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Until the publication of Introduction to Nuclear Reactions, an introductory reference on nonrelativistic nuclear reactions had been unavailable. Providing a concise overview of nuclear reactions, this reference discusses the main formalisms, ranging from basic laws to the final formulae used to calc... More

A Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless. Everything you might want to know about infinity -- in history, and all the way to today's cutting-edge science.Throughout history, the Infinite has been a dangerous idea. Men have lost their lives, their careers, or their freedom for talking abo... More

The Schaum’s Outline Series book on Finite Element Analysis gives a complete overview of the subject. There are plenty of solved examples for better conceptual understanding and practice exercises to test ones understanding of the subject. Key Features : An easy-to-understand overview of the princ... More

This best-selling text on CMOS VLSI design details the modern techniques for the design of complex and high-performance CMOS systems on a chip. Covering CMOS design from the digital systems level to the circuit level, the book explains the fundamental principles and is a guide to good design practi... More

"Introduction to Applied Geophysics" covers the fundamental principles and common methods of exploration geophysics, preparing students for field study of the shallow subsurface. Offering a chapter on each of the most common methods of exploration, the text explains in detail how each method is perf... More

Mathematical Symbols and Notations / Introduction / Fundamental Concepts of Wavelets Transform / The Method of Wavelet Transform / Wavelets and Fractals / Wavelets and Functional Analysis / Discretization / Applications / Wavelets in Mathematical Physics / Conclusion / IndexWavelet analysis has been... More

Contents.1. Introduction.2. Tutorial Lessons.3. Interactive Computation.4. Programming in MATLAB: Scripts and Function.5. Applications.6. Graphics.7. Errors8. What Else Is There?... More

This fourth edition continues to improve on the features that have made it the market leader. The text offers a flexible organization, enabling instructors to adapt the book to their particular courses: discrete mathematics, graph theory, modern algebra, and/or combinatorics. More elementary problem... More

Featuring more than 2,000 cross-referenced entries, the encyclopedia includes four essays, interspered throughout the text, that discuss compounds, the functions within a crime lab, molecular modeling and the presence of chemistry in everyday life. Enhanced by more than 150 black-and-white illustrat... More

Avoiding or controlling fatigue damage is a major issue in the design and inspection of welded structures subjected to dynamic loading. Life predictions are usually used for safe life analysis, i.e. for verifying that it is very unlikely that fatigue damage will occur during the target service life ... More

Lathi's trademark user-friendly and highly readable text presents a complete and modern treatment of communication systems. It begins by introducing students to the basics of communication systems without using probabilistic theory. Only after a solid knowledge base--an understanding of how communic... More

Lathi's trademark user-friendly and highly readable text presents a complete and modern treatment of communication systems. It begins by introducing students to the basics of communication systems without using probabilistic theory. Only after a solid knowledge base--an understanding of how communic... More