Why have the European Union and the Russian Federation encountered severe difficulties in developing their relationship? Why haven't the parties lived up to the initial promise and enthusiasm of the early 1990s... Zobraziť viac
Cloning: few words have as much potential to grip our imagination or grab the headlines. No longer the stuff of science fiction or "Star Wars" - it is happening now. Yet human cloning is currently banned throughout the world, and therapeutic cloning... Zobraziť viac
Around the world a multitude of surveys are conducted every day, on a variety of subjects, and consequently surveys have become an accepted part of modern life. However, in recent years survey estimates have been increasingly affected by rising trends... Zobraziť viac
At the beginning of the 21st century the European Union faces twin challenges: the institutional challenge, linked to the processes of greater integration and expansion, and the structural challenge, which will in the medium-run determine the place of... Zobraziť viac
A leading pioneer in the field offers practical applications of this innovative science. Peters describes complex concepts in an easy-to-follow manner for the non-mathematician. He uses fractals, rescaled range analysis and nonlinear dynamical models... Zobraziť viac
The Technical Handbook for Radio Monitoring HF is aimed to shortwave listeners, who are interested in digital signals. On over 350 pages with many figures and tables most digital waveforms are described. The book shall help shortwave listener to... Zobraziť viac
This book provides professionals and students with a thorough understanding of the interface between mathematics and scientific computation. Ranging from classical questions to modern techniques, it explains why numerical computations succeed or fail.... Zobraziť viac
In this book, Jack Banks examines the historical development of music video as a commodity and analyzes the existing structures within which music video is produced, distributed, and exhibited on its premier music channel, MTV. Zobraziť viac
A text and general reference on the design and analysis of radar signals... Zobraziť viac
Explore the current state of the production, processing, and manufacturing industries and discover what it will take to achieve re-industrialization of the former industrial powerhouses that can counterbalance the benefits of cheap labor providers... Zobraziť viac
This major volume of original essays traces the role of emotions in human nature through a discussion of the relationship between consciousness and body. It analyzes the importance of emotion for human agency and explores questions of value at the... Zobraziť viac
This collection gathers a set of central papers from the emerging area of ethics and climate change. Zobraziť viac
A decade after the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China established their formidable alliance in 1950, escalating public disagreements between them broke the international communist movement apart. In The Sino-Soviet Split, Lorenz Lüthi... Zobraziť viac
A heavily illustrated and complete account of the functional biology of snakes, written for an audience of both scientists and a general readership. Zobraziť viac
This book analyses abduction as an information-processing phenomenon. Zobraziť viac
Als Ergänzung zu den mehr praxisorientierten Büchern, die auf dem Gebiet der linearen und Integerprogrammierung bereits erschienen sind, beschreibt dieses Werk die zugrunde liegende Theorie und gibt einen Überblick über wichtige Algorithmen. Der Autor... Zobraziť viac
Modern civilization and the social reproduction of capitalism are bound inextricably with fossil fuel consumption. But as carbon energy resources become scarcer, what implications will this have for energy-intensive modes of life? Can renewable energy... Zobraziť viac
Financial risk management has become a popular practice amongst financial institutions to protect against the adverse effects of uncertainty caused by fluctuations in interest rates, exchange rates, commodity prices, and equity prices. New financial... Zobraziť viac
Veteran science writer Boyce Rensberger takes readers to the front lines of cell research with some of the brightest investigators in molecular, cellular, and developmental biology. He maintains that the solutions to the most pressing challenges facing... Zobraziť viac
While geographic redundancy can obviously be a huge benefit for disaster recovery, it is far less obvious what benefit is feasible and likely for more typical non-catastrophic hardware, software, and human failures. Georedundancy and Service... Zobraziť viac
