Optically Anomalous Crystals
Optically Anomalous Crystals begins with an historical introduction covering the contributions of Brewster, Biot, Mallard, ...
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POF Handbook : Optical Short Range Transmission Systems
This handbook shows available commercial solutions as well as the potentials for future applications. Further application ...
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Phase Transitions of Simple Systems
This monograph develops a unified microscopic basis for phases and phase changes of bulk matter and small systems in terms ...
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Physical Properties of Polymers Handbook
This handbook offers concise information on the properties of polymeric materials, particularly those most relevant to the ...
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Quantum Annealing and Related Optimization Methods
Quantum annealing employs quantum fluctuations in frustrated systems or networks to anneal the system down to its ground ...
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Recycled Ceramics in Sustainable Concrete : Properties and Performance / Kwok Wei Shah, Ghasan Fahim Huseien
Explores the use of novel waste materials in the construction industry as sustainable and environmentally friendly alternatives ...
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Roof Construction Manual: Pitched Roofs / Eberhard Schunck, Hans Jochen Oster, Rainer Barthel, Kurt Kiessl
A comprehensive reference work on the construction of pitched roofs, containing over 1800 plans and 220 photographs. Thirteen ...
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Rugged Free Energy Landscapes : Common Computational Approaches to Spin Glasses, Structural Glasses and Biological Macromolecules
This collection of lectures and tutorial reviews by renowned experts focusses on the common computational approaches in use ...
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Rural Retirement Migration
This book examines the migration of older persons to rural retirement destinations in the United States. While the majority ...
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Self-Consistent Methods for Composites : Vol. 2: Wave Propagation in Heterogeneous Materials
The book is dedicated to the application of self-consistent methods to the solution of static and dynamic problems of the ...
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Self-Consistent Methods for Composites : Vol.1: Static Problems
The book is dedicated to the application of self-consistent methods to the solution of static and dynamic problems of the ...
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Sol-Gel Methods for Materials Processing : Focusing on Materials for Pollution Control, Water Purification, and Soil Remediation
In this volume several contributions from invited speakers and participants at the NATO advanced research workshop on "Sol-gel ...
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Spin Glasses
Spin glass theory is going through a stunning period of progress while finding exciting new applications in areas beyond ...
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Springer Handbook of Condensed Matter and Materials Data
Springer Handbook of Condensed Matter and Materials Data provides a concise compilation of data and functional relationships ...
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The Taking and Displaying of Human Body Parts as Trophies by Amerindians
This edited volume mainly focuses on this practice in both North and South America. The editors and contributors examine ...
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The Theory of the Moiré Phenomenon
Since The Theory of the Moiré Phenomenon was published it became the main reference book in its field. It provided for the ...
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Time-Resolved Spectroscopy in Complex Liquids
Time-Resolved Spectroscopy in Complex Liquids introduces current state-of-the-art techniques in the study of complex dynamical ...
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Violence Against Women : An International Perspective
The International Violence against Women Survey (IVAWS) has interviewed over 23,000 women in eleven countries (including ...
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Violence in Europe
Taking the sociocultural long view, Violence in Europe analyzes the prevalence and role of violence—from street crime to ...
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Waste Materials and By-Products in Concrete
Non-hazardous waste materials and by-products which are mostly landfilled can be used in making concrete and similar construction ...
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