Thomas Shor's Books

The Man to See

By: Evan Thomas

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This bestselling biography of legendary trial lawyer Edward Bennett Williams is "a skillful and lively portrait of a larger-than-life lawyer" (Kirkus Reviews). Legendary attorney Edward Bennet Williams was arguably the best trial lawyer ever to practice. Now, for the first time, bestselling author Evan Thomas takes us into the courtrooms of Williams's greatest performances as he defends "Godfather" Frank Costello, Jimmy Hoffa, Frank Sinatra, The Washington Post, and others, as well as behind the scenes where the witnesses are coached, the traps set, and the deals cut. In addition to being a lawyer of unprecedented influence, Williams was also an important Washington insider, privy to the secrets of America's most powerful men. Thomas tells the truth behind the stories that made Williams one of the most talked about public figures of his time, including Williams's role in the publication of the Pentagon Papers and the possibility that Williams may have been Watergate's Deep Throat. Based on Thomas's exclusive access to Williams's papers, The Man to See is an unprecedented look at the strategies and influence of this exceptional man.

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Into the Hands of the Unknown

An Indian Sojourn with a Harvard Renunciant

By: Thomas K. Shor

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Into the Hands of the Unknown

An Indian Sojourn with a Harvard Renunciant

By: Thomas K. Shor

I think you should come with me to India" Thus begins the story of the author at the age of 21, when he happened to sit next to Ed Spencer, a brilliant 70-year-old ex-Harvard professor turned wandering holy man, who makes this offer within an hour of their meeting on a Greek ferry. Though unsure whether the old man is some kind of a bum or a realized being or both, he agrees to go with this enigmatic stranger whose credo is: "Take the money out of your pocket and put yourself in the hands of the Unknown." When they arrive at the border and Ed passes the money exchange with hardly a glance, Shor begins to understand the gulf that separates the old man from the rest of humanity. The ensuing journey takes us on an epic trip by foot into the heart of South India and then to the Himalayas where the author makes his first contact with the Tibetan people. Into the Hands of the Unknown has been revised and has a new Postscript describing Shor's subsequent encounters with Ed Spencer. The book was originally published as Part II of Windblown Clouds. From the review by the renowned British poet Kathleen Raine: Thomas Shor's life is a continual unfolding of those inner and outer worlds which his sense of wonder discovers continually. His story reminds us that we are, or could be, travelers in a world of marvels, of love, and encounters with men and women themselves on pilgrimages of the imagination. Did not the Emperor Haroun al-Rashid for a thousand and one nights hear in the city of Baghdad endless stories that make up the one story of the world? Once involved in Thomas Shor's adventure of life, one hopes only for more. Kathleen Raine (D.Litt., Cambridge; Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France; Commander of the British Empire; Winner--Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry, England, etc.)

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0999291858

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The Lobbying Manual

A Complete Guide to Federal Law Governing Lawyers and Lobbyists

By: William V. Luneburg,Thomas M. Susman

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The Lobbying Manual

A Complete Guide to Federal Law Governing Lawyers and Lobbyists

By: William V. Luneburg,Thomas M. Susman

Providing readers with a detailed map for compliance with all applicable laws, this reference describes the dramatic changes brought about by the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, and the considerable changes that have occurred since the last edition was published in 1998.

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American Bar Association

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1590314166

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Beginner's Dictionary of USA English: Truespel

From the Voice of America Intermediate English Dictionary

By: Thomas E. Zurinskas

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Beginner's Dictionary of USA English: Truespel

From the Voice of America Intermediate English Dictionary

By: Thomas E. Zurinskas

This dictionary of USA English is directly taken from the Voice of America (VOA) “Intermediate Dictionary of English.” There are about 1,500 words in the dictionary. The VOA uses these words primarily for broadcasting in a simplified English mode. The words and definitions in this book are exactly as in the VOA version. However, because there is no pronunciation guide in the VOA version, a truespel pronunciation guide is provided modeled after the voicings of English on m-w.com, the Merriam-Webster talking dictionary. Unique to this dictionary is a reverse guide that lists phonetic words alphabetically so they can be looked up phonetically. This solves the problem of silent first letters. A large volume reverse dictionary will be available as truespel book 2. More info is available at truespel.com.

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1452067821

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Showdown

JFK and the Integration of the Washington Redskins

By: Thomas Smith

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Showdown

JFK and the Integration of the Washington Redskins

By: Thomas Smith

A classic NFL/civil rights story—the showdown between the Washington Redskins and the Kennedy White House In Showdown, sports historian Thomas G. Smith captures a striking moment, one that held sweeping implications not only for one team’s racist policy but also for a sharply segregated city and for the nation as a whole. Part sports history, part civil rights story, this compelling and untold narrative serves as a powerful lens onto racism in sport, illustrating how, in microcosm, the fight to desegregate the Redskins was part of a wider struggle against racial injustice in America.

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0807000825

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Geophysics in the Affairs of Man

A Personalized History of Exploration Geophysics and Its Allied Sciences of Seismology and Oceanography

By: Charles C. Bates,Thomas F. Gaskell,Robert B. Rice

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Geophysics in the Affairs of Man

A Personalized History of Exploration Geophysics and Its Allied Sciences of Seismology and Oceanography

By: Charles C. Bates,Thomas F. Gaskell,Robert B. Rice

Geophysics in the Affairs of Man describes how geophysics has affected human affairs, with emphasis on the geophysical enterprise as an interplay of technical, social, and economic factors. Many of the key and intriguing developments that took place within several major fields of geophysics are divided into seven epochs, roughly broken into decades. Topics covered include the origins of the profession of geophysics, earth physics and oceanography, and geophysical aspects of undersea warfare. This book is comprised of nine chapters and begins with a discussion on some antecedents to the modern-day profession of geophysics through World War I. The following chapters focus on the golden days of exploration geophysics; classical seismology during the war years; the growth of geophysics during the 1950s; and the nature of the geophysical exploration industry. The closing chapter presents the views of numerous geophysicists about what they consider the most outstanding actions they were ever involved in, as well as what makes the profession unique. This monograph is written primarily for geophysicists, geologists, and geological engineers.

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1483152219

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Beyond the Higher Ground

By: Thomas A. Brigger

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Beyond the Higher Ground

By: Thomas A. Brigger

Tasked with an assignment to manage the construction of a prison on a remote Appalachian mountaintop, Tucker Mason sees an opportunity to restart his life past the death of his wife and the recurring demons of his childhood. But strange occurrences at the house that he rented on Bright's Mountain and the suspicion of drugs being smuggled through the prison construction site create distractions that lead to violence, intrigue, and his own imperilment. Struggling under the weight of loss and guilt, he encounters a world that he never knew existed in the shadow of the emerging prison. With a unique perspective on the human condition, Beyond the Higher Ground takes its reader through a historical glimpse of Southwestern Virginia to a powerful exposition of the drug crisis that has devastated the region and the abject brutality of those who deliver it.

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Effects of DDT on Man and Other Mammals

Papers

By: Thomas Hughes Jukes

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Effects of DDT on Man and Other Mammals

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By: Thomas Hughes Jukes

[Volume 1]. Occurrence of DDT in man. DDT, human health and the environment / Jukes ; exposure of formulating plant workers to DDT / Wolfe and Armstrong ; chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticide residue in human tissues/ Morgan and Roan ; adsorption, storage and metabolic conversion of ingested DDT and DDT meabolites in man / Morgan and Roan ; urinary excretion of DDA following ingestion of DDT and DDT metabolites in man/ Roan, Morgan and Paschal -- physiological effects of DDT on man. effect of intensive occupational exposure to DDT on phenylbutzone and cortisol metabolism in human subjects / Poland, Smith, Kuntzman, Jacobson and Conney ; evidence of safety of long-termm high, oral doses of DDT for man / Hayes, Dale, and Pirkle ; a case of human pesticide poisonin / Gilpin ; fact and fancy in nutrition and food science / Jukes ; the global "cranberry incident" / Jukes -- DDT in the ecosystem. DDT in teh biosphere : where did it go? / Woodwell, Craig, and Johnson ; sites of inhabition of photosynthetic electron transport by 1,1-trichloro-2,2bis-(p-chlorophenyl) ethane (DDT) / Rogers, Owen, and Delaney ; DDT residues in marine phytoplankton : increase from 1955 to 1969 / Cox. [Volume 2]. occurrence and physiological effects of DDT in other mammals -- mechanisms of neurotoxic action of 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis (p-chlorophenyl) ethane (DDT) in immature and adult rats / Henderson and Woolley -- identification of drugs in the preimplantation bloastocyst and in the plasma, uterine secretion and urine of pregnant rabbit / Sieber and Fabro -- metabolic alterations in teh squirrel monkey induced by DDT administration and ascorbic acid deficiency / Chadwick, Cranmer and Peoples -- effects of DDT and of drug-DDT interactions on electroshock seizures in the rat / Woolley -- distribution of DDT, DDD, and DDE in tissues of neonatal rats and in milk in other tissues of mother rats chronically exposed to DDT / Woolley and Talens -- the ultrastructure of livers of rats fed DDT and dieldrin / Kimbrough, Gaines and Linder -- metabolic control mechanisms in mammalian systems. IX. estrogen-like simulation of uterine enzymes by o, p'-1,1,1-trichloro-2-2-bis (p-chlorophenyl) ethane / Singhal, Valadares and Schwark -- the effect of environmental and dietary stress on the concentration of 1,1-bis (4-chlorophenyl)-2,2,2-trichloroethane in rats / Brown -- introduction of enzymes in mammalian tissues -- DDT-induced stimulation of key gluconeogenic enzymes in rat kidney cortex / Kacew, Singhal and Ling -- a possible role of liver microsomal alkaline ribonuclease in the stimulation of oxidative drug metabolism by phenobarbital, chlordane and chlorophenothane (DDT) / Lechner and Pousada -- the effect of chlorinated hydrocarbons on drug metabolism in mice / Gabliks and Maltby-Askari -- degradative metabolism of DDT in mammalian systems -- degredation of 1,1,1-trichloro-2-2-bis (p-chlorophenyl) ethane by He La S cells / Huang, Lu and Chung -- in vivo detoxication of p, p'-DDT via p, p'-DDE to p, p'-DDA in rats / Datta -- perfused rat liver and kidney / Datta and Nelson -- nonconversion of o, p'-DDT to p, p'-DDT in rats, sheep, chickens and quail / Bitman, Cecil and Fries -- effect phenobarbitalual pretreatment on the metabolism of DDT in the rat and bovine / Alary, Gua and Brodeur -- Dmetabolismsim : oxidation of the metabolite 2,2-bis (p-chlorophenyl) ethanol by alcohol dehydrogenase / Suggs, Hawk, Curley, Boozer and McKinney.

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Liberation Theology and Critical Pedagogy in Today's Catholic Schools

Social Justice in Action

By: Thomas Oldenski

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Liberation Theology and Critical Pedagogy in Today's Catholic Schools

Social Justice in Action

By: Thomas Oldenski

Grounded in the work of liberation theologians, this book considers peace, love and social justice within a democratic curriculum and underscores the importance of integrating critical discourses with Catholic education.

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1135620067

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Quantum Information

An Introduction to Basic Theoretical Concepts and Experiments

By: Gernot Alber,Thomas Beth,Michal Horodecki,Pawel Horodecki,Ryszard Horodecki,Martin Rötteler,Harald Weinfurter,Reinhard Werner,Anton Zeilinger

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Quantum Information

An Introduction to Basic Theoretical Concepts and Experiments

By: Gernot Alber,Thomas Beth,Michal Horodecki,Pawel Horodecki,Ryszard Horodecki,Martin Rötteler,Harald Weinfurter,Reinhard Werner,Anton Zeilinger

A self-contained introduction to the basic theoretical concepts, experimental techniques and recent advances in the fields of quantum communication, quantum information and quantum computation. The introductory and self-contained character of the contributions should make this book particularly attractive to students and active researchers in physics and computer science who want to become acquainted with the underlying basic ideas and recent advances in the rapidly evolving field of quantum information processing.

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Man in the Shadows

Diary of a Private Eye

By: Thomas A. Phelan

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Man in the Shadows

Diary of a Private Eye

By: Thomas A. Phelan

Tom Phelan, as a New York City Detective, had been shot at; stabbed; bitten; dragged by a stolen car; and crushed by another. As a private detective things turned out to be just as bad being on a hit list for injury and then death. His assignments were to protect Jimmy Hoffa, the Rolling Stones and then things really got dangerous when he was assigned to be Security Advisor the US Delegate to the Mid-East. While in Athens he had to save the Delegate from being harmed by 3 Arabs believed to be the ones that assassinated the CIA Chief of Station in Athens, Greece.Unknown person/persons tried to blow up his car; his plane from Madrid, Spain was sabotaged at 39,000 feet.The investigators in this book are all dead except the author.

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Quantum Computing with Silq Programming

Get up and running with quantum computing with the simplicity of this new high-level programming language

By: Srinjoy Ganguly,Thomas Cambier

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Quantum Computing with Silq Programming

Get up and running with quantum computing with the simplicity of this new high-level programming language

By: Srinjoy Ganguly,Thomas Cambier

Learn the mathematics behind quantum computing and explore the high-level quantum language Silq to take your quantum programming skills to the next level Key FeaturesHarness the potential of quantum computers more effectively using SilqLearn how to solve core problems that you may face while writing quantum programsExplore useful quantum applications such as cryptography and quantum machine learningBook Description Quantum computing is a growing field, with many research projects focusing on programming quantum computers in the most efficient way possible. One of the biggest challenges faced with existing languages is that they work on low-level circuit model details and are not able to represent quantum programs accurately. Developed by researchers at ETH Zurich after analyzing languages including Q# and Qiskit, Silq is a high-level programming language that can be viewed as the C++ of quantum computers! Quantum Computing with Silq Programming helps you explore Silq and its intuitive and simple syntax to enable you to describe complex tasks with less code. This book will help you get to grips with the constructs of the Silq and show you how to write quantum programs with it. You’ll learn how to use Silq to program quantum algorithms to solve existing and complex tasks. Using quantum algorithms, you’ll also gain practical experience in useful applications such as quantum error correction, cryptography, and quantum machine learning. Finally, you’ll discover how to optimize the programming of quantum computers with the simple Silq. By the end of this Silq book, you’ll have mastered the features of Silq and be able to build efficient quantum applications independently. What you will learnIdentify the challenges that researchers face in quantum programmingUnderstand quantum computing concepts and learn how to make quantum circuitsExplore Silq programming constructs and use them to create quantum programsUse Silq to code quantum algorithms such as Grover's and Simon’sDiscover the practicalities of quantum error correction with SilqExplore useful applications such as quantum machine learning in a practical wayWho this book is for This Silq quantum computing book is for students, researchers, and scientists looking to learn quantum computing techniques and software development. Quantum computing enthusiasts who want to explore this futuristic technology will also find this book useful. Beginner-level knowledge of any programming language as well as mathematical topics such as linear algebra, probability, complex numbers, and statistics is required.

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1800561210

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Critical Literacy

Context, Research, and Practice in the K-12 Classroom

By: Lisa P. Stevens,Thomas W. Bean

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Critical Literacy

Context, Research, and Practice in the K-12 Classroom

By: Lisa P. Stevens,Thomas W. Bean

Comprised of chapters that make use of clear explanations of the tenets of critical literacy, the context of literacy pedagogy in the US, and classroom examples, this text focuses on what can be learned about the theory of critical literacy from implementation and what practice can learn from theory.

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1412941172

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You'll Get Yours

By: Thomas Wills,William Ard

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You'll Get Yours

By: Thomas Wills,William Ard

I had just begun taking off my jacket when the door quietly opened and two men slipped swiftly into the room. One was Frankie. The other I was seeing for te first time and not liking what I saw. Both were armed. Frankie had changed his his toy for a mansized .38, which he held in his gloved right hand. No one spoke a word. The stranger tilted his gun toward the center of my face. Frankie swung his at the girl on the bed, planted his feet solidly, and fired five times into her body. Frankie dropped the .38 to the floor and the two of them backed out of the room. The door was quietly closed. I walked over quickly, crouched down, looked at the gun. It was mine. "Thomas Wills" was the pseudonym of William Ard (1922-1960), best known as the creator of the Danny Fontaine, Timothy Dane, and Lou Largo series.

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Critical Theories in Education

Changing Terrains of Knowledge and Politics

By: Thomas S. Popkewitz

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Critical Theories in Education

Changing Terrains of Knowledge and Politics

By: Thomas S. Popkewitz

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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0415922402

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Decisions for Sustainability

Facts and Values

By: Thomas Dietz

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Decisions for Sustainability

Facts and Values

By: Thomas Dietz

Decisions by individuals, organisations, and nations shape the well-being of humans and other species, the environment, and sustainability. Decisions for Sustainability examines how we can make better decisions concerning our future. It incorporates sociological, psychological, and economic perspectives to highlight our strengths and weaknesses in decision-making, and suggest strategies to influence both individual and societal decisions. Sustainability challenges – from local land use and toxic contamination to climate change and biodiversity loss – illustrate how we can improve decision making and what factors lead to conflict. How we use science in the face of uncertainty is also examined, and a range of ethical criteria for good decisions are proposed. Emphasizing the need for diversity in decision making and clarifying the relationship between reform and societal transformation, this book provides a comprehensive view of what we know about decision-making, and how we can do better in the face of sustainability challenges.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009204025

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Informing the News

The Need for Knowledge-Based Journalism

By: Thomas E. Patterson

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Informing the News

The Need for Knowledge-Based Journalism

By: Thomas E. Patterson

As the journalist Walter Lippmann noted nearly a century ago, democracy falters “if there is no steady supply of trustworthy and relevant news.” Today’s journalists are not providing it. Too often, reporters give equal weight to facts and biased opinion, stir up small controversies, and substitute infotainment for real news. Even when they get the facts rights, they often misjudge the context in which they belong. Information is the lifeblood of a healthy democracy. Public opinion and debate suffer when citizens are misinformed about current affairs, as is increasingly the case. Though the failures of today’s communication system cannot be blamed solely on the news media, they are part of the problem, and the best hope for something better. Patterson proposes “knowledge-based journalism” as a corrective. Unless journalists are more deeply informed about the subjects they cover, they will continue to misinterpret them and to be vulnerable to manipulation by their sources. In this book, derived from a multi-year initiative of the Carnegie Corporation and the Knight Foundation, Patterson calls for nothing less than a major overhaul of journalism practice and education. The book speaks not only to journalists but to all who are concerned about the integrity of the information on which America’s democracy depends.

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Techniques and Concepts of High-Energy Physics III

By: Thomas Ferbel

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Techniques and Concepts of High-Energy Physics III

By: Thomas Ferbel

The third Advanced Study Institute (ASI) on Techniques and Concepts of High Energy Physics was held at the Hotel on the Cay, in the scenic harbor of Christiansted, St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands. Christiansted was the site of the first ASI, and it was certainly a delight to return there again. As in the previous ASI's, the aim was to bring together a small group of promising young experimenters and several outstanding senior scholars in experimental and theoretical high energy physics in order to learn about the latest developments in the field and to strengthen contacts among scientists from different countries and different backgrounds. The institute was both a great scientific and a great social success; much of this was due to the beautiful setting and to the dedication of the Hotel management of Ray Boudreau and Hurchell Greenaway and their excellent staff. The primary support for the meeting was once again provided by the Scientific Affairs Division of NATO. The ASI was cosponsored by the U. S. Department of Energy, by Fermilab, by the National Science Found ation, and by the University of Rochester. A special contribution from the Oliver S. and Jennie R. Donaldson Charitable Trust provided an important degree of flexibility, as well as support for worthy students from developing nations. As in the case of the previous ASI's, the scientific program was designed for advanced graduate students and recent PhD recipients in experimental particle physics.

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Electrons in Solids

Mesoscopics, Photonics, Quantum Computing, Correlations, Topology

By: Hendrik Bluhm,Thomas Brückel,Markus Morgenstern,Gero Plessen,Christoph Stampfer

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Electrons in Solids

Mesoscopics, Photonics, Quantum Computing, Correlations, Topology

By: Hendrik Bluhm,Thomas Brückel,Markus Morgenstern,Gero Plessen,Christoph Stampfer

As a continuation of classical condensed matter physics texts, this graduate textbook introduces advanced topics of correlated electron systems, mesoscopic transport,quantum computing, optical excitations and topological insulators. The book is focusing on an intuitive understanding of the basic concepts of these rather complex subjects.

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3110429292

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Clinical Anatomy and Physiology for Veterinary Technicians

By: Thomas P. Colville,Joanna M. Bassert

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Clinical Anatomy and Physiology for Veterinary Technicians

By: Thomas P. Colville,Joanna M. Bassert

- NEW! Vocabulary Fundamentals list of terms at the beginning of each chapter introduce readers to new scientific terms and their pronunciations.

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Handbook of Monte Carlo Methods

By: Dirk P. Kroese,Thomas Taimre,Zdravko I. Botev

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Handbook of Monte Carlo Methods

By: Dirk P. Kroese,Thomas Taimre,Zdravko I. Botev

A comprehensive overview of Monte Carlo simulation that explores the latest topics, techniques, and real-world applications More and more of today’s numerical problems found in engineering and finance are solved through Monte Carlo methods. The heightened popularity of these methods and their continuing development makes it important for researchers to have a comprehensive understanding of the Monte Carlo approach. Handbook of Monte Carlo Methods provides the theory, algorithms, and applications that helps provide a thorough understanding of the emerging dynamics of this rapidly-growing field. The authors begin with a discussion of fundamentals such as how to generate random numbers on a computer. Subsequent chapters discuss key Monte Carlo topics and methods, including: Random variable and stochastic process generation Markov chain Monte Carlo, featuring key algorithms such as the Metropolis-Hastings method, the Gibbs sampler, and hit-and-run Discrete-event simulation Techniques for the statistical analysis of simulation data including the delta method, steady-state estimation, and kernel density estimation Variance reduction, including importance sampling, latin hypercube sampling, and conditional Monte Carlo Estimation of derivatives and sensitivity analysis Advanced topics including cross-entropy, rare events, kernel density estimation, quasi Monte Carlo, particle systems, and randomized optimization The presented theoretical concepts are illustrated with worked examples that use MATLAB®, a related Web site houses the MATLAB® code, allowing readers to work hands-on with the material and also features the author's own lecture notes on Monte Carlo methods. Detailed appendices provide background material on probability theory, stochastic processes, and mathematical statistics as well as the key optimization concepts and techniques that are relevant to Monte Carlo simulation. Handbook of Monte Carlo Methods is an excellent reference for applied statisticians and practitioners working in the fields of engineering and finance who use or would like to learn how to use Monte Carlo in their research. It is also a suitable supplement for courses on Monte Carlo methods and computational statistics at the upper-undergraduate and graduate levels.

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1118014952

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The Conceptual Representation of Consciousness

By: Thomas Natsoulas

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The Conceptual Representation of Consciousness

By: Thomas Natsoulas

Consciousness is familiar to us first hand, yet difficult to understand. This book concerns six basic concepts of consciousness exercised in ordinary English. The first is the interpersonal meaning and requires at least two people involved in relation to one another. The second is a personal meaning, having to do with one's own perspective on the kind of person one is and the life one is leading. The third meaning has reference simply to one being occurrently aware of something or as though of something. The fourth narrows the preceding sense to one having direct occurrent awareness of happenings in one's own experiential stream. The fifth is the unitive meaning of consciousness and has reference to those portions of one's stream that one self-appropriates to make up one's conscious being. The last is the general-state meaning and picks out the general operating mode in which we most often function.

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Introduction to Multidisciplinary Science with Artificial Intelligence

Geodesy, Geotherms, Quantum Entanglement, and Spectroscopy

By: Luc Thomas Ikelle

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Introduction to Multidisciplinary Science with Artificial Intelligence

Geodesy, Geotherms, Quantum Entanglement, and Spectroscopy

By: Luc Thomas Ikelle

The book is about multidisciplinary science education. The challenges of our time, such as improving the length and quality of lives on Earth and short- and long-distance communication and transportation. In this book, we provide readers with the multidisciplinary education necessary to meet the scientific and technological challenges of our time while optimizing the college experience for students. The fundamental notions addressed in this book include gravitational forces and energy; dark matter and dark energy; heat transfer in solid Earth, stars’ interiors, and human bodies; electromagnetic radiation and spectroscopy; quantum entanglement and computing; accretion disks; matter in plasma state; and exoplanets. We illustrate the importance of these notions with applications across disciplines, including monitoring the deformation of the solid Earth’s surface using satellite measurements, unusual gravity anomalies in Antarctica, a view and characterization of the far side of our Moon, Earth’s climate, Titan’s anti-greenhouse effect, long-distance communication between Earth and the planets and exoplanets, etc. Finally, the book contains analytical and computational problems, including MATLAB software developed especially for the classes associated with this book. Key Features: • Contains multiple analytic and computational (MATLAB) exercises • Explores applications related to space programs' discoveries • Provides an accessible introduction and response to growing Multidisciplinary Science programs Dr. Luc Thomas Ikelle is a scientist with Imode Energy. He is also currently an adjunct professor in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at Texas A&M University. Previously, he worked at Cray Research Inc. in Minneapolis, developing 3D seismic inversion algorithms for CRAY Y-PM. From 1988 to 1997, he worked as a scientist for Schlumberger Geco-Prakla, Schlumberger Doll Research, and Schlumberger Cambridge Research. From 1997 to 2014, Dr. Ikelle was Robert R. Berg Professor in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at Texas A&M University. He earned a Ph.D. in geophysics and geochemistry from Paris 7 University in France. He received Le Prix de Thesis du CNRS in 1986 for his Ph.D. thesis, an SEG award in 2010 for his contribution to the creation of Geoscientists Without Borders, and a Texas AM University award as an outstanding scientist in 2012. He is a cofounder of Geoscientists Without Borders and of Imode Energy Research, and a member of SEG, AGU, and APS. Dr. Ikelle has worked as a DOE (US Department of Energy) special employer from 2005 to 2012 and was a member of Ultra-Deepwater Advisory Committee (an advisory committee to the Secretary of Energy) from 2005 to 2012.

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Information Dynamics

In Classical and Quantum Systems

By: Thomas Dittrich

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Information Dynamics

In Classical and Quantum Systems

By: Thomas Dittrich

This wide-ranging book introduces information as a key concept not only in physics, from quantum mechanics to thermodynamics, but also in the neighboring sciences and in the humanities. The central part analyzes dynamical processes as manifestations of information flows between microscopic and macroscopic scales and between systems and their environment. Quantum mechanics is interpreted as a reconstruction of mechanics based on fundamental limitations of information processing on the smallest scales. These become particularly manifest in quantum chaos and in quantum computing. Covering subjects such as causality, prediction, undecidability, chaos, and quantum randomness, the book also provides an information-theoretical view of predictability. More than 180 illustrations visualize the concepts and arguments. The book takes inspiration from the author's graduate-level topical lecture but is also well suited for undergraduate studies and is a valuable resource for researchers and professionals.

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