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Wildfire Risk

06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Human Perceptions and Management Implications

By Wade E. Martin, Carol Raish, Brian Kent

£56.50 06 Jan 2009 Hardback Resources for the Future Press (RFF Press)

Follows from an increasing awareness among fire experts that relying on fire behavior models from the physical sciences to design a risk management program is no longer sufficient - and that simply increasing public knowledge related to wildfire hazard does not necessarily lead to appropriate risk reduction behaviors.

Incredible Anaerobes

06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

From Physiology to Genomics to Fuels

By Wiegel, Juergen

£80.00 06 Jan 2009 Paperback New York Academy of Sciences

Based on a symposium on biotechnology of anaerobic microbes, in honor of Professor Lars G Ljungdahl on the occasion of his retirement and 80th birthday. This volume presents the work on the use of anaerobes for biomass conversion, cellulose degradation, and processes to produce alternative biofuels, such as ethanol and biodiesel.

Handbook of Nucleic Acid Purification

06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Liu, Dongyou

£97.00 06 Jan 2009 Hardback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Covers nucleic acid purification strategies for bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, mammals, and plants. This book emphasizes sample preparation methods for direct molecular applications. It provides a review of historical background and purification principles.

The Formation of Black Holes in General Relativity

05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Demetrios Christodoulou

£86.00 05 Jan 2009 Hardback European Mathematical Society

Virtual Shadows

05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Your Privacy in the Information Society

By Karen Lawrence Oqvist

£14.95 05 Jan 2009 Paperback British Computer Society

Web 2.0 and social networking sites are challenging traditional notions of privacy and security in cyberspace. This title explains the major concepts in this brave Information Society, and highlights issues of security and safety as key areas where the rules of play have not been clearly defined or understood.

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05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

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£1.09 05 Jan 2009 Audio-Visual / Multimedia Item John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Atomic Charges, Bond Properties, and Molecular Energies

05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Sandor Fliszar

£58.95 05 Jan 2009 Hardback John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Covering conceptual quantum chemistry, this book explores chemical bonds, their intrinsic energies, and the corresponding dissociation energies, which are relevant in reactivity problems. It develops relatively uncomplicated but physically meaningful approaches to molecular properties.

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05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By John Arle

£4.02 05 Jan 2009 Audio-Visual / Multimedia Item John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Sex, Drugs and Chocolate

05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The Science of Pleasure

By Paul C. Martin

£16.99 05 Jan 2009 Hardback HarperCollins Publishers

Is pleasure selfish and are we selfish to pursue it, scientifically speaking?

Lie Groups

04 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

New Research

By Altos B. Canterra

£85.99 04 Jan 2009 Hardback Nova Science Publishers Inc

A Lie Group is a group which is also a differentiable manifold, with the property that the group operations are compatible with the smooth structure. They are named after the nineteenth century Norwegian mathematician Sophus Lie, who laid the foundations of the theory of continuous transformation groups. This book presents research on Lie groups.

Brain Mapping Research Progress

04 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Ines C Girard, Jade S Andre

£65.50 04 Jan 2009 Hardback Nova Science Publishers Inc

Brain mapping is a set of neuroscience techniques predicated on the mapping of quantities or properties onto spatial representations of the (human or non-human) brain resulting in maps. This book explains the temporal features of brain injury in three different developmental models of oxygen deprivation, capable of inducing apoptotic cell death.

IE Issues in Gen/Org and Biochem

04 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By ARMSTRONG

£59.00 04 Jan 2009 Book Cengage Learning

Atoms and Alchemy

04 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Chymistry and the Experimental Origins of the Scientific Revolution

By William R. Newman

£44.00 04 Jan 2009 Hardback The University of Chicago Press

Since the Enlightenment, alchemy has been viewed as a sort of antiscience, disparaged by many historians as a form of lunacy that impeded the development of rational chemistry. This title exposes the speciousness of these views and challenges widely held beliefs about the origins of the Scientific Revolution.

Maintenance of Horticultural Equipment

02 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By P.Arthur Reynolds

£28.00 02 Jan 2009 Hardback Biotech Books,India

Encyclopaedia of Horticultural and Allied Terms

02 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Amit Baran Sharangi

£100.00 02 Jan 2009 Hardback Daya Publishing House,India

Proceedings of the Conference on Recent Advances in Flame Retardancy of Polymeric Materials, 19th, 2008, v.1-2

02 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

£206.04 02 Jan 2009 Paperback Business Communications

Trends and Directions in Climate Research

02 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By L. Gimeno, Ricardo Garcia-Herrera, Ricardo Machado Trigo

£70.00 02 Jan 2009 Paperback New York Academy of Sciences

Examines future strategies in meteorology and climatology that involves the whole atmospheric and related communities: scientists, service providers, manufacturers and users.

An Introduction to Ecological Economics

02 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Robert Costanza, Richard B. Norgaard, Robert Goodland, Herman Daly, John H. Cumberland

£49.99 02 Jan 2009 Hardback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Offers an introduction to the field of ecological economics, which is concerned with ecological as well as economic needs, sustaining both 'nature's household' and 'humankind's household'. This title provides an understanding of natural and human-dominated ecosystems and integrates market economics within the limits posed by the biophysical world.

Aldrich Library of FT-IR Spectra

02 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Charles J. Pouchert

£585.00 02 Jan 2009 Hardback Sigma-Aldrich Corporation

Aldrich Library of FT-IR Spectra (v. 3)

02 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Vapor Phase

By Charles J. Pouchert

£291.00 02 Jan 2009 Hardback Sigma-Aldrich Corporation

Chem sources U.S.A. (Print ed.), 50th, 2009

02 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

£307.69 02 Jan 2009 Hardback Chemical Sources Intl

Annual review of fluid mechanics. (Online only), v.41, 2009 subscription.

02 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

£117.58 02 Jan 2009 Hardback Annual Reviews

Annual review of entomology. (Online only), v.54, 2009 subscription.

02 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

£117.58 02 Jan 2009 Hardback Annual Reviews

Infrared and Raman Spectra of Inorganic and Coordination Compounds

02 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Two Volume Set

By Kazuo Nakamoto

£115.00 02 Jan 2009 Hardback John Wiley and Sons Ltd

A guide to infrared and Raman spectra of inorganic, organometallic, bioinorganic, and coordination compounds.

Fundamentals of Soil Science

02 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By H.D. Foth

£30.95 02 Jan 2009 Paperback John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Computer Modeling in Bioengineering

02 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Nenad Filipovic, Boban Stojanovic, Nikola Kojic

£92.00 02 Jan 2009 Audio-Visual / Multimedia Item John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Offers a comprehensive reference for a number of bioengineering topics, presenting computer modeling problems and solutions for research and medical practice. This book includes computational methods for modelling bones, tissues, muscles, cardiovascular components, cartilage, cells and cancer nanotechnology as well as many other applications.

Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics

02 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Bruce R. Munson, Donald F. Young, Theodore H. Okiishi, Wade W. Huebsch

£61.50 02 Jan 2009 Paperback John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Bears

02 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

A Brief History

By Bernd Brunner

£9.99 02 Jan 2009 Paperback Yale University Press

Examines the shared history of people and bears. Hopscotching through history, literature, and science, this work uncovers little-known stories and facts about bears in European, North American, Japanese, Russian, and South and Southeast Asian cultures. It also reveals the extent to which human feelings about bears have been, and still are, mixed.

Life Explained

02 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Michel Morange

£14.99 02 Jan 2009 Hardback Yale University Press

Francis Crick and James D Watson proposed the double helix model for the DNA molecule. They believed they had, as Crick put it, discovered the "secret of life", and many agreed. This book proceeds to lay out the fundamental characteristics that define life.

The Nature of Difference

02 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Sciences of Race in the United States from Jefferson to Genomics

By Evelynn Maxine Hammonds, Rebecca Herzig

£61.95 02 Jan 2009 Hardback MIT Press Ltd

Rare Isotopes and Fundamental Symmetries: Proceedings of the Fourth Argonne/Int/Msu/Jina Frib Theory Workshop

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Proceedings of the Fourth Argonne/INTT/MSU/JINA FRIB Theory Workshop

By Brown, B. Alex Engel, Jonathan Haxton, Wick

£59.00 01 Jan 2009 Hardback World Scientific Publishing Company

Presents contributions from the Workshop on Rare Isotopes and Fundamental Symmetries, which was held on September 19-22, 2007, at the Institute for Nuclear Theory at the University of Washington. This book covers topics including Fermi beta decay, electron-neutrino correlations in nuclear beta decay.

Current Research Topics in Applied Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology: Proceedings of the II International Conference on E

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Proceedings of the II International Conference on Environmental, Industrial

By International Conference on Environmental, Industrial, and Applied Microbiology (2nd : 2007 : University of Seville, Spain)

£97.00 01 Jan 2009 Hardback World Scientific Publishing Company

Coastal and Estuarine Processes

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Nielsen, Peter

£31.87 01 Jan 2009 Paperback World Scientific Publishing Company

Coastal and Estuarine Processes

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Nielsen, Peter

£42.00 01 Jan 2009 Hardback World Scientific Publishing Company

Topics In Biomathematics

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By J.C. Misra

£53.00 01 Jan 2009 Hardback World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd

Focuses on the integration of mathematical models dealing with the dynamics of the cardiovascular system. The author uses a step-by-step approach to describe different components of the cardiovascular system and provides a variety of information about the dynamical behavior of the cardiovascular system with appropriate diagrams.

Advances in Numerical Simulation of Nonlinear Water Waves

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Ma, Qingwei

£75.82 01 Jan 2009 Hardback World Scientific Publishing Company

Advances in Geosciences (v. 12)

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Jianping Gan

£65.00 01 Jan 2009 Hardback World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd

Are Science and Mathematics Socially Constructed?: A Mathematician Encounters Postmodern Interpretations of Science

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

A Mathematician Encounters Postmodern Interpretations of Science

By Brown, Richard C.

£39.00 01 Jan 2009 Hardback World Scientific Publishing Company

This book analysis 'postmodern interpretations of science' (PIS) and the closely related 'sociology of scientific knowledge' (SSK). It examines the thoughts of Karl Popper, Karl Mannheim, Ludwik Fleck, Thomas Kuhn, Paul Feyerabend, David Bloor, Steve Shapin, Bruno Latour, and PIS-like doctrines in mathematics.

Innovation was not enough : a history of the Midwestern Universities Research Association (MURA)

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

£20.88 01 Jan 2009 Hardback World Scientific

Ghostly Muscles, Wrinkled Brains, Heresies and Hobbits: A Leverhulme Lecture Series

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Charles Oxnard

£26.00 01 Jan 2009 Paperback World Scientific Publishing Company

The Leverhulme Trust (UK) required Charles Oxnard to present a series of public lectures during his tenure of a Leverhulme Professorship at University College, London. The lectures had to be understandable not only to undergraduate and graduate students and colleagues, but also to the interested lay public. This volume reproduces those lectures.

Sir Rudolf Peierls: Selected Private and Scientific Correspondence (Volume 2)

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Selected Private and Scientific Correspondence

By Sabine Lee Peierls, Rudolf Ernst

£42.00 01 Jan 2009 Hardback World Scientific Publishing Company

Offers the private and scientific correspondence of Sir Rudolf Peierls, one of the greatest theoretical physicists of the 20th century. This book includes correspondence with his parents, his wife, the Russian-born physicist Genia Kannegieser, life-long friends such as Hans Bethe, and many physicists, including Wolfgang Pauli and Niels Bohr.

Bioelectronic Vision: Retina Models, Evaluation Metrics and System Design

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Retina Models, Evaluation Metrics and System Design

By Joao Carlos Martins Leonel Augusto Sousa Martins, Joao Carlos

£37.00 01 Jan 2009 Hardback World Scientific Publishing Company

Offers a mathematical and technical perspective in functional and structural retina models, presents evaluation metrics to assess those models, and provides insights about the models' hardware implementation. This book follows a signal processing perspective, where all models and metrics are discretized in order to tested in a digital system.

Satyendra Nath Bose - His Life and Times: Selected Works (with Commentary)

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Kameshwar C. Wali

£20.88 01 Jan 2009 Paperback World Scientific Publishing Company

Satyendra Nath Bose His Life and Times: Selected Works (with Commentary)

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Kameshwar C. Wali

£37.91 01 Jan 2009 Hardback World Scientific Publishing Company

Textbook of Structural Biology

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Anders Liljas Jure Piskur Lars Liljas

£31.00 01 Jan 2009 Paperback World Scientific Publishing Company

A textbook for undergraduate and graduate students in structural biology, chemistry, biochemistry, biology and medicine. It covers various aspects of proteins, nucleic acids and lipids, including the rise and fall of proteins, membranes and gradients, the structural biology of cells, and evolution - the comparative structural biology.

Straight Talk on Biotechnology: Volume 1

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Peczon, Benigno D. Manalo, Abraham J.

£33.50 01 Jan 2009 Paperback Ateneo de Manila Univ Press

Electrically Conductive Adhesives

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Gomatam, R. Mittal, K. L.

£136.26 01 Jan 2009 Hardback Brill Academic Publishers

Diptera diversity : status, challenges and tools

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

£102.20 01 Jan 2009 Hardback Brill Academic Pubs

Solution Structure and Solution Dynamics in Chiral Ytterbium (Bk. 3)

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Moreno Lelli

£14.99 01 Jan 2009 Paperback Birkhauser Verlag AG

Structure of Matter

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Attilio Rigamonti, Pietro Carretta

£31.99 01 Jan 2009 Paperback Springer Verlag, Italy

Il Bizzarro Mondo Dei Quanti

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Arroyo, Silvia

£21.95 01 Jan 2009 Paperback Springer

Writing a Biomedical Research Paper: A Guide to Structure and Style

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Budgell, Brian

£19.99 01 Jan 2009 Paperback Springer

A guide to writing a biomedical research article. It includes chapters that are arranged according to the sequence of tasks that we normally encounter in our writing. It deals with writing and submission of manuscripts.

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Carcinogenesis in the Hamster

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Tajima, Yoshitsugu Kuroki, Tamotsu Kanematsu, Takashi

£99.00 01 Jan 2009 Hardback Springer

Ecotoxicology of Antifouling Biocides

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Arai, Takaomi Harino, Hiroya Ohji, Madoka

£150.50 01 Jan 2009 Hardback Springer

Management of Disease in Wild Mammals

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Delahay, Richard Hutchings, Mike Smith, Graham

£79.00 01 Jan 2009 Hardback Springer

Bild-DVD, Bioanalytik Fa1/4r Einsteiger: Alle Grafiken Des Buches

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Renneberg, Reinhard

£21.95 01 Jan 2009 Non-Book Item Spektrum Akademischer Verlag

Sa1/4awasserflora Von Mitteleuropa, Bd. 21/1 Freshwater Flora of Central Europe, Vol. 21/1: Fungi: 1. Teil / 1st Part: Lichens

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Tha1/4s, Holger Universitat Hamburg Schultz, Matthias

£45.50 01 Jan 2009 Hardback Spektrum Akademischer Verlag

Focuses on freshwater lichens (symbiotic associations of a fungus with a photosynthetic partner, usually green algae or cyanobacteria), which can be found in most running waterbodies with clean water and stable bedrocks, but some species are also characteristic for moderately polluted rivers and lake margins.

Earth Sciences and Mathematics, Volume II

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Camacho, Antonio G. Da-Az, Jesas I. Fernandez, Josa(c)

£39.99 01 Jan 2009 Paperback Birkhauser Basel

A Complutense International Seminar on 'Earth Sciences and Mathematics' was organised and held in Madrid at the Facultad de Ciencias Matematicas of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in September 2006. This title contains papers addressing different topics as analysis of InSAR time series, and fuzzy classification for remote sensing.

Quantum Field Theory: Competitive Models

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Competitive Models

By Fauser, Bertfried Tolksdorf, Jurgen Zeidler, Eberhard

£71.00 01 Jan 2009 Hardback Birkhauser Boston

Computational Fluid Dynamics 2006

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By H. Deconinck, E. Dick, U. Ghent

£158.00 01 Jan 2009 Hardback Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG

Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies: International Joint Conference, Biostec 2008 Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, Januar

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

£62.99 01 Jan 2009 Paperback Springer

Constitutes the proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2008, held in Funchal, Portugal, in January 2008. This book contains papers that are organized in topical sections on biodevices, biosignals as well as health.

Templates in Chemistry III

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

£155.00 01 Jan 2009 Hardback Springer

Advances in Water Resources & Hydraulic Engineering: Proceedings of 16th Iahr-Apd Congress and 3rd Symposium of Iahr-Ishs

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Zhang, Changkuan Tang, Hongwu

£789.50 01 Jan 2009 Hardback Springer

Includes the proceedings of 16th IAHR-APD Congress and 3rd Symposium of IAHR-ISHS. This title discusses some serious problems of sustainable development of human society related to water resources, disaster caused by flooding or draught, environment and ecology, and introduces research in river engineering and fluvial processes.

Ultrasonic Wave Propagation in Non Homogeneous Media

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Leger, Alain DesChamps, Marc

£158.00 01 Jan 2009 Hardback Springer

Covers non destructive testing and non destructive evaluation using ultrasounds, an important field of applications. This title provides research results on wave propagation in complex materials and structures which are concerned with problems on composites, bonding, guided waves, contact or damage, imaging and structural noise.

Future Spacecraft Propulsion Systems: Enabling Technologies for Space Exploration

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Czysz, Paul A. Bruno, Claudio

£118.50 01 Jan 2009 Hardback Springer

Demonstrates the need to break free from the old established concepts of expendable rockets, using chemical propulsion, and to develop new breeds of launch vehicle capable of both launching payloads into orbit at a dramatically reduced cost and for sustained operations in low-Earth orbit.

X-Ray and Neutron Reflectivity: Principles and Applications

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Principles and Applications

By Daillant, Jean Gibaud, Alain

£55.99 01 Jan 2009 Hardback Springer

Presents an introduction to X -ray and neutron reflectivity techniques. This book considers the interplay between the statistics of rough surfaces and interfaces and the scattering of radiation. It describes the method of grazing incidence in small angle X-ray scattering to investigate nanostructures.

Physics of Black Holes: A Guided Tour

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

A Guided Tour

By Papantonopoulos, Lefteris Papantonopoulos, Eleftherios

£71.00 01 Jan 2009 Hardback Springer

Black Holes are still considered to be among the most mysterious and fascinating objects in our universe. This book offers information on black hole thermodynamics, numerical simulations of black hole formation and collisions. It is suitable for both postgraduate students and young researchers in the fields of modern cosmology, and astrophysics.

Hommel Interaktiv: Handbuch Der Gefahrlichen Ga1/4ter CD-ROM. Update Netzwerkversion 7.0 Auf 8.0

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Hommel, Ga1/4nter

£378.57 01 Jan 2009 Non-Book Item Springer

Diese Update CD-ROM aktualisiert die Daten der Hommel interaktiv CD-ROM Netzwerkversion 7.0. Sie enthAlt die Daten des Druckwerk-Updates 12/2008.

Hommel Interaktiv: Handbuch Der Gefahrlichen Ga1/4ter CD-ROM. Version 8.0 Netzwerkversion

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Hommel, Ga1/4nter

£1455.49 01 Jan 2009 Non-Book Item Springer

Die Hommel interaktiv CD-ROM V.8.0 Netzwerk ist eine voll netzwerk- und multiuserfAhige Ausgabe des gesamten Handbuchs der gefAhrlichen GA1/4ter, Datenstand 12/2008 (23. Auflage des Druckwerks). Neubezieher der Netzwerkversion, die auch Bezieher der Druckversion sind, erhalten einen Rabatt von 20%.

Die Bezieher der Netzwerkversion 7.0 kAnnen durch eine Update CD-ROM ihre Daten auf den neuesten Stand bringen (enthAlt die Daten des Druckwerk-Updates 12/2008).

Hommel Interaktiv: Handbuch Der Gefahrlichen Ga1/4ter CD-ROM. Version 8.0 Einzelplatzversion

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Hommel, Ga1/4nter

£5.47 01 Jan 2009 Non-Book Item Springer

Das Handbuch der gefAhrlichen GA1/4ter ist das Standardwerk fA1/4r den Transport von GefahrgA1/4tern. Es gibt Informationen zu nationalen und internationalen Transportvorschriften und zu NotfallmaAnahmen bei UnfAllen mit gefAhrlichen GA1/4tern sowie Hinweise fA1/4r die Arztliche Erstbehandlung von Personen.

Die Einzelplatzversion der Hommel interaktiv CD-ROM ist nicht kAuflich erhAltlich, die Bezieher des Druckwerks erhalten sie kostenlos. Der Datenstand der Version 8.0 entspricht der 23. (aktuellen) Auflage des Gesamtwerks des Handbuchs der gefAhrlichen GA1/4ter.

Erstmalig gleichzeitige Auslieferung von Druckwerk und Einzelplatz-CD!

Handbuch Der Gefahrlichen Ga1/4ter. Transport Und Gefahrenklassen Neu: Umsetzung Der Un-Strukturreform Auf Alle Verkehrsebenen -

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Hommel, Ga1/4nter

£131.32 01 Jan 2009 Hardback (Boxed Set) Springer

Das "Handbuch der gefAhrlichen GA1/4ter" ist das Standardwerk fA1/4r den Transport von GefahrgA1/4tern. Es gibt Informationen zu nationalen und internationalen Transportvorschriften und zu NotfallmaAnahmen bei UnfAllen mit gefAhrlichen GA1/4tern sowie Hinweise fA1/4r die Arztliche Erstbehandlung von Personen.

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Handbuch Der Gefahrlichen Ga1/4ter. Transport- Und Gefahrenklassen Neu. Austauschlieferung, Dezember 2008: Umsetzung Der Un-Stru

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Hommel, Ga1/4nter

£70.88 01 Jan 2009 Hardback (Boxed Set) Springer

Handbuch Der Gefahrlichen Ga1/4ter. Erlauterungen II. Austauschlieferung, Dezember 2008: Anhang 9

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Hommel, Ga1/4nter

£70.88 01 Jan 2009 Hardback (Boxed Set) Springer

Die BAnde "ErlAuterungen I und Synonymliste" und "ErlAuterungen II" (nur geschlossen beziehbar) ersetzen den bisherigen Band "ErlAuterungen und Synonymliste"; sie stellen das Register fA1/4r das Handbuch der gefAhrlichen GA1/4ter dar und ermAglichen das Auffinden der MerkblAtter in den BAnden 1 bis 7/1 nach Stoffbezeichnungen und anderen Kriterien. Der Anhang 4 befindet sich damit nicht mehr in dem Band "Transport- und Gefahrenklassen Neu," sondern wieder in den ErlAuterungen ("ErlAuterungen I und Synonymliste").

Fortsetzungsbestellungen der Aktualisierungslieferungen werden dringend empfohlen.

Handbuch Der Gefahrlichen Ga1/4ter. Erlauterungen I Und Synonymliste. Austauschlieferung, Dezember 2008: Allgemeine Erlauterunge

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Hommel, Ga1/4nter

£114.84 01 Jan 2009 Hardback (Boxed Set) Springer

Fortsetzungsbestellungen der Aktualisierungslieferungen werden dringend empfohlen.

Handbuch Der Gefahrlichen Ga1/4ter Band 4: Merkblatter 1206-1612

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Hommel, Ga1/4nter

£202.75 01 Jan 2009 Hardback (Boxed Set) Springer

Das Handbuch der gefAhrlichen GA1/4ter ist das Standardwerk fA1/4r den Transport von GefahrgA1/4tern. Es gibt Informationen zu nationalen und internationalen Transportvorschriften und zu NotfallmaAnahmen bei UnfAllen sowie Hinweise fA1/4r die Arztliche Erstbehandlung von Personen. Der Band 4 des Handbuchs der gefAhrlichen GA1/4ter wurde aktualisiert.

Environmental Mechanics of Aeolian Processes

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Zheng, Xiaojing Huang, Ning

£79.00 01 Jan 2009 Hardback Springer

Mechanics plays a fundamental role in aeolian processes and other environmental studies. This book presents the progress in the research of aeolian processes, especially in the research on mechanism, theoretical modelling and computational simulation of aeolian processes from the viewpoint of mechanics.

Environmental Consequences of War and Aftermath

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

£197.00 01 Jan 2009 Hardback Springer

War has disastrous effects on people and the physical, biological, economic, and social environment. This handbook presents the research on the environmental consequences of war and its aftermath. It provides the basic background information needed to better grasp the problem of the environmental consequences of war.

Bio-Inspired Catalysts

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

£205.00 01 Jan 2009 Hardback Springer

Summarizes the state of enantioselective epoxidation, sulfoxidation, fluorination, hydrogenation, allylic alkylation, Diels-Alder cycloadditions as well as Michael additions catalyzed by artificial metalloenzymes. This book demonstrates the compatibility and complementarity of organometallic and enzymatic catalysis.

Advanced Computer Simulation Approaches for Soft Matter Sciences III

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

£158.00 01 Jan 2009 Hardback Springer

Quantum Electrodynamics

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Greiner, Walter Reinhardt, Joachim

£59.99 01 Jan 2009 Paperback Springer

Introduces a large number of scattering and radiation processes involving electrons, positrons, and photons. This book presents a discussion of two-particle states and the interaction of spin less bosons.

Cathodoluminescence and Its Application in the Planetary Sciences

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Gucsik, Arnold

£103.00 01 Jan 2009 Hardback Springer

Cathodoluminescence microscopy/spectroscopy is a powerful technique providing detailed information on the shock metamorphism of target rocks, biosignatures of meteorites and mineralogy of the pre-solar grains. Moreover, it can be used as an in-situ method to classify the solid-atmospheric-liquid interactions on the surface of Mars.

Complex and Chaotic Nonlinear Dynamics: Advances in Economics and Finance, Mathematics and Statistics

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Advances in Economics and Finance, Mathematics and Statistics

By Vialar, Thierry

£118.50 01 Jan 2009 Hardback Springer

Complex dynamics constitute a growing and increasingly important area as they offer a strong potential to explain and formalize natural, physical, financial and economic phenomena. This book pursues the goal to bring together a body of knowledge regarding complex dynamics from various academic disciplines.

Aeolian Sand and Sand Dunes

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Pye, Kenneth Tsoar, Haim

£103.00 01 Jan 2009 Hardback Springer

Advances in Geocomputing

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Xing, Huilin

£104.80 01 Jan 2009 Hardback Springer

Offers a concise overview of the development in geocomputing, which covers the model construction and result visualisation, advanced computational theory and high performance software development on supercomputers and their applications in simulating geodynamics, crustal dynamics, earthquakes, tsunami and rock physics spanning different scales.

Advances in Solid State Physics / Volume 48

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

£118.50 01 Jan 2009 Hardback Springer

The 2008 Spring Meeting of the Arbeitskreis Festkorperphysik was held in Berlin, Germany, between February 24 and February 29, 2008 in conjunction with the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. The 2008 meeting was the largest physics meeting in Europe and among the largest physics meetings in the world in 2008.

The Euroschool Lectures on Physics with Exotic Beams, Vol. III

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Al-Khalili, Jim Roeckl, Ernst Roeckl, E.

£47.99 01 Jan 2009 Hardback Springer

Presents a series of Lecture Notes based on the Euro Summer School on Exotic Beams. This title intends to provide an introduction to radioactive ion-beam physics at the level of graduate students and young postdocs starting out in the field. It covers a range of topics from nuclear theory to experiment and applications.

Brennstoffzellen Und Virtuelle Kraftwerke: Energie-, Umwelt- Und Technologiepolitische Aspekte Einer Effizienten Hausenergievers

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Bert, Droste-Franke Berg, Holger Annette, Katter

£55.99 01 Jan 2009 Hardback Springer

"Brennstoffzellen Und Virtuelle Kraftwerke".

Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed-Matter Physics XX: Proceedings of the Twentieth Workshop Athens, Ga, USA, February 19--

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed-Matter Physics XX (20th : 2007 : Athens, Georgia)

£128.00 01 Jan 2009 Hardback Springer

Features the developments in the field, spanning a range of topical areas in the computer simulation of condensed matter/materials physics. This status report includes topics ranging from the statistical mechanics of classical magnetic spin models to electronic structure calculations, quantum simulations, and simulations of soft condensed matter.

Quantum gravitation : the Feynman path integral approach

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Hamber, Herbert W.

£55.99 01 Jan 2009 Hardback Springer Verlag

Covers the theory of Quantum Gravitation from the point of view of Feynman path integrals. This book provides an outline of the status of the theory gravity based on Feynman's formulation. It is suitable for those with an interest in quantum cosmology, quantum gravity and its relation to non-abelian gauge theories.

Das Vogelbuch Von Conrad Gessner (1516-1565): Ein Archiv Fa1/4r Avifaunistische Daten

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Springer, Katharina B. Kinzelbach, Ragnar K.

£158.79 01 Jan 2009 Hardback Springer

Dieses Werk erschlieAt erstmals die bedeutendste und umfassendste Sammlung avifaunistischer Daten des 16. Jh. in Mitteleuropa, die lateinische Ausgabe des Vogelbuchs des bedeutenden ZA1/4rcher Arztes und Universalgelehrten Conrad Gessner (1516-1565). Mit rund 260 Arten, davon 240 durch Illustrationen reprAsentiert, lAsst sich die Avifauna des 16. Jh. rekonstruieren.

Cell Biology of Plant Nematode Parasitism

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Berg, R. Howard Taylor, Christopher G.

£87.00 01 Jan 2009 Hardback Springer

Plant-parasitic nematodes are among the destructive plant pathogens, causing enormous losses to agronomic crops worldwide. This book provides a review of research related to two of the important nematode pests, root-knot and cyst nematodes.

Tools of Radio Astronomy

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Wilson, Thomas L. Rohlfs, Kristen Ha1/4ttemeister, Susanne

£63.99 01 Jan 2009 Hardback Springer

A guide to radio astronomy. It covers topics including instruments, sensitivity considerations, observational methods and interpretations of the data recorded with both single dishes and interferometers. It is suitable for both students and experienced practicing astronomers.

The Ubiquitin System in Health and Disease

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

£49.99 01 Jan 2009 Hardback Springer

The ubiquitin system plays an essential role in numerous cellular processes by controlling protein stability and function. An understanding of the mechanisms governing these processes is likely to allow the identification of novel targets for pharmacological intervention. This work covers the developments in this field.

The Aral Sea Encyclopedia

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Zonn, Igor S. Glantz, M. Kostianoy, Andrey

£79.00 01 Jan 2009 Hardback Springer

The situation of the Aral Sea is known as one of the worst man-made environmental crises of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This work focuses on the remarkable phenomenon of the possibility of Aral Sea's imminent disappearance from the Earth in the time span of a single human generation.

The Economics of Natural Gas Storage

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Creti, Anna

£59.99 01 Jan 2009 Hardback Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG

Within the context of an evolving global market for natural gas and restructuring efforts in the European market, gas storage is an important element. This book covers four main topics: development of commercial storage; access regulation; capacity allocation and market power; and, storage and security of gas supply.

Elements of Synthesis Planning

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Hoffmann, R. W.

£23.99 01 Jan 2009 Paperback Springer

The total synthesis of compounds with interesting physical or biological properties is at the core of organic chemistry. This book details synthetic strategies, provides criteria for ranking different synthesis plans, and provides guidelines for optimizing syntheses.

Icame 2007: Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on the Applications of the Massbauer Effect (Icame 2007) Held in Ka

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Gajbhiye, N. S. Date, S. K.

£118.50 01 Jan 2009 Hardback Springer

Presents an overview of the Mossbauer Effect in many diverse fields such as Condensed Matter Physics, Solid state Chemistry, Electro and Bio-inorganic Chemistry, Catalyis, Medicine, Geology, Minerology, and Archeology and Materials Science.

Uranium Deposits of the World

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Franz J. Dahlkamp

£706.76 01 Jan 2009 Electronic Book Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG

Tropical Fire Ecology: Climate Change, Land Use and Ecosystem Dynamics

01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By Cochrane, Mark C.

£118.50 01 Jan 2009 Hardback Springer