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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Past cycles of sovereign lending and default suggest that debt crises will recur at some point. This book shows why investors should reckon with similar credit events in the future. Surveying the sovereign bond market, the author provides investors with a useful toolkit for analyzing sovereign bonds and foreseeing trends in the international financial architecture. The result should be a better understanding of debt crises and more deliberate investment decisions. 268 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This book identifies the major areas of education reform. It features contributions from experienced researchers who have worked in many different settings and bring their own insights to attack this universal problem. The book presents analyses of the successes and failures, and identifies common features and identifies transferable features. All the authors have been active in the field in many different cultural settings.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - We offer here a non-conventional approach to muhivariate ima- structured data for which the basis is well tested but the analytical ramifi cations are still unfolding. Although we do not formally pursue them, there are several parallels with the nature of neural networks. We employ a systematic set of statistical heuristics for modeling multivariate image data in a quasi-perceptual manner. When the human eye perceives a scene, the elements of the scene are segregated heuristically into compo nents according to similarity and dissimilarity, and then the relationships among the components are interpreted. Similarly, we segregate or seg ment the scene into hierarchically organized components that are subject to subsequent statistical analysis in many modes for interpretive purposes. We refer to the segregated scene segments as patterns, since they provide a basis for perception of pattern. Since they are also hierarchically organ ized, we refer to them further as polypatterns. This leads us to our acro nym of Progressively Segmented Image Modeling As Poly-Patterns (PSIMAPP). Likewise, we formalize our approach in terms of pattern processes and segmentation sequences. In alignment with the terminology of image analysis, we refer to our multivariate measures as being signal bands.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Demand for timber and fibre continues to grow and is being met by increased reliance on plantation forestry. Many of the plantations that are being grown around the globe are non-native species that have characteristics of rapid growth and good commercial qualities. In some cases, the high rates of production are a result of the absence of native herbivore and diseases. This limited pest status is threatened as pest species move around the globe. At the same time there is concern about threats of these non-native plantation species on native communities and the impact of changing climates on forest productivity. This volume explores many of these issues for the first time.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Tumor Neurosurgery provides information on the basic knowledge and clinical management required for optimal care of neurooncology patients. Providing an up-to-date synopsis of the field of tumor neurosurgery, the book covers the most common sites and tumor pathologies encountered by neurosurgeons. The chapters are organized under broad topics, including investigative studies, perioperative care and the role of newer techniques. The clinical management of CNS tumors in adults and children is described, including spinal tumors, both intradural and extradural. This book provides coverage of relevant topics in the field of tumor neurosurgery, for residents and registrars in training, and for recent graduates of training programs.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The Springer Handbook of Enzymes provides concise data on some 5,000 enzymes sufficiently well characterized - and here is the second, updated edition. Their application in analytical, synthetic and biotechnology processes as well as in food industry, and for medicinal treatments is added. Data sheets are arranged in their EC-Number sequence. The new edition reflects considerable progress in enzymology: the total material has more than doubled, and the complete 2nd edition consists of 39 volumes plus Synonym Index. Starting in 2009, all newly classified enzymes are treated in Supplement Volumes. 672 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A major part of this sediment transport representation closely follows the progress made in understanding the interactions between a turbulent flow and transportable solid particles. Introducing new aspects found in the research of turbulent flows, this book updates the theory of sediment transport, e. g. , using new representations for flow separations, and coherent structures thought to be relevant and confronts the problem that existent theories do not relate directly the relevant quantities involved in the physical processes. A review of the complex matter suggests that a closer cooperation between engineers and physicists would benefit the problem and our concept tries to acknowledge this fact. Having this in mind the book was organized in four parts. The engineer who is interested in predicting sediment transport will find the classical as well as statistical approaches in the first part (Chaps. 1-4). The second part (Chaps. 5-8) critically reviews the most problematic issues like rheology, turbulence, topological aspects of flow separations, vortical dynamics, and scaling parameters. This part is mainly addressed to the physicist interested in the geophysical aspects of river dynamics but will also support the engineers in their decision making process, when constructing a simulation scheme. The third part (Chaps. 9-11) presents the sediment transport using micromechanical principles, using new results from turbulence research and introducing flow separation as the main self-organization mechanism observed in the formation of bedforms.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In this volume, the expression of specific adhesion molecules within human cancer tissues are highlighted. The expression signatures from published DNA microarray and immunohistochemistry studies are detailed. The concept that the alteration of specific adhesion molecules influence the cancer migration ability and cancer damage responses is detailed in this volume; both features are essential for the survival of an invading tumor cell. Defining the minimal adhesion receptors preserved on cancer cells during tumor progression will define the metastatic adhesion signature. Understanding the metastatic adhesion signature will reveal vulnerabilities that could be exploited for the prevention and/or eradication of the invading cancer cell.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Laser ablation describes the interaction of intense optical fields with matter, in which atoms are selectively driven off by thermal or nonthermal mechanisms. The field of laser ablation physics is advancing so rapidly that its principal results are seen only in specialized journals and conferences. This will be the first book that combines the most recent results in this rapidly advancing fieldwith authoritative treatment of laser ablation and its applications, including the physics of high-power laser-matter interaction. Many practical applications exist, ranging from inertial confinement fusion to propulsion of aerostats for pollution monitoring to laser ignition of hypersonic engines to laser cleaning nanoscale contaminants in high-volume computer hard drive manufacture to direct observation of the electronic or dissociative states in atoms and molecules, to studying the properties of materials during 200kbar shocks developed in 200fs.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This book is devoted to recent progress made in solving propositional satisfiability and related problems. Propositional satisfiability is a powerful and general formalism used to solve a wide range of important problems including hardware and software verification. The core of many reasoning problems in automated deduction are propositional. Research into methods to automate such reasoning has therefore a long history in artificial intelligence. In 1957, Allen Newell and Herb Simon introduced the Logic Theory Machine to prove propositional theorems from Whitehead and Russel's 'Principia mathematica'.In 1960, Martin Davis and Hillary Putnam introduced their eponymous decision procedure for satisfiability reasoning (though, for space reasons, it was quickly superseded by the modified procedure proposed by Martin Davis, George Logemann and Donald Loveland two years later). In 1971, Stephen Cook's proof that propositional satisfiability is NP-Complete placed satisfiability as the cornerstone of complexity theory.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This volume represents the first attempt to systematically compare organised crime concepts, as well as historical and contemporary patterns and control policies in thirteen European countries. These include seven 'old' EU Member States (Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom), two 'new' members (the Czech Republic and Poland), a candidate country (Turkey), and three non-EU countries (Albania, Russia and Switzerland). Based on a standardised research protocol, thirty-three experts from different legal and social disciplines provide insight through detailed country reports. On this basis, the editors compare organised crime patterns and policies in Europe and assess EU initiatives against organised crime.Its informed analyses and unprejudiced assessments will make Organised Crime in Europe an indispensable resource for scholars, students, practitioners, and policy-makers interested in understanding the complex phenomenon of organised crime and its related control policies in Europe.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book uses examples from experimental studies to illustrate theoretical investigations, allowing greater understanding of hydrogen bonding phenomena. The most important topics in recent studies are covered. This volume is an invaluable resource that will be of particular interest to physical and theoretical chemists, spectroscopists, crystallographers and those involved with chemical physics. 548 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Stroke is a global health problem affecting approximately 15 million people annually in the world and about 700,000 in the United States. It is the third leading cause of death and the most common cause of disability in most developed countries.Acute Ischemic Injury and Repair in the Nervous System is intended to provide the most up-to-date knowledge of the mechanisms of neuronal death and repair after stroke. It is our belief that this volume of the Handbook of Neurochemistry and Molecular Neurobiology provides an excellent review of the tremendous advances of the past decades in the neurochemical and molecular biological aspects of cerebral ischemia. It is hoped that these advances will provide an impetus for basic scientists and clinicians to further their translational research and to promote the insights for development of therapeutic interventions for stroke.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Lemurs: Ecology and Adaptation brings together information from recent research, and provides new insight into the study of lemur origins, and the ecology and adaptation of both extant and recently extinct lemurs. In addition, it addresses issues of primate behavioral ecology and how environment can play a major role in explaining species variation. Moreover, in a larger context, the information contained in this volume expands our knowledge of primate ecology and allows us further insight into mammalian adaptations to unusual and often harsh environmental conditions that arise from both natural and anthropogenic factors.The book is divided into two sections. The first section is a background to lemurs and their ecology and it includes chapters on origins of lemurs, history of ecological studies on lemurs in Madagascar, theories relating to the evolution of lemur traits, and ecology of the recently extinct (sub-fossil) lemurs. Section two is comprised of chapters focusing on the ecology and adaptations of many species of extant lemurs to the diverse habitats found on Madagascar, and in some cases, adaptations to extreme climatic variability and natural disasters.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The book provides the most recent advances of Celestial Mechanics, as provided by high-level scientists working in this field. It covers theoretical investigations as well as applications to concrete problems. Outstanding review papers are included in the book and they introduce the reader to leading subjects, like the variational approaches to find periodic orbits, the stability theory of the N-body problem, the spin-orbit resonances and chaotic dynamics, the space debris polluting the circumterrestrial space.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - From the early examples of what was to be called MRI, extending the te- nique to higher fields than those of less than 0. 1 T used in the first large-volume instruments was a goal, but the way there was unclear. The practical success of large superconducting magnets was a surprise, and the astonishment continued as they developed fields from 0. 3 T to 0. 6 T to 1. 5 T, and even more, up to the now common 3T systems, and a few 4T machines, and now to about 100 times the fields used in the first medium- and large-bore devices. In the early machines, low radiofrequencies of 4 MHz or so meant that RF coil designs were simple (even inexperienced undergraduates could design and build such circuits with little knowledge of more than DC electrical circuits), and the forces on gradient coils were small. The effects of magnetic susceptibility in- mogeneity in and around the object being imaged were negligible, and RF penet- tion depths were not a problem for human-scale samples. Everything began to change as higher fields and higher frequencies came into use, and the earlier idyllic simplicities began to seem quaint. The trend continued, however, driven by the increased signal-to-noise ratios and the resultant higher resolutions and speed available, and sophisticated engineering became more and more essential, not only for magnets but for gradient systems and radiofrequency transmitters and receivers, but also for better software for modeling and correcting distortions.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The sixth ERCOFTAC Workshop on 'Direct and Large-Eddy Simulation' (DLES-6) was held at the University of Poitiers from September 12-14, 2005. Following the tradition of previous workshops in the DLES-series, this edition has reflected the state of the art of numerical simulation of transitional and turbulent flows and provided an active forum for discussion of recent developments in simulation techniques and understanding of flow physics. At a fundamental level this workshop addressed numerous theoretical and physical aspects of transitional and turbulent flows. At an applied level it contributed to the solution of problems related to energy production, transportation and the environment. Since the prediction and analysis of fluid turbulence and transition continues to challenge engineers, mathematicians and physicists, DLES-6 covered a large range of topics, from the more technical ones like numerical methods, initial and inflow conditions, the coupling of RANS and LES zones, subgrid and wall modelling to topics with a stronger focus on flow physics such as aero-acoustics, compressible and geophysical flows, flow control, multiphase flow and turbulent combustion, to quote only a few.The present proceedings contain the written versions of 7 invited lectures and 82 selected and reviewed contributions which are organized in 16 parts entitled Turbulent Mixing and Combustion; Subgrid Modelling; Flows involving Curvature, Rotation and Swirl;Free Turbulent Flows; Multiphase Flows; Wall Models for LES; Complex Geometries and Boundary Conditions; Flow Control; Heat Transfer; Aeroacoustics; Variable Density Flows; Inflow/Initial conditions; Separated/Reattached Flows; Hybrid RANS-LES Approach; Compressible Flows; and Numerical Techniques and POD.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Die sich rasch wandelnde Lehre in der studentischen Ausbildung machte es erforderlich, das K- zept der ersten Auflage gründlich zu überdenken. Die Texte der ersten Auflage wurden von Wissen, welches sich eher an Facharztanwärter richtete, befreit und inhaltlich überarbeitet und damit auf ein studentisches Publikum ausgerichtet. Zusätzliche Kapitel sprechen die wichtigen Notfälle, die Infektionen in der Schwangerschaft und gerade auch die Leitsymptome an, die in keinem Stud- tenlehrbuch fehlen dürfen. Gerade die Leitsymptome als auch das Fallquiz, welches das diagn- tische Denken vom Leitsymptom zur Diagnose bis hin zur daraus folgenden Therapie schulen soll, spiegeln den problemorientierten Lehransatz, welcher mittlerweile in den meisten Universitäten in Deutschland nach Einführung der jetzt gültigen Approbationsordnung Einzug gefunden hat, wider . Natürlich dient das Buch auch in besonderem Maße den Kolleginnen und Kollegen in der Weiterbildung sehr gut als Unterstützung, basiert es doch auf den klassischen drei Säulen unseres Faches: 1. Reproduktionsmedizin und gynäkologische Endokrinologie 2. Pränatalmedizin und Geburtshilfe und 3. Onkologie und operative Gynäkologie. Die Didaktik wurde grundlegend erneuert. Übersichten, Merke- und Cave-Auszeichnungen und die jedem wichtigen Krankheitsbild folgenden Zusammenfassungen bilden einen Rahmen, über den sich dem Lernenden das Wissen leicht erschließen kann. Zusätzliche Praxistipps bieten nützliche H- weise zur praktischen Handhabung, die später am Patienten sehr nützlich sein können. Die bewährten Fallbeispiele in den Kapiteln geben einen ersten Einblick in den Alltag im Krankenhaus. Wir möchten allen Kolleginnen und Kollegen danken, die mit ihrer entsprechenden Fachk- petenz als Autoren dieentsprechenden Kapitel verfasst haben. 679 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Die sich rasch wandelnde Lehre in der studentischen Ausbildung machte es erforderlich, das K- zept der ersten Auflage gründlich zu überdenken. Die Texte der ersten Auflage wurden von Wissen, welches sich eher an Facharztanwärter richtete, befreit und inhaltlich überarbeitet und damit auf ein studentisches Publikum ausgerichtet. Zusätzliche Kapitel sprechen die wichtigen Notfälle, die Infektionen in der Schwangerschaft und gerade auch die Leitsymptome an, die in keinem Stud- tenlehrbuch fehlen dürfen. Gerade die Leitsymptome als auch das Fallquiz, welches das diagn- tische Denken vom Leitsymptom zur Diagnose bis hin zur daraus folgenden Therapie schulen soll, spiegeln den problemorientierten Lehransatz, welcher mittlerweile in den meisten Universitäten in Deutschland nach Einführung der jetzt gültigen Approbationsordnung Einzug gefunden hat, wider . Natürlich dient das Buch auch in besonderem Maße den Kolleginnen und Kollegen in der Weiterbildung sehr gut als Unterstützung, basiert es doch auf den klassischen drei Säulen unseres Faches: 1. Reproduktionsmedizin und gynäkologische Endokrinologie 2. Pränatalmedizin und Geburtshilfe und 3. Onkologie und operative Gynäkologie. Die Didaktik wurde grundlegend erneuert. Übersichten, Merke- und Cave-Auszeichnungen und die jedem wichtigen Krankheitsbild folgenden Zusammenfassungen bilden einen Rahmen, über den sich dem Lernenden das Wissen leicht erschließen kann. Zusätzliche Praxistipps bieten nützliche H- weise zur praktischen Handhabung, die später am Patienten sehr nützlich sein können. Die bewährten Fallbeispiele in den Kapiteln geben einen ersten Einblick in den Alltag im Krankenhaus. Wir möchten allen Kolleginnen und Kollegen danken, die mit ihrer entsprechenden Fachk- petenz als Autoren dieentsprechenden Kapitel verfasst haben. 679 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Die sich rasch wandelnde Lehre in der studentischen Ausbildung machte es erforderlich, das K- zept der ersten Auflage gründlich zu überdenken. Die Texte der ersten Auflage wurden von Wissen, welches sich eher an Facharztanwärter richtete, befreit und inhaltlich überarbeitet und damit auf ein studentisches Publikum ausgerichtet. Zusätzliche Kapitel sprechen die wichtigen Notfälle, die Infektionen in der Schwangerschaft und gerade auch die Leitsymptome an, die in keinem Stud- tenlehrbuch fehlen dürfen. Gerade die Leitsymptome als auch das Fallquiz, welches das diagn- tische Denken vom Leitsymptom zur Diagnose bis hin zur daraus folgenden Therapie schulen soll, spiegeln den problemorientierten Lehransatz, welcher mittlerweile in den meisten Universitäten in Deutschland nach Einführung der jetzt gültigen Approbationsordnung Einzug gefunden hat, wider . Natürlich dient das Buch auch in besonderem Maße den Kolleginnen und Kollegen in der Weiterbildung sehr gut als Unterstützung, basiert es doch auf den klassischen drei Säulen unseres Faches: 1. Reproduktionsmedizin und gynäkologische Endokrinologie 2. Pränatalmedizin und Geburtshilfe und 3. Onkologie und operative Gynäkologie. Die Didaktik wurde grundlegend erneuert. Übersichten, Merke- und Cave-Auszeichnungen und die jedem wichtigen Krankheitsbild folgenden Zusammenfassungen bilden einen Rahmen, über den sich dem Lernenden das Wissen leicht erschließen kann. Zusätzliche Praxistipps bieten nützliche H- weise zur praktischen Handhabung, die später am Patienten sehr nützlich sein können. Die bewährten Fallbeispiele in den Kapiteln geben einen ersten Einblick in den Alltag im Krankenhaus. Wir möchten allen Kolleginnen und Kollegen danken, die mit ihrer entsprechenden Fachk- petenz als Autoren die entsprechenden Kapitel verfasst haben.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Die sich rasch wandelnde Lehre in der studentischen Ausbildung machte es erforderlich, das K- zept der ersten Auflage gründlich zu überdenken. Die Texte der ersten Auflage wurden von Wissen, welches sich eher an Facharztanwärter richtete, befreit und inhaltlich überarbeitet und damit auf ein studentisches Publikum ausgerichtet. Zusätzliche Kapitel sprechen die wichtigen Notfälle, die Infektionen in der Schwangerschaft und gerade auch die Leitsymptome an, die in keinem Stud- tenlehrbuch fehlen dürfen. Gerade die Leitsymptome als auch das Fallquiz, welches das diagn- tische Denken vom Leitsymptom zur Diagnose bis hin zur daraus folgenden Therapie schulen soll, spiegeln den problemorientierten Lehransatz, welcher mittlerweile in den meisten Universitäten in Deutschland nach Einführung der jetzt gültigen Approbationsordnung Einzug gefunden hat, wider . Natürlich dient das Buch auch in besonderem Maße den Kolleginnen und Kollegen in der Weiterbildung sehr gut als Unterstützung, basiert es doch auf den klassischen drei Säulen unseres Faches: 1. Reproduktionsmedizin und gynäkologische Endokrinologie 2. Pränatalmedizin und Geburtshilfe und 3. Onkologie und operative Gynäkologie. Die Didaktik wurde grundlegend erneuert. Übersichten, Merke- und Cave-Auszeichnungen und die jedem wichtigen Krankheitsbild folgenden Zusammenfassungen bilden einen Rahmen, über den sich dem Lernenden das Wissen leicht erschließen kann. Zusätzliche Praxistipps bieten nützliche H- weise zur praktischen Handhabung, die später am Patienten sehr nützlich sein können. Die bewährten Fallbeispiele in den Kapiteln geben einen ersten Einblick in den Alltag im Krankenhaus. Wir möchten allen Kolleginnen und Kollegen danken, die mit ihrer entsprechenden Fachk- petenz als Autoren die entsprechenden Kapitel verfasst haben.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 679 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Die sich rasch wandelnde Lehre in der studentischen Ausbildung machte es erforderlich, das K- zept der ersten Auflage gründlich zu überdenken. Die Texte der ersten Auflage wurden von Wissen, welches sich eher an Facharztanwärter richtete, befreit und inhaltlich überarbeitet und damit auf ein studentisches Publikum ausgerichtet. Zusätzliche Kapitel sprechen die wichtigen Notfälle, die Infektionen in der Schwangerschaft und gerade auch die Leitsymptome an, die in keinem Stud- tenlehrbuch fehlen dürfen. Gerade die Leitsymptome als auch das Fallquiz, welches das diagn- tische Denken vom Leitsymptom zur Diagnose bis hin zur daraus folgenden Therapie schulen soll, spiegeln den problemorientierten Lehransatz, welcher mittlerweile in den meisten Universitäten in Deutschland nach Einführung der jetzt gültigen Approbationsordnung Einzug gefunden hat, wider . Natürlich dient das Buch auch in besonderem Maße den Kolleginnen und Kollegen in der Weiterbildung sehr gut als Unterstützung, basiert es doch auf den klassischen drei Säulen unseres Faches: 1. Reproduktionsmedizin und gynäkologische Endokrinologie 2. Pränatalmedizin und Geburtshilfe und 3. Onkologie und operative Gynäkologie. Die Didaktik wurde grundlegend erneuert. Übersichten, Merke- und Cave-Auszeichnungen und die jedem wichtigen Krankheitsbild folgenden Zusammenfassungen bilden einen Rahmen, über den sich dem Lernenden das Wissen leicht erschließen kann. Zusätzliche Praxistipps bieten nützliche H- weise zur praktischen Handhabung, die später am Patienten sehr nützlich sein können. Die bewährten Fallbeispiele in den Kapiteln geben einen ersten Einblick in den Alltag im Krankenhaus. Wir möchten allen Kolleginnen und Kollegen danken, die mit ihrer entsprechenden Fachk- petenz als Autoren dieentsprechenden Kapitel verfasst haben.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) allows administrators to troubleshoot - and prevent - problems in Microsoft server networks. The text offers everything from a review of MOM 2005 architecture and internals to planning and deployment guidelines, advanced troubleshooting, and integration with popular management frameworks like Tivoli. Appendices include custom upgrade guides. The approach is strictly practical and real-world, based on the authors' own experience. The book is written for an audience familiar with MOM but not expert at administering it. The solutions and troubleshooting tips are concise, and to the point. The chapters are standalone and can be referenced in any order. 281 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book teams up the spectral theory of bounded linear operators with von Neumann's theory of unbounded operators to provide a framework for the study of stable methods for the evaluation of unbounded operators. The text presents numerous illustrations of unbounded linear operators that arise in various inverse problems of mathematical physics. It also offers an extensive exposition of background material from the theory of operators on Hilbert space. 144 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date book on the topic of planetary rings systems yet written. The book is written in a style and at a language level easily accessible to the interested non-expert. The authors cover the scientific significance of ring studies, the history of their discovery and characterization, the observations of Pioneer 10 at Jupiter, Pioneer 11 and Voyager 1 at Jupiter and Saturn, Voyager 2 at all four giant planets of the solar system, and Galileo at Jupiter. Each chapter includes extensive notes, references, figures and tables. A bibliography is included at the end of each chapter. 268 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In Searching for Water in the Solar System, Thérèse Encrenaz takes the reader on a journey through the Universe in search of water. She begins by introducing the most well-known of molecule H2O, its physical and chemical characteristics and its cosmic Formation and abundance. She examines the methods by which the presence of water is detected, both within the solar system and beyond. One by one she visits a diversity of locations in the cosmos, from the nearest planets to the furthest galaxies, where water has been discovered. In the formation of the solar system, she explains how the water molecule played a major part, with the so-called 'ice frontier' determining the natures of the terrestrial and giant planets.The book explores the presence of water in the various bodies of the Solar System: in the giant planets, with their rings and systems of satellites, in comets, asteroids and in the terrestrial planets. By tracing the history of water in the atmospheres of Mars, Venus and the Earth, the author explains how small differences in temperatures, causing water to exist in different states on different planets - vapour on Venus, liquid on Earth and solid ice on Mars - have led to a great divergence in the evolutions of the three planets. The story of water on Mars, an aspect of great topical interest, offers an insight into the possibility (still only a theory) that there was once life on that planet. The book concludes by looking at the important role played by water in studies of habitable exoplanets. 204 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book explains in clear, non-mathematical language the measurements and the interpretation of the resulting data that have led to the current understanding of the origin, evolution and properties of our expanding Big Bang universe. Theoretical concepts are emphasized, but no other book for the layman explains how model universes are generated, and how they function as the templates against which ours is compared and analyzed. Background material is provided in the first four chapters; the current picture and how it was attained are discussed in the next four chapters; and some unsolved problems and conjectured solutions are explored in the final chapter. 320 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This is a charming collection of essays on life and science, by one of the leading mathematicians of our day. Vladimir Igorevich Arnold is renowned for his achievements in mathematics, and nearly as famous for his informal teaching style, and for the clarity and accessibility of his writing. The chapter headings convey Arnold's humor and restless imagination. A few examples: My first recollections; The combinatorics of Plutarch; The topology of surfaces according to Alexander of Macedon; Catching a pike in Cambridge. Yesterday and Long Ago offers a rare opportunity to appreciate the life and work of one of the world's outstanding living mathematicians. 244 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Contents Should we tell you the whole story Of course, there is an inevitable tension in trying to work like this. For example, in Chapter 16 we talk about referential integrity. There are - sentially six different flavors of referential integrity but Access only s- ports four of them (they are the most important ones however, so you aren't missing out on too much). The problem is this. Should we tell you about the other two If we do, as an Access user you have every right to be annoyed that we are telling you about a feature you can't use. On the other hand, the six different types that we describe are part of the re- tional world and this book is about that world - we are not trying to teach you how to use Access, we are simply using Access to illustrate the relational model. Ultimately we decided to risk your ire and to describe all of the features of the relational model as we see it, even if Access doesn't support all of them. One advantage of this approach is that if you need to use a different database engine you will almost certainly find the extra information useful. Incidentally, this is not meant to imply that Access is somehow lacking as a relational database engine. The reason we chose it for the first book is that it is such a good example of a relational database tool. 388 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Guy Starkey offers a clearly structured discussion of 'balance' in the media, and the difficulties inherent in both achieving and measuring it. Providing an analysis of theoretical issues, an exploration of practical considerations and a review of methods for assessing journalistic output, it will appeal to students of journalism and media studies. Englisch.