Based on Papers Presented during a 3-Day Symposium Held in Athens, Georgia in October 1984 to Commemorate 50 Years of Research at the Coweeta Hydrological Laboratory
Paolo Ulivi and David Harland provide in 'Robotic Exploration of the Solar System' a detailed history of unmanned missions of exploration of our Solar System As in their previous book Lunar...
This book presents the Opial, Poincare, Sobolev, Hilbert and Ostrowski fractional differentiation equalities, and results are derived for each using three different types of fractional derivatives....
A rich, visual retelling of history, international in scope, this book charts the evolution of print into graphic design between 1700 and 1914. It is organized into six chapters, each beginning...
This superbly illustrated volume explores the technology of recent space probes including their data processing systems and scientific instrumentation. It includes material on NASA s Mars...
This volume provides a compact, concise and up-to-date resource for pathologists and clinicians who are involved in women s health. The book summarizes the incidence, epidemiology and risk factors...
This fascinating book is a detailed history of unmanned missions that have explored our solar system. The subject is treated wherever possible from an engineering and scientific standpoint and...
The story of graphic design is one of the most exciting and important in modern visual culture. Renowned designer and lecturer Richard Hollis's pioneering Graphic Design: A Concise History...
Building upon the strengths of its popular predecessors, the third edition of this established classic maintains its emphasis on basics, while updating the examples to include recent progress....
This book gathers together, for the first time, every Dior haute couture collection, including also ready-to-wear collections after the arrival of John Galliano (when ready-to-wear presentations...
The ancient world of the Mediterranean and the Near East saw the birth and collapse of great civilizations. While several of these are well known, for all those that have been recorded, many have...
Proceedings of a NATO ARW on New Developments in String Theory, Conformal Models, and Topological Field Theory held in Cargese, France, May 10-21, 1993
The study of formal languages and of related families of automata has long been at the core of theoretical computer science. Until recently, the main reasons for this centrality were connected with...
Transdisciplinary research (TR) is an emerging field of research in the knowledge society. It relates science and policy in addressing issues such as:§global and local environmental...
The aesthetic of our contemporary environment, including everything from housing developments to furniture and websites, is partly the result of a school of art and design founded in Germany in...
"This book is the first volume of a two-volume textbook for undergraduates and is indeed the crystallization of a course offered by the author at the California Institute of Technology to...
Plants and habitats that make up the ecological systems of various European cities are the focus of this volume. The natural and historical development of each city is discussed, as well as local...
This book covers the basic theory of the discrete and Fast Fourier transform and shows how they are implemented, using clear explanations and a large number of step-by-step illustrations. Includes...
A visual analysis of the colours used in furnishing fabrics and wallpapers from the 15th century to now, providing inspiration for designers. This simply structured and highly original book...
This book is an introduction to manifolds at the beginning graduate level. It contains the essential topological ideas that are needed for the further study of manifolds, particularly in the...
This entertaining new anthology includes travelers' tales from thirty-eight cities spread over six continents, ranging from Beijing to Berlin, Cairo to Chicago, and Rio to Rome.The volume...
Numerous designers have pioneered cutting-edge garments and collections throughout the evolution of fashion. But all too often a lack of obvious fit or purpose has been mistaken for a lack of...