Mathematics & Science Books

The Color Atlas of "Xenopus laevis" Histology provides the first central source on the microscopic anatomy of cells, tissues, and major organs of the adult South African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis. For many years, X. laevis has been a highly popular...

Highlighting modeling, analysis, and design methods for systems biology, this book discusses how to examine experimental data to learn about mathematical models, develop efficient abstraction and simulation methods to analyze these models, and use...

A staple food for more than half of the world's population, rice is the third most important cereal crop after wheat and corn. This book brings together a wealth of information on the role of mineral nutrition in rice production. Written by an...

Collecting recent results from around the globe, this thorough guide gets you up to date on the latest hydrogen-based technology for mitigating energy and environmental risks. With contributions from the world's leading technical experts in the field, it...

With contributions from a community of experts, the book focuses on the use of ionic functions to define the principle of operation in polymer devices. It begins by reviewing the scientific understanding and important scientific discoveries made on the...

Exceptionally comprehensive, this text covers both basic and advanced techniques in image processing and mathematical morphology. It goes beyond the technical to instruct readers on the fundamental theoretical framework required to understand as well as...

This book draws on evidence from 144 interviews with civic leaders in three urban regions-Atlanta, Phoenix, and the Twin Cities-to illuminate three commonly accepted but flawed myths about innovation that misdirect policymakers and civic leaders and...

This book presents algebraic, combinatorial, and computational methods for studying monomial algebras and their ideals, including Stanley-Reisner rings, monomial subrings, Ehrhart rings, and blowup algebras. Along with revising all existing chapters,...

This introductory book teaches readers about crystals and their origins. It offers a historical perspective of the subject and includes background information whenever possible. The author covers nucleation, two-dimensional layer growth mechanism,...

Choosing from the numerous 3D vision methods available can be frustrating for scientists and engineers, especially without a comprehensive resource to consult. Filling this gap, this handbook gives an in-depth look at the most popular 3D imaging...

With an emphasis on practical application, this book presents the evolution of systems evaluation methods in a clear, logical way. The authors introduce methods and models briefly and to the point, explaining the profound in simple terms. And of...

A companion to Volume V: Applications of Ion Trapping Devices, this volume explores recent advances in this expanding field. It covers new methods for trapping ions, such as the Orbitrap™, the digital ion trap, the rectilinear ion trap, and the toroidal...

We take a spin through the various sciences of IT, Psychology (in conscious and subconscious aspect), Physics, Biology, Ecology and Sociology. We employ, as a single vehicle to contain both physical and metaphysical aspects of discussion, a simple...

"A must-read for horse lovers everywhere""Ginny's absolute desire and determination to make a difference to the horses of this world and to change people's perceptions of how they are treated, looked after, and understood, is admirable." Richard...

As MATLAB becomes nearly ubiquitous in industry and academia, it is a near necessity that professionals and students have a level of competence in its use. Until the publication of this text, however, no book had quickly and effectively introduced...

Polysaccharides and related high molecular weight glycans are hugely diverse with wide application in Biotechnology and great opportunities for further exploitation. An Introduction to Polysaccharide Biotechnology - a second edition of the popular...

This book provides a guide to the elements of simulation in statistics, which will include developments and which may be used either as a teaching text or as a source of reference. It is widely used for teaching statistics in schools.

Life is so diverse and complex that is seems impossible to extract the general principles governing each individual living system. Fortunately, however, the unrelenting growth of the power of modern computers has opened up entirely unexpected avenues of...

In an era of unprecedented global change, this book constitutes a valuable source for researchers, students, natural resource managers, and other conservation practitioners interested in delving deeper into disturbance ecology.

This book provides one of the first unified accounts of the dynamic aspects involved in the strategic behavior in queues. The author presents the material in an easy style with mostly non-technical language, emphasizing models and qualitative insights...

The goal of this book is to present a detailed exposition of the quantum field renormalization-group (RG) technique and its applications to various problems in the classical theory of critical behaviour and stochastic dynamics.

Using a wide range of OR optimization examples, this book demonstrates how the OR procedures in SAS work. The text is one of the first to extensively cover the application of SAS procedures to OR problems, such as single criterion optimization, project...

This book considers the problem of estimating the percent of nonconforming items in a process from the ground up. It examines methods based on both attribute data and variable data. For variable data, it looks at the basic techniques that were initially...

The aim of Understanding Analytic Hierarchy Process book is to provide the reader with a critical guide to AHP. In this book, the AHP method is considered primarily as a mathematical technique supporting the decision-making process. 

In the view of many probabilists, author Anatolii Puhalskii's research results stand among the most significant achievements in the modern theory of large deviations. In fact, his work marked a turning point in the depth of our understanding of the...

This multi-disciplinary volume weaves together the fields of biology, archaeology, anthropology, and history to produce an in-depth analysis of the biological history of past human populations. With contributions from a panel of experts, the book fully...

This is the second book in a new series that explores chromosome engineering for crop improvement. Focusing on cereal crops, the book covers economic importance, world wide production and distribution, utilization, and the origin of the crop and its...

Martin Gardner has entertained the world with his puzzles for decades and inspired countless mathematicians and scientists. As he rounds out another decade, his colleagues are paying him tribute with this special collection that contains contributions...

A groundbreaking theory has emerged for spectral analysis of pseudo-Riemannian locally symmetric spaces, extending beyond the traditional Riemannian framework. The theory introduces innovative approaches to global analysis of locally symmetric spaces...

Discover the complete guide to understanding and managing hair loss in men with "Understanding Hair Loss in Men: Causes, Solutions, and Treatments." This book explains the science of hair growth, exploring the different phases and the structure of hair...

Dieses Buch aus der Reihe Schriften zum Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen behandelt die Klassische Newtonsche Mechanik, die Fluidik von Flüssigkeiten und Gasen, Schwingungen, Elektrostatik sowie Magnetostatik. Es richtet sich an Studierende des...

The German residential building sector plays a crucial role in achieving net greenhouse gas neutrality by 2045. However, current renovation rates remain insufficient to meet climate targets. To improve the efficiency of the sector’s transformation,...

Maschinelles Lernen prägt zunehmend unseren Alltag, doch fehlt bislang eine Fachdidaktik, die das Thema als Lerngegenstand für Schulen und Hochschulen systematisch untersucht. In der vorliegenden Arbeit werden Methoden der fachdidaktische...

This book is the second volume of a work on complex analytic cycles and the results, stated without proof in the first volume, are proved here. It begins with the construction of the reduced complex space formed by all compact cycles of a given complex...

This book presents the results of basic and applied studies on the solution of burning issues within the analysis of anomalous changes in marine environment under the influence of climatic changes and economic activities in the Azov-Black Sea basins. The...

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to continual and reinforcement learning for edge AI, which investigates how to build an AI agent that can continuously solve new learning tasks and enhance the AI at resource-limited edge devices. The...

The establishment of fruit juice companies in the 20th century marked the beginning of the widespread use of citrus fruits. Around 18% of the total citrus fruit production in the world is used industrially, primarily for the manufacture of juice. Citrus...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in prehistoric times alongside massive dangerous creatures like Megalodon, Mosasaurus, or Tyrannosaurus? Wonder no more! Award-winning author-historian Lochlainn Seabrook's unique book, When Monsters...

Anthropologist Robert Bates Graber's 165 sonnets constitute a sort of "dig"-- the kind which unearths connections between a volcano spewing hot lava and Pluto, Roman god of the underworld, or the kind a comedian might use to bury a politician--or the...

In his unique science book, The Hunter-Gatherer Principle: Evolutionary Biology and the Case for Sex-Based Female Sports, bestselling author, award-winning historian, and women's sports advocate Lochlainn Seabrook, zeroes in on a seldom discussed topic:...

Cosmology or cosmological ideas are often sought to solve problems in our daily lives. This book aims to rethink the topic of cosmology in anthropology through an ethnographic description of the many entanglements of cosmological ideas and the personal...

This volume brings together scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds to discuss how women contributed to the making, pedagogy, institutionalisation and communication of scientific knowledge in the twentieth century, and to reflect on the...

This book examines under what circumstances, and with which techniques, one can reasonably infer cause and effect in a business setting, and use the insight to drive business decisions. It is written at a level accessible to anyone with a master's degree...

This updated volume explores the technically challenging study of brain tumor stem cells (BTSCs) with their unique capacity to self-renew, proliferate, and initiate tumor formation. The book collects up-to-date methodologies to isolate and propagate...

Offering an overview of heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis, electrocatalysis, photocatalysis, organocatalysis, and thermal catalysis, this book will be useful in courses on the design, synthesis, and application of chiral catalysts, asymmetric...

Copula additive distributional regression enables the joint modeling of multiple outcomes, an essential aspect of many real-world research problems. This book provides an accessible overview of this modeling approach, with a particular focus on its...

Intended to provide a nearly comprehensive account of methods, theory, applications, as well as open problems related to robust SAE, that the monograph will help persuade practitioners, such as those in government agencies, to more readily adopt robust...

This book consolidates information on modeling, coating, material preparation, characterization, fabrication, and applications of anti-icing surfaces. It offers a comprehensive understanding of icephobic coating strategies and their industrial...