Asymmetric Synthetic Methodology (New Directions in Organic & Biological Chemistry)

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This comprehensive text presents a critical discussion of the scopes and limitations of various organic synthetic methodologies that are available for performing asymmetric transformations. In addition to purely chemical methods, the book covers applications of new enzymes and other biological systems that are increasingly useful in asymmetric methodology.

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Excellent test-style book on asymmetric methods.......1999-04-26

This is probably one of the best text-style books I have seen covering asymmetric synthesis. It covers all transformations, and analyzes them with terrific transition states. I highly recommend this for advanced graduate organic classes, although the high cost.

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Students and research workers in mathematics, physics, engineering and other sciences will find this compilation of more than 2000 mathematical formulas and tables invaluable. They will see quickly why half a million copies were sold of the first edition! All the information included is practical -- rarely used results are excluded. Topics range from elementary to advanced-from algebra, trigonometry and calculus to vector analysis, Bessel functions, Legendre polynomials and elliptic integrals. Great care has been taken to present all results concisely and clearly. Excellent to keep as a handy reference!

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Mathematical Handbook of Formulas and Tables.......2007-09-25

A very useful book that gathers all the mathmatical formals 'as the title states. As an Engineering Student it is very helpful to have everything in one text instead of getting your old books and digging through them to find them.

Handbook of formulas and Tables.......2007-01-04

It is a good quick reference to getting formulas for math problems.

great reference.......2007-01-04

tables are concise with out missing any important integrals. the table is my constant companion for undergrad physics and mathematics.

one of the best.......2006-11-10

one of the best books i've ever got....
it has every thing i need

Very useful in a pinch.......2006-11-10

As a tabular summary of many useful mathematical relations, the book is very job-specific; however, it contains most of the functions and functional relations that a scientist or engineer might need. The layout is clean and very well organized. It's a useful reference, but does not actually derive anything, so if one is looking for derivations, then try looking at applied mathematics textbooks.

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Excellent reference book
Great, but tough to use
Loaded with Content
There are several Bronshteins
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Handbook of Mathematics
I.N. Bronshtein , K.A. Semendyayev , G. Musiol , H. Muehlig , and H. Mühlig
Manufacturer: Springer
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Binding: Turtleback

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ASIN: 3540434917

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This guide book to mathematics contains in handbook form the fundamental working knowledge of mathematics which is needed as an everyday guide for working scientists and engineers, as well as for students. Easy to understand, and convenient to use, this guide book gives concisely the information necessary to evaluate most problems which occur in concrete applications. For the 4th edition, the concept of the book has been completely re-arranged. The new emphasis is on those fields of mathematics that became more important for the formulation and modeling of technical and natural processes, namely Numerical Mathematics, Probability Theory and Statistics, as well as Information Processing.

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Excellent reference book.......2007-09-19

I highly recommend the Handbook of Mathematics. It is an excellent resource for every engineering student and professional engineer.

Great, but tough to use.......2007-04-25

This handbook contains more material than I find in any other single source that I happen to have. But I don't use it as frequently as I use the analogous CRC handbook, or MathWorld and Wikipedia on the Web, or the ancient NBS handbook. Why not? Because one uses a handbook, not as a textbook, but as a source for things one should know, but don't (or perhaps once knew but have forgotten). So one wants to find the thing one is looking for, refresh or extend one's memory, and then put the handbook aside and go back to the problem one is trying to solve. I have trouble locating what I'm looking for in Bronshtein and Semendayev, and when I find it, I often find that I have to look up things elsewhere in the volume to get all of whatever it is I was looking for. So I try my other sources first, and if they don't answer my question, I pick up this book, resignedly, and expect to spend hours rather than minutes getting whatever it is I want to know. There is nothing wrong with that; indeed, this book often supplies me with answers to questions I can't find answered elsewhere.

In case the reader of this review attributes my difficulties with this book to a lack of mathematical background, I'll remark that my academic training, very many years ago, was in math, so I find that I can follow the discussion in this book of any particular thing I look up; it's just a slow process for me. I'm not surprised that it's a favorite in Germany (and in Europe more generally); Europeans in their mathematical training are expected to deal with tough subjects by dogged persistence, and probably feel more comfortable with this style than I do, given my US background. So, overall, it's a book I couldn't do without, but hate having to spend time in.

Loaded with Content.......2005-02-25

This book is exactly what the title says it is; a handbook of mathematical techniques and formulas for scientists and engineers. It is more a handbook than a book on mathematics and assumes a prior knowledge on the subjects covered. Readers of this english version of the Bronshtein should take note that it is a "raw" translation of the german version and so some discussion may not do justice to the theory. This in no way takes away from the fact it is an exceptional book and you'd be hard pressed to find any other book with more mathematical content.

There are several Bronshteins.......2004-10-25

Bronstein's "Taschenbuch der Mathematik" is a longtime favorite among german science and engineering students. English language readers should be aware however, that there are numerous different editions of this book. Not only were the german editions constantly enlarged and reworked, but there were also two publishers of the same book, one in East Germany (Teubner Verlag), one in West Germany (Harri Deutsch Verlag). Today both of these publishers sell a "Taschenbuch der Mathematik" based on the original Bronstein, yet they are completely different books. The english edition by Springer Verlag advertised above is based on the current Harri Deutsch edition. An english translation of the Teubner edition is now available as the "Oxford Users' Guide to Mathematics" from Oxford University Press. It is mostly considered to be the better 'Bronstein' (even though Teubner and OUP have dropped his name because the new edition was completely rewritten by E. Zeidler).

Clasic.......2004-03-22

For me it was a remarkable fact, how few of the people in western countries have heard about this handbook. In the east this is probably the most popular mathematical handbook ever. I dont know any eastern european scientist in a field of mathematics, engineering and physics who don't have it. The main reason is it's extensivity and usefulness. In Croatian print it has about 1000 pages in very small format covering all possible parts of applied mathematics up to special functions/markov chains/complex integration/vector algebra. It's "allways in backpack book" and my hot recomandation to any technical scientist.

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A good reference

Handbook of Integration
Daniel Zwillinger
Manufacturer: AK Peters
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0867202939

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This book is a compilation of the most important and widely applicable methods for evluating and approximating integrals. It is an indispensable time saver for engineers and scientists needing to evaluate integrals in their work.

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A good reference.......2007-07-24

This is a nice, thorough handbook that gives just enough detail to allow you easily find something, and in each section lists plenty of references to dig deeper if you want.

The author seems to get the right balance between documenting everything and just pointing out things which may not be obvious or problem spots.

He has a nice format of how things are laid out; it makes sense and is easy to grab for quick lookup. As I am not a mathematician, I appreciate the glossary of math terms related to integration.

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Handbook of Integral Equations
Andrei D. Polyanin , and Alexander V. Manzhirov
Manufacturer: CRC
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ASIN: 0849328764

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Containing more than 1,000 integral equations with solutions, Handbook of Integral Equations outlines the exact analytical methods for solving linear and nonlinear integral equations as well as evaluates approximate methods. Topics include new solutions to the Volterra, Fredholm, and other equations; equations with arbitrary functions; classical methods; and recent developments. Each section provides examples showing how methods can be applied to specific equations.

Differential and Integral Equations (Oxford Handbooks)

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Physicists , Do yourself a favor and get this book or atleat check it out at the Library!

Differential and Integral Equations (Oxford Handbooks)
Peter Collins
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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ASIN: 0199297894

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Differential and integral equations involve important mathematical techniques, and as such will be encountered by mathematicians, and physical and social scientists, in their undergraduate courses. This text provides a clear, comprehensive guide to first- and second-order ordinary and partial differential equations, whilst introducing important and useful basic material on integral equations. Readers will encounter detailed discussion of the wave, heat and Laplace equations, of Green's functions and their application to the Sturm-Liouville equation, and how to use series solutions, transform methods and phase-plane analysis. The calculus of variations will take them further into the world of applied analysis. Providing a wealth of techniques, but yet satisfying the needs of the pure mathematician, and with numerous carefully worked examples and exercises, the text is ideal for any undergraduate with basic calculus to gain a thorough grounding in 'analysis for applications'.

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Physicists , Do yourself a favor and get this book or atleat check it out at the Library!.......2007-03-04

This is an excellent introduction to Differential and especially integral equations for physicists especially those than plan on going on to graduate school for physics. This book covers a material not covered in any other textbook at this undergrad/grad level. Very easy to follow and understand and the font and layout makes for an easy read, with lots of easy to follow examples and exercises. Can be used as an alternative to Arfken and Webber, although it does not cover as much material. The integral equation part can be skipped, since most undergraduates might not need this portion until graduate school. Can be followed with Sadri Hassanis larger (1100 page) "Mathematical Physics" for the move abstract concepts.

Handbook of Feynman Path Integrals (Springer Tracts in Modern Physics)

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Handbook of Feynman Path Integrals (Springer Tracts in Modern Physics)
Christian Grosche , and Frank Steiner
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The Handbook of Feynman Path Integrals appears just fifty years after Richard Feynman published his pioneering paper in 1948 entitled "Space-Time Approach to Non-Relativistic Quantum Mechanics", in which he introduced his new formulation of quantum mechanics in terms of path integrals. The book presents for the first time a comprehensive table of Feynman path integrals together with an extensive list of references; it will serve the reader as a thorough introduction to the theory of path integrals.
As a reference book, it is unique in its scope and will be essential for many physicists, chemists and mathematicians working in different areas of research.

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look here first.......2004-11-27

Feynman path integrals are a beautiful discovery by Richard Feynman. But what you may not realise in the textbooks that describe these is that the examples given where an analytic answer is found are very rare.

Which is the virtue of this book. In many situations, the maths of solving the path integral is difficult, when you have nontrivial problems. All the easy stuff has been done. So if you are tackling a problem, it behooves you to first consult this book. If indeed somone has already solved it, you need to know. So that you can use the answer given here. Or if you are doing research, it indicates that you need to look elsewhere for an unsolved problem.

Handbook of First-Order Partial Differential Equations (Differential & Integral Equations & Their Applications)

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Handbook of First-Order Partial Differential Equations (Differential & Integral Equations & Their Applications)
A.D. Polyanin
Manufacturer: Gordon & Breach Publishing Group
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This book contains about 3000 first-order partial differential equations with solutions. New exact solutions to linear and nonlinear equations are included. The text pays special attention to equations of the general form, showing their dependence upon arbitrary functions. At the beginning of each section, basic solution methods for the corresponding types of differential equations are outlined and specific examples are considered. It presents equations and their applications, including differential geometry, nonlinear mechanics, gas dynamics, heat and mass transfer, wave theory and much more. This handbook is an essential reference source for researchers, engineers and students of applied mathematics, mechanics, control theory and the engineering sciences.

CONTIN (version 2) users manual (EuropÃ¦iske molekylÃ¦rbiologiske laboratorium. Technical report)

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CONTIN (version 2) users manual (EuropÃ¦iske molekylÃ¦rbiologiske laboratorium. Technical report)
Stephen W Provencher
Manufacturer: EMBL
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CONTIN users manual (EuropÃ¦iske molekylÃ¦rbiologiske laboratorium. Technical report)

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CONTIN users manual (EuropÃ¦iske molekylÃ¦rbiologiske laboratorium. Technical report)
Stephen W Provencher
Manufacturer: EMBL
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ASIN: B0007B2ZY6

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This innovative study considers how approximately seven thousand male graduates of law came to understand themselves as having a legitimate claim to authority over nineteenth-century Brazilian society during their transition from boyhood to manhood.

While pursuing their traditional studies at Brazil's two law schools, the students devoted much of their energies to theater and literature in an effort to improve their powers of public speaking and written persuasion. These newly minted lawyers quickly became the magistrates, bureaucrats, local and national politicians, diplomats, and cabinet members who would rule Brazil until the fall of the monarchy in 1889.

Andrew J. Kirkendall examines the meaning of liberalism for a slave society, the tension between systems of patriarchy and patronage, and the link between language and power in a largely illiterate society. In the interplay between identity and state formation, he explores the processes of socialization that helped Brazil achieve a greater measure of political stability than any other Latin American country.

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