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Felix Aprahamian

Diaries and Selected Writings on Music

By: Felix Aprahamian

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Felix Aprahamian

Diaries and Selected Writings on Music

By: Felix Aprahamian

A picture of a highly creative music critic, notable for his humane commentary, as well as his promotion of contemporary French and British music. The music critic Felix Aprahamian (1914-2005) was a remarkable self-made man whose enormous influence in musical circles was deeply founded in his practical experience of promoting music in London, notably British and French composers. Early on he became interested in the organ and was soon corresponding with the leading French names of the day - André Marchal, Charles Tournemire, Maurice Duruflé and the young Olivier Messiaen. In 1933, the nineteen-year-old Aprahamian visited Frederick Delius in France, and while in Paris, met the aged Charles-Marie Widor. The surviving diaries, published here complete for the first time, document these events in detail. During the Second World War he acted as concert director of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, was the guiding spirit behind the influential Concerts de Musique Française and became assistant to Sir Thomas Beecham. After the liberation of Paris, a wide circle of outstanding French musicians and composers including Francis Poulenc, Messiaen, Pierre Bernac and Pierre Fournier became personal friends. Aprahamian made his name as music critic on The Sunday Times, where from 1948to 1989 he was required reading. He helped numerous young musicians to develop their careers and was associated with many musical organizations, notably the Delius Trust and Society. Prefaced by an illuminating biography, this collection sheds new light on Aprahamian's life and work. His diaries and BBC broadcasts uniquely illuminate London concert life from the 1930s to the 1960s, while his articles on many composers and musicians - nearly all friends and colleagues - testify to his promotion of French and British music. Examples of his record and concert reviews are included, and the book evokes the almost vanished world of a music criticism both humane and strict, paying tribute to music's spontaneous and absolute qualities. It will be of interest to anyone following London concert life in the twentieth century; British and French music; writing about Debussy, Poulenc, Messaien and, in particular, Delius; as well as organ music. LEWIS FOREMAN is a writer on British music and the editor of The John Ireland Companion (The Boydell Press, 2011) and author of Bax: A Composer and His Times. SUSAN FOREMAN is author of various books on Whitehall and, together with Lewis Foreman, London. A Musical Gazetteer (2005).

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Boydell & Brewer

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1783270136

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Letters from 1833 to 1847

By: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

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Letters from 1833 to 1847

By: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

Reproduction of the original: Letters from 1833 to 1847 by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

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3732640760

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Embedding Problems in Symplectic Geometry

By: Felix Schlenk

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Embedding Problems in Symplectic Geometry

By: Felix Schlenk

Symplectic geometry is the geometry underlying Hamiltonian dynamics, and symplectic mappings arise as time-1-maps of Hamiltonian flows. The spectacular rigidity phenomena for symplectic mappings discovered in the last two decades show that certain things cannot be done by a symplectic mapping. For instance, Gromov's famous "non-squeezing'' theorem states that one cannot map a ball into a thinner cylinder by a symplectic embedding. The aim of this book is to show that certain other things can be done by symplectic mappings. This is achieved by various elementary and explicit symplectic embedding constructions, such as "folding", "wrapping'', and "lifting''. These constructions are carried out in detail and are used to solve some specific symplectic embedding problems. The exposition is self-contained and addressed to students and researchers interested in geometry or dynamics.

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Walter de Gruyter

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3110199696

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Émigré Scholars and the Genesis of International Relations

A European Discipline in America?

By: F. Roesch,Felix Rösch

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Émigré Scholars and the Genesis of International Relations

A European Discipline in America?

By: F. Roesch,Felix Rösch

This is the first Anglophone volume on émigré scholars' influence on International Relations, uniquely exploring the intellectual development of IR as a discipline and providing a re-reading of some of its almost forgotten founding thinkers.

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Springer

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113733469X

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Reported Incidences of Parasitic Infections in Marine Mammals from 1892 to 1978

By: John Felix

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Reported Incidences of Parasitic Infections in Marine Mammals from 1892 to 1978

By: John Felix

This book is a comprehensive list of parasites reported from marine mammals, based on the scientific literature published between the late 1800's and 1978, including sources of information, geographical locations of the host/parasite, and possible synonyms suggested by the original sources. It covers the parasite groups Acanthocephala, Acarina, Anoplura, Cestoda, Nematoda, and Trematoda, and the host orders Pinnipedia (seals, sea lions, walruses), Cetacea (whales, dolphins), and Carnivora (sea otters). It provides a valuable resource for stranding response personnel, aquatic animal veterinarians, marine biologists, and professional parasitologists, and is a critical aid to our further understanding of the intriguing interactions between the marine mammals and their underwater "passengers." ISBN 978-1-60962-042-4

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1609620429

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9781609620424

Brazilian Lichens Vol. IX

Supplement

By: Felix Schumm,André Aptroot

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Brazilian Lichens Vol. IX

Supplement

By: Felix Schumm,André Aptroot

This is the last in a series of books illustrating Brazilian lichen specimens collected by the second author in the past decade. This volume includes some specimens and species that were not treated in previous books. As ever, it includes many isotypes of species that were recently described. The main purpose is to give many people virtual access to these unique specimens.

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3759727700

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Brazilian Lichens Vol V

Santa Catarina & Rio Grande do Sul

By: Felix Schumm,André Aptroot

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Brazilian Lichens Vol V

Santa Catarina & Rio Grande do Sul

By: Felix Schumm,André Aptroot

This book illustrates lichens that were recently collected in the temperate to subtropical states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. For some species, these are the first colour illustrations published. Parmeliaceae are well represented in this book, depicting some species with very limited distributions. Full synonymies are given, and species descriptions. New species: Ramonia longispora Aptroot & Schumm

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3758384281

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African Thoughts on Colonial and Neo-Colonial Worlds

Facets of an Intellectual History of Africa

By: Anaïs Angelo,Paulina Aroch-Fugellie,Lena Dallywater,Lutz Diegner,Myra Ann Houser,Janine Kläge,Sara Marzagora,Felix Müller,Arno Sonderegger,Ninja Steinbach-Hüther,Joanna Tegnerowicz

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African Thoughts on Colonial and Neo-Colonial Worlds

Facets of an Intellectual History of Africa

By: Anaïs Angelo,Paulina Aroch-Fugellie,Lena Dallywater,Lutz Diegner,Myra Ann Houser,Janine Kläge,Sara Marzagora,Felix Müller,Arno Sonderegger,Ninja Steinbach-Hüther,Joanna Tegnerowicz

This book shows the many facets of African engagements with the world. It starts from the premise that current global asymmetries ascribing Africa to a marginalized position are the effects of colonial and imperial pasts still lingering on. The decolonization process of the post-war structure which privileges the West in both political and economic terms. While new dependencies emerged, several old bonds were maintained and continue to influence African affairs quite strikingly. It is appropriate, then, to call these continued unequal relations between Africa and the West frankly 'neo-colonial'. This designation applies all the more as the post-colonial states of Africa inherited a complex legacy of foreign rule – colonial frontiers, colonial languages, colonial infrastructure and authoritarian institutions, as well as the social intricacies and imbalances so characteristic of the 'colonial situation'. The contributions to this volume look at various aspects of these complex processes from intellectual history perspectives. The topics dealt with are manifold. Contributions deliberately attack key themes, ideas and discourses of an intellectual history of Africa ('state', 'modernity', 'development', 'dependency', 'art', etc.), and introduce important engaged public intellectuals from Africa and the African diaspora. What is Africa, and how is she related to the rest of the world? How can she overcome her internal problems and her external dependencies? – These are perennial questions critically tackled by Africans throughout the 20th century. Dealing with various cases looked at from a variety of perspectives, the contributions to this book offer original insights into the intellectual history of Africa.

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Neofelis Verlag

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3958080839

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9783958080836

Fundamentals of Geophysical Hydrodynamics

By: Felix V. Dolzhansky

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Fundamentals of Geophysical Hydrodynamics

By: Felix V. Dolzhansky

This newly-translated book takes the reader from the basic principles and conservation laws of hydrodynamics to the description of general atmospheric circulation. Among the topics covered are the Kelvin, Ertel and Rossby-Obukhov invariants, quasi-geostrophic equation, thermal wind, singular Helmholtz vortices, derivation of the Navier-Stokes equation, Kolmogorov's flow, hydrodynamic stability, and geophysical boundary layers. Generalizing V. Arnold's approach to hydrodynamics, the author ingeniously brings in an analogy of Coriolis forces acting on fluid with motion of the Euler heavy top and shows how this is used in the analysis of general atmospheric circulation. This book is based on popular graduate and undergraduate courses given by F.V.Dolzhansky at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, and is the result of the author's highly acclaimed work in Moscow's Laboratory of Geophysical Hydrodynamics. Each chapter is full of examples and figures, exercises and hints, motivating and illustrating both theoretical and experimental results. The exposition is comprehensive yet user-friendly in engaging and exploring the broad range of topics for students and researchers in mathematics, physics, meteorology and engineering.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3642310346

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Brazilian Lichens Vol. VI

Sergipe & Amazonas

By: Felix Schumm,André Aptroot

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Brazilian Lichens Vol. VI

Sergipe & Amazonas

By: Felix Schumm,André Aptroot

Sergipe and Amazonas are the smallest and biggest states of Brazil. The Amazone is famous because it is the richest biome for most terrestrial organism groups. Lichens are no exception, even though they are not very abundant in rainforest. Lichens are very species rich in the Amazon, and a single tree easily harbours 100 different species, and a small location up to 500 species. Also, many species grow on living leaves, easily up to 50 on a large, well-placed palm frond. In this book, some of these species are illustrated, in many cases for the first time, or for the first time in colour. New species Myriotrema psormuriforme Aptroot & Schumm, sp. nov Paraporpidia neotropica Aptroot & Schumm sp. nov New combination Fissurina bothynocarpa (Redinger) Aptroot & Schumm new comb. = Graphina bothynocarpa Redinger

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3758360781

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Jerusalem on the Amur

Birobidzhan and the Canadian Jewish Communist Movement, 1924-1951

By: Henry Felix Srebrnik

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Jerusalem on the Amur

Birobidzhan and the Canadian Jewish Communist Movement, 1924-1951

By: Henry Felix Srebrnik

In 1928 the Soviet Union proposed the establishment of an autonomous socialist Jewish republic in the far eastern reaches of Russian territory. In Birobidzhan the eternal search for a Jewish homeland would be realized and Jews would possess their own institutions, which would function in Yiddish. A "new" Jew would be created, emancipated, and rejuvenated. Although the project was eventually revealed to be a fraud, thousands of left-wing Jews in Canada and the United States passionately supported it and campaigned on its behalf - some even emigrated to Birobidzhan.

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0773575014

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9780773575011

Brazilian Lichens Vol. III

Mato Grosso do Sul

By: Felix Schumm,André Aptroot

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Brazilian Lichens Vol. III

Mato Grosso do Sul

By: Felix Schumm,André Aptroot

This book illustrates lichens that were recently collected in Mato Grosso do Sul state in Brazil. The second author lived during four years in this state while he was visiting professor at the main university. He made numerous excursions, often with colleagues, to whom he is very thankful, to collect lichens all over the state. This book depicts a selection of those. For many species, this is the first time that colour pictures are published. Full references to the descriptive literature and to synonyms are given. New species: Constrictolumina fusca Aptroot & Schumm Pyrenula lilaceoreagens Aptroot, Carollo & Schumm Thelopis flavosorediata Aptroot & Schumm

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3752661496

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The Lebanese Post-Civil War Novel

Memory, Trauma, and Capital

By: Felix Lang

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The Lebanese Post-Civil War Novel

Memory, Trauma, and Capital

By: Felix Lang

After the Lebanese Civil War, many Lebanese novelists committed themselves to building a "memory for the future." What resulted was a vital contribution to the legacy of contemporary Arabic literature. Through interviews, literary analysis, and the lens of trauma studies, Lang sheds light on what it means to remember through post-war literature.

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1137555173

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Steven Spielberg: Director and Producer of the Jurassic Park Series

By: Rebecca Felix

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Steven Spielberg: Director and Producer of the Jurassic Park Series

By: Rebecca Felix

This title examines the remarkable life of Steven Spielberg. Readers will learn about his family background, childhood, and education, his career as a movie producer and director, and his famous works. Color photos and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text. Features include a timeline, fast facts, list of famous works, and a critical evaluation activity. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

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1680775715

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Perspectives on Structure and Mechanism in Organic Chemistry

By: Felix A. Carroll

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Perspectives on Structure and Mechanism in Organic Chemistry

By: Felix A. Carroll

Helps to develop new perspectives and a deeper understanding of organic chemistry Instructors and students alike have praised Perspectives on Structure and Mechanism in Organic Chemistry because it motivates readers to think about organic chemistry in new and exciting ways. Based on the author's first hand classroom experience, the text uses complementary conceptual models to give new perspectives on the structures and reactions of organic compounds. The first five chapters of the text discuss the structure and bonding of stable molecules and reactive intermediates. These are followed by a chapter exploring the methods that organic chemists use to study reaction mechanisms. The remaining chapters examine different types of acid-base, substitution, addition, elimination, pericyclic, and photochemical reactions. This Second Edition has been thoroughly updated and revised to reflect the latest findings in physical organic chemistry. Moreover, this edition features: New references to the latest primary and review literature More study questions to help readers better understand and apply new concepts in organic chemistry Coverage of new topics, including density functional theory, quantum theory of atoms in molecules, Marcus theory, molecular simulations, effect of solvent on organic reactions, asymmetric induction in nucleophilic additions to carbonyl compounds, and dynamic effects on reaction pathways The nearly 400 problems in the text do more than allow students to test their understanding of the concepts presented in each chapter. They also encourage readers to actively review and evaluate the chemical literature and to develop and defend their own ideas. With its emphasis on complementary models and independent problem-solving, this text is ideal for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in organic chemistry.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118210883

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The Führer Bunker

Hitlers Last Refuge

By: Sven Felix Kellerhoff

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The Führer Bunker

Hitlers Last Refuge

By: Sven Felix Kellerhoff

Die Faszination des Führerbunkers ist ungebrochen. Besucher Berlins suchen immer wieder nach Resten. Vergeblich: Es ist einfach nichts zu sehen.Das Buch zeigt, wo der Bunker lag und was an seiner Stelle heute steht. Es erläutert die Baugeschichte der Betonhöhle, schildert das Drama des Untergangs anhand von Zeitzeugenberichten und geht auf die Versuche ein, den Bunker zu beseitigen. Fotos und genaue Pläne veranschaulichen die Lage und das Leben im Bunker.Der Geschichtsjournalist Sven Felix Kellerhoff beschäftigt sich seit Jahren mit dem Nationalsozialismus. Er stellt die wichtigsten Quellem und Fakten über den Führerbunker zusammen-von Baubeginn bis heute. September 2003 erschien der Band in deutsch.

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Berlin Story Verlag

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3929829231

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The Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsies

By: Felix Rosenow,Philippe Ryvlin,Hans O. Lüders

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The Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsies

By: Felix Rosenow,Philippe Ryvlin,Hans O. Lüders

This work is the result of a recently held International Epilepsy Colloquium on the mesial temporal lobe epilepsies (MTLE) which covered all aspects of this specific group of syndromes (or constellations), from animal model to treatment strategies. Written by international experts from different fields, it aims to provide professionals from neuroscientists to clinical neurologists, neurosurgeons and neuropaedia-tricians dealing with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy, with a concise overview on the current body of knowledge and on emerging concepts and findings.

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John Libbey Eurotext

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2742007717

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9782742007714

Atlas of Pyrenulaceae and Trypetheliaceae Vol 3

Lichenized Ascomycota

By: Felix Schumm,André Aptroot

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Atlas of Pyrenulaceae and Trypetheliaceae Vol 3

Lichenized Ascomycota

By: Felix Schumm,André Aptroot

This book focuses on two families of lichenized ascomycetes: Pyrenulaceae and Trypetheliaceae. It illustrated the majority of the accepted species in these families, which are most diverse on bark in tropical regions, most especially the Amazon. Fully updated dichotomous identification keys are given to all species in these families and to some similar groups and species, especially those in the same habitat, several of which are also illustrated in full. The illustrations are made from relatively recent material which still shows all characters, including gelatinous ascopore sheaths. For relatively recently described species, often type material is illustrated.

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3755763354

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Mid-Latitude Slope Deposits (Cover Beds)

Chapter 2. Subdued Mountains of Central Europe

By: A. Kleber,B. Terhorst,H. Bullmann,D. Hülle,M. Leopold,S. Müller,T. Raab,D. Sauer,T. Scholten,M. Dietze,P. Felix-Henningsen,J. Heinrich,E.-D. Spies,H. Thiemeyer

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Mid-Latitude Slope Deposits (Cover Beds)

Chapter 2. Subdued Mountains of Central Europe

By: A. Kleber,B. Terhorst,H. Bullmann,D. Hülle,M. Leopold,S. Müller,T. Raab,D. Sauer,T. Scholten,M. Dietze,P. Felix-Henningsen,J. Heinrich,E.-D. Spies,H. Thiemeyer

Slope deposits, which veil entire slopes or large parts of them in a rather uniform manner (cover beds), are ubiquitous in the subdued mountains of Central Europe. Here we provide an overview of the current state of knowledge on these deposits. The Central European cover beds are divided into (1) the upper layer that is ubiquitously distributed and displays a relatively constant thickness; (2) the intermediate layer the distribution of which is mainly restricted to flat relief, to slope depressions, and to lee-ward facing slopes; and (3) the basal layer, which is rather widespread again. Both the upper and intermediate layer contain intermixed loess, whereas the basal layer is free of loess and typically has a high bulk density. Aside from the loess content, the composition of the layers differs, reflecting varying portions of crushed and chemically weathered rock allocated from up-slope. This causes notable diversity depending on bedrock and, thus, induces remarkable regional differences. Cover beds were mainly formed by periglacial gelifluction. The upper layer formed in the Late Glacial possibly during several short episodes of activity. In contrast, the underlying layers may be diachronous; nevertheless, they display recurring vertical sequences. This is probably due to the fact that loess-free layers usually could not deposit as long as there was loess in the environs, which may have been inherited from older deposits. Thus, the last phase of surface wash, during which older loess was removed, determines the age of the lower layers.

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Elsevier Inc. Chapters

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012807938X

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9780128079386

Atlas of Pyrenulaceae and Trypetheliaceae Vol 4

Lichenized Ascomycota

By: Felix Schumm,André Aptroot

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Lichenized Ascomycota

By: Felix Schumm,André Aptroot

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3755763362

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Nonequilibrium Quantum Transport Physics In Nanosystems: Foundation Of Computational Nonequilibrium Physics In Nanoscience And Nanotechnology

By: Felix A Buot

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Nonequilibrium Quantum Transport Physics In Nanosystems: Foundation Of Computational Nonequilibrium Physics In Nanoscience And Nanotechnology

By: Felix A Buot

This book presents the first comprehensive treatment of discrete phase-space quantum mechanics and the lattice Weyl-Wigner formulation of energy band dynamics, by the originator of these theoretical techniques. The author's quantum superfield theoretical formulation of nonequilibrium quantum physics is given in real time, without the awkward use of artificial time contour employed in previous formulations. These two main quantum theoretical techniques combine to yield general (including quasiparticle-pairing dynamics) and exact quantum transport equations in phase-space, appropriate for nanodevices. The derivation of transport formulas in mesoscopic physics from the general quantum transport equations is also treated. Pioneering nanodevices are discussed in the light of the quantum-transport physics equations, and an in-depth treatment of the physics of resonant tunneling devices is given. Operator Hilbert-space methods and quantum tomography are discussed. Discrete phase-space quantum mechanics on finite fields is treated for completeness and by virtue of its relevance to quantum computing. The phenomenological treatment of evolution superoperator and measurements is given to help clarify the general quantum transport theory. Quantum computing and information theory is covered to demonstrate the foundational aspects of discrete quantum dynamics, particularly in deriving a complete set of multiparticle entangled basis states.

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World Scientific

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9814472972

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9789814472975

Brazilian Lichens

Volume 2 -Alagoas

By: Felix Schumm,André Aptroot

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Brazilian Lichens

Volume 2 -Alagoas

By: Felix Schumm,André Aptroot

This book illustrates lichens that were recently collected in Alagoas state in Brazil. For many species, this is the first time that colour pictures are published. Full references to the descriptive literature and to synonyms are given. New species Staurolemma lineare Aptroot & Schumm

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3757833228

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Money

The Unauthorized Biography

By: Felix Martin

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Money

The Unauthorized Biography

By: Felix Martin

From ancient currency to Adam Smith, from the gold standard to shadow banking and the Great Recession: a sweeping historical epic that traces the development and evolution of one of humankind’s greatest inventions. What is money, and how does it work? In this tour de force of political, cultural and economic history, Felix Martin challenges nothing less than our conventional understanding of money. He describes how the Western idea of money emerged from interactions between Mesopotamia and ancient Greece and was shaped over the centuries by tensions between sovereigns and the emerging middle classes. He explores the extraordinary diversity of the world’s monetary systems, from the Pacific island of Yap, where value was once measured by immovable stones, to the currency of today that exists solely on globally connected computer screens. Martin shows that money has always been a deeply political instrument, and that it is our failure to remember this that led to the crisis in our financial system and so to the Great Recession. He concludes with practical solutions to our current pressing, money-based problems. Money skips nimbly among such far-ranging topics as John Locke’s disastrous excursion into economic policy, Montesquieu’s faith in finance to discipline the power of kings, the social organization of ancient Sparta and the Soviet Union’s ill-fated attempt to abolish money and banking altogether. Throughout, Martin makes vivid sense of a chaotic and sometimes incoherent system—the everyday currency that we all share—in the clearest and most stimulating terms. This is a magisterial work of history and economics, with profound implications for the world today.

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Vintage

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030796244X

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9780307962447

Kennan and the Cold War

An Unauthorized Biography

By: David Felix

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Kennan and the Cold War

An Unauthorized Biography

By: David Felix

With his policy of containment, US diplomat George F. Kennan (1904?2005) devised a way to resist the Soviet Union's attempt to conquer the world for Communism. That way was to go to the brink of war to prevent war. His idea was first expressed in his famous Long Telegram from Moscow on February 22, 1946.It took genius to see a wartime ally as a dangerous adversary, and to convince the American leadership to act upon it. Back in the United States, the young diplomat first acted as deputy commandant in the National War College. He then operated as director of the State Department's Policy Planning Staff to restore Europe from wartime destruction. By 1950 Kennan began to reverse his thinking, believing that the military component of American policy was going too far. While his old colleagues continued to develop US power, given point by the atomic bomb, Kennan withdrew from government and began a new career as a public intellectual campaigning for a more peaceable policy in his eighteen books, and articles and talks.The breakdown of the Soviet economy in the 1980s showed that Kennan was right the second time as well. Always sympathetic to the Russian people and culture, which the later Soviet leaders appreciated, Kennan was able to welcome the new non-Communist Russia into a more peaceable relationship with the democracies that ended the Cold War. His life and works have become a national treasure.

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135151024X

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