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Advanced General Relativity

Gravity Waves, Spinning Particles, and Black Holes

By: Claude Barrabès,Peter A. Hogan

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Advanced General Relativity

Gravity Waves, Spinning Particles, and Black Holes

By: Claude Barrabès,Peter A. Hogan

This book is aimed at students making the transition from a first course on general relativity to a specialized subfield. It presents a variety of topics under the general headings of gravitational waves in vacuo and in a cosmological setting, equations of motion, and black holes, all having a clear physical relevance and a strong emphasis on space-time geometry. Each chapter could be used as a basis for an early postgraduate project for those who are exploring avenues into research in general relativity and who have already accumulated the required technical knowledge. The presentation of each chapter is research monograph style, rather than text book style, in order to impress on interested students the need to present their research in a clear and concise format. Students with advanced preparation in general relativity theory might find a treasure trove here.

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OUP Oxford

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0191501883

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9780191501883

Avenues of Faith

Shaping the Urban Religious Culture of Richmond, Virginia, 1900–1929

By: Samuel Claude Shepherd

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Avenues of Faith

Shaping the Urban Religious Culture of Richmond, Virginia, 1900–1929

By: Samuel Claude Shepherd

The first thorough study of organized mainline churches in a major southern American city during the early 20th century

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University of Alabama Press

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0817310762

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9780817310769

Why Stop?

A Guide to Texas Historical Roadside Markers

By: Betty Dooley-Awbrey,Claude W. Dooley,Texas Historical Commission

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Why Stop?

A Guide to Texas Historical Roadside Markers

By: Betty Dooley-Awbrey,Claude W. Dooley,Texas Historical Commission

This guide to more than 2,500 Texas roadside markers features historical events; famous and infamous Texans; origins of towns, churches, and organizations; battles, skirmishes, and gunfights; and settlers, pioneers, Indians, and outlaws. This fifth edition includes more than 100 new historical roadside markers with the actual inscriptions. With this book, travelers relive the tragedies and triumphs of Lone Star history.

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Taylor Trade Publications

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1589792432

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9781589792432

Quantum Processes and Measurement

Theory and Experiment

By: Claude Fabre,Rodrigo G. Cortiñas

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Quantum Processes and Measurement

Theory and Experiment

By: Claude Fabre,Rodrigo G. Cortiñas

A self-contained presentation of the theory of quantum processes, quantum evolution and the experimental methods for quantum measurement.

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315

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Cambridge University Press

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1108477771

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Advances in Atomic Physics

An Overview

By: Claude Cohen-Tannoudji,David Guery-Odelin

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Advances in Atomic Physics

An Overview

By: Claude Cohen-Tannoudji,David Guery-Odelin

This book presents a comprehensive overview of the spectacular advances seen in atomic physics during the last 50 years. The authors explain how such progress was possible by highlighting connections between developments that occurred at different times. They discuss the new perspectives and the new research fields that look promising. The emphasis is placed, not on detailed calculations, but rather on physical ideas. Combining both theoretical and experimental considerations, the book will be of interest to a wide range of students, teachers and researchers in quantum and atomic physics.

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World Scientific

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981277498X

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9789812774989

The Tragic Era - The Revolution After Lincoln

By: Claude G. Bowers

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The Tragic Era - The Revolution After Lincoln

By: Claude G. Bowers

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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Read Books Ltd

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1446546888

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9781446546888

Singular Null Hypersurfaces In General Relativity: Light-like Signals From Violent Astrophysical Events

By: Peter A Hogan,Claude Barrabes

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Singular Null Hypersurfaces In General Relativity: Light-like Signals From Violent Astrophysical Events

By: Peter A Hogan,Claude Barrabes

This book presents a comprehensive and self-contained exposition of the mathematical theory of impulsive light-like signals in general relativity. Applications are provided in relativistic astrophysics, cosmology and alternative theories of gravity deduced from string theory. Cataclysmic astrophysical events give rise to impulsive light-like signals which can generally be decomposed into a thin shell of null matter and an impulsive gravitational wave. Several examples are considered in black hole physics, wave collisions and light-like boosts of compact gravitating sources.Graduate students and researchers in relativistic astrophysics, cosmology and string theory will find this book very useful.

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World Scientific

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9814483370

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9789814483377

Manual of Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery

By: Claude E. Welch,Leslie W. Ottinger,John P. Welch

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Manual of Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery

By: Claude E. Welch,Leslie W. Ottinger,John P. Welch

The surgeon who desires an atlas of techniques covering operations on the colon and rectum almost surely prefers a concise volume rather than an encyclopedic compilation of the innumerable procedures that have been described in the literature. This book includes the operations that have proved to be useful and have survived the test of time. They now are in general use in the Massachusetts General Hospital. Space limitations have necessitated exclusion of detailed illustrations of a number of infrequently performed procedures, such as pelvic exenter ation for cancer of the rectum. In such instances bibliographic references have been provided for ready reference. The bibliography emphasizes recent contributions because they are easily available to the reader. Critical comments by the authors concerning certain technical pro cedures may be due to personal bias and certainly do not imply that the alternative methods are undesirable. Furthermore, the brevity of discus sion of anatomy, physiology, and pathology and the neglect of details of medical therapy of numerous colorectal diseases must be attributed to the fact that this volume is directed primarily toward the practicing surgeon. Thanks are due to the artists Mrs. Edith Tagrin and Mr. Robert Galla, and to Miss Evelyn Hall for help in the preparation of the manuscript. Claude E. Welch, M.D. Leslie W. Ottinger, M.D. John P. Welch, M.D. .

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461260124

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9781461260127

Mitochondrial Disorders

From Pathophysiology to Acquired Defects

By: Claude Desnuelle

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Mitochondrial Disorders

From Pathophysiology to Acquired Defects

By: Claude Desnuelle

The concept of mitochondrial diseases originated in 1962 with the description by Luft and coworkers of a patient with nonthyroidal hypermetabolism due to loose coupling of oxidation and phosphorylation in muscle mitochondria. Over the following quarter of a century, thanks to W. King Engel's "ragged-red fibres" as convenient markers for mitochondrial pathology, numerous papers described clinical, morphological, and biochemical features of "mitochondrial myopathies." In 1988 the discovery of mutations in mitochondrial DNA led to an explosive expansion of research into mitochondrial disorders. Throughout the 1990s the rapid identification of multiple mitochondrial gene defects associated with clinically diverse disorders has left practitioners puzzled about diagnosing such heterogeneous and complex syndromes. Through updated data, this book discusses now what Luft aptly called "mitochondrial medicine." In so doing, it considers the pivotal role of mitochondria in drug sensitivity, their key roles in ageing, apoptosis, and neurodegeneration along with primary mitochondrial diseases due to mutations in the nuclear genome, in the mitochondrial genome, or in the cross-talk between the two genomes.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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2817809297

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9782817809298

Atoms In Electromagnetic Fields

By: Claude Cohen-tannoudji

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Atoms In Electromagnetic Fields

By: Claude Cohen-tannoudji

This book presents a collection of papers, written during the last 33 years by Claude Cohen-Tannoudji and his collaborators, on various physical effects which can be observed on atoms interacting with electromagnetic fields. It consists of a personal selection of review papers, lectures given at schools, as well as original experimental and theoretical papers. Emphasis is put on physical mechanisms and on general approaches, such as the dressed atom approach, having a wide range of applications. Various topics are discussed, such as light shifts, level crossing resonances, multiphoton processes, resonance fluorescence in intense laser fields, photon correlations, quantum jumps, radiative corrections, laser cooling and trapping.This volume includes short introductions by the author. Each paper presented in the volume is preceded by a short commentary giving its motivations, explaining how it fits with the general evolution of the research field, and pointing out connections existing between works done at different periods.

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World Scientific

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9814505013

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9789814505017

Modern Projective Geometry

By: Claude-Alain Faure,Alfred Frölicher

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Modern Projective Geometry

By: Claude-Alain Faure,Alfred Frölicher

This monograph develops projective geometries and provides a systematic treatment of morphisms. It introduces a new fundamental theorem and its applications describing morphisms of projective geometries in homogeneous coordinates by semilinear maps. Other topics treated include three equivalent definitions of projective geometries and their correspondence with certain lattices; quotients of projective geometries and isomorphism theorems; and recent results in dimension theory.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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9401595909

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9789401595902

The Lisbon Treaty

A Legal and Political Analysis

By: Jean-Claude Piris

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The Lisbon Treaty

A Legal and Political Analysis

By: Jean-Claude Piris

An in-depth, impartial and informed description of the Lisbon Treaty's legal features, in their historical and political context.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521142342

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9780521142342

The Black Fives

The Epic Story of Basketball's Forgotten Era

By: Claude Johnson

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The Black Fives

The Epic Story of Basketball's Forgotten Era

By: Claude Johnson

The Black Fives is a groundbreaking, timely history of the largely unknown early days of Black basketball, bringing to life the trailblazing players, teams, and impresarios who pioneered the sport. “For a game that has meant so much to the world, Claude Johnson somehow presents a definitive account for a part of basketball’s history that for so long was kept away from us. Claude is a superhero storyteller, and this book is a bona fide superpower.” —Justin Tinsley, author of It Was All a Dream: Biggie and the World That Made Him From the introduction of the game of basketball to Black communities on a wide scale in 1904 to the racial integration of the NBA in 1950, dozens of African American teams were founded and flourished. This period, known as the Black Fives Era (teams at the time were often called “fives”), was a time of pioneering players and managers. They battled discrimination and marginalization and created culturally rich, socially meaningful events. But despite headline-making rivalries between big-city clubs, barnstorming tours across the country, innovative business models, and undeniably talented players, this period is almost entirely unknown to basketball fans. Claude Johnson has made it his mission to change that. An advocate fiercely committed to our history, for more than two decades Johnson has conducted interviews, mined archives, collected artifacts, and helped to preserve this historically important African American experience that otherwise would have been lost. This essential book is the result of his work, a landmark narrative history that braids together the stories of these forgotten pioneers and rewrites our understanding of the story of basketball.

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710

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Abrams

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1683359089

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9781683359081

Early Valley Treasures

As Seen Through the Lens of "Pop" Laval

By: Claude C. Laval,Elizabeth M. Laval,William J. Conway,Stephen L. Brown

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Early Valley Treasures

As Seen Through the Lens of "Pop" Laval

By: Claude C. Laval,Elizabeth M. Laval,William J. Conway,Stephen L. Brown

The arrival of photographer Claude C 'Pop' Laval in Fresno in 1911, marked the beginning of a commercial photography career that would span fifty-five years. During this time he took pictures of the region. This title features his photographs that give the people of Fresno and the Valley an opportunity to view their historic community.

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220

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Quill Driver Books

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1884995470

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9781884995477

Ultrashort Laser Pulse Phenomena

By: Jean-Claude Diels,Wolfgang Rudolph

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Ultrashort Laser Pulse Phenomena

By: Jean-Claude Diels,Wolfgang Rudolph

Ultrashort Laser Pulse Phenomena, Second Edition serves as an introduction to the phenomena of ultra short laser pulses and describes how this technology can be used to examine problems in areas such as electromagnetism, optics, and quantum mechanics. Ultrashort Laser Pulse Phenomena combines theoretical backgrounds and experimental techniques and will serve as a manual on designing and constructing femtosecond ("faster than electronics") systems or experiments from scratch. Beyond the simple optical system, the various sources of ultrashort pulses are presented, again with emphasis on the basic concepts and how they apply to the design of particular sources (dye lasers, solid state lasers, semiconductor lasers, fiber lasers, and sources based on frequency conversion). - Provides an easy to follow guide through "faster than electronics" probing and detection methods - THE manual on designing and constructing femtosecond systems and experiments - Discusses essential technology for applications in micro-machining, femtochemistry, and medical imaging

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675

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Elsevier

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0080466400

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9780080466408

Processing of Remote Sensing Data

By: Colette M. Girard,Michel-Claude Girard

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Processing of Remote Sensing Data

By: Colette M. Girard,Michel-Claude Girard

Containing useful information sources for the management of natural resources, this comprehensive text covers a large range of spatial resolutions and spectral characteristics. The book deals with the data sources and their physical interpretation, as well as processing techniques, such as visual interpretation and automated classifications, textural and structural processing and photogrammetry. There is a section on accuracy assessment and various applications relating to crops, grasslands, soils, landscapes, mines and coasts. The CD-ROM contains software and image data sets explaining the statistical methods of reference and contains a light version of the TeraVue software enabling the reader to compute the different processing spatial data.

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518

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CRC Press

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9058092321

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9789058092328

Lasers

The Power and Precision of Light

By: Jean-Claude Diels,Ladan Arissian

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Lasers

The Power and Precision of Light

By: Jean-Claude Diels,Ladan Arissian

Lasers" are active ingredients of our modern life, but they are inconspicuous as they often go unnoticed. This intuitive introductory guide will tell you all you want to know about laser technologies in very diverse fields from nuclear and particle physics to medicine, astronomy and ultra-precise metrology. The book is coherently focused on fundamentals, and is aimed to stimulate intuition about present and future applications, while unveiling the halo of myths around lasers. Written by reputable laser experts who think that science should be entertaining, this useful reference relies on simple analogies and illustrations rather than complex mathematics, and will be suitable for students and end-users of laser technologies, including novices. Voted a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2012

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John Wiley & Sons

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3527640045

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9783527640041

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