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This innovative physics textbook intended for science and engineering majors develops classical mechanics from a historical perspective. The presentation of the standard course material includes a discussion of the thought processes of the discoverers and a description of the methods by which they...

Decision making in health care involves consideration of a complex set of diagnostic, therapeutic and prognostic uncertainties. Medical therapies have side effects, surgical interventions may lead to complications, and diagnostic tests can produce misleading results. Furthermore, patient values and...

Despite the scope of the threat they pose to Mexico’s security, violent drug-trafficking organizations are not well understood, and optimal strategies to combat them have not been identified. While there is no perfectly analogous case from history, Mexico stands to benefit from historical lessons...

Verlassen liegen sie da. Niemand hat sie seit Jahren betreten. Kein Mensch kümmert sich mehr darum. Die Grabsteine sind verwittert, die Inschriften oft kaum mehr lesbar. Gras, Moos, einst auf den Gräbern gepflanzter Efeu, wild aufgegangene Bäumchen oder Sträucher dominieren das Bild … Doch nicht...

Each gem deposit-whether of primary origin in the parent rocks; or secondary as alluvial placers in valley floors, river gravels, or the sand of oceanic shelves­ presents an eloquent chronicle of the Earth's life story. It reveals to the expert the prodigious processes which formed the present crust...

Mammals are the so-called "pinnacle" group of vertebrates, successfully colonising virtually all terrestrial environments as well as the air (bats) and sea (especially pinnipeds and cetaceans). How mammals function and survive in these diverse environments has long fascinated mammologists, comparative...

At its height the Moundville ceremonial center was a densely occupied town of approximately 1,000 residents, with at least 29 earthen mounds surrounding a central plaza. Today, Moundville is not only one the largest and best-preserved Mississippian sites in the United States, but also one of the most...

First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This is a comprehensive and self-contained text suitable for use by undergraduate mathematics, science and engineering students. Vectors are introduced in terms of cartesian components, making the concepts of gradient, divergent and curl particularly simple. The text is supported by copious examples...

Originally published in 1957,the first part of this volume examines physical education in classical Greece and Imperial Rome during the first and second centuries A.D. and in Italy and England during the Renaissance. Each of these periods witnessed remarkable developments in the practice and theory...

Essential for every school health office, this fully illustrated reference is the ultimate guide to caring for and supporting children with special health care needs in educational settings. A comprehensive update of the classic guide school nurses trust, this authoritative book compiles the latest...

In his first published work, Bill Hunt has actually produced a multitude of stories in one book. As the reader progresses through the four short stories narrated by the Grandson of George Hunt, the main character, the readers will find themselves thinking, Huh, did I miss something? About half way...

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«El problema no es el presente, es la pesarosa herencia del pasado y la paupérrima proyección del futuro.» Con esta sentencia contenida en el primer spin off de la trilogía «Versos, canciones y trocitos de carne», Armando Lopategui «Carapocha» ofrece su visión de un porvenir que vislumbra...