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The Musician as Philosopher

New York’s Vernacular Avant-Garde, 1958–1978

By: Michael Gallope

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The Musician as Philosopher

New York’s Vernacular Avant-Garde, 1958–1978

By: Michael Gallope

An insightful look at how avant-garde musicians of the postwar period in New York explored the philosophical dimensions of music’s ineffability. The Musician as Philosopher explores the philosophical thought of avant-garde musicians in postwar New York: David Tudor, Ornette Coleman, the Velvet Underground, Alice Coltrane, Patti Smith, and Richard Hell. It contends that these musicians—all of whom are understudied and none of whom are traditionally taken to be composers—not only challenged the rules by which music is written and practiced but also confounded and reconfigured gendered and racialized expectations for what critics took to be legitimate forms of musical sound. From a broad historical perspective, their arresting music electrified a widely recognized social tendency of the 1960s: a simultaneous affirmation and crisis of the modern self.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226831752

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9780226831756

Polymer Chemistry

By: Sebastian Koltzenburg,Michael Maskos,Oskar Nuyken

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Polymer Chemistry

By: Sebastian Koltzenburg,Michael Maskos,Oskar Nuyken

This comprehensive textbook describes the synthesis, characterization and technical and engineering applications of polymers. Offering a broad and balanced introduction to the basic concepts of macromolecular chemistry and to the synthesis and physical chemistry of polymers, it is the ideal text for graduate students and advanced Masters students starting out in polymer science. Building on the basic principles of organic chemistry and thermodynamics, it provides an easily understandable and highly accessible introduction to the topic. Step by step, readers will obtain a detailed and well-founded understanding of this vibrant and increasingly important subject area at the intersection between chemistry, physics, engineering and the life sciences.Following an approach different from many other textbooks in the field, the authors, with their varying backgrounds (both from academia and industry), offer a new perspective. Starting with a clear and didactic introduction, the book discusses basic terms and sizes and shapes of polymers and macromolecules. There then follow chapters dedicated to polymers in solutions, molar mass determination, and polymers in the solid state, incl. (partially) crystalline or amorphous polymers as well as their application as engineering materials. Based on this information, the authors explain the most important polymerization methods and techniques. Often neglected in other textbooks, there are chapters on technical polymers, functional polymers, elastomers and liquid crystalline polymers, as well as polymers and the environment. An overview of current trends serves to generate further interest in present and future developments in the field.This book is the English translation of the successful German textbook "Polymere", which was awarded the Chemical Industry in Germany’s 2015 literature Prize (“Literaturpreis des Fonds der Chemischen Industrie”) for its innovative, novel approach, and its good accessibility and readability, while at the same time providing comprehensive coverage of the field of polymer science.

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Springer

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3662492792

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Applied Tribology

Bearing Design and Lubrication

By: Michael M. Khonsari,E. Richard Booser

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Applied Tribology

Bearing Design and Lubrication

By: Michael M. Khonsari,E. Richard Booser

Applications of tribological technology in bearings are wide and varied in industries ranging from aerospace, marine and automotive to power, process, petrochemical and construction. Applied Tribology, 2nd edition not only covers tribology in bearings but demonstrates the same principles for other machine components, such as piston pins, piston rings and hydrostatic lifts, as well as in more recent technologies such as gas bearings in high-speed machines and computer read-write devices. Maintaining a balance between theoretical analysis and practical experience with co-authors from academia and industry, this new edition is significantly revised and expanded with new material. Features include; • Two brand new chapters on seals and bearing failure modes and bearing health monitoring techniques • Coverage of new developments in full-film, dry, and partial lubrication; gas bearings; and ball and roller bearings • Design guides based on full Reynolds equation that enable accurate prediction of load capacity, power loss, temperature rise • Comprehensive presentation of important design factors involving material and lubricants. • State-of-the-art presentation and up-to-date references of pertinent scientific and applied topics in tribology • Numerous examples that reinforce the understanding of concepts and provide procedures for the design and performance analysis of components Applied Tribology, 2nd edition provides a valuable and authoritative resource for mechanical engineering professionals working in a wide range of industries with machinery including turbines, compressors, motors, electrical appliances & electronic components. Senior and graduate students in mechanical engineering will also find it a useful text and reference.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470059443

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9780470059449

Lumbar Interbody Fusions E-Book

By: Sunil V Manjila,Thomas Mroz,Michael P. Steinmetz

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Lumbar Interbody Fusions E-Book

By: Sunil V Manjila,Thomas Mroz,Michael P. Steinmetz

Authored by experienced surgeons and key innovators in the fast-moving field of LIF surgery, Lumbar Interbody Fusions provides an in-depth, focused approach to recent advances in surgical techniques and technology. Covering both minimally invasive and open procedures, this comprehensive reference provides step-by-step details for proven techniques, including extreme lateral, oblique lateral, and direct lateral approaches; intertransverse approaches; axial approaches; and endoscopic approaches. - Focuses on the technical nuances, pearls and pitfalls of each procedure, as well as complication avoidance and management. - Features high-quality radiographs and intraoperative images for superb visual guidance throughout. - Covers topics that have as-yet unsettled surgical management, such as thoracolumbar and lumbosacral overlap diseases. - Includes a concise review of evidence-based spine literature at the end of each procedural chapter. - Features chapters on adjunct instrumentation such as pedicle screw and facet fixation, as well as graft selection and revision surgeries.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323497411

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9780323497411

Just Beyond Listening

Essays of Sonic Encounter

By: Michael C. Heller

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Just Beyond Listening

Essays of Sonic Encounter

By: Michael C. Heller

Just Beyond Listening asks how we might think about encounters with sound that complicate standard accounts of aurality. In a series of essays, Michael C. Heller considers how sound functions in dialogue with a range of sensory and affective modalities, including physical co-presence, textual interference, and spectral haunting. The text investigates sound that is experienced in other parts of the body, altered by cross-wirings of the senses, weaponized by the military, or mediated and changed by cultural practices and memory. Building on recent scholarship in sound studies and affect theory, Heller questions not only how sound propagates acoustically but how sonic presences temper our total experience of the world around us.

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Univ of California Press

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0520350782

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9780520350786

Christian Wolff

By: Michael Hicks,Christian Asplund

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Christian Wolff

By: Michael Hicks,Christian Asplund

In this first interpretive narrative of the life and work of Christian Wolff, Michael Hicks and Christian Asplund trace the influences and sensibilities of a contemporary composer's atypical career path and restless imagination. Written in full cooperation with Wolff, including access to his papers, this volume is a much-needed introduction to a leading avant-garde composer still living, writing music, and speaking about his own work. Wolff has pioneered various compositional and notational idioms, including overtly political music, indeterminacy, graphic scores, and extreme virtuosity. Trained as a classicist rather than a musician, Wolff has never quite had both feet in the rarefied world of contemporary composition. Yet he's considered a "composer's composer," with a mind ensconced equally in ancient Greek tragedy and experimental music and an eccentric and impulsive compositional approach that eludes a fixed stylistic fingerprint. Hicks and Asplund cover Wolff's family life and formative years, his role as a founder of the New York School of composers, and the context of his life and work as part of the John Cage circle, as well as his departures from it. Critically assessing Wolff's place within the experimental musical field, this volume captures both his eloquence and reticence and provides insights into his broad interests and activities within music and beyond.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252078969

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9780252078965

Mavericks and Other Traditions in American Music

By: Michael Broyles

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Mavericks and Other Traditions in American Music

By: Michael Broyles

From colonial times to the present, American composers have lived on the fringes of society and defined themselves in large part as outsiders. In this stimulating book Michael Broyles considers the tradition of maverick composers and explores what these mavericks reveal about American attitudes toward the arts and about American society itself. Broyles starts by examining the careers of three notably unconventional composers: William Billings in the eighteenth century, Anthony Philip Heinrich in the nineteenth, and Charles Ives in the twentieth. All three had unusual lives, wrote music that many considered incomprehensible, and are now recognized as key figures in the development of American music. Broyles goes on to investigate the proliferation of eccentric individualism in all types of American music—classical, popular, and jazz—and how it has come to dominate the image of diverse creative artists from John Cage to Frank Zappa. The history of the maverick tradition, Broyles shows, has much to tell us about the role of music in American culture and the tension between individualism and community in the American consciousness.

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Yale University Press

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0300127898

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9780300127898

Revolutions in American Music: Three Decades That Changed a Country and Its Sounds

By: Michael Broyles

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Revolutions in American Music: Three Decades That Changed a Country and Its Sounds

By: Michael Broyles

The story of how unexpected connections between music, technology, and race across three tumultuous decades changed American culture. How did a European social dance craze become part of an American presidential election? Why did the recording industry become racially divided? Where did rock ’n’ roll really come from? And how do all these things continue to reverberate in today’s world? In Revolutions in American Music, award-winning author Michael Broyles shows the surprising ways in which three key decades—the 1840s, the 1920s, and the 1950s—shaped America’s musical future. Drawing connections between new styles of music like the minstrel show, jazz, and rock ’n’ roll, and emerging technologies like the locomotive, the first music recordings, and the transistor radio, Broyles argues that these decades fundamentally remade our cultural landscape in enduring ways. At the same time, these connections revealed racial fault lines running through the business of music, in an echo of American society as a whole. Through the music of each decade, we come to see anew the social, cultural, and political fabric of the time. Broyles combines broad historical perspective with an eye for the telling detail and presents a variety of characters to serve as focal points, including the original Jim Crow, a colorful Hungarian dancing master named Gabriel de Korponay, “Empress of the Blues” Bessie Smith, and the singer Johnnie Ray, whom Tony Bennett called “the father of rock ’n’ roll.” Their stories, and many others, animate Broyles’s masterly account of how American music became what it is today.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393634213

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9780393634211

Murray & Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine E-Book

By: Robert J. Mason,Arthur Slutsky,John F. Murray,Jay A. Nadel,Michael B. Gotway

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Murray & Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine E-Book

By: Robert J. Mason,Arthur Slutsky,John F. Murray,Jay A. Nadel,Michael B. Gotway

Ideal for fellows and practicing pulmonologists who need an authoritative, comprehensive reference on all aspects of pulmonary medicine, Murray and Nadel’s Textbook of Respiratory Medicine offers the most definitive content on basic science, diagnosis, evaluation and treatment of the full spectrum of respiratory diseases. Full-color design enhances teaching points and highlights challenging concepts. Understand clinical applications and the scientific principles of respiratory medicine. Detailed explanations of each disease entity allow you to work through differential diagnoses. Expert Consult eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience offers content updates, videos, review questions, and Thoracic Imaging Cases (TICs), all of which are easily navigable on any device for access on rounds or in the clinic. Includes more than 1,000 figures and over 200 videos and audio files. Key Points and Key Reading sections highlight the most useful references and resources for each chapter. An expanded sleep section now covers four chapters and includes control of breathing, consequences of sleep disruption, as well as obstructive and central apnea. New chapters in the Critical Care section cover Noninvasive Ventilation (NIV) and Extracorporeal Support of Gas Exchange (ECMO). New chapters focusing on diagnostic techniques now include Invasive Diagnostic Imaging and Image-Guided Interventions and Positron Emission Tomography, and a new chapter on Therapeutic Bronchoscopy highlights the interventional role of pulmonologists. Embedded videos feature thoracoscopy, therapeutic bronchoscopy, volumetric chest CT scans, and more. Brand-new audio files highlight normal and abnormal breath sounds and the separate components of cough.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323261930

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9780323261937

Statistical Design and Analysis of Biological Experiments

By: Hans-Michael Kaltenbach

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Statistical Design and Analysis of Biological Experiments

By: Hans-Michael Kaltenbach

This richly illustrated book provides an overview of the design and analysis of experiments with a focus on non-clinical experiments in the life sciences, including animal research. It covers the most common aspects of experimental design such as handling multiple treatment factors and improving precision. In addition, it addresses experiments with large numbers of treatment factors and response surface methods for optimizing experimental conditions or biotechnological yields. The book emphasizes the estimation of effect sizes and the principled use of statistical arguments in the broader scientific context. It gradually transitions from classical analysis of variance to modern linear mixed models, and provides detailed information on power analysis and sample size determination, including ‘portable power’ formulas for making quick approximate calculations. In turn, detailed discussions of several real-life examples illustrate the complexities and aberrations that can arise in practice. Chiefly intended for students, teachers and researchers in the fields of experimental biology and biomedicine, the book is largely self-contained and starts with the necessary background on basic statistical concepts. The underlying ideas and necessary mathematics are gradually introduced in increasingly complex variants of a single example. Hasse diagrams serve as a powerful method for visualizing and comparing experimental designs and deriving appropriate models for their analysis. Manual calculations are provided for early examples, allowing the reader to follow the analyses in detail. More complex calculations rely on the statistical software R, but are easily transferable to other software. Though there are few prerequisites for effectively using the book, previous exposure to basic statistical ideas and the software R would be advisable.

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Springer Nature

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3030696413

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AO Spine Textbook

Comprehensive Overview on Surgical Management of the Spine

By: Michael P Steinmetz,Thomas E Mroz,Jeffrey C Wang

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AO Spine Textbook

Comprehensive Overview on Surgical Management of the Spine

By: Michael P Steinmetz,Thomas E Mroz,Jeffrey C Wang

Founded by four Swiss surgeons in 1958, AO Spine is a premier knowledge provider in spine surgery and at the forefront of education and research. Endorsed by AO Spine, this book is a comprehensive guide to the management of spinal disorders. Beginning with a general overview of the spine and its physiology and biomechanics, the next section extensively covers the paediatric spine and associated disorders. The following sections discuss conditions found in the different anatomical sections of the spine – cervical, thoracic and lumbosacral – and their history, physical examination, diagnosis and surgical and non-operative management techniques. The final part of the book explores future trends in spine surgery. Authored by leading US-based neuro and orthopaedic surgeons, this textbook is highly illustrated with more than 650 surgical images, diagrams and tables. Key points Comprehensive guide to surgical and non-operative management of spinal disorders Endorsed by AO Spine committee Covers diagnosis and treatment of numerous conditions in each section of the spine Highly experienced and renowned, US-based author team

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Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers

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938605695X

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9789386056955

Michael Chiarello's Live Fire

125 Recipes for Cooking Outdoors

By: Michael Chiarello,Ann Krueger Spivack,Claudia Sansone

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Michael Chiarello's Live Fire

125 Recipes for Cooking Outdoors

By: Michael Chiarello,Ann Krueger Spivack,Claudia Sansone

Go beyond the typical backyard barbecue with these 125 recipes using a range of outdoor cooking techniques from the acclaimed celebrity chef. A fire adds flavor to your food, but it’s more than just a method for cooking. A fire transforms the meal into a gathering, whether you’re cooking for two people or two hundred, In Live Fire, Top Chef master and legendary restaurateur Michael Chiarello guides readers through the many ways to cook with open flame and embers. Using different types of fuel—wood, charcoal, gas—Chiarello explores a variety of techniques and equipment. Here you’ll find the beloved backyard grill, as well as a fire pit, spit, rotisserie, and more. With 125 recipes for all courses, and one hundred sumptuous photographs, Chiarello shares his passion for outdoor cooking.

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Chronicle Books

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1452127344

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Laboratory Animal Husbandry

Ethology, Welfare, and Experimental Variables

By: Michael W. Fox

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Laboratory Animal Husbandry

Ethology, Welfare, and Experimental Variables

By: Michael W. Fox

This book demonstrates that good science, animal care, and humane ethics are consonant and complimentary. Many environmental and treatment-related variables that can adversely affect both the animal and the validity of research are detailed. Fox provides a critical review of present standards of laboratory animal husbandry and routine experimental procedures.

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SUNY Press

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0887061389

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9780887061387

Poultry Behaviour and Welfare

By: Michael C. Appleby,Joy A. Mench,Barry O. Hughes

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Poultry Behaviour and Welfare

By: Michael C. Appleby,Joy A. Mench,Barry O. Hughes

This authoritative textbook provides an introduction and guide to poultry behavior and welfare. It describes the origin and biology of the various species of bird that are of agricultural importance, as well as giving a succinct overview of their key behavior patterns. There is careful discussion of the many factors that influence their welfare, and detailed consideration of the ways in which legislation and commercial interests interact in an attempt to satisfy the many needs involved. The final chapters discuss possible future developments within the subject. The book is in part an update of a previous work, Poultry Production Systems: Behaviour, Management and Welfare (CABI, 1992), completely rewritten and with much new material added.

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0851996671

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9780851996677

The Untethered Soul

The Journey Beyond Yourself

By: Michael A. Singer

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The Untethered Soul

The Journey Beyond Yourself

By: Michael A. Singer

Presents advice on ways to free oneself from habitual thoughts, emotions, and energy patterns that limit one's consciousness.

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ReadHowYouWant.com

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1458727378

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9781458727374

Raising Thunder

By: Michael Book

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Raising Thunder

By: Michael Book

Raising Thunder is about a nonreleasable, shot, and rehabilitated bald eagle that I worked with, trained, and traveled with, doing environmental education programs throughout the Eastern US for twenty-one years. The cover pic is of us at the US Capitol where we were meeting with the US Senate in the swamp where Thunder was named the poster child symbol that represented the success of the federal Endangered Species Act. We shared living quarters as we traveled.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1984518607

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9781984518606

Defenders Vol. 1

Diamonds Are Forever

By: Brian Michael Bendis

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Defenders Vol. 1

Diamonds Are Forever

By: Brian Michael Bendis

Collects Defenders (2017) #1-5 and material from Free Comic Book Day 2017 (Guardians of the Galaxy) #1. Daredevil! Luke Cage! Jessica Jones! Iron Fist! Individually, these four heroes have been on the front lines of countless battles to keep the city safe and secure. But now, with a deadly enemy from the past making a major move to unite the underworld, they must become more - they must be Defenders! If the streets weren't mean enough already, they get more dangerous than ever when the Punisher sets his sights on his fellow vigilantes! As chaos threatens to engulf New York, can this group of socially maladjusted heroes trust each other enough to function as a team? Or will the power vacuum caused by the Kingpin's absence lead to all-out gang war? Only one thing could make life worse for the Defenders: Deadpool!

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Marvel Entertainment

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1302501534

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9781302501532

Economic Geology of Natural Gas Hydrate

By: Michael D. Max,Arthur H. Johnson,William P. Dillon

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Economic Geology of Natural Gas Hydrate

By: Michael D. Max,Arthur H. Johnson,William P. Dillon

This book is a companion to “Natural Gas Hydrate in Oceanic and Permafrost Environments” (Max, 2000, 2003), which is the first book on gas hydrate in this series. Although other gases can naturally form clathrate hydrates (referred to after as ‘hydrate’), we are concerned here only with hydrocarbon gases that form hydrates. The most important of these natural gases is methane. Whereas the first book is a general introduction to the subject of natural gas hydrate, this book focuses on the geology and geochemical controls of gas hydrate development and on gas extraction from naturally occurring hydrocarbon hydrates. This is the first broad treatment of gas hydrate as a natural resource within an economic geological framework. This book is written mainly to stand alone for brevity and to minimize duplication. Information in Max (2000; 2003) should also be consulted for completeness. Hydrate is a type of clathrate (Sloan, 1998) that is formed from a cage structure of water molecules in which gas molecules occupying void sites within the cages stabilize the structure through van der Waals or hydrogen bonding.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1402039727

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9781402039720

From Bricks to Brains

The Embodied Cognitive Science of LEGO Robots

By: Michael Wilson,Brian Dupuis

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From Bricks to Brains

The Embodied Cognitive Science of LEGO Robots

By: Michael Wilson,Brian Dupuis

Even simple agents, such as LEGO robots, are capable of exhibiting complex behaviour when they can sense and alter the world around them. From Bricks to Brains offers an introduction to embodied cognitive science and illustrates its foundational ideas through the construction and observation of LEGO Mindstorms robots. Discussing the characteristics that distinguish embodied cognitive science from classical cognitive science, the authors place a renewed emphasis on sensing and acting, on the importance of physical embodiment, and on the exploration of distributed notions of control. They also show how synthesizing simple systems and observing their behaviour can generate new theoretical insights. Numerous examples are brought forward to illustrate a key theme: the importance of environment to an actor. Even simple agents, such as LEGO robots, are capable of exhibiting complex behaviour when they can sense and alter the world around them.

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Athabasca University Press

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1897425783

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Pets and People

By: Michael Moore

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Pets and People

By: Michael Moore

This book is an essential guide to your animals' feeding, health, housing, management and costs. Emphasising the responsibilities of owning an animal Michael Moore accompanies us through the exciting and sometimes testing world of pets both common and exotic. Extensively illustrated with drawings and photographs, and with detailed reference sections, this book will form the core of any serious pet owner's library, enabling to keep animals in peak condition and ensure them a long and happy life.

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Lulu.com

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1409257029

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Distributed Artificial Intelligence

Volume II

By: Robin Gasser,Michael N. Huhns

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Distributed Artificial Intelligence

Volume II

By: Robin Gasser,Michael N. Huhns

Distributed Artificial Intelligence

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Morgan Kaufmann

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1483294811

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9781483294810

Graphic Novels

A Guide to Comic Books, Manga, and More

By: Michael Pawuk,David S. Serchay

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Graphic Novels

A Guide to Comic Books, Manga, and More

By: Michael Pawuk,David S. Serchay

Covering genres from adventure and fantasy to horror, science fiction, and superheroes, this guide maps the vast terrain of graphic novels, describing and organizing titles to help librarians balance their graphic novel collections and direct patrons to read-alikes. New subgenres, new authors, new artists, and new titles appear daily in the comic book and manga world, joining thousands of existing titles—some of which are very popular and well-known to the enthusiastic readers of books in this genre. How do you determine which graphic novels to purchase, and which to recommend to teen and adult readers? This updated guide is intended to help you start, update, or maintain a graphic novel collection and advise readers about the genre. Containing mostly new information as compared to the previous edition, the book covers iconic super-hero comics and other classic and contemporary crime fighter-based comics; action and adventure comics, including prehistoric, heroic, explorer, and Far East adventure as well as Western adventure; science fiction titles that encompass space opera/fantasy, aliens, post-apocalyptic themes, and comics with storylines revolving around computers, robots, and artificial intelligence. There are also chapters dedicated to fantasy titles; horror titles, such as comics about vampires, werewolves, monsters, ghosts, and the occult; crime and mystery titles regarding detectives, police officers, junior sleuths, and true crime; comics on contemporary life, covering romance, coming-of-age stories, sports, and social and political issues; humorous titles; and various nonfiction graphic novels.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1440851360

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Evidence-based Manual Medicine

A Problem-oriented Approach

By: Michael A. Seffinger,Raymond J. Hruby

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Evidence-based Manual Medicine

A Problem-oriented Approach

By: Michael A. Seffinger,Raymond J. Hruby

Offer your patients expanded options for musculoskeletal relief with the help of this innovative new resource on manual medicine. Experienced teachers and physicians show you exactly how to apply patient-focused, basic palpatory diagnostic and manual treatment procedures to achieve optimal outcomes and enhance patient comfort. Effectively diagnose and treat a wide range of musculoskeletal problems using direct and indirect myofascial release, isometric muscle energy, and indirect articular techniques. Teach your patients rehabilitative and preventive exercises as well as ergonomic guidelines to facilitate recovery. Confidently determine whether manipulative treatments are indicated using visual and palpation tests. Choose the best procedure for each patient with the help of detailed coverage describing each technique's effects and desired outcomes. Review clinical trials that document the effectiveness of manual techniques. Master techniques confidently with assistance from two authorities whom the AAFP invited to educate its members about manual approaches. Know exactly when and how to perform manual medicine techniques using step-by-step visual guidance from more than 700 photographs and drawings plus 62 video clips on the bonus DVD-ROM.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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1416023844

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The Rise of a Street General

An Autobiography

By: Michael "Turtoe" Stewart

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The Rise of a Street General

An Autobiography

By: Michael "Turtoe" Stewart

The Rise of a Street General provides a unique and fascinating look into a gang member's journey to rise to the top. Starting with his initiation into the gang in 1975, this story chronicles his wars with rival gangs and his years spent in the LA County Jail. It gives a look into the organized Crip movement within the California prison system during the 1980s. It witnesses the rise and fall of two Crip superpower organizations that dominated the system for a short period. The Rise of a Street General brings you to the present-day state of affairs within the Black/African gang culture and the effects of gang psychosis and self-imposed cretinism. It separates myths from reality and facts from propaganda and dispels misconception and stigmas. For the first time ever, here's a book written by a gang member from a military and political perspective. This book also provides a psychological look into a gang member's thought process as he pursues his gang career and his exit strategy from the gang, as well as his concept for peace and reducing gang violence. This is an extraordinary and remarkable book. No other gang member this far has written a book so vividly, insightfully, and informatively, sure to leave a lasting impression on its readers. This book is destined to be a classic. The Rise of a Street General is a must-read book.

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Page Publishing Inc

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1662425317

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9781662425318

Buddhist Faith in America

By: Michael Burgan,J. Gordon Melton

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Buddhist Faith in America

By: Michael Burgan,J. Gordon Melton

In America today, for the first time in world history, every major form of Buddhism is practiced in one nation. Buddhist Faith in America describes how this ancient faith has been as deeply affected by America as America has been affected by it.

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1438102518

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Sound Worlds of Japanese Gardens

An Interdisciplinary Approach to Spatial Thinking

By: Michael D. Fowler

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Sound Worlds of Japanese Gardens

An Interdisciplinary Approach to Spatial Thinking

By: Michael D. Fowler

Michael D. Fowler presents an interdisciplinary approach to investigating the sound world of traditional Japanese gardens by drawing from the diverse fields of semiotics, acoustic ecology, philosophy, mathematical modelling, architecture, music, landscape theory and acoustic analysis. Using projects - ranging from data-visualisations, immersive sound installations, algorithmically generated meta-gardens and proto-architectural form finding missions - as creative paradigms, the book offers a new framework for artistic inquiry in which the sole objective is the generation of new knowledge through the act of spatial thinking.

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transcript Verlag

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3839425689

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The Tribology Handbook

By: Michael J Neale

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The Tribology Handbook

By: Michael J Neale

The renowned reference work is a practical guide to the selection and design of the components of machines and to their lubrication. It has been completely revised for this second edition by leading experts in the area.

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Elsevier

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0080519660

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Rolling Bearing Analysis - 2 Volume Set

By: Tedric A. Harris,Michael N. Kotzalas

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Rolling Bearing Analysis - 2 Volume Set

By: Tedric A. Harris,Michael N. Kotzalas

For the last four decades, Tedric Harris' Rolling Bearing Analysis has been the "bible" for engineers involved in rolling bearing technology. Why do so many students and practicing engineers rely on this book? The answer is simple: because of its complete coverage from low- to high-speed applications and full derivations of the underlying mathematics from a leader in the field. Updated, revamped, and reorganized for the new millennium, the fifth incarnation of this classic reference is the most modern, flexible, and interactive tool in the field. What makes this edition so revolutionary? For starters, the coverage is split conveniently into two books: Essential Concepts of Bearing Technology introduces the fundamentals involved in the use, design, and performance of rolling bearings for more common applications; Advanced Concepts of Bearing Technology delves into more advanced topics involving more dynamic loading, more extreme conditions, and higher-speed applications. Furthermore, each book in this edition includes a CD-ROM that contains numerical examples as well as tables of dimensional, mounting, and life-rating data obtained from ABMA/ANSI standards. Whether you are interested in the mathematics behind the empirical values or methods for estimating the effects of complex stresses on fatigue endurance, Rolling Bearing Analysis, Fifth Edition compiles the techniques and the data that you need in a single, authoritative resource.

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CRC Press

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0429621027

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The Neighbors of Casas Grandes

Excavating Medio Period Communities of Northwest Chihuahua, Mexico

By: Michael E. Whalen,Paul E. Minnis

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The Neighbors of Casas Grandes

Excavating Medio Period Communities of Northwest Chihuahua, Mexico

By: Michael E. Whalen,Paul E. Minnis

Casas Grandes, or PaquimŽ, in northwestern Mexico was of one of the few socially complex prehistoric civilizations in North America. Now, based on more than a decade of surveys, excavations, and field work, Michael Whalen and Paul Minnis provide a comprehensive new look at Casas Grandes and its surrounding communities in The Neighbors of Casas Grandes. This volume provides a fascinating and detailed look into the culture of the Casas Grandes area, involving not just the research of the architecture and artifacts left behind but also the ecology of the area. The authorsÕ research reveals the complex relationship Casas Grandes had with its neighbors, varying from very direct contact with some communities to more indirect links with others. Important internal influences on the areaÕs development come to light and population sizes throughout the period demonstrate the absorption of the surrounding populations into Casas Grandes as it reached the peak of its power in the region. New discoveries suggest the need to revise the previously held beliefs about the age of Casas Grandes and the dates of its rise to power. This ancient civilization may have developed as early as 1180 AD. Such breakthroughs provide fresh insight about not only Casas Grandes but the nearby settlements as well. The Neighbors of Casas Grandes is an important and vital piece of primary field research for all those interested in the SouthwestÕs archaelogy and history. Its contribution to the knowledge of the Casas Grandes region is monumental in helping us better understand the society that once flourished there. Ê

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University of Arizona Press

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0816527601

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Drifting on a Read

Jazz as a Model for Writing

By: Michael Jarrett

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Drifting on a Read

Jazz as a Model for Writing

By: Michael Jarrett

Forsøg på at indkredse jazzmusikkens væsen ved en gennemgang af forskellige måder at beskrive jazz på i musikkritikken, i skønlitteraturen og i udsagn fra musikere og komponister

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SUNY Press

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0791440974

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Concealed Silences and Inaudible Voices in Political Thinking

By: Michael Freeden

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Concealed Silences and Inaudible Voices in Political Thinking

By: Michael Freeden

Concealed Silences and Inaudible Voices in Political Thinking investigates silence as a normal, ubiquitous, and indispensable element of political thinking, theory, and language. It explores the diverse dimensions in which silences mould the different core features of the political, as a highly flexible power resource, both enabling and constraining major social practices, traditions, and currents. Departing from the typical focus on intentional silencing and the dominance of logos, the book instead highlights the concealed and unrecognized ways through which silence pervades socio-political life and adopts the guises of the unspeakable, the ineffable, the inarticulable, and the unconceptualizable. Drawing extensively from historical, philosophical, anthropological, psychoanalytical, theological, linguistic, and literary viewpoints, the book demonstrates the common threads that connect silences to those different disciplines, alongside the features that pull them asunder. In extracting and decoding their political implications, it explores both academic literature and colloquial, everyday discourse. Michael Freeden uses select case-studies to explore topics such as Buddhist nondualism, Locke's tacit consent, the submerging of historical narratives, state neutrality, Pinter's miscommunications and menace, and the separate ways ideologies integrate silence into their beliefs. The book offers an analysis of silence from a multi-perspectival range of disciplines, providing a comprehensive and holistic view of silence and the political.

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Oxford University Press

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019257003X

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Through Cat Eyes

By: Michael Lodico

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Through Cat Eyes

By: Michael Lodico

This is a book about cats and their world. It's realistic fiction based on research or witness accounts of cats in their world.

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Booktango

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1468928627

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No Cappuccino in the Afternoon

A Collection of Short Stories

By: Michael Palmer

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No Cappuccino in the Afternoon

A Collection of Short Stories

By: Michael Palmer

This book is mainly fiction, although readers will probably be able to identify stories based on the author’s experiences.

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AuthorHouse

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Handbook of Natural Pesticides

By: Carlo Michael Ignoffo

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Handbook of Natural Pesticides

By: Carlo Michael Ignoffo

Volume I tells you how to perform bioassays for plant and insect hormones, regulators, and pathogens. Moreover, it presents extensive tables that provide the information you need to select the most appropriate bioassay for a particular plant growth regulator or hormone. In addition to the chapters on bioassays, Volume I provides a solid introduction to the theory and practice of natural pesticide use, including in-depth discussions of integrated management systems for weed and pest control,k the state-oof-the-oart use of computers in pest management, and allelo-chemicals as natural protection. Guidelines on toxicological testing and EPA regulation of natural pesticides are also detailed.

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0849336511

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The Corporate Counsellor's Deskbook

By: Dennis J. Block,Michael A. Epstein

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The Corporate Counsellor's Deskbook

By: Dennis J. Block,Michael A. Epstein

The fifth edition of The Corporate Counsellor's Deskbook offers insightful analysis of the key areas of the law of critical interest to in-house counsel and corporate law departments, as well as outside firms and attorneys who represent corporate clients on a regular basis.The authors provide step-by-step guidance on issues such as: Employment agreements and executive compensationManaging complex litigation and litigation budgetingImplementing internal procedures to protect against insider trading and internal file controlsTaking advantage of alternative dispute resolution formatsCounseling on employment law and intellectual propertyNoncompetition agreementsImport regulation and customs complianceEnvironmental law concerns.Additional topics in the Fifth Edition include:

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Wolters Kluwer

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0735503818

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