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Chemistry and Microstructure of Solidified Waste Forms

By: Roger D. Spence

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Chemistry and Microstructure of Solidified Waste Forms

By: Roger D. Spence

Chemistry and Microstructure of Solidified Waste Forms presents a comprehensive summary of mechanisms of immobilization in cementitious waste forms and the effect of waste species on cement chemistry and morphology. The book introduces the well-known chemistry and microstructure of cement pastes, in addition to common mechanisms of immobilization of waste species in cementitious waste forms. The fundamental chemical and microstructural fate of waste species is reviewed, and a technique for studying cementitious waste forms using scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) is described with examples of its application. Chemistry and Microstructure of Solidified Waste Forms also presents evidence to prove that chromium in waste becomes part of the cement matrix, and the potentially harmful effect of this process is discussed. Data for interpretations are included so that other researchers can analyze the data and draw their own conclusions. The book also discusses how solubility and solubility theory can be combined with leach theory and diffusion theory to predict the leaching performance of cementitious waste forms. Chemistry and Microstructure of Solidified Waste Forms will prove invaluable to hazardous waste professionals, engineers, environmental engineers, chemical engineers, waste disposal managers, waste form developers and researchers, and regulators.

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290

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CRC Press

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0873717481

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9780873717489

Democracy and Socialism in Republican China

The Politics of Zhang Junmai (Carsun Chang), 1906-1941

By: Roger B. Jeans

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Democracy and Socialism in Republican China

The Politics of Zhang Junmai (Carsun Chang), 1906-1941

By: Roger B. Jeans

This groundbreaking book is the first full-length English-language study to explore the struggles for constitutional democracy and democratic socialism of Zhang Junmai (Carsun Chang, 1887-1969), a major political and intellectual figure in Republican China. Focusing on Zhang's writings, Roger Jeans has provided detailed descriptions and extensive translations of Zhang's key books and essays. He sets the context for these seminal works by describing Zhang's personal situation, the social and intellectual milieu, and the political climate at the time.

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408

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0847687074

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9780847687077

Cultural Centrality and Political Change in Chinese History

Northeast Henan in the Fall of the Ming

By: Roger V. Des Forges

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Cultural Centrality and Political Change in Chinese History

Northeast Henan in the Fall of the Ming

By: Roger V. Des Forges

The Ming period of Chinese history is often depicted as one of cultural aridity, political despotism, and social stasis. Recent studies have shown that the arts continued to flourish, government remained effective, people enjoyed considerable mobility, and China served as a center of the global economy. This study goes further to argue that China’s perennial quest for cultural centrality resulted in periodic political changes that permitted the Chinese people to retain control over social and economic developments. The study focuses on two and a half million people in three prefectures of northeast Henan, the central province in the heart of the "central plain”--a common synecdoche for China. The author argues that this population may have been more representative of the Chinese people at large than were the residents of more prosperous regions. Many diverse individuals in northeast Henan invoked historical models to deal with the present and shape the future. Though they differed in the lessons they drew, they shared the view that the Han dynasty was particularly relevant to their own time. Han and Ming politics were integral parts of a pattern of Chinese historical development that has lasted to the present.

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460

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Stanford University Press

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0804740445

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9780804740449

Understanding World Societies, Combined Volume

A Brief History

By: John P. McKay,Bennett D. Hill,John Buckler,Clare Haru Crowston,Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks,Patricia Buckley Ebrey,Roger B. Beck

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Understanding World Societies, Combined Volume

A Brief History

By: John P. McKay,Bennett D. Hill,John Buckler,Clare Haru Crowston,Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks,Patricia Buckley Ebrey,Roger B. Beck

Based on the highly successful A History of World Societies, Understanding World Societies: A Brief History combines innovative pedagogy with a manageable regional and comparative approach to capture students' interest in the everyday life of the past. Abridged by 25%, the narrative is paired with distinctive pedagogy, designed to help students focus on significant developments as they read and review. An innovative end-of-chapter study guide helps students master key facts and move towards synthesis.

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1093

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Macmillan Higher Education

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1457622688

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9781457622687

The Longest Cave

By: Roger W. Brucker,Richard A. Watson

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The Longest Cave

By: Roger W. Brucker,Richard A. Watson

The dramatic story of several generations of cavers whose exciting and dangerous explorations in Kentucky's limestone labyrinths culminated in the big connection between the Flint Ridge Cave System and Mammoth Cave, forming the longest cave in the world.

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SIU Press

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0809313227

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9780809313228

Keepers of the Keys of Heaven

A History of the Papacy

By: Roger Collins

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Keepers of the Keys of Heaven

A History of the Papacy

By: Roger Collins

One of the most enduring and influential of all human institutions, the papacy has also been amongst the most controversial. No one who seeks to make sense of modern issues within Christendom -- or, indeed, world history -- can neglect the vital shaping role of the popes. In Keepers of the Keys of Heaven, eminent religion scholar Roger Collins offers a masterful account of the entire arc of papal history -- from the separation of the Greek and Latin churches to the contemporary controversies that threaten the unity of the one billion-strong worldwide Catholic community. A definitive and accessible guide to what is arguably the world's most vaunted office, Keepers of the Keys of Heaven is essential reading for anyone interested in the role of faith in the shaping of our world.

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Basic Books

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0786744189

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9780786744183

Imagined Civilizations

China, the West, and Their First Encounter

By: Roger Hart

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Imagined Civilizations

China, the West, and Their First Encounter

By: Roger Hart

Roger Hart debunks the long-held belief that linear algebra developed independently in the West. Accounts of the seventeenth-century Jesuit Mission to China have often celebrated it as the great encounter of two civilizations. The Jesuits portrayed themselves as wise men from the West who used mathematics and science in service of their mission. Chinese literati-official Xu Guangqi (1562–1633), who collaborated with the Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci (1552–1610) to translate Euclid’s Elements into Chinese, reportedly recognized the superiority of Western mathematics and science and converted to Christianity. Most narratives relegate Xu and the Chinese to subsidiary roles as the Jesuits' translators, followers, and converts. Imagined Civilizations tells the story from the Chinese point of view. Using Chinese primary sources, Roger Hart focuses in particular on Xu, who was in a position of considerable power over Ricci. The result is a perspective startlingly different from that found in previous studies. Hart analyzes Chinese mathematical treatises of the period, revealing that Xu and his collaborators could not have believed their declaration of the superiority of Western mathematics. Imagined Civilizations explains how Xu’s West served as a crucial resource. While the Jesuits claimed Xu as a convert, he presented the Jesuits as men from afar who had traveled from the West to China to serve the emperor.

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385

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JHU Press

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1421407124

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9781421407128

Robots In Space

Technology, Evolution, and Interplanetary Travel

By: Roger D. Launius,Howard E. McCurdy

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Robots In Space

Technology, Evolution, and Interplanetary Travel

By: Roger D. Launius,Howard E. McCurdy

A look into the history of space exploration and its possible future, and just where exactly robotics fit into it all. Given the near incomprehensible enormity of the universe, it appears almost inevitable that humankind will one day find a planet that appears to be much like the Earth. This discovery will no doubt reignite the lure of interplanetary travel. Will we be up to the task? And, given our limited resources, biological constraints, and the general hostility of space, what shape should we expect such expeditions to take? In Robots in Space, Roger Launius and Howard McCurdy tackle these questions with rigorous scholarship and disciplined imagination, jumping comfortably among the worlds of rocketry, engineering, public policy, and science fantasy to expound upon the possibilities and improbabilities involved in trekking across the Milky Way and beyond. They survey the literature—fictional as well as academic studies—and outline the progress of space programs in the United States and other nations. They also assess the current state of affairs to offer a conclusion startling only to those who haven’t spent time with Asimov, Heinlein, and Clarke: to traverse the cosmos, humans must embrace and entwine themselves with advanced robotic technologies . . . 2008 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine Praise for Robots in Space “This short volume manages to capture the history of U.S. space flight, to explain the underpinnings of U.S. space policy and to plot out the possibilities for our future in space in a style that most anyone can enjoy.” —Andrew McMichael, Park City Daily News

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Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM

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0801898447

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9780801898440

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Chemistry and Microstructure of Solidified Waste Forms

Chemistry and Microstructure of Solidified Waste Forms

Democracy and Socialism in Republican China

Democracy and Socialism in Republican China

Cultural Centrality and Political Change in Chinese History

Cultural Centrality and Political Change in Chinese History

Understanding World Societies, Combined Volume

Understanding World Societies, Combined Volume

The Longest Cave

The Longest Cave

Keepers of the Keys of Heaven

Keepers of the Keys of Heaven

Imagined Civilizations

Imagined Civilizations

Robots In Space

Robots In Space

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