This text looks at the interface between energy and environmental research. It begins with the latest trends in applied thermodynamics, the methods of energy analysis, entropy generation minimization and thermoeconomics, and continues with developments in energy processing.
Containing proceedings of the VIIIth International Rotifer Symposium which was held in Collegeville, Minnesota, USA, on June 22-27, 1997, this volume includes review papers and reports of recent research findings along with the presentation of new methods in rotifer biology.
This volume contains selected presentations of the 3rd International PAMIR Conference on Transfer Phenomena in Magnetohydrodynamic and Electroconducting Flows held at the Paul Langevin Centre in Aussois, France, in September 1997.
The purpose of this text is to give an approach to the theory of spline functions, from the introduction of the phrase "spline" by I.J. Schoenberg to the newest theories of... Læs mere
This book provides a timely review of progress in the area of primary plant metabolism, and in particular highlights the extent to which molecular techniques now influence the investigation and understanding of plant metabolism.
This collection of papers from a conference in Beijing concentrates on the importance of the environment in economic development, expressing a determination to measure effects as a means to the successful management of natural resources.
Interstellar and solar system solids are different stages of the same materials. In this book, the sources and evolution of circumstellar dust, interstellar dust, comets, meteorites and interplanetary dust are carefully discussed in the context of their interrelations.
This volume is a collection of the main lectures over a broad spectrum of rheological models with singularities as the "Leitmotiv". It contains 30 papers on developments in the late '90s in the analysis and understanding of non-linear singularities.
This text reviews the changes brought about in the field of astronomy by the release of the Hipparcos catalogue. Chapters by leading experts detail with the various approaches of one of the most challenging cosmological issues: the scale of the universe.
This textbook intends to bridge the gap between knowledge about global warming and practical implementation in... Læs mere
This volume aims to shed light on the most recent developments in both the synthesis of novel assemblies and on current methods for their characterization at the end of the 20th century.
This work provides an introduction to astrophysical plasmas and fluids for graduate students of astronomy, and represents the roles that plasmas and fluids play in the... Læs mere