Vladimir Vavilov's Books

Origin and Geography of Cultivated Plants

By: N. I. Vavilov,Vladimir Filimonovich Dorofeev

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Origin and Geography of Cultivated Plants

By: N. I. Vavilov,Vladimir Filimonovich Dorofeev

A collection of all of Vavgilov's works on the origin and geography of cultivated plant species.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521404274

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9780521404273

Multiphoton Processes in Atoms

By: Nikolai B. Delone,Vladimir P. Krainov

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Multiphoton Processes in Atoms

By: Nikolai B. Delone,Vladimir P. Krainov

Multiphoton ionization of atoms in intense laser-light fields is gaining ground as a spectroscopic diagnostic tool. In this volume, Delone and Krainov present their and others' theoretical description of the process occurring in atoms under conditions of multi-photon impacts, in particular, the shift, broadening, and mixing of electronic states which complicate the interpretation of spectra. The topics of individual chapters include tunneling ionization, above-threshold ionization, ionization of multiply charged ions, resonance-enhenced ionization, super-intense radiation fields, and properties of Rydberg states in strong fields.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3642975097

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Parametric X-Ray Radiation in Crystals

Theory, Experiment and Applications

By: Vladimir G. Baryshevsky,Ilya D. Feranchuk,Alexander P. Ulyanenkov

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Parametric X-Ray Radiation in Crystals

Theory, Experiment and Applications

By: Vladimir G. Baryshevsky,Ilya D. Feranchuk,Alexander P. Ulyanenkov

This systematic and comprehensive monograph is devoted to parametric X-ray radiation (PXR). This radiation is generated by the motion of electrons inside a crystal, whereby the emitted photons are diffracted by the crystal and the radiation intensity critically depends on the parameters of the crystal structure. Nowadays PXR is the subject of numerous theoretical and experimental studies throughout the world. The first part of the book is a theoretical treatment of PXR, which includes a new approach to describe the radiation process in crystals. The second part is a survey of PXR experimental results and the possible applications of PXR as a tool for crystal structure analysis and a source of tunable X-ray radiation.

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3540269053

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Speckle-Wave Interactions in Application to Holography and Nonlinear Optics

By: Boris Ya. Zel'dovich,Alexander V. Mamaev,Vladimir V. Shkunov

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Speckle-Wave Interactions in Application to Holography and Nonlinear Optics

By: Boris Ya. Zel'dovich,Alexander V. Mamaev,Vladimir V. Shkunov

This book explains the principles of laser beam interactions applied to the recording, readout, and processing of information-carrying optical waves. It treats both quantitatively and qualitatively the specific effects that appear due to the fine-scale speckle structure of the spatial profile of a laser-originated wave. The basics of the nature, physics, and properties of the speckle fields, as well as the fundamentals of holography and nonlinear optics, are discussed.

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CRC Press

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0849344794

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9780849344794

High-energy Nuclear Optics Of Polarized Particles

By: Vladimir G Baryshevsky

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High-energy Nuclear Optics Of Polarized Particles

By: Vladimir G Baryshevsky

The various phenomena caused by refraction and diffraction of polarized elementary particles in matter have opened up a new research area in the particle physics: nuclear optics of polarized particles. Effects similar to the well-known optical phenomena such as birefringence and Faraday effects, exist also in particle physics, though the particle wavelength is much less than the distance between atoms of matter. Current knowledge of the quasi-optical effects, which exist for all particles in any wavelength range (and energies from low to extremely high), will enable us to investigate different properties of interacting particles (nuclei) in a new aspect.This pioneering book will provide detailed accounts of quasi-optical phenomena in the particle polarization, and will interest physicists and professionals in experimental particle physics.

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World Scientific

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9814462764

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9789814462761

Literature 1982, Part 2

By: Siegfried Böhme,Professor Dr. Walter Fricke,Herbert Hefele,Inge Heinrich,Wilfried Hofmann,Dietlinde Krahn,Vladimir R. Matas,Dr. Lutz D. Schmadel,Gert Zech

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Literature 1982, Part 2

By: Siegfried Böhme,Professor Dr. Walter Fricke,Herbert Hefele,Inge Heinrich,Wilfried Hofmann,Dietlinde Krahn,Vladimir R. Matas,Dr. Lutz D. Schmadel,Gert Zech

Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts, which has appeared in semi-annual volumes since 1969, is devoted to the recording, summarizing and indexing of astronomical publications throughout the world. It is prepared under the auspices of the International Astronomical Union (according to a resolution adopted at the 14th General Assembly in 1970). Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts aims to present a comprehensive documenta tion of literature in all fields of astronomy and astrophysics. Every effort will be made to ensure that the average time interval between the date of receipt of the original literature and publication of the abstracts will not exceed eight months. This time interval is near to that achieved by monthly abstracting journals, compared to which our system of accumu lating abstracts for about six months offers the advantage of greater convenience for the user. Volume 32 contains literature published in 1982 and received before February 11, 1983; some older literature which was received late and which is not recorded in earlier volumes is also included. We acknowledge with thanks contributions to this volume by Dr. J. Bou~a, Prague, who surveyed journals and publications in Czech and supplied us with abstracts in English.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3662123371

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Gettering Defects in Semiconductors

By: Victor A. Perevostchikov,Vladimir D. Skoupov

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Gettering Defects in Semiconductors

By: Victor A. Perevostchikov,Vladimir D. Skoupov

Gettering Defects in Semiconductors fulfills three basic purposes: – to systematize the experience and research in exploiting various gettering techniques in microelectronics and nanoelectronics; – to identify new directions in research, particularly to enhance the perspective of professionals and young researchers and specialists; – to fill a gap in the contemporary literature on the underlying semiconductor-material theory. The authors address not only well-established gettering techniques but also describe contemporary trends in gettering technologies from an international perspective. The types and properties of structural defects in semiconductors, their generating and their transforming mechanisms during fabrication are described. The primary emphasis is placed on classifying and describing specific gettering techniques, their specificity arising from both their position in a general technological process and the regimes of their application. This book addresses both engineers and material scientists interested in semiconducting materials theory and also undergraduate and graduate students in solid–state microelectronics and nanoelectronics. A comprehensive list of references provides readers with direction for further reading.

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3540294996

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Soviet Intellectuals and Political Power

The Post-Stalin Era

By: Vladimir Shlapentokh

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Soviet Intellectuals and Political Power

The Post-Stalin Era

By: Vladimir Shlapentokh

In this unprecedented work on the status and role of intellectuals in Soviet political life, a former Soviet sociologist maps out the delicate, often paradoxical, ties between the political regime and the creative thinkers who play a major part in the movement toward modernization. Beginning with Stalin, Vladimir Shlapentokh explores the mutual need and antagonism that have existed between political leaders and intellectuals. What emerges is a fascinating portrayal of the Soviet intellectual network since the 1950s, which touches on such topics as the role of literature and film in political opposition, levels of opposition (open, legal, and private), and the spread of paranoia as fueled by the KGB. Throughout he shows how the intellectual communityusually a cohesive, liberal grouphas fared under Khrushchev's cautious tolerance, Brezhnev's repressions, and now Gorbachev's Glasnost. Shlapentokh maintains, however, that under Glasnost freer speech has revealed a more pronounced divergence between liberal and conservative thinkers, and has allowed for open conservative opposition to the reformatory measures of Gorbachev and the liberals. He argues that one of the strongest checks on reform is the growing presence of Russophilism--a movement supporting Russian nationalism and Stalin's concept of socialism--among the political elite and the masses. Although the role of the liberal intellectuals in the late 1980s was less prominent than it was in the 1960s, Shlapentokh asserts that they remain the major agent of modernization in the Soviet Union, as well as in other socialist countries. Originally published in 1990. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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1400861136

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Salmonid Fishes

Population Biology, Genetics and Management

By: Yuri P. Altukhov,Elena A. Salmenkova,Vladimir T. Omelchenko

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Salmonid Fishes

Population Biology, Genetics and Management

By: Yuri P. Altukhov,Elena A. Salmenkova,Vladimir T. Omelchenko

This important title encompasses features of genetic processes in complexly organised population systems of salmonids, one of the most commercially valuable families of fish worldwide. Translated from the original work in Russian, the authors have taken the opportunity to update and revise the work, much of it appearing in the English language for the first time. Covering such important concepts as optimal gene diversity and the unfavourable influence of fishery and hatchery reproduction on the genetic structure of salmon populations, the authors have drawn together a huge wealth of information that will form the cornerstone of much new work in the future. The authors of Salmonid Fishes have between them many years of research experience and practical knowledge in the area and the English translation of this important work, which has been edited by Professor John Thorpe and Professor Gary Carvalho, provides vital information for all those involved in salmonid management, exploitation and conservation, including fish biologists, fisheries managers, conservation and population biologists, ecologists and geneticists.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470999527

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9780470999523

Protecting Electrical Equipment

Good practices for preventing high altitude electromagnetic pulse impacts

By: Vladimir Gurevich

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Protecting Electrical Equipment

Good practices for preventing high altitude electromagnetic pulse impacts

By: Vladimir Gurevich

How do you protect electrical systems from high energy electromagnetic pulses? This book is designed for researchers who wish to design toughned systems against EMPs from high altitude sources. It discusses numerous factors affectíng the strength of EMPs as well as their impact on electronic components, devices and power electrical equipment. This book includes practical protection methods and means for evaluating their effectiveness.

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3110636069

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Multiphoton Processes in Atoms

Second Edition

By: N. B. Delone,Vladimir Pavlovich Kraĭnov

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Multiphoton Processes in Atoms

Second Edition

By: N. B. Delone,Vladimir Pavlovich Kraĭnov

Multiphoton Processes in Atoms in intense laser-light fields is gaining ground as a spectroscopic diagnostic tool. The authors present descriptions of processes occurring in atoms under the action of strong electromagnetic radiation, in particular, the shift, broadening, and mixing of atomic states. The topics include tunneling ionization, above-threshold ionization, ionization of multiply charged ions, resonance-enhanced ionization, super-intense radiation fields, and properties of Rydberg states strongly perturbed by laser radiation.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540646159

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Derivative Spectrophotometry and PAM-Fluorescence in Comparative Biochemistry

By: Vladimir S. Saakov,Alexander I. Krivchenko,Eugene V. Rozengart,Irina G. Danilova

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Derivative Spectrophotometry and PAM-Fluorescence in Comparative Biochemistry

By: Vladimir S. Saakov,Alexander I. Krivchenko,Eugene V. Rozengart,Irina G. Danilova

This book presents various examples of how advanced fluorescence and spectroscopic analytical methods can be used in combination with computer data processing to address different biochemical questions. The main focus is on evolutionary biochemistry and the description of biochemical and metabolic issues; specifically, the use of pulse amplitude modulated fluorescence (PAM) for the functional analysis of the cellular state, as well as results obtained by means of the derivative spectroscopy method characterizing structural reorganization of a cell under the influence of external factors, are discussed. The topics presented here will be of interest to biologists, geneticists, biophysicists and biochemists, as well as experts in analytical chemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry and radio chemistry and radio activation studies with protonen and alpha-particles. It also offers a valuable resource for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in biological, physical and chemical disciplines whose work involves derivative spectrophotometry and PAM-fluorescence.

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3319115960

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Excursions into Combinatorial Geometry

By: Vladimir Boltyanski,Horst Martini,P.S. Soltan

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Excursions into Combinatorial Geometry

By: Vladimir Boltyanski,Horst Martini,P.S. Soltan

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3642592376

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Algebraic Formalization of Smart Systems

Theory and Practice

By: Natalia Serdyukova,Vladimir Serdyukov

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Algebraic Formalization of Smart Systems

Theory and Practice

By: Natalia Serdyukova,Vladimir Serdyukov

This book reveals the general laws of the theory of smart systems with the help of a very powerful and expressive language of algebraic formalization. It also shows how this language can be used to substantiate practical results in the field of smart systems, which previously had only an empirical justification. Further, it proposes a translation of the theory of smart systems from verbal language to a much more expressive language of algebraic formalization, allowing the laws of the theory of smart systems to be seen in a different light. In 1937 L. Bertalanffy proposed the concept of an algebraic system and the development of a mathematical apparatus for describing systems. In the 1970s, A.I. Mal'tsev developed a theory of algebraic systems connecting algebra and logic for studying algebraic and logical objects. In the 1990s, the concept of purities by predicates was introduced by one of the authors, and the book includes some of its applications. The concept, which is based on the theory of algebraic systems, allows clarification of the connections between quantitative and qualitative analysis of a system. The book is intended for readers who use elements of artificial intelligence in their work.

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3319770519

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Infrared Techniques and Electro-optics in Russia

A History 1946-2006

By: Vladimir P. Ponomarenko,Anatoly M. Filachev

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Infrared Techniques and Electro-optics in Russia

A History 1946-2006

By: Vladimir P. Ponomarenko,Anatoly M. Filachev

In 1946 at the beginning of the cold war, the USSR government organized a special Institute on Infrared Technique and Electron Optics, later renamed the Federal Scientific Center ""Orion."" On the occasion of the Orion Center's 60th anniversary, this volume chronicles the development and achievements of IR techniques, photoelectronics, and other defense technologies in the former USSR and Russia. It contains nearly 300 photographs of researchers and IR devices and systems, most published here for the first time.

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SPIE Press

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0819463558

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Reexamining Economic and Political Reforms in Russia, 1985–2000

Generations, Ideas, and Changes

By: Vladimir Gel'man,Dmitry Travin,Otar Marganiya

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Reexamining Economic and Political Reforms in Russia, 1985–2000

Generations, Ideas, and Changes

By: Vladimir Gel'man,Dmitry Travin,Otar Marganiya

Reexamining Economic and Political Reforms in Russia, 1985–2000: Generations, Ideas, and Changes analyzes the impact of generational changes and ideational changes on major political and economic reforms conducted in Russia during the late twentieth century. This book examines how the policy agenda was shaped by the ideas of the generations’ representatives for the “sixtiers” and “seventiers.” Representatives of the generation of “sixtiers” conducted reforms from 1985 to 1991 and invested major efforts in political liberalization but did not pay enough attention to economic reforms. On the other hand, the reformers from the generation of “seventiers,” who were in charge of policy making from 1991 to 1998, were genuinely oriented toward market building but rather insensitive to the democratization of the political regime. This book explores how these differences in ideational agendas produced inconsistent and controversial outcomes from both stages of reforms.

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Lexington Books

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0739183621

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9780739183625

The Truth and the Legends Of the Ocean Great

By: Vladimir Morgan

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The Truth and the Legends Of the Ocean Great

By: Vladimir Morgan

The Truth and the Legends of Great Ocean by Vladimir Morgan is a small encyclopedia of the Sea. This book has a stories about a surprising life of ocean, about its unique flora and fauna, about sea currents, the ships, navigating devices, about beacons lighthouses, well-known navigators and about much-many other, romantic and fascinating. On a plan, the represented popular scientific book is a bit of compilations, but it’s very competitive and interesting. This is for all ages. Îá óäèâèòåëüíîé æèçíè Oêåàíà, åãî óíèêàëüíîé ôëîðå è ôàóíå, î ìîðñêèõ òå÷åíèÿõ, î êîðàáëÿõ, íàâèãàöèîííûõ ïðèáîðàõ, î ìàÿêàõ, î çíàìåíèòûõ ìîðåïëàâàâàòåëÿõ è î ìíîãîì-ìíîãîì äðóãîì, ðîìàíòè÷íîì è óâëåêàòåëüíîì, ðàññêàçûâàåò ýòà çàìå÷àòåëüíàÿ êíèãà. Äëÿ âñåõ, êòî ëþáèò ìîðå.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1483681939

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Chance and Stability

Stable Distributions and their Applications

By: Vladimir V. Uchaikin,Vladimir M. Zolotarev

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Chance and Stability

Stable Distributions and their Applications

By: Vladimir V. Uchaikin,Vladimir M. Zolotarev

The series is devoted to the publication of high-level monographs and surveys which cover the whole spectrum of probability and statistics. The books of the series are addressed to both experts and advanced students.

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311093597X

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Physics of Strongly Coupled Plasma

By: Vladimir Fortov,Igorʹ Tevfikovich I︠A︡kubov,Alekseĭ Georgievich Khrapak

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Physics of Strongly Coupled Plasma

By: Vladimir Fortov,Igorʹ Tevfikovich I︠A︡kubov,Alekseĭ Georgievich Khrapak

The book is devoted to the physics of plasma at high density, which has been compressed so strongly that the effects of interparticle interactions and non-ideality govern its behavior. Interest in this non-traditional plasma has been generated in recent years when states of matter with high concentration of energy became accessible experimentally as the basis of modern technologies and facilities. The greatest part of the matter in the Universe is in this exotic state. In this book,the methods of generation and diagnostics of strongly coupled plasmas are presented, along with the main theoretical methods and experimental results on thermodynamical, kinetic and optical properties. Particular attention is given to fast developing modern directions of strongly coupled plasmaphysics such as metallization of dielectrics and dielectrization of metals, non-neutral plasmas, dusty plasmas and their crystallization. The book is written for physicists and astrophysicists, engineers, and material scientists.

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Oxford University Press

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0199299803

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Algebraic Identification of Smart Systems

Theory аnd Practice

By: Natalia A. Serdyukova,Vladimir I. Serdyukov

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Algebraic Identification of Smart Systems

Theory аnd Practice

By: Natalia A. Serdyukova,Vladimir I. Serdyukov

This book is a continuation of our recently published book “Algebraic formalization of smart systems. Theory and practice.” It incorporates a new concept of quasi-fractal algebraic systems, based on A.I. Maltsev’s theory of algebraic systems and the theory of fractals developed by Benoit Mandelbrot, to investigate smart systems in more detail. The main tool used in the book, quasi-fractal algebraic systems, helps us to see smart systems in more detail by adding new factors, which e.g. make it possible to describe the previously indivisible elements of the initial model of factors. The techniques presented include fixed-point theorem, theorems of group theory, theory of Boolean algebras, and Erdös-Renyi algorithms. Given its focus, the book is intended for anyone interested in smart system theory.

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Springer Nature

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3030544702

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9783030544706

From Vladimir Lenin to Vladimir Putin

Russia in Search of Its Identity: 1913–2023

By: Vladimir N. Brovkin

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From Vladimir Lenin to Vladimir Putin

Russia in Search of Its Identity: 1913–2023

By: Vladimir N. Brovkin

This book integrates Soviet and post-Soviet Russian history into a coherent whole by focusing on the culture, role models, habits and behavior patterns that provide continuity between various political regimes, systems, and rulers from Vladimir Lenin to Vladimir Putin. The unifying theme of all these periods is the central question of identity – how the Russians have defined themselves, their country, and their values. Why did the Bolsheviks try to erase any trace of Old Russia and with what did they try to replace it? Why did Stalin wipe out the kulaks and the old Bolsheviks? What were the political consequences of the Great Patriotic War on the Russians as people? When post-Stalin Russia slowly weakened and gave way to the humanism and Westernization that led to the collapse of the Soviet system, why did the 1990s generate a resurgence of anti-western nationalism? And how to explain the slow and steady break with the West under President Putin? This will be a core textbook for undergraduate and graduate students of Russian and European history, and a valuable text for all those interested in how the Russian past influenced and shaped current politics, and in the international East–West divide in particular.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000985024

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9781000985023

Chernobyl

Insight from the Inside

By: Vladimir M. Chernousenko

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Chernobyl

Insight from the Inside

By: Vladimir M. Chernousenko

Chernousenko's "Chernobyl" is a first-hand account of the events and facts surrounding this global disaster: The first part of the book includes an absoring account of what happened at Chernobyl nuclear power station on April 26, 1986, as well as a review of the rectification measures taken so far. The author re-analyzes the causes of the accident, confronting us with startling details about critical design faults in the (RBMK) reactors of the Chernobyl type. - The second part deals with the long-range and long-term effects of the catastrophe on man and environment, including a wealth of yet unpublished data along with proposals for future action. - Physicist Vladimir Chernousenko is eminently qualified to write on this topic: In 1986 he was appointed representative of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences in Chernobyl and the "Zone". He worked in the so-called Special Zone (10-km radius around the reactor) where he received large radiation doses. He was co-author of the internal Government Report for President Gorbachev and the Supreme Soviet. Until 1991 he was scientificdirector of the 30-km exclusion zone. - This book is a vital step towards establishing the truth about the causes of the accident and - even more important - the actual scale of its aftermath. It provides the specialist with the scientific and medical data needed for further investigation and for designing effective countermeasures, whilethe lay reader will profit most from the absorbing accounts and personal statements of eyewitnesses and other people directly affected by the catastrophe. - A unique collection of photographs adds further poignancy to the written descriptions. Appendices are added to explain the most important technical terms for the non-specialist and to provide technical details for the specialist. The book is of equal interest to natural scientists, medics and interested laypersons.

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3642764533

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9783642764530

Mathematical Theory of Adaptive Control

By: Vladimir G. Sragovich

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Mathematical Theory of Adaptive Control

By: Vladimir G. Sragovich

The theory of adaptive control is concerned with construction of strategies so that the controlled system behaves in a desirable way, without assuming the complete knowledge of the system. The models considered in this comprehensive book are of Markovian type. Both partial observation and partial information cases are analyzed. While the book focuses on discrete time models, continuous time ones are considered in the final chapter. The book provides a novel perspective by summarizing results on adaptive control obtained in the Soviet Union, which are not well known in the West. Comments on the interplay between the Russian and Western methods are also included.

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World Scientific

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9812701036

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9789812701039

Vladimir Shcherbakov

The Perishing of the Soviet Empire Through the Eyes of the USSR State Planning Committee's Last Chairman

By: Dr. Vladimir Shcherbakov,Nikolai I. Krotov

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The Perishing of the Soviet Empire Through the Eyes of the USSR State Planning Committee's Last Chairman

By: Dr. Vladimir Shcherbakov,Nikolai I. Krotov

A chance to read about the Fall of the Soviet Empire told through the eyes of the last surviving high-ranking member of the Soviet government. Dr. Vladimir Shcherbakov, the Last Chairman of the USSR State Planning Committee tells his account of the historic last days of the Soviet Union after a 68-year of global dominance and the 45-year long Cold War. This is a rare opportunity to take a close, behind the curtains look at the historical event that changed the global dynamics for the 21st century.

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Fulton Books, Inc.

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ISBN 13

9798885059312

Optics of Nanomaterials

By: Vladimir I. Gavrilenko

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Optics of Nanomaterials

By: Vladimir I. Gavrilenko

While the chemistry, physics, and optical properties of simple atoms and molecules are quite well understood, this book demonstrates that there is much to be learned about the optics of nanomaterials. Through comparative analysis of the size-dependent optical response from nanomaterials, it is shown that although strides have been made in computational chemistry and physics, bridging length scales from nano to macro remains a major challenge. Organic, molecular, polymer, and biological systems are shown to be potentially useful models for assembly. Our progress in understanding the optical properties of biological nanomaterials is important driving force for a variety of applications.

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1000011585

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9781000011586

Jacques Hadamard

A Universal Mathematician

By: Vladimir Gilelevič Mazʹâ,T. O. Shaposhnikova

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Jacques Hadamard

A Universal Mathematician

By: Vladimir Gilelevič Mazʹâ,T. O. Shaposhnikova

This book presents a fascinating story of the long life and great accomplishments of Jacques Hadamard (1865-1963), who was once called 'the living legend of mathematics'. As one of the last universal mathematicians, Hadamard's contributions to mathematics are landmarks in various fields. His life is linked with world history of the 20th century in a dramatic way. This work provides an inspiring view of the development of various branches of mathematics during the 19th and 20th centuries.Part I of the book portrays Hadamard's family, childhood and student years, scientific triumphs, and his personal life and trials during the first two world wars. The story is told of his involvement in the Dreyfus affair and his subsequent fight for justice and human rights. Also recounted are Hadamard's worldwide travels, his famous seminar, his passion for botany, his home orchestra, where he played the violin with Einstein, and his interest in the psychology of mathematical creativity. Hadamard's life is described in a readable and inviting way.The authors humorously weave throughout the text his jokes and the myths about him. They also movingly recount the tragic side of his life. Stories about his relatives and friends, and old letters and documents create an authentic and colorful picture. The book contains over 300 photographs and illustrations. Part II of the book includes a lucid overview of Hadamard's enormous work, spanning over six decades. The authors do an excellent job of connecting his results to current concerns.While the book is accessible to beginners, it also provides rich information of interest to experts. Vladimir Mazya and Tatyana Shaposhnikova were the 2003 laureates of the Insitut de France's Prix Alfred Verdaguer. One or more prizes are awarded each year, based on suggestions from the Academie francaise, the Academie de sciences, and the Academie de beaux-arts, for the most remarkable work in the arts, literature, and the sciences. In 2003, the award for excellence was granted in recognition of Mazya and Shaposhnikova's book, ""Jacques Hadamard, A Universal Mathematician"", which is both an historical book about a great citizen and a scientific book about a great mathematician.

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American Mathematical Soc.

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0821819232

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Freedom, Repression, and Private Property in Russia

By: Vladimir Shlapentokh,Anna Arutunyan

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Freedom, Repression, and Private Property in Russia

By: Vladimir Shlapentokh,Anna Arutunyan

This study demonstrates how the emergence of private property and a market economy after the Soviet Union's collapse enabled a degree of freedom while simultaneously supporting authoritarianism. Based on case studies, Vladimir Shlapentokh and Anna Arutunyan analyze how private property and free markets spawn feudal elements in society. These elements are so strong in post-Communist Russia that they prevent the formation of a true democratic society, while making it impossible to return to totalitarianism. The authors describe the resulting Russian society as having three types of social organization: authoritarian, feudal and liberal. The authors examine the adaptation of Soviet-era institutions like security forces, the police and the army to free market conditions and how they generated corruption; the belief that the KGB was relatively free from corruption; how large property holdings merge with power and necessitate repression; and how property relations affect government management and suppression.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107471397

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Blue Lard

By: Vladimir Sorokin

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Blue Lard

By: Vladimir Sorokin

Blue Lard is an act of desecration. Blue Lard is what's left after the towering masterpieces of Russian literature have been blown to smithereens, the most graphic, shocking, controversial, and celebrated book to be published in Russia since the end of Communism. Denounced as an abomination on publication in 1999—a crowd of angry Putin supporters gathered in front of Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater to toss shredded copies of Sorokin’s books into an enormous papier-mâché toilet—this ferocious takedown of Russian greatness has since found its way into the canon of Russian literature itself. The book begins in a futuristic laboratory where genetic scientists speak in a dialect of Russian mixed with Chinese. There they work to clone famous Russian writers, who are then made to produce texts in the style of their forebears. The goal of this “script-process” is not the texts themselves but the blue lard that collects in the small of their backs as they write. This substance is to be used to power reactors on the moon—that is, until a sect of devout nationalists breaks in to steal the blue lard, planning to send it back in time to an alternate version of the Soviet Union, one that exists on the margins of a Europe conquered by a long-haired Hitler with the ability to shoot electricity from his hands. What will come of this blue lard? Who will finally make use of its mysterious powers? Max Lawton’s translation of Blue Lard, the first into English, captures this key work in all its grotesque, havoc-making, horrifying, visceral intensity.

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New York Review of Books

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1681378191

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Remote Sensing of Sea Ice in the Northern Sea Route

Studies and Applications

By: Ola M. Johannessen,Vitali Alexandrov,Ivan Ye. Frolov,Stein Sandven,Lasse H. Pettersson,Leonid P. Bobylev,Kjell Kloster,Vladimir G. Smirnov,Yevgeny U. Mironov,Nikolay G. Babich

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Remote Sensing of Sea Ice in the Northern Sea Route

Studies and Applications

By: Ola M. Johannessen,Vitali Alexandrov,Ivan Ye. Frolov,Stein Sandven,Lasse H. Pettersson,Leonid P. Bobylev,Kjell Kloster,Vladimir G. Smirnov,Yevgeny U. Mironov,Nikolay G. Babich

Remote Sensing of Sea Ice in the Northern Sea Route: Studies and Applications initially provides a history of the Northern Sea Route as an important strategic transport route for supporting the northern regions of Russia and cargo transportation between Europe and the Northern Pacific Basin. The authors then describe sea ice conditions in the Eurasian Arctic Seas and, using microwave satellite data, provide a detailed analysis of difficult sea ice conditions. Remote sensing techniques and the basic principles of SAR image formation are described, as well as the major satellite radar systems used for ice studies in the Arctic. The authors take a good look at the use of sensing equipment in experiments, including the ICE WATCH project used for monitoring the Northern Sea Route. The possibilities of using SAR remote sensing for ice navigation in the Northern Sea Route is also detailed, analysing techniques of automatic image processing and interpretation. A study is provided of regional drifting ice, fast ice and river ice in the coastal areas of the Arctic Seas. The book concludes with a review of the practical experience using SAR images for supporting navigation and offshore industrial activity, based on a series of experiments conducted with the Murmansk Shipping Company on board nuclear icebreakers.

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3540488405

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Space and Time Perception by the Cosmonaut

By: Alexei Leonov,Vladimir Lebedev

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Space and Time Perception by the Cosmonaut

By: Alexei Leonov,Vladimir Lebedev

This is a book about the dynamics of spaceflight and the role of the cosmonaut in the man-space-craft system.

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The Minerva Group, Inc.

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0898751861

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Elsevier's Dictionary of Geography

in English, Russian, French, Spanish and German

By: Vladimir Kotlyakov,Anna Komarova

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Elsevier's Dictionary of Geography

in English, Russian, French, Spanish and German

By: Vladimir Kotlyakov,Anna Komarova

Geography is a system of highly developed sciences about the environment. Geographical science embracing the study of the Earth's physical phenomena, people and their economic activities has always been in need of an extensive terminology. Geographical terms are related to the terms of natural sciences (physics, chemistry, biology, geology, etc.) and humanities (history, economics, sociology, etc.) since geography is based on these fundamental subjects. Geography includes a number of disciplines and subdivisions which appeared along with the development of the science In spite of being very different geographical disciplines have some common tools of investigation which is maps, comparative method of exploration, remote sensing, geoinformation systems. Today very well developed terminologies of all the specialist fields of geography and related subjects exist in the main world languages. However, they are not always well-correlated. Nowadays geographical terminology requires unification and international correlation more than ever before. Hence the idea of compiling a multilingual polydisciplinary dictionary. The Dictionary consists of the basic table of terms arranged according to the order of the English alphabet with each term numbered. Each entry consists of the term in English and its equivalents in Russian, French, German, Spanish. Short definitions of terms are given in English and in Russian. The terms are supplied with the necessary grammar labels, such as gender of nouns, plural number, etc. The Dictionary combines two functions: that of a defining dictionary and that of a bilingual dictionary. These two functions are basically contradictory because usually the defining dictionary is aimed at giving one meaning of the word which is the main and essential one, while the bilingual dictionary tries to give different equivalents of a given word in the other language in order to supply the user with maximum possible translations, differing in the shades of meanings, thus giving him the possibility to choose the appropriate word. But in our Dictionary we intentionally decided to combine the two functions – defining and multilingual, because a short definition of the term and equivalents in other languages help to achieve our main aim which consists in showing the basic geographical terminology and harmonizing it in several languages. Having this into consideration we deliberately mixed two types of dictionaries in one. - Organized alphabetically via English - Provides short definition of geographical terms in English and Russian - Includes multilingual translation of terms from English to Russian, French, German, Spanish

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0080488781

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Introduction to Isotopic Materials Science

By: Vladimir G. Plekhanov

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Introduction to Isotopic Materials Science

By: Vladimir G. Plekhanov

This book describes new trends in the nanoscience of isotopic materials science. Assuming a background in graduate condensed matter physics and covering the fundamental aspects of isotopic materials science from the very beginning, it equips readers to engage in high-level professional research in this area. The book ́s main objective is to provide insight into the question of why solids are the way they are, either because of how their atoms are bonded with one another, because of defects in their structure, or because of how they are produced or processed. Accordingly, it explores the science of how atoms interact, connects the results to real materials properties, and demonstrates the engineering concepts that can be used to produce or improve semiconductors by design. In addition, it shows how the concepts discussed are applied in the laboratory. The book addresses the needs of researchers, graduate students and senior undergraduate students alike. Although primarily written for materials science audience, it will be equally useful to those teaching in electrical engineering, materials science or even chemical engineering or physics curricula. In order to maintain the focus on materials concepts, however, the book does not burden the reader with details of many of the derivations and equations nor does it delve into the details of electrical engineering topics.

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3319422618

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Thermodynamic and Kinetic Aspects of the Vitreous State

By: Sergei Vladimir Nemilov

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Thermodynamic and Kinetic Aspects of the Vitreous State

By: Sergei Vladimir Nemilov

This is the first book to logically present the major problems of the vitreous state within the framework of irreversible thermodynamics. Filled with elementary explanations for difficult problems, this easily understood text/reference treats in detail the criteria of glass transition, the peculiarities of relaxing structural parameters, and the Prigogine-Defay ratio. Based on the author's rigorous generalization of the Second Law for non-equilibrium, the book systematizes all known thermodynamic data for glasses and melts. The thermodynamic essence of structural relaxation and memory effects are considered. The viscous flow theories are treated as a constituent of the kinetic description. All theoretical questions are illustrated by comparison of calculations with the experiments for glasses of inorganic and organic nature, with special attention to structural classification. An informative review of modern structural investigations is included. The bibliography follows the history of the main problems from the nineteenth century.

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0849337828

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Derivative Spectrophotometry and Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) Spectroscopy for Ecological and Biological Questions

By: Vladimir S. Saakov,Valery Z. Drapkin,Alexander I. Krivchenko,Eugene V. Rozengart,Yuri V. Bogachev,Mikhail N. Knyazev

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Derivative Spectrophotometry and Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) Spectroscopy for Ecological and Biological Questions

By: Vladimir S. Saakov,Valery Z. Drapkin,Alexander I. Krivchenko,Eugene V. Rozengart,Yuri V. Bogachev,Mikhail N. Knyazev

This book provides a multidisciplinary overview to the application of high order derivative spectrophotometry and Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) spectroscopy in biology and ecology. The characteristics of the principle methods as well as the generation of reliable spectra are discussed in general terms allowing the reader to gain an idea of these methods’ potentials. Furthermore the authors give an extended overview to the spectroscopic and spectro-photometric analysis of specific biological materials. This volume is a well condensed description of an analytical method and a clear review to its application in biology and related fields and an essential tool for researchers who are new in the field of spectroscopic methods and their applications in the life sciences.

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3709110068

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