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Physics of Quantum Fluids
New Trends and Hot Topics in Atomic and Polariton Condensates
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2013
The study of quantum fluids, stimulated by the discovery of superfluidity in liquid helium, has experienced renewed interest after the observation of Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) in ultra-cold atomic gases and the observation a new type of quantum fluid with specific characteristics derived from...
Quantum Chemistry of Solids
LCAO Treatment of Crystals and Nanostructures
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2013
Quantum Chemistry of Solids delivers a comprehensive account of the main features and possibilities of LCAO methods for the first principles calculations of electronic structure of periodic systems. The first part describes the basic theory underlying the LCAO methods applied to periodic systems...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
In the past 30 years, magnetic research has been dominated by the question of how surfaces and interfaces influence the magnetic and transport properties of nanostructures, thin films and multilayers. The research has been particularly important in the magnetic recording industry where the giant magnetoresistance...
by Leonard J. Brillson
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
An Essential Guide to Electronic Material Surfaces and Interfaces is a streamlined yet comprehensive introduction that covers the basic physical properties of electronic materials, the experimental techniques used to measure them, and the theoretical methods used to understand, predict, and design...
My Name is Bridget
The Untold Story of Bridget Dolan and the Tuam Mother and Baby Home
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2018
In 1946, twenty-six-year-old Bridget Dolan walked up the path to the front door of the Tuam Mother and Baby Home. Alone and pregnant, she was following in the footsteps of more than a century’s worth of lost souls. Shunned by society for her sins and offered no comfort for her pain, Bridget gave...
by Didymus D Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2018
Intrusive Islam has turned the writer Edward Bulyer-Lyttons 1839 metonymic adage on its head. No longer do we find the pen is mightier than the sword. Today, ideological Islam malevolently believes that the sword is mightier than the pen. Muslims resoundingly reject the edict that civilized communication...
Desiring a Better Country
Forays in Political Theology
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Douglas Farrow seldom shies from controversy. Discussing several hot-button issues such as religion in public life, educational freedom, human rights, and the definition of marriage, Farrow challenges the common misconception that secular institutions can be religiously neutral. Inspired by current legal,...
Transnational Cinema and Ideology
Representing Religion, Identity and Cultural Myths
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014
Increasingly, as the production, distribution and audience of films cross national boundaries, film scholars have begun to think in terms of ‘transnational’ rather than national cinema. This book is positioned within the emerging field of transnational cinema, and offers a groundbreaking study...
The American Counties
Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2012
Most Americans give little thought to their county’s size, population, when it was created, or how its name came about. But such information can be very helpful to anyone, particularly researchers and genealogists, investigating local or state history. Drawing on information obtained from the 2010...
Beyond Sunni and Shia
The Roots of Sectarianism in a Changing Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
This collection seeks to advance our understanding of intra-Islamic identity conflict during a period of upheaval in the Middle East. Instead of treating distinctions between and within Sunni and Shia Islam as primordial and immutable, it examines how political economy, geopolitics, domestic governance,...
Where Have All the Sheep Gone?
Sheepherders and Ranchers in Arizona, a Disappearing Industry
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
At one time, more than one million sheep roamed the grassy areas of Arizona. Herding sheep was a critical component of the economy, building Arizona from its early territorial days into statehood. Fortunes were made, and, during economic downturns and other disasters, some lost everything. By the...
Florida's First People
12,000 Years of Human History
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
This comprehensive look at the first humans in Florida combines contemporary archaeology, the writings of early European explorers, and experiments to present a vivid history of the state's original inhabitants. Includes a photographic atlas of projectile points and pottery types as well as typical...
The Land Was Theirs
Jewish Farmers in the Garden State
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
The Land Was Theirs is a bout Farmingdale, New Jersey, a community of Jewish farming communities in the United States established with the help of the Jewish Agricultural Society. The 50 year history of Farmingdale provides a perspective on the pressures, problems, and satisfactions of rural Jewish...
by Farahnaz Ispahani
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2015
Pakistan was carved out in 1947 to protect the subcontinent's largest religious minority. But soon after Independence, political, religious and social leaders proclaimed it an Islamic State. Purifying the Land of the Pure is an analysis of the country's policies towards its religious minority populations,...