Mathematics & Science Books

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...

The dominant faunal elements in shallow Paleozoic oceans, echinoderms are important to understanding these marine ecosystems. Echinoderms (which include such animals as sea stars, crinoids or sea lilies, sea urchins, sand dollars, and sea cucumbers) have...

In Skeptical Environmentalism, Robert Kirkman raises doubts about the speculative tendencies elaborated in environmental ethics, deep ecology, social ecology, postmodern ecology, ecofeminism, and environmental pragmatism. Drawing on skeptical principles...

Este libro se trata de una revisión bibliográfica narrativa sobre el paciente terminal y he utilizado las palabras clave dolor, paciente terminal, relaciones paciente-enfermera, cuidados paliativos y relación médico-paciente.Va dirigido al personal...

Want to learn about weight science in delicious bite-sized chunks? The Unpacking Weight Science Podcast provides 20-30 minute 'explainer' segments to help you understand weight-neutral perspectives, concepts and research, and to help you learn how to...

Lo que usted va a encontrar en las páginas deeste y de los otros volúmenes que lo preceden olo siguen es una colección de artículos dedivulgación científica publicados en diariosespañoles desde el año 2000 al 2019 (todos losque he escrito excepto los ya...

A curated historical overview of Wilhelm Reich researches, mainly focusing on his ideas regarding a new type of energy with biophysical effects and experimental evidence of its existence from the ancient Egyptians to the modern era.

Health is both simple and complex. Health is the normal state with the right lifestyle. When anyone asks me what are the factors affecting our health, I am now quite clear that the answer is; everything! Our health is affected by many things including...

The original book, written long ago, existed, but its sight is hidden from the searcher and the thinker. - The Maya Popol VuhOver the last half century, an abundance of evidence has been put forward to indicate a highly advanced civilization once...

Ninety-five percent of American kids have Internet access by age 11; the average number of texts a teenager sends each month is well over 3,000. More families report that technology makes life with children more challenging, not less, as parents today...

These assembled works, presented at a recent conference of the International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry, represent the latest research findings, move the discipline forward, and promote good practice and the exchange of expertise.

Statistics for Sport and Exercise Studies guides the student through the full research process, from selecting the most appropriate statistical procedure, to analysing data, to the presentation of results, illustrating every key step in the process with...

Does science work best in a democracy? Were 'Soviet' or 'Nazi' science fundamentally different from science in the USA? These questions have been passionately debated in the recent past. Particular developments in science took place under particular...

Taking a unique industrial perspective that reinforces theory and develops valuable analytical and interpretation skills, this book examines the techniques, methodology, and theory of bioanalysis, pharmacokinetics, and metabolism from the perspective of...

Invoking the unity of the imagination to restore the wholeness of our lives, Science and Poetry is a tour de force of passionate but clear-headed thinking about science and ourselves.

This book serves as a preliminary reference for the principles of thermal radiation and its modelling in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations.Radiation Heat Transfer Modelling with Computational Fluid Dynamics covers strategies and processes...

This book provides a fundamental understanding of the importance of the microbiome in the life of virtually all multicellular organisms. It explains why microbes are an integral part of living organisms and describes the diverse roles they perform for...

Plants often encounter abiotic stresses including drought, salinity, flooding, high/low temperatures, and metal toxicity, among others. The majority of these stresses occur simultaneously and thus limit crop production. Therefore, the need of the hour is...

This book explores an exciting range of creative engagements with ecologies of place, using geopoetics, deep mapping and slow residency to propose broadly based collaborations in a form of 'disciplinary agnosticism'.Providing a radical alternative to...

Power systems are evolving towards the Smart Grid paradigm, featured by large-scale integration of renewable energy resources, e.g. wind and solar power, deeper participation of demand side, and enhanced interaction with electric vehicles. While these...

This book provides a thorough introduction to both individual decision tree algorithms (Part I) and ensembles thereof (Part II). Part I of the book brings several different tree algorithms into focus, both conventional and contemporary. 

Nuclear power is low carbon and reliable, but in recent years it has struggled to play a strong role in global plans for electricity generation in the 21st century. Many of those involved with nuclear power and environmental agencies see controlled...

This book presents a critical review of the use of thrombosis models and an original, highly sensitive methodology for testing antithrombotics based on a more adequate understanding of thrombotic processes. It is useful for those who are actively working...

Leona Marshall Libby was a pioneer in modern climatic research, a field that gained great impetus in the late twentieth century because of the promise it holds for predicting future climatic trends. Libby's work led to remarkable new procedures for...

Have you ever wondered why cancer remains such a dreadful illness? Why is it so common? How can you reduce your cancer risk? Why is screening not better at finding cancers early? How does cancer make people feel so sick?How do different types of...

A science philosophy piece which addresses the age old question does God Exist? The "Gloves are off" as an Atheist and Theist boxer are imagined to enter the ring in a combative debate to promote their world-view. Science, reason and logical...

Research conducted in the last fifteen years has placed in question many of the traditional conclusions scholars have formed about human female sexuality. Though conventional wisdom asserts that women's estrus has been evolutionarily lost, Randy...

This book is concerned with the synthetic aspects of oxidation reactions involving metal compounds. which are readily available or easy to prepare. The sequence followed in the chapters is as follows: a general introduction. a...

Until recently, the field of atomic and molecular collisions was left to a handful of practitioners who essentially explored it as a branch of atomic physics and gathered their experimental re­ sults mainly from spectroscopy...

Ideally a textbook should integrate with the lectures and labs in a science course. Select­ ing such a book can be an onerous (and sometimes impossible) task for the teacher. Students are wary of getting stuck with a "useless"...

This book was written twenty years ago, but we are leaving it unchanged-not because little has happened to the subject, but because so much has happened that any change would require very major rewriting. On the other hand, no...

In 1935, in the midst of relentless drought, Aldo Leopold purchased an abandoned farm along the Wisconsin River near Baraboo, Wisconsin. An old chicken coop, later to become famous as the Leopold "Shack," was the property's only intact structure. The...