“maurice herlihy”

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Distributed Computing, DISC 2000, held in Toledo, Spain in October 2000. The 23 revised full papers presented together with one invited contribution were carefully reviewed and selected from more than 100 submissi... More

This book is the first comprehensive presentation of the principles and tools available for programming multiprocessor machines. It is of immediate use to programmers working with the new architectures. For example, the next generation of computer game consoles will all be multiprocessor-based, and ... More

EPHEMERA IS THE PLURAL FORM OF THE GREEK WORD EPHEMERON (EPI = ON, ABOUT, ROUND; HEMERA = DAY). LITERALLY, IT REFERS TO SOMETHING THAT LASTS THROUGH THE DAY, OR, AS MAURICE RICKARDS PROPOSED, THE MINOR TRANSIENT DOCUMENTS OF EVERYDAY LIFE, ALTHOUGH NOT EVERY ITEM OF EPHEMERA CAN BE REGARDED AS TRANS... More

What is Cosmic Consciousness ? The present volume is an attempt to answer this question; but notwithstanding it seems well to make a short prefatory statement in as plain language as possible so as to open the door, as it were, for the more elaborate exposition to be attempted in the body of the wor... More

Introducing the most authoritative and comprehensive text on both the scientific foundations and the clincial practice of neuroanesthesia. It combines the expertise of anesthesiologists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, and radiologists, who present the most up-to-date information on the pathophysuilogy... More