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Search Theory Some Recent Developments

Search Theory Some Recent Developments

Providing immediate access to modern search theory state-of-the-art methods related areas of mathematics and their techniques and applications this important reference surveys classical results and approaches to search theory as well as the latest procedures of optimal and nearly optimal search planning for the most detailed and comprehensive source on the subject. Search Theory clearly describes the solution of an optimal search problem with an exponential detection function. covers one-and two-sided detection problems by furnishing continuous and discrete time strategies. examines two-sided search strategies with solutions in hide and seek games in many discrete and continuous bounded and unbounded domanins. presents a consistent framework for solving complex problems in a unified way by differential equations. discusses systematic means of generating tours for optimal search in bounded domains. and considers a novel class of random search plans. | Search Theory Some Recent Developments

GBP 175.00
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Combinatorial Algorithms Generation Enumeration and Search

Combinatorial Algorithms Generation Enumeration and Search

This textbook thoroughly outlines combinatorial algorithms for generation enumeration and search. Topics include backtracking and heuristic search methods applied to various combinatorial structures such as:CombinationsPermutationsGraphsDesignsMany classical areas are covered as well as new research topics not included in most existing texts such as:Group algorithmsGraph isomorphismHill-climbingHeuristic search algorithmsThis work serves as an exceptional textbook for a modern course in combinatorial algorithms providing a unified and focused collection of recent topics of interest in the area. The authors synthesizing material that can only be found scattered through many different sources introduce the most important combinatorial algorithmic techniques - thus creating an accessible comprehensive text that students of mathematics electrical engineering and computer science can understand without needing a prior course on combinatorics. | Combinatorial Algorithms Generation Enumeration and Search

GBP 59.99
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Investigating Life in the Universe Astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life

Investigating Life in the Universe Astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life

This textbook gives a lively introduction to the search for extraterrestrial life. It is a guidebook to understanding the possibility of life elsewhere pointing out landmarks and providing background information to facilitate further exploration of those areas of most interest to the reader. We are a planet of winners – winners of a cosmic lottery that has been in play since the universe began approximately 13. 7 billion years ago. Our winnings include sentience and an underlying unease that has driven us to contemplate our place in the universe and the possibility of finding kindred spirits in the cosmos spreading out before us. To understand our origins and the possibility of life beyond Earth we must look back and retrace the steps that have brought us to this point in space and time. In doing so we will find the investigation of life to be a unifying theme in nature requiring us to touch on all branches of the tree of knowledge. Using the Drake Equation as a theme we begin with an overview of the topic and then go into the story of how we have acquired or plan to acquire the knowledge to solve it. As we make our journey we will encounter some very interesting people – some you will likely know while others may be new to you. Keep an open mind and allow this text to be your guide. Written in an engaging style this textbook provides a foundational understanding of the rapidly advancing fields associated with the search for life in the universe. Each chapter includes illustrative figures and review questions for self-study. It will appeal to professionals researchers instructors and undergraduate students as well as anyone with an interest in astrophysics or astrobiology. | Investigating Life in the Universe Astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life

GBP 56.99
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In Search of Vikings Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Scandinavian Heritage of North-West England

In Search of Vikings Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Scandinavian Heritage of North-West England

The Viking Age lasted a little over three centuries but has left a lasting legacy across Europe. These dynamic warrior-traders from Scandinavia who fought and interacted with peoples as far apart as North America Russia and Central Asia are some of the most recognizable historical figures in the western world. In the modern imagination they represent ruthlessness heroism adventurousness and a unique prestige embellished by the wondrous tales and poetry of the sagas. Yet the sum of evidence for the Viking presence is far less clear than their reputation implies. In Search of Vikings presents a collection of papers from experts in a broad range of disciplines including history archaeology genetics and linguistics to provide a detailed understanding of the Vikings in peace and in war. This book focuses on one particularly exciting area of the Viking world namely the north-west region of England where they are known to have settled in large numbers. North-west England was the crossroads between Ireland Scotland Wales the Isle of Man and the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. It was a battleground for distant powers and dynasties and its Irish Sea coastline created opportunities for trading and settlement. Silver hoards burials and Old Norse place-names attest to the Viking presence and Scandinavian DNA is detectable amongst the modern population. The 12 integrated studies in this book are designed to reinvigorate the search for Vikings in this crucial region and to provide must-reading for anyone interested in Viking history. | In Search of Vikings Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Scandinavian Heritage of North-West England

GBP 175.00
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In Search of Lost Time

In Search of Lost Time

Do you know that black holes can affect time?that Stonehenge is a giant calendar?that the Oracle Bones of the North China Plain predict the phases of the moon?that the Pyramids are giant compasses?how Jonathan Swift knew that Mars had two moons when he wrote Gulliver's Travels?that the effects of black holes are described in the story of Alice in Wonderland?that an atomic reactor existed 2 billion years ago in Equatorial Africa?that an electron on the other side of the galaxy can deflect a billiard ball?that Schr dingers cat is both alive and dead?Derek York fathoms these and many other mysteries of time and space in In Search of Lost Time. A reflection of York's obsession with time and its measurement the book discusses the mind-bending universe of the special and general theories of relativity the ghostly world of quantum mechanics and the unpredictable haunts of chaos. It explores the pyramids of Egypt Stonehenge and the South China plain; the universities of Cambridge McGill and Chicago; the Patent Office in Berne; and back to the Ethiopian desert on the banks of the Awash River. Companions to share and illuminate the path range from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels and Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland to J. B. Priestley's Dangerous Corner. It also presents the father of master-spy Kim Philby in the Empty Quarter of Arabia the fantasist Velikovsky in the clouds and Newton Darwin Rutherford Einstein and the great Earth scientists of this century who fathomed the depths of lost time and discovered the age of the Earth. Written in an engaging nontechnical style this book will delight and amaze all who encounter it.

GBP 110.00
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Detector Dogs and Scent Movement How Weather Terrain and Vegetation Influence Search Strategies

Detector Dogs and Scent Movement How Weather Terrain and Vegetation Influence Search Strategies

Dogs detect scent from a source that is carried to them in a plume by the wind. The most important tool for a detector dog handler to have on searches is a knowledge of scent plume movement or scent dynamics (the science of scent movement). Such knowledge resides primarily in scientific journals that are largely inaccessible to detector dog handlers and written in language that is difficult to understand. Detector Dogs and the Science of Scent Movement: A Handler’s Guide to Environments and Procedures retrieves reviews and interprets the results of pertinent scientific research on scent dynamics and presents these results in terms that are easier for handlers to understand. Information on the physiology of the dog’s nose their sense of smell and the properties of scent provide the essential information on the process of scenting. The composition of training aids for explosives narcotics human remains and other sources is discussed. Recommendations are made on the use of training aids their placement during training and the resulting availability of scent. Potential problems and handler errors in the use of training aids are also examined. The characteristics of scent plumes and how wind influences their movement are a key focus of the book. The primary task for the handler is to get the dog into the scent plume so that the dog can detect the scent and follow it to the source the handler seeks. As such a knowledge of scent and scent plume movement will vastly improve the ability of the handler to accomplish this task. The influence of weather and physical settings such as terrain vegetation ground cover soil and water on scent movement are examined in detail. Strategies for searching detecting and locating sources in all physical settings are presented. Specific effects associated with hills and mountains fields and forests bare soils and soils covered by vegetation different soil types and lakes and rivers are examined in detail. This includes specific recommendations are made about weather and physical settings that result in higher probability of success on searches. Detector Dogs and the Science of Scent Movement will be a vital resource for K9 handles in the private and public sectors—including in Homeland Security law enforcement and military settings—as well as a useful guide for lawyers forensic and investigative professionals who need to better understand K9 operations. | Detector Dogs and Scent Movement How Weather Terrain and Vegetation Influence Search Strategies

GBP 44.99
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Numerical Calculations for Process Engineering Using Excel VBA

Numerical Calculations for Process Engineering Using Excel VBA

Numerical Calculations for Process Engineering Using Excel VBA provides numerical treatment of process engineering problems with VBA programming and Excel spreadsheets. The problems are solving material and energy balances optimising reactors and modelling multiple-factor processes. The book includes both basic and advanced codes for numerical calculations. The basic methods are presented in different variations tailored to particular applications. Some macros are combined with each other to solve engineering problems. Examples include combining the bisection method and binary search to optimise an implicit correlation combining golden section search with Euler’s method to optimise a reactor and combining bisection code and Euler’s method to solve steady-state heat distribution. The text also includes nonconventional examples such as harmony search and network analysis. The examples include solutions to common engineering problems such as adiabatic flame temperature plug flow reactor conversion batch reactor heat diffusion and pinch analysis of heat exchanger networks. The VBA code is presented with mathematical equations and flowcharts enabling the audience to adopt the solutions to different problems. The book contains many demonstrations of numerical techniques to guide users. It also includes useful summaries of VBA commands/functions and Excel-predefined functions accessible in VBA. While the book is developed primarily for undergraduate students the book is a helpful resource for postgraduate students and engineers.

GBP 74.99
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Cadaver Dog Handbook Forensic Training and Tactics for the Recovery of Human Remains

Cadaver Dog Handbook Forensic Training and Tactics for the Recovery of Human Remains

Intended for those who train and handle cadaver dogs this book also encompasses information for those who work closely with them such as police death investigators and anthropologists. Its interdisciplinary approach is useful to any member of a forensic team who regularly participates in or evaluates the results of the human remains search effort. Cadaver Dog Handbook sets out the principles and procedures for the training and handling of dogs for the location of human remains. It explains scent theory and its applications introduces basic training and searching strategies/tactics and covers the legal and taphonomic issues associated with dog searches. Intended for those who train and handle cadaver dogs this book also encompasses information for those who work closely with them such as police death investigators and anthropologists. Its interdisciplinary approach is useful to any member of a forensic team who regularly participates in or evaluates the results of the human remains search effort. | Cadaver Dog Handbook Forensic Training and Tactics for the Recovery of Human Remains

GBP 66.99
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AI for Physics

AI for Physics

Written in accessible language without mathematical formulas this short book provides an overview of the wide and varied applications of artificial intelligence (AI) across the spectrum of physical sciences. Focusing in particular on AI's ability to extract patterns from data known as machine learning (ML) the book includes a chapter on important machine learning algorithms and their respective applications in physics. It then explores the use of ML across a number of important sub-fields in more detail ranging from particle molecular and condensed matter physics to astrophysics cosmology and the theory of everything. The book covers such applications as the search for new particles and the detection of gravitational waves from the merging of black holes and concludes by discussing what the future may hold. | AI for Physics

GBP 22.99
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Power Converters for Electric Vehicles

Power Converters for Electric Vehicles

Power Converters for Electric Vehicles gives an overview topology design and simulation of different types of converters used in electric vehicles (EV). It covers a wide range of topics ranging from the fundamentals of EV Hybrid EV and its stepwise approach simulation of the proposed converters for real-time applications and corresponding experimental results performance improvement paradigms and overall analysis. Drawing upon the need for novel converter topologies this book provides the complete solution for the power converters for EV applications along with simulation exercises and experimental results. It explains the need for power electronics in the improvement of performance in EV. This book: Presents exclusive information on the power electronics of EV including traction drives. Provides step-by-step procedure for converter design. Discusses various topologies having different isolated and non-isolated converters. Describes control circuit design including renewable energy systems and electrical drives. Includes practical case studies incorporated with simulation and experimental results. Power Converters for Electric Vehicles will provide researchers and graduate students in Power Electronics Electric Drives Vehicle Engineering a useful resource for stimulating their efforts in this important field of the search for renewable technologies.

GBP 130.00
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Applied Genetic Programming and Machine Learning

Applied Genetic Programming and Machine Learning

What do financial data prediction day-trading rule development and bio-marker selection have in common? They are just a few of the tasks that could potentially be resolved with genetic programming and machine learning techniques. Written by leaders in this field Applied Genetic Programming and Machine Learning delineates the extension of Genetic Programming (GP) for practical applications. Reflecting rapidly developing concepts and emerging paradigms this book outlines how to use machine learning techniques make learning operators that efficiently sample a search space navigate the search process through the design of objective fitness functions and examine the search performance of the evolutionary system. It provides a methodology for integrating GP and machine learning techniques establishing a robust evolutionary framework for addressing tasks from areas such as chaotic time-series prediction system identification financial forecasting classification and data mining. The book provides a starting point for the research of extended GP frameworks with the integration of several machine learning schemes. Drawing on empirical studies taken from fields such as system identification finanical engineering and bio-informatics it demonstrates how the proposed methodology can be useful in practical inductive problem solving.

GBP 59.99
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Geotechnical Investigation Methods A Field Guide for Geotechnical Engineers

Geotechnical Investigation Methods A Field Guide for Geotechnical Engineers

The investigation phase is the most important segment of any geotechnical study. Using the correct methods and properly interpreting the results are critical to a successful investigation. Comprising chapters from the second edition of the revered Geotechnical Engineering Investigation Handbook Geotechnical Investigation Methods offers clear concise and hands-on guidance for choosing and executing a variety of field investigations. This practical guide provides an affordable alternative to larger handbooks and condenses the essential elements of a geotechnical investigation into an easily digestible and readily accessible format. Renowned expert Roy E. Hunt discusses preliminary study to predict geologic conditions applying information from geologic and topographic maps as well as remotely sensed imagery proper test boring procedures the various geophysical methods and when each is appropriate and a variety of methods for determining materials' engineering properties in the lab and in situ. Hunt also covers field instrumentation for surface movements subsurface deformations and in situ pressures and stresses as well as instrument arrays for typical problems such as structure settlement and fault movements. Eliminate the need to search through narrow volumes or large handbooks with Geotechnical Investigation Methods: A Field Guide for Geotechnical Engineers a convenient and complete guide to the techniques you need. | Geotechnical Investigation Methods A Field Guide for Geotechnical Engineers

GBP 59.99
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Characteristics of Geologic Materials and Formations A Field Guide for Geotechnical Engineers

Characteristics of Geologic Materials and Formations A Field Guide for Geotechnical Engineers

Properly understanding and characterizing geologic materials and formations is vital for making critical engineering decisions. Identifying and classifying rock masses and soil formations allows reasonable estimation of their characteristic properties. Comprising chapters from the second edition of the revered Geotechnical Engineering Investigation Handbook Characteristics of Geologic Materials and Formations provides a basis for recognizing identifying and classifying the various rock and soil types. With clear concise and hands-on guidance this book describes these rock and soil types in terms of their origin mode of occurrence and structural features in situ and presents the typical characteristics that are of engineering significance. It also explains the elements that affect surface and subsurface water engineering in terms of controlling floods erosion subsurface flow and seepage as well as for water conservation. Supplying important correlations used to estimate engineering and geologic properties the book presents correlations for intact rock rock masses and soil formations throughout the chapters and condenses this information into a convenient summary table in an appendix. Eliminate the need to search through narrow volumes or large handbooks with Characteristics of Geologic Materials and Formations: A Field Guide for Geotechnical Engineers a convenient and complete guide to the techniques you need. | Characteristics of Geologic Materials and Formations A Field Guide for Geotechnical Engineers

GBP 59.99
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Drying Technologies for Foods Fundamentals and Applications

Drying Technologies for Foods Fundamentals and Applications

Drying is an important unit operation used in industry for processing and preservation of food products. Although a large volume of technical literature is available on drying of foods it is still challenging for scientists and engineers to improve continuously upon the quality of dried products and existing drying systems. This book will aid processors in their search for cost-effective and energy-efficient drying techniques allowing them to succeed commercially in their ventures as well as to fulfill consumer-demand for high-quality products. Drying Technologies for Foods contains state-of-the art knowledge on several key aspects of drying ranging from fundamental principles classification and selection different types of conventional and modern techniques drying of different food materials advances in packaging of dried products control and safety energy calculation modeling to advances in food drying. Comprehensive yet concise chapters cover different types of drying technologies; this book describes freeze heat pump spray superheated steam microwave drying and many other drying technologies. Discussion of specific food-related drying including drying of fruit leather medicinal herbs cocoa and coffee beans mushroom and protein among others are covered in the book. Chapters are also presented on quality of dried food such as degradation mechanism and kinetics of vitamin C antioxidants delinquencies and caking phenomena. Control and safety energy calculations modeling are also included with emphasis on industrial applications. Artificial Neural Networks and computational modeling techniques as well as application of computer vision in food drying followed by a chapter on advances in food dryer are covered in some detail again highlighting potential applications. | Drying Technologies for Foods Fundamentals and Applications

GBP 160.00
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Design Engineering A Manual for Enhanced Creativity

Design Engineering A Manual for Enhanced Creativity

As with any art science or discipline natural talent is only part of the equation. Consistent success stems from honing your skills cultivating good techniques and hard work. Design engineering a field often considered an intuitive process not amenable to scientific investigation is no exception. Providing descriptive theory broad context and practical examples Design Engineering: A Manual for Enhanced Creativity explores how to quantify creativity codify inspiration and document a process seemingly based solely on intuition. The authors discuss how to clarify the design task conceptualize candidate solutions and search for alternatives. They delineate how these phases fit into an industrial context including engineering product development and what to consider during design engineering to satisfy all customers. The book discusses activities and methods for performing engineering design work in a rational reviewable and documented way increasing the likelihood of finding an optimal solution. The presentation covers substantiated use of intuition and opportunism as an integral part of rational systematic and methodical designing. It examines the influence of other topics on the work such as psychology computers teamwork application of methods and education. The authors recommend that results from these less systematic activities be brought into the rational and systematic framework to document the results. Based on the authors' extensive industrial experience the book elucidates a coherent body of knowledge of design engineering. The book clearly details an easily applicable theory that not only gives you solid design tools but can also be adapted to any existing design situation. | Design Engineering A Manual for Enhanced Creativity

GBP 59.99
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Handbook of Human Factors in Web Design

Handbook of Human Factors in Web Design

The Handbook of Human Factors in Web Design covers basic human factors issues relating to screen design input devices and information organization and processing as well as addresses newer features which will become prominent in the next generation of Web technologies. These include multimodal interfaces wireless capabilities and agents that can improve convenience and usability. Written by leading researchers and/or practitioners in the field this volume reflects the varied backgrounds and interests of individuals involved in all aspects of human factors and Web design and includes chapters on a full range of topics. Divided into 12 sections this book covers: historical backgrounds and overviews of Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE)specific subfields of HFE issues involved in content preparation for the Web information search and interactive information agents designing for universal access and specific user populations the importance of incorporating usability evaluations in the design process task analysis meaning analysis and performance modelingspecific Web applications in academic and industrial settings Web psychology and information security emerging technological developments and applications for the Web the costs and benefits of incorporating human factors for the Web and the state of current guidelines The Handbook of Human Factors in Web Design is intended for researchers and practitioners concerned with all aspects of Web design. It could also be used as a text for advanced courses in computer science industrial engineering and psychology.

GBP 77.99
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Introductory Physics for the Life Sciences - Two-Vol. Set

Introductory Physics for the Life Sciences - Two-Vol. Set

This textbook provides an accessible introduction to physics for undergraduate students in the life sciences including those majoring in all branches of biology biochemistry and psychology and students working on pre-professional programs such as pre-medical pre-dental and physical therapy. The text is geared for the algebra-based physics course often named College Physics in the United States. The order of topics studied are such that most of the problems in the text can be solved with the methods of Statics or Dynamics. That is they require a free body diagram the application of Newton’s Laws and any necessary kinematics. Constructing the text with a standardized problem-solving methodology simplifies this aspect of the course and allows students to focus on the application of physics to the study of biological systems. Along the way students apply these techniques to find the tension in a tendon the sedimentation rate of red blood cells in haemoglobin the torques and forces on a bacterium employing a flagellum to propel itself through a viscous fluid and the terminal velocity of a protein moving in a Gel Electrophoresis device. This is part one of a two-volume set; volume 2 introduces students to the conserved-quantities and applies these problem-solving techniques to topics in Thermodynamics Electrical Circuits Optics and Atomic and Nuclear Physics always with continued focus on biological applications. Volume 1 Key features: Organised and centred around analysis techniques not traditional Mechanics and E&M. Presents a unified approach in a different order meaning that the same laboratories equipment and demonstrations can be used when teaching the course. Demonstrates to students that the analysis and concepts they are learning are critical to the understanding of biological systems. Volume 2 Key features: Organised and centred around analysis techniques not traditional Mechanics and E&M. Presents a unified approach in a different order meaning that the same laboratories equipment and demonstrations can be used when teaching the course. Demonstrates to students that the analysis and concepts they are learning are critical to the understanding of biological systems. | Introductory Physics for the Life Sciences - Two-Vol. Set

GBP 89.99
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Forensic Psychology and Neuropsychology for Criminal and Civil Cases

Forensic Psychology and Neuropsychology for Criminal and Civil Cases

Today's increasingly sophisticated psychological and neuropsychological assessments allow for a greater understanding and improved evaluations in forensic psychology. By integrating discussions of modern psychological and neuropsychological tests with extant civil and criminal cases Forensic Psychology and Neuropsychology for Criminal and Civil Cases Second Edition serves as a fully-updated professional resource outlining modern behavioral science’s impact on the legal system. This second edition synthesizes the theoretical empirical and clinical literature examining it through the lens of case application. The book is divided into three parts to look at foundational legal ethical and applied issues; criminal forensic evaluations; and civil forensic evaluations. Chapters new to this edition address substance abuse and intoxication interviewing and interrogation criminal profiling faked amnesia and recall skills post-concussive syndrome (PCS) post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and trends and research directions. Clinicians researchers and psychologists practicing in any number of related fields will be able to address relevant questions from both criminal-forensic and civil-forensic perspectives. Key features: Presents the latest advances in methodology and technology to assist forensic professional in assessment and case formulation in the search for ground truth in applied settings Outlines base rates for forensic areas of concern especially helpful in evaluation report writing and courtroom testimony as an expert witness Addresses complex criminal issues such as competency to stand trial criminal responsibility mitigating defenses and violence risk Forensic Psychology and Neuropsychology for Criminal and Civil Cases Second Edition is an invaluable resource to clinicians experts witnesses and legal professionals—a helpful adjunct for mental health experts to formulate sound direct and cross-examination strategies and eliciting suggestions for forensically-related treatment and intervention.

GBP 77.99
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Ward Milledge and West’s High Altitude Medicine and Physiology

Ward Milledge and West’s High Altitude Medicine and Physiology

This pre-eminent work has developed over six editions in response to man's attempts to climb higher and higher unaided and to spend more time at altitude for both work and recreation. Building on this established reputation the new and highly experienced authors provide a fully revised and updated text that will help doctors continue to improve the health and safety of all people who visit live or work in the cold thin air of high mountains. The sixth edition remains invaluable for any doctor accompanying an expedition or advising patients on a visit to altitude those specialising in illness and accidents in high places and for physicians and physiologists who study our dependence on oxygen and the adaptation of the body to altitude. | Ward Milledge and West’s High Altitude Medicine and Physiology

GBP 150.00
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Concise Chemical Thermodynamics

Concise Chemical Thermodynamics

While we all live our lives in designed landscapes of various types only on occasion do we consider what these landscapes mean to us and how they have acquired that significance. Can a landscape architect or garden designer really imbue new settings with meaning or does meaning evolve over time created by those who perceive and use these landscapes? What role does the selection and arrangement of plants and hard materials play in this process and just where does the passage of time enter into the equation? These questions collectively provide the core material for Meaning in Landscape Architecture and Gardens a compendium of four landmark essays written over a period of twenty years by leading scholars in the field of landscape architecture. New commentaries by the authors accompany each of the essays and reflect on the thinking behind them as well as the evolution of the author�s thoughts since their original publication. Although the central theme of these writings is landscape architecture broadly taken the principal subject of several essays and commentaries is the garden a subject historically plentiful in allusions and metaphors. As a whole Meaning in Landscape Architecture and Gardens offers the general reader as well as the professional a rich source of ideas about the designed landscape and the ways by which we perceive consider react and dwell within them � and what they mean to us. The essays have been perennial favorites in landscape courses since their original publication in Landscape Journal. Bringing them together � bolstered by the new commentaries � creates a book valuable to all those creating gardens and landscapes as well as those teaching and studying these subjects. | Concise Chemical Thermodynamics

GBP 175.00
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Oceanography An Illustrated Guide

Oceanography An Illustrated Guide

Oceans cover over 70% of the planet's surface and are essential to life on earth yet their deepest mysteries remained unexplored until very recently when 20th century technological advances allowed the vast expansion of our frontiers of knowledge and worldwide interest in oceanography grew rapidly. Combining the skills of 40 contributors from world-renowned teaching and research establishments this richly illustrated introduction to oceanography is suitable for coursework and appeals to a wide readership without compromising standards of scientific rigour. With coverage ranging from history and instrumentation to the physical geography meteorology biology and chemistry of the sea and its ecosystems Oceanography provides the reader with an authoritative comprehensive guide while promoting awareness of current ecological concerns governing man's relationship with the oceans. | Oceanography An Illustrated Guide

GBP 145.00
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Swarm Intelligence Principles Advances and Applications

Swarm Intelligence Principles Advances and Applications

Swarm Intelligence: Principles Advances and Applications delivers in-depth coverage of bat artificial fish swarm firefly cuckoo search flower pollination artificial bee colony wolf search and gray wolf optimization algorithms. The book begins with a brief introduction to mathematical optimization addressing basic concepts related to swarm intelligence such as randomness random walks and chaos theory. The text then:Describes the various swarm intelligence optimization methods standardizing the variants hybridizations and algorithms whenever possibleDiscusses variants that focus more on binary discrete constrained adaptive and chaotic versions of the swarm optimizersDepicts real-world applications of the individual optimizers emphasizing variable selection and fitness function designDetails the similarities differences weaknesses and strengths of each swarm optimization methodDraws parallels between the operators and searching manners of the different algorithmsSwarm Intelligence: Principles Advances and Applications presents a comprehensive treatment of modern swarm intelligence optimization methods complete with illustrative examples and an extendable MATLAB® package for feature selection in wrapper mode applied on different data sets with benchmarking using different evaluation criteria. The book provides beginners with a solid foundation of swarm intelligence fundamentals and offers experts valuable insight into new directions and hybridizations. | Swarm Intelligence Principles Advances and Applications

GBP 44.99
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Space Debris Hazard Evaluation and Debris

Space Debris Hazard Evaluation and Debris

When the first sputnik was launched and the space era began few gave thought to the possible negative impact of putting satellites into orbit. In fact man's space activity has led to the formation of a new media named space debris i. e. man-made objects and their fragments launched into space currently inactive and no longer serving any useful purpose. Space Debris: Hazard Evaluation and Mitigation will appeal to readers unfamiliar with the issues as well as experts and designers. It introduces concepts behind the problems of space ecology. The volume features actual data on the space debris environment; new mathematical models for space debris evolution production and self-production; description of the existing software and concepts for shield design. The author also reviews methods of collision risk assessment including the attitudes and inclinations of orbits collision hazard evaluation and suggestions for preventative measures. | Space Debris Hazard Evaluation and Debris

GBP 59.99
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Costume Design for Video Games An Exploration of Historical and Fantastical Skins

Costume Design for Video Games An Exploration of Historical and Fantastical Skins

Costume Design for Video Games: An Exploration of Historical and Fantastical Skins explores the rich and colorful history of fashion throughout the ages. Each page goes into detail concerning the social significance of Iconic period pieces. From the real and the imagined Costume Design for Video Games highlights the development of costumes and characters that pertain to plots scenarios and visionary goals while also exploring silhouettes and the aesthetics of various eras. This survey of costume design for the video game market includes an exploration of the aesthetics of historical fantasy and futuristic influences. Not only does the text help in illustrating an assortment of styles but Sandy Appleoff Lyons also helps to facilitate creative problem-solving as it applies to costume design and the design principles applied. This is uniquely done through a reader project which in turn builds and implements research skills and the creation of authentic designs. Key Features: This book is not about replicating what already exists; it gives the reader the tools needed in order to understand the design principles and how to apply them to costumes. Through the comprehensive understanding of history fashion costumes and cultural impacts the readers will be able to expand their creativity and knowledge to help increase the narrative subtext and the stories of costumed figures. Readers are given tools for creative problem-solving to create authentic original costumes. Text includes a glossary and sidebars covering materials rendering color history design principles and meaning. Key terms and style sheets with layout training and cited historical examples help ground the reader with strong visuals. | Costume Design for Video Games An Exploration of Historical and Fantastical Skins

GBP 48.99
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Introductory Physics for the Life Sciences: Mechanics (Volume One)

Introductory Physics for the Life Sciences: Mechanics (Volume One)

This textbook provides an accessible introduction to physics for undergraduate students in the life sciences including those majoring in all branches of biology biochemistry and psychology and students working on pre-professional programs such as pre-medical pre-dental and physical therapy. The text is geared for the algebra-based physics course often named College Physics in the United States. The order of topics studied are such that most of the problems in the text can be solved with the methods of Statics or Dynamics. That is they require a free body diagram the application of Newton’s Laws and any necessary kinematics. Constructing the text with a standardized problem-solving methodology simplifies this aspect of the course and allows students to focus on the application of physics to the study of biological systems. Along the way students apply these techniques to find the tension in a tendon the sedimentation rate of red blood cells in haemoglobin the torques and forces on a bacterium employing a flagellum to propel itself through a viscous fluid and the terminal velocity of a protein moving in a Gel Electrophoresis device. This is part one of a two-volume set; volume 2 introduces students to the conserved-quantities and applies these problem-solving techniques to topics in Thermodynamics Electrical Circuits Optics and Atomic and Nuclear Physics always with continued focus on biological applications. Key Features: Organised and centred around analysis techniques not traditional Mechanics and E&M. Presents a unified approach in a different order meaning that the same laboratories equipment and demonstrations can be used when teaching the course. Demonstrates to students that the analysis and concepts they are learning are critical to the understanding of biological systems. | Introductory Physics for the Life Sciences: Mechanics (Volume One)

GBP 52.99
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