Organo-Clay Complexes & Interactions

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"Provides comprehensive coverage of the structures, properties, and interactions of organo-clay complexes as well as their role in the origin of life. Presents current techniques in nuclear magnetic resonance, differential thermal analysis and thermogravimetry, visible spectroscopy, and infrared and thermal-infrared spectroscopy for the analysis of fine structures in organo-clay complexes."

Electrical, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of Organic Solid State Materials: Symposium Held Novel 27-December 1, 1995 (Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings)

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Electrical, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of Organic Solid State Materials: Symposium Held Novel 27-December 1, 1995 (Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings)

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Electrical, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of Organic Solid-State Materials IV: Symposium Held December 1-5, 1997, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A (Materials ... Society Symposia Proceedings, V.488.)

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Electrical, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of Organic Solid-State Materials IV: Symposium Held December 1-5, 1997, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A (Materials ... Society Symposia Proceedings, V.488.)

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Electrical, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of Organic Solid-State Materials V: Symposium Held November 29-December 3, 1999, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. ... Society Symposium Proceedings Volume 598)

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Electrical, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of Organic Solid-State Materials V: Symposium Held November 29-December 3, 1999, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. ... Society Symposium Proceedings Volume 598)

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Electron Magnetism (Structure and Bonding)

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Electron Magnetism (Structure and Bonding)

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Celebrating Volume 100: Thirty years ago Springer-Verlag together with a distinguished Board of Editors started the series Structure and Bonding. Initially the series was set up to publish reviews from different fields of modern inorganic chemistry, chemical physics and biochemistry, where the general subject of chemical bonding involves a metal and a small number of associated atoms. Three years ago the aims of the series was refined to span the entire periodic table and address structure and bonding issues wherever they may be relevant. Not only the traditional areas of chemical bonding will be dealt with but also nanostructres, molecular electronics, supramolecular structure, surfaces and clusters. With these aims in mind it is noteworthy that Volume 100 effectively reinforces and illustrates these ideals and is titled Pi-Electron Magnetism from Molecules to Magnetic Materials.

Magnetic Properties of Organic Materials

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Magnetic Properties of Organic Materials

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Provides an extensive overview of the last three decades of research on the structures and magnetic behaviors of organic and organometallic substances-building a solid foundation for future research into applications of molecular materials based on organic paramagnetic and polymeric systems. Provides the essential body of knowledge for an organically oriented materials science of electronic materials.

The Physics of Organic Superconductors and Conductors (Springer Series in Materials Science)

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The Physics of Organic Superconductors and Conductors (Springer Series in Materials Science)

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This book contains general (tutorial) and topical reviews, written by leading researches in the area of organic superconductors and conductors from USA, Japan, France, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom, Korea, and Australia. It covers contemporary topics such as unconventional superconductivity, non- Fermi-liquid properties, the quantum Hall effect, strongly correlated electrons, novel types of quantum macroscopic phenomena in a magnetic field, magnetic field induced spin(charge)-density waves, and magnetic field induced exotic superconducting phases are described both from theoretical and experimental points of views. Two types of review are included: general (tutorial) reviews, containing both educational information and state of art information about recent experimental discoveries and theoretical predictions are intended for general readers, researchers and graduate students, specialized in any area of condensed matter physics; and topical reviews, emphasizing very recent developments, will be useful for researches and graduate students currently active in the physics of organic conductors and superconductors. The book provides both an introduction and a review of the current status of the field.

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Progress in Electrorheology

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Electrical, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of Organic Solid State Materials: Symposium Held December 2-6, 1991, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Mat)

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Electrical, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of Organic Solid State Materials: Symposium Held December 2-6, 1991, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Mat)
Long Y. Chiang , and Anthony F. Garito
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Electrical, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of Organic Solid State Materials: Symposium Held November 29-December 3, 1993, Boston, Massachusettes, (Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings,)

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Electrical, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of Organic Solid State Materials: Symposium Held November 29-December 3, 1993, Boston, Massachusettes, (Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings,)
Anthony F. Garito , Alex K-Y Jen , and Charles Y-C Lee
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Two of the great mysteries of biology yet to be explored concern the distribution and abundance of genetic variation in natural populations and the genetic architecture of complex traits. These are tied together by their relationship to natural selection and evolutionary history, and some of the keys to disclosing these secrets lie in the study of wild organisms in their natural environments. This book, featuring a superb selection of papers from leading authors, summarizes the state of current understanding about the extent of genetic variation within wild populations and the ways to monitor such variation. It proposes the idea that a fundamental objective of evolutionary ecology is necessary to predict organism, population, community, and ecosystem response to environmental change. In fact, the overall theme of the papers centers around the expression of genetic variation and how it is shaped by the action of natural selection in the natural environment. Patterns of adaptation in the past and the genetic basis of traits likely to be under selection in a dynamically changing environment is discussed along with a wide variety of techniques to test for genetic variation and its consequences, ranging from classical demography to the use of molecular markers. This book is perfect for professionals and graduate students in genetics, biology, ecology, conservation biology, and evolution.

Hybrid zones as a tool for identifying adaptive genetic variation in outbreeding forest trees: lessons from wild annual sunflowers (Helianthus spp.) [An article from: Forest Ecology and Management]

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Hybrid zones as a tool for identifying adaptive genetic variation in outbreeding forest trees: lessons from wild annual sunflowers (Helianthus spp.) [An article from: Forest Ecology and Management]
C. Lexer , B. Heinze , R. Alia , and L.H. Rieseberg
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This digital document is a journal article from Forest Ecology and Management, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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The identification and study of adaptively important genes in forest trees represents a formidable challenge because of their long generation spans. In annual or perennial herbs, formal genetic studies can be employed to identify the quantitative trait loci (QTLs) and/or candidate genes that underlie important traits, and the segregating populations can be transplanted into natural populations to measure the strength and direction of selection. However, the application of these methods to forest trees is difficult, because the creation of appropriate genetic material is extremely time-consuming in long-lived, woody plants, and life-time fitness estimates are difficult or impossible to obtain. Although QTL mapping should in principle be feasible in wild intraspecific populations (as an alternative to artificial crosses), this approach is less likely to be successful in trees because LD (linkage disequilibrium) will decay quickly in large outbreeding plant populations. Within the present paper, we discuss a modified approach based on natural hybrid zones. We describe the use of wild annual sunflowers (Helianthus spp.) as a model for exploring the hybrid zone approach. Transplanted experimental hybrids allowed us to assess the adaptive value of individual chromosomal blocks in nature, and data on natural Helianthus hybrids suggest that similar approaches are possible in natural hybrid zones. Our results allowed us to test the role of hybridization in the origin of ecological divergence in wild sunflowers. In addition, they have practical implications for identifying adaptively important genes or QTLs in trees. This is exemplified by three temperate forest taxa, Populus (poplars, aspens, cottonwoods), Fraxinus (ash), and Quercus (oak). All three are diploid and important genomic tools are under development. Moreover, all three offer extensive hybrid zones whose likely age can be inferred from fossil data. Age data enables estimates of the size and frequency of chromosomal blocks in hybrids, thereby providing guidance in designing marker-based experiments. We predict that natural hybrid zones will be valuable tools for identifying the QTLs and/or candidate genes responsible for adaptive traits in forest trees.

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In his monumental 1687 work Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, known familiarly as the Principia, Isaac Newton laid out in mathematical terms the principles of time, force, and motion that have guided the development of modern physical science. Even after more than three centuries and the revolutions of Einsteinian relativity and quantum mechanics, Newtonian physics continues to account for many of the phenomena of the observed world, and Newtonian celestial dynamics is used to determine the orbits of our space vehicles.
This completely new translation, the first in 270 years, is based on the third (1726) edition, the final revised version approved by Newton; it includes extracts from the earlier editions, corrects errors found in earlier versions, and replaces archaic English with contemporary prose and up-to-date mathematical forms.
Newton's principles describe acceleration, deceleration, and inertial movement; fluid dynamics; and the motions of the earth, moon, planets, and comets. A great work in itself, the Principia also revolutionized the methods of scientific investigation. It set forth the fundamental three laws of motion and the law of universal gravity, the physical principles that account for the Copernican system of the world as emended by Kepler, thus effectively ending controversy concerning the Copernican planetary system.
The illuminating Guide to the Principia by I. Bernard Cohen, along with his and Anne Whitman's translation, will make this preeminent work truly accessible for today's scientists, scholars, and students.

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Excellent translation with helpful apparatus.......2007-06-11

I am writing my dissertation on Newton and have found this translation incredibly helpful and surprisingly readable.

The Principia is one of the most difficult and inaccessible books ever written -- so much so, in fact that even John Locke (himself a pretty smart guy) had to ask Christian Huygens to explain much of it to him. This difficulty was intentional, because Newton did not want people who only understood math a little to try and undermine his arguments. For this reason, he rewrote book three so that only those who had read and understood book 1 could understand its concepts.

People laugh when I tell then that I own a book with a three hundred page introduction, but it's a book that needs a three hundred page intro. In their intro, Cohen and whitman describe the history of the principia, its structure, an explanation of where prior translations have fallen short, and -- most importantly -- note which of the Principia's sections have been most significant during and after Newton's time. This is helpful so that when you get to each section, you are more likely to notice which elements may have seemed most controversial, where he is taking down Descartes' vortices, etc. I'm not saying I agree 100% with cohen and whitman on all of their points, but they have produced a work that does not simply translate the book; it also shares the writers' substantial knowledge about the principia.

This is an essential and monumental translation. If you are at all interested in early modern science, you must own it.

Is Newton come on!.......2006-08-10

What I have to say is Newton.... What else are you lookin for in a Physics book. Ohh yeah the only problem it has that its size is such a college book(huge), and it is not hard cover.

An Engrossing and Time Consuming Masterpiece of Science and Literature.......2005-09-22

Principia explains with great detail some elements of Eucledian geometry, Calculus, Fluid mechanics, Three laws of Gravity and The Method of the Universe. Newtons three hundred year old advice remains true today to read Book One and Three while skipping Book Two altogether. I can honestly say that subject is not too difficult but is guilty of being well conceived but poorly worded. The latter was Newtons own intention to make its reading very exclusive and making him less vunerable to his contemporary critiques. This version has the diagrams illustrated on multiple pages for each Scholium to avoid the constant turning of its pages. I advice a slow read of Book 1 and 3. The last Scholium of Book 3 is the best discussion as to the existance of God that I have read. Long live the spirits of Shakespeare, Newton, Vermeer and Beethoven.

I can't believe people still believe this stuff.......2005-09-20

The Principia is the basis for much of modern science. It is swallowed hook, line and sinker by mathematicians and people in physics as a 'holy grail.' It is a continuation of very old fashioned thinking, hooked on 'cause and effect' relationships, Aristotelian in nature. One would think that modern science could see through this veil of antiquity, but seemingly has not yet had the courage to do so.

It is essential reading, however, so see how far 'science' has not moved for nearly 400 years.

This particular translation is of interest in that half of the book tries to explain and support the original text. Bit too hard of a sell to justify Newton's arguments. Again, it is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the flaws of modern 'science.'

Wonderful overview, somewhat overwhelming........2004-09-07

This is a wonderful reference, but frankly, it was overwhelming for me. Let's just say that while the first two sections of this book were clear, informative, meticulously and thoroughly footnoted and annotated, the last section-- the actual translation-- proved beyond my abilities. I'd HIGHLY recommend a college-level geometry course before attempting to read the actual translation of Newton's revolutionary work.

Frankly, the combination of archaic verbiage (Cohen kept a number of obsolescent terms in translating from the original Latin), combined with a predominately narrative style (reading in an entire paragraph what can in modern mathematical symbology be articulated in a single line) combined with my lack of working analytic geometry enabled me to follow this seminal work conceptually, but not in detail. Other reviwers have suggested that a working knowledge of calculus and Newtonian physics is required. I disagree. To follow Newton's proofs in detail, it is Euclidean geometry that is required. Newton's Principia CONCEPTUALLY utilizes calculus, but the proofs themselves are Euclidean with the concept of "infinitisimally small" added to the equation. I have single- and multi-variable calculus, linear algebra, differential equations (first-, second-order, and partial), and graduate-level statistics under my belt. Junior high school geometry is insufficient to understand his work. So far, I am studying tensors, differential geometry/exterior calculus with respect to gravitation physics without too much difficuly. Geometry!

Otherwise, this book was wonderful. Section One is a thoroughly researched historical background. Social setting, scientific thought at the time, the controversies of the times, historical perspective, insights into Newton himself. Wonderfully referenced and annotated.

Section Two is a clear "How to Read" section-- discussing section by section of the Principia what the main concepts and issues are, even critiquing Newton's flaws and obvious attempts to fill in gaps or alter data when existing data were insufficient to his theories! Cohen even guides us step-by-step through some of the more important proofs in the Principia-- proofs that for the most part I followed, except for certain geometric assumptions that I had to assume were true.

My fascination has always been relativity... which I am working on understanding now. When finished, I may read a college-level text in analytic geometry, then come back to this. But I was impressed by the sheer breadth of conceptual material Newton covered. Certainly entitling his last book of The Principia "The System of the World" was justified.

Mathematical Aspects of Classical and Celestial Mechanics (Encyclopaedia of Mathematical Sciences)

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Mathematical Aspects of Classical and Celestial Mechanics (Encyclopaedia of Mathematical Sciences)
Vladimir I. Arnold , Valery V. Kozlov , and Anatoly I. Neishtadt
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This work describes the fundamental principles, problems, and methods of classical mechanics. The main attention is devoted to the mathematical side of the subject. The authors have endeavored to give an exposition stressing the working apparatus of classical mechanics. The book is significantly expanded compared to the previous edition. The authors have added two chapters on the variational principles and methods of classical mechanics as well as on tensor invariants of equations of dynamics. Moreover, various other sections have been revised, added or expanded. The main purpose of the book is to acquaint the reader with classical mechanics as a whole, in both its classical and its contemporary aspects. The book addresses all mathematicians, physicists and engineers.

From the reviews of the previous editions: "... The book accomplishes the goals it has set for itself. While it is not an introduction to the field, it is an excellent overview. ..." American Mathematical Monthly, Nov. 1989.

Chaotic Dynamics in Hamiltonian Systems: With Applications to Celestial Mechanics (World Scientific Series on Nonlinear Science. Series a, Vol 25)

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Nice Begining

Chaotic Dynamics in Hamiltonian Systems: With Applications to Celestial Mechanics (World Scientific Series on Nonlinear Science. Series a, Vol 25)
Harry Dankowicz
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Nice Begining.......2000-06-12

Since the first chapter, this book explain the mathematical terminology used in this new field, and that is very good for physisists and other scientists that use these ideas but are not familiar with those terms. The examples are given on classical mechanics and celestial mechanics. Hamiltonian systems do not have to do with dissipative systems, the latter are more known because of the popularization papers, but chaos in Hamiltonian systems is quite interesting also.

Dynamical Systems III: Mathematical Aspects of Classical and Celestial Mechanics (Encyclopaedia of Mathematical Sciences)

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From the reviews: "... As an encyclopaedia article, this book does not seek to serve as a textbook, nor to replace the original articles whose results it describes. The book's goal is to provide an overview, pointing out highlights and unsolved problems, and putting individual results into a coherent context. It is full of historical nuggets, many of them surprising. ... The examples are especially helpful; if a particular topic seems difficult, a later example frequently tames it. The writing is refreshingly direct, never degenerating into a vocabulary lesson for its own sake. The book accomplishes the goals it has set for itself. While it is not an introduction to the field, it is an excellent overview. ..." American Mathematical Monthly, Nov. 1989 "This is a book to curl up with in front of a fire on a cold winter's evening. ..." SIAM Reviews, Sept. 1989

Mathematical Aspects of Classical And Celestial Mechanics.

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Mathematical Aspects of Classical And Celestial Mechanics.
Vladimir I./ Kozlov, Valery V./ Neishtadt, Anatoly I. Arnold
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Making a dream come true

Brookland: A Novel
Emily Barton
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Since her girlhood, Prudence Winship has gazed across the tidal straits from her home in Brooklyn to the city of Manhattan and yearned to bridge the distance. Now, established as the owner of the enormously successful gin distillery she inherited from her father, she can begin to realize her dream.

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Woman ahead of her time.......2007-08-21

The Bookschlepper reports: Shrewd, determined Prudence Winship (and the reader) learns to run her father's gin distillery and conceives of a cantilever bridge to Mannahata. Models are built, subscriptions sold. Gin persuades. Prue in her britches is immune to community norms and her fervor never-before-tried construction technique (amply described) possesses her as she takes the expedient course over and over. The back story is of a time when the new nation develops and new residents begin to provide competition to the sleepy, two-tavern town. In 1801, the bridge is almost completed when disaster strikes from uncomfortably close quarters. Prue, her sisters Pearl and Temperance and the town's early entrepreneurs are fully realized, nuanced characters. Barton chooses to let Prue be self-confident to the point of arrogance. This is an incredible novel, full of detail, insight, history and a conclusion that tugs at the heart.

Such a good book.......2007-07-17

Brookland was a tremendous pleasure to read. It's an excellent story, and the voice is consistent and convincing. Living in Brooklyn, it's wonderful to imagine what it was like more than 200 years ago, and Emily Barton does a beautiful job creating that world. The characters seem very real, in their faults as well as their dreams.

It may be a bit on the gloomy side, but understandably: there are constant reminders of how hard life was, in ways it isn't so much anymore--so many babies dying, for one thing. I found it all fascinating.

I felt used at the end.......2007-03-20

Emily Barton has a way with a turn of phrase. I went back and re-read certain lines like poetry. The story is interesting and very involved. It is a long novel, but I thought worth it until the last page. Be forewarned - there was no reason to end it this way and that abruptly. Did anyone else feel this way?

characters don't match time period.......2007-01-04

I enjoyed the characters in the book. My opinion is they don't fit the time period that this book was taking place in. The characters seemed very progressive for this historical time period. When reading, at times I forgot the book was set in post-Revolutionary days.

Making a dream come true.......2006-06-21

A young woman in the 18th -century has a dream. Along with that dream she has the intelligence and wherewithal to accomplish her vision. The novel, Brookland tells her story beautifully.
Prudence Winship, eldest of the three daughters of Matty and Roxana Winship, yearns to take on the running of the very successful distillery owned by her father. Her father trains her and she learns the distillery from top to bottom, insuring the future success of the company. "Prue," as she is called, is not satisfied to own a successful business and by earning the respect of her all-male crew, however. She challenges 18th-century sensibilities and dreams of constructing a bridge that spans the East River, with one leg of the bridge in Brooklyn and the other in Manhattan. This daunting task is a formidable job in itself, but Prue's determination and drive cause chaos in her personal life, complicating the undertaking immensely.
Brookland is a beautifully written story with rich details and engaging characters. Descriptive and interesting, reading the text is very much like watching a movie, as the written words become illustrations in themselves.
A hefty volume of 496 pages, this is not light reading, but it is definitely good reading.
Barton's first novel, The Testament of Yves Gundron, won the Bard Fiction Prize and a Michener-Copernicus Fellowship. She will be a writer-in-residence at the New School from 2005-2006.

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