The unique properties of conducting and semiconducting (conjugated) polymers make them one of the most attractive areas of interdisciplinary materials science and technology. Written by a pioneer in the field, this book is the first aimed at teaching... Zobraziť viac
James Stewart's Calculus: Early Transcendentals, 7e, International Metric is widely renowned for their mathematical precision and accuracy, clarity of exposition, and outstanding examples and problem sets... Zobraziť viac
From the city sundials of ancient Rome to the era of the smartwatch, clocks have been used throughout history to wield power, make money, govern citizens and keep control. Sometimes, also with clocks, we have fought back... Zobraziť viac
In The Physics Book, bestselling popular science writer Clifford A. Pickover explores 250 milestone discoveries in the field of physics that span a historical timeline extending from 13.7 billion years B.C. to more than 100 trillion years in the future... Zobraziť viac
A collection of the world's most mind-boggling, thought-provoking, and downright hilarious theories... Zobraziť viac
The passing of the age of the dinosaurs allowed mammals to become ascendant. But mammals have a much deeper history... Zobraziť viac
Selected from the Hastings Center Report mostly from the past 15 years, 45 articles provide a reader for a course in bioethics. They address some major issues such as allocation, rights and responsibilities, reproductive freedom, limiting care,... Zobraziť viac
A finely drawn portrait of Einstein's sixteen months in PragueIn the spring of 1911, Albert Einstein moved with his wife and two sons to Prague, the capital of Bohemia, where he accepted a post as a professor of theoretical physics. Though he intended... Zobraziť viac
Thomas Bayes was an eighteenth-century Presbyterian minister and amateur mathematician whose obscure life belied the profound impact of his work. Like most research into probability... Zobraziť viac
Edited by an international team of leading scholars, The Routledge Handbook of Social Epistemology is the first major reference work devoted to this growing field. The Handbook's 46 chapters, all appearing in print here for the first time, and written... Zobraziť viac
An exhaustive history of the human cranium and a guide to how each part of it functions. Zobraziť viac
This advanced text introduces the principles of noncooperative game theory in a direct and uncomplicated style that will acquaint students with the broad spectrum of the field while highlighting and explaining what they need to know at any given point. Zobraziť viac
Provides detailed coverage of historical discoveries in cosmology, such as the expansion of the universe, the Big Bang theory and the cosmic background radiation. The book also examines erroneous theories, and includes sections on some modern and still... Zobraziť viac
By giving a detailed account of bootstrap methods and their properties for dependent data, this book provides illustrative numerical examples throughout. The book fills a gap in the literature covering research on re-sampling methods for dependent data... Zobraziť viac
Culture is a unique and fascinating aspect of the human species. How did it emerge and how does it develop? Richard Dawkins suggested culture evolves and that memes are cultural replicators, subject to variation and selection in the same way as genes... Zobraziť viac
The problem of universals is one of the most fascinating and enduring topics in the history of metaphysics, with roots in ancient and medieval philosophy. The contributors to this book provide a critical, up-to-date and original overview of the... Zobraziť viac
This undergraduate textbook merges traditional solid state physics with contemporary condensed matter physics, providing an up-to-date introduction to the major concepts that form the foundations of condensed materials. Illustrations are closely... Zobraziť viac
