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This book presents a historically situated explanation of the rise of global water governance and the contemporary challenges that global water governance seeks to address. It is particularly concerned with connecting what are often technical issues in water management...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2017-07-24
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It is widely acknowledged that a central aim of science is to achieve understanding of the world around us, and that possessing such understanding is highly important in our present-day society. But what does it mean to achieve this understanding? What precisely is...
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Oxford University Press
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2017-07-24
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Michel Thellier schildert in diesem Buch, dass auch Pflanzen ein Gedächtnis besitzen und beantwortet die spannende Frage wann, wo und wie sie Informationen speichern können. Er vergleicht die Erinnerung der Pflanzen mit der von Menschen und Tieren. So manche unserer...
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Springer
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2017-07-24
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Exam Board: IBLevel: IBSubject: ChemistryFirst Teaching: September 2014First Exam: Summer 2016Stretch your students to achieve their best grade with these year round course companions; providing clear and concise explanations of all syllabus requirements and...
Editeur :
Hodder Education
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2017-07-24
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Prepare for Success
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This book is intended for use both in the industry and the academia. It introduces the physical, chemical and the mechanical properties as well as the characterization of bamboo. Novel industrial applications in structural, non-structural, reinforcement,...
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Springer
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2017-07-24
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This book presents a comprehensive biological and ecological information about owls in the neotropic area. In addition the book covers topics such as threats and conservation strategies for these nocturnal birds of prey from 18 Neotropical countries. Owls are a...
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Springer
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2017-07-24
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Volume One of the thoroughly revised and updated guide to the study of biodiversity in insects The second edition of Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society brings together in one comprehensive text contributions from leading scientific experts to assess the influence...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2017-07-24
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This book presents the proceedings of the 8th international Symposium “Information Fusion and Intelligent Geographic Information Systems 2017” (IF&ICIS'2017), which took place at Shanghai Maritime University, China, from May 10 to 12, 2017. The goal of the symposium was...
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Springer
Parution :
2017-07-24
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This book presents the study of limnogeomorphology, in which past proxy data such as lacustrine sediments with information on landform development can be linked to modern observed data acquired by instruments, including hydro-geomorphological and sedimentary...
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Springer
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2017-07-24
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This brief book provides an overview of the gravitational orbital evolution of few-body systems, in particular those consisting of three bodies. The authors present the historical context that begins with the origin of the problem as defined by Newton, which was...
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Springer
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2017-07-22
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This book provides the mathematical foundations of the theory of hyperhamiltonian dynamics, together with a discussion of physical applications. In addition, some open problems are discussed. Hyperhamiltonian mechanics represents a generalization of Hamiltonian...
Editeur :
Springer
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2017-07-21
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This book is intended as a philosophical introduction to geo-ontologies, in response to their increasing diffusion within the contemporary debate, where philosophy plays a fundamental, though still unexplored, role. Accordingly, the first part offers a short overview of...
Editeur :
Springer
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2017-07-21
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** GUARDIAN SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 **‘Popular science at its best’Mail on Sunday‘Eminently accessible and enjoyable’ObserverWith every breath, you literally inhale the history of the world. On the ides of March, 44 BC, Julius Caesar died of stab wounds in the...
Editeur :
Transworld Digital
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2017-07-20
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This book introduces the reader the chemistry of reaction approaches by which noble metal nanoparticles are synthesized, including synthetic approaches using the Brust–Schiffrin method , a high-temperature solution-phase synthesis, polymer and biological entities, weak...
Editeur :
Springer
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2017-07-20
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This book focuses on the latest advances in the field of nanomaterials synthesis and processes, and provides a comprehensive overview of the state of art of research in this rapidly developing field. The book is divided into 11 chapters on various aspects of...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2017-07-20
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This thesis addresses two very different but equally important topics in the very broad fields of astrophysics and cosmology: (I) the generation of cosmological magnetic fields and (II) gravitational fragmentation of the Cosmic Web. All mathematical developments are...
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Springer
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2017-07-20
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This thesis reports the remarkable discovery that, by arranging the dipoles in an ordered array with particular spacings, it is possible to greatly enhance the cross-section and achieve a strong light-matter coupling (>98% of the incident light). It also discusses...
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Springer
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2017-07-20
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This book describes the emergent endohedral metallofullerene, lithium-containing fullerene Li@C60, with an overview from its history to recent application research. The book covers synthesis, preparation, purification, structure, physical and chemical properties,...
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Springer
Parution :
2017-07-20
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This book presents a concise introduction to piecewise deterministic Markov processes (PDMPs), with particular emphasis on their applications to biological models. Further, it presents examples of biological phenomena, such as gene activity and population growth, where...
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Springer
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2017-07-20
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Despite the modern dominance of computer graphics programs and digital cameras, the ability todraw geological structures manually remains a necessity in academic geology and beyond. Drawings serve for quick and simple documentation in the field or at the microscope....
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2017-07-20
Collection :
Geological Field Guide
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