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Hardback. Aims to present the mathematical theory and the know-how to make computer programs for the numerical approximation of Optimal Control of PDE's. This book explains computer programs, and includes applications and corresponding numerical tests. It is designed to bridge the gap between mathematical abstract algorithms and concrete numerical ones. Series: Solid Mechanics and its Applications. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBKQ; UM; UYAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402017711
- ISBN
- 9781402017711
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.64
€ 195.64
Hardback. Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium held in Princeton, NJ, USA, September 11-13, 2002 Editor(s): Smits, Alexander J. Series: Fluid Mechanics and its Applications. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHDS; TGMF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402017759
- ISBN
- 9781402017759
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 256.04
€ 256.04
Hardback. Argues that safety factors are closely related with the reliability of structures. This book shows that the safety factors are more comprehensible if they are seen in a probabilistic context. It helps readers critically re-think the issue of safety factors. It is intended for engineers, graduate students, lecturers and researchers. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402017797
- ISBN
- 9781402017797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.99
€ 199.99
Hardback. Reprinted from EARTH, MOON, AND PLANETS, 92:1-4 Editor(s): Davies, John K.; Barrera, Luis H. (Instituto de Astronomia, Universidad Catolica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile). Num Pages: 498 pages, 41 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1024.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 498
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402017810
- ISBN
- 9781402017810
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 253.24
€ 253.24
Hardback. Features essays that address the nature of health care organizational ethics, including such issues as corporate fraud and institutional moral integrity; cover the range of issues that must be addressed for a coherent discussion of organizational moral responsibility; and more. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 193 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402017827
- ISBN
- 9781402017827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.95
€ 197.95
Hardback. The cultural and practical significance of mathematics in our society contrasts with the way adolescents experience mathematics in school. This book presents arguments for seven interconnected objectives of a school system aiming at general education and provides a profile of an alternative mathematics instruction that can help in this goal. Series: Mathematics Education Library. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNU; PB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402017865
- ISBN
- 9781402017865
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.01
€ 133.01
hardcover. Evaluates the characteristics and floodplain evolution of Val Roseg on an annual basis for many years. This book examines channel typology, groundwater-surface water hydrology, thermal and chemical regimes. It also evaluates biotic dynamics of vegetation, aquatic flora, fungi, and surface and interstitial fauna. Editor(s): Ward, J. V.; Uehlinger, U. (Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Sciences and Technology (EAWAG), Dubendorf, Switzerland). Series: Aquatic Ecology. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2004th Edition
- SKU
- V9781402017926
- ISBN
- 9781402017926
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.88
€ 195.88
Hardback. Records the proceedings of a Forum attended by many leading researchers working in the field of Electron Density, Density Matrix and Density Functional Theory held at the Coseners' House, Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, UK in early summer 2002. This book is useful for researchers and students in theoretical chemistry and theoretical physics. Editor(s): Gidopoulos, N.I. (ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Oxfordshire, UK); Wilson, Stephen (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire). Series: Progress in Theoretical Chemistry & Physics. Num Pages: 245 pages, 41 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PNRP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402017933
- ISBN
- 9781402017933
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 250.33
€ 250.33
Hardback. Addresses thorny bioethical issues from comprehensive Asian perspectives and different from the western paradigm of bioethics. This book covers many topics including the intellectual foundation of Asian bioethics, bioethics and Asian culture, life and death, euthanasia and end-of-life care in Asia. It also discusses moral diversity in Asia. Editor(s): Qiu, Ren-Zong. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 242 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 537.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402017957
- ISBN
- 9781402017957
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.00
€ 199.00
Hardback. Provides an attempt to convey the colorful facets of condensed matter systems with reduced dimensionality. This work aims to explain a number of topics: the application of dynamical probes, such as neutron scattering, optical absorption and photoemission, as well as transport studies, both electrical and thermal. Editor(s): Baeriswyl, Dionys; Degiorgi, L. Series: Physics and Chemistry of Materials with Low-dimensional Structures. Num Pages: 448 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHFB; PHJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1024.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402017988
- ISBN
- 9781402017988
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.83
€ 197.83
The Early Universe and the Cosmic Microwave Background. Theory and Obs...
. Ed(S): Sanchez, Norma G.; Parijskij, Yuri N...
Hardback. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, held in Palermo, Sicily, Italy from 7 to 20 September 2002 Editor(s): Sanchez, Norma G.; Parijskij, Yuri N. Series: NATO Science Series II. Num Pages: 574 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1017.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 574
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402017995
- ISBN
- 9781402017995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 382.90
€ 382.90
The Early Universe and the Cosmic Microwave Background. Theory and Obs...
. Ed(S): Sanchez, Norma G.; Parijskij, Yuri N...
Paperback. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, held in Palermo, Sicily, Italy from 7 to 20 September 2002 Editor(s): Sanchez, Norma G.; Parijskij, Yuri N. Series: NATO Science Series II. Num Pages: 574 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 931.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
- Number of pages
- 574
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402018008
- ISBN
- 9781402018008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 380.07
€ 380.07
Hardback. Offers a comparative review of spin electronics ("spintronics") research and development activities in the US, Japan, and Western Europe. This book covers materials, fabrication and characterization of magnetic nanostructures, magnetism and spin control in magnetic nanostructures, magneto-optical properties of semiconductors, and magneto devices. Editor(s): Awschalom, David D.; Buhrman, Robert A. (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA); Daughton, James M. (NVE Corporation, Eden prairie, MN, USA); Molnar, Stephan von (Center for Materials Research and Technology, Florida State University); Roukes, Michael Lee (Condensed Matter Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA). Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RBP; RBX; TJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402018022
- ISBN
- 9781402018022
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.09
€ 132.09
Hardback. Integrated assessment of running waters is the focal point of the European Water Framework Directive. This book provides insight into principles and methodologies of river assessment - from the definition of reference conditions and river typologies to specific problems such as the most appropriate taxonomic resolution and software applications. Editor(s): Hering, Daniel; Verdonschot, Piet F. M.; Moog, Otto; Sandin, Leonard. Series: Developments in Hydrobiology. Num Pages: 379 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1029.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 379
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402018046
- ISBN
- 9781402018046
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.88
€ 197.88
Hardback. A monograph on the theory of relativity applied to rotating frames. Discussing their opinions on the main subjects in this field, the authors aim to give the reader an insight into this research field as well as a direct comparison of the various viewpoints on the most controversial and interesting topics. Editor(s): Rizzi, G.; Ruggiero, M. L. (Politecnico di Torino and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare). Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics. Num Pages: 479 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 883.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 479
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402018053
- ISBN
- 9781402018053
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 252.28
€ 252.28
hardcover. Formulates dynamic models of robot interaction with different kinds of environment, from pure geometrical constraints to complex dynamic environments. This book is of interest to engineers working in research and development in robotics and automation and to both graduate and postgraduate students. Series: Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAD; TJFM1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2003rd Edition
- SKU
- V9781402018091
- ISBN
- 9781402018091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.06
€ 195.06
Hardback. Examines the astrobiological origins of life and the emergence of biodiversity in extreme environments. In this title, the coverage includes extremophiles: microbes living in hostile conditions of high temperature, psychrophilic, UV radiation, and halophilic environments. It also discusses the origin and history of Martian water. Editor(s): Seckbach, Joseph. Series: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology. Num Pages: 709 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1246.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 709
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402018138
- ISBN
- 9781402018138
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 256.76
€ 256.76
Hardback. Provides an understanding of the scattered and filtered solar UV environment, the techniques to measure this radiation and the resulting UV exposures to humans. This book intends to quantify, understand and provide information on the effects of filtered and scattered UV light. Series: Advances in Global Change Research. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHVJ; RBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402018190
- ISBN
- 9781402018190
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.27
€ 128.27
The Senses of Fish. Adaptations for the Reception of Natural Stimuli.
. Ed(S): Emde, Gerhard Von Der; Mogdans, Joac...
Hardback. During evolution, the senses of fish have adapted to the physical conditions of the environment in which different species live. This book contains examples of adaptation and refinement for six sensory systems. It demonstrates the impressive capability of fish sensory systems to effectively overcome physical problems imposed by the environment. Editor(s): Emde, Gerhard von der; Mogdans, Joachim; Kapoor, B. G. Series: Cancer Treatment and Research. Num Pages: 377 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAN; PSVW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1060.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 377
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402018206
- ISBN
- 9781402018206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.10
€ 198.10
The Rational Spirit in Modern Continuum Mechanics. Essays and Papers D...
. Ed(S): Chi-Sing, Man; Fosdick, Roger L.
Hardback. Clifford A Truesdell (1919-2000) was the main architect for the renaissance of rational continuum mechanics since the middle of the 20th century. This collection of 42 essays and research papers pays tribute to this man. It is aimed at applied mathematicians, research scientists and engineers, as well as historians of science. Editor(s): Chi-Sing, Man; Fosdick, Roger L. Series: Text, Speech and Language Technology. Num Pages: 851 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1655.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 851
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402018282
- ISBN
- 9781402018282
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.00
€ 202.00