“abraham vijayan”

This is essentially a textbook on sociological thought which critically examines major sociological thinkers like Comte, Marx, Spencer, Durkheim, Pareto, Simmel Weber, Mannheim and Sorokin. The book is written in an easy, lucid style and sums up the development of sociological thought for over two c... More

This volume on postcolonial theories focuses on the theoretical essays included in the English syllabi across the universities in India. The book has chapters on ‘The Colonizer and The Colonized’, ‘Subalternity’, ‘Education and Language’, ‘Culture’ and ‘Globalization’. It include... More

This book is the first serious historical account of the development of India’s nuclear programme and of how the bomb came to be made. It is also a pioneering exploration of the sociology of science in a Third World context and offers a radically new argument about the Indian state and its post-co... More

ContentsPART ONE (OVERVIEW)Chapter 1 . Introduction.Chapter 2 . System Structures.PART TWO (PROCESS MANAGEMENT)Chapter 3. Process-Concept.Chapter 4. Multithreaded Programming.Chapter 5. Process Scheduling.PART THREE (PROCESS COORDINATION)Chapter 6. Synchronization.Chapter 7. Deadlocks.PART FOUR... More

Operating systems are large and complex, and yet must function with near-absolute reliability - thats why they were a class unto themselves in the field of software development. Since its first release 20 years ago, "the dinosaur book" - Operating System Concepts by Abraham Silberschatz, Peter Baer ... More

This dictionary documents alchemical symbolism from the early centuries AD to the late-twentieth century, for use by historians of literary culture, philosophy, science and the visual arts, and readers interested in alchemy and hermeticism. Each entry includes a definition of the symbol, giving the ... More