This book focuses primarily on the atomic force microscope and serves as a reference for students, postdocs, and researchers using atomic force microscopes for the first time. In addition, this book c
This book focuses primarily on the atomic force microscope and serves as a reference for students, postdocs, and researchers using atomic force microscopes for the first time. In addition, this book c
The book covers the structure and properties of nanoscale materials routinely used in nanotechnology-based research. Included is a description of nanoscale transistors and the processes used to fabric
The book covers the structure and properties of nanoscale materials routinely used in nanotechnology-based research. Included is a description of nanoscale transistors and the processes used to fabric
New 50th Anniversary Edition that includes an introduction by Christopher Hitchcock. Not since Ernest Nagel’s 1939 monograph on the theory of probability has there been a comprehensive elementary sur
Writers, human relations specialists, and other specialists from the US aim to prepare students in helping professions to work for equal opportunities for minority groups and women, particularly to le
Against the Personification of Democracy offers a new theory of political subjectivity that puts the dilemma of desire into the forefront. By using Lacan to read key figures in political philosophy, t
Against the Personification of Democracy offers a new theory of political subjectivity that puts the dilemma of desire into the forefront. By using Lacan to read key figures in political philosophy, t
How did the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee break open the caste system in the American South between 1960 and 1965? In this innovative study, Wesley Hogan explores what SNCC accomplished an
As Aristotle stated, scientific explanation is based on deductive argument--yet, Wesley C. Salmon points out, not all deductive arguments are qualified explanations. The validity of the explanation m
Written for the non-professional, this guide offers advice on addressing the uncomfortable problems and decisions cancer patients and their caregivers must tackle both before but primarily after recei
The philosophical theory of scientific explanation proposed here involves a radically new treatment of causality that accords with the pervasively statistical character of contemporary science. Wesley
Scientific Explanation was first published in 1962. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the origi
According to modern physics, many objectively improbable events actually occur, such as the spontaneous disintegration of radioactive atoms. Because of high levels of improbability, scientists are oft
Logical empiricism, a program for the study of science that attempted to provide logical analyses of the nature of scientific concepts, the relation between evidence and theory, and the nature of scie
Introducing the first integrated coverage of sedimentary and residual soil engineering Despite its prevalence in under-developed parts of the United States and most tropical and sub-tropical countries
