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Physical Chemistry

By: Robert J. Silbey,Robert A. Alberty,Moungi G. Bawendi,George A. Papadantonakis

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Physical Chemistry

By: Robert J. Silbey,Robert A. Alberty,Moungi G. Bawendi,George A. Papadantonakis

Ever since Physical Chemistry was first published in 1913, it has remained a highly effective and relevant learning tool thanks to the efforts of physical chemists from all over the world. Each new edition has benefited from their suggestions and expert advice. The result of this remarkable tradition is now in your hands.

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930

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470566604

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9780470566602

Percolation Theory for Flow in Porous Media

By: Allen Hunt,Robert Ewing,Behzad Ghanbarian

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Percolation Theory for Flow in Porous Media

By: Allen Hunt,Robert Ewing,Behzad Ghanbarian

This monograph presents, for the first time, a unified and comprehensive introduction to some of the basic transport properties of porous media, such as electrical and hydraulic conductivity, air permeability and diffusion. The approach is based on critical path analysis and the scaling of transport properties, which are individually described as functions of saturation. At the same time, the book supplies a tutorial on percolation theory for hydrologists, providing them with the tools for solving actual problems. In turn, a separate chapter serves to introduce physicists to some of the language and complications of groundwater hydrology necessary for successful modeling. The end-of-chapter problems often indicate open questions, which young researchers entering the field can readily start working on. This significantly revised and expanded third edition includes in particular two new chapters: one on advanced fractal-based models, and one devoted to the discussion of various open issues such as the role of diffusion vs. advection, preferential flow vs. critical path, universal vs. non-universal exponents for conduction, and last but not least, the overall influence of the experimental apparatus in data collection and theory validation. "The book is suitable for advanced graduate courses, with selected problems and questions appearing at the end of each chapter. [...] I think the book is an important work that will guide soil scientists, hydrologists, and physicists to gain a better qualitative and quantitative understanding of multitransport properties of soils." (Marcel G. Schaap, Soil Science Society of America Journal, May-June, 2006)

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466

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Springer

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3319037714

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9783319037714

Thomas Brackett Reed

The Gilded Age Speaker Who Made the Rules for American Politics

By: Robert J. Klotz

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Thomas Brackett Reed

The Gilded Age Speaker Who Made the Rules for American Politics

By: Robert J. Klotz

Defining a “statesman” as “a successful politician who is dead,” Thomas Brackett Reed gave himself some latitude in pursuing his goals as a congressional leader. His leadership style is encapsulated in the Reed Rules, which serve as the institutional foundation of the modern House of Representatives and as a metaphor for the practice of power politics for partisan ends. Thomas Brackett Reed tells the story of a roller-coaster career in the Gilded Age. Speaker Reed reached a pinnacle when Republicans enacted landmark legislation in the aftermath of a transformation of parliamentary procedure spearheaded by his dramatic refusal to recognize delaying tactics permitted under the rules in 1890. Months later, Reed led Republicans to a disastrous off-year election, which cost his party unified governmental control and left it with only 26 percent of House seats. He returned as Speaker of the House in the late 1890s, when he became alienated from other Republicans over the issue of American expansionism. Combining extensive archival research with political science findings, Robert Klotz offers a balanced portrayal of Reed’s leadership in Congress. While empowering the House majority party to govern, the Reed Rules can also elevate partisan discord by allowing majorities to craft bill-specific special rules and to neglect opposing viewpoints. Ultimately, the biography illuminates the transcendent challenge of finding compromise in polarized politics.

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University Press of Kansas

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0700633324

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9780700633326

The Spectra and Dynamics of Diatomic Molecules

Revised and Enlarged Edition

By: Helene Lefebvre-Brion,Robert W. Field

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The Spectra and Dynamics of Diatomic Molecules

Revised and Enlarged Edition

By: Helene Lefebvre-Brion,Robert W. Field

This book is written for graduate students just beginning research, for theorists curious about what experimentalists actually can and do measure, and for experimentalists bewildered by theory. It is a guide for potential users of spectroscopic data, and uses language and concepts that bridge the frequency-and time-domain spectroscopic communities. Key topics, concepts, and techniques include: the assignment of simple spectra, basic experimental techniques, definition of Born-Oppenheimer and angular momentum basis sets and the associated spectroscopic energy level patterns (Hund's cases), construction of effective Hamiltonian matrices to represent both spectra and dynamics, terms neglected in the Born-Oppenheimer approximation (situations intermediate between Hund's cases, spectroscopic perturbations), nonlinear least squares fitting, calculation and interpretation of coupling terms, semi-classical (WKB) approximation, transition intensities and interference effects, direct photofragmentation (dissociation and ionization) and indirect photofragmentation (predissociation and autoionization) processes, visualization of intramolecular dynamics, quantum beats and wavepackets, treatment of decaying quasi-eigenstates using a complex Heff model, and concluding with some examples of polyatomic molecule dynamics. Students will discover that there is a fascinating world of cause-and-effect localized dynamics concealed beyond the reduction of spectra to archival molecular constants and the exact ab initio computation of molecular properties. Professional spectroscopists, kinetics, ab initio theorists will appreciate the practical, simplified-model, and rigorous theoretical approaches discussed in this book. - A fundamental reference for all spectra of small, gas-phase molecules - It is the most up-to-date and comprehensive book on the electronic spectroscopy and dynamics of diatomic molecules - The authors pioneered the development of many of the experimental methods, concepts, models, and computational schemes described in this book

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Elsevier

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0080517501

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9780080517506

Physical Chemistry, Solutions Manual

By: Robert A. Alberty,Robert J. Silbey

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Physical Chemistry, Solutions Manual

By: Robert A. Alberty,Robert J. Silbey

This book provides thorough coverage of physical chemistry. It demonstrates the power and limits of thermodynamics with a more systematic treatment of the second law and more focus on entropy. It also covers current topics in physical chemistry and shows how physical chemistry relates to daily life. Includes many current applications such as lasers.

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382

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Wiley

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0471160288

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9780471160281

President McKinley

Architect of the American Century

By: Robert W. Merry

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President McKinley

Architect of the American Century

By: Robert W. Merry

Lively, definitive, eye-opening, [this book] by acclaimed historian Robert W. Merry brilliantly evokes the life and presidency of William McKinley, cut short by an assassin. Most often lost in the shadow of his brilliant and flamboyant successor, TR, the twenty-fifth president is presented by Merry as a transformative figure, the first modern Republican. It was President McKinley who established the United States as an imperial power. In the Spanish-American War he kicked Spain out of the Caribbean; in the Pacific he acquired Hawaii and the Philippines through war and diplomacy; he took the country to a strict gold standard; he developed the doctrine of 'fair trade'; he forced the 'Open Door' to China; and he forged the 'special relationship' with Great Britain. McKinley established the noncolonial imperialism that took America global. He set the stage for the bold leadership of Theodore Roosevelt, who built on his accomplishments. [This book] brings to life a sympathetic man and an often overlooked president. Merry raises his rank to a chief executive of consequence who paved the way for the American Century."--Dust jacket flap.

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Simon and Schuster

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1451625448

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9781451625448

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Physical Chemistry

Physical Chemistry

Percolation Theory for Flow in Porous Media

Percolation Theory for Flow in Porous Media

Thomas Brackett Reed

Thomas Brackett Reed

The Spectra and Dynamics of Diatomic Molecules

The Spectra and Dynamics of Diatomic Molecules

Physical Chemistry, Solutions Manual

Physical Chemistry, Solutions Manual

President McKinley

President McKinley

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