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Advances in Metal Forming
Expert System for Metal Forming
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2014
This comprehensive book offers a clear account of the theory and applications of advanced metal forming. It provides a detailed discussion of specific forming processes, such as deep drawing, rolling, bending extrusion and stamping. The author highlights recent developments of metal forming technologies...
by Peter Peverelli
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2015
This book discusses the way Chinese scholars developed a national grammar. Chinese didn’t develop grammar until China’s contact with Western grammar books in the 19th Century. The first indigenous grammar was published in 1889. It included some traditional notions, but mainly imitated European...
The German Prosecution Service
Guardians of the Law?
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
Acclaimed as the "the most objective prosecutors in the world", the German prosecution service has long attracted the attention in the past of comparative law scholars. At first glance, the institutional position and statutory mandate of German prosecutors indicate that that reputation is...
Fundamentals of Quantum Physics
Textbook for Students of Science and Engineering
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2012
This book presents a comprehensive course of quantum mechanics for undergraduate and graduate students. After a brief outline of the innovative ideas that lead up to the quantum theory, the book reviews properties of the Schrödinger equation, the quantization phenomena and the physical meaning of...
Space, Time, and Spacetime
Physical and Philosophical Implications of Minkowski's Unification of Space and Time
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2010
Dedicated to the centennial anniversary of Minkowski's discovery of spacetime, this volume contains papers, most presented at the Third International Conference on the Nature and Ontology of Spacetime, that address some of the deepest questions in physics.
by Gustavo E. Romero, Gabriela S. Vila
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2013
This book is based on the lecture notes of a one-semester course on black hole astrophysics given by the author and is aimed at advanced undergraduate and graduate students with an interest in astrophysics.
The material included goes beyond that found in classic textbooks and presents details...
Quantum Mechanics in the Geometry of Space-Time
Elementary Theory
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2011
This book continues the fundamental work of Arnold Sommerfeld and David Hestenes formulating theoretical physics in terms of Minkowski space-time geometry. We see how the standard matrix version of the Dirac equation can be reformulated in terms of a real space-time algebra, thus revealing a geometric...
Classical Field Theory
On Electrodynamics, Non-Abelian Gauge Theories and Gravitation
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2012
The book describes Maxwell's equations first in their integral, directly testable form, then moves on to their local formulation. The first two chapters cover all essential properties of Maxwell's equations, including their symmetries and their covariance in a modern notation. Chapter 3 is devoted...
Modelling Tropospheric Volcanic Aerosol
From Aerosol Microphysical Processes to Earth System Impacts
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2013
Anja Schmidt's thesis is a unique and comprehensive evaluation of the impacts of tropospheric volcanic aerosol on the atmosphere, climate, air quality and human health. Using a state-of-the-art global microphysics model, the thesis describes and quantifies the impact of volcanic sulphur emissions...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2014
This comprehensive book addresses the pressing need for up-to-date literature on volcanic destinations (active and dormant) and their role in tourism worldwide in chapters and case studies. The book presents a balanced view about the volcano-based tourism sector worldwide and discusses important issues...
Digital Communication
Principles and System Modelling
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2010
"Digital Communications" presents the theory and application of the philosophy of Digital Communication systems in a unique but lucid form. The book inserts equal importance to the theory and application aspect of the subject whereby the authors selected a wide class of problems.
The...
Earth System Modelling - Volume 1
Recent Developments and Projects
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013
Collected articles in this series are dedicated to the development and use of software for earth system modelling and aims at bridging the gap between IT solutions and climate science. The particular topic covered in this volume addresses the usefulness of coupling infrastructures and data management,...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
Climate change, energy production and consumption, and the need to improve the sustainability of all aspects of human activity are key inter-related issues for which solutions must be found and implemented quickly and efficiently. To be successfully implemented, solutions must recognize the rapidly...
Chemical Carcinogens
Some Guidelines for Handling and Disposal in the Laboratory
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
"The chemical laboratory is actually not a dangerous place to work in, but it demands a reasonable prudence on the part of the experimenters and instructers, to keep it a safe place. Emphasis must be positive, indicating the proper, correct and safe procedure to be followed in all laboratory...