Fifty years ago solution chemistry occupied a major fraction of physical chemistry textbooks, and dealt mainly with classical thermodynamics, phase equilibria, and non-equilibrium phenomena, especially those related to electrochemistry. Much has happened in the intervening period, with tremendous advances in...
This book investigates the nature of human language and its importance for the study of the mind. It asks what language is from a biological point of view and what the relative contribution of nature and nurture is when a child learns his or her language. Finally it asks how human language evolved and...
Вся история человеческой цивилизации неразрывно связана с металлами: со времен Древнего Египта и до наших дней они всегда были рядом с человеком.
О многовековой истории развития металлургии и металлообработки, об удивительных свойствах металлов, о фантастических перспективах «космической металлургии» будущего...
An introductory textbook for graduate students & researchers from various fields of science who wish to learn about carbon nanotubes. The field is still at an early stage, & progress continues at a rapid rate.
Книга знакомит читателей с некоторыми вопросами истории, биомеханики движений и базовой техники ушу в стиле "длинный кулак". Занятия этим видом восточных единоборств намного увеличат подвижность суставов и позвоночника, научат экономно и эффективно...
The original edition was the first book to provide a comprehensive overview of the ways in which animals can assist therapists with treatment of specific populations, and/or in specific settings. The second edition continues in this vein, with 7 new chapters plus substantial revisions of continuing chapters as...
Freud, Psychoanalysis and Symbolism offers an innovative general theory of symbolism, derived from Freud's psychoanalytic theory and relocated within mainstream scientific psychology. It is the first systematic investigation of the development of Freud's treatment of symbolism throughout his published works,...
Two distinct systems of hypercomplex numbers in n dimensions are introduced in this book, for which the multiplication is associative and commutative, and which are rich enough in properties such that exponential and trigonometric forms exist and the concepts of analytic n-complex function, contour integration...
The second edition of this intellectually and practically engaging book, includes a valuable new section on justice and updated material throughout. While integrating the insights of ancient, modern and postmodern political thought, Thiele offers a thorough exploration of the art and craft of political...
