This important book gives an interconnected presentation of some basic ideas, concepts, results of the theory of generalised functions (first of al...

The task given to the authors of these essays-three scholars from three different continents-was to examine the phenomenon of intelligence. We unde...

The struggle to obtain grants constitutes an important part of millions of lives. Even experienced grantees concede that the process is rife with m...

As the title suggests, this book addresses its subjects with wit and with weight, as the author brings the latest insights of contemporary physics ...

H∞ Robust design is an advancing technology which aims to achieve the system design purpose under intrinsic random fluctuation and external disturb...

When alchemy emerged in Roman Egypt, early adepts knew their wisdom came from the Egyptian temples. Yet these deep roots in ancient Egypt have rema...

The mysterious Unipolar Dynamo, so simple that even the earth's core has one, so powerful that it forges metal alloy billets and launches a rail gu...

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Collectors have long admired uranium and thorium minerals for their brilliant colors, intense ultraviolet fluorescence, and rich variety of habits ...

A reprint of the Prentice-Hall edition of 1992. Prepared by nine distinguished philosophers and historians of science, this thoughtful reader repre...

A reprint of the Prentice-Hall edition of 1992. Prepared by nine distinguished philosophers and historians of science, this thoughtful reader repre...

The scope of public ignorance concerning how things work inevitably grows explosively. It is unreasonable to expect widespread or detailed understa...

For a variety of historical, cultural, social, and/or economic reasons, adults may experience the need to continue their mathematics education in s...

There is contrast to the belief that all energy and matter came into existence after the Big Bang. If we wish to understand the way the Greeks and ...

Enter the world of the occultist: where the spirits of the dead dwell amongst us, where the politics of ecstasy are played out, and where magick sp...

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This volume of Northern Lights originates from the research programme Global Media Cultures. It is concerned with the ways in which media take part...

This innovative book concentrates on the important distinction between philosophy of medicine and medical philosophy, by expanding the focus from ‘...

Based on the mature development of microfabrication technology, micro-scale electrodes, i.e., microelectrodes, for the electrical observation of ac...