This book is an outcome of the conference on the liposomes in drug delivery: 21 years held in University of London, in 1990. It covers themes such as novel carrier systems,... Læs mere
An analysis of the key issues involved in Europe's defence-industrial reorganization process. The issues covered include divergencies between practice and policy in NATO US-European positions, the high cost of collaborative ventures and competition versus concentration.
Intended for anthropologists, these collected papers present the author's concern with modern thought and the problem of ethnography. They... Læs mere
This text examines the problem of defining the "meaning of illness", an interpretation developed within a society which can itself be studied and interpreted from without, from a variety of viewpoints depending on the academic discipline to which observation has been allocated.
First Published in 1991. In this book the author looks at the history of sexuality, discussing topics of love from the 15th century onwards, sexual morality and marriage, ancient and modern adages conernong procreation as a part of society and the sex lives of single people.
Through its analysis of a Melanesian society (Ponam) and the ways it has changed in the 20th century, this book addresses the relationship between the concern with the structure and logic of social organization, and process, with the fluidity of events and individual strategy.
This monograph surveys the current literature on game theoretic models of strategic information transmission in politics. Within each topic the principal focus is on how the presence of asymmetric information enriches the strategic environment of the participants.
This book provides information on current and promising developments in lasers. It is useful to researchers looking for concise information about a particular endeavor,... Læs mere
This much-needed volume focuses on the various ways in which the Classics have influenced Russian literature at particularly significant junctures.
Explores the life and art of the ethnographic film maker, John Marshall. Included is an autobiographical essay in which Marshall assesses his 40-year involvement with the San... Læs mere
Discusses the shell model and the interacting Boson model and their applications to the structure of atomic nuclei. The author systematically develops these models from an elementary level, through an introduction to tensor algebra, to the use of group theory in spectroscopy.
This book is devoted to algebraic models and their applications. It presents a simple, but thorough, pedagogic approach, starting from the most elementary ideas and building up to the most recent results of advanced theories. The book is designed for a graduate level treatment.