In the second half of the twentieth century the global theory of minimal surface in flat space had an unexpected and rapid blossoming. Some of the classical problems were solved and new classes of minimal surfaces found. Minimal surfaces are now studied from several different viewpoints using methods and techniques from analysis (real and complex), topology and geometry. In this lecture course, Meeks, Ros and Rosenberg, three of the main architects of the modern edifice, present some of the more recent methods and developments of the theory. The topics include moduli, asymptotic geometry and surfaces of constant mean curvature in the hyperbolic space.
In the second half of the twentieth century the global theory of minimal surface in flat space had an unexpected and rapid blossoming. Some of the classical problems were solved and new classes of minimal surfaces found. Minimal surfaces are now studied from several different viewpoints using methods and techniques from analysis (real and complex), topology and geometry. In this lecture course, Meeks, Ros and Rosenberg, three of the main architects of the modern edifice, present some of the more recent methods and developments of the theory. The topics include moduli, asymptotic geometry and surfaces of constant mean curvature in the hyperbolic space.
In this book, first published in 1983, three independent scientists examine the results of research and development into the environmental aspects of hazardous wastes management. Within a legislative framework, the limits of our scientific knowledge are carefully defined and the ways in which this knowledge is extrapolated and applied are examined. Significant areas of uncertainty are identified and the authors have not been afraid to draw attention to the fallibility of certain interpretations. Landfill science, leachate characteristics, pollutant attenuation and toxicity measurement are reviewed. Alternative technologies such as chemical treatment and incineration are compared. Risk assessment, cost implications and public acceptance are examined. It provides an objective assessment of the scientific and practical issues involved and constitutes a valuable source book for all concerned with hazardous wastes management, planning and regulatory control, pollution prevention and environmental protection.
In these books, we bring together and correlate recent information known to have a prominent influence on the rate of movement of pollutants from wastes and their leachates in the soil. The emphasis is on those characteristics most amenable to modification and their management, such that secure and rational choices of disposal can be made. Identification of limits of the state of the art are carefully defined. This book presents five distinct but related subject matter sections. The first topic relates to soil as a natural system to prepare the reader with a basic knowledge of soil properties as they must become involved in waste management at the disposal facility. The soil, its depth-profile, and certain characteristics are identified and described.
The phenomenal growth of science and technology As a complementary effort to its Data Tables has brought about a universal appreciation of the fact Series, TPRC published in 1967 a work entitled that present limitations in many technical develop "Thermo physical Properties Research Literature Re ments are often a direct result of the paucity of knowl trieval Guide. " This three-book work reported 33,700 edge on material properties. Engineering develop references on seven thermophysical property groups ments in the years ahead will be closely linked to the and about 45,000 materials. This Basic Edition sys research that is done today to contribute to a better tematically covered the world's unclassified literature understanding of the properties of matter, of which published essentially between 1920 and mid-1964, in thermophysical properties constitute a major segment. many instances going much earlier. While research on the properties of materials con The present work, referred to as Supplement I to tinues, adequate steps are not being taken to ensure the Basic Edition, reports an additional 26,000 refer that this invaluable body of information be coordi ences on sixteen thermophysical properties of 20,000 nated, synthesized, organized, and disseminated to materials, covering the years from mid-1964 to 1971. the ultimate user, namely, the individual scientist and An additional 9,000 synonyms and trade names are engineer. cross-referenced to assist the user in identifying the material or substance of interest.
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