Pergamon imprint: 338 books
by I. Tsvankin
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2001
Following the breakthrough in the last decade in identifying the key parameters for time and depth imaging in anisotropic media and developing practical methodologies for estimating them from seismic data, this title primarily focuses on the far reaching exploration benefits of anisotropic processing.
This...
Solar Energy Conversion II
Selected Lectures from the 1980 International Symposium on Solar Energy Utilization, London, Ontario, Canada August 10-24, 1980
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Solar Energy Conversion II presents the proceedings of the 1980 International Symposium on Solar Energy Utilization, held in Ontario, Canada on August 10-24, 1980. This book provides information on the utilization of solar energy and on the difficulties encountered in its implementation.
Organized...
Transitional Energy Policy 1980-2030
Alternative Nuclear Technologies
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Transitional Energy Policy 1980-2030: Alternative Nuclear Technologies discusses concerns regarding the use of nuclear technology as an energy source. The book covers issues such as the reservations regarding the use of nuclear, energy resource supply/demand problems, and controversial concepts.
The...
Methods and Models for Assessing Energy Resources
First IIASA Conference on Energy Resources, May 20-21, 1975
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Methods and Models for Assessing Energy Resources covers the proceedings of the First IIASA Conference on Energy Resources, held on May 20-21, 1975. This book mainly focuses on energy resources, such as coal, oil and natural gas, and uranium resources, and the assessment of these resources.
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Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2000
The first edition of this popular reference work was published in 1993 and received critical acclaim for its achievement in bringing together international perspectives on research and development in giftedness and talent. Scholars welcomed it as the first comprehensive volume in the field and it...
Cancer Control
Proceedings of the 12th International Cancer Congress, Buenos Aires, 1978
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Advances in Medical Oncology, Research and Education, Volume II: Cancer Control covers the proceedings of the 12th International Cancer Congress, held in Buenos Aires in 1978. The text aims to present concerns related to cancer and its prevention and patient rehabilitation.
The book first discusses...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 1998
Mechatronics, a synergistic combination of mechanical, electronic and computing engineering technologies, is a truly multidisciplinary approach to engineering. New products based on mechatronic principles are demonstrating reduced mechanical complexity, increased performance and often previously impossible...
by James Wood
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Computational Methods in Reactor Shielding deals with the mathematical processes involved in how to effectively control the dangerous effect of nuclear radiation. Reactor shielding is considered an important aspect in the operation of reactor systems to ensure the safety of personnel and others that...
World Spatial Metadata Standards
Scientific and Technical Characteristics, and Full Descriptions with Crosstable
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2005
World Spatial Metadata Standards represents years of work by the ICA Spatial Data Standards Commission during the 1995-2003 ICA cycles.
It consists of an Introduction and six Regional Summary chapters that describe the spatial metadata activities happening in Europe, North America, Asia/Pacific,...
Psychophysiology
Today and Tomorrow
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Psychophysiology: Today and Tomorrow focuses on the most important theoretical aspects and practical outlets of the problem, as well as the main potentialities and interests of psychophysiology.
Organized into 23 chapters, this book begins with the identification of component systems for syntax, verbal...
Neurobiology of Motor Programme Selection
New Approaches to the Study of Behavioural Choice
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
The traditional view of motor systems as a linear chain of elements switched on and off by command neurons has become increasingly difficult to maintain in the face of accumulating evidence against the existence of command elements. So far, however, the general formulation of an alternative approach...
Sensory Functions
Proceedings of the 28th International Congress of Physiological Sciences, Budapest, 1980
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Advances in Physiological Sciences, Volume 16: Sensory Functions contains the proceedings of the symposia of the 28th International Congress of Physiology, held in Budapest in July 1980.
The book presents scientific papers discussing a wide range of topics on sensory functions. The topics discussed...
Physiology Past, Present and Future
A Symposium in Honour of Yngve Zotterman
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Physiology: Past, Present and Future documents the proceedings of a symposium in honor of Yngve Zotterman held in the Department of Physiology, Medical School, University of Bristol on 11-12 July 1979. The idea for the symposium was spurred by the knowledge that Yngve would reach the age of 80 in...
Regulatory Functions of the CNS Principles of Motion and Organization
Proceedings of the 28th International Congress of Physiological Sciences, Budapest, 1980
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Advances in Physiological Sciences, Volume 1: Regulatory Functions of the CNS: Principles of Motion and Organization covers the proceedings of the 28th International Congress of Physiological Sciences, held in Budapest in 1980.
This text is comprised of six parts. Before presenting the six major topics,...