The role of thermodynamics in modern physics is not just to provide an approximate treatment of large thermal systems, but, more importantly, to provide an organising set of ideas. Thermodynamics: A
The role of thermodynamics in modern physics is not just to provide an approximate treatment of large thermal systems, but, more importantly, to provide an organising set of ideas. Thermodynamics: A
This authoritative book presents a comprehensive account of the essential roles of nonlinear dynamic and chaos theories in understanding, modeling, and forecasting hydrologic systems. This is done thr
With an impressive career of over 40 years that has resulted in the installation of large-scale art projects in numerous public spaces, artist/sculptor Luk Van Soom needs no further introduction in Be
While laboratory research is the backbone of collecting experimental data in cognitive science, a rapidly increasing amount of research is now capitalizing on large-scale and real-world digital data.
The Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong caught the world’s attention and imagination at the end of 2014. The 79-day occupation campaign took on some of the characteristics of the recent wave of large-scale
Scale is perhaps the most spectacularly overlooked aspect of artistic production. As photographic and digital reproductions have essentially dematerialized art, critical and historical research dealin
Addiction argues that addiction should be understood not as a disease but as a phenomenon that must be understood on many levels at once. Employing a complex dynamic systems approach and philosophical
(LKM Music). The idea for the "Heifetz Scale Book" was to present all the great master violinist Jascha Heifetz's scale routines that were developed over his long career, but never written down. This
Node.js has rapidly become a viable choice for large-scale web applications that previously relied on Java, PHP, or Rails. Sails.js is a modern MVC framework for Node that radically simplifies back-en
During the American Civil War, more than one hundred thousand men fought on ships at sea or on one of America’s great inland rivers. There were no large-scale fleet engagements, yet the navies, partic
Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, wall charts were a familiar classroom component, displaying scientific images at a large scale, in full color. But it's only now that they've been su
This book presents the proceedings of the International Conference on Recent Trends in Materials and Devices, which was conceived as a major contribution to large-scale efforts to foster Indian resear
This study focuses on the local and regional impact of large-scale gold mining in Africa in the context of a mineral boom in the region since 2000. It contributes to filling a gap in the literature on
Though only founded in 2004, the practice of Luis Vidal (LVA) is now one of the five largest in Spain, and has quickly established an international reputation for its large-scale public buildings. LVA
The advances in drug delivery systems over recent years has resulted in a large number of novel delivery systems with the potential to revolutionize the treatment and prevention of diseases. Bio-Targe
This is the first single-volume, comprehensive overview ever published of Eisenman's buildings and projects, from his first work, House I (1967), in New Jersey, to his most recent large-scale works ar
This book presents the first large-scale comparative study of Iron Age coin mould. The subject of Iron Age minting techniques is an important one that reveals a great deal about Iron Age political org
This book provides the first book-length, English-language account of the political ethics of large-scale, Western-based humanitarian INGOs, such as Oxfam, CARE, and Doctors Without Borders. These ING
The Semantic Web represents a vision for how to make the huge amount of information on the Web automatically processable by machines on a large scale. For this purpose, a whole suite of standards, tec
The battle of Zama, fought across North Africa around 202 BC, was the final large-scale clash of arms between the world's two greatest western powers of the time--Carthage and Rome. The engagement end
Host is a contemporary guide to eating, drinking and entertaining from W&P Design co-founders Eric Prum and Josh Williams. From intimate weeknight dinners to festive large-scale gatherings, Eric a
The rural American South has no grand cathedrals or other wonder-of-the-world monuments to religious belief. Nor has it ever been the site of religious wars or large-scale religious persecutions we se
The Chinese Communist government has twice invoked large-scale military might to crush popular uprisings in capital cities. The second incident—the notorious massacre in Tiananmen Square in 1989—is we
Managing Trade-Offs in Adaptable Software Architectures explores the latest research on adapting large complex systems to changing requirements. To be able to adapt a system, engineers must evaluate d
Optical MEMS, or MOEMS, are MEMS (micro-electromechanical systems) merged with micro-optics. They allow sensing or manipulating optical signals on a very small size scale, using integrated mechanical,
This meticulous volume recognizes the need to translate what has been learned primarily in tissue culture dishes to approaches supporting scale-up studies, not only to large quantities of cells but al
Thirteen-year-old Chris and his family are setting up a bungee jump in his backyard. It's a real large-scale bungee jump off a bridge that connects his backyard to a small island owned by his family.
This book provides a comprehensive set of characterization, prediction, optimization, evaluation, and evolution techniques for a diagnosis system for fault isolation in large electronic systems. Reade
The application of Bayesian Networks (BR) in dependability is a relatively recent development. Their popularity grew in the area of reliability analysis of systems, since the 1990s. A large number of
This book presents recent results on some global existence, uniqueness and large-time behavior of global solutions of thermo(vis)coelastic systems and related models arising from physics, mechanics an
The slab serif typeface―in their classic form, wood types made for large-scale posters, ads, and newspapers―may not be as all-purpose as the gothic or sans serif, but it is equal, if not more powerful
Reference World Atlas, 10th Edition provides unsurpassed mapping of our planet and a wealth of information on the world's 196 nations.This encyclopedic view of the globe features large-scale 3-D maps,
Explore the world with the Reference World Atlas, 10th Edition, with over 640 maps and a wealth of information on the world's 196 nations. This indispensable atlas includes large-scale 3D maps and ove
Key Concepts in Environmental Chemistry provides a modern and concise introduction to environmental chemistry principles and the dynamic nature of environmental systems. It offers an intense, one-seme
a tool for modeling fundamental aspects of living systems and chemical processes, this book provides a constructive way of formulating dynamic processes. This monograph discusses different kinds of su
Dan Holdsworth (b. Welwyn Garden City, England, 1974; lives and works in London and Newcastle upon Tyne) creates large-scale photographs and digital art characterized by the use of traditional techniq
EUCOTAX Series on European Taxation Volume 14 Comparative Fiscal Federalism provides a full-scale comparative analysis of the tax jurisprudence of the judicial systems of the European Union (EU) and
China’s 30-year market transition and its integration into the world economy provide a unique opportunity for exploring the nature of large-scale economic and political transformation and the mechanis
In the six years since this Gower Handbook was first published, programme management has been transformed to become the vehicle of choice for realising the objectives of large scale, complicated, busi
