A collection of essays in which use of diverse research strategies contribute to a reappraisal of the study of ethnomedicine. The contested nature of medical knowledge is documented, revealing a close articulation between individual suffering and the social and political order.
Joel Savishinsky expands and updates his acclaimed study of mobility and stress in a sub-Arctic community of Hare Indians. The edition... Læs mere
In 'The Evolution of Social Systems' J.P. Scott for the first time combines genetic theories of evolution, system theory and theories of behavioural evolution to explain the evolution of social behaviour and organisation.
This work details the proceedings of the JSPS/NSF Symposium, on Time-Resolved Vibrational Spectroscopy, held in Honolulu, Hawaii 18-22 November 1985. Involving primarily... Læs mere
Presenting the main recent advances made in parallel processing, this volume focuses on the design and implementation of systolic algorithms as efficient computational structures that encompass both multiprocessing and pipelining concepts.
Highly technical monograph in which the authors, writing on the basis of their own recent research for the benefit of expert readers, describe a general theory of stochastic integration equations. First published in 1990.
One of the world's foremost authorities on magnetism, Professor Louis Neel was the recipient of the 1970 Nobel Prize in Physics. With all but ten of Neel's 150 original... Læs mere
First Published in 1988. Chemically Modified Surfaces is a monographic series designed to serve as a medium for the publication of new scientific results concerning surface modification by means of chemical reaction.
A collection of essays, from many contributors, on the science of astrophysics. Subjects covered include the Soviet-US VLBI programme, stellar winds and supernovae in the interstellar medium, quasars and active galactic nuclei, and astronomy for the 21st century.
This volume provides all the information needed for the design and operation of gas/liquid/solid reactors with gas-induced liquid motion, specially bubble column and... Læs mere
First Published in 1987. Selected papers from the Workshop on Chemistry and Fate of Organophosphorus Compounds, The Free university, Amsterdam, June 18-20, 1986.
First Published in 1985, this yearbook is an annual reference providing a concise source of information concerning recent developments in the radiopharmaceutical sciences.