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Revival: Roosevelt and His America (1933)

Revival: Roosevelt and His America (1933)

President Roosevelt gave an opportunity to study American energy and initiative and its freedom from all formulas and methods. During the eventful months of 1933 the President and the people of the United States proved that they were able to discard the past entirely – everything even the most valuable and cherished tradition – to keep life and activity in the country to keep the nation alive working and going ahead. | Revival: Roosevelt and His America (1933)

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World Population and World Food Supplies

World Population and World Food Supplies

Originally published in 1954. This great work surveys the distribution of the world’s population and the food production of all countries chosen as important by reason of either their demands on the world food market or their contributions to it. The author concludes that the more advanced countries can be reasonably assured of food supplies for an indefinite period. The less advanced countries can no longer rely on self-contained systems: they must seek co-operation with the advanced countries to supply them with the appliances needed for a more highly developed agriculture. This book at the time gave statesmen and their scientific advisers agriculturalists and agricultural economists an invaluable new instrument. | World Population and World Food Supplies

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Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering

Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering

Our civilization owes its most significant milestones to our use of materials. Metals gave us better agriculture and eventually the industrial revolution silicon gave us the digital revolution and we’re just beginning to see what nanomaterials yield. Updated to reflect the many societal and technological changes in the field since publication of the first edition Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering Second Edition offers an interdisciplinary view that emphasizes the importance of materials to engineering applications and builds the basis needed to select modify and create materials to meet specific criteria. The most outstanding feature of this book is the authors’ unique and engaging application-oriented approach. By beginning each chapter with a real-life example an experiment or interesting facts the authors wield an expertly crafted treatment that entertains and motivates as much as informs and educates. The discipline is linked to modern developments such as semiconductor devices nanomaterials and thin films while working systematically from atomic bonding and analytical methods to crystalline electronic mechanical and magnetic properties as well as ceramics polymers corrosion and phase diagrams. Updates in the Second Edition References to advances in the field including computational thermodynamics allowing computation of phase diagrams with great accuracy and new materials Updated applications and technologies such as electric vehicles and the use of magnetic fields as a processing tool Revised practical end-of-chapter problems that go beyond traditional plug-and-chug exercises to enhance learning More examples with detailed solutions in each chapter A new chapter highlighting how materials can impact four United Nations Sustainable Development Goals This book is written for undergraduate students and readers interested in introductory materials science and engineering concepts. This concise textbook provides a strong foundation in materials science engineering and its applications. A solutions manual and PowerPoint lecture slides are available for adopting professors.

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Atlas of Diagnostic Endoscopy 3E

Atlas of Diagnostic Endoscopy 3E

This book is a compilation of endoscopic images of the upper gastrointestinal tract. The 3rd edition is enriched with high-resolution digital images highlighting the classification and staging of endoscopically relevant diseases. Serial documentation of diseases and procedures like corrosive injury variceal obliteration peptic ulcer etc. provides a complete informative and interesting perspective. Rare conditions like Dieulafoy’s disease and Gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) have been extensively discussed along with common diseases of the GI tract. This book outlines the technique and interpretation of endoscopic images proving to be a helpful guide to endoscopy practitioners. Key FeaturesExplores various GI tract diseases through coloured high resolution clinical photographs. Serves as a useful reckoner for trainee endoscopists and practitioners pursuing gastroenterology or gastrointestinal endoscopy. The text is updated with tables flowcharts classifications and international treatment guidelines. | Atlas of Diagnostic Endoscopy 3E

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The Swedish Jews and the Holocaust

The Swedish Jews and the Holocaust

We will be judged in our own time and in the future by measuring the aid that we inhabitants of a free and fortunate country gave to our brethren in this time of greatest disaster. This declaration made shortly after the pogroms of November 1938 by the Jewish communities in Sweden was truer than anyone could have forecast at the time. Pontus Rudberg focuses on this sensitive issue – Jewish responses to the Nazi persecutions and mass murder of Jews. What actions did Swedish Jews take to aid the Jews in Europe during the years 1933–45 and what determined their policies and actions? Specific attention is given to the aid efforts of the Jewish Community of Stockholm including the range of activities in which the community engaged and the challenges and opportunities presented by official refugee policy in Sweden. | The Swedish Jews and the Holocaust

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Space Debris Hazard Evaluation and Debris

Space Debris Hazard Evaluation and Debris

When the first sputnik was launched and the space era began few gave thought to the possible negative impact of putting satellites into orbit. In fact man's space activity has led to the formation of a new media named space debris i. e. man-made objects and their fragments launched into space currently inactive and no longer serving any useful purpose. Space Debris: Hazard Evaluation and Mitigation will appeal to readers unfamiliar with the issues as well as experts and designers. It introduces concepts behind the problems of space ecology. The volume features actual data on the space debris environment; new mathematical models for space debris evolution production and self-production; description of the existing software and concepts for shield design. The author also reviews methods of collision risk assessment including the attitudes and inclinations of orbits collision hazard evaluation and suggestions for preventative measures. | Space Debris Hazard Evaluation and Debris

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The Russian Presidency of Dmitry Medvedev 2008-2012 The Next Step Forward or Merely a Time Out?

The Russian Presidency of Dmitry Medvedev 2008-2012 The Next Step Forward or Merely a Time Out?

The term tandem was used to describe the Putin-Medvedev combination which ruled Russia from 2008 to 2012 when Medvedev was president and Putin prime minister. Many people saw Putin as the real wielder of power with Medvedev as his puppet. Others however saw Medvedev as a visionary someone who envisioned large scale schemes - even though these schemes have not yet come to fruition. At the same time many in the West regarded Medvedev favourably and gave him credit for raising expectations among both the elite and the middle classes in Russia in such a way as to make it difficult for the Russian state to return to its old ways. This book presents a comprehensive survey of the Medvedev presidency covering all areas including politics the economy international relations and social developments. The author concludes that it is still too early to assess Medvedev's achievements definitively. | The Russian Presidency of Dmitry Medvedev 2008-2012 The Next Step Forward or Merely a Time Out?

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Sex and Society

Sex and Society

First published in 1968 Sex and Society presents and analyses the code of sexual behaviour based on the universal use of contraceptive methods. It includes discussion of all forms of sexual activity and emphasises in particular the attitudes that should be adopted in sex education. Backed up by case histories and including details of reforms in abortion and homosexual law this book sheds light on a topic which continues to cause concern in modern times. The author had been in active contact with all kinds of sexual problems for over thirty years in her professional clinic practice and in her travels in India Poland and Denmark teaching contraceptive techniques to doctors and nurses. Her experience as a Founder Member of the International Planned Parenthood Federation and participation in all the International and Regional Conferences gave her a very wide knowledge of sexual and social problems throughout the world. This book will be of interest to students of medicine sexuality studies psychology gender studies and health.

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The Greek Tyrants

The Greek Tyrants

First Published in 1956 The Greek Tyrants is concerned primarily with an early period of Greek history when the aristocracies which ruled in the eighth and seventh centuries were losing control of their cities and were very often overthrown by a tyranny which in its turn gave way to the oligarchies and democracies of the classical period. The tyrants who seized power from time to time in various cities of Greece are analogous to the dictators of our own day and represented for the Greeks a political problem which is still topical: whether it is ever advantageous for a State to concentrate power in the hands of an individual. Those early tyrannies are an important phase of Greek political development: the author discusses here the various military economic political and social factors of the situation which produce them. The book thus forms an introduction to the central period of Greek political history and will be of interest to scholars and researchers of political thought ancient history and Greek philosophy.

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Classical Analysis An Approach through Problems

Classical Analysis An Approach through Problems

A conceptually clear induction to fundamental analysis theorems a tutorial for creative approaches for solving problems a collection of modern challenging problems a pathway to undergraduate research—all these desires gave life to the pages here. This book exposes students to stimulating and enlightening proofs and hard problems of classical analysis mainly published in The American Mathematical Monthly. The author presents proofs as a form of exploration rather than just a manipulation of symbols. Drawing on the papers from the Mathematical Association of America's journals numerous conceptually clear proofs are offered. Each proof provides either a novel presentation of a familiar theorem or a lively discussion of a single issue sometimes with multiple derivations. The book collects and presents problems to promote creative techniques for problem-solving and undergraduate research and offers instructors an opportunity to assign these problems as projects. This book provides a wealth of opportunities for these projects. Each problem is selected for its natural charm—the connection with an authentic mathematical experience its origination from the ingenious work of professionals develops well-shaped results of broader interest. | Classical Analysis An Approach through Problems

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Governing the Rural in Interwar Europe

Governing the Rural in Interwar Europe

This book examines how rural Europe as a hybrid social and natural environment emerged as a key site of local national and international governance in the interwar years. The post-war need to secure and intensify food production to protect contested border areas to improve rural infrastructure and the economic viability of rural regions and to politically integrate rural populations gave rise to a variety of schemes aimed at modernizing agriculture and remaking rural society. The volume examines discourses institutions and practices of rural governance from a transnational perspective revealing striking commonalities across national and political boundaries. From the village town hall to the headquarters of international organizations local authorities government officials and politicians scientific experts and farmers engaged in debates about the social political and economic future of rural communities. They sought to respond to both real and imagined concerns over poverty and decline backwardness and insufficient control by conceptualizing planning and engineering models that would help foster an ideal rural community and develop an efficient agricultural sector. By examining some of these local national and international schemes and policies this volume highlights the hitherto under-researched interaction between policymakers experts and rural inhabitants in the European countryside of the 1920s and '30s. | Governing the Rural in Interwar Europe

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American Graffiti George Lucas the New Hollywood and the Baby Boom Generation

American Graffiti George Lucas the New Hollywood and the Baby Boom Generation

Combining a detailed film analysis with archival research and social science approaches this book examines how American Graffiti (1973) a low-budget and star-less teen comedy by a filmmaker whose only previous feature had been a box office flop became one of the highest grossing and most highly acclaimed films of all time in the United States and one of the key expressions of the nostalgia wave washing over the country in the 1970s. American Graffiti: George Lucas the New Hollywood and the Baby Boom Generation explores the origins and development of the film its form and themes as well as its marketing reception audiences and impact. It does so by considering the life and career of the film’s co-writer and director George Lucas; the development and impact of the baby boom generation to which he many of his collaborators and the vast majority of the film’s audience belonged; the transformation of the American film industry in the late 1960s and 1970s; and broader changes in American society which gave rise to an intense sense of crisis and growing pessimism across the population. This book is ideal for students scholars and those with an interest in youth cinema the New Hollywood and George Lucas as well as both Film and American Studies more broadly. | American Graffiti George Lucas the New Hollywood and the Baby Boom Generation

GBP 45.00
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Death Torture and the Broken Body in European Art 1300–1650

Death Torture and the Broken Body in European Art 1300–1650

Bodies mangled limbs broken skin flayed blood spilled: from paintings to prints to small sculptures the art of the late Middle Ages and early modern period gave rise to disturbing scenes of violence. Many of these torture scenes recall Christ’s Passion and its aftermath but the martyrdoms of saints stories of justice visited on the wicked and broadsheet reports of the atrocities of war provided fertile ground for scenes of the body’s desecration. Contributors to this volume interpret pain suffering and the desecration of the human form not simply as the passing fancies of a cadre of proto-sadists but also as serving larger social functions within European society. Taking advantage of the frameworks established by scholars such as Samuel Edgerton Mitchell Merback and Elaine Scarry (to name but a few) Death Torture and the Broken Body in European Art 1300-1650 provides an intriguing set of lenses through which to view such imagery and locate it within its wider social political and devotional contexts. Though the art works discussed are centuries old the topics of the essays resonate today as twenty-first-century Western society is still absorbed in thorny debates about the ethics and consequences of the use of force coercion (including torture) and execution and about whether it is ever fully acceptable to write social norms on the bodies of those who will not conform. | Death Torture and the Broken Body in European Art 1300–1650

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Electrochemical Energy Advanced Materials and Technologies

Electrochemical Energy Advanced Materials and Technologies

Electrochemical Energy: Advanced Materials and Technologies covers the development of advanced materials and technologies for electrochemical energy conversion and storage. The book was created by participants of the International Conference on Electrochemical Materials and Technologies for Clean Sustainable Energy (ICES-2013) held in Guangzhou China and incorporates select papers presented at the conference. More than 300 attendees from across the globe participated in ICES-2013 and gave presentations in six major themes: Fuel cells and hydrogen energy Lithium batteries and advanced secondary batteries Green energy for a clean environment Photo-Electrocatalysis Supercapacitors Electrochemical clean energy applications and markets Comprised of eight sections this book includes 25 chapters featuring highlights from the conference and covering every facet of synthesis characterization and performance evaluation of the advanced materials for electrochemical energy. It thoroughly describes electrochemical energy conversion and storage technologies such as batteries fuel cells supercapacitors hydrogen generation and their associated materials. The book contains a number of topics that include electrochemical processes materials components assembly and manufacturing and degradation mechanisms. It also addresses challenges related to cost and performance provides varying perspectives and emphasizes existing and emerging solutions. The result of a conference encouraging enhanced research collaboration among members of the electrochemical energy community Electrochemical Energy: Advanced Materials and Technologies is dedicated to the development of advanced materials and technologies for electrochemical energy conversion and storage and details the technologies current achievements and future directions in the field. | Electrochemical Energy Advanced Materials and Technologies

GBP 84.99
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Reliability Assessments Concepts Models and Case Studies

Reliability Assessments Concepts Models and Case Studies

This book provides engineers and scientists with a single source introduction to the concepts models and case studies for making credible reliability assessments. It satisfies the need for thorough discussions of several fundamental subjects. Section I contains a comprehensive overview of assessing and assuring reliability that is followed by discussions of:• Concept of randomness and its relationship to chaos• Uses and limitations of the binomial and Poisson distributions• Relationship of the chi-square method and Poisson curves• Derivations and applications of the exponential Weibull and lognormal models• Examination of the human mortality bathtub curve as a template for componentsSection II introduces the case study modeling of failure data and is followed by analyses of:• 5 sets of ideal Weibull lognormal and normal failure data• 83 sets of actual (real) failure data The intent of the modeling was to find the best descriptions of the failures using statistical life models principally the Weibull lognormal and normal models for characterizing the failure probability distributions of the times- cycles- and miles-to-failure during laboratory or field testing. The statistical model providing the preferred characterization was determined empirically by choosing the two-parameter model that gave the best straight-line fit in the failure probability plots using a combination of visual inspection and three statistical goodness-of-fit (GoF) tests. This book offers practical insight in dealing with single item reliability and illustrates the use of reliability methods to solve industry problems. | Reliability Assessments Concepts Models and Case Studies

GBP 48.99
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Programming ArcObjects with VBA A Task-Oriented Approach Second Edition

Programming ArcObjects with VBA A Task-Oriented Approach Second Edition

If you're ready to take your knowledge of ArcGIS to the next level then you need to learn how to work with ArcObjects. But with thousands of objects properties and methods how can you ever hope to sort through the ArcObjects model diagrams?The first edition of Chang's Programming ArcObjects with VBA: A Task-Oriented Approach gave us the answer. The author's task-oriented approach shows you how to sort through the massive ArcObjects collection by examining only the objects properties and methods you need to perform specific tasks. What's new in the second edition?This edition adds macros and explanations for the new Geoprocessing object introduced in ArcGIS 9. x. Instead of treating this new feature in separate chapters the author incorporates Geoprocessing code into the existing chapters. The code appears conveniently in boxes that allow you to easily compare sample macros. Get Started with Ready-to-Use CodeThe downloadable resources contain 95 complete ArcObjects macros and 33 Geoprocessing macros along with datasets to execute the code. Each program begins with a short usage description and a list of key properties and methods followed by the listing and explanation of the code itself. Regardless of your programming experience Programming ArcObjects with VBA: A Task-Oriented Approach Second Edition gives you the key to unlock the power and versatility of using ArcObjects to help you manage GIS activities. | Programming ArcObjects with VBA A Task-Oriented Approach Second Edition

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Coal Processing and Utilization

Coal Processing and Utilization

This book is a direct outgrowth of classes that the authors gave over a period of three decades to a university audience taking a Mineral Beneficiation course as a major that included coal processing and utilization. It is designed to be used as a student’s (or layman’s) first introduction to coal processing and utilization motivating the concepts before illustrating them by means of concrete situations. As such this book gives an integrated overview of coal processing and utilization along with clean coal technology presenting all the basic principles theory and practice in a systematic way. Every topic covered is dealt with in a self-explanatory manner so that any new reader may find this book interesting and easy to understand. The book makes available the hard core of fundamentals of coal processing and utilization in a form which is general enough to meet the needs of many and yet is unburdened by excess baggage best discussed in research journals. The salient feature is that all the technical terminology used in this book has been sufficiently explained in order to allow thereader to understand the concepts effectively without needing to consult additional literature. Problems are introduced not so much to be solved as to be tackled. Some of them are included to lay the ground work for the subsequent theory and will help the readers in teaching research and operating plants. Overall this book will be of interest to professionals and engineers in the fields of energy mining mineral metallurgical and geological engineering as well as to engineering geologists and earth sciences professionals.

GBP 66.99
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Statistical Models in Toxicology

Statistical Models in Toxicology

Statistical Models in Toxicology presents an up-to-date and comprehensive account of statistical theory topics that occur in toxicology. The attention given by statisticians to the problem of health risk estimation for environmental and occupational exposures in the last few decades has created excitement and optimism among both statisticians and toxicologists. The development of modern statistical techniques with solid mathematical foundations in the twentieth century and the advent of modern computers in the latter part of the century gave way to the development of many statistical models and methods to describe toxicological processes and attempts to solve the associated problems. Not only have the models enjoyed a high level of elegance and sophistication mathematically but they are widely used by industry and government regulatory agencies. Features:Focuses on describing the statistical models in environmental toxicology that facilitate the assessment of risk mainly in humans. The properties and shortfalls of each model are discussed and its impact in the process of risk assessment is examined. Discusses models that assess the risk of mixtures of chemicals. Presents statistical models that are developed for risk estimation in different aspects of environmental toxicology including cancer and carcinogenic substances. Includes models for developmental and reproductive toxicity risk assessment risk assessment in continuous outcomes and developmental neurotoxicity. Contains numerous examples and exercises. Statistical Models in Toxicology introduces a wide variety of statistical models that are currently utilized for dose-response modeling and risk analysis. These models are often developed based on design and regulatory guidelines of toxicological experiments. The book is suitable for practitioners or it can be used as a textbook for advanced undergraduate or graduate students of mathematics and statistics.

GBP 44.99
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Feynman Lectures on Computation Anniversary Edition

Feynman Lectures on Computation Anniversary Edition

The last lecture course that Nobel Prize winner Richard P. Feynman gave to students at Caltech from 1983 to 1986 was not on physics but on computer science. The first edition of the Feynman Lectures on Computation published in 1996 provided an overview of standard and not-so-standard topics in computer science given in Feynman’s inimitable style. Although now over 20 years old most of the material is still relevant and interesting and Feynman’s unique philosophy of learning and discovery shines through. For this new edition Tony Hey has updated the lectures with an invited chapter from Professor John Preskill on “Quantum Computing 40 Years Later”. This contribution captures the progress made toward building a quantum computer since Feynman’s original suggestions in 1981. The last 25 years have also seen the “Moore’s law” roadmap for the IT industry coming to an end. To reflect this transition John Shalf Senior Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has contributed a chapter on “The Future of Computing beyond Moore’s Law”. The final update for this edition is an attempt to capture Feynman’s interest in artificial intelligence and artificial neural networks. Eric Mjolsness now a Professor of Computer Science at the University of California Irvine was a Teaching Assistant for Feynman’s original lecture course and his research interests are now the application of artificial intelligence and machine learning for multi-scale science. He has contributed a chapter called “Feynman on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning” that captures the early discussions with Feynman and also looks toward future developments. This exciting and important work provides key reading for students and scholars in the fields of computer science and computational physics. | Feynman Lectures on Computation Anniversary Edition

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