.
Most people would be surprised at how ceramics are used, from creating cellular phones, radio, television, and lasers to its role in medicine for cancer treatments and restoring hearing. The Magic of Ceramics introduces the nontechnical reader...
Mobile Video with Mobile IPv6
Daniel Minoli
Increased reliance on mobile devices and streaming of video content are two of the most recent changes that have led those in the video distribution industry to be concerned about the shifting or erosion of traditional advertising revenues....
Molecular Markers in Plants
Robert Henry J.
Molecular Markers in Plants surveys an array of technologies used in the molecular analysis of plants. The role molecular markers play in plant improvement has grown significantly as DNA sequencing and high-throughput technologies have matured....
Galatians Through the Centuries
John Riches
This commentary on Paul’s highly autobiographical letter to the Galations traces the history of the book’s reception through the ages. Explores the influence and history of this important New Testament book Demonstrates the crucial role that...
Intelligent Video Surveillance Systems
Jean-Yves Dufour
Belonging to the wider academic field of computer vision, video analytics has aroused a phenomenal surge of interest since the current millennium. Video analytics is intended to solve the problem of the incapability of exploiting video streams...
Dictionary of Scientific Principles
Stephen Marvin
Dictionary of Scientific Principles presents a unique and timeless collection of (almost) all known rules or laws commonly called principles, identified throughout the history of scientific development, their definition, and use. Exploring a...
Practical Applications in Engineering
Jean-Michel Tanguy
This series of five volumes proposes an integrated description of physical processes modeling used by scientific disciplines from meteorology to coastal morphodynamics. Volume 1 describes the physical processes and identifies the main...
Chemical Sensors and Biosensors
Rene Lalauze
Technological needs for chemical, ionic and biological species detection are giving rise to continuous research and development in physico-chemistry and biology. The constant progress being made in the theoretical and technological aspects...
Geographical Information and Climatology
Pierre Carrega
This book includes two parts. The first part is more theoretical and general, and it covers fundamental principles: geospatial climate data measurement; spatial analysis, mapping and climate; geographical information, remote sensing and...
Photon-based Medical Imagery
Herv? Fanet
This book describes the different principles and equipments used in medical imaging. Importance of medical imaging for diagnostic is strongly increasing and it is now necessary to have a good knowledge of the different physical possible...
Control of Synchronous Motors
Jean-Paul Louis
Synchronous motors are indubitably the most effective device to drive industrial production systems and robots with precision and rapidity. Their control law is thus critical for combining at the same time high productivity to reduced energy...
Fundamentals of Software Testing
Bernard Hom?s
The testing market is growing at a fast pace and ISTQB certifications are being increasingly requested, with more than 180,000 persons currently certified throughout the world. The ISTQB Foundations level syllabus was updated in 2011, and this...
Mechanics of Unsaturated Geomaterials
Lyesse Laloui
This book provides a sound basis in the challenging area of the mechanics of unsaturated geomaterials. The objective is to supply the reader with an exhaustive overview starting from the basics and covering the most recent theories and...
