Wspc Europe imprint: 169 books

The Rise of Megacities

Challenges, Opportunities and Unique Characteristics

by Jerzy Kleer, Katarzyna Anna Nawrot
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2018

Megacities of over 10 million inhabitants are unique entities in their own right, both challenging and supporting the policies, governance and cohesion of states. In developing and developed economies, the rise of megacities can b

Li-S Batteries

The Challenges, Chemistry, Materials and Future Perspectives

by Rezan Demir-Cakan
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2017

Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries give us an alternative to the more prevalent lithium-ion (Li-ion) versions, and are known for their observed high energy densities. Systems using Li-S batteries are in early stages of development and commercialization however could potentially provide higher, safer...
by Camille Ndebeka-Bandou, Francesca Carosella, Gérald Bastard
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2017

This book is an introduction to quantum states and of their scattering in semiconductor nanostructures. Written with exercises and detailed solutions, it is designed to enable readers to start modelling actual electron states and scattering in nanostructures. It first looks at practical aspects of...
by Luigi Fabbrizzi
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2017

Cryptands were introduced by Jean-Marie Lehn in 1969 as cage-shaped selective ligands for alkali and alkaline-earth metal ions, which lie at the heart of supramolecular chemistry. This book reports on much of the research in the field since the '70s, and looks at, amongst other topics, metal coordination...
by Maurizio Fagnoni, Stefano Protti, Davide Ravelli
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2019

The use of organocatalysts able to photocatalyze an organic reaction is a rapidly growing field. These photocatalyzed transformations are more environmentally sustainable with respect to the use of expensive/toxic metal-based (photo)catalysts. Based on the authors' extensive experience in photogenerated...

Computational Systems Biology of Synaptic Plasticity

Modelling of Biochemical Pathways Related to Memory Formation and Impairment

by Don Kulasiri, Yao He
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2017

This book demonstrates the power of mathematical thinking in understanding the biological complexity that exists within the brain. It looks at the latest research on modelling of biochemical pathways within synapses, and provides a clear background for the study of mathematical models related to systems...
by Reuven Chen, Vasilis Pagonis
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2019

In this volume, international leading experts in the study of thermally and optically luminescence give an up-to-date, comprehensive coverage of the theoretical and experimental aspects of these subjects, as well as their applications. The theory of thermoluminescence (TL) and optically stimulated...

Risk and Stochastics

Ragnar Norberg

by Pauline Barrieu
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2019

with an autobiography from Ragnar Norberg The Risk and Stochastics Conference, held at the Royal Statistical Society in April 2015, brought together academics from the worlds of actuarial science, stochastic calculus, finance and statistics to celebrate the achievements of Professor Ragnar...
by David W A Rees
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018

This book examines the issues across the breadth of elasticity theory. Firstly, the underpinning mathematics of vectors and matrices is covered. Thereafter, the equivalence between the inidicial, symbolic and matrix notations used for tensors is illustrated in the preparation for specific types of...
by Ramsey Gohar, Homer Rahnejat
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2018

Fundamentals of Tribology deals with the fundamentals of lubrication, friction and wear, as well as mechanics of contacting surfaces and their topography. It begins by introducing the reader to the importance of tribology in everyday life and offers a brief history of the subject. It then describes...
by Nigel G Halford, Tanya Y Curtis
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2019

Acrylamide, a chemical described as 'extremely hazardous' and 'probably carcinogenic to humans', was discovered in food in 2002. Its presence in a range of popular foods has become one of the most difficult issues facing not only the food industry but all stakeholders in the food supply chain and...
by Muneo Hori
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2018

This book provides rigorous foundations of applying modern computational mechanics to earthquake engineering. The scope covers the numerical analysis of earthquake wave propagation processes and the faulting processes, and also presents the most advanced numerical simulations of earthquake hazards...

A Guide to Mathematical Methods for Physicists

Advanced Topics and Applications

by Michela Petrini, Gianfranco Pradisi, Alberto Zaffaroni
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2018

This book provides a self-contained and rigorous presentation of the main mathematical tools needed to approach many courses at the last year of undergraduate in Physics and MSc programs, from Electromagnetism to Quantum Mechanics. It complements A Guide to Mathematical Methods for Physicists with...

Adventures in Quantumland

Exploring Our Unseen Reality

by Ruth E Kastner
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2019

This title is a self-contained follow-up to Understanding Our Unseen Reality: Solving Quantum Riddles (2015). Intended for the general reader but including more advanced material and an appendix of technical references for physics students and researchers, it reviews the basics of the transactional...
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