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This book describes the physics of baseball and softball, assuming that the reader has a basic background in both physics and mathematics. The book provides an excellent... Læs mere
In-depth studies analyzing evidence-based measures to prevent school violence remain thin on the ground. This volume translates available data into practical preventive measures that can be put to use in school settings and covers a plethora of related issues.
Murder and Politics in Mexico studies the causes of political killings in Mexico’s liberalization-democratization within the larger context of political repression.
Based on a solid historical foundation of autism theory and research, this inclusive handbook integrates coverage of the broader scholarly literature with a trenchant analysis of the state of the field in nosology, etiology, assessment, and treatment.
Based on the authors' everyday research experiences in the field of high-energy heavy-ion collisions, this volume bundles temperature, heat, entropy and disorder into modern physics. The main focus is thermodynamics -- the very concept of temperature, its use, and extensions.
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Thermo-fluid Dynamics of Two-Phase Flow, Second Edition is focused on the fundamental physics of two-phase flow.
This fully updated new edition of the classic work on information theory presents a detailed analysis of Shannon-source and channel-coding theorems, before moving on to address sources, channels, codes and the properties of information and distortion measures.
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Fundamentals of Combustion Processes is designed as a textbook for an upper-division undergraduate and graduate level combustion course in mechanical engineering.