One of the most depressing realities of modern life is the regularity with which deadly attacks are carried out in the name of Islam. Almost as depressing are the invariable reassurances by Western po
Many questions are currently being asked about the place of Islam in the modern world. Among these questions the most important one of all sometimes gets lost: Is Islam true? With his new book author
Dogfights in the sky, ruthless political maneuvers, legendary heroes of the air like Richthofen (the "Red Baron") and Douglas Bader, this book combines all of these colorful, dramatic, and evocative a
This book is a study of a crucial period in the life of American jazz and popular music. Pearl Harbor Jazz analyses the changes in the world of the professional musician brought about both by the outb
The family of musical styles known as jazz came into being around 1900 as several popular black musical idioms coalesced. This free-flowing, spontaneous music based in improvisation emerged primarily
Technological progress comes with a Dark Side where good ideas and intentions produce undesirable results. The many and various unexpected outcomes of technology span humorous to bizarre, and even res
The Dark Side of Technology is intended as a powerful wake-up call to the potential dangers that could, in the near future, destroy our current advanced civilizations. The author examines how fragile
This book builds the case for a comprehensive social security system to be developed in all countries to eliminate desperate conditions of poverty, reverse growing inequality and sustain economic gro
Weighing the interests of industrialized and developing nations, 17 papers examine the problem of world poverty and describe policy options at the international, regional, national, and sub-national l
Essential for students, science and medical graduates who want to understand the basic science of Positron Emission Tomography (PET), this book describes the physics, chemistry, technology and overvie
This book bring the tools of physics and chemistry (the "hard sciences") to the aid of biological researchers and clinicians who are bridging the fields of inquiry, ranging from clinical to basic sci
Proceedings of the title symposium, held at the 1993 Spring Meeting of the MRS in San Francisco. The papers are arranged in nine sections following the topical outline upon which the symposium was org
Papers presented at the title symposium, held at the 1994 Fall Meeting of the MRS. The topics of the six invited papers: stress and its effect on intermixing in Si 1 - xGe x/Si superlattices; aspects
This report presents the first ever scientific measurement of the extent and depth of child poverty in developing regions. This measurement is based upon internationally agreed definitions arising fro
This text is based on the 2nd half of P.E. Valk et al's 2003 bestseller Positron Emission Tomography: Basic Science and Clinical Practice and deals with only the clinical research and applications. "
This book provides a contemporary reference to the science, technology and clinical applications of PET and PET/CT. The book is designed to be used by residents and fellows training in medical imaging
