The Hubble Space Telescope has given us high resolution images of gigantic cosmic collisions between galaxies. This book showcases those images and explains their relevance as regards the past,...
Ever since the beginning of the plastics and rubber industry, it was realized that useful products could be produced only if cer tain additives were incorporated into polymers. With the help of...
This greatly expanded third edition of Survival Analysis- A Self-learning Text provides a highly readable description of state-of-the-art methods of analysis of survival/event-history data. This...
The spectacular images of galaxy collisions capture the imagination. This book will show what is out there in the universe, what it s like in other galaxies, what they might look like, and how...
This book provides an up-to-date treatment of ceramic science, engineering, and applications in a single, integrated text. The text, written aby established teachers and authors, is extensively...
Spacesuits are far more than garments. They are a personalized spacecraft that allows direct contact and interaction with everything beyond our world, and a last refuge for survival in a disaster....
In this new textbook, acclaimed author John Stillwell presents a lucid introduction to Lie theory suitable for junior and senior level undergraduates. In order to achieve this, he focuses on the...
This unusually lively textbook on complex variables introduces the theory of analytic functions, explores its diverse applications and shows the reader how to harness its powerful techniques....
Provides an introduction to complex analysis for students with some knowledge of complex numbers from high school. This title contains sixteen chapters, the first eleven of which are aimed at an...
In 2013, the American Psychiatric Association published the 5th edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5 ). Often referred to as the bible of psychiatry, the...
The Science of Radio explains the working and charts the development of the ordinary AM radio receiver, which has become an integral part of our lives in the 80 years since its invention. As well...
This graduate-level textbook presents an introduction to Bayesian statistics and decision theory. Its scope covers both the basic ideas of statistical theory, but also some of the more modern and...
In this fascinating book, mathematician Ed Beltrami takes a close enough look at randomness to make it mysteriously disappear. The results of coin tosses, it turns out, are determined from the...
A food allergen has the ability to first elicit an IgE response, and then, on subsequent exposures, a clinical response to the same or similar protein. How harmless food protein becomes recognized...
This comprehensive volume provides a balanced and easily readable account of the rise of modern sleep medicine, its history and developmental milestones. Authored aby an international group of...
Useful as a text for students and a reference for the more advanced mathematician, this book presents a unified treatment of that part of measure theory most useful for its application in modern...
In this broad introduction to topology, the author searches for topological invariants of spaces, together with techniques for calculating them. Students with knowledge of real analysis, elementary...
This is the latest edition of the ultimate collection of challenging probems from The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) of high-school-level mathematics problems. This volume collects 143...
The first comprehensive book on the Soviet Energia/Buran programme in English.§§Tells the fascinating story of the effort designed to keep up with the United States in the Cold War in...
This is an introduction to Galois Theory along the lines of Galois's Memoir on the Conditions for Solvability of Equations by Radicals. It puts Galois's ideas into historical perspective...
There do not appear to be any recent books on metal fatigue which are presented in a format that appeals to engineers, and which can be recommended to newcomers to the topic. This book aims to...
Visual arts depend on light to communicate, and an understanding of the physical properties of light and color should enhance the communication for both the artist and the viewer.This book is...
This text provides a comprehensive review of ERCP and the clinical conditions managed aby ERCP Presented in a case-based format, it will serve as a valuable practical clinical resource for...
This book describes best practices for successful FPGA design. Coverage includes the complete FPGA design flow, from basic to advanced techniques, and presents a complete, field-tested methodology...