Physik & Astronomie

Offshore Risk Assessment

Jan-Erik Vinnem

<P>Offshore Risk Assessment was the first book to deal with quantified risk assessment (QRA) as applied specifically to offshore installations and operations. This book is a major revision o...

Applications of Synchrotron Radiation

Ari Ide-Ektessabi

<P>This book demonstrates the applications of synchrotron radiation in certain aspects of cell microbiology, specifically non-destructive elemental analyses, chemical-state analyses and imag...

First Aid Kit for Teachers

Grey Duncan Grey

Teaching Teachers

Malderez Angi Malderez

Driving Forces in Physical, Biological and Socio-economic Phenomena

Bertrand M. Roehner

Solar Tachocline

Satisfying Safety Goals by Probabilistic Risk Assessment

Hiromitsu Kumamoto

<P>This book is a methodological approach to the goal-based safety design procedure that will soon be an international requirement. This is the first single volume book to describe how to sa...

Canonical Perturbation Theories

Sylvio Ferraz-Mello

<P>The book is written mainly to advanced graduate and post-graduate students following courses in Perturbation Theory and Celestial Mechanics. It is also intended to serve as a guide in res...

Mesoscopic Physics of Electrons and Photons

Gilles Montambaux

Exploring the Secrets of the Aurora

Syun-Ichi Akasofu

<P>This book describes the history of the progress made in auroral science and magnetospheric physics by providing examples of ideas, controversies, struggles, acceptance, and success in som...

High Energy Density Laboratory Astrophysics

<P>This work will be of interest to a wide range of academics. It provides a comprehensive round-up of the proceedings and papers delivered at the 2006 Conference on High Energy Density Labo...

Structural Approaches to Sequence Evolution

<P>Recent advances in understanding the thermodynamics of macromolecules, the topological properties of gene networks, the organization and mutation capabilities of genomes, and the structur...

Remote Sensing

John R. Schott

Atomic Clusters

Atomic Clusters: From Gas Phase to Deposited brings together a series of chapters, prepared by acknowledged experts in their fields. Both fundamental and practical aspects are addressed of the phy...

Island Universes

R. S. de Jong

<P>This book contains an up-to-date review of the structure and evolution of disk galaxies from both the observational and theoretical point of view. It is the proceedings of the "Island...

Data Processing in Precise Time and Frequency Applications

M. Desaintfuscien

<P>Physical processes, involving atomic phenomena, allow more and more precise time and frequency measurements. This progress is not possible without convenient processing of the respective ...

Wave Propagation in Infinite Domains

Lutz Lehmann

<P>This book presents theoretical fundamentals and applications of a new numerical model that has the ability to simulate wave propagation. Coverage examines linear waves in ideal fluids and...

Electromagnetic Fields

Jean G. Van Bladel

Professor Jean Van Bladel, an eminent researcher and educator in fundamental electromagnetic theory and its application in electrical engineering, has updated and expanded his definitive text and ...

Troubleshooting and Repairing Major Appliances, 2nd Ed.

Eric Kleinert

Use the Latest Tools and Techniques to Troubleshoot and Repair Major Appliances, Microwaves, and Room Air Conditioners! Now covering both gas and electric appliances, the updated second edition ...

Isolated Neutron Stars: From the Surface to the Interior

<P>This book is a collation of the contributions presented at a major conference on isolated neutron stars held in London in April 2006. Forty years after the discovery of radio pulsars it p...