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An Introduction to Radio Astronomy

By: Bernard F. Burke,Francis Graham-Smith,Peter N. Wilkinson

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An Introduction to Radio Astronomy

By: Bernard F. Burke,Francis Graham-Smith,Peter N. Wilkinson

A thorough introduction to radio astronomy and techniques for students and researchers approaching radio astronomy for the first time.

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Cambridge University Press

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Microhydrodynamics, Brownian Motion, and Complex Fluids

By: Michael D. Graham

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Microhydrodynamics, Brownian Motion, and Complex Fluids

By: Michael D. Graham

This is an introduction to the dynamics of fluids at small scales, the physical and mathematical underpinnings of Brownian motion, and the application of these subjects to the dynamics and flow of complex fluids such as colloidal suspensions and polymer solutions. It brings together continuum mechanics, statistical mechanics, polymer and colloid science, and various branches of applied mathematics, in a self-contained and integrated treatment that provides a foundation for understanding complex fluids, with a strong emphasis on fluid dynamics. Students and researchers will find that this book is extensively cross-referenced to illustrate connections between different aspects of the field. Its focus on fundamental principles and theoretical approaches provides the necessary groundwork for research in the dynamics of flowing complex fluids.

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110861440X

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Seats, Votes, and the Spatial Organisation of Elections

By: Graham Gudgin,Peter Taylor

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Seats, Votes, and the Spatial Organisation of Elections

By: Graham Gudgin,Peter Taylor

In many elections – especially those using single-member constituency systems – the allocation of seats is incommensurate with each party's share of the votes cast. Seats, Votes and the Spatial Organisation of Elections provides a convincing, rigorous analysis of this disproportionality which has not been improved on since its publication over 30 years ago. Its formal analysis, illustrated by empirical examples from a range of countries, stresses the importance of three geographies as key influences on how votes are translated into seats: the geography of partisan support (where people with different political persuasions cluster); the homogeneity of those clusters; and their relative size. Its re-publication makes this classic piece of spatial (political) science available to contemporary audiences, for whom it is as relevant as when the book first appeared in 1979; Ron Johnston's introductory essay sets the work in context and identifies its importance as the foundation for three decades of subsequent work into this key feature of electoral system operation.

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ECPR Press

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1910259640

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I Healed You with My Word

By: R.C. Graham

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I Healed You with My Word

By: R.C. Graham

Graham shares the story of his healing through prayer in order to encourage readers to strengthen their faith by developing a deeper spiritual relationship with God through prayer. (Practical Life)

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Xulon Press

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1600347207

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Inns and Outs of Fremantle

A social history of Fremantle and its hotels from 1829 - 1929

By: Allen Graham

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Inns and Outs of Fremantle

A social history of Fremantle and its hotels from 1829 - 1929

By: Allen Graham

There is no town in Western Australia which has a richer history and heritage than Fremantle. Established in 1829 it was where the first colonists to what was then called Swan River Colony first landed. However, the history of Fremantle cannot be told in isolation so any story about Fremantle is also a story about Western Australia and if storekeeping was the first occupation to be followed in the new colony, then hotel keeping was the next. Within six months of the colony being founded Fremantle had four hotels so this book traces the history of those early Fremantle hotels and how they, and the hotels that followed, shaped the culture and appearance of Fremantle today. To know the history of those hotels is to know the history of Fremantle.

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Xlibris Corporation

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Sourcebook on Tort Law 2/e

By: Graham Stephenson

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Sourcebook on Tort Law 2/e

By: Graham Stephenson

The purpose of this book is to provide a clear guide to tort law, examining the main principles and areas of the subject. It includes text emphasizing the main issues of liability. The text incorporates relevant materials, extracts from leading judgments, articles and reports of review bodies on tort law. It should prove especially useful for those who do not have access to a law library, as for those whose library is under severe pressure from users. It will be useful to those participating in seminars and tutorials and will enable them to take part in a good level of discussion. This new edition of Sourcebook on Torts has been fully revised and incorporates the Human Rights Act 1998. The effect of the European Courts decision in Osman is now being felt, as is evident from the judgments of the House of Lords in Barrett v Enfield BC. The Law Commission's proposals on liability for psychiatric illness are included. Developments in the tort of nuisance, the defence of qualified privilege and damages are also scrutinized. Several Law Commission reports and the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997 are also extracted, as are other new pieces of legislation, such as the Damages Act 1996 and the Defamation Act 1996.

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Cavendish Publishing

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184314042X

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Presocratic Philosophy

Essays in Honour of Alexander Mourelatos

By: Daniel W. Graham

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Presocratic Philosophy

Essays in Honour of Alexander Mourelatos

By: Daniel W. Graham

This book presents some of the most recent trends and developments in Presocratic scholarship. A wide range of topics are covered - from the metaphysical to the moral to the methodological - as well as a broad a range of authors: from recognized figures such as Heraclitus and Parmenides to Sophistic thinkers whose place has traditionally been marginalized, such as Gorgias and the author of the Dissoi Logoi. Several of the pieces are concerned with the later reception and influence of the Presocratics on ancient philosophy, an area of study important both for the light it sheds on our evidence for Presocratic thought and for understanding the philosophical power of their ideas. Drawing together contributions from distinguished authorities and internationally acclaimed scholars of ancient philosophy, this book offers new challenges to traditional interpretations in some areas of Presocratic philosophy and finds new support for traditional interpretations in other areas.

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Reflections on Architecture, Society and Politics

Social and Cultural Tectonics in the 21st Century

By: Graham Cairns

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Reflections on Architecture, Society and Politics

Social and Cultural Tectonics in the 21st Century

By: Graham Cairns

Reflections on Architecture, Society and Politics brings together a series of thirteen interview-articles by Graham Cairns in collaboration with some of the most prominent polemic thinkers and critical practitioners from the fields of architecture and the social sciences, including Noam Chomsky, Peggy Deamer, Robert A.M. Stern, Daniel Libeskind and Kenneth Frampton. Each chapter explores the relationship between architecture and socio-political issues through discussion of architectural theories and projects, citing specific issues and themes that have led to, and will shape, the various aspects of the current and future built environment. Ranging from Chomsky’s examination of the US–Mexico border as the architecture of oppression to Robert A.M. Stern’s defence of projects for the Disney corporation and George W. Bush, this book places politics at the center of issues within contemporary architecture.

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Taylor & Francis

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1317069641

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Daughters of the Declaration

How Women Social Entrepreneurs Built the American Dream

By: Claire Gaudiani,David Graham Burnett

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Daughters of the Declaration

How Women Social Entrepreneurs Built the American Dream

By: Claire Gaudiani,David Graham Burnett

America's founding fathers established an idealistic framework for a bold experiment in democratic governance. The new nation would be built on the belief that "all men are created equal, and are endowed . . . with a right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." The challenge of turning these ideals into reality for all citizens was taken up by a set of exceptional American women. Distinguished scholar and civic leader Claire Gaudiani calls these women "social entrepreneurs," arguing that they brought the same drive and strategic intent to their pursuit of "the greater good" that their male counterparts applied to building the nation's capital markets throughout the nineteenth century. Gaudiani tells the stories of these patriotic women, and their creation of America's unique not-for-profit, or "social profit" sector. She concludes that the idealism and optimism inherent in this work provided an important asset to the increasing prosperity of the nation from its founding to the Second World War. Social entrepreneurs have defined a system of governance "by the people," and they remain our best hope for continued moral leadership in the world.

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1610390326

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Cosmos in the Chaos

Philip Schaff's Interpretation of Nineteenth-century American Religion

By: Stephen Ray Graham

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Cosmos in the Chaos

Philip Schaff's Interpretation of Nineteenth-century American Religion

By: Stephen Ray Graham

Philip Schaff is considered the founder of the discipline of church history in America, and he was the foremost practitioner of that discipline in nineteenth-century America. In this book Stephen R. Graham provides the first in-depth treatment of Schaff's analysis of religion in American and, by means of that study, examines not only Schaff's thought but also the development of religion in the United States in the nineteenth century. Topics covered include the three "threats" to American Christianity as conceived by Schaff -- sectarianism, romanism, and rationalism; Schaff's understanding of the American experiment of separation of church and state; Schaff's conception of America as playing a unique role in world and Christian history; and Schaff's contributions to ecumenism.

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0802808417

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The Cambridge Handbook of Physics Formulas

By: Graham Woan

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The Cambridge Handbook of Physics Formulas

By: Graham Woan

The Cambridge Handbook of Physics Formulas is a quick-reference aid for students and professionals in the physical sciences and engineering. It contains more than 2000 of the most useful formulas and equations found in undergraduate physics courses, covering mathematics, dynamics and mechanics, quantum physics, thermodynamics, solid state physics, electromagnetism, optics and astrophysics. An exhaustive index allows the required formulas to be located swiftly and simply, and the unique tabular format crisply identifies all the variables involved. The Cambridge Handbook of Physics Formulas comprehensively covers the major topics explored in undergraduate physics courses. It is designed to be a compact, portable, reference book suitable for everyday work, problem solving or exam revision. All students and professionals in physics, applied mathematics, engineering and other physical sciences will want to have this essential reference book within easy reach.

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1139435108

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The Falklands Saga

Volume 1

By: Graham Pascoe

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The Falklands Saga

Volume 1

By: Graham Pascoe

The Falklands Saga presents abundant evidence from hundreds of pages of documents in archives and libraries in Buenos Aires, La Plata, Montevideo, London, Cambridge, Stanley, Paris, Munich and Washington DC, some never printed before, many printed here for the first time, in English and, where different, in their original languages, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Latin or Dutch. It provides the facts to correct the fallacies and distortions in accounts by earlier authors. It reveals persuasive evidence that the Falklands were discovered by a Portuguese expedition at the latest around 1518-19, and not by Vespucci or Magellan. It demonstrates conclusively that the Anglo-Spanish agreement of 1771 did not contain a reservation of Spanish rights, that Britain did not make a secret promise to abandon the islands, and that the Nootka Sound Convention of 1790 did not restrict Britain's rights in the Falklands, but greatly extended them at the expense of Spain. For the first time ever, the despairing letters from the Falklands written in German in 1824 to Louis Vernet by his brother Emilio are printed here in full, in both the original German and in English translation, revealing the total chaos of the abortive 1824 Argentine expedition to the islands. This book reveals how tiny the Argentine settlement in the islands was in 1826-33. In April 1829 there were only 52 people, and there was a constant turnover of population; many people stayed only a few months, and the population reached its maximum of 128 only for a few weeks in mid-1831 before declining to 37 people at the beginning of 1833. This work also refutes the falsehood that Britain expelled an Argentine population from the Falklands in 1833. That myth has been Argentina's principal propaganda weapon since the 1960s in its attempts to undermine Falkland Islanders' right to self-determination. In fact Britain encouraged the residents to stay, and only a handful left the islands. A crucial document printed here is the 1850 Convention of Peace between Argentina and Britain. At Argentina's insistence, this was a comprehensive peace treaty which restored "perfect friendship" between the two countries. Critical exchanges between the Argentine and British negotiators are printed here in detail, which show that Argentina dropped its claim to the Falklands and accepted that the islands are British. That, and the many later acts by Argentina described here, definitively ended any Argentine title to the islands. The islands' history is placed in its world context, with detailed accounts of the First Falklands Crisis of 1764-71, the Second Falklands Crisis of 1831-3, the Years of Confusion (1811-1850), and the Third Falklands Crisis of 1982 (the Falklands War), as well as a Falklands perspective on the First and Second World Wars, including the Battle of the Falklands (1914) and the Battle of the River Plate (1939), with extensive details and texts from German sources. The legal status of the Falklands is analysed by reference to legal works, to United Nations resolutions on decolonisation, and to rulings by the International Court of Justice, which together demonstrate conclusively that the islands are British territory in international law and that the Falkland Islanders, who have now (2024) lived in their country for over 180 years and for nine generations, are a unique people who are holders of territorial sovereignty with the full right of external self-determination.

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1803816880

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9781803816883

Orange Crushed

An Ivy League Mystery

By: Pamela Thomas-Graham

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Orange Crushed

An Ivy League Mystery

By: Pamela Thomas-Graham

The author of "A Darker Shade of Crimson" returns with Nikki Chase and once again delivers a beguiling, brisk and atmospheric whodunit set in Princeton and Cambridge.

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Simon and Schuster

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0671016725

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9780671016722

A Diet of Austerity

Class, Food and Climate Change

By: Elaine Graham-Leigh

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A Diet of Austerity

Class, Food and Climate Change

By: Elaine Graham-Leigh

Received wisdom is increasingly that we all have to eat less to save the planet, but received wisdom is wrong. A Diet of Austerity argues that, just as the poor are blamed for the economic crisis, Malthusian conceptions about food and ecology are being used to hold the working class responsible for climate change and global hunger. Challenging existing dogmas about overconsumption and personal responsibility, it shows that what we need to stop climate change is system change.

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John Hunt Publishing

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1782797416

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Microscopic And Macroscopic Simulation Techniques: Kharagpur Lectures

By: William Graham Hoover,Carol Griswold Hoover

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Microscopic And Macroscopic Simulation Techniques: Kharagpur Lectures

By: William Graham Hoover,Carol Griswold Hoover

This book aims to provide an example-based education in numerical methods for atomistic and continuum simulations of systems at and away from equilibrium. The focus is on nonequilibrium systems, stressing the use of tools from dynamical systems theory for their analysis. Lyapunov instability and fractal dimensionality are introduced and algorithms for their analysis are detailed. The book is intended to be self-contained and accessible to students who are comfortable with calculus and differential equations.The wide range of topics covered will provide students, researchers and academics with effective tools for formulating and solving interesting problems, both atomistic and continuum. The detailed description of the use of thermostats to control nonequilibrium systems will help readers in writing their own programs rather than being saddled with packaged software.

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World Scientific

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9813232544

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9789813232549

The Allied Occupation of Germany

The Refugee Crisis, Denazification and the Path to Reconstruction

By: Francis Graham-Dixon

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The Allied Occupation of Germany

The Refugee Crisis, Denazification and the Path to Reconstruction

By: Francis Graham-Dixon

In the years following World War II, the allies occupied a shattered Germany. Britain held North-Western Germany for ten years, overseeing the rehabilitation of 'the biggest single forced population movement in modern history', as Germans from around Europe were expelled from the crumbling Third Reich. This was a humanitarian crisis - with most hospitals, houses, transport networks and schools destroyed during the war, and the British and Americans running enormous and often inhumane refugee camps. Here, Francis Graham-Dixon assesses how the British squared their ethical focus on liberalism with their status as an occupying power, and examines the economic, military and political pressures of the period through the key turning points of the end of World War II - the bombing of Hamburg in 1943, the mismanagement of the refugee camp system and the fallout between occupiers and occupied after the Nuremberg trials of 1945/6. The first book to compare German and British sources from the period, this is an essential contribution to the literature on World War II, the Cold War and post-war Europe.

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0857722751

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The Early Irish Monastic Schools A Study Of Ireland’s Contribution To Early Medieval Culture

By: Hugh Graham

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The Early Irish Monastic Schools A Study Of Ireland’s Contribution To Early Medieval Culture

By: Hugh Graham

The Early Irish Monastic Schools: A Study of Ireland’s Contribution to Early Medieval Culture" by way of Hugh Graham is a scholarly exploration that unveils the profound effect of Irish monastic faculties at the cultural landscape of early medieval times. Graham, a committed historian, delves into Ireland's rich history to light up the pivotal function played with the aid of these monastic establishments in shaping the intellectual, non-secular, and academic milieu of the era. The book meticulously lines the development of Irish monastic colleges, highlighting their precise contributions to early medieval way of life. Graham's studies encompass the religious teachings, scholarly interests, and cultural innovations that emerged from those colleges, showcasing Ireland's widespread position inside the broader European medieval context. As Graham unfolds the narrative, readers are immersed in a global where Irish monastic schools become centers of gaining knowledge of, fostering a colourful highbrow culture. The author's meticulous look at sheds mild on the scholars, manuscripts, and academic methods that emanated from these institutions, showcasing Ireland's enduring legacy within the nation-states of theology, literature, and training.

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9361151568

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Engineering Mathematics with Applications to Fire Engineering

By: Khalid Khan,Tony Lee Graham

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Engineering Mathematics with Applications to Fire Engineering

By: Khalid Khan,Tony Lee Graham

This book addresses direct application of mathematics to fire engineering problems Gives background interpretation for included mathematical methods Illustrates a step-by-step detailed solution to solving relevant problems Includes pictorial representation of the problems Discusses a comprehensive topic list in the realm of engineering mathematics topics including basic concepts of Algebra, Trigonometry and Statistics

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1351597612

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9781351597616

Edexcel A Level Physics Student Book 1

By: Mike Benn,Graham George

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Edexcel A Level Physics Student Book 1

By: Mike Benn,Graham George

Exam Board: Edexcel Level: AS/A-level Subject: Physics First Teaching: September 2015 First Exam: June 2016 Endorsed by Edexcel Help students to build and develop the essential knowledge and skills needed, provide practical assessment guidance and plenty of support for the new mathematical requirements with this Edexcel Year 1 Student Book. - Supports practical assessment with Practical Skill summaries throughout - Provides support for all 16 required practicals with detailed explanations, data and exam style questions for students to answer - Builds understanding and knowledge with a variety of questions to engage and challenge students throughout the course: prior knowledge, worked examples, Test Yourself and Exam Practice Questions - Acts as an aid for the mathematical requirements of the course with worked examples of calculations and a dedicated 'Maths in Physics' chapter - Develop understanding and enable self- and peer-assessment with free online access to 'Test yourself' answers. Edexcel A level Physics Student Book 1 includes AS level.

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Hodder Education

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1471828840

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9781471828843

Mathematics for Physicists

By: Brian R. Martin,Graham Shaw

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Mathematics for Physicists

By: Brian R. Martin,Graham Shaw

Mathematics for Physicists is a relatively short volume covering all the essential mathematics needed for a typical first degree in physics, from a starting point that is compatible with modern school mathematics syllabuses. Early chapters deliberately overlap with senior school mathematics, to a degree that will depend on the background of the individual reader, who may quickly skip over those topics with which he or she is already familiar. The rest of the book covers the mathematics that is usually compulsory for all students in their first two years of a typical university physics degree, plus a little more. There are worked examples throughout the text, and chapter-end problem sets. Mathematics for Physicists features: Interfaces with modern school mathematics syllabuses All topics usually taught in the first two years of a physics degree Worked examples throughout Problems in every chapter, with answers to selected questions at the end of the book and full solutions on a website This text will be an excellent resource for undergraduate students in physics and a quick reference guide for more advanced students, as well as being appropriate for students in other physical sciences, such as astronomy, chemistry and earth sciences.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470660228

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Ancient Philosophy of Religion

The History of Western Philosophy of Religion, Volume 1

By: Graham Oppy,N. N. Trakakis

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Ancient Philosophy of Religion

The History of Western Philosophy of Religion, Volume 1

By: Graham Oppy,N. N. Trakakis

The origins of the Western philosophical tradition lie in the ancient Greco-Roman world. This volume provides a unique insight into the life and writings of a diverse group of philosophers in antiquity and presents the latest thinking on their views on God, the gods, religious belief and practice. Beginning with the 'pre-Socratics', the volume then explores the influential contributions made to the Western philosophy of religion by the three towering figures of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. The chapters that follow cover the the leading philosophers of the major schools of the ancient world - Epicureanism, Stoicism, Neoplatonism and the early Christian Church. "Ancient Philosophy of Religion" will be of interest to scholars and students of Philosophy, Classics and Religion, while remaining accessible to any interested in the rich cultural heritage of ancient religious thought.

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Twentieth-Century Music in the West

By: Tom Perchard,Stephen Graham,Tim Rutherford-Johnson,Holly Rogers

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Twentieth-Century Music in the West

By: Tom Perchard,Stephen Graham,Tim Rutherford-Johnson,Holly Rogers

Introduction Steve Reich pitched up in San Francisco in September 1961. He was a young musician, one who had been taken by the early-century work of the Hungarian composer and folklorist Béla Bartók, and he had journeyed west from New York in the hope of studying with Leon Kirchner, a composer in the rough-lyric Bartók tradition who'd been teaching at Mills College. But Kirchner had just left for Harvard, so Reich ended up working at Mills under Luciano Berio. Over the course of the previous decade, Berio had become identified as a figurehead of the European post-war avant-garde: his ultramodern serialist work was quite a different proposition to Kirchner's own"--

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1108481981

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Time Reversibility, Computer Simulation, Algorithms, Chaos

By: William Graham Hoover,Carol Griswold Hoover

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Time Reversibility, Computer Simulation, Algorithms, Chaos

By: William Graham Hoover,Carol Griswold Hoover

The book begins with a discussion, contrasting the idealized reversibility of basic physics against the pragmatic irreversibility of real life. Computer models, and simulation, are next discussed and illustrated. Simulations provide the means to assimilate concepts through worked-out examples. State-of-the-art analyses, from the point of view of dynamical systems, are applied to many-body examples from nonequilibrium molecular dynamics and to chaotic irreversible flows from finite-difference, finite-element, and particle-based continuum simulations. Two necessary concepts from dynamical-systems theory - fractals and Lyapunov instability - are fundamental to the approach. Undergraduate-level physics, calculus, and ordinary differential equations are sufficient background for a full appreciation of this book, which is intended for advanced undergraduates, graduates, and research workers.

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World Scientific

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9814383163

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Elegant Simulations: From Simple Oscillators To Many-body Systems

By: Julien Clinton Sprott,William Graham Hoover,Carol Griswold Hoover

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Elegant Simulations: From Simple Oscillators To Many-body Systems

By: Julien Clinton Sprott,William Graham Hoover,Carol Griswold Hoover

A recent development is the discovery that simple systems of equations can have chaotic solutions in which small changes in initial conditions have a large effect on the outcome, rendering the corresponding experiments effectively irreproducible and unpredictable. An earlier book in this sequence, Elegant Chaos: Algebraically Simple Chaotic Flows provided several hundred examples of such systems, nearly all of which are purely mathematical without any obvious connection with actual physical processes and with very limited discussion and analysis.In this book, we focus on a much smaller subset of such models, chosen because they simulate some common or important physical phenomenon, usually involving the motion of a limited number of point-like particles, and we discuss these models in much greater detail. As with the earlier book, the chosen models are the mathematically simplest formulations that exhibit the phenomena of interest, and thus they are what we consider 'elegant.'Elegant models, stripped of unnecessary detail while maximizing clarity, beauty, and simplicity, occupy common ground bordering both real-world modeling and aesthetic mathematical analyses. A computational search led one of us (JCS) to the same set of differential equations previously used by the other (WGH) to connect the classical dynamics of Newton and Hamilton to macroscopic thermodynamics. This joint book displays and explores dozens of such relatively simple models meeting the criteria of elegance, taste, and beauty in structure, style, and consequence.This book should be of interest to students and researchers who enjoy simulating and studying complex particle motions with unusual dynamical behaviors. The book assumes only an elementary knowledge of calculus. The systems are initial-value iterated maps and ordinary differential equations but they must be solved numerically. Thus for readers a formal differential equations course is not at all necessary, of little value and limited use.

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9811263582

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A Compendium of Partial Differential Equation Models

Method of Lines Analysis with Matlab

By: William E. Schiesser,Graham W. Griffiths

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A Compendium of Partial Differential Equation Models

Method of Lines Analysis with Matlab

By: William E. Schiesser,Graham W. Griffiths

Presents numerical methods and computer code in Matlab for the solution of ODEs and PDEs with detailed line-by-line discussion.

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0521519861

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Optics and Photonics

An Introduction

By: F. Graham Smith,Terry A. King,Dan Wilkins

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Optics and Photonics

An Introduction

By: F. Graham Smith,Terry A. King,Dan Wilkins

The Second Edition of this successful textbook provides a clear, well-written introduction to both the fundamental principles of optics and the key aspects of photonics to show how the subject has developed in the last few decades, leading to many modern applications. Optics and Photonics: An Introduction, Second Edition thus provides a complete undergraduate course on optics in a single integrated text, and is an essential resource for all undergraduate physics, science and engineering students taking a variety of optics based courses. Specific changes for this edition include: New material on modern optics and photonics Rearrangement of chapters to give a logical progression, comprising groups of chapters on geometric optics, wave optics and photonics Many more worked examples and problems Substantial revisions to chapters on Holography, Lasers and the Interaction of Light with Matter Solutions can be found at: www.booksupport.wiley.com

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047001783X

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9780470017838

Wind Energy Handbook

By: Tony L. Burton,Nick Jenkins,Ervin Bossanyi,David Sharpe,Michael Graham

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Wind Energy Handbook

By: Tony L. Burton,Nick Jenkins,Ervin Bossanyi,David Sharpe,Michael Graham

Fully updated and authoritative reference to wind energy technology written by leading academic and industry professionals The newly revised Third Edition of the Wind Energy Handbook delivers a fully updated treatment of key developments in wind technology since the publication of the book’s Second Edition in 2011. The criticality of wakes within wind farms is addressed by the addition of an entirely new chapter on wake effects, including ‘engineering’ wake models and wake control. Offshore, attention is focused for the first time on the design of floating support structures, and the new ‘PISA’ method for monopile geotechnical design is introduced. The coverage of blade design has been completely rewritten, with an expanded description of laminate fatigue properties and new sections on manufacturing methods, blade testing, leading-edge erosion and bend-twist coupling. These are complemented by new sections on blade add-ons and noise in the aerodynamics chapters, which now also include a description of the Leishman-Beddoes dynamic stall model and an extended introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics analysis. The importance of the environmental impact of wind farms both on- and offshore is recognized by expanded coverage, and the requirements of the Grid Codes to ensure wind energy plays its full role in the power system are described. The conceptual design chapter has been extended to include a number of novel concepts, including low induction rotors, multiple rotor structures, superconducting generators and magnetic gearboxes. References and further reading resources are included throughout the book and have been updated to cover the latest literature. As in previous editions, the core subjects constituting the essential background to wind turbine and wind farm design are covered. These include: The nature of the wind resource, including geographical variation, synoptic and diurnal variations, and turbulence characteristics The aerodynamics of horizontal axis wind turbines, including the actuator disc concept, rotor disc theory, the vortex cylinder model of the actuator disc and the Blade-Element/Momentum theory Design loads for horizontal axis wind turbines, including the prescriptions of international standards Alternative machine architectures The design of key components Wind turbine controller design for fixed and variable speed machines The integration of wind farms into the electrical power system Wind farm design, siting constraints, and the assessment of environmental impact Perfect for engineers and scientists learning about wind turbine technology, the Wind Energy Handbook will also earn a place in the libraries of graduate students taking courses on wind turbines and wind energy, as well as industry professionals whose work requires a deep understanding of wind energy technology.

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1119451159

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9781119451150

Silicon Photonics

An Introduction

By: Graham T. Reed,Andrew P. Knights

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Silicon Photonics

An Introduction

By: Graham T. Reed,Andrew P. Knights

The growing demand for instant and reliable communication means that photonic circuits are increasingly finding applications in optical communications systems. One of the prime candidates to provide satisfactory performance at low cost in the photonic circuit is silicon. Whilst silicon photonics is less well developed as compared to some other material technologies, it is poised to make a serious impact on the telecommunications industry, as well as in many other applications, as other technologies fail to meet the yield/performance/cost trade-offs. Following a sympathetic tutorial approach, this first book on silicon photonics provides a comprehensive overview of the technology. Silicon Photonics explains the concepts of the technology, taking the reader through the introductory principles, on to more complex building blocks of the optical circuit. Starting with the basics of waveguides and the properties peculiar to silicon, the book also features: Key design issues in optical circuits. Experimental methods. Evaluation techniques. Operation of waveguide based devices. Fabrication of silicon waveguide circuits. Evaluation of silicon photonic systems. Numerous worked examples, models and case studies. Silicon Photonics is an essential tool for photonics engineers and young professionals working in the optical network, optical communications and semiconductor industries. This book is also an invaluable reference and a potential main text to senior undergraduates and postgraduate students studying fibre optics, integrated optics, or optical network technology.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470870354

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9780470870358

Pearson Edexcel A Level Physics (Year 1 and Year 2)

By: Mike Benn,Tim Akrill,Graham George

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Pearson Edexcel A Level Physics (Year 1 and Year 2)

By: Mike Benn,Tim Akrill,Graham George

Help students to develop their knowledge and build essential skills with practical assessment guidance and plenty of support for the new mathematical requirements in this updated, all-in-one textbook for Years 1 and 2. Combining everything your students need to know for the Pearson Edexcel A level Physics specification, this revised textbook will: - Support practical assessment with practical skill summaries throughout. - Provide support for all 16 required practicals with detailed explanations, data and exam style questions for students to answer. - Build understanding and knowledge with a variety of questions to engage and challenge students throughout the course: prior knowledge, worked examples, 'Test yourself' and exam practice questions. - Aid mathematical understanding and application with worked examples of calculations and a dedicated 'Maths for Physics' chapter. - Develop understanding and enable self- and peer-assessment with free online access to 'Test yourself' answers.

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Hodder Education

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1510470050

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