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Специальная теория относительности и все связанное с ней создаёт ощущение притянутости и нереальности. Попытавшись разобраться в истоках данной теории, автор убедился в правоте своих сомнений в правоте СТО. В данной книге автор излагает свои выводы. …

A comprehensive introduction to ICA for students and practitioners Independent Component Analysis (ICA) is one of the most exciting new topics in fields such as neural networks, advanced statistics, and signal processing. This is the first book to pr…

Diagenesis affects all sediments after their deposition and includes a fundamental suite of physical, chemical and biological processes that control the texture, mineralogy and fluid-flow properties of sedimentary rocks. Understanding the processes a…

Molecular Forensics offers a comprehensive coverage of the increasingly important role that molecular analysis plays within forensic science. Starting with a broad introduction of modern forensic molecular technologies, the text covers key issues fro…

Представления о том, что географическая оболочка Земли не однородна, и что разные местности создают разные перспективы развития человеческих обществ, писали, начиная со Страбона и Плиния. О «месторазвитиях народов» говорили Элитзе Реклю, Ратцингер и …

Новая книга от автора серии об устройстве нашего организма, его органах и системах. На этот раз о видимых и невидимых «сожителях» и врагах человека – микробах, простейших и гельминтах. Автор - врач с тридцатилетним стажем, двадцать из которых - в обл…

Наверное, нет более противоречивой области знаний, чем медицина. То, в чем нас недавно убеждали одни врачи, сегодня начисто отвергают другие. Кому верить и кого слушать? В этой книге рассказывается о наиболее популярных мифах современной медицины, м…

Дорогой читатель! Перед тобой вторая книга из серии «Писатель. Вдохновение». Первая – об историях создания шедевра. Эта книга рассказывает, как появились литературные герои Фонвизина, Пушкина, Гоголя, Лермонтова, Толстого, Достоевского, Тургенева, Че…

Inorganic Pigments significantly change our surroundings. They are irreplaceable for the coloring of construction materials – their applications range from concrete to artist's colors, from industrial paints to toners in photocopiers, from coloring i…

Understanding the play between heredity and environment, and relating it to disease causation, is the task of ecogenetics. Gene-Environment Interactions: Fundamentals of Ecogenetics presents the first comprehensive survey of this discipline, reflecti…

Covering the fundamentals of air-borne particles and settled dust in the indoor environment, this handy reference investigates: * relevant definitions and terminology, * characteristics, * sources, * sampling techniques and instrumentation, * exposur…

A complete review of the issues with specific recommendations and guidelines. With over 1,000 tests commercially available, genetic testing is revolutionizing medicine. Health care professionals diagnosing and treating patients today must consider ge…

Edited by world-famous pioneers in chemoinformatics, this is a clearly structured and applications-oriented approach to the topic, providing up-to-date and focused information on the wide range of applications in this exciting field. The authors expl…

Explores environmental factors during fetal development that may contribute to autism It is well documented that in the majority of the cases, an autistic child's brain has acquired the genetic and organismal abnormalities that were initiated during …

Despite extensive empirical experience, there is both a scientific challenge and a technological need to develop an understanding of the mechanisms underlying the flow of grains. This new reference provides quick access to the current level of knowle…

This title is devoted to presenting some of the most important concepts and techniques for describing real-time systems and analyzing their behavior in order to enable the designer to achieve guarantees of temporal correctness. Topics addressed inclu…

This practical, well-organized reference delves deeply into functional group transformations, to provide all the detailed information that researchers need. Topics are organized into the following sections: oxidation, reduction, asymmetric synthesis,…

A completely updated, expanded edition of a longstanding and influential text on chemical thermodynamics Covers the logical foundations and interrelationships of thermodynamics and their application to problems that are commonly encountered by the ch…

In this first book to gather the information on this hot topic otherwise widely spread throughout the literature, experienced editors and top international authors cover everything the reader needs – from the synthesis of chiral organosulfur compound…

Palaeobiology: A Synthesis was widely acclaimed both for its content and production quality. Ten years on, Derek Briggs and Peter Crowther have once again brought together over 150 leading authorities from around the world to produce Palaeobiology II…