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Quantum Field Theory on Curved Spacetimes: Concepts and Mathematical Foundations - Hardcover

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by Christian Bär (Editor), Klaus Fredenhagen (Editor)After some decades of work a satisfactory theory of quantum gravity is still not available; moreover, there are indications that the original field theoretical approach may be better suited than originally expected. There, to first approximation, one is left with the problem of quantum field theory on Lorentzian manifolds. Surprisingly, this seemingly modest approach leads to far reaching conceptual and mathematical problems and to spectacu...

In Search of Ogopogo: Sacred Creature of the Okanagan - Paperback

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by Arlene Gaal (Author)Ogopogo expert Arlene Gaal explores the information and sighting footage collected over the past 30 years. Since 1968, Arlene Gaal has been investigating, categorizing and summarizing the reported sightings of this ever-elusive serpent-like water creature. Considered one of the top consultants on Ogopogo, Arlene has spent years poring over photographs and sketches, interviewing a wide range of people who have reported sightings, and consulting for various television and...

Handbook of Trace Evidence Analysis - Hardcover

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by Vincent J. Desiderio (Editor), Chris E. Taylor (Editor), Niamh Nic Da?id (Editor)Covers new trace evidence techniques and expanding areas of analysis, along with key theory and applications Developed around the need for updated information in the disciplines of trace evidence the Handbook of Trace Evidence Analysis focuses on the increasing awareness and need for validation, modern methods for addressing and controlling contamination, the shift towards incorporating statistical analyses in...

Particulate Plastics in Terrestrial and Aquatic Environments - Paperback

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by Nanthi S. Bolan (Editor), M. B. Kirkham (Editor), Claudia Halsband (Editor)The manufacture of plastic as well as its indiscriminate disposal and destruction by incineration pollutes atmospheric, terrestrial, and aquatic ecosystems. Synthetic plastics do not break down; they accumulate in the environment as macro-, micro-, and nanoplastics. These particulate plastics are a major source of pollutants in soil and marine ecosystems. Particulate Plastics in Terrestrial and Aquatic Environments ...

Gem Trails of British Columbia - Paperback

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by Cam Bacon (Author)A guide to mineral and fossil locations in 10 BC regions, including maps, photos, locale descriptions, and collecting tips for novices and experts alike. Gem Trails of British Columbia is certain to get you to pick up a shovel and pan and get out to the backcountry and up to your knees in sand and rocks looking for gems, minerals and fossils. Covering ten regions, this updated and expanded guide will appeal to both novice and experienced rockhounds. It includes detailed d...

An Introduction to Mathematical Relativity - Hardcover

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by José Natário (Author)This concise textbook introduces the reader to advanced mathematical aspects of general relativity, covering topics like Penrose diagrams, causality theory, singularity theorems, the Cauchy problem for the Einstein equations, the positive mass theorem, and the laws of black hole thermodynamics. It emerged from lecture notes originally conceived for a one-semester course in Mathematical Relativity which has been taught at the Instituto Superior T?cnico (University of Li...

The Cognitive Continuum of Electronic Music - Paperback

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by Anil ?amci (Author)The electronic medium allows any audible sound to be contextualized as music. This creates unique structural possibilities as spectrum, dynamics, space, and time become continuous dimensions of musical articulation. What we hear in electronic music ventures beyond what we traditionally characterize as musical sound and challenges our auditory perception, on the one hand, and our imagination, on the other. Based on an extensive listening study conducted over four years, t...

Great Men of Science; a History of Scientific Progress - Hardcover

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by Philipp 1862-1947 Lenard (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserv...

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by Alexander Gammie (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, repr...

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by Maurice Cornforth (Created by)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved,...

Analog and Digital Electronic Circuits: Fundamentals, Analysis, and Applications - Paperback

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by R. Prasad (Author)This book introduces the foundations and fundamentals of electronic circuits. It broadly covers the subjects of circuit analysis, as well as analog and digital electronics. It features discussion of essential theorems required for simplifying complex circuits and illustrates their applications under different conditions. Also, in view of the emerging potential of Laplace transform method for solving electrical networks, a full chapter is devoted to the topic in the book. ...

Cooperating with invisible Beings: necessity and challenges - Paperback

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by Daniel Perret (Author)This book presents a collection of communications that author Daniel Perret has experienced with nature spirits and other spirit beings. They bring forward the insights, and intelligence of the different beings and show how precise and wide ranging their knowledge and wisdom is - some are recent conversations and some are already published in his previous books. In the coming times humanity can only evolve through respecting all sentient beings and cooperating with th...

Germ Theory: Medical Pioneers in Infectious Diseases - Paperback

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by Robert P. Gaynes (Author)Germ Theory: Medical Pioneers in Infectious Diseases, SECOND EDITION From the ancient worlds of Hippocrates and Avicenna to the early 20th century hospitals of Paul Ehrlich and Lillian Wald to the modern-day laboratories of François Barré-Sinoussi and Barry Marshall, Germ Theory brings to life the inspiring stories of medical pioneers whose work helped change the very fabric of our understanding of how we think about and treat infectious diseases. In beautifully cr...

The Power of Trees: The Reforesting of the Soul - Paperback

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by Michael Perlman (Author)As we witness the daily destruction of forests, a sadness afflicts the roots of the soul. This book by the psychologist and ecologist Michael Pearlman is the first to connect trees' symbolism with the personal meaning of their beauty-and their loss in hurricanes, forest fires, clear-cut timberlands, and wars.Perlman goes beyond the psychological interpretations of trees in myths and fairy tales. Rather, like Studs Terkel, he interviews and reports what actual people...

The Complete Guide to Memory: The Science of Strengthening Your Mind - Hardcover

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by Richard Restak (Author)A comprehensive guide to understanding how memory works, how memory forms, the mind-body connection, and more! In the busy, information-filled world in which we live, it's often easy to forget things and hard to keep track of how details get stored in our brain. The Complete Guide to Memory serves to provide a one-stop resource that covers the essentials on memory. World-renowned memory expert, Dr. Richard Restak, addresses the following topics in detail: How memori...

Wholeness and the Implicate Order - Paperback

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by David Bohm (Author)David Bohm was one of the foremost scientific thinkers and philosophers of our time. Although deeply influenced by Einstein, he was also, more unusually for a scientist, inspired by mysticism. Indeed, in the 1970s and 1980s he made contact with both J. Krishnamurti and the Dalai Lama whose teachings helped shape his work. In both science and philosophy, Bohm's main concern was with understanding the nature of reality in general and of consciousness in particular. In this...

The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory - Hardcover

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by Brian Greene (Author)Now with a new preface (not in any other edition) that will review the enormous public reception of the relatively obscure string theory--made possible by this book and an increased number of adherents amongst physicists--The Elegant Universe "sets a standard that will be hard to beat" (New York Times Book Review). Brian Greene, one of the world's leading string theorists, peels away the layers of mystery surrounding string theory to reveal a universe that consists of ...

The Yellow-Legged Asian Hornet - A Handbook - Paperback

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by Sarah Bunker (Author)Around 2004, the Asian or yellow-legged hornet (Vespa velutina nigrithorax) was accidentally imported into southern France from China, and it has spread through western European countries with astonishing speed. Since 2016 there have been incursions into the UK, and these are becoming more frequent as the population on the continent increases in numbers. In 2023 72 nests were found in 56 locations, mainly in south-east England. It is unknown whether they are now establ...

Hands-On Experience of Microbial World: Microbiology Laboratory Exercises - Paperback

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by Kyu Hong Cho (Author)Hands-On Experience of Microbial World: Microbiology Laboratory Exercises provides students with immersive experiences in microbiology.Organized into three comprehensive sections-general microbiology, health-related microbiology, and biotechnology utilizing microorganisms-the exercises cover a diverse range of topics. Students delve into essential techniques such as staining microorganisms for microscopic examination, mastering isolation and culturing methods, and stud...

Point Cloud Technologies for Geomorphologists: From Data Acquisition to Processing - Paperback

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by Christopher Gomez (Author)Starting from concrete examples in Geomorphology, this comprehensive textbook explains to graduate and postgraduate students, point-cloud data technology and associated methods from acquisition to final-product generation. In the last few decades, Geo-sciences have experienced a paradigm shift from the challenge of collecting enough data to the need of creating new processing tools that can handle the billions of data. This shift has come to Geomorphology with the...

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by Fern Harrison (Author)The NYSTCE 162 Earth Science study book offers more than 400 practice exams tailored specifically for the NYSTCE 162 Earth Science exam. This extensive collection of questions actively engages you in mastering the content, ensuring a thorough understanding. Additionally, each question is complemented by a comprehensive explanation to enhance your knowledge. As a result, the NYSTCE 162 Earth Science exam guide not only serves as the most current and closely aligned stu...

Introduction to Topological Quantum Matter & Quantum Computation - Hardcover

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by Tudor D. Stanescu (Author)What is "topological" about topological quantum states? How many types of topological quantum phases are there? What is a zero-energy Majorana mode, how can it be realized in a solid-state system, and how can it be used as a platform for topological quantum computation? What is quantum computation and what makes it different from classical computation?Addressing these and other related questions, Introduction to Topological Quantum Matter & Quantum Computation...

Thinking in Images: Imagistic Cognition and Non-propositional Content - Paperback

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by Piotr Kozak (Author)What does it mean to think with images? There is a well-established tradition of studying thought processes through the nature of language, and we know much more about thinking with language than about thinking with images. Piotr Kozak takes an important step towards rectifying this position.Presenting a unified theory of different types of images, such as diagrams, maps, technical drawings and photographs, Kozak argues that images provide a genuine and autonomous form ...

The Challenge to AI: Consciousness and Ecological General Intelligence - Paperback

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by Stephen Robbins (Author)This book invites readers to explore the intricate world where AI, consciousness, and human cognition intersect. This groundbreaking book considers the profound differences between man and machine, challenging existing notions in AI and cognitive science. It argues that the key to understanding intelligence lies not in software, but in the hardware of our brain - a complex biochemical system far removed from current AI architectures. Through a deep examination of ti...

Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics: For Scientists and Engineers - Paperback

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by Patrick Chassaing (Author)This textbook provides a coherent and structured overview of fluid mechanics, a discipline concerned with many natural phenomena and at the very heart of the most diversified industrial applications and human activities. The balance between phenomenological analysis, physical conceptualization and mathematical formulation serve both as a unifying educational marker and as a methodological guide to the three parts of the work. The thermo-mechanical motion equations...

Taking Stock: Media Inventories in the German Nineteenth Century - Hardcover

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by Sean B. Franzel (Editor), Ilinca Iurascu (Editor), Petra S. McGillen (Editor) The volume examines the proliferation of inventorying models and practices as cultural techniques of knowledge organization and production during the long nineteenth century. While inventories are still broadly treated as raw data and unprocessed source materials, the book shows how they function as complex media formats, intersecting and interfering with other material techniques to produce, store, distribute, o...

From Systems to Actor-Networks: A Paradigm Shift in the Social Sciences - Hardcover

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by Andr?a Belliger (Author), David J. Krieger (Author)This book documents a paradigm shift, not only in the sciences but also in society. Everywhere in society systems are becoming networks. This implies not only a new understanding of social science but also of society and ourselves. The book describes the systems model based on Luhmann's theory of social systems and compares this to Latour's actor-network theory. It argues that present day society cannot be successfully modeled as a system ...

Ovid's Metamorphoses and the Environmental Imagination - Paperback

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by Giulia Sissa (Editor), Anna Collar (Editor), Francesca Martelli (Editor)This book positions Ovid's Metamorphoses as a foundational text in the western history of environmental thought. The poem is about new bodies. Stones, springs, plants and animals materialize out of human origins to create a world of hybrid objects, which retain varying degrees of human subjectivity while taking on new physical form. In bending the boundaries of known categories of being, these hybrid entities reveal bo...

Pacific Northwest Coastal Environments: Earthquakes and Sea Level Rise - Hardcover

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by Ronald C. Chaney (Author)Pacific Northwest Coastal Environments: Earthquakes and Sea Level Rise investigates the potential impacts of changes in global sea level by examining historical sea and land levels, projected future levels, and by determining how those changes may affect future tides and storm surges to inform their potential to cause harmful impacts. This region has a unique interaction of land, sea, and tectonics. Climate and tectonic change can initiate issues ranging from an in...

Crop Nutrient Requirements and Advanced Fertilizer Management Strategies - Hardcover

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by Christos Noulas (Guest Editor), Shahram Torabian (Guest Editor), Ruijun Qin (Guest Editor)This Special Issue reprint provides updates on relevant knowledge about the usefulness of improving fertilizer use efficiency in crops, thus ensuring enough food of acceptable quality for the rising world population while taking into account environmental considerations. Plant nutrient requirements and nutrition are complex issues, with 17 known nutrients necessary for plant growth and this field bein...

The Quizzer's Guide to the Cosmos: 500 Questions about the Universe (with Answers) - Paperback

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by Stephen Webb (Author)Have you ever gazed up at the night sky and wondered how many stars you can see? Whether the universe is infinite? Or, more prosaically, what the chances are of you being hit by a rock from space? The Quizzer's Guide to the Cosmos is here to satisfy your curiosity by offering an overview of the history of astronomy, from the earliest beginnings through to the most recent discoveries. This isn't a typical astronomy book, however -- it's packed with a 500-question multip...

Freshwater Sponges of Tennessee - Paperback

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by John Copeland (Author), Stan Kunigelis (Author)Authors John E. Copeland and Stan C. Kunigelis explore a unique but important class of animals that may be unfamiliar to many readers: freshwater sponges. Freshwater Sponges of Tennessee provides comprehensive information about sponges in Tennessee waterways, vastly updating both the scientific community and the reading public on sponge biodiversity and conservation. Copeland and Kunigelis offer compelling reasons for studying freshwater spon...