Adsorption by Powders and Porous Solids: Principles, Methodology and Applications

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The declared objective of this book is to provide an introductory review of the various theoretical and practical aspects of adsorption by powders and porous solids with particular reference to materials of technological importance. The primary aim is to meet the needs of students and non-specialists, who are new to surface science or who wish to use the advanced techniques now available for the determination of surface area, pore size and surface characterization. In addition, a critical account is given of recent work on the adsorptive properties of activated carbons, oxides, clays and zeolites.

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* Provides a comprehensive treatment of adsorption at both the gas/solid interface and the liquid/solid interface
* Includes chapters dealing with experimental methodology and the interpretation of adsorption data obtained with porous oxides, carbons and zeolites
* Techniques capture the importance of heterogeneous catalysis, chemical engineering and the production of pigments, cements, agrochemicals, and pharmaceuticals

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surface science.......2000-10-21

adsorption, neutron diffraction, physisorption, adsorption isotherms, MgO(100), spectre of diffraction

Worthy Successor.......2000-06-29

A long-awaited but worthy successor to the book considered by many to be the bible of porous materials characterization: "Gregg & Sing" (2nd Edition, 1982). This collaboration between the Rouquerols and Ken Sing has created a detailed handbook covering not only important theoretical aspects, but copious experimental and application information too. Adsorption calorimetry gets more attention than before (not surprising given the Rouquerols' affiliation), as do "new" materials such as MCM's and "new" calculation models like DFT (Density Functional Theory) and Monte Carlo simulation. Importantly, there is a great deal of coverage given to adsorptives other than nitrogen (the most common but not necessarily the most appropriate in all cases). Hundreds of references are given for follow-up reading in areas of special interest. Anyone seeking a reliable, broad, yet highly informative coverage of adsorption methodology for porous materials characterization should invest in this title.

Adsorption by Powders and Porous Solids: Principles, Methodology and Applications

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Adsorption by Powders and Porous Solids: Principles, Methodology and Applications
Jean Rouquerol, Kenneth Sing, J. Rouquerol, K. S. W. Sing Francoise Rouquerol
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Good book from this point of view.

Just the facts, maam

Just read the top ten

Typical ID/creationist crack at evolution, great if you want to reinforce your world view

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Icons of Evolution: Science or Myth? Why Much of What We Teach About Evolution is Wrong
Jonathan Wells
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Everything you were taught about evolution is wrong.

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Good book from this point of view........2007-09-25

This book a fairly good critique of evolution. This book I'm sure will receive many poor reviews or raving reviews from people who have already decided which side of the debate they are on (or would claim there is not even room for debate on this subject).

"Icons of Evolution" points out flaws in the basic illustrations that are always given to people just learning about evolution. These illustrations are used as a basis to support evolution where no alternative theories are given in biology classes (particularly at the lower levels of education.) Anyone who advances to the upper levels of any type of science will realize that many theories that are used to simplify teaching at the lower levels of education are flawed or debateable.

I have to question a theory that uses such obviously flawed examples to attempt to show uneducated people how it works. I was particularly interested in the discusson on the fossil record (which shows a particular explosion of species in a certain period of time.) I recommend the book to anyone who is interested in finding out more about evolution, although there are many other books you should read as well.

Just the facts, maam.......2007-07-07

Jonathan Wells systematically examines and dissects 10 classic "examples" of Darwinian

evolution. Drawing on the published works of recognized scientists, Wells exposes the

logical fallacies and factual errors of the pre-biotic soup, peppered moth, homologous

structures, Archaeopteryx, and other "showcases" of evolution. He also considers the

perpetuation of these "examples" in current (up to Y2K) biology textbooks. I wish this book

had been available when I was in college 20 years ago. I hope it is on the shelves in major

universities today. I hope university biology professors have the courage to read it, and

tell their to students about it. But if all that fails, I hope you, with an interest in the

subject, get it and read it yourself. Other titles you might enjoy include "Evolution: A

Theory in Crisis" by Michael Denton; "Of Pandas and People" by Dean Kenyon and Percival

Davis; "The Creation Hypothesis", ed. JP Moreland; "Darwin on Trial", by Philip Johnson;

"Darwin's Black Box" by Michael Behe; "What is Creation Science?" by Henry Morris and Gary

Parker; "Uncommon Dissent", ed. William Dembski; "Darwin's Enigma" by Luther Sunderland.

Just read the top ten.......2007-07-05

You can skip the book and read his top ten. Your not missing anything new.

I love how he wants to debate the 'evils' of a scientific theory with fallacy of the single cause and slippery slope arguments and not just the scientific facts. For example:

"Darwinism has been used historically to justify social evils such as eugenics and racism."

Of course, I'd be accused of 'attacking religion and moral values' if I point out that religion has been the cause of woe. Salem Trials, 911, the Crusades, do I need to go on? Obviously humans misuse ideas to fit a cause. Science is not the cause of racists any more then religion is the cause of the IRA.

My favorite is how 'Darwinists' want to censor free thought by not teaching ID in schools. Since for years his camp has been outlawing the teaching of Evolution in biological science, it's a sadly lacking argument. ID is a good discussion for a politics or comparative religion course in any school. Since it lacks any scientific merit, it does not belong in the science classroom of our public schools.

What bothers me most is how the Creationist camp has attempted to use the tools of science and logical argument to mislead. ID is a silly attempt to make religion a science so they can force a doctrine to be taught in school. In the end, ID only has one 'proof', which is the Bible. That makes ID a religion. End of story.

Typical ID/creationist crack at evolution, great if you want to reinforce your world view.......2007-07-05

First thing is I suggest getting this book from you local library.

If you like the topic of evolution and have read Dawkins or Mayr you might want to indulge in this short book to develop a better understand of what evolution is not . This book will do an excellent job of providing the typically Christian creationist (or Intelligent Designer) a reinforcement of their world view by casting doubt on evolutionary processes.

That being said I do believe that Dr. Wells is a good writer, decent at constructing an argument for the uninformed reader and even better at sounding convincing.... Also his attempts at casting doubt on evolution are completely unsuccessful.

The book truly is a simple example of deconstruction. One of the basic techniques Dr.Wells employs is to take the disagreements about "how" evolution happens and turn it into the argument "does evolution happen"? It is somewhat intellectually dishonest.

The most incredible part of the book is the last few chapters. His blatant attacks on evolutionary biologists are uncalled for and his conspiracy theories about government funding for research based evolutionary biologists is as crazy as the Roswell aliens or the JFK assassination conspiracy, UFO's ... etc.

The fact is there is no debate among true scientist about evolution. The evidence for evolution is overwhelming, widely accepted, has undergone peer review etc... has all the elements of good science - Evolution is a scientific fact that is as well established as the theory of gravity. Then again if use deconstruction techniques and are sufficiently uninformed about physics you could probably disprove gravity.

In summary if you are uninformed about evolution and like conspiracy theories you might really like this book, the arguments do sound convincing. If you want to really learn about the science behind evolution you might want to pick up something by Dawkins or Mayr.

sensational tabloid garbage.......2007-06-01

my biggest beef with this book is the blatant lies and misuse use of facts.one example is the haeckels embryos and how the drawings are inaccurate.first off the drawings are 12o yrs old and i have yet to find those drawings in any high school or college textbook (with the exception of history of biology or evolution and only as an outdated example) so my question for all you so called intelligent design advocates that want the controversy taught, why would you intentionally mislead the readers ? if these are the so called icons of evolution why did he choose the stupidest and flimsiest example? quit living in a fairy tale and understand that science has to contain testable hypothesis not god did it .

History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)

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History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

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Gorgeous book, I recommend heartily !.......2006-01-21

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I am a bad cook too but the recipes are not particularly hard and there is a recipe for chocolate terrine that is to die for. It really does have some great ideas for making a Pagan dinner party extra special- whether for a whole gathering or a table for two.

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