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Book Description
Known for over half a century simply as Lange's Handbook, this classic reference covers the entire field of chemistry, with state-of-the-art facts, figures, values, tables, and formulas. It is an essential source of information for all chemistry professionals, engineers, and technicians, who will find the easy-to-use tabular presentation, concise descriptions and definitions, and extensive cross-indexed subject listing an invaluable working tool.
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The handbook every chemist must have.......1999-11-03
The NST/Engineers, Inc. reviewers have relied on the prior editions of this classic handbook for decades. We believe this 1999 fifteenth edition of Lange to be a close-at-hand, bookshelf necessity for science students, chemists, chemical engineers, and for others whose sphere of interest intersects with that of chemistry. Every industrial library and most general interest libraries should have a copy. For those unfamiliar with Lange, it serves as a first reference for questions dealing with "chemicals". Rather than chemicals we should refer to elements, molecular compounds, radicals, and mixtures of compounds, among other definitions of matter. (The properties of water, a molecular compound, are well covered in the book.) If you have been using a copy of the thirteenth edition, or earlier, you should upgrade now to this fifteenth edition. Division of the handbook contents into eleven major sections helps in searches. Lange Sections 1 and 3 are probably used most frequently to find densities, melting and boiling points, and solubilities in various solvents of organic and inorganic compounds. For the organic compounds, at the foot of the data page, alternate names are listed. Also there, structural formulas show details of the more complicated structures. For those who need in-depth information on any listed compound, the Beilstein reference is also given. There is an "Empirical Formula Index of Organic Compounds". Thus if you know the number of carbon, hydrogen, and other atoms in a compound's formula, you can readily find the properties of the one compound or a few specific compounds that match that formula.
Section 2, "General Information, Conversion Tables, and Mathematics", is worthy of review by all who want to know where to find the recommended symbols, latest definitions, and SI (international or metric system) values for chemical and physical properties. For those of us still steeped in British and U.S. unit usage, there are conversion factors to and from just about any unit of interest. Section 4, "Properties of Atoms, Radicals, and Bonds", gives the electronic configuration and properties of the elements, bond lengths, radii, dissociation energies, a table of nuclides, and much more. Section 5 on "Physical Properties" goes into many other properties than the earlier organic and inorganic sections. Vapor pressure, viscosity, surface tension, and a host of other properties, are listed for the more widely used compounds and their solutions.
Section 6, "Thermodynamic Properties", begins with an introductory explanation of enthalpy and entropy changes and heat capacity. Explanation of Gibbs energies is missing. However, all four of these properties are then listed for organic and inorganic compounds. Critical properties are also given. There are 138 pages of data together with some spectrometric property explanations in Section 7, "Spectroscopy".
The 168 page Section 8, "Electrolytes, EMF, and Chemical Equilibrium" covers those topics and then even includes standards for pH measurement of blood and biological media. In an in-depth, October 1999 paper on electrolytes in Chemical Engineering Progress, Lange was the only broad-coverage handbook cited among 56 references.
Section 9, "Physicochemical Relationships", gives a brief description of linear free energy relationships and the Hammett equation and the Taft equation. There is a table of Hammett and Taft Substituent Constants, and other tables with constants for the two equations. Section 10, "Polymers, Rubbers, Fats, Oils, and Waxes", contains, in addition to 67 pages of data, a good bit of descriptive information about the relationship between polymeric structure, functional groups, and the values of a polymer's mechanical and physical properties.
The closing 150 page Section 11, "Practical Laboratory Information", covers cooling and heating baths; drying and humidification compounds and mixtures; chromatography; gravimetric and volumetric analyses; and thermometry and thermocouples. Those frequent users of past Lange editions, and new users, will not be disappointed with this 15th edition.
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The discrete logarithm problem based on elliptic and hyperelliptic curves has gained a lot of popularity as a cryptographic primitive. The main reason is that no subexponential algorithm for computing discrete logarithms on small genus curves is currently available, except in very special cases. Therefore curve-based cryptosystems require much smaller key sizes than RSA to attain the same security level. This makes them particularly attractive for implementations on memory-restricted devices like smart cards and in high-security applications. The Handbook of Elliptic and Hyperelliptic Curve Cryptography introduces the theory and algorithms involved in curve-based cryptography. After a very detailed exposition of the mathematical background, it provides ready-to-implement algorithms for the group operations and computation of pairings. It explores methods for point counting and constructing curves with the complex multiplication method and provides the algorithms in an explicit manner. It also surveys generic methods to compute discrete logarithms and details index calculus methods for hyperelliptic curves. For some special curves the discrete logarithm problem can be transferred to an easier one; the consequences are explained and suggestions for good choices are given. The authors present applications to protocols for discrete-logarithm-based systems (including bilinear structures) and explain the use of elliptic and hyperelliptic curves in factorization and primality proving. Two chapters explore their design and efficient implementations in smart cards. Practical and theoretical aspects of side-channel attacks and countermeasures and a chapter devoted to (pseudo-)random number generation round off the exposition. The broad coverage of all- important areas makes this book a complete handbook of elliptic and hyperelliptic curve cryptography and an invaluable reference to anyone interested in this exciting field.
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A seminal work in its field.......2007-05-15
When I first opened this book, a tear fell from my eye. Never in my life have I seen such mathematical beauty as summarized from this book. Elliptic curves, isogenies, complex multiplication, higher order abelian varieties, finite fields, point counting, Teichmuller modulus, p-adic numbers, and applications to cryptography: it's all there, and in one amazing book. And the algorithms are written so perfectly that it is easy to translate to the computer language of your choice. Ladies and gentlemen, I promise you, you will not be disappointed by this masterpiece.
One of the best books on this domain.......2007-04-05
It is one of the best books about elliptic curve cryptography, taking the reader from the basics of number theory to the elaborate and tricky field of elliptic curves.
It takes into discussion both theoretical and practical aspects of the domain.
Very understandable overview of modern developments.......2005-09-17
Elliptic curve cryptography is now an entrenched field and has been subjected to an enormous amount of research in the last fifteen years. As soon as encryption schemes based on arithmetic in elliptic curves were proposed, it was natural to speculate on whether these schemes could be generalized to hyperelliptic curves or even general abelian varieties. This book gives an overview of what has been done, and even though most of the proofs are omitted, it does serve a need for those interested in the latest developments in the subject. This reviewer did not read the entire book, but concentrated instead on only a few parts that discussed developments in the last few years. Just skimming the book though will reveal that the authors have been very thorough in giving the reader the necessary mathematical background for a study of ECC and HECC cryptography. Readers needing more detailed background can consult the many references.
As expected, a substantial portion of the book is devoted to point counting methods. One of the methods discussed is the p-adic approach to counting the number of points on an elliptic curve over a field with a small characteristic, with the three most practical ones given the most attention. One of these, the Satoh algorithm, first computes the p-adic approximation of the canonical lift of an elliptic curve E over a finite field F(q), where q = p^d and p is a small prime. This involves lifting the j-invariants using a multivariate version of Newton's root finding algorithm. The trace of the Frobenius endomorphism must then be recovered, and this is done by using the action of the lift on a holomorphic differential on the lift. The resulting factoring problems are formidable, so instead the q-th Verschiebung, which is the dual isogeny to the Frobenius endomorphism is used. The Verschiebung is a separable morphism and the trace of an endomorphism is the trace of its dual. These facts are used to express the trace of the Frobenius endomorphism as a product (modulo q) of coefficients in Z(q). These coefficients are then calculated using certain polynomials.
Another algorithm using the p-adic approach to counting is the Arithmetic-Geometric-Mean (AGM) algorithm, which is discussed for the 2-adic case. As the name implies, this method is based on the AGM iteration, wherein a sequence of elliptic curves is constructed all of which are 2-isogenous to each other. This sequence is constructed so that it converges to the canonical lift of an ordinary elliptic curve, and then an explicit formula for the trace of the Frobenius map is derived. It is then shown how to extend the AGM algorithm to hyperelliptic curves by interpreting it as a special case of the Riemann duplication formula for theta functions.
The third p-adic algorithm discussed is called the Kedlaya algorithm and involves working with the affine curve associated to a hyperelliptic curve of genus g. Associated with this affine curve is its `dagger algebra,' the latter of which is discussed in the book and has its origins in the Monsky-Washnitzer cohomology for nonsingular affine curves over a finite field. This cohomology, which is currently listed under the classification of `rigid cohomology' is a cohomology for algebraic fields over fields of nonzero characteristic and can be considered to be a version of de Rham cohomology (in positive characteristic). In arises when one attempts to lift the Frobenius endomorphism on the coordinate ring of the curve to the coordinate ring of a lift of the curve. Taking the p-adic completion of the coordinate ring of the lift results in a de Rham cohomology which is even larger than the coordinate ring (the limit of exact differentials may not be exact), and so one works with a subring of the completion, which is called the `dagger ring.' The Frobenius endomorphism on the coordinate ring can then be lifted to a (Z(q)) endomorphism on the dagger ring. One can then define differentials of elements in the dagger ring, yielding a module over the dagger ring. The kernel and cokernel of this differential map can then be used to construct the zeroth and first Monsky-Washnitzer cohomology groups. The lift of the Frobenius endomorphism to the dagger ring induces an endomorphism on the cohomology groups, and this allows a Lefschetz fixed point formula to be proved, thus giving the number of rational points on the curve. The Kedlaya algorithm essentially follows this approach to do the point counting, but outputting the zeta function and working only for p greater than or equal to 3.
The book is not just a discussion on theoretical developments and computational algorithms, as an entire part of the book is devoted to applications. One of the applications discussed is that of `smart cards' which to date have been one of most widely used applications of cryptography. An entire chapter is spent on the hardware of smart cards, followed by one on how to attack the implementations of cryptosystems. One particular method for extracting the keys from inside a tamper-proof device involves the use of `power consumption analysis,' which is discussed in some detail in this chapter. The power consumption curve of the device or smart card is analyzed by the attacker, and this, coupled with an understanding of cryptographic algorithms, allows the keys to be compromised. Countermeasures against these attacks are discussed in the next chapter. The discussion is general enough in these chapters to give the motivated reader enough information to experiment with both attacking and with designing and testing effective countermeasures.
Book Description
A standard reference for chemists for 70 years, this new Sixteenth Edition features an enormous compilation of facts, data, tabular material, and experimental findings in every area of chemistry.Included in this massive compendium are listings of the properties of approximately 4,400 organic and 1,400 inorganic compounds. This Sixteenth Edition offers 40% new or extensively revised content and starting with this edition, the author includes equations that allow users to calculate important values such as temperature and pressure.
Contents: Organic Compounds * General Information, Conversion Tables, and Mathematics * Inorganic Compounds * Properties of Atom, Radicals, and Bonds * Physical Properties * Thermodynamic Properties * Spectroscopy * Electrolytes, Electromotive Force and Chemicals * Physicochemical Relationships * Polymers, Rubbers,Fats, Oils, and Waxes * Practical Laboratory Information
Customer Reviews:
Great Selection of Tables.......2005-07-05
This book has a great selection of tables of properties for inorganic and organic compounds, and so is a must-have for any chemist. However, the book is a bit weak in regards to solving chemistry problems--for this, purchase REA's The Chemistry Problem Solver.
Essential Tool for Any Working Chemist.......2005-02-09
Very few refrences works these days seem indispensable or can be easily found on-line. However Lange's Handbook is the essential tool for any working chemist.
Excerpt: This new edition, the fifth under the aegis of the present editor, remains the one-volume source of factual information for chemists, both professionals and students-the first place in which to "look it up" on the spot. The aim is to provide sufficient data to satisfy all one's general needs without recourse to other reference sources. A user will find this volume of value as a time-saver because of the many tables of numerical data that have been especially compiled.
Descriptive properties for a basic group of approximately 4300 organic compounds are compiled in Section 1, an increase of 300 entries. All entries are listed alphabetically according to the senior prefix of the name. The data for each organic compound include (where available) name, structural formula, formula weight, Beilstein reference (or if un- available, the entry to the Merck Index, 12th ed.), density, refractive index, melting point, boiling point, flash point, and solubility (citing numerical values if known) in water and various common organic solvents. Structural formulas either too com¬plex or too ambiguous to be rendered as line formulas are grouped at the bottom of each facing dou¬ble page on which the entries appear. Alternative names, as well as trivial names of long-standing usage, are listed in their respective alphabetical order at the bottom of each double page in the regular alphabetical sequence. Another feature that assists the user in locating a desired entry is the empirical formula index.
Section 2 on General Information, Conversion Tables, and Mathematics has had the table on general conversion factors thoroughly reworked. Similarly the material on Statistics in Chemical Analysis has had its contents more than doubled.
Descriptive properties for a basic group of inorganic compounds are compiled in Section 3, which has undergone a small increase in the number of entries. Many entries under the column "Solubility" supply the reader with precise quantities dissolved in a stated solvent and at a given temperature. Several portions of Section 4, Properties of Atoms, Radicals, and Bonds, have been significantly enlarged. For example, the entries under "Ionization Energy of Molecular and Radical Species" now number 740 and have an additional column with the enthalpy of formation of the ions. Likewise, the table on "Electron Affinities of the Elements, Molecules, and Radicals" now contains about 225 entries. The Table of Nuclides has material on additional radionuclides, their radiations, and the neu¬tron capture cross sections.
Revised material for Section 5 includes the material on surface tension, viscosity, dielectric con¬stant, and dipole moment for organic compounds. In order to include more data at several tempera¬tures, the material has been divided into two separate tables. Material on surface tension and viscosity constitute the first table with 715 entries; included is the temperature range of the liquid phase. Material on dielectric constant and dipole moment constitute another table of 1220 entries. The additional data at two or more temperatures permit interpolation for intermediate temperatures and also permit limited extrapolation of the data. The Properties of Combustible Mixtures in Air has been revised and expanded to include over 450 compounds. Flash points are to be found in Section 1. Completely revised are the tables on Thermal Conductivity for gases, liquids, and solids. Van der Waals' constants for gases have been brought up to date and expanded to over 500 substances.
Section 6, which includes Enthalpies and Gibbs Energies of Formation, Entropies, and Heat Capacities of Organic and Inorganic Compounds, and Heats of Melting, Vaporization, and Sublimation and Specific Heat at Various Temperatures for organic and inorganic compounds, has expanded by
11 pages, but the major additions have involved data in columns where it previously was absent. More material has also been included for critical temperature, critical pressure, and critical volume.
The section on Spectroscopy has been retained but with some revisions and expansion. The section includes ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy, fluorescence, infrared and Raman spectroscopy, and X-ray spectrometry. Detection limits are listed for the elements when using flame emission, flame atomic absorption, electrothermal atomic absorption, argon induction coupled plasma, and flame atomic fluorescence. Nuclear magnetic resonance embraces tables for the nuclear properties of the elements, proton chemical shifts and coupling constants, and similar material for carbon-13, boron-11, nitrogen-15, fluorine-19, silicon-29, and phosphorus-31.
In Section 8, the material on solubility constants has been doubled to 550 entries. Sections on proton transfer reactions, including some at various temperatures, formation constants of metal com¬plexes with organic and inorganic ligands, buffer solutions of all types, reference electrodes, indicators, and electrode potentials are retained with some revisions. The material on conductance has been revised and expanded, particularly in the table on limiting equivalent ionic conductance.
Everything in Sections 9 and 10 on physiochemical relationships, and on polymers, rubbers, fats, oils, and waxes, respectively, has been retained.
Section 11, Practical Laboratory Information, has undergone significant changes and expansion. Entries in the table on "Molecular Elevation of the Boiling Point" have been increased. McReynolds' constants for stationary phases in gas chromatography have been reorganized and expanded. The guide to ion-exchange resins and discussion is new and embraces all types of column packing and membrane materials. Gravimetric factors have been altered to reflect the changes in atomic weights for several elements. Newly added are tables listing elements precipitated by general analytical reagents, and giving equations for the redox determination of the elements with their equivalent weights. Discussion on the topics of precipitation and complexometric titration include primary standards and indicators for each analytical technique. A new topic of masking and demasking agents includes discussion and tables of masking agents for various elements, for anions and neutral molecules, and common demasking agents. A table has been added listing the common amino acids with their pI and pKa values and their 3-letter and I-letter abbreviations. Lastly a 9-page table lists the threshold limit value (TL V) for gases and vapors.
Customer Reviews:
Nero Wolfe with sex.......2003-04-02
Leo Haig, a dabbler in rare fish, has read every mystery book known and adopted the Nero Wolfe image as his own. Chip Harrison plays his Archie Goodwin and narrator; at Haig's behest he throws in a couple of juicy sex scenes to entice the modern reader. Chip finds his girlfriend Melanie nude and dead, supposedly of an overdose. However when Chip finds that two of Melanie's five other sisters have died of possible homicides, Haig is intrigued, especially since the sisters are heiresses to a great fortune. Numerous other murders occur before Chip believes he has identified the murderer. Wolfe naturally rejects this finding and instead calls for the grand-standing finale at which the true murderer is unveiled. Lawrence Block (under a psuedynom) pulls off his usual sly humor making for a quick but fun read.
Customer Reviews:
Solid Writing, Decent Stories..........2000-10-08
I've been an avid fan of Lawrence Block's works, and only recently read the Chip Harrison series. This collection includes "Five Little Rich Girls", and "The Topless Tulip Caper", the third and fourth installments in the series. I enjoyed the first story the best, the writing style is unmistakably Lawrence Block. Chip Harrison, an 'detective's assistant' is like Bernie Rhodenbarr (from Block's Burglar series) meets Keller (from Hit Man and Hit List). Leo Haig is your classic genius detective, despite his occasional dottiness. The stories are well written, but a bit risqué. "Five Little Rich Girls" was originally published as "Makeout with Murder" for a good reason. There's more of the same in the "Topless Tulip Caper". They're quick reads, so if you're looking for some fun, pick it up - the title's getting a bit scarce.
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Complete Set of 8, Southern Sisters Series: Murder on A Girls' Night Out, Murder on A Bad Hair Day, Murder Runs in the Family, Murder Makes Waves, Murder Gets A Life, Murder Shoots the Bull, Murder Carries A Torch, Murder Boogies with Elvis
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