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Hardcover. Here is an exuberant survey of polyhedra that also offers a hands-on introduction to one of the oldest and most fascinating branches of mathematics. It presents a treasury of ideas, history, and culture that detail the beauty of polyhedra. Editor(s): Senechal, Marjorie; Fleck, George M.; Sherer, Stan. Num Pages: 341 pages, 374 black & white illustrations, 32 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 180 x 22. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd 2013 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387927138
- ISBN
- 9780387927138
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.33€ 62.26
€ 67.33
€ 62.26
Paperback. In considering how scientists persuade colleagues to cross the disciplinary divide, this text examines three scientific monographs in their historical contexts: Dodzhansky's "Genetics and the Origin of Species" (1937); Schrodinger's "What is Life?" (1944); and Wilson's "Consilience" (1998). Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 line drawing, 2 tables. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PSAJ; PSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226099071
- ISBN
- 9780226099071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Hardback. This book is a contemporary overview of selected topics in fiber optics. It focuses on the latest research results on light wave manipulation using nonlinear optical fibers, with the aim of capturing some of the most innovative developments on this topic. Editor(s): Boscolo, Sonia; Finot, Christophe. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: TTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781119088127
- ISBN
- 9781119088127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.64
€ 163.64
Sir Arthur Tansley was the leading figure in ecology for the first half of the 20th century, founding the field, and forming its first professional societies. He was the first President of the British Ecological Society and the first chair of the Field Studies Council. Num Pages: 226 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470671566
- ISBN
- 9780470671566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.15
€ 108.15
Hardback. Explores the nature of technology and the body of knowledge for technology. This book seeks to show how the philosophy of technology can provide an academic background for technology education, and help philosophers to understand the ideas people have about the true nature of technology. Editor(s): De Vries, Marc J.; Tamir, Arley. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNU; M; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792346470
- ISBN
- 9780792346470
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.66
€ 131.66
Hardback. Analyses the concept of form in different fields such as ontology, language, mathematics, psychology, and in its different aspects according to a modern theory of knowledge. Editor(s): Albertazzi, Liliana. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 378 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 719.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792352464
- ISBN
- 9780792352464
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.68
€ 201.68
Hardback. Series: Advances in Geophysical and Environmental Mechanics and Mathematics. Num Pages: 354 pages, 91 black & white illustrations, 25 colour illustrations, 40 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: PGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 725.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319404899
- ISBN
- 9783319404899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.62
€ 130.62
paperback. Editor(s): Fukuda, Tsuguo; Chani, Valery I. Series: Advances in Materials Research. Num Pages: 341 pages, 20 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: TTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 551.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 341
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642090394
- ISBN
- 9783642090394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.68
€ 194.68
Hardback. Editor(s): Fukuda, Tsuguo; Chani, Valery I. Series: Advances in Materials Research. Num Pages: 341 pages, 20 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: TTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 701.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 341
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540712947
- ISBN
- 9783540712947
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.79
€ 195.79
Hardback. This monograph presents the first comprehensive treatment in book form of shape-preserving approximation by real or complex polynomials in one or several variables. Such approximation methods are useful in many problems that arise in science and engineering and require an optimal mathematical representation of physical reality. Num Pages: 365 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 691.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 365
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817647025
- ISBN
- 9780817647025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.71
€ 68.71
Paperback. Editor(s): Lendlein, Andreas. Series: Advances in Polymer Science. Num Pages: 222 pages, 101 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MQP; PNNP; PSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642263736
- ISBN
- 9783642263736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 370.37
€ 370.37
Hardback. Includes such contents as Shape-Memory Polymers and Shape-Changing Polymers; Shape-Memory Polymer Composites; Characterization Methods for Shape-Memory Polymers; Shape-Memory Polymers for Biomedical Applications; and, Controlled Drug Release from Biodegradable Shape-Memory Polymers. Editor(s): Lendlein, Andreas. Series: Advances in Polymer Science. Num Pages: 222 pages, 101 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MF; MQP; PNNP; PSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 543.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642123580
- ISBN
- 9783642123580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 371.52
€ 371.52
Hardback. The aim of this book is to understand and describe the martensitic phase transformation and the process of martensite platelet reorientation. These two key elements enable the author to introduce the main features associated with the behavior of shape-memory alloys (SMAs), i.e. Num Pages: 396 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: TGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848214347
- ISBN
- 9781848214347
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 204.42
€ 204.42
Paperback. Series: Stochastic Programming. Num Pages: 148 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, 26 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 8. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783834809094
- ISBN
- 9783834809094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.92
€ 65.92
Paperback. Series: Applied Mathematical Sciences. Num Pages: 474 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TBC; TBJ; TNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
- Number of pages
- 474
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441929426
- ISBN
- 9781441929426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 134.45
€ 134.45
Hardback. Provides an introduction to the theory and numerical developments of the homogenization method. This title features: a comprehensive presentation of homogenization theory; an introduction to the theory of two-phase composite materials; and, a treatment of structural optimization by using homogenization. Series: Applied Mathematical Sciences. Num Pages: 474 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TBC; TBJ; TNC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 851.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 474
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387952987
- ISBN
- 9780387952987
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.15
€ 137.15
Paperback. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute and Seminaire de Mathematiques superieures, Montreal, Canada, June 25-July 13, 1990 Editor(s): Delfour, Michel C. Series: NATO Science Series C. Num Pages: 480 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBKQ; PBWH; PHD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401052016
- ISBN
- 9789401052016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.82
€ 68.82
Hardback. Describes the microactuator development of microvalves and liner actuators comprehensively from concept through prototype. This title includes such key aspects as three-dimensional models for handling complex SMA actuator geometries and coupled simulation routines that take multifunctional properties into account. Series: Microtechnology and MEMS. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540206354
- ISBN
- 9783540206354
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.42
€ 199.42
Paperback. Editor(s): Yahia, L'Hocine. Num Pages: 349 pages, 67 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: MMD; MNS; TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
- Number of pages
- 349
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642641183
- ISBN
- 9783642641183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.48
€ 128.48
Paperback. Editor(s): Perkins, Jeff. Num Pages: 583 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TDM; TGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1104.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1975
- Number of pages
- 583
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781468422139
- ISBN
- 9781468422139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.38
€ 71.38
Paperback. This book explores the modeling and engineering applications of shape memory alloys (SMAs), beginning with a rigorous introduction to continuum mechanics and continuum thermodynamics as related to SMA modeling. The text presents a unified approach to the constitutive modeling of SMAs. Editor(s): Lagoudas, Dimitris C. Num Pages: 436 pages, 85 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: TDCK; TGB; TGMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 436
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441942975
- ISBN
- 9781441942975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 251.01
€ 251.01
Hardback. This book explores the modeling and engineering applications of shape memory alloys (SMAs), beginning with a rigorous introduction to continuum mechanics and continuum thermodynamics as related to SMA modeling. The text presents a unified approach to the constitutive modeling of SMAs. Editor(s): Lagoudas, Dimitris C. Num Pages: 436 pages, 85 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: TDM; TGM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 165 x 234 x 31. Weight in Grams: 806.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 436
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387476841
- ISBN
- 9780387476841
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 251.95
€ 251.95
Hardcover. This book provides a systematic approach to realizing NiTi shape memory alloy actuation, and is aimed at science and engineering students who would like to develop a better understanding of the behaviors of SMAs, and learn to design, simulate, control, and fabricate these actuators in a systematic approach. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: TDM; TGMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118359440
- ISBN
- 9781118359440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.54
€ 134.54
Paperback. This volume examines various aspects of shape optimization of two-dimensional continuum structures, including shape design sensitivity analysis, structural analysis using the boundary element method (BEM), and shape optimization implementation. Series: Lecture Notes in Engineering. Num Pages: 200 pages, 6 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: TBJ; TGB; TN; UYAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 170 x 11. Weight in Grams: 365.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540535188
- ISBN
- 9783540535188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.22
€ 127.22