Socio-ecological Studies in Natural Protected Areas (2020)

English | PDF | 2020 | 803 Pages | ISBN : 3030472639 | 31.6 MB This book explores the interactions of local inhabitants and environmental systems in the Protected Natural Areas of Mexico. Its goal is to help understand how social groups contextualize ecological knowledge, how human activities...
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Introducing Phonetic Science

AUTHORS: Michael Ashby and John Maidment This accessible textbook provides a clear and practical introduction to phonetics, the study of speech. Assuming no prior knowledge of the topic, it introduces students to the fundamental concepts in phonetic science, and equips them with the essential skills needed for recognizing,...
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Food Powders Properties and Characterization (2021)

English | ISBN: 3030489078 | 2021 | 209 Pages | PDF | 5 MB Food powders are an increasingly important aspect of processed food worldwide. Essential factors such as ease of storage and transport and usage convenience have greatly benefited the food industry and promise further advancements in...
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Stellar Evolution and Nucleosynthesis (2010)

English | 2010 | ISBN: 0521133203 | PDF | 240 Pages | 3.5 mb This self-contained astrophysics textbook for advanced undergraduates explores how stars form, what happens to them as they age, and what becomes of them when they die. Students can investigate the physical processes sustaining the...
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Between Grammar and Rhetoric

by Casper de Jonge The Greek rhetorician Dionysius of Halicarnassus was active in Augustan Rome. For a long time, modern scholars have regarded him as a rather mediocre critic, whose works were only interesting because of the references to earlier scholars and the citations of literary fragments. Download...
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The Future of Brain Repair (2020)

by Jack Price English | 2020 | ISBN: 0262043750 | 285 Pages | PDF | 2.77 MB A scientist assesses the potential of stem cell therapies for treating such brain disorders as stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, and Parkinson’s disease. Stem cell therapies are the subject of enormous hype, endowed...
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Astronomy’s Quest for Sharp Images (2020)

English | ISBN: 303055810X | 2020 | 284 Pages | PDF | 5 MB Since the 1960s, astrophysical discoveries have blossomed, due to the emergence of powerful and new observational tools. Among them, a fantastic improvement of the sharpness of astronomical images, obtained with ground based optical telescopes,...
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Topics in orbit equivalence (2004)

2004 | 138 Pages | ISBN: 3540226036 | PDF | 1 MB This volume provides a self-contained introduction to some topics in orbit equivalence theory, a branch of ergodic theory. The first two chapters focus on hyperfiniteness and amenability. Included here are proofs of Dye’s theorem that probability...
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