Hardcover Books

Reprint of the original, first published in 1857.Author: William WhewellISBN-10: 3375154690ISBN-13: 9783375154691Publisher: Salzwasser-VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/11/2023Pages: 584Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.25lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.44d

Reprint of the original, first published in 1860.Author: Samuel D. AkinISBN-10: 3375105134ISBN-13: 9783375105136Publisher: Salzwasser-VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/03/2022Pages: 310Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.38lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d

Reprint of the original, first published in 1859.Author: Thomas BulfinchISBN-10: 337512127XISBN-13: 9783375121273Publisher: Salzwasser-VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/17/2022Pages: 428Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.75lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.06d

Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.Author: Edward TylorISBN-10: 3368849557ISBN-13: 9783368849559Publisher: Outlook VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/31/2023Pages: 518Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.04lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.31d

Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.Author: AnonymousISBN-10: 3368851195ISBN-13: 9783368851194Publisher: Outlook VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/31/2023Pages: 404Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.68lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.06d

Reprint of the original, first published in 1860.Author: David Friedrich StraussISBN-10: 3375099037ISBN-13: 9783375099039Publisher: Salzwasser-VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/20/2022Pages: 462Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.86lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.19d

Author: Henry Handel RichardsonISBN-10: 336862489XISBN-13: 9783368624897Publisher: Outlook VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/11/2023Pages: 616Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.35lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.50d

Author: Elias LönnrotISBN-10: 3368340379ISBN-13: 9783368340377Publisher: Outlook VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/09/2023Pages: 852Format: HardcoverWeight: 3.11lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 2.00d

Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.Author: Shirley HibberdISBN-10: 3368182439ISBN-13: 9783368182434Publisher: Outlook VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/19/2023Pages: 278Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.27lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d

Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.Author: John Joseph GriffinISBN-10: 3368173510ISBN-13: 9783368173517Publisher: Outlook VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/12/2023Pages: 206Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.04lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d

Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.Author: Robert H. BowISBN-10: 3368172638ISBN-13: 9783368172633Publisher: Outlook VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/14/2023Pages: 120Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d

Author: V.ISBN-10: 3368155954ISBN-13: 9783368155957Publisher: Outlook VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/07/2023Pages: 104Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.72lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d

Reprint of the original, first published in 1872.Author: F. C. BurnandISBN-10: 3368168959ISBN-13: 9783368168957Publisher: Outlook VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/10/2023Pages: 290Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.31lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d

This book presents the basics and methods of nanoscale analytical techniques for tribology field. It gives guidance to the application of mechanical, microstructural, chemical characterization methods and topography analysis of materials. It provides an overview of the of state-of-the-art for researchers and practitioners in...

Author: Giorgio ManninaISBN-10: 3319998668ISBN-13: 9783319998664Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/03/2018Pages: 1009Format: HardcoverWeight: 3.56lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 2.13d

This book uses Kant's idea of imperfect duty to extend the theory of the firm. Unlike perfect duty which is contractual or otherwise legally binding, imperfect duty consists of those commitments of choice that pursue some moral value, but that have practical limits to...

Author: Alessio FerrariISBN-10: 331999669XISBN-13: 9783319996691Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/24/2018Pages: 511Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.99lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.13d

Provides readers with overview of recent advances in metal-containing zeolites for catalysis and future perspectivesThis volume delves into the synthetic approaches, advanced characterization, theoretical simulations and catalytic performance of metal containing zeolitesEmphasizes the relationship between the structural/chemical neighborhood of metal ions and their (re)activityAuthor:...

Author: Tom KadenISBN-10: 3319993798ISBN-13: 9783319993799Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/02/2018Pages: 205Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.07lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d

This book investigates the fascinating concept of a continuum between human memory and memory of materials. The first part provides state-of-the-art information on shape memory alloys and outlines a brief history of memory from the ancient Greeks to the present day, describing phenomenological, philosophical,...

This book seeks to construct a consistent fundamental quantum theory of gravity, which is often considered one of the most challenging open problems in present-day physics. It approaches this challenge using modern functional renormalization group techniques, and attempts to realize the idea of "Asymptotic...

Provides detailed insights into electrocatalytic reactions in novel anode and cathode nanomaterials Demonstrates the importance of metal-carbon interactions in electrocatalysis Presents the state of the art in metal-free electrocatalysts Examines the different types of low-temperature fuel cellsAuthor: Francisco Javier Rodríguez-VarelaISBN-10: 3319990187ISBN-13: 9783319990187Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

Author: Nurul T. IslamISBN-10: 3319989286ISBN-13: 9783319989280Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/11/2018Pages: 132Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.38d

This book represents the first extensive introduction to the emerging construct of Educational Self. The new concept describes a specific dimension of the Self, which is elaborated in the course of a person's school life and is reactivated anytime the person is involved in...

This book argues that development strategies have thus far failed in Western Africa because the many challenges afflicting the area have yet to be explored and understood from the perspective of institutional resources. With a particular focus on three countries on the bend of...

Author: Roger LeeISBN-10: 3319983695ISBN-13: 9783319983691Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/30/2018Pages: 175Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.99lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d

This book analyses articles that appeared in popular periodicals from the 1920s to the present, each revealing the panic that parents and adults have expressed about media including radio, television, video games and the Internet for the last century. Karen Leick argues that parents...

This textbook introduces Wireless Powered Communication Networks (WPCNs) as a promising paradigm to overcome the energy bottleneck suffered by traditional wireless communication networks, as well as emerging Internet-of-Things networks. It selectively spans a coherent spectrum of fundamental aspects in WPCNs, such as wireless energy...

Author: Yuriy M. Penkin,Victor A. Katrich,Mikhail V. NesterenkoISBN-10: 3319978187ISBN-13: 9783319978185Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/23/2018Pages: 197Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.06lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d

This book presents the proceedings of the Third International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Control (ICEECA2017). It covers new control system models and troubleshooting tips, and also addresses complex system requirements, such as increased speed, precision and remote capabilities, bridging the gap between the...

This book summarizes the new research results presented at the 12th Joint Conference on Knowledge-Based Software Engineering (JCKBSE 2018), which took place on August 27-30, 2018 on the island of Corfu, Greece. The JCKBSE is a well-established international biennial conference that focuses on the...

Presents recent research on Data Science in PracticeDevoted to applications of Data Science and Big DataWritten by experts in the fieldAuthor: Alan SaidISBN-10: 3319975552ISBN-13: 9783319975559Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/27/2018Pages: 195Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.02lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d

This book provides an integrated framework for natural and artificial cognition by highlighting the fundamental role played by the cognitive architecture in the dialectics with the surrounding environment and consequently in the definition of a particular meaningful world.This book is also about embodied and...

This book addresses one of the most intriguing mysteries of our universe: the nature of dark matter. The results presented here mark a significant and substantial contribution to the search for new physics, in particular for new particles that couple to dark matter. The...

This book details qualitative research focusing on Internet startups, digital entrepreneurship, race and sex discrimination, and the sharing economy. Addressing the intersections between issues of gender, age, ethnicity and class, the author interviews startup founders, including many husband and wife teams, in order to...

This book surveys new algorithmic approaches and applications to natural and man-made disasters such as oil spills, hurricanes, earthquakes and wildfires. Based on the "Third International Conference on Dynamics of Disasters" held in Kalamata, Greece, July 2017, this Work includes contributions in evacuation logistics,...

Presents state-of-the-art results on optical communications Enables the reader to explore different aspects of optical systemsAddresses error connection techniquesAuthor: Alberto ParadisiISBN-10: 3319971867ISBN-13: 9783319971865Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/13/2018Pages: 261Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.24lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d

French Louisiana music emerged from the bayous and prairies of Southwest Louisiana in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Pioneered by impoverished Acadian and Afro-Caribbean settlers, the sound is marked by a high-pitched fiddle playing loud and fast above the bellow of a...

Author: Miloslav Bahna,Martina SekulováISBN-10: 3319970275ISBN-13: 9783319970271Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/12/2018Pages: 149Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.44d

This book theoretically defines and linguistically analyses the popular notion that poetry is 'difficult' - hard to read, hard to understand, hard to engage with. It is the first work to offer a stylistic and cognitive model that sheds new light on the mechanisms...

The book covers recent advances and progress in understanding both the fundamental science of lasers interactions in materials science, as well as a special emphasis on emerging applications enabled by the irradiation of materials by pulsed laser systems. The different chapters illustrate how, by...

This book presents selected peer-reviewed contributions from the International Work-Conference on Time Series, ITISE 2017, held in Granada, Spain, September 18-20, 2017. It discusses topics in time series analysis and forecasting, including advanced mathematical methodology, computational intelligence methods for time series, dimensionality reduction and...

Author: Sara KellerISBN-10: 3319968386ISBN-13: 9783319968384Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/27/2018Pages: 266Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.44lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 1.00d

This book presents in-depth investigation of the language used about women and ageing in public discourse, and compares this with the language used by women to express their personal, lived experience of ageing. It takes a linguistic approach to identify how messages contained in...

This book explores different theories of law, religion, and tradition, from both a secular and a religious perspective. It reflects on how tradition and change can affect religious and secular legal reasoning, identifying the patterns of legal evolution within religious and secular traditions.It is...

This book explores the space of queer documentary through the modernist optic of Marcel Proust's 'lieu factice' (artificial place), a perspective that problematizes the location of place in a post-postmodern world with a dispersed sense of the real. The practice of queer documentary in...

The city of Clermont-Ferrand in central France is inextricably linked to the global tire company Michelin--not only by the industrial, social, and economic realities that tie employees to employer, but also by a multi-generational, regional belief in the company's entrepreneurial mythos, the so-called "Michelin...

Argues that debates about animal ethics draw on the linguistic resources of the prevailing cultureOffers a compelling analysis of the religious shaping of contemporary animal discourseUses primary sources to demonstrate the enduring influence of "nonconformist conscience" throughout timeAuthor: Philip J. SampsonISBN-10: 3319964054ISBN-13: 9783319964058Publisher: Palgrave...

This monograph covers theoretical and practical aspects of the problem of autonomous guiding of unmanned aerial manipulators using visual information. For the estimation of the vehicle state (position, orientation, velocity, and acceleration), the authors propose a method that relies exclusively on the use of...

Highlights recent advances in genetics, epigenetics, and cell and molecular biology of prostate cancer that have not been covered in books on the market so far. Cutting edge new information is balanced with background information readily understandable for the newcomer and the experienced prostate...