D Francis: 80 books

This book is a collection of lectures given in August 2006 at the Les Houches Summer School on “Particle Physics and Cosmology: the Fabric of Spacetime”. It provides a pedagogical introduction to the various aspects of both particle physics beyond the Standard Model and Cosmology of the Early Universe,...

Idioms, phrases, sayings, axioms: Something catchy, something pithy, something meaningful, something fulfilling, something satisfying, something thoughtful, something comforting, something challenging, something uplifting, something inspirational, something for everyone under all circumstances. Regardless...

"Events during the past decade have dramatically In the West, we can no longer say that we are a for­ changed the nature and magnitude of the problem of tress, safe from these problems. The time to say that tuberculosis. Much of what many physicians learned we are safe is long past. Our own...

Implantable defibrillators as originally conceived by Michel Mirowski were limited to the detection and automatic termination of ventricular fibrillation. In the original "AID" device, the detection algoritlun sought to distinguish sinus rhytlun from ventricular fibrillation by identifying...

Heroin is a fascinating drug to most people.It is often referred to as the “hardest drug.” By this logic, people might start with alcohol, work up to marijuana and maybe LSD. Then they reach to cocaine or methamphetamine. And finally, at the end of the journey is heroin. But like most things about...

This book uses in-depth interview data with victims of conflict in Northern Ireland, South Africa and Sri Lanka to offer a new, sociological conceptualization of everyday life peacebuilding. It argues that sociological ideas about the nature of everyday life complement and supplement the concept of...

“THIS IS THE WORLD WAR II HISTORY OF AN ORGANIZATION CONSIDERED BY many as one of the unique and most colorful combat units ever to serve in the United States Army in time of war—the Americal Division. “Despite its early entry into combat on Guadalcanal in 1942, and its subsequent long...

The fifth and sixth volumes of the Handbook of Carbon Nano Materials focus on fundamental properties and key applications of graphene. Graphene, the thinnest known material made of a single atom thick sheet of carbon atoms arranged hexagonally, offers great opportunities for application development...

 The events of the past four years have been of such magnitude that the various steps, the numberless battles, and the growth of Allied power which led up to the final victory are not clearly defined even in the minds of many military men. A history of this great period which will state in an...

Apparue à Berlin-Ouest vers 1980 et popularisée lors de la «bataille de Seattle» en 1999, la tactique du black bloc connaît un renouveau. Des black blocs ont manifesté lors du Sommet du G20 à Toronto, du Printemps arabe, du mouvement Occupy et des Indignés, lors des récentes grèves étudiantes...