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Description: An international team of over forty stratigraphic experts have helped to build the most up to date international stratigraphic framework for the Precambrian and Phanerozoic. This successor to A Geolog...
Author: Grant,Edward Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Natural philosophy encompassed all natural phenomena of the physical world. It sought to discover the physical causes of all natural effects and was little concerned with mathematics. By contrast, the...
Author: Duric, Neb Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This book develops the basic underlying physics required for a fuller, richer understanding of the science of astrophysics and the important astronomical phenomena it describes. The cosmos manifests p...
Author: W. J. Samuels, Samuels Publisher: JAI Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This newly discovered correspondence from Clark to Giddings covers the entire period from their first acquaintance in 1886 to Giddings' death in 1931. However, the vast majority of nearly 280 letters ...
Author: Zerbe Publisher: North Holland Format: Adobe PDF
Description: An Introduction to the Law and Economics of Environmental Policy emphasises the importance of institutional design in addressing social problems. Three important issues concerning institutional design...
Author: Jaeger, Mary Publisher: University of Michigan Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: The great mathematician Archimedes, a Sicilian Greek whose machines defended Syracuse against the Romans during the Second Punic War, was killed by a Roman after the city fell, yet it is largely Roman...
Author: Kaxiras, Efthimios Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This text is a modern treatment of the theory of solids. The core of the book deals with the physics of electron and phonon states in crystals and how they determine the structure and properties of th...
Author: Curtis, Lorenzo J. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This book presents a new approach to introductory graduate courses on atomic structure. The author's approach utilizes conceptually powerful semiclassical modeling methods, and demonstrates the degree...
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Description: Bacterial toxins that act inside cells interact very specifically with key components of the cell and some even manipulate the cell in subtle ways for their own purposes. These potent toxins, describe...
Author: Hariharan, P. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Basics of Holography is a general introduction to the subject written by a leading worker in the field. It begins with the theory of holographic imaging, the characteristics of the reconstructed image...
Author: Brown, Louis Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: In 1902, Andrew Carnegie founded the Carnegie Institution of Washington, to support innovative science research. Since its creation two years later, the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism has undert...
Author: Burroughs, William J. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: How did humankind deal with the extreme challenges of the last Ice Age? How have the relatively benign post-Ice Age conditions affected the evolution and spread of humanity across the globe? By setti...
Author: Fox, Rodney O. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This book presents the current state of the art in computational models for turbulent reacting flows, and analyzes carefully the strengths and weaknesses of the various techniques described. The focus...
Author: N/A Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: In Darwinian Heresies, some of today's leading historians and philosophers of science trace the history of evolutionary thought, and challenge many of the assumptions that have built up over the years...
Author: Zdunkowski, Wilford / Bott, Andreas Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Dynamics of the Atmosphere consists of two parts: the first presenting the mathematical tools needed for a thorough understanding of the topics covered in the second part of the book. The second part ...
Author: N/A Publisher: Princeton University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: After 1905, Einstein's miraculous year, physics would never be the same again. In those twelve months, Einstein shattered many cherished scientific beliefs in five great papers that would establish hi...
Author: Ellis, Andrew M. / Feher, Miklos / Wright, Timothy G. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Electronic and photoelectron spectroscopy can provide extraordinarily detailed information on the properties of molecules and are in widespread use in the physical and chemical sciences. Applications ...
Author: N/A Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Charles Darwin is a towering figure in the history of science, who changed the direction of modern thought by establishing the basis of evolutionary biology. With a Foreword by Sir David Attenborough,...
Author: Vincent, Thomas / Brown, Joel Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: All of life is a game and evolution by natural selection is no exception. The evolutionary game theory developed in this book provides the tools necessary for understanding many of nature's mysteries,...
Author: N/A Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Forests, Water and People in the Humid Tropics is the most comprehensive review available of the hydrological and physiological functioning of tropical rain forests, the environmental impacts of their...
Author: Linton, C. M. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Since man first looked towards the heavens, a great deal of effort has been put into trying to predict and explain the motions of the sun, moon, and planets. Developments in man's understanding have b...
Author: Churella, Albert Publisher: Princeton University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This overview of the leading locomotive producers in the United States during the twentieth century shows how they responded to a radical technological change: the replacement of steam locomotives by ...
Author: Huffman, W. Cary / Pless, Vera Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Fundamentals of Error Correcting Codes is an in-depth introduction to coding theory from both an engineering and mathematical viewpoint. As well as covering classical topics, much coverage is included...
Author: Hader, Donat-Peter / Hemmersbach, Ruth / Lebert, Michael Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Unicellular organisms use gravity as an environmental guide to reach and stay in regions optimal for their growth and reproduction. These single cells play a significant role in food webs and these fa...
Author: N/A Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Biodiversity is recognised to be of global importance, yet species and habitats continue to be under increasing pressure from human-induced influences. Environmental concerns are high on the political...
Author: Kaplan, Daniel M. / White, Christopher G. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Packed full of real circuits to build and test, Hands-On Electronics is a unique introduction to analog and digital electronics theory and practice. Ideal both as a college textbook and for self-study...
Author: Stacey, Robyn / Hay, Ashley Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This stunning book of photographs by Robyn Stacey, one of Australia's greatest photographers, is the first of its kind. Together with essayist, Ashley Hay, they throw open the closed doors of the Roya...
Author: Huff, Toby E. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Seventeenth-century Europe witnessed an extraordinary flowering of discoveries and innovations. This study, beginning with the Dutch-invented telescope of 1608, casts Galileo's discoveries into a glob...
Author: Frankham, Richard / Ballou, Jonathan D. / Briscoe, David A. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: The biological diversity of our planet is being depleted due to the direct and indirect consequences of human activity. As the size of animal and plant populations decrease, loss of genetic diversity ...
Author: Rogers, Dave Publisher: M-Y Books Format: Adobe PDF
Description: "Our everyday lives are continually influenced by inventors whose ideas have led to commercial products available in most high streets across the civilised world. For the most part these creative indi...
Author: Creese, Mary R. S. Publisher: Scarecrow Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Published in 1998, Ladies in the Laboratory provided a systematic survey and comparison of the work of 19th-century American and British women in scientific research. A companion volume, published in ...
Author: Conway Morris, Simon Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: The assassin's bullet misses, the Archduke's carriage moves forward, and a catastrophic war is avoided. So too with the history of life. Re-run the tape of life, as Stephen J. Gould claimed, and the o...
Author: Harrison, Edward Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: To the ancient Greeks the universe consisted of earth, air, fire and water. To Saint Augustine it was the Word of God. To many modern scientists it is the interaction of atoms and waves, and in years ...
Author: Olive, Jenny Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This friendly self-help workbook covers mathematics essential to first-year undergraduate scientists and engineers. In the second edition of this highly successful textbook the author has completely r...
Description: Operating at the intersection where new technology meets literature, this collection discovers the relationship among image, sound, and touch in the long nineteenth century. The chapters speak to the ...
Author: Cassidy, William A. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Bill Cassidy has led meteorite recovery expeditions in the Antarctic for fifteen years. His searches have resulted in the collection of thousands of meteorite specimens from the ice. This fascinating ...
Author: Lepö, Jan / ämilauer, Petr Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This book is primarily written for ecologists needing to analyse data resulting from field observations and experiments. It will be particularly useful for students and researchers dealing with comple...
Author: Kantz, Holger / Schreiber, Thomas Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: The paradigm of deterministic chaos has influenced thinking in many fields of science. Chaotic systems show rich and surprising mathematical structures. In the applied sciences, deterministic chaos pr...
Author: Steinicke, Wolfgang Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: The New General Catalogue, originally created in 1888, is the source for referencing bright nebulae and star clusters, both in professional and amateur astronomy. With 7840 entries, it is the most-use...
Author: Aristotle, Publisher: NuVision Publications Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This is a great book on life and health. "Pythagoras required his students to fast for 40 days to purify the body and mind prior to receiving his highest teachings. Plato and Aristotle fasted regularl...
Author: Toyozawa, Yutaka Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: A unifying element that links the apparently diverse phenomena observed in optical processes is the dielectric dispersion of matter. It describes the response of matter to incoming electromagnetic wav...
Author: Purnell Jr., Frederick Publisher: Italica Press, Inc. Format: Adobe PDF
Description: An essay on Paul Oskar Kristeller and the History of Renaissance Science, excerpted from the book: "Kristeller Reconsidered: Essays on His Life and Scholarship"
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Description: Plants provide insects with a range of specific foods, such as nectar, pollen and food bodies. In exchange, they may obtain various services from arthropods. The role of food rewards in the plant-poll...
Author: N/A Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Seven internationally renowned writers address the theme of Power from the perspective of their own disciplines. Energy expert Mary Archer begins with an exploration of the power sources of our future...
Author: Knight, David Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: <P>Between the French Revolution in 1789 and the "Chemists' War" (1914-18) science became culturally and economically vital; seemingly pervasive but also difficult. This book explores how scienc...
Author: Datta, Supriyo Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This book presents a unique approach to the fundamentals of quantum transport, and is aimed at senior undergraduate and graduate students. Some of the most advanced concepts of non-equilibrium statis...
Author: Allman, Jean Marie Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: “Like the quills of the porcupine, if you kill a thousand, a thousand more will come.”—Asante aphorism Bearing the historic symbol of the Asante nation, the porcupine, the Natio...
