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Paperback. Presents articles which are based on invited talks presented at a conference honoring Nobel laureate Philip W Anderson of Princeton University, who coined the phrase "More is different". This title covers numerous topics under the umbrellas of superconductivity, superfluidity, magnetism, electron localization, and interacting electronic systems. Editor(s): Ong, Nai-Phuan; Bhatt, Ravin. Series: Princeton Series in Physics. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PHFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691088662
- ISBN
- 9780691088662
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Condition: New
€ 108.41€ 83.54
€ 108.41
€ 83.54
Hardback. Series: Princeton Series in Finance. Num Pages: 328 pages, 45 line illus. 30 tables. BIC Classification: KFFL; PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 167 x 26. Weight in Grams: 634.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691089294
- ISBN
- 9780691089294
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€ 157.54
€ 157.54
Paperback. By bringing together mathematical models, statistical analyses, and field experiments, this book offers a comprehensive synthesis of the theory of population oscillations. It first reviews the conceptual tools that ecologists use to investigate population oscillations and then provides an in-depth discussion of several case studies. Series: Monographs in Population Biology. Num Pages: 472 pages, 13 tables. 59 line illus. BIC Classification: JHBD; PSAF; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 29. Weight in Grams: 571.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691090214
- ISBN
- 9780691090214
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Condition: New
€ 91.92€ 71.34
€ 91.92
€ 71.34
Paperback. The development of physical theory is one of our greatest intellectual achievements. Its products - the prevailing theories of physics, astronomy, and cosmology - have proved themselves to possess intrinsic beauty and to have enormous explanatory and predictive power. This anthology chronicles the birth and maturation of five such theories. Editor(s): Dolling, Lisa M.; Gianelli, Arthur F.; Statile, Glenn N. Num Pages: 760 pages, 70 line illus. BIC Classification: PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1104.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 760
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691090856
- ISBN
- 9780691090856
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Condition: New
€ 88.38€ 68.68
€ 88.38
€ 68.68
Paperback. Offers a survey of representation theory of semisimple Lie groups. Suitable for both graduate students and researchers, this book states the theorems precisely, and gives many illustrative examples or classes of examples. It includes for the reader a useful 300-item bibliography and an extensive section of notes. Series: Princeton Mathematical Series. Num Pages: 800 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1160.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 800
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691090894
- ISBN
- 9780691090894
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Condition: New
€ 167.33€ 125.39
€ 167.33
€ 125.39
Paperback. Offers a translation of the "Geography" and provides an introduction, which treats the historical and technical background of Ptolemy's work, the contents of the "Geography", and the later history of the work. This work also includes color reproductions of maps from manuscripts and early printed editions of the text. Translator(s): Berggren, J. Lennart; Jones, Alexander. Num Pages: 208 pages, 13 maps, 20 line Illus., 2 tables, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: PDX; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 250 x 176 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691092591
- ISBN
- 9780691092591
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Condition: New
€ 64.81€ 50.66
€ 64.81
€ 50.66
Paperback. The formulation, analysis, and re-evaluation of mathematical models in population biology has become a valuable source of insight to mathematicians and biologists alike. This book presents an overview and selected sample of these results and ideas, organized by biological theme rather than mathematical concept. Series: Princeton Series in Theoretical and Computational Biology. Num Pages: 568 pages, 28 line illus. BIC Classification: JHBD; PBWH; PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 784.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691092911
- ISBN
- 9780691092911
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Condition: New
€ 111.95€ 85.42
€ 111.95
€ 85.42
Hardback. Describes a revolutionary approach to determining low energy routes for spacecraft and comets by exploiting regions in space where motion is very sensitive. This work also represents an introductory text to celestial mechanics, dynamical systems, and dynamical astronomy. Num Pages: 232 pages, 20 line illus. BIC Classification: PHD; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691094809
- ISBN
- 9780691094809
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Condition: New
€ 108.41€ 83.59
€ 108.41
€ 83.59
Hardback. Could Einstein have possibly anticipated directly testing the most captivating prediction of general relativity, that there exist isolated pockets of spacetime shielded completely from our own? This book presents evidence that just such an entity, with a mass of about three million suns, is indeed lurking at the center of our galaxy. Num Pages: 208 pages, 40 color illus. 2 halftones. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGM; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 628.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691095059
- ISBN
- 9780691095059
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Condition: New
€ 53.03€ 42.10
€ 53.03
€ 42.10
Paperback. Introduces the reader to the process of scientific thinking. Starting with historical examples, this book leads readers through the events, experiments, blind alleys, and thoughts of scientists in the midst of discovery and invention. It shows how scientists use a small number of powerful yet simple methods to construct realistic models. Num Pages: 328 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: PDA; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691095509
- ISBN
- 9780691095509
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.85
€ 54.99
€ 39.85
Paperback. Reviews the history and development of mathematics, logic, and the physical sciences. This book offers an account of the developments in science and the philosophy of knowledge from the pre-Socratic era to the nineteenth century. Translator(s): Sangalli, Arturo. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 line illus. BIC Classification: HP; PDA; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691095516
- ISBN
- 9780691095516
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.47
€ 46.99
€ 33.47
Paperback. A comprehensive synthesis of parasite variation at the molecular, population, and evolutionary levels, this book is suitable for students and researchers throughout biology and biomedicine. It uses an evolutionary perspective to meld the terms and findings of molecular biology, immunology, pathogen biology, and population dynamics. Num Pages: 360 pages, 40 line illus. BIC Classification: MJCJ; MJCM; MMFP; PSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691095950
- ISBN
- 9780691095950
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Condition: New
€ 76.60€ 59.44
€ 76.60
€ 59.44
Hardback. The modeling of stochastic dependence is fundamental for understanding random systems evolving in time. With an historical overview, this book describes the state of knowledge about selfsimilar processes and their applications. It emphasizes concepts, definitions and basic properties, giving the reader a road map of the realm of selfsimilarity. Series: Princeton Series in Applied Mathematics. Num Pages: 128 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691096278
- ISBN
- 9780691096278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.49€ 63.19
€ 82.49
€ 63.19
Hardback. Presents an introduction to the theory of algebraic curves over a finite field, a subject that has applications in areas such as finite geometry, number theory, error-correcting codes, and cryptology. This book emphasizes the algebraic geometry rather than the function field approach to algebraic curves. Series: Princeton Series in Applied Mathematics. Num Pages: 744 pages, 7 line illus. 16 tables. BIC Classification: PBMW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1208.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691096797
- ISBN
- 9780691096797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.62€ 123.71
€ 162.62
€ 123.71
Hardback. Many industries use control systems to insure that parameters such as temperature or altitude behave in a desirable way over time. This book offers an alternative failure detection approach that addresses two of the fundamental problems in the safe and efficient operation of modern control systems: failure detection and model identification. Series: Princeton Series in Applied Mathematics. Num Pages: 224 pages, 70 line illus. BIC Classification: PBT; TJFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 171 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691099873
- ISBN
- 9780691099873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.29
€ 107.29
Hardback. Presents an introduction to optimization through the use of illustrations and applications. This book focuses on analytically solving optimization problems with a finite number of continuous variables. It also provides introductions to classical and modern numerical methods of optimization and to dynamic optimization. Series: Princeton Series in Applied Mathematics. Num Pages: 680 pages, 106 line illus. BIC Classification: PBU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 165 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1148.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 688
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691102870
- ISBN
- 9780691102870
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.14
€ 185.14
Paperback. The philosophy of religion and the quest for spiritual truth preoccupied Albert Einstein - so much that it has been said "one might suspect he was a disguised theologian." But what exactly was Einstein's religious credo? This book offers an unbiased and well-documented answer to this question. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 line illus. BIC Classification: HRAB; JFCX; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 350.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691102979
- ISBN
- 9780691102979
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.76
€ 46.99
€ 33.76
Paperback. Conveys the substance, methods, and profound oddities of the field. This work contains an overview of quantum mechanics. It sketches the early development of the field by Einstein, Bohr, Heisenberg, Schrodinger, and others, and makes clear how the quantum outlook flies in the face of common sense. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 tables 14 line illus. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691103006
- ISBN
- 9780691103006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.88
€ 40.99
€ 28.88
Hardback. Aims to develop from first principles Dancer's global bifurcation theory for one-parameter families of real-analytic operators in Banach spaces. This book shows that there are globally defined continuous and locally real-analytic curves of solutions. Series: Princeton Series in Applied Mathematics. Num Pages: 184 pages, 5 line illus. BIC Classification: PBKJ; PBPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691112985
- ISBN
- 9780691112985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.53
€ 114.53
Paperback. Offers an account of Eugene Shoemaker's life and the way it has shaped our thinking about the universe. This book reconstructs the journey that began with a young geologist's desire to go to the moon in the late 1940's. Num Pages: 320 pages, 39 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: BG; PGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 457.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691113258
- ISBN
- 9780691113258
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.73
€ 46.99
€ 33.73
Hardback. Provides surveys of the uses and concepts of entropy in diverse areas of mathematics and the physical sciences. This book starts by providing basic concepts and terminology, illustrated by examples from both the macroscopic and microscopic lines of thought. In-depth surveys covering the macroscopic, microscopic and probabilistic approaches follow. Editor(s): Greven, Andreas; Keller, Gerhard; Warnecke, Gerald; Kellerare, Gerhard (Professor of Mathematics, University of Erlangen, Germany). Series: Princeton Series in Applied Mathematics. Num Pages: 384 pages, 21 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: PB; PHH; PHS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691113388
- ISBN
- 9780691113388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.77€ 109.74
€ 143.77
€ 109.74
Hardback. Offers an introduction to wave scattering in nonstationary materials. This book aims to provide a resource for newcomers to this field of research that has applications across a range of areas, including radar, sonar, diagnostics in engineering and manufacturing, geophysical prospecting, and ultrasonic medicine such as sonograms. Series: Princeton Series in Applied Mathematics. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PHDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691113401
- ISBN
- 9780691113401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.84€ 88.91
€ 117.84
€ 88.91
Hardback. Num Pages: 864 pages, 12 halftones. 261 line illus. 26 tables. BIC Classification: TRP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 752
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691114071
- ISBN
- 9780691114071
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.44
€ 156.44
Paperback. Represents the asymptotic analysis, via completely integrable techniques, of the initial value problem for the focusing nonlinear Schrodinger equation in the semiclassical asymptotic regime. This book exploits complete integrability to establish pointwise asymptotics for this problem's solution in the semiclassical regime. Series: Annals of Mathematics Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages, 50 line illus. BIC Classification: PBK; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691114828
- ISBN
- 9780691114828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.38€ 68.68
€ 88.38
€ 68.68