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1 978-3-211-99736-9 Porsche Museum
2 978-0-387-69060-5 Moleculary Targeted Therapy for Childhood Cancer
3 978-0-387-35443-9 Handbook of Neurochemistry and Molecular Neurobiology
4 978-0-387-77499-2 Pancreatic Cancer
5 978-3-642-10279-0 Interest Rates, Exchange Rates and World Monetary Policy
6 978-90-481-3689-6 Symmetry through the Eyes of a Chemist
7 978-0-387-79059-6 Prebiotics and Probiotics Science and Technology
8 978-1-4419-5517-3 Microbiological Troubleshooting in the Industrial Food Processing Environment
9 978-1-4419-1477-4 Food Analysis
10 978-1-4419-1718-8 Future Application and Middleware Technology on e-Science
11 978-0-387-73004-2 Encyclopedia of Biometrics
12 978-0-387-49616-0 Encyclopedia of Database Systems
13 978-3-540-92911-6 Handbook of Natural Computing
14 978-0-387-71800-2 Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural School Psychology
15 978-1-84882-999-2 Introduction to Engineering Statistics and Lean Sigma
16 978-1-4419-1749-2 Theory of Applied Robotics
17 978-1-4419-1745-4 Introduction to Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis
18 978-3-540-78878-2 Identification of Dynamical Systems
19 978-3-642-04871-5 Essentials of Modern Optical Fiber Communication
20 978-1-4020-8640-3 Encyclopedia of the World's Coastal Landforms
21 978-3-540-78559-0 Uranium Deposits of the World
22 978-90-481-3897-5 Presidential Science Advisors: Perspectives and Reflections on Science, Policy and Politics
23 978-3-642-02623-2 Behaviour: Evolution and Mechanisms
25 978-3-540-77588-1 Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology
26 978-0-387-46620-0 History and Development of Operations Research and Management Science
27 978-1-4419-5512-8 Networks in Action
28 978-0-387-70913-0 Functional Analysis, Sobolev Spaces and Partial Differential Equations
29 978-3-0346-0335-5 Families of Automorphic Forms
30 978-1-4419-5526-5 Modeling and Simulation in Scilab/Scicos with ScicosLab 4.4
31 978-0-387-88629-9 Computational Neuroscience
32 978-1-4419-0629-8 Mathematical Methods in Robust Control of Discrete-Time Linear Stochastic Systems
33 978-1-4419-1620-4 A Course in Multivariable Calculus and Analysis
34 978-3-642-05163-0 Solving Ordinary Differential Equations I
35 978-3-0346-0327-0 Introduction to Cardinal Arithmetic
36 978-3-7643-8509-5 Metrics on the Phase Space and Non-Selfadjoint Pseudo-Differential Operators
37 978-3-0346-0331-7 Discrete Groups, Expanding Graphs and Invariant Measures
38 978-3-0346-0333-1 Cardinal Invariants on Boolean Algebras
39 978-0-387-09638-4 The Pillars of Computation Theory
40 978-1-4419-1604-4 Theory and Applications of Stochastic Processes
41 978-1-4419-1739-3 Practical Bifurcation and Stability Analysis
42 978-1-4419-1747-8 Algorithms and Programming
43 978-1-4419-1731-7 Arithmetic of Quadratic Forms
44 978-0-8176-4955-5 System Identification with Quantized Observations
45 978-0-387-09815-9 Handbook of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings
46 978-1-60327-959-8 Addiction Recovery Management
47 978-0-387-09813-5 Handbook of Behavioral Health Disability
48 978-0-387-09708-4 Anesthesia Student Survival Guide
49 978-1-84882-047-0 Comprehensive Electrocardiology
50 978-3-540-87954-1 Hemodynamic Monitoring Using Echocardiography in the Critically Ill
51 978-1-4419-5522-7 Common Musculoskeletal Problems in Primary Care
52 978-1-84800-139-8 General Surgery
53 978-1-84882-961-9 Anesthesia Informatics
54 978-1-60761-589-7 Palliative Care:
55 978-1-60761-643-6 Management of Infections in Cancer Patients
56 978-1-84882-127-9 Atlas of Epilepsies
57 978-3-540-78455-5 Radiotherapy for Hodgkin Lymphoma
58 978-0-387-76699-7 The Glaucoma Book
59 978-3-642-03693-4 Spine Trauma
60 978-1-60327-576-7 Essentials of Anatomic Pathology
61 978-3-642-05069-5 Color Atlas of Burn Reconstructive Surgery
62 978-0-387-78666-7 Handbook of Disease Burdens and Quality of Life Measures
63 978-1-4419-0804-9 Basics of PET Imaging
64 978-1-84882-799-8 Robotic Urologic Surgery
65 978-1-60761-641-2 Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation: A Practical Guide
66 978-3-642-05427-3 Quantum Signatures of Chaos
67 978-3-642-05369-6 Mechanics
68 978-3-642-05359-7 Humans on Earth. Past, Present and Future
69 978-1-4419-1776-8 1001 Celestial Wonders to See Before You Die
70 978-1-4419-5570-8 Galileo and 400 Years of Telescopic Astronomy
71 978-0-387-71803-3 Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion
72 978-0-387-09758-9 Handbook of Clinical Psychology Competencies
73 978-1-4419-1083-7 Historical Archeology of Tourism in Yellowstone National Park
74 978-1-4419-0660-1 Spectral Analysis of Large Dimensional Random Matrices
75 978-1-4419-1575-7 Introducing Monte Carlo Methods with R
76 978-1-4419-1585-6 Fundamentals of Clinical Trials
Architecture
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Porsche Museum
Delugan Meissl Associated Architects HG Merz
| |EDITORS: |Delugan Meissl Associated Architects |
| |ISBN-13: |978-3-211-99736-9 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 385 p., With numerous ills., Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |$79.95 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |November 2009 |
|The recently opened Porsche-Museum in Zuffenhausen, at the entrance to the city of Stuttgart, is exceptional in three respects: for its |
|architecture, its construction and its urban design. In its form, use of technology and dynamic elegance the design reflects the qualities of the |
|traditional automobile brand. A 160 metre long exhibition element rests on three concrete cores, which enable the smooth structure to float with |
|apparent ease above the level of the ground floor. Upon entering the building the visitor is drawn onto a sunken entrance plateau, effortlessly |
|crossing the threshold between the everyday world and the white Porsche experience. The graphic design concept of Mevis and Van Deursen enables |
|the reader of this book to share with the visitor the sense of moving through the museum. The photography of Ivan Baan guides him visually around |
|and through the building. While the first part of the book relies on pure black and white photography the second part uses texts and plans to |
|illuminate the technical and constructional aspects of the project. This is a book for anyone interested in the architecture of the |
|Porsche-Museum. At the same time it is in itself an object crafted according to the same principles. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|One of the world’s most innovative automobile museums |
|Containing essays by leading experts |
|Designed for the true book lover |
|MARKET: |Architects, engineers, laymen |
|SUBJECTS: | |Building Types and Functions; Interior Architecture and Design; Design, general |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Architecture |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Marte, Marte.Marte ( 978-3-211-79199-8, 2008,$79.95) |
|Landscape Architecture Europe Foundation, On Site (978-3-7643-8950-5, 2009, $84.95) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Corcuera, Contemporary Houses (H.F. Ullmann, 978-0841600638, 2008, $69.95) |
|Mckeith, Archipelago (Rakennustieto Publishing, 978-9516828063, 2008, $63.00) |
Biomedicine
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Moleculary Targeted Therapy for Childhood Cancer
| |EDITORS: |Peter J. Houghton, St. Judes Childrens Research Hospital Memphis, TN, USA and Robert Arceci,|
| | |John Hopkins Oncology Ctr, Baltimore, MD, USA |
| |ISBN-13: |978-0-387-69060-5 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 350 p., 30 illus., 5 in color, Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $149.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |October 2009 |
|Each chapter will focus on the known molecular characteristics of specific childhood cancers, focusing on how the molecular ‘drivers’ can be |
|exploited from a therapeutic standpoint with currently available targeted agents. Where applicable, integration of targeted therapies with |
|conventional cytotoxic agents will be considered. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|This volume will provide a comprehensive summary of molecular characteristics of childhood cancers, and how the changes involved in transformation|
|provide us with opportunities for developing relatively less toxic, but curative, therapies. |
|This book will be the first to comprehensively explore the molecular aspects of childhood cancers that make them vulnerable to certain potential |
|therapeutic approaches. |
|MARKET: |Basic cancer researchers working on childhood cancers; pediatric oncologists and scientists involved in experimental |
| |therapeutics of childhood cancer. |
|SUBJECTS: | |Cancer Research; Human Genetics; Molecular Medicine |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Biomedicine |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Chan, Pediatric Oncology (978-0-387-24470-9, 2005, $59.95) |
|Houghton, Moleculary Targeted Therapy for Childhood Cancer (978-0-387-69060-5, 2008, $149.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Pecorino, Molecular Biology of Cancer: Mechanisms, Targets, and Therapeutics (Oxford University Press, 978-0199211487, 2008, $59.95) |
|Cullinane, Molecular Biology and Pathology of Paediatric Cancer (Oxford University Press, 978-0192630797, 2003, $365.00) |
Biomedicine
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Handbook of Neurochemistry and Molecular Neurobiology
Third Edition
| |EDITOR: |Abel Lajtha |
| |ISBN-13: |978-0-387-35443-9 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 6000 p., 17-volume-set |
| |PRICE: |$3650.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |October 2009 |
|The Second Edition of the Handbook of Neurochemistry, which was published about 24 years ago, consisted of 10 volumes. The present, Third Edition,|
|The Handbook of Neurochemistry and Molecular Biology, is over twice as large; indicating a great expansion of neuroscience in the past two |
|decades. We now have not only more data on brain mechanisms relating to behavior (mental activity and cognitive processes), but we understand in |
|some detail the mechanisms of these functions. The past editions focused purely on neurochemical aspects – the new edition reflects the need of |
|interdisciplinary approach for understanding neural mechanisms. Several volumes deal with pathological changes and with repair and therapy of both|
|mental and neurological pathologies. The purpose of this edition is to provide an evaluation of the results of investigations; to serve as a guide|
|rather than enumerating all the available findings in detail – it indicates future possibilities and the existing knowledge in neuroscience. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|The significance of understanding neural processes needs no emphasis – its potential is primary in mental and neural pathology, but also in |
|physiological importance |
|The volumes should serve as an aid to researchers expanding our knowledge and to educators training the next generation of neuroscientists and |
|clinicians |
|MARKET: |Neuroscientists, neurologists, psychiatrists, neurochemistry researchers |
|SUBJECTS: | |Neurosciences; Life Sciences, general |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Biomedicine |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Johnson, Handbook of Neurochemistry and Molecular Neurology (978-0-387-30349-9, 2007, $249.00) |
|Galoyan, Handbook of Neurochemistry and Molecular Neurology (978-0-387-30358-1, 2008, $249.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Siegel, Basic Neurochemistry (Academic Press, 978-0120883974, 2005, $99.95) |
|Smith, Elements of Molecular Neurobiology (Wiley, 978-0471560388, 2002, 100.00) |
Biomedicine
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Pancreatic Cancer
| |EDITORS: |John P. Neoptolemos, University of Liverpool, UK; Raul Urrutia, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, |
| | |Rochester, MN; James Abbruzzese, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX and Markus W. |
| | |Büchler, University of Heidelberg, Germany |
| |ISBN-13: |978-0-387-77499-2 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 1400 p., 208 illus., 60 in color, Print + eReference |
| |PRICE: |$689.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |November 2009 |
|Worldwide, there are an estimated 232,000 new cases of pancreatic cancer annually. In the United States, it is the fourth leading cause of cancer |
|death, and approximately 30,000 people die of pancreatic cancer each year. The disease is difficult to diagnose in its early stages, and most |
|patients have incurable disease by the time they present with symptoms. The overall 5-year survival rate for this disease is less than 5%. |
|Because of the recent and vast growth in both the clinical and scientific research being done in pancreatic cancer, each researcher’s knowledge of|
|other specialty areas outside his or her own is now often quite limited. The aim of this book is to place these the tangible advances—those that |
|are indispensable to all working on pancreatic cancer—readily at hand. The book will focus on advances that will not become dated, and the editors|
|will choose authors who are the very best in each area. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|The only Major Reference Work devoted entirely to pancreatic cancer |
|The contributing authors to this book are the very best in their respective fields |
|Will have widespread appeal among clinicians, pathologists, and basic scientists who are now struggling to understand this complex and rapidly |
|growing field |
|MARKET: |Researchers, scientists, professionals, clinicians, physicians, industry, graduate students in the fields of cancer research and|
| |oncology |
|SUBJECTS: | |Cancer Research; Oncology |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Biomedicine |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Hayat, Methods of Cancer Diagnosis, Therapy, and Prognosis (978-1-4020-9803-1, 2009, $279.00) |
|Cohen, Integrative Oncology (978-1-58829-869-0, 2008, $79.95) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Atkinson, Principles of Clinical Pharmacology (Academic Press, 978-0123694171, 2006, $115.00) |
|Alberts, Molecular Biology of the Cell (Garland Science, 978-0815341055, 2000, $149.00) |
Business / Economics
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Interest Rates, Exchange Rates and World Monetary Policy
| |AUTHOR: |John E. Floyd, University of Toronto, ON, Canada |
| |ISBN-13: |978-3-642-10279-0 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |XII, 404 p., Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $179.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): | March 2010 |
|A careful basic theoretical and econometric analysis of the factors determining the real exchange rates of Canada, the U.K., Japan, France and |
|Germany with respect to the United States is conducted. The resulting conclusion is that real exchange rates are almost entirely determined by |
|real factors relating to growth and technology such as oil and commodity prices, international allocations of world investment across countries, |
|and underlying terms of trade changes. Unanticipated money supply shocks, calculated in five alternative ways have virtually no effects. A |
|Blanchard-Quah VAR analysis also indicates that the effects of real shocks predominate over monetary shocks by a wide margin. The implications of |
|these facts for the conduct of monetary policy in countries outside the U.S. are then explored leading to the conclusion that all countries, to |
|avoid exchange rate overshooting, have tended to automatically follow the same monetary policy as the United States.. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Real exchange rate determination and the workings of monetary policy of individual countries in a world economy |
|The history of world monetary policy is reviewed along with the determination of real exchange rates within the Euro Area |
|MARKET: |Libraries, Scientists, Practitioners |
|SUBJECTS: | |Macroeconomics; Econometrics; International Economics |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Business / Economics |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Langdana, Macroeconomic Policy (978-0-387-77665-1,2009, $69.95) |
|Anari, The Power of Profit (978-1-4419-0648-9, 2010, $119.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Edwards, Capital Controls, Exchange Rates, and Monetary Policy in the World Economy (CUP, 978-0521597111, 1997, $65.00) |
|Cardoso, Monetary Policy & Exchange Rate Regimes (American University of Cairo Press, 978-9771727590, 2006, $27.50) |
Chemistry
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Symmetry through the Eyes of a Chemist
Third Edition
| |AUTHORS: |István Hargittai, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary and Magdolna |
| | |Hargittai, Hungarian Academy of Sciences at Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary |
| |ISBN-13: |978-90-481-3689-6 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 530 p., 370 illus., Softcover |
| |PRICE: |$89.95 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |March 2010 |
|"Symmetry through the Eyes of a Chemist" surveys chemistry from the point of view of symmetry. The aim has been to provide aesthetic pleasure in |
|addition to learning experience. The structure of the successful earlier editions is retained. "Symmetry through the Eyes of a Chemist" is a |
|valuable textbook for students of chemistry, the mathematical sciences, architecture, the fine arts and all those who have an interest in the |
|study of symmetry. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|The only book to comprehensively survey chemistry from the point of view of symmetry |
|Contains many examples from chemistry as well as from other fields which emphasize the unifying nature of the symmetry concept |
|This new edition has been further revised and contains streamlined text and renewed the illustrative material as well as an epilogue |
|Features expanded sections dealing with biopolymers and quasicrystals |
|MARKET: |Chemistry undergraduates and postgraduates; also researchers and professionals working in chemistry, the mathematical sciences, |
| |architecture, and the fine arts who have an interest in symmetry |
|SUBJECTS: | |Physical Chemistry; Inorganic Chemistry |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Chemistry |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Rosen, Symmetry Rule (978-3-540-75972-0, 2008, $59.95) |
|Strocchi, Symmetry Breaking (978-3-540-73592-2, 2008, $89.95) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Ladd, Symmetry & Group Theory in Chemistry (Horwood Publishing Limited, 978-1898563396, 1998, $43.00) |
|Conway, The Symmetries of Things (A K Peters Ltd., 978-1568812205, 2008, $75.00) |
Chemistry, Food Science
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Prebiotics and Probiotics Science and Technology
| |EDITORS: |Dimitris Charalampopoulos, University of Reading, UK and Robert A. Rastall, University of |
| | |Reading, UK |
| |ISBN-13: |978-0-387-79059-6 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |XXIV, 1265 p., Print + eReference |
| |PRICE: |$689.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |October 2009 |
|Prebiotics are defined as nondigestible food ingredients that may beneficially affect the host by selectively stimulating the growth and/or the |
|activity of a limited number of bacteria in the colon. Thus, to be effective, prebiotics must escape digestion in the upper gastrointestinal tract|
|and be used by a limited number of the microorganisms comprising the colonic microflora. Prebiotics are principally oligosaccharides. They mainly |
|stimulate the growth of bifidobacteria, for which reason they are referred to as bifidogenic factors. Probiotics are defined as live |
|microorganisms, including Lactobacillus species, Bifidobacterium species and yeasts that may beneficially affect the host upon ingestion by |
|improving the balance of the intestinal microflora. The dietary use of live microorganisms has a long history. Mention of cultured dairy products |
|is found in the Bible and the sacred books of Hinduism. Soured milks and cultured dairy products, such as kefir, koumiss, leben and dahi, were |
|often used therapeutically before the existence of microorganisms was recognized. The use of microorganisms in food fermentation is one of the |
|oldest methods for producing and preserving food. Much of the world depends upon various fermented foods that are staples in the diet. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|The science underpinning the probiotic and prebiotic effects, the latest in vivo studies, the technological issues in the development and |
|manufacture of these types of products, and the regulatory issues involved |
|Each volume is structured so that it covers all aspects of the topics in a logical manner, avoiding replication |
|MARKET: |Scientists and technologists working in academic and governmental institutes, food scientists and researchers, nutritionists, |
| |microbiologists, health professionals |
|SUBJECTS: | |Food Science; Chemistry/Food Science, general; Nutrition |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Chemistry, Food Science |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Gibson: Colonic Microbiota, Nutrition and Health (978-0-412-79880-1, 1999,$239.00) |
|Querol, Yeasts in Food and Beverages (978-3-540-28388-1, 2006, $369.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Jardine, Prebiotics and Probiotics (Wiley-Blackwell, 978-1905224524, 2009, $169.99) |
|Tannock, Probiotics and Prebiotics (Caister Academic Press, 978-1904455011, 2005 $199.00) |
Chemistry, Food Science
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Microbiological Troubleshooting in the Industrial Food Processing Environment
| |EDITORS: |Jeffrey L. Kornacki, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA, USA |
| |ISBN-13: |978-1-4419-5517-3 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 140 p., 48 illus., Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |$129.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |December 2009 |
|Microbiological Troubleshooting in the Industrial Food Processing Environment provides proven approaches and suggestions for finding sources of |
|microbiological contamination of industrially produced products. Industrial food safety professionals find themselves responsible for locating and|
|eliminating the source(s) of food contamination. These are often complex situations for which they have not been adequately prepared. This book is|
|written with them, the in-plant food safety/quality assurance professional, in mind. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|The book provides suggestions for starting up after a processing line (or lines) have been shut down due to a contamination risk |
|The authors conclude with an overview of molecular subtyping and its value with regard to in-plant investigations |
|Selected tools for testing the environment and statistical approaches to testing ingredients and finished product are also described |
|MARKET: |Quality Assurance (Q.A.) Directors, Managers, and Supervisors; Laboratory Technicians (both in-factory, commercial, and |
| |governmental); Sanitation Managers and Supervisors; and Governmental technical staff (USDA, FDA inspectors, CDC) |
|SUBJECTS: | |Food Science; Chemistry/Food Science, general; Microbiology |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Chemistry, Food Science |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Cocolin, Molecular Techniques in the Microbial Ecology of Fermented Foods (978-0387745190, 2008, $139.00) |
|Toldrá, Safety of Meat and Processing Meat (978-0-387-89025-8, 2009, $149.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Downes, Compendium of Methods for the Microbiological Examination of Foods (American Public Health Assoc., 978-0875531755, 2001, $125.00) |
|McLandsborough, Food Microbiology Laboratory (CRC, 978-0849312670, 2003, $59.95) |
Chemistry, Food Science
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Food Analysis
Fourth Edition
| |EDITOR: |S. Suzanne Nielsen, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA |
| |ISBN-13: |978-1-4419-1477-4 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 550 p., 271 illus., Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $79.95 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |January 2010 |
|This book provides information on the techniques needed to analyze foods in laboratory experiments. All topics covered include information on the |
|basic principles, procedures, advantages, limitations, and applications. This book is ideal for undergraduate courses in food analysis and is also|
|an invaluable reference to professionals in the food industry. General information is provided on regulations, standards, labeling, sampling and |
|data handling as background for chapters on specific methods to determine the chemical composition and characteristics of foods. Large, expanded |
|sections on spectroscopy and chromatography also are included. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Other methods and instrumentation such as thermal analysis, ion-selective electrodes, enzymes, and immunoassays are covered from the perspective |
|of their use in the analysis of foods |
|A website with related teaching materials is accessible to instructors who adopt the textbook |
|MARKET: |Students, professionals |
|SUBJECTS: | |Food Science; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Chemistry, Food Science |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Bhunia, Foodborne Microbial Pathogens (978-0-387-74536-7, 2008, $69.96) |
|Jay, Modern Food Microbiology (978-0-387-23180-8, 2005, $74.95) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Fellows, Food Processing Technology (CRC, 978-1439808214, 2009, $73.95) |
|Lopez-Gomez, Food Plant Design (CRC, 978-1574446029, 2005, $175.95) |
Computer Science
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Future Application and Middleware Technology on e-Science
| |EDITORS: |Ok-Hwan Byeon, Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information, Daejeon, Republic of |
| | |Korea; Jang Hyuk Kwon, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, Daejeon, Republic |
| | |of Korea; Thom Dunning, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Urbana, IL, USA; |
| | |Kum Won Cho, Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information, Daejeon, Republic of |
| | |Korea and Aurore Savoy-Navarro, Université Paris VI, Paris, France |
| |ISBN-13: |978-1-4419-1718-8 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 175 p., Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $149.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |November 2009 |
|Future Application and Middleware Technology on e-Science presents selected papers from the 2008 Korea e-Science All-Hands-Meeting (AHM 2008). |
|Hosted by the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, this meeting was designed to bring together developers and users of e-Science|
|applications and enabling information technologies from international and interdisciplinary research communities. The AHM 2008 conference served |
|as a forum for engineers and scientists to present state-of-the-art research and product/tool developments, and to highlight related activities in|
|all fields of e-Science. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Brings together cross-disciplinary information in one cohesive source |
|This book is suitable for the professional audience composed of industry researchers and practitioners of e-Science and suitable for |
|advanced-level students in the field |
|MARKET: |Industry researchers and practitioners of e-Science, advanced-level students |
|SUBJECTS: | |Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks; Information Systems and Communication Service; Computer |
| | |Communication Networks |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Computer Science |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Taylor, Workflows for e-Science (978-1-84628-519-8, 2007, $109.00) |
|Allen, Computational Science (978-3-642-01972-2, 2009, $139.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Rivero, Encyclopedia of Database Technologies and Applications (Idea Group Publishing, 978-1591405603, 2005, $275.00) |
|Miles, RFID Technology and Applications (CUP, 978-0521880930, 2008, $108.00) |
Computer Science
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Encyclopedia of Biometrics
| |EDITORS: |Stan Z. Li, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China |
| |ISBN-13: |978-0-387-73004-2 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |XXXII, 1433 p., 680 illus., Print + eReference |
| |PRICE: |$559.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |October 2009 |
|Biometrics are automated methods of recognizing a person based on physiological or behavioral characteristics. Among the features measured are |
|face, fingerprints, hand geometry, handwriting, iris, retina, vein, and voice. The Encyclopedia will be composed of about 250 entries, covering |
|biometrics modalities, systems and applications. Each entry will include a definition, key words, list of synonyms, list of related entries, |
|illustration(s), applications, and a bibliography. Most entries will include useful literature references providing the reader with a portal to |
|more detailed information. The style of the entries is expository and tutorial, making the encyclopedia a practical resource for experts in the |
|field as well as professionals in other fields. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|A-Z coverage of this complex subject area makes this volume easily accessible to professionals and researchers in all fields who are interested in|
|a particular aspect of Biometrics |
|Targeted literature references provide additional value for researchers looking to study a topic in more detail |
|MARKET: |Research scientists and industry practitioners in a wide variety of fields for a broad array of applications; computer |
| |scientists and academics in other areas such as engineering, math, statistics, political science, management science, |
| |psychology, biomedicine; advanced-level students interested in entering the field of biometrics or working in related areas |
|SUBJECTS: | |Pattern Recognition; Data Encryption |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Computer Science |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Tistarelli, Handbook of Remote Biometrics (978-1-84882-384-6, 2009, $129.00) |
|Ratha, Advances in Biometrics (978-1-84628-920-0, 2008, $79.95) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Theodoridis, Pattern Recognition (Academic Press, 978-1597492720, 2008, $99.95) |
|Zhang, Advanced Pattern Recognition Technologies with Applications to Biometrics (Medical Information Science Reference, 978-1605662008, 2008, |
|$225.00) |
Computer Science
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Encyclopedia of Database Systems
| |EDITORS: |M. Tamer Özsu, University of Waterloo, ON, Canada and Ling Liu, Georgia Institute of |
| | |Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA |
| |ISBN-13: |978-1-4419-1477-4 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |4100 p., 60 illus., Print + eReference., |
| |PRICE: |$1899.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |October 2009 |
|This multi-volume encyclopedia provides easy access to relevant information on all aspects of very large databases (VLDB). It features |
|alphabetical organization of concepts covering main areas of very large databases. The first reference work on VLDB with a searchable XML |
|e-reference featuring four color art. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Co-editor Tamer Özsu is a world renowned leader in the field |
|Includes targeted literature references |
|Each peer-reviewed entry includes definition, key words, illustrations, applications and a bibliography |
|MARKET: |Researcher scientists and graduate-level students in computer science and geography |
|SUBJECTS: | |Database Management; Information Storage and Retrieval; Multimedia Information Systems |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Computer Science |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Hvasshovd, Recovery in Parallel Database Systems (978-3-528-15411-0, 1999, $69.95) |
|Yeung, Spatial Database Systems (978-1-4020-5391-7, 2007, $279.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Date, Introduction to Database Systems (Addison Wesley, 978-0321197849, 2003, $139.60) |
|Connolly, DataBase Systems (Addison Wesley, 978-0321294012, 2004, $131.20) |
Computer Science
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Handbook of Natural Computing
| |EDITORS: |Grzegorz Rozenberg, Leiden University, The Netherlands; Thomas H.W. Bäck, Leiden University,|
| | |The Netherlands and Joost N. Kok, Leiden University, The Netherlands |
| |ISBN-13: |978-3-540-92911-6 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 1600 p., Print + eReference |
| |PRICE: |$939.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |March 2010 |
|Natural Computing is the field of research that investigates both human-designed computing inspired by nature and computing taking place in |
|nature, i.e., it investigates models and computational techniques inspired by nature and also it investigates phenomena taking place in nature in |
|terms of information processing. |
|Examples of the first strand of research covered by the handbook include neural computation inspired by the functioning of the brain; evolutionary|
|computation inspired by Darwinian evolution of species; cellular automata inspired by intercellular communication; swarm intelligence inspired by |
|the behavior of groups of organisms; artificial immune systems inspired by the natural immune system; artificial life systems inspired by the |
|properties of natural life in general; membrane computing inspired by the compartmentalized ways in which cells process information; and amorphous|
|computing inspired by morphogenesis. Other examples of natural-computing paradigms are molecular computing and quantum computing, where the goal |
|is to replace traditional electronic hardware, e.g., by bioware in molecular computing. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|We are now witnessing an exciting interaction between computer science and the natural sciences. Natural Computing is an important catalyst for |
|this interaction, and this handbook is a major record of this important development |
|Natural Computing is an important catalyst for this two-way interaction, and this handbook is a major record of this important development |
|MARKET: |Researchers in academia and industry, graduate students in computer science and biology |
|SUBJECTS: | |Theory of Computation; Quantum Physics; Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Computer Science |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Grant, Relativistic Quantum Theory of Atoms and Molecules (978-0-387-34671-7, 2007, $215.00) |
|Kozen, Theory of Computation (978-1-84628-297-3, 2006, $95.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Sipser, Introduction to the Theory of Computation (Course Technology, 978-0534950972, 2005, $153.95) |
|Goddard, Introducing the Theory of Computation (Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 978-0763741259, 2008, $120.95) |
Education
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Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural School Psychology
| |EDITOR: |Caroline Clauss-Ehlers, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA |
| |ISBN-13: |978-0-387-71800-2 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 1400 p., Print + eReference |
| |PRICE: |$749.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |November 2009 |
|The Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural School Psychology (ECCSP) is comprehensive and reader friendly, with approximately 400 entries written by |
|leading researchers, educators, and practitioners in the fields of school psychology and education. ECCSP provides an easily accessible A-to-Z |
|reference in one concise volume across these six key cross-cultural competency areas. Each entry offers a definition and description of the term, |
|a bibliography, and additional references for professionals and all readers interested in seeking more in-depth information on any topic. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Organization and clarity allows users to access terms easily |
|Presents issues in cross-cultural school psychology and education from pre-K through 12th grade, offering a lifespan approach |
|MARKET: |Education professionals, school psychologists, clinical child psychologists, developmental psychologists |
|SUBJECTS: | |Education (general); Child and School Psychology; Cross Cultural Psychology |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Education |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Hutchison, Teaching in America (978-1-4020-3771-9, 2005, $139.00) |
|Quicks, Inclusion and Psychological Intervention in Schools (978-1-4020-6367-1, 2008, $129.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Shiraev, Cross-Cultural Psychology (Allyn & Bacon, 978-0205665693, 2009, $77.80) |
|Berry, Handbook of Cross-Cultural Psychology (Allyn & Bacon, 978-0205160747, 1996,$76.00) |
Engineering
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Introduction to Engineering Statistics and Lean Sigma
Statistical Quality Control and Design of Experiments and Systems
Second Edition
| |AUTHOR: |Theodore T. Allen, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA |
| |ISBN-13: |978-1-84882-999-2 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |XXIV, 576 p., 121 illus., Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |$99.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |January 2010 |
|Introduction to Engineering Statistics and Lean Sigma builds on the success of its first edition to reflect the growing importance of the "lean |
|sigma" hybrid. As well as providing detailed definitions and case studies of all six sigma methods, Introduction to Engineering Statistics and |
|Lean Sigma forms one of few sources on the relationship between operations research techniques and lean sigma. The second edition also greatly |
|expands the discussion of Design For Six Sigma (DFSS), which is critical for many organizations that seek to deliver desirable products which work|
|first time. The emphasis on lean production, combined with recent methods relating to Design for Six Sigma (DFSS), makes Introduction to |
|Engineering Statistics and Lean Sigma a practical, up-to-date resource for advanced students, educators, and practitioners. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Second edition of a successful book expands on two major topics of increasing relevance to organizations: lean production and design for six sigma|
|Enables readers to identify which six sigma methods are most suitable for particular scenarios |
|MARKET: |Advanced students in engineering, professors at universities, practicing engineers |
|SUBJECTS: | |Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing; Statistics for Business/Economics/Mathematical Finance/Insurance;|
| | |Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Engineering |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Denker, Introductory Statistics and Random Phenomena (978-0-8176-4031-6, 1997, $89.95) Singpurwalla, Statistical Methods in Software Engineering |
|(978-0-387-98823-8, 1999, $115.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Besterfield, Quality Control (Prentice Hall, 978-0135000953, 2008,$137.40) |
|Breyfogle, Implementing Six Sigma (John Wiley & Sons, 978-0471265726, 2003, $115.00) |
Engineering
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Theory of Applied Robotics
Kinematics, Dynamics, and Control (2nd Edition)
Second Edition
| |AUTHOR: |Reza N. Jazar, Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY, USA |
| |ISBN-13: |978-1-4419-1749-2 (Replaces ISBN: 978-0-387-32475-3) |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 750 p., Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |$99.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |March 2010 |
|The contents of this book are presented at a theoretical-practical level. It explains robotics concepts in detail, concentrating on their |
|practical use. Related theorems and formal proofs are provided, as are real-life applications. Students, researchers, and practicing engineers |
|alike will appreciate this user-friendly presentation of a wealth of robotics topics, most notably orientation, velocity, and forward kinematics. |
|The second edition includes updated and expanded exercise sets and problems, new coverage includes, Components and Mechanisms of a Robotic Systems|
|with actuators, sensors and controllers and updated and expanded material on Kinematics including geometric kinematics, Derivative Kinematics, |
|velocity kinematics, and new coverage on sensing and control including position sensors, speed sensors and acceleration sensors. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|New coverage includes components and mechanisms of a robotic Systems with actuators, sensors and controllers and updated and expanded material on |
|kinematics, and new coverage on sensing and control including position sensors, speed sensors and acceleration sensors |
|Provides numerical algorithms that can be converted and used with computational software such as Matlab, Mathematica and Maple |
|MARKET: |Seniors and first year graduate students in mechanical, electrical, and aerospace engineering |
|SUBJECTS: | |Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics; Systems Theory, Control |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Engineering |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Angeles, Fundamentals of Robotic Mechanical Systems (978-0-387-29412-4, 2007, $109.00) |
|Khatlib, Experimental Robotics (978-3-540-77456-3, 2008, $169.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Spong, Robot Modeling and Control (Wiley, 978-0-4716-4990-8, 2005, $97.50) |
|Craig, Introduction to Robotics: Mechanics and Control (Prentice Hall, 978-0-2015-4361-2, 2004, $104.00) |
Engineering
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Introduction to Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis
| |AUTHOR: |Nam-Ho Kim, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA |
| |ISBN-13: |978-1-4419-1745-4 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 400 p., Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |$99.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |January 2010 |
|Introduction to Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis will introduce the key concepts of nonlinear finite element analysis procedures. The book will |
|explain the fundamental theories of the field, and provide instructions on how to apply the concepts to solving practical engineering problems. |
|Instead of covering many nonlinear problems, only four representative problems are addressed: nonlinear elasticity, elastoplasticity, contact |
|problem, and dynamic problem. The book is written independent of any particular software, but tutorials and examples using four commercial |
|programs are included as appendices: ANSYS, NASTRAN, ABAQUS, and MATLAB. In particular, the MATLAB program will include all source codes so that |
|students can develop their own material models, or different algorithms. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Clear explanations of nonlinear finite element analysis for elasticity, elastoplasticity, contact and dynamic problems |
|Many informative examples of nonlinear analyses are included so that students can understand the nonlinear theory clearly |
|Offers practical applications of FEM to engineering analysis, providing a balance between theory and practice |
|MARKET: |Graduate students in mechanical, civil, aerospace, biomedical, and industrial engineering, as well as researchers and engineers |
| |in the same fields |
|SUBJECTS: | |Theoretical and Applied Mechanics; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials; Computational Mathematics and Numerical |
| | |Analysis |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Engineering |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Wriggers, Nonlinear Finite Element Methods (978-3-540-71000-4, 2008, $139.00) |
|Ibrahimbegovic, Nonlinear Solid Mechanics (978-90-481-2330-8, 2009, $109.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Belytschko, Nonlinear Finite Elements for Continua and Structures (9780471987741, Wiley, 2000, $99.00) |
|Zienkiewicz, Finite Element Method for Solid and Structural Mechanics (Taylor and Francis, 978-0750663212, 2005, $114.00) |
Engineering, Electric Engineering
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Identification of Dynamical Systems
An Introduction with Applications
| |AUTHORS: |Rolf Isermann, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany and Marco Münchhof, Technische |
| | |Universität Darmstadt, Germany |
| |ISBN-13: |978-3-540-78878-2 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 550 p., with CD-ROM, Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |$79.95 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |April 2010 |
|For many applications, ranging from controls engineering to natural sciences and economics, precise dynamic models must be derived. In the vast |
|majority of applications, such precise models cannot be derived by theoretical considerations only. The book discusses methods, which allow the |
|determination of dynamic models based on measurements taken at the process, which is known as system identification or process identification |
|respectively. |
|After a short introduction into the required methodology of continuous-time and discrete-time linear systems, the focus is first on the |
|identification of non-parametric models with continuous-time signals employing methods such as Fourier transform, measurement of the frequency |
|response and correlation analysis. Then, the parameter estimation for parametric models is presented with a focus on the method of Least Squares, |
|followed by some of its most prominent modifications. Issues such as parameter estimation for time-variant processes, parameter estimation in |
|closed-loop, parameter estimation for differential equations, continuous time processes and efficient implementations of the algorithms are |
|discussed. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|The book presents different system identification methods, compares the different methods and discusses their application issues |
|Real experimental data are given on CD-ROM, allowing to test many of the methods presented in the book with real measurements |
|Powerpoint slides for a 12-14 week graduate level course can be made available to teachers |
|MARKET: |Graduate students, researchers and professionals in Controls engineering, all disciplines of electrical and mechanical |
| |engineering which are concerned with modelling, control, fault detection and diagnosis, optimization of processes |
|SUBJECTS: | |Control, Robotics, Mechatronics; Complexity; Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Engineering, Electric Engineering |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Nelles, Nonlinear System Identification (978-3-540-67369-9, 2001, $159.00) |
|Bohlin, Practical Grey-box Process Identification (978-1-84628-402-1, 2006, $159.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Ljung, System Identification (Prentice Hall PTR, 978-0136566953, 1999, $142.00) |
|Juang, Identification and Control of Mechanical Systems (Cambridge University Press, 978-0521031905, 2006, $68.00) |
Engineering, Electric Engineering
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Essentials of Modern Optical Fiber Communication
| |AUTHOR: |Reinhold Noé, University of Paderborn, Germany |
| |ISBN-13: |978-3-642-04871-5 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 300 p., Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $89.95 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |April 2010 |
|This concise introduction into optical fiber communication. It covers the important aspects from the physics of optical wave propagations to the |
|essentials of Receivers and Amplifiers. This combination of a solid coverage of the necessary fundamentals with an in-depth discussion of recent |
|relevant research results provides the reader with the necessary theory of optical fiber systems. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Very concisely written |
|Focusses on the Physical essentials of Fiber Communication systems |
|Includes many worked examples, problems and provides a solutions manual for Lecturers |
|MARKET: |Graduate students, practitioners and researchers in optical engineering, optics, and optical devices |
|SUBJECTS: | |Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Engineering, Electric Engineering |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Mukherjee, Optical WDM Networks (978-0-387-29055-3, 2006, $99.00) |
|Lu Ruan, Optical Networks (978-0-7923-7166-3, 2001, $187.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Argrawal, Fiber-Optic Communication Systems (Wiley-Interscience, 978-0471215714, 2002, $140.95) |
|Palais, Fiber Optic Communications (Prentice Hall, 978-0130085108, 2004, $111.00) |
Geography
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Encyclopedia of the World's Coastal Landforms
| |EDITOR: |Eric Bird, University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Geostudies, Australia |
| |ISBN-13: |978-1-4020-8640-3 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 1600 p., 1440 illus. in color., Print + eReference |
| |PRICE: |$1200.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |February 2010 |
|This unique richly-illustrated account of the landforms and geology of the world’s coasts, presented in a country-by-country (state-by-state) |
|sequence, assembles a vast amount of data and images of an endangered and increasingly populated and developed landform. An international panel of|
|138 coastal experts provides information on “what is where” on each sector of coast, together with explanations of the landforms, their evolution |
|and the changes taking place on them. As well as providing details on the coastal features of each country (state or county) the compendium can be|
|used to determine the extent of particular features along the world’s coasts and to investigate comparisons and contrasts between various world |
|regions. With more than 1440 color illustrations and photos, it is particularly useful as a source of information prior to researching or just |
|visiting a sector of coast. References are provided to the current literature on coastal evolution and coastline changes. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Offers an along-the-coast treatment |
|The only available encyclopedia on this subject |
|Designed for the rapid location of particular coast sectors |
|MARKET: |Academic libraries, researchers, scientists, professionals and students in oceanography, geomorphology, coastal engineering, |
| |marine biology, geology, ecology, geography, civil engineering. |
|SUBJECTS: | |Physical Geography; Oceanography; Environment, general |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Geography |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Mimura, Asia-Pacific Coasts and Their Management (978-1-4020-3626-2, 2008,$179.00) |
|Harvey, Global Change and Integrated Coastal Management (978-1-4020-3627-9, 2006, $229.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Healy, Muddy Coasts of the World (Elsevier Science, 978-0444510198, 2002, $356.99) |
|Clark, Coastal Zone Management Handbook (CRC-Press,978-1566700924, 1996, $127.00) |
Geosciences/Geography
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Uranium Deposits of the World
| |AUTHOR: |Franz J. Dahlkamp |
| |ISBN-13: |978-3-540-78559-0 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |2400 p., 4-volume-set |
| |PRICE: |$1350.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |October 2009 |
|Uranium Deposits of the World, in four volumes, comprises an unprecedented compilation of data and overviews of the key uranium regions throughout|
|the globe. It offers not only a complete uranium-resource reference based on the latest research but also access to previously unavailable data. |
|Each country and region receives an analytical overview followed by the detailed geologically- and economically-relevant synopsis of the |
|individual regions and fields, including: location and magnitude of uranium districts and deposits; principal features of uranium districts; and |
|characteristics of selected deposits. The description of districts and deposits includes sections on geology, alteration, mineralogy, shape and |
|dimensions, ore controls or recognition criteria, and metallogenetic aspects. A typological classification of uranium deposits is added to give an|
|overview of principal criteria of deposit types and related nomenclature. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Offers timely availability of key information on global availability of a carbon-neutral energy resource |
|The huge amount of text data, figures, and maps makes this four-volume set an indispensable source on uranium research and exploration for all |
|scientists and professionals in this field |
|Contains the most comprehensive bibliography related to uranium research and uranium mining |
|MARKET: |Libraries; geologists, mining engineers, resource managers |
|SUBJECTS: | |Mineral Resources; Nuclear Engineering; Metallic Materials |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Geosciences/Geography |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Gupta, Uranium Resource Processing (978-3-540-67966-0, 2003, $319.00) |
|Pirajno, Hydrothermal Processes and Mineral Systems (978-1-4020-8612-0, 2008, $239.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|IAEA, Formation of Uranium Ore Deposits (IAEA, 978-92000402746, 1975, $206.02) |
|Bunker, Geology of the oxidized uranium ore deposits of the Tordilla Hill-Deweesville area( U.S. Govt. Print. Off, B0006C7T8I, 1973, $109.12) |
Humanities / History
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Presidential Science Advisors: Perspectives and Reflections on Science, Policy and Politics
| |EDITORS: |Roger Pielke, University of Colorado, Boulder, U.S.A. and Roberta A. Klein, University of |
| | |Colorado, Boulder, U.S.A. |
| |ISBN-13: |978-90-481-3897-5 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 280 p., Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $159.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |February 2010 |
|For the past 50 years a select group of scientists has provided advice to the US President, mostly out of the public eye, on issues ranging from |
|the deployment of weapons to the launching of rockets to the moon to the use of stem cells to cure disease. The role of the presidential science |
|adviser came under increasing scrutiny during the administration of George W. Bush, which was highly criticized by many for its use (and some say,|
|misuse) of science. This edited volume includes, for the first time, the reflections of the presidential science advisers from Donald Hornig who |
|served under Lyndon B. Johnson, to John Marburger, the current science adviser, on their roles within both government and the scientific |
|community. It provides an intimate glimpse into the inner workings of the White House, as well as the political realities of providing advice on |
|scientific matters to the presidential of the United States. The reflections of the advisers are supplemented with critical analysis of the role |
|of the science adviser by several well-recognized science policy practitioners and experts. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|This book will offer unique first-hand perspectives of the science advisors to the president, from Lyndon Johnson to George W. Bush |
|Inclusion of the transcripts of the interviews of the science advisors as an appendix provides a historical resource that is unlikely to ever |
|appear elsewhere |
|MARKET: |Science policy scholars and practitioners, members of the general public who are interested in learning more about the role of |
| |science advice in the White House and the day-to-day realities of providing that advice. |
|SUBJECTS: | |History of Science; Political Philosophy; History |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Humanities / History |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Young, The History, Use, Disposition and Environmental Fate of Agent Orange (978-0-387-87485-2, 2009, $99.00) |
|Bes, Quantum Mechanics (978-3-540-46215-6, 2007, $69.95) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Codevilla, Advice to War Presidents: A Remedial Course in Statecraft (Basic Books, 978-0465004836, 2009, $27.50) |
|Bijker, The Paradox of Scientific Authority: The Role of Scientific Advice in Democracies (MIT Press, 978-0262026581, 2009, $32.00) |
Life Sciences
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Behaviour: Evolution and Mechanisms
| |AUTHORS: |Nils Anthes, Universität Tübingen; Katharina Hirschenhauser, Konrard Lorenz |
| | |Forschungsstelle Grünau; et. al |
| |ISBN-13: |978-3-642-02623-2 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 520 p., Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $59.95 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |April 2010 |
|The study of animal behaviour is one of the fastest growing sub-disciplines in biology. The resulting diversity of conceptual approaches and |
|methodological innovations makes it increasingly difficult for professionals and students to keep abreast of important new developments. This |
|edited volume provides up-to-date reviews that facilitate orientation in key areas of animal behaviour, including communication, cognition, |
|conflict, cooperation, sexual selection and behavioural variation. The contributions address evolutionary and proximate aspects of behaviour and |
|also cover both invertebrates and vertebrates. Richly illustrated with colour figures, this volume offers a well structured overview of all the |
|main developments in current animal behaviour research.. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|All important new developments in animal behaviour |
|It is ideal for teaching upper-level courses, where it will be essential reading for advanced students familiar with basic concepts and ideas |
|Important concepts are dealt with in separate glossaries and key examples highlighted in separate text boxes |
|MARKET: |Advanced students of biology |
|SUBJECTS: | |Behavioural Sciences; Evolutionary Biology; Animal Ecology |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Life Sciences |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Hall, Behaviour and Evolution, (978-3-540-64752-2, 1998, $89.95) |
|Voland, The Biological Evolution of Religious Mind and Behavior (978-3-642-00127-7, 2009, $99.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Drickamer, Animal Behavior (McGraw-hill Publishing Co., 978-0071130202, 2008, $131.98) Bolhuis, The Behavior of Animals (Wiley-Blackwell, |
|978-0-631-23125-7, 2004, $89.95) |
Life Sciences
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Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology
| |EDITORS: |Kenneth N. Timmis, Environmental Microbiology Laboratory, Braunschweig, Germany |
| |ISBN-13: |978-3-540-77588-1 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 4500 p., 400 illus., Print + eReference |
| |PRICE: |$2500.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |October 2009 |
|"Water is life!" All active cellular systems require water as the medium and solvent of their metabolic activities. Hydrophobic compounds and |
|structures, which tend to exclude water, though providing inter alia excellent sources of energy and a means of biological compartmentalization, |
|present problems of cellular handling, poor bioavailability and, in some cases, toxicity. Microbes both synthesize and exploit a vast range of |
|hydrophobic organics, especially petroleum oil hydrocarbons and industrial pollutants, and the underlying interactions not only have major |
|consequences for the lifestyles of the microbes involved, but also for biogeochemistry, climate change, environmental pollution, human health and |
|a range of biotechnological applications. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|First comprehensive overview of microbial interactions with the major forms of hydrocarbons, oils, and lipids in or entering the biosphere |
|A definitive resource of current knowledge on the diverse and multifaceted aspects of these interactions, the microbial players, and the |
|physiological mechanisms and adaptive strategies characteristic of the microbial lifestyle that plays out at hydrophobic material: aqueous liquid |
|interfaces |
|MARKET: |Scientists in academia and industry working in the areas of environmental and applied microbiology |
|SUBJECTS: | |Microbiology; Applied Microbiology; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Life Sciences |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Durieux, Applied Microbiology (978-0-7923-6858-8, 2001, $155.00) |
|Insam, Microbiology of Composting (978-3-540-67568-6, 2002, $269.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Glazer, Microbial Biotechnology (Cambridge University Press, 978-0521842105, 2007, $79.00) |
|Bitton, Wastewater Microbiology (Wiley, 978-0471650713, 2005, $119.50) |
Management / Business for Professionals
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History and Development of Operations Research and Management Science
Vol. 1 - Operations Research and Management Science: A history of the new approach to problems; Vol. 2 - Qualitative Development of OR/MS: Classic examples and commentary; Vol. 3 - Quantitative Development of OR/MS: Classic examples and commentary
| |AUTHOR: |Heiner Müller-Merbach, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany |
| |ISBN-13: |978-0-387-46620-0 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 900 p., 3-volume-set. |
| |PRICE: |approx. $290.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |October 2009 |
|The History and Development of Operations Research and Management Science will provide—for the first time—a historical context for the entire |
|field of Operations Research/Management Science. This enables each researcher, student, and practitioner to put their own work (which is only part|
|of the broader OR/MS domain in the Applied Sciences) into a historical perspective. |
|Volume 1 provides a broad understanding including the OR/MS approach to problems, the scope of problem-solving methodologies across the specific |
|methodologies in the field and the modeling advances with the appropriate mathematical tools illustrated. Volume 2 outlines the development of the|
|qualitative (non-mathematical) approach to OR/MS in the historical context of the field. Volume 3 charts the development of the quantitative |
|advances (progress) in OR/MS. The volume uses the classical work of the pioneers to better understand the current state-of-the-art in the |
|quantitative school. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|OR/MS is a field with compartmental specializations and these volumes will be one of the very few resources that will provide those who work with |
|OR/MS tools and those who are in interested in exploring the area, with the historical development of the entire field in context of the problems |
|it addresses and the tools it uses |
|The field brings a "special synergy" to problem-solving methodologies that expands the capabilities of the methods while developing solutions to |
|even larger and more complex problems |
|MARKET: |Academics, students |
|SUBJECTS: | |Operations Research/Decision Theory; Operations Research, Mathematical Programming; Probability Theory and Stochastic |
| | |Processes |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Management / Business for Professionals |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Wittman, Agent-Based Models of Energy Investment Decisions (978-3-7908-2003-4, 2008, $99.00) |
|Ehrentreich, Agent-Based Modeling (978-3-540-73878-7, 2008, $89.95) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Neogy, Mathematical Programming And Game Theory For Decision Making (World Scientific Publishing Company, 978-9812813213, 2008, $151.00) |
|Ross, Introduction to Probability Models (Academic Press, 978-0125980623, 2006, $99.95) |
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Networks in Action
Text and Computer Exercises in Network Optimization
| |EDITORS: |Gerard Sierksma, University of Groningen, The Netherlands and Diptesh Ghosh, Indian |
| | |Institute of Management, Vastrapura, India |
| |ISBN-13: |978-1-4419-5512-8 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |XI, 187 p., 96 illus., Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $69.95 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |December 2009 |
|The authors’ original motivation for the book was a one-semester course on network optimization for senior masters’ level classes of econometrics |
|and operations research. The textbook is suitable for a ‘middle level’ course for a student of econometrics or operations research interested not |
|only in reading about network optimization theory, but also providing first-hand experience in solving and analyzing reasonably sized programs |
|with computer software. |
|Networks in Action: Text and Computer Exercises in Network Optimization should spark students’ interest in modeling problems as networks, to |
|sensitize them to the fact that elegant and effective solution methods are available once a problem gets modeled as a network, and to guide them |
|to use computer based software tools to solve these problems. Every chapter ends with a brief description of additional exercises that are left |
|unsolved in order to show students that the problems covered in each of the chapters are not the only problems with which network optimization |
|deals. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Presents optimization problems small enough to be solved in class yet too large to be solved by eye |
|Uses fictitious case study format for all exercises |
|All exercises rigorously classroom-tested |
|MARKET: |Advanced undergraduate students for courses on network optimization, masters students for a first course on network |
| |optimization, focusing on practical problem solving, MBA students as a basis for an elective course on network optimization. |
| |Networks are used in many management disciplines such as: logistics, operations management, finance, and marketing |
|SUBJECTS: | |Operations Research/Decision Theory; Operations Research, Mathematical Programming; Math Applications in Computer Science |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Management / Business for Professionals |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Pardolos, Network Optimization (978-3-540-62541-4, 1997, $115.00) |
|Gen, Network Models and Optimization: Multiobjective Genetic Algorithm Approach (978-1-84800-180-0, 2008, $119.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Bazaraa, Linear Programming and Network Flows (Wiley-Interscience, 978-0471485995, 2004, $92.40) |
|Ahuja, Magnanti, Orlin: Network Flows: Theory, Algorithms and Applications (Prentice Hall, 978-0136175490, 2003, $151.00) |
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Functional Analysis, Sobolev Spaces and Partial Differential Equations
| |AUTHOR: |Haïm Brézis, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA |
| |ISBN-13: |978-0-387-70913-0 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 455 p., Softcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $59.95 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |January 2010 |
|This textbook is a completely revised, updated, and expanded English edition of the important Analyse fonctionnelle (1983). In addition, it |
|contains a wealth of problems and exercises (with solutions) to guide the reader. Uniquely, this book presents in a coherent, concise and unified |
|way the main results from functional analysis together with the main results from the theory of partial differential equations (PDEs). Although |
|there are many books on functional analysis and many on PDEs, this is the first to cover both of these closely connected topics. Since the French |
|book was first published, it has been translated into Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Romanian, Greek and Chinese. The English edition makes a|
|welcome addition to this list. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Major textbook by a well-known and highly regarded author |
|Only single-volume textbook to cover related fields of functional analysis and PDEs |
|MARKET: |Undergraduate and graduate students in mathematics and related fields including physics, engineering and finance |
|SUBJECTS: | |Functional Analysis; Partial Differential Equations |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Mathematics |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Demidenko, Selected Works of S.L. Sobolev (978-0-387-34148-4, 2006, $149.00) |
|Sauvigny, Partial Differential Equations (978-3-540-34457-5, 2006, $59.95) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Miklavcic, Applied Functional Analysis and Partial Differential Equations (World Scientific Publishing Company, 978-9810235352, 1998, $47.00) |
|Runst, Sobolev Spaces of Fractional Order, Nemytskij Operators, and Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations (Walter de Gruyter, 978-3110151138, |
|1996, $203.00) |
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Families of Automorphic Forms
| |AUTHOR: |Roelof W. Bruggeman, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands |
| |ISBN-13: |978-3-0346-0335-5 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 330 p., Softcover |
| |PRICE: |$39.95 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |December 2009 |
|This book gives a systematic treatment of real analytic automorphic forms on the upper half plane for general confinite discrete subgroups. These |
|automorphic forms are allowed to have exponential growth at the cusps and singularities at other points as well. It is shown that the Poincaré |
|series and Eisenstein series occur in families of automorphic forms of this general type. These families are meromorphic in the spectral parameter|
|and the multiplier system jointly. The general part of the book closes with a study of the singularities of these families. |
|The work is aimed primarily at mathematicians working on real analytic automorphic forms. However, the book will also encourage readers at the |
|graduate level (already versed in the subject and in spectral theory of automorphic forms) to delve into the field more deeply. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|New material so far mostly available in articles only |
|An introductory chapter explicates main ideas, and three concluding chapters are replete with examples that clarify the general theory and results|
|developed therefrom |
|SUBJECT: | |Real Functions |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Mathematics |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Bardi, Optimal Control and Viscosity Solutions of Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman Equations (978-0-8176-4754-4, 2008, $39.95) |
|Borel, Intersection Cohomology (978-0-8176-4764-3, 2008, $39.95) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Bump, Automorphic Forms and Representations (CUP, 978-0521658188, 1969, $70.00) |
|Iwaniec, Topics in Classical Automorphic Forms (American Mathematical Society, 978-0821807774, 1997, $45.00) |
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Modeling and Simulation in Scilab/Scicos with ScicosLab 4.4
Second Edition
| |AUTHORS: |Stephen L. Campbell, North Carolina State University, NC, USA; Jean-Philippe Chancelier, |
| | |CERMICS ENPC, France and Ramine Nikoukhah, INRIA, France |
| |ISBN-13: |978-1-4419-5526-5 (Previous 978-0-387-27802-5) |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |X, 330 p., Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |$69.95 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |December 2009 |
|It includes hundreds of general purpose and specialized functions for numerical computation, organized in libraries called toolboxes, which cover |
|such areas as simulation, optimization, systems and control, and signal processing. The first part concerns Scilab and includes a tutorial |
|covering the language features, the data structures and specialized functions for doing graphics, importing, exporting data and interfacing |
|external routines. It also covers in detail Scilab numerical solvers for ordinary differential equations and differential-algebraic equations. |
|Even though the emphasis is placed on modeling and simulation applications, this part provides a global view of Scilab. The second part is |
|dedicated to modeling and simulation of dynamical systems in Scicos. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Scilab is a free open-source software package for scientific computation |
|The objective of this book is to provide a tutorial for the use of Scilab/Scicos with a special emphasis on modeling and simulation tools |
|MARKET: |Advanced undergraduate and graduate students, researchers from all fields who want to do simulations, engineers in R and D |
| |departments |
|SUBJECTS: | |Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics; Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Mathematics |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Gomez, Engineering and Scientific Computing with Scilab (978-0-8176-4009-5, 1999, $89.95) Allaire, Numerical Linear Algebra (978-0-387-34159-0, |
|2008, $59.95) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Urroz, Numerical and Statistical Methods with SCILAB (BookSurge Publishing, 978-1588983046, 2001, $24.99) |
|Urroz, Numerical and Statistical Methods with SCILAB (BookSurge Publishing, 978-1588983053, 2001, $24.00) |
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Computational Neuroscience
| |EDITORS: |Wanpracha Art Chaovalitwongse, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA; Panos M. Pardalos, |
| | |University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA and Petros Xanthopoulos, University of Florida,|
| | |Gainesville, FL, USA |
| |ISBN-13: |978-0-387-88629-9 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 415 p., 78 illus., Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $139.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |February 2010 |
|The human brain is among the most complex systems known to mankind. Neuroscientists seek to understand brain function through detailed analysis of|
|neuronal excitability and synaptic transmission. Only in the last few years has it become feasible to capture simultaneous responses from large |
|enough numbers of neurons to empirically test the theories of human brain function. This volume bridges a vital gap between the mathematical |
|sciences and neuroscience research by bringing research areas from scientific and medical fields together. This book is expository in nature and |
|it will translate the technical languages into industries’ commonly-used terminology, which will make this volume even more beneficial to both |
|scientists and physicians. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Presents major results and latest trends in the field of computational neuroscience |
|Provides a collection of selected contributions giving a state-of-the-art account of recent developments in the field |
|MARKET: |Scientists, doctors, graduate students, and practitioners in engineering (electrical, industrial, biomedical), applied |
| |mathematics, and medical science |
|SUBJECTS: | |Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis; Neurosciences; Biomedical Engineering |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Mathematics |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Pardalos, Data Mining in Biomedicine (978-0-387-69318-7, 2007, $129.00) |
|Pardalos, Biocomputing (978-1-4020-0641-8, 2002, $199.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Dayan: Theorectical Neuroscience (The MIT Press, 978-0262541855, 2005, $43.00) |
|Izhikevich: Dynamical Systems in Neuroscience (The MIT Press, 978-0262090438 , 2006, $62.00) |
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Mathematical Methods in Robust Control of Discrete-Time Linear Stochastic Systems
| |AUTHORS: |Vasile Dragan, Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania; Toader |
| | |Morozan, Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania and |
| | |Adrian-Mihail Stoica, University "Politechnica" of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania |
| |ISBN-13: |978-1-4419-0629-8 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 355 p., 3 illus., Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $119.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |December 2009 |
|In this monograph the authors develop a theory for the robust control of discrete-time stochastic systems, subjected to both independent random |
|perturbations and to Markov chains. Such systems are widely used to provide mathematical models for real processes in fields such as aerospace |
|engineering, communications, manufacturing, finance and economy. The theory is a continuation of the authors’ work presented in their previous |
|book entitled Mathematical Methods in Robust Control of Linear Stochastic Systems published by Springer in 2006. The monograph is geared to |
|researchers and graduate students in advanced control engineering, applied mathematics, mathematical systems theory and finance. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Proposes new numerical algorithms to solve coupled matrix algebraic Riccati equations. |
|Leads the reader in a natural way to the original results through a systematic presentation |
|Presents new theoretical results with detailed numerical examples |
|MARKET: |Graduate students, researchers in advanced control engineering, mathematical systems theory and finance, numerical analysis |
|SUBJECTS: | |Systems Theory, Control; Optimization; Numerical Analysis |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Mathematics |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Dragan, Mathematical Methods in Robust Control of Linear Stochastic Systems (978-0387305233, 2006, $84.95) |
|Oksendal, Stochastic Differential Equations (978-3540047582, 2003, $49.95) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Chen, Linear Stochastic Control Systems (CRC, 978-0849380754, 1995, $154.64) |
|Aoki, Optimization of Stochastic Systems (Academic Press, 978-0120588510, 1989, $230.00) |
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A Course in Multivariable Calculus and Analysis
| |AUTHORS: |Sudhir R. Ghorpade, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India and Balmohan V. Limaye, |
| | |Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India |
| |ISBN-13: |978-1-4419-1620-4 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |XII, 476 p., 79 illus., 76 in color., Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |$69.95 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |November 2009 |
|This self-contained textbook gives a thorough exposition of multivariable calculus. It can be viewed as a sequel to the one-variable calculus |
|text, A Course in Calculus and Real Analysis, published in the same series. The emphasis is on correlating general concepts and results of |
|multivariable calculus with their counterparts in one-variable calculus. For example, when the general definition of the volume of a solid is |
|given using triple integrals, the authors explain why the shell and washer methods of one-variable calculus for computing the volume of a solid of|
|revolution must give the same answer. This book is distinguished from others on the subject: it examines topics not typically covered, such as |
|monotonicity, bimonotonicity, and convexity, together with their relation to partial differentiation, cubature rules for approximate evaluation of|
|double integrals, and conditional as well as unconditional convergence of double series and improper double integrals. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Follows a highly organized structure, where each chapter includes sections, subsections, notes and comments, and exercises |
|Includes high quality exercises split into two parts: Part A consists of relatively routine problems and Part B contains those that are either |
|more theoretical or challenging |
|MARKET: |Advanced undergraduate students taking a course in multivariate calculus; also useful to advanced undergraduate and graduate |
| |students taking a course in real analysis |
|SUBJECT: | |Analysis |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Mathematics |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Marsden, Calculus III (978-0387909851, 1985, $54.95) |
|Ghorpade, A Course in Classical Calculus and Real Analysis (978-0387305301, 2006, $64.95) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Larson, Calculus Multivariable (Brooks Cole, 978-0547209975, 2009, $163.95) |
|Stewart, Multivariable Calculus (Brooks Cole, 978-0495560548, 2009, $159.95) |
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Solving Ordinary Differential Equations I
Nonstiff Problems
Second Edition
| |AUTHORS: |Ernst Hairer, University of Geneva, Switzerland; Syvert P. Nørsett, Norwegian University of |
| | |Science and Technology, Norway and Gerhard Wanner, University of Geneva, Switzerland |
| |ISBN-13: |978-3-642-05163-0 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |XVI, 528 p., Softcover |
| |PRICE: |$79.95 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |January 2010 |
|"This is the revised version of the first edition of Vol. I published in 1987. ….Vols. I and II (SSCM 14) of Solving Ordinary Differential |
|Equations together are the standard text on numerical methods for ODEs. ...This book is well written and is together with Vol. II, the most |
|comprehensive modern text on numerical integration methods for ODEs. |
|"…This book is a valuable tool for students of mathematics and specialists concerned with numerical analysis, mathematical physics, mechanics, |
|system engineering, and the application of computers for design and planning…" Optimization |
|"… This book is highly recommended as a text for courses in numerical methods for ordinary differential equations and as a reference for the |
|worker. It should be in every library, both academic and industrial." Mathematics and Computers |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|New edition has been rewritten, errors have been eliminated and new material has been included |
|The reader will benefit from many illustrations, a historical and didactic approach, and computer programs |
|MARKET: |Researchers and graduate students of mathematics |
|SUBJECTS: | |Analysis; Numerical Analysis |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Mathematics |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Gustafsson, High Order Difference Methods for Time Dependent PDE (9780-3-540-74992-9, 2008, $109.00) |
|Hundsdorfer, Numerical Solution of Time-Dependent Advenction-Diffusion-Reaction Equations (978-3-540-03440-7, 2003, $139.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Schwarz, Algorithmic Lie Theory for Solving Ordinary Differential Equations (Champan & Hall/CRC, 978-1584888895, 2007, $93.95) |
|Boyce, Elementary Differential Equations (Wiley, 978-0470039403, 2008, $128.40) |
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Introduction to Cardinal Arithmetic
| |AUTHORS: |Michael Holz, Universität Hannover, Germany; Karsten Steffens, Universität Hannover, Germany|
| | |and E. Weitz, Hamburg |
| |ISBN-13: |978-3-0346-0327-0 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 310 pages |
| |PRICE: |$39.95 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |January 2010 |
|This book is an introduction into modern cardinal arithmetic in the frame of the axioms of Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory together with the axiom of |
|choice. A first part describes the classical theory developed by Bernstein, Cantor, Hausdorff, König and Tarski between 1870 and 1930. Next, the |
|development in the 1970s led by Galvin, Hajnal and Silver is characterized. The third part presents the fundamental investigations in pcf theory |
|which have been worked out by Shelah to answer the questions left open in the 1970s. "The book should be required reading for every advanced |
|graduate student of set theory. Several courses at various levels could be based on the earlier chapters. There is a useful set of exercises at |
|the end of most sections in the first four chapters." (Mathematical Reviews). |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Self-contained introduction to cardinal arithmetic which also includes pcf theory |
|Gives a relatively complete survey of results provable in ZFC |
|MARKET: |Undergraduates, and also postgraduate students and researchers who want to broaden their knowledge of cardinal arithmetic |
|SUBJECT: | |Mathematics, general |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Mathematics |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Bardi, Optimal Control and Viscosity Solutions of Hamilton-Jacobi Bellman Equations (978-0-8176-4754-4, 2008, $39.95) |
|Brylinski, Loop Spaces, Characteristic Classes and Geometric Quantization (978-0-8176-4730-8, 2008, $39.95) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Zeman, Inner Models and Large Cardinals (Walter de Gruyter, 978-3110163681, 2002,$178.00) |
|Dehaene, The Number Sense (Oxford University Press, 978-0195132403, 1999, $25.50) |
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Metrics on the Phase Space and Non-Selfadjoint Pseudo-Differential Operators
| |AUTHOR: |Nicolas Lerner, Université de Rennes, France |
| |ISBN-13: |978-3-7643-8509-5 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 350 p., Softcover |
| |PRICE: |$89.95 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |April 2010 |
|This book contains three chapters. The first one, Basic Notions of Phase Space Analysis is only introductory. The second chapter, Metrics on the |
|Phase Space, contains a thorough exposition of the Weyl calculus via a microlocalization procedure described by a metric on the phase space. The |
|third chapter, Estimates for non-selfadjoint operators, is more involved and is devoted to a rather complete discussion of operators of principal |
|type with complex-valued symbols. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|A thorough exposition of pseudodifferential calculus defined by metrics on the phase space |
|Contains a proof of the Nirenberg-Treves conjecture |
|Construction of counterexamples to "optimal" solvability under condition (psi) |
|MARKET: |Graduates, postgraduates and researchers in analysis and pde, graduate students willing to get information on the Weyl calculus |
| |of pseudodifferential operators and on the attached Sobolev spaces, researchers and graduate students interested in a priori |
| |estimates for nonselfadjoint operators and its links with the study of pseudospectrum |
|SUBJECT: | |Analysis |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Mathematics |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Albevario, Parabolicity, Volterra Calculus, and Conical Singularities (978-3-7643-6906-4, 2002, $151.00) |
|Unterberger, Automorphic Pseudodifferential Analysis and Higher Level Weyl Calculi (978-3-7643-6909-5, 2003, $114.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Martinez, Twisted Pseudodifferential Calculus and Application to the Quantum Evolution of Molecules (American Mathematical Society, |
|978-0821842966,2009, $60.00) |
|Rodino, Pseudo-Differential Operators: Partial Differential Equations and Time-Frequency Analysis (American Mathematical Society, 978-0821842768, |
|2007, $119.00) |
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Discrete Groups, Expanding Graphs and Invariant Measures
| |AUTHORS: |Alexander Lubotzky, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel |
| |ISBN-13: |978-3-0346-0331-7 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 210 pages |
| |PRICE: |$39.95 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |January 2010 |
|The book presents the solutions to two problems: the first is the construction of expanding graphs – graphs which are of fundamental importance |
|for communication networks and computer science; the second is the Ruziewicz problem concerning the finitely additive invariant measures on |
|spheres. The author, who played an important role in these developments, explains the two problems and their solutions from a perspective which |
|reveals why all these seemingly unrelated topics are so interconnected. The unified approach shows interrelations between different branches of |
|mathematics such as graph theory, measure theory, Riemannian geometry, discrete subgroups of Lie groups, representation theory and analytic number|
|theory. |
|Special efforts were made to make the book accessible to graduate students in mathematics and computer science. A number of problems and |
|suggestions for further research are presented. |
|"This exciting book marks the genesis of a new field. It is a field in which one passes back and forth at will through the looking glass dividing |
|the discrete from the continuous. (...) The book is a charming combination of topics from group theory (finite and infinite), combinatorics, |
|number theory, harmonic analysis." Zentralblatt MATH |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Award-winning monograph of the Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer Prize 1993 |
|Exciting tour through several areas of mathematics |
|Recent mathematical research |
|MARKET: |Researchers, graduate students in mathematics and computer science |
|SUBJECTS: | |Group Theory and Generalizations; Real Functions; Number Theory |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Mathematics |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Bardo, Optimal Control and Viscosity Solutions of Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman Equations (978-0-8176-4754-4, 2008, $39.95) |
|Chriss, Repression Theory and Complex Geometry (978-0-8176-4937-1, 2009, $69.95) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Davidoff, Elementary Number Theory, Group Theory and Ramanujan Graphs (CUP, 978-0521824262, $95.00) |
|Kowalski, The Large Sieve and its Applications (CUP, 978-0521888516, 2008, $90.00) |
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Cardinal Invariants on Boolean Algebras
| |AUTHOR: |J. Donald Monk, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA |
| |ISBN-13: |978-3-0346-0333-1 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 310 p., Softcover |
| |PRICE: |$39.95 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |December 2009 |
|This book is concerned with cardinal number valued functions defined for any Boolean algebra. Examples of such functions are independence, which |
|assigns to each Boolean algebra the supremum of the cardinalities of its free subalgebras, and cellularity, which gives the supremum of |
|cardinalities of sets of pairwise disjoint elements. The questions considered are the behaviour of these functions under algebraic operations such|
|as products, free products, ultraproducts, and their relationships to one another. |
|Based on Cardinal Functions on Boolean Algebras (1990) by the same author, the present work is nearly twice the size of the original work. It |
|contains solutions to many of the open problems which are discussed in greater detail than before. Among the new topics considered are |
|ultraproducts and Fedorchukís theorem, and there is a more complete treatment of the cellularity of free products. Diagrams at the end of the book|
|summarize the relationships between the functions for many important classes of Boolean algebras, including tree algebras and superatomic |
|algebras. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Covers most of what was known on cardinal invariants in Boolean algebras |
|List of 97 interesting open problems |
|MARKET: |Research scientists and industry practitioners in a wide variety of fields for a broad array of applications, specifically those|
| |dealing with Boolean algebra |
|SUBJECTS: | |Mathematical Logic and Foundations; Order, Lattices, Ordered Algebraic Structures |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Mathematics |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Vladimirov, Boolean Algebras in Analysis (978-1-4020-0480-3, 2002, $273.00) |
|Givant, Introduction to Boolean Algebras (978-0-387-40293-2, 2009, $59.95) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Padmanabhan, Axioms For Lattices And Boolean Algebras (World Scientific Publishing Company, 978-9812834546, 2008, $64.00) |
|Brown, Boolean Reasoning: The Logic of Boolean Equations (Dover Publications, 978-0486427850, 2003, $16.95) |
Mathematics
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The Pillars of Computation Theory
State, Encoding, Nondeterminism
| |AUTHOR: |Arnold L. Rosenberg, Colorado State University and Distinguished University Professor |
| | |Emeritus University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA |
| |ISBN-13: |978-0-387-09638-4 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 340 p., 49 illus., Softcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $59.95 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |November 2009 |
|The abstract branch of theoretical computer science known as Computation Theory typically appears in undergraduate academic curricula in a form |
|that obscures both the mathematical concepts that are central to the various components of the theory and the relevance of the theory to the |
|typical student. This regrettable situation is due largely to the thematic tension among three main competing principles for organizing the |
|material in the course. |
|This book is motivated by the belief that a deep understanding of, and operational control over, the few "big" mathematical ideas that underlie |
|Computation Theory is the best way to enable the typical student to assimilate the "big" ideas of Computation Theory into her daily computational |
|life. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Large selection of exercises |
|Presents a unique approach to computation theory |
|MARKET: |Advanced undergrads in math and computer science |
|SUBJECT: | |Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Mathematics |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Rosenberg, Graph Separators, with Applications (978-0306464645, 2001, $128.00) |
|Quateroni, Numerical Mathematics (978-3-540-34658-6, 2007, $89.95) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Cormen, Introduction to Algorithms (MIT Press, 978-0-262-03293-3, 2001, $82.00) |
|Hopcroft, Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation (Addison-Wesley, 978-0321462251, 2006, $118.20) |
|Harel, Algorithmics: The Spirit of Computing (Addison-Wesley, 978-0321117847, 2004, $88.00) |
Mathematics
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Theory and Applications of Stochastic Processes
An Analytical Approach
| |AUTHOR: |Zeev Schuss |
| |ISBN-13: |978-1-4419-1604-4 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |X, 356 p., Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $69.95 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |January 2010 |
|Stochastic processes and diffusion theory are the mathematical underpinnings of many scientific disciplines, including statistical physics, |
|physical chemistry, molecular biophysics, communications theory and many more. Many books, reviews and research articles have been published on |
|this topic, from the purely mathematical to the most practical. |
|This book offers an analytical approach to stochastic processes that are most common in the physical and life sciences, as well as in optimal |
|control and in the theory of filltering of signals from noisy measurements. Its aim is to make probability theory in function space readily |
|accessible to scientists trained in the traditional methods of applied mathematics, such as integral, ordinary, and partial differential equations|
|and asymptotic methods, rather than in probability and measure theory. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|A wealth of examples from physics, chemistry, biology and engineering |
|Treads a route between probabilists and physical scientists |
|Includes many physically relevant results and discussions |
|MARKET: |Beginning graduates in mathematics, physics, biologists, engineering, mechanical |
|SUBJECTS: | |Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity; |
| | |Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Mathematics |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Eppstein, Media Theory (978-3-540-71696-9, 2008, $109.00) |
|Mahan, Applied Mathematics (978-0-306-46683-0, 2001, $119.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Kampen, Stochastic Processes in Physics and Chemistry (North Holland, 978-0444529657, 2007, $105.00) |
|Hanson, Applied Stochastic Processes and Control for Jump-Diffusions (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 978-0898716337, 2007, |
|$104.00) |
Mathematics
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Practical Bifurcation and Stability Analysis
Third Edition
| |AUTHOR: |Rüdiger U. Seydel |
| |ISBN-13: |978-1-4419-1739-3 |
| | |(Replaces ISBN: 978-0-387-94316-9) |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 485 p., 184 illus., Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $69.95 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |February 2010 |
|This book contains computational methods for numerically computing steady state and Hopf bifurcations. It is probably the first textbook to |
|describe these types of numerical bifurcation techniques. The book requires only a basic knowledge of calculus, and uses detailed examples, |
|problems, and figures. This will be appropriate as a textbook for graduate students. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Practical, hands-on approach |
|Many examples and applications from science and engineering |
|Numerical Approach |
|Non-technical approach, only calculus required as background. |
|MARKET: |Graduate Students, Researchers |
|SUBJECTS: | |Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering; Mathematical Methods in Physics|
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Mathematics |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Kuznetsov, Elements of Applied Bifurcation Theory (978-0-387-21906-6, 2004, $99.00) |
|Chicone, Ordinary Differential Equations with Applications (978-0-387-30769-5, 2006, $74.95) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Miller, Dynamical System (Alphascript Publishing, 978-6130081171, 2009, $43.00) |
|Hasselblatt, Dynamics, Ergodic Theory and Geometry (Cambridge University Press, 978-0521875417, 2007, $94.99) |
Mathematics
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Algorithms and Programming
Problems and Solutions
Second Edition
| |AUTHOR: |Alexander Shen, University of Marseille, LIF - Center of Mathematics and Informatics, |
| | |Marseille, France |
| |ISBN-13: |978-1-4419-1747-8 (Replaces ISBN: 978-0-8176-3847-4) |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 285 p. 68 illus., Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |$59.95 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |January 2010 |
|Algorithms and Programming is primarily intended for use in a first-year undergraduate course in programming. It is structured in a |
|problem-solution format that requires the student to think through the programming process, thus developing an understanding of the underlying |
|theory. The book is easily readable by a student taking a basic introductory course in computer science as well as useful for a graduate-level |
|course in the analysis of algorithms and/or compiler construction. Each self-contained chapter presents classical and well-known problems |
|supplemented by clear and in-depth explanations. The material covered includes such topics as combinatorics, sorting, searching, queues, grammar |
|and parsing, selected well-known algorithms and much more. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|This second edition contains problems from new topics including suffix trees, games and strategies, and Huffman coding |
|The "problem and solution" style makes the reader think through the programming process, making the book ideal for students in the classroom |
|setting or for self study |
|SUBJECTS: | |Algorithms; Programming Techniques; Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Mathematics |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Skiena, Programming Challenges (978-0-387-00163-0, 2003, $59.95) |
|Spector, Automatic Quantum Computer Programming (978-0-387-36496-4, 2007, $54.95) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Cormen, Introduction to Algorithms (MIT Press, 978-0-262032933, 2001, $82.00) |
|Dasgupta, Algorithms (McGraw Hill, 978-0-07352340-8, 2006, $33.75) |
|Moon, Mathematical Methods and Algorithms for Signal Processing (Prentice Hall, 978-0201361865, 1999, $108.00) |
Mathematics
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Arithmetic of Quadratic Forms
| |AUTHOR: |Goro Shimura, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA |
| |ISBN-13: |978-1-4419-1731-7 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 260 p., Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $99.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |November 2009 |
|This book is divided into two parts. The first part is preliminary and consists of algebraic number theory and the theory of semisimple algebras. |
|There are two principal topics: classification of quadratic forms and quadratic diophantine equations. The first topic is further divided into two|
|types of theories: classification over an algebraic number field and classification over the ring of algebraic integers. |
|To ensure the book would be concise, the author proved basic theorems in local class field theory only in some special cases, and the Hilbert |
|reciprocity law only over the rational number field. However, the author stated the main theorems with an arbitrary number field as the base |
|field, so the reader familiar with class field theory will be able to learn the arithmetic theory of quadratic forms with no further references. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Discusses algebraic number theory and the theory of semisimple algebras |
|Discusses classification over an algebraic number field and classification over the ring of algebraic integers |
|Discusses local class field theory |
|MARKET: |Graduate students; professionals |
|SUBJECTS: | |Algebra; Number Theory; General Algebraic Systems |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Mathematics |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|O'Meara, Introduction to Quadratic Forms (978-3540665649, 2000, $59.95) |
|Shimura, Elementary Dirichlet Series and Modular Forms (978-0387724737, 2007, $59.95) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Kitaoka, Arithmetic of Quadratic Forms (CUP, 978-0521649964, 2008, $55.00) |
|Shimura, Arithmetic and Analytic Theories of Quadratic Forms and Clifford Groups (AMA, 978-0821835739, 2004, $72.00) |
|Gerstein, Basic Quadratic Forms (AMA, 978-0821844656, 2008, $55.00) |
Mathematics
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System Identification with Quantized Observations
| |AUTHORS: |Le Yi Wang, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA; G. George Yin, Wayne State University,|
| | |Detroit, MI, USA; Jifeng Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China and Yanlong |
| | |Zhao, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China |
| |ISBN-13: |978-0-8176-4955-5 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 295 p., 40 illus., Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $99.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |February 2010 |
|The ability to identify systems in which only quantized output observations are available is often extremely important in real-world situations. |
|Due to sensor limitations, signal quantization, or coding for communications, many older methodologies fall short in building dynamic models from |
|these observations. This work presents new methodologies that utilize quantized information in system identification and explores their potential |
|in extending control capabilities for systems with limited sensor information or networked systems. The results of these methodologies can be |
|applied to systems and control design, communication and computer networks, signal processing, sensor networks, mobile agents, data fusion, remote|
|sensing, telemedicine, and any field in which noise-corrupted quantized data need to be processed. |
|System Identification with Quantized Observations is an excellent resource for graduate students, systems theorists, control engineers, applied |
|mathematicians, as well as practitioners who use identification algorithms in their work. Selected material from the book may be used in |
|graduate-level courses on system identification. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Applications to communication and computer networks, signal processing, sensor networks, mobile agents, data fusion, remote sensing, telemedicine |
|For a broad audience of graduate students, systems theorists, control engineers, applied mathematicians, as well as practitioners who use |
|identification algorithms in their work |
|Material comes out of authors' state-of-the-art research on the subject |
|MARKET: |Graduate students, practitioners and researchers in systems theory, control engineering, applied mathematics |
|SUBJECTS: | |Systems Theory, Control; Control; Algorithms |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Mathematics |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|H.-F. Chen and L. Guo, "Identification and Stochastic Adaptive Control" (Systems and Control series), (978-0-8176-3597-8, 1991, $189.00). H.J. |
|Kushner and G. Yin, "Stochastic Approximation and Recursive Algorithms and Applications" (Stochastic Modelling and Applied Probability series), |
|(978-0-387-00894-3, 2nd Ed., 2003, $104.00). |
|COMPETITION: |
|Ljung, System Identification: Theory for the User (Prentice-Hall, 978-0136566953, 1999, $142.00) |
|Greblicki, Nonparametric System Identification (Cambridge University Press, 978-0521868044, 2008, $117.00) |
Medicine
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Handbook of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings
Evidence-Based Assessment and Intervention
| |EDITORS: |Christine M. Hunter, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disorders |
| | |(NIDDK), Bethesda, MD, USA; Christopher L. Hunter, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, |
| | |MD, USA and Rodger Kessler, Berlin Family Health, Fletcher Allen Health Care, Montpelier, |
| | |VT, USA |
| |ISBN-13: |978-0-387-09815-9 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 450 p., Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $179.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |April 2010 |
|Translates research into evidence-based practice recommendations that are geared to real-world patient assessment and treatment and creates |
|practical, hands-on tools that clinicians can directly apply to patient care. |
|This book builds on the excellent foundation provided in the earlier book by addressing areas of overlap and divergence in assessment and |
|intervention skills used across medical settings. The book addresses areas of practice that are unique to various settings, such as understanding |
|the medical culture and reimbursement issues that drive modern practice. In addition to providing a solid update of the evidence, the current book|
|includes practical clinical advice for operationalizing and adapting the existing data to practical applications. In short, this book aims to |
|maintain the strengths of the earlier volume and address the weaknesses of current handbooks. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Utilizes a novel collaboration approach by combining the analytical talents of researchers with top practitioners in each area |
|Provides summaries of important assessment tools and intervention strategies that are considered the state of the art in evidence-based behavioral|
|care |
|Provides tips and techniques for practicing in a real-world, integrative clinics |
|MARKET: | Health Psychologists, clinical psychologists, neuropsychologists, primary care physicians, primary care nurses and |
| |rehabilitation professionals. |
|SUBJECTS: | |Primary Care Medicine; Health Psychology; Clinical Psychology |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Medicine |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Leigh, Handbook of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (978-0-387-69253-1, 2007, $139.00) |
|Freeman, Clinical Applications of Cognitive Therapy (978-0-306-48462-9, 2004, $79.95) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Thomas, Clinical Counselling in Medical Settings: Clinical Counselling in Context (Routledge, 978-0-415-21718-7, 2003, $40.50) |
|Morgan, Understanding and Evaluating Research in Applied Clinical Settings (Erlbaum, 978-0-805-85332-2, 2005, $45.00) |
Medicine
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Addiction Recovery Management
Theory, Research and Practice
| |EDITORS: |John F. Kelly, Harvard Medical School, MGH-Harvard Center for Addiction Medicine, MA and |
| | |William White, Chestnut Health Systems, Bloomington, IL |
| |ISBN-13: |978-1-60327-959-8 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 250 p., 30 illus., Softcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $49.95 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |April 2010 |
|Addiction Recovery Management: Theory, Research, and Practice includes authors who are the major theoreticians, researchers, systems |
|administrators, clinicians and recovery advocates who have developed the model. State-of-the art and the definitive text on the topic, the book is|
|mandatory reading for clinicians and all professionals who work with patients in recovery or who are interested in the field. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|This is the first book on the recovery management approach to addiction treatment and post-treatment support services |
|The definitive book on the topic, it combines theory, research, and practice |
|MARKET: |Physicians, health and human service administrators, managers, and policy maker professionals, psychologists, social workers, |
| |addiction counselors, school counselors, child welfare workers, judges, probation officers, youth workers, student assistance |
| |counselors, employee assistance counselors, correctional staff, and clergy |
|SUBJECTS: | |Psychiatry; Neurology; Internal Medicine |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Medicine |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Pomm, Management of the Addicted Patient in Primary Care (978-0-387-35961-8, 2007, $69.95) |
|Leukefeld, Adolescent Substance Abuse (978-0-387-09730-5, 2009, $99.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Donovan, Substance Abuse Treatment and the Stages of Change: Selecting and Planning Interventions (Guilford Publications, 978-1593850975, 2004, |
|$28.00) |
|Shaw, Addiction and Recovery for Dummies (Wiley, John & Sons, 978-0764576256, 2004, $17.00) |
Medicine
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Handbook of Behavioral Health Disability
Innovations in Prevention and Management
| |AUTHORS: |Pamela A. Warren and J. David Hubbard |
| |ISBN-13: |978-0-387-09813-5 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 350 p., Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $129.95 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |April 2010 |
|The purpose of this book is to demystify the evaluation and management of common psychological disorders and psychosocial issues which impact all |
|realms of medical and mental health practice. These types of issues are often seen as "medical quicksand" by treating professionals, employers, |
|and insurers alike. Consequently, there is a system-wide avoidance of these disorders that significantly increase medical and disability costs. |
|However, there is a considerable cost to individual and society as well in terms of the reduction in the quality of life of the individual and the|
|high costs associated with chronic use of medical resources. |
|It is essential to note the complexity of the psychiatric and psychosocial disability conundrum. This dilemma is not limited solely to short-term,|
|minor problems but leach into the full spectrum of disability systems: private insurance, disability insurance, and federal programs for disabled |
|persons. This book will provide innovative tools to confidently navigate the disability process by implementing, for the first time, true |
|objective information coupled with the state-of-the-art evidence-based research. Thus, all individuals involved in the psychiatric disability |
|process will be able to properly manage the process, optimize the treatment for an optimal outcome and avoid iatrogenic disability. In particular,|
|the book will provide a clear evidence-based guidance for the evaluation and treatment process not only for individuals with obvious psychological|
|problems, but for symptomatic individual with no discernable etiology or who simply never seem to get well. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Provides a link between treating professionals which incorporates this information into the disability treatment and management process furnishing|
|clinicians with the comprehensive professional perspective that is lacking in the field. |
|Includes description of authors’ pioneering study which utilized disability claims data to identify concerns demonstrating the adverse effect of |
|inaccurate diagnosis, inappropriate treatment, and objectively unsupported disability leave. |
|SUBJECTS: | |Primary Care Medicine; Rehabilitation; Behavioral Therapy |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Medicine |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|James, The Primary Care Toolkit (978-0-387-78970-5, 2009, $79.95) |
|Pagel, Primary Care Sleep Medicine (978-1-58829-992-5, 2007, $99.50) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Goroll, Primary Care Medicine: Office Evaluation and Management of the Adult Patient (Primary Care Medicine (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, |
|978-0781775137, 2009, $99.95) |
|Buttaro, Primary Care: A Collaborative Practice (Mosby, 978-0323047425, 2007, $115.00) |
Medicine, Anaesthesiology
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Anesthesia Student Survival Guide
A Case-Based Approach
| |AUTHORS: |Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Richard D. Urman, Harvard |
| | |Medical School, Boston, MA, USA and Scott Segal, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA |
| |ISBN-13: |978-0-387-09708-4 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |X, 300 p., 90 illus., 20 in color., Softcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $29.95 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |March 2010 |
|Anesthesia Student Survival Guide: A Case-Based Approach is an indispensable introduction to the specialty. This concise, easy-to-read, affordable|
|handbook is ideal for medical students, nursing students, and others during the anesthesia rotation. Written in a structured prose format and |
|supplemented with many diagrams, tables, and algorithms, this pocket-sized guide contains essential material covered on the USMLE II-III and other|
|licensing exams. The editors, who are academic faculty at Harvard Medical School, summarize the essential content with 32 informative and |
|compelling case studies designed to help students apply new concepts to real situations. With its combination of astute clinical instruction, |
|basic science explanation, and practical tips from physicians that have been there before, this handbook is your one-stop guide to a successful |
|anesthesia rotation. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Concise, affordable pocket reference |
|Complete resource for students of anesthesiology |
|Sample cases and review questions after each major chapter |
|MARKET: |Medical students, junior residents in anesthesia, nurse anesthetists, non-anesthesia residents, nursing students, RNs, EMTs |
|SUBJECT: | |Anesthesiology |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Medicine, Anaesthesiology |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Abdel-Halim, Passing the USMLE (978-0-387-68983, 2009, $34.95) |
|Silverstein, Geriatric Anesthesiology (978-0-387-72526-0, 2008, $119.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Glidden, NMS Clinical Manual Anesthesia (LWW, 978-0-781-73738-8, 2003, $24.95) |
|Gaiser, Blueprints Pocket Anesthesiology (LWW, 978-1-405-10452-4, 2006, $32.95) |
Medicine, Cardiology
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Comprehensive Electrocardiology
Second Edition
| |EDITORS: |Peter W. Macfarlane, University of Glasgow, UK; Adriaan van Oosterom, Ecole Polytechnique |
| | |Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland; Olle Pahlm, University of Lund, Sweden; Paul Kligfield, |
| | |Cornell University, New York, NY, USA; Michiel Janse, Academisch Medisch Centrum, Nijmegen, |
| | |The Netherlands and John Camm, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK |
| |ISBN-13: |978-1-84882-047-0 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 1790 p., 1100 illus., Print + eReference, |
| |PRICE: |$1124.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |March 2010 |
|New edition of the classic complete reference book for cardiologists and trainee cardiologists on the theory and practice of electrocardiography, |
|one of the key modalities used for evaluating cardiology patients and deciding on appropriate management strategies. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|The only complete electrocardiography reference work |
|Takes the reader from research and the laboratory bench through to the management of patients at the bedside. |
|All current available knowledge on the application, uses and value of ECG |
|MARKET: |Residents and fellow cardiologists, medical students on cardio rotations. |
|SUBJECTS: | |Cardiology; Human Physiology |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Medicine, Cardiology |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Xie, Mesenchymal Stem Cells for the Heart (978-3-540-88149-0, 2009, $169.00) |
|Foody, Preventive Cardiology (978-1-58829-521-7, 2006, $115.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Zareba, Noninvasive Electrocardiology in Clinical Practice(Wiley, 978-0879934675, 2001, $149.95) |
|Chugh, Textbook of Clinical Electrocardiography (Anshan, 978-1904798668, 2006, $65.00) |
Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
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Hemodynamic Monitoring Using Echocardiography in the Critically Ill
| |EDITORS: |Daniel De Backer, Erasme University Hospital, Bruxelles, Belgium; Bernard P. Cholley, |
| | |Hopital Lariboisière, Paris, France; Michel Slama, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens,|
| | |France; Antoine Vieillard-Baron, Hopital Ambroise Parè, Boulogne, France and Phillipe |
| | |Vignon, CHU Dupuytren, Limoges, France |
| |ISBN-13: |978-3-540-87954-1 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 350 p., Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $199.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |April 2010 |
|The hemodynamic evaluation of patients with acute circulatory failure and respiratory failure was usually performed using invasive procedures but |
|recent years have witnessed the onset of less invasive monitoring devices. Echocardiography can be used both for diagnosis and management of |
|circulatory failure and respiratory failure. The hemodynamic evaluation by echocardiography is based on the integration of simple indices that can|
|be easily acquired within a few minutes at bedside. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|First book covering non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring of critical care patients using echocardiography |
|Providing essential informations to allow optimal hemodynamic management guided by echocardiography |
|MARKET: |Intensive Care Physicians, Intensivists, Anesthesiologists |
|SUBJECTS: | |Intensive / Critical Care Medicine; Anesthesiology |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Medicine, Critical Care Medicine |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Cold, Monitoring of Cerebral and Spinal Hemodynamic during Neurosurgery (978-3540778721, 2008, $149.00) |
|Pinsky, Functional Hemodynamic Monitoring Series (978-3-540-22986-5, 2005, $89.95) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Leeper, Monitoring and Hemodynamics (Saunders, 978-1416035039, 2006, $54.00) |
|Neskovic, Emergency Echocardiography (Informa Healthcare, 978-1841843926, 2005, $209.95): |
Medicine, Family Medicine & Geriatrics
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Common Musculoskeletal Problems in Primary Care
A Handbook
| |EDITORS: |M. Rebecca Hoffman, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, USA |
| | |and James Daniels, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, USA |
| |ISBN-13: |978-1-4419-5522-7 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 400 p., 50 illus., With CD-ROM., Softcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $49.95 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |March 2010 |
|This book is designed to act as an off-the-shelf guide to assist health care providers evaluating patients presenting with common musculoskeletal |
|complaints in the primary care setting. The result of a $750,000 research grant that studied how comfortable primary care providers felt when |
|treating musculoskeletal conditions, this book addresses the common finding that family physicians felt unprepared despite frequently seeing these|
|types of complaints. This book has been divided into chapters covering major body regions and injuries, and each chapter includes: Red flags, |
|which are conditions requiring immediate treatment and referral; basic anatomy of the body region; Clinical evaluation techniques and tear sheets |
|for use during examination; Common clinical diagnoses; and disposition of the patient illustrated with helpful flow charts. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Extremely accessible writing useful for busy professionals or students |
|Illustrated with photographs and easy-to-understand flow charts |
|Tear sheets for clinical examination included on CD-ROM |
|MARKET: |Primary care residents and physicians, medical students, athletic trainers and students, physician assistants and physician |
| |assistant students, nurses, and attending physicians with interest in the subject matter. |
|SUBJECTS: | |Primary Care Medicine; Orthopedics |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Medicine, Family Medicine & Geriatrics |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Cooper, Pocket Guide to Musculoskeletal Diagnosis (978-1588296740, 2006, $54.95) |
|Ip, Orthopedic Rehabilitation, Assessment, and Enablement (978-3-540-37693-4, 2007, $59.95) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Anderson, Office Orthopedics for Primary Care (Saunders, 978-1416022077, 2006, $70.95) |
|Griffin, Essentials of Musculoskeletal Care (American Academy of Orthopaedic, 978-0892033522, 2005, $140.00 |
Medicine, General Surgery
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General Surgery
Principles and International Practice
Second Edition
| |EDITORS: |Kirby I. Bland, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA; Michael G. |
| | |Sarr, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA; Markus W. Büchler, University of |
| | |Heidelberg, Germany; Attila Csendes, University Hospital, Santiago, Chile; O. James Garden, |
| | |The University of Edinburgh, UK and John Wong, The University of Hong Kong, China |
| |ISBN-13: |978-1-84800-139-8 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |LVIII, 2011 p., 190 illus. in color., Print + eReference. |
| |PRICE: |$349.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |October 2009 |
|This book provides the student of diseases, as well as those studying for Board examinations, a text that has rapidly assimilated data into the |
|most contemporary applications of surgical therapy. Originally published by WB Saunders, 2002 |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Offers an ideal source to rapidly evaluate organ site-disease |
|Presents both pearls and pitfalls to differentiate poignant specified applications for treatment of surgical disease (Pearls) and emphasize |
|failures (Pitfalls) when such diagnostic approaches, technique and therapy are not utilized |
|Provides comprehensive insight into selective management of high-risk and rare diseases |
|MARKET: |General surgery residents, general surgery practitioners, medical students |
|SUBJECT: | |Surgery |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Medicine, General Surgery |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Norton, Surgery: Basic Science and Clinical Evidence (978-0-387-30800-5, 2008, $199.00) |
|Scott-Conner, Chassin's Operative Strategy in General Surgery (978-0-387-95204-8, 2001, $229.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Cuschieri, Higher Surgical Training in General Surgery (A Hodder Arnold Publication, 978-0340806388, 2002, $175.00) |
|Cameron, Current Surgical Therapy (C.V. Mosby, 978-0323014281, 2001, $159.00) |
Medicine, Health Informatics
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Anesthesia Informatics
| |EDITORS: |Jerry Stonemetz, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA and Keith Ruskin, Yale |
| | |University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA |
| |ISBN-13: |978-1-84882-961-9 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |XXVIII, 504 p. 69 illus., 24 in color., Softcover |
| |PRICE: |$69.95 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |October 2009 |
|The ability to interface patient monitors directly to a computer, and generate a clinical record has existed for over 20 years. However, the |
|acceptance of comprehensive electronic medical records in anesthesia has been slow to develop. Experts anticipate this reluctance is changing |
|because of enhanced patient care through the use of detailed health information record systems. Anesthesia Informatics provides the health |
|informatician and administrator with a comprehensive overview of this blossoming technology. With contributions from leaders in the field, this |
|user-friendly guide addresses how this technology has enhanced both the need for and the ability to collect and apply data in an acute care |
|setting. It also offers invaluable insight on the business implications and the rationales required to make a purchase decision. Each section |
|outlines need to know information to help the reader with the implementation and utilization of an Anesthesia Information Management System. |
|Useful case scenarios focus on the ideal components (anesthesia record, business rationale, communication, collaboration, and training) of a fully|
|automated record-keeping system. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|First book dedicated to the topic |
|Written by leading authorities in AIMS |
|Sections contain case scenarios |
|MARKET: |Health informaticians and administrators |
|SUBJECTS: | |Health Informatics; Anesthesiology; Emergency Medicine |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Medicine, Health Informatics |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Demetriades, Person-Centered Health Records (978-0-387-23282-9, 2005, $89.95) |
|Lorenzi, Managing Technological Change (978-0-387-98548-0, 2004, $99.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Miller, Miller's Anesthesia (Elsevier, 978-0443066184, 2004, $299.00) |
|Morgan, Clinical Anesthesiology (McGraw-Hill, 978-0071423588, 2005, $79.95) |
Medicine, Internal Medicine
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Palliative Care:
A Case-based Guide
| |EDITORS: |Jane E. Loitman, Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. |
| | |Louis, MO, USA; Christian T. Sinclair, Kansas City Hospice, Kansas City, KS, USA and Michael|
| | |J. Fisch, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA |
| |ISBN-13: |978-1-60761-589-7 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 60 p., 2 illus., Softcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $49.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |April 2010 |
|This concise book offers an engaging case-based approach to palliative care. Experts in the field provide the essential aspects of daily practice |
|with real cases presented as forums for the discussion of the complexities and practicalities of palliative treatment. |
|Clearly structured, each chapter opens with bullet points highlighting the most relevant aspects of the case and points for discussion. Covering |
|the full range of symptoms from cardiac care to pain management to wound healing, the vital elements of management are put into context through |
|insightful dissections of history, examination, and goals of care. Each chapter concludes with a section on further reading. The book provides the|
|clinician with a crucial set of skills to address the challenging issues related to communication and symptom management. Care-oriented and |
|practical, this book is ideal for all health care professionals committed to providing quality, compassionate care to end-of-life patients. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Unique case-based approach covers a multitude of perspectives and environments |
|Helpful bullet points synthesize key aspects of management |
|Incisive evaluation of complex clinical scenarios |
|MARKET: |Internal Medicine, Palliative Care Trainees, Hospice Care Trainees, Family Medicine, Pain Management, Oncologists, Physicians |
| |Assistants, Nurses |
|SUBJECTS: | |Internal Medicine; Pain Medicine; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Medicine, Internal Medicine |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Blank, Choices in Palliative Care (978-0-387-70874-4, 2007, $69.95) |
|Kranzle, Palliative Care (978-3-540-72324- 0, 2007, $39.95) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Abrahm, A Physician’s Guide to Pain and Symptom Management in Cancer Patients (Johns Hopkins University Press, 978-0801881015, 2005, $24.95) |
|Brennan, Cancer in Context (Oxford, 978-0198515258, 2004, $55.00) |
|Doyle, Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine (Oxford, 978-0198566984, 2005, $199.00) |
Medicine, Internal Medicine
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Management of Infections in Cancer Patients
| |EDITOR: |Amar Safdar, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA |
| |ISBN-13: |978-1-60761-643-6 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 350 p., Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $99.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |April 2010 |
|This book is intended to provide a comprehensive update on recent Infectious Diseases-related issues and emerging concerns with relevant (but |
|succinct) background information. The emphasis will remain on real (Infectious Disease) clinical problems faced in this particular patient |
|population. The last Section will represent strategies used to prevent infections, for patients in whom response to conventional preventive |
|measures may not be as effective as in a non-cancer and non-Stem Cell Transplant population. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Provides a comprehensive update on recent Infectious Diseases-related issues and emerging concerns |
|Emphasis will remain on real infectious disease |
|MARKET: |Healthcare providers caring for cancer patients and hematopoietic transplant recipients, infectious diseases consultants, |
| |oncologist/hematologist and stem cell transplant physicians. It may also serve as a quick reference for physicians in training |
| |and Infectious diseases fellows. |
|SUBJECTS: | |Infectious Diseases; Oncology; Hematology |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Medicine, Internal Medicine |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Raza, Myeodysplastic Syndromes and Secondary Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (978-0792373964, 2001, $228.00) |
|Yoshikawa, Infectious Disease in the Aging (978-1603275330, 2009, $189.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Johnson, Infection in the Cancer Patient: A Practical Guide (Oxford University Press, 978-0198566328, 2006, $69.50) |
|Greene, Infections in Cancer Patients (Informa, 978-0824754372, 2004, $229.95) |
Medicine, Neurology
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Atlas of Epilepsies
| |EDITORS: |C. P. Panayiotopoulos, St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK |
| |ISBN-13: |978-1-84882-127-9 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 1500 p., 1000 illus., 750 in color, In 2 volumes, not available separately, |
| | |Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |$339.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |April 2010 |
|Currently on the market there is no publication available that tackles the difficult subject of epilepsy with such an illustrative approach as is |
|intended in this title. The title will be the premiere text in the field, and a landmark all-encompassing reference book. With the comprehensive |
|feel of an expert clinician at work, The Atlas of Epilepsies will present a hands-on guide to diagnosis, management and treatment of epilepsy in |
|all its forms, and in its entire age-range of affected patients. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Offers a highly illustrative approach that tackles the difficult subject of epileptic seizures and epileptic syndromes, giving sequential |
|photographs of each management step |
|Explanatory schematic line diagrams will be appropriately juxtaposed amongst the intraoperative photographs |
|The premiere text in the field, and a landmark all-encompassing reference book, it present a hands-on guide to diagnosis, management and treatment|
|of epilepsy in all its forms, and in its entire age-range of affected patients |
|MARKET: |Established clinical neurologists, and those in training and health care professionals who see patients with epilepsies |
|SUBJECTS: | |Neurology; Diagnostic Radiology |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Medicine, Neurology |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Binder, Recent Advances in Epilepsy Research (978-0-306-47860-4, 2004, $189.00) |
|Panayiotopoulos, A Clinical Guide to Epileptic Syndromes and their Treatment (978-1-84628-643-8, 2007, $109.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Villagran, Neuropathology of Focal Epilepsies (John Libbey Eurotext Ltd, 978-0861966332, 2005, $198.00) |
|Roger, Epileptic Syndromes in Infancy, Childhood and Adolescence (Butterworth-Heinemann, 978-0861963201, 2005, $148.00) |
Medicine, Oncology
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Radiotherapy for Hodgkin Lymphoma
| |EDITORS: |Lena Specht, University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark and Joachim Yahalom, Memorial Sloan |
| | |Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA |
| |ISBN-13: |978-3-540-78455-5 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 200 p., 100 illus., 80 in color, Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $159.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |April 2010 |
|This book deals in detail with all aspects of the best practice in modern radiotherapy for Hodgkin’s lymphomas. It provides the background and |
|rationale for the inclusion of radiotherapy in today’s combined-modality approach, including special clinical situations such as Hodgkin’s |
|lymphomas in children, in the pregnant patient, and in the elderly. Radiotherapy planning using state-of-the-art imaging, target definition, |
|planning software, and treatment equipment is expounded in detail. Acute and long-term side effects of radiotherapy are analyzed, and the |
|implications for modern radiotherapy approaches in Hodgkin’s lymphomas are explained. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|First and only book that covers ALL aspects of radiotherapy in Hodgkin's lymphomas |
|Presents the state-of-the-art methods and techniques in radiotherapy |
|Includes a chapter on treatment planning using the latest high-precision equipment and planning software |
|MARKET: |Radiation oncologists, radiation therapists and medical physicists |
|SUBJECTS: | |Radiotherapy; Oncology; Hematology |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Medicine, Oncology |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Leonard, Hodgkin's and Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (978-0-387-29345-5, 2006, $169.00) |
|Feller, Histopathology of Nodal and Extranodal Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas (978-3-540-63801-8, 2004, $249.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Hoppe, Hodgkin Lymphoma (LWW, 978-0781764223, 2007, $219.00) |
|Mauch, Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas: A Self-Study Program (LWW, 978-0781735261, 2003, $210.00) |
Medicine, Opthalmology
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The Glaucoma Book
A Practical, Evidence-Based Approach to Patient Care
| |EDITORS: |Paul N. Schacknow, Visual Health & Surgical Center, Lake Worth and Palm Beach Gardens, |
| | |Florida, USA and John R. Samples, OHSU Casey Eye Institute, Portland, Oregon, USA |
| |ISBN-13: |978-0-387-76699-7 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 1015 p., 667 illus., 551 in color, Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $225.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |March 2010 |
|The Glaucoma Book is both a comprehensive academic work with evidence-based science and exhaustive bibliographies, and an everyday, pragmatic |
|guide for general ophthalmologists, optometrists, and resident physicians who need immediate answers while examining patients. Its 92 chapters and|
|38 sidebar essays range from conventional topics to those that have not previously appeared in a glaucoma text. Diagnostic tests and |
|instrumentation, current and possible future medical therapies, and traditional and cutting-edge surgical interventions are thoroughly explored. |
|The contributors come from well-known academic institutions and high-volume community based glaucoma practices. Photos, illustrations, and tables |
|are sprinkled liberally throughout the book. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Complete evidence-based medical and surgical management of glaucoma for the general ophthalmologist in practice |
|MARKET: |General ophthalmologists, optometrists |
|SUBJECT: | |Ophthalmology |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Medicine, Opthalmology |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Johnson, Cataract Surgery in the Glaucoma Patient (978-0-387-09407-6, 2009, $159.00) |
|Tombran-Tink, Mechanisms of the Glaucomas (978-1-58829-956-7, 2008, $189.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Edgar, Glaucoma: Identification and Co-Management (Butterworth-Heinemann, 978-0750637824, 2002, $104.00) |
|Gupta, Glaucoma Diagnosis and Management (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 978-0781754033, 2004, $79.95) |
Medicine, Orthopedics, Surgical Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
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Spine Trauma
Surgical Techniques
| |EDITORS: |Vikas V. Patel, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA; Evalina Burger, University of |
| | |Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA and Courtney Brown, Golden, CO, USA |
| |ISBN-13: |978-3-642-03693-4 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 250 p., 250 illus., 150 in color, With DVD, Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $199.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |April 2010 |
|Spinal surgeons treat spinal trauma patients on a regular basis in their hospital emergency rooms. This well-illustrated, hands-on guide to the |
|many surgical techniques required in these situations provides a solid basis for the management of spinal trauma. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Hands-on guide for the management of spinal trauma |
|Clearly focussed on surgical techniques |
|A must-have for all spinal surgeons |
|MARKET: |Spine surgeons at all levels of experience, but especially fellows and new practitioners |
|SUBJECTS: | |Surgical Orthopedics; Neurosurgery; Traumatic Surgery |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Medicine, Orthopedics, Surgical Orthopedics & Sports Medicine |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Mayer, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (978-3-540-21347-5, 2006, $369.00) |
|Gunzburg, Arthroplasty of the Spine (978-3-540-20295-0, 2002, $75.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Vaccaro, Fractures of the Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Spine (Informa Healthcare, 978-0824707132, 2002, $229.95) |
|Capen, Comprehensive Management of Spine Trauma (Mosby, 978-0815114635, 1998, $125.00) |
Medicine, Pathology
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Essentials of Anatomic Pathology
Third Edition
| |EDITORS: |Liang Cheng, Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, |
| | |Indianapolis, IN and David G. Bostwick, Bostwick Laboratories, Chief Executive |
| | |Officer/Medical Director, Richmond, VA |
| |ISBN-13: |978-1-60327-576-7 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 1450 p., 2000 illus., 1600 in color., Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $245.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |April 2010 |
|The first edition of Essentials of Anatomic Pathology, great strides have been made in our understanding of diseases and neoplastic processes. |
|Many clinically important new histopathologic entities have been described or more fully defined in virtually every organ. Genetic testing for the|
|early detection of cancers and the molecular classification of diseases has become increasingly important. This is an age of enlightenment in |
|surgical pathology, and the authors of this new volume have captured this sense of excitement herein. This much praised and widely used reference |
|manual on has been extensively revised and expanded to cover the entire field of anatomic pathology. Useful immunostaining biomarkers and emerging|
|molecular targets and relevant molecular findings that have emerged from recent genomic studies are incorporated in each chapter. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Full-color images with updates of new diagnostic and prognostic information |
|Stand-alone resource for pathology residents and practicing pathologists |
|Comprehensive practice information in an outline format |
|MARKET: |Practicing surgical pathologists, pathology residents in training, histotechnologists, experimental pathology researchers |
|SUBJECTS: | |Pathology; Anatomy; Laboratory Medicine |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Medicine, Pathology |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Cheng, Essentials of Anatomic Pathology (978-1-58829-460-9, 2005, $259,00) |
|Leonard, Molecular Pathology in Clinical Practice (978-0387332260, 2006, $205.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Lefkowitch, Anatomic Pathology Board Review (Saunders, 978-1416025887, 2006, $140.00) |
|Mail, Quick Compendium of Clinical Pathology (American Society for Clinical Pathology, 978-0891895671, 2007, $145.00) |
Medicine, Plastic Surgery
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Color Atlas of Burn Reconstructive Surgery
| |EDITORS: |Hiko Hyakusoku, Nippon Medical School Hospital, Tokyo, Japan; Dennis P. Orgill, Harvard |
| | |Medical School, Boston, MA. USA; Luc Teot, Montpellier University, France; Julian J. Pribaz,|
| | |Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA and Rei Ogawa, Nippon Medical School Hospital, |
| | |Tokyo, Japan |
| |ISBN-13: |978-3-642-05069-5 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 500 p., 1000 illus., in color, Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $249.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |April 2010 |
|Post-burn scar contractures are a commonly encountered problem in the field of plastic and reconstructive surgery. Nevertheless, many physicians |
|still lack adequate knowledge on beneficial treatments. In this up-to-date atlas, leading specialists in post-burn treatment and the |
|reconstruction of post-burn scar contractures depict in detail not only surgical techniques but also a variety of advantageous wound treatments. |
|Many new methods invented by the authors are presented. Operative techniques are depicted in detail, and clear guidance is provided on selection |
|of the most appropriate flap surgery. Advice is also given on how to prevent permanently disabling restriction of joint movement as a result of |
|contractures and how to achieve good aesthetic reconstruction. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Provides comprehensive and up-to-date information on the incidence, management and prevention of post-burn scar contractures |
|Depicts operative techniques in detail |
|Helps in selection of the appropriate flap surgery |
|MARKET: |For surgeons, clinicians, researchers/paramedics dealing with wound management |
|SUBJECTS: | |Plastic Surgery; Dermatology; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Medicine, Plastic Surgery |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Siemionow, Tissue Surgery (978-1-85233-970-8, 2006, $129.00) |
|Shai, Wound Healing and Ulcers of the Skin (978-3-540-21275-1, 2005, $179.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Sood, Achauer and Sood’s Burn Surgery (Elsevier, 978-1416037774, 2006, $155.00) |
|Burret, Principles and Practice of Burn Surgery (Marcel Dekker, 978-0824754532, 2005, $189.95) |
Medicine, Public Health
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Handbook of Disease Burdens and Quality of Life Measures
| |EDITORS: |Victor R. Preedy, King's College, London, UK and Ronald R. Watson, University of Arizona, |
| | |Tucson, AZ, USA |
| |ISBN-13: |978-0-387-78666-7 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |4500 p., Print + eReference |
| |PRICE: |$3750.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |October 2009 |
|The impact of illness on individual lives and society at large was once considered too vast to gauge. More recently, quantitative measures of |
|quality of life, life expectancy, and the financial costs of illness and treatment are showing not only how this impact can be calculated but also|
|how the results can be used to further research and improve public health. The Handbook of Disease Burdens and Quality of Life Measures is the |
|first comprehensive reference to these instruments and their findings on an international scale. |
|The Handbook features in-depth reviews of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), quality-adjusted life years (QALYs), quality of life and |
|financial measures for over 120 diseases and conditions. Its editors have organized this critical information for maximum access and ease of use, |
|with abstracts, definitions of key terms, summary points, and dozens of figures and tables that can enhance the text or stand alone. Readers may |
|access data by country, region, or population, or by disease entity. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|An important resource for interpreting the many instruments used in quality of life research |
|Includes an extensive glossary of key terms |
|Six volumes, over 250 chapters |
|MARKET: |Public health practitioners, epidemiologists, sociologists, health economists; researchers in quality of life |
|SUBJECTS: | |Medicine/Public Health, general; Quality of Life Research; Social Policy |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Medicine, Public Health |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Kirch, Encyclopedia of Public Health (978-1-4020-5613-0, 2008, $1079.00) |
|Gullotta, The Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention and Health Promotion (978-0-306-47296-1, 2003, $399.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Caselli, Demography: Analysis and Synthesis, Four Volume Set, Volume 1-4: A Treatise in Population (Academic Press, 978-0127656601, 2005, |
|$1185.00) |
|Windsor, Evaluation of Health Promotion, Health Education, and Disease Prevention Programs with PowerWeb Bind-in Passcard (McGraw-Hill Humanities,|
|978-0072552546, 2003, $400.00) |
Medicine, Radiology
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Basics of PET Imaging
Physics, Chemistry, and Regulations
Second Edition
| |AUTHOR: |Gopal B. Saha, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA |
| |ISBN-13: |978-1-4419-0804-9 (Replaces ISBN: 978-0-387-21307-1) |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 330 p., 72 illus., 9 in color, Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $59.95 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |December 2009 |
|This is an ideal text on PET and PET/CT imaging technology that focuses on the basics, such as physics, instrumentation, production of PET |
|radionuclides and radiopharmaceuticals, and regulations affecting PET. The chapters are concise but comprehensive, making the topic easily |
|understandable, and they are complete with reviews of pertinent basic science, sample questions, and lists of suggested reading. Practical tables |
|and appendixes contain a wealth of valuable data, reflecting the books usefulness as a reference for nuclear medicine professionals, including |
|physicians, residents and technologists. The book also benefits technologists and residents preparing for board examinations because of its |
|brevity and clarity of content. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Many books on clinical PET have appeared in the market, but there is no book available at the present time that focuses on the basics of PET |
|imaging. This book fills that void |
|In addition to serving as a reference for practicing nuclear medicine physicians, it also helps clinicians and technicians meet the requirements |
|for the increasingly popular PET technology courses and certifications |
|MARKET: |Nuclear medicine technologists, nuclear medicine physicians, residents, and fellows |
|SUBJECTS: | |Nuclear Medicine; Imaging / Radiology |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Medicine, Radiology |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Saha, Basics of PET Imaging (978-0-387-21307-1, 2005, $69.95) |
|Saha, Physics and Radiobiology of Nuclear Medicine (978-0-387-30754-1, 2006, $74.95) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Wahl, Principles and Practice of PET & PET/CT (Lippincott, 978-0-781-77999-9, 2008, $229.00) |
|Powsner, Essential Nuclear Medicine Physics (Wiley-Blackwell, 978-1-405-10484-5, 2006, $59.95) |
|Cherry, Sorenson, and Phelps, Physics in Nuclear Medicine (Saunders, 978-0-721-68341-6, 2003, $100.00) |
Medicine, Urology & Proctology
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Robotic Urologic Surgery
Second Edition
| |EDITOR: |Vipul R. Patel, Global Robotics Institute, Celebration Hospital, Celebration, FL, USA |
| |ISBN-13: |978-1-84882-799-8 (Replaces ISBN: 978-1-84628-545-5) |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 640 p., 300 illus., 150 in color, with online files/update, Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $99.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |April 2010 |
|This book currently serves as the worldwide gold standard textbook for robotic surgery. The new edition will provide a technical manual for the |
|various robotic approaches to surgical procedures with helpful hints to avoid pitfalls. There will be instruction on how to develop a successful |
|robotics program and learn the various techniques. The primary readership group is urologists who would use this text as a reference to establish |
|a robotics program, refine their surgical technique and provide information to patients. The content of the book will be informative and |
|illustrative. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|The body of data available will be reviewed using comparisons in table format, supported by schematic diagrams and anatomic photographs to |
|illustrate the concept being discussed |
|A video library of the various techniques will accompany the book |
|MARKET: |Urologists and surgeons |
|SUBJECTS: | |Urology/Andrology; Surgery; Minimally Invasive Surgery |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Medicine, Urology & Proctology |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Patel, Robotic Urologic Surgery (978-1-84628-545-5, 2007, $99.00) |
|John, Robotic Urology (978-3-540-74139-8, 2008, $139.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Smith, Robotics in Urologic Surgery (Saunders, 978-1416024651, 2002, $207.00) |
|Patel, Minimally Invasive Surgery: Looking through the Keyhole (Quay Books, 978-1856422963, 2006, $60.00) |
Medicine, Urology & Proctology
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Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation: A Practical Guide
| |EDITORS: |Daniel A. Shoskes, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland, OH and T R Srinivas,|
| | |Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland, OH |
| |ISBN-13: |978-1-60761-641-2 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 400 p., 6 illus., in color, Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $199.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |April 2010 |
|Kidney Transplants are the most frequently performed solid organ transplants. Pancreas transplantation offers unique survival and quality of life |
|benefits to selected diabetics with or without concomitant renal failure. Usually, kidney and pancreas transplant recipients are managed by the |
|same team of physicians and surgeons. Current textbooks dealing with kidney and pancreas transplantation are unfortunately usually in the form of |
|introductory manuals or primers and lack crucial practical detail and scientific depth relevant to the practicing physician. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Transplant physicians and surgeons at Cleveland Clinic have collaborated to produce a textbook devoted to kidney and pancreas transplantation that|
|addresses the need for a work that is well grounded in scientific principles, quantitative clinical reasoning, clinical pharmacology, tested |
|clinical practices and overall clinical applicability |
|Addressed are key aspects in the initiation, maintenance and sustained growth of viable clinical programs in kidney and pancreas transplantation |
|SUBJECTS: | |Transplant Surgery; Urology/Andrology; Abdominal Surgery |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Medicine, Urology & Proctology |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Manzarbeitia, Practical Manual of Abdominal Organ Transplantation (9780306466397, 2002, $109.00) |
|Gruessner, Transplantation of the Pancreas (978-0-387-00589-8, 2004, $439.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Weir, Medical Management of Kidney Transplantation (LWW, 978-0781744911, 2004, $155.00) |
|Morris, Kidney Transplantation: Principles and Practice (Saunders, 978-1416033431, 2008, $260.00) |
Physics/Astronomy
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Mechanics
From Newton's Laws to Deterministic Chaos
Fifth Edition
| |AUTHOR: |Florian Scheck, University of Mainz, Germany |
| |ISBN-13: |978-3-642-05369-6 |
| | |(Replaces ISBN: 978-3-540-567810-3) |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 545 p., 174 illus., Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $99.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |March 2010 |
|This book covers all topics in mechanics from elementary Newtonian mechanics, the principles of canonical mechanics and rigid body mechanics to |
|relativistic mechanics and nonlinear dynamics. It was among the first textbooks to include dynamical systems and deterministic chaos in due |
|detail. As compared to the two previous editions the present fifth edition is updated and revised with more explanations and additional examples. |
|Symmetries and invariance principles, the basic geometric aspects of mechanics as well as elements of continuum mechanics also play an important |
|role. The book will enable the reader to develop general principles from which equations of motion follow, to understand the importance of |
|canonical mechanics and of symmetries as a basis for quantum mechanics, and to get practice in using general theoretical concepts and tools that |
|are essential for all branches of physics. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Contains more than one hundred problems with complete solutions, as well as some practical examples which make moderate use of personal computers |
|Ends with some historical notes on scientists who made important contributions to the development of mechanics |
|MARKET: |Students in physics and with minor field of study physics |
|SUBJECTS: | |Mechanics; Quantum Physics; Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Physics/Astronomy |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Korkin, Nanoelectronics and Photonics (978-0-387-76498-6, 2008, $129.00) |
|Awschalom, Semiconductor Spintronics and Quantum Computation (978-3-540-42176-4, 2002, $179.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Takayanagi, Realizing Controllable Quantum States (World Scientific Publishing Company, 978-9812564689, 2005, $125.00) |
|Bruss, Lectures on Quantum Information (Wiley, 978-3527405275, 2007, $100.00) |
Physics/Astronomy
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Quantum Signatures of Chaos
Third Edition
| |AUTHOR: |Fritz Haake, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany |
| |ISBN-13: |978-3-642-05427-3 (Replaces ISBN: 978-3-540-67723-9) |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 530 p., Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $139.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |May 2010 |
|This by now classic text provides an excellent introduction and survey to the continuously expanding field of quantum chaos . The topics treated |
|include a detailed exploration of the quantum aspects of nonlinear dynamics, quantum criteria to distinguish regular and irregular motion, |
|antiunitary symmetries (generalized time reversal), random matrix theory and a thorough account of the quantum mechanics of dissipative systems. |
|In addition to a significant number of smaller revisions and chapter updates, the third edition thoroughly expands on the understanding of |
|universal spectral fluctuations, and – to subsequently make the presentation of all semi-classical developments self-contained - a new chapter on |
|classical Hamiltonian chaos has been inserted. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|This textbook provides an excellent introduction to a new and rapidly developing field of research |
|Each chapter is accompanied by a selection of problems which will help the student to test and deepen his/her understanding and to acquire an |
|active command of the methods |
|MARKET: |Researchers, students |
|SUBJECTS: | |Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity; Quantum Physics; Mathematical Methods in Physics |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Physics/Astronomy |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Reichl, The Transition to Chaos (978-0-387-98788-0, 2004, $119.00) |
|Larson, Digital Communications Using Chaos and Nonlinear Dynamics (978-0387297873, 2006, $159.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Stöckmann, Quantum Chaos: An Introduction (CUP, 978-0521027151, 2007, $70.00) |
|Casati, Quantum Chaos (CUP, 978-0521432917, 1995, $240.00) |
Popular Science
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Humans on Earth. Past, Present and Future
Science, Technology, Development and Environment
| |AUTHOR: |Filipe Duarte Santos, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal |
| |ISBN-13: |978-3-642-05359-7 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 400 p., Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $69.95 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |February 2010 |
|This is a wide-ranging and persuasive book written by an undisputed expert. Beginning with a broad history of the Universe, Earth, Life and Man, |
|it considers the origins and rise of science and technology, before moving on to discuss the present state of the world and its/our possible |
|futures. Humans on Earth: Past, Present and Future then addresses the main challenges for social and economic development in the 21st century in |
|the context of global change. It presents a detailed but non-technical analysis of questions relating to climate change, our dependence on fossil |
|fuels, deforestation, loss of biodiversity, desertification, air, water, soil, and ocean pollution as well as problems related to overpopulation, |
|poverty, social and economic inequities and conflict potential. The main emphasis is on the risks and uncertainties of the short-term future – the|
|next 50 to 100 years – with regard to environmental degradation and the sustainability of our growth paradigm. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|An impressive study of how we got here and what options the future holds |
|Comprehensive survey of the factors affecting earth's future |
|Solid information from a leading scientist |
|MARKET: |General public, decision-makers in physics and industry, students, teachers, libraries |
|SUBJECTS: | |Ecology; Popular Science in Nature and Environment; Development Economics |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Popular Science |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Poston, Handbook of Population (978-0-306-47768-3, 2005, $265.00) |
|Strom, Hot House (978-0-387-34179-8, 2007, $27.50) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Lynas, Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet (National Geographic, 978-1426202131, 2008, $26.00) |
|Brown, Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization (W. W. Norton, 978-0393330878, 2008, $15.95) |
Popular Science, Astronomy
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1001 Celestial Wonders to See Before You Die
The Best Sky Objects for Star Gazers
| |AUTHOR: |Michael E. Bakich, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA |
| |ISBN-13: |978-1-4419-1776-8 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 230 p., 262 illus., 12 in color., Softcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $34.95 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |April 2010 |
|1,001 Celestial Wonders is a guide to the night sky's brightest and most fascinating objects. Each target is accessible to amateur astronomers |
|using medium-sized telescopes from a dark site. In fact, many are so bright they remain visible under moderate light pollution, as from the |
|outskirts of a city or the suburbs of a town. The book provides a chronological target list, making it easy to use. No matter what night you |
|choose, this book will show you many of the most memorable objects to observe, whether you are using a small telescope or even binoculars, or an |
|instrument of larger aperture. This is far more than just a list of interesting objects. It is structured so that objects of various observing |
|difficulty are included, which will help readers become better observers, both encouraging beginners and challenging long-time amateur |
|astronomers. This book is designed to be easy-to-use at the telescope, and observers will appreciate each object's standardized layout and the |
|book's chronological organization. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Detailed finder charts make objects simple to find |
|Objects range from "easy" to "challenging" for all levels of observers |
|Hundreds of images that readers can compare with their own telescope views |
|Will never go out of date |
|MARKET: |Amateur and practical astronomers |
|SUBJECTS: | |Astronomy, Observations and Techniques; Popular Science in Astronomy |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Popular Science, Popular Science / Astronomy |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Mobberley, Supernovae and How to Observe Them (978-0-387-35257-2, 2007, $29.95) |
|Plotner, The Night Sky Companion (978-0-387-71608-4, 2007, $29.95) |
|COMPETITION: |
|O'Meara, Deep-Sky Companions: Hidden Treasures (CUP, 978-0521837040, 2007, $45.00) |
|Luginbuhl, Observing Handbook and Catalogue of Deep-Sky Objects (CUP, 978-0521625562, 1998, $65.00) |
Popular Science, Astronomy
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Galileo and 400 Years of Telescopic Astronomy
| |AUTHORS: |Peter Grego, St Austell, Cornwall, UK and David Mannion, Turnbridge Wells, Kent, UK |
| |ISBN-13: |978-1-4419-5570-8 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 230 p., 95 illus., 15 in color., Softcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $34.95 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |March 2010 |
|In 1609 Galileo first used his telescope to kickstart the science of observational astronomy - an event that proved to be of enormous historic, |
|scientific, and cultural importance. Galileo and 400 Years of Telescopic Astronomy will feature the life and achievements of Galileo, around |
|which has pivoted the story of four centuries of telescopic astronomy. The book will detail how astronomy has progressed through four centuries |
|and contain glimpses of future space research and astronomy goals. Uniquely, interwoven with the text will be a range of practical projects |
|for backyard astronomers in which to participate, projects that serve to illustrate many of Galileo's scientific discoveries. The year 2009 not |
|only marks the 400th anniversary of Galileo's initial telescopic discoveries, but it has also been chosen as the International Year of Astronomy, |
|perfect timing for the reader to see for him or herself the way Galileo worked and thought. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Describes Galileo's life and achievements in an exciting narrative way |
|Provides a clear, engaging, and comprehensive outline of the evolution of telescopic astronomy since Galileo four hundred years ago |
|Is a unique mix of history, science, and practical astronomy projects |
|MARKET: |Amateur and 'armchair' astronomers |
|SUBJECTS: | |Astronomy, Observations and Techniques; Popular Science in Astronomy |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Popular Science, Astronomy |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Grego, Venus and Mercury and How to Observe Them (978-0-387-74285-4, 2008, $34.95) |
|Grego, The Moon and How to Observe It (978-1-85233-748-3, 2008, $39.95) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Reston, Galileo: A Life (978-1893122628, Beard Books, 2000, $19.95) |
|Doak, Astronomer and Physicist (Signature Lives, 978-0756508135, 2005, $30.60) |
Psychology
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Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion
| |EDITORS: |David A. Leeming, Blanton-Peale Institute, New York, NY, USA; Kathryn Madden, Private |
| | |Practice, New York, NY, USA and Stanton Marlan, Pittsburgh Center for Psychotherapy and |
| | |Psychoanalysis, Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
| |ISBN-13: |978-0-387-71803-3 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 1000 p., Print + eReference |
| |PRICE: |$689.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |December 2009 |
|The Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion offers a definitive and intellectually rigorous collection of psychological interpretations of the |
|stories, rituals, motifs, symbols, doctrines, dogmas, and experiences of the world’s religious and mythological traditions. The Encyclopedia |
|applies a wide range of psychological approaches to understanding the form and content of religious and spiritual experience, at the same time |
|offering insight into the meanings of various symbols and themes of numerous religions. While there are reference works on religion and those on |
|psychology, until now there has been no comprehensive encyclopedia that integrates psychology and religion in the context of current intellectual |
|developments in the social/behavioral sciences. This Encyclopedia, interdisciplinary in approach, represents a rich new contribution to the |
|development of human self-understanding. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|A crucial new resource for the collaboration and mutual illumination of the fields of psychology and religion and their intersection |
|Provides the technical and phenomenological vocabulary that will enable researchers in the fields of psychology and religion to pursue |
|collaboration and dialogue |
|MARKET: |Researchers and students in psychology and religion; clinicians; therapists; university and public libraries; clergy, pastoral |
| |agents and spiritual directors interested in the psychological aspects of faith and religious practice |
|SUBJECTS: | |Clinical Psychology; Psychoanalysis; Religious Studies |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Psychology |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Belzen, Changing the Scientific Study of Religion (978-90-481-2539-5, 2009, $189.00) |
|Belzen, Towards Cultural Psychology of Religion (978-90-481-3490-8, 2010, approx. $139.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Spilka, The Psychology of Religion (The Guilford Press, 978-1572309012, 2003, $79.00) |
|Argyle, Psychology and Religion (Routledge, 978-0415189064, 2000, $120.00) |
Psychology
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Handbook of Clinical Psychology Competencies
| |EDITORS: |Jay C. Thomas and Michel Hersen |
| |ISBN-13: |978-0-387-09758-9 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 1760 p., Print + eReference |
| |PRICE: |$1200.00 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |November 2009 |
|In recent years there has been a tremendous growth in psychology as a field of study and in the number of students of clinical psychology in |
|particular. The latter is partly due to the proliferation of professional schools of psychology that are devoted to practitioner-oriented degrees,|
|rather than the traditional research-oriented course of study. Whatever school students emerge from, however, they are obliged to demonstrate |
|proficiency in providing clinical services. This multi-volume handbook, is devoted to describing the core competency areas in providing |
|psychological services which is relevant to practitioners as well as clinical researchers. As such, it covers assessment and conceptualization of |
|cases, the application of evidence-based methods, supervision, consultation, cross-cultural factors, and ethics. |
|The Handbook comprises three volumes with contributions by experts in each area. The goal is to provide detailed descriptions of competence levels|
|and describe the developmental trajectory required to reach the highest of these levels. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Outlines basic competencies for evidence-based practice |
|Provides guidelines for competency modeling |
|Comprehensive coverage of diagnosis assessment and treatment |
|Contributors are recognized experts in their fields |
|Systematic presentation of material allows for easy comparison across chapters |
|MARKET: |Students and professionals in the field of psychology |
|SUBJECT: | |Clinical Psychology |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Psychology |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Molinari, Clinical Psychology and Heart Disease (978-88-470-0377-4, 2006, $269.00) |
|Walker, Introduction to Forensic Psychology (978-0-306-47908-3, 2003, $79.95) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Pomerantz, Clinical Psychology: Science, Practice, and Culture (Sage, 978-1412937528, 2008, $103.00) |
|Trull, Clinical Psychology (Wadsworth Publishing, 978-0534633875, 2004, $174.95) |
Social Sciences, Archaeology
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Historical Archeology of Tourism in Yellowstone National Park
| |EDITORS: |Annalies Corbin, PAST Foundation, Columbus, OH, USA and Matthew A. Russell, National Parks |
| | |Service Submerged Resource Center, Sante Fe, NM, USA |
| |ISBN-13: |978-1-4419-1083-7 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 200 p., Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $129.95 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |April 2010 |
|This volume contains three studies that trace the history of tourism in Yellowstone National Park through material remains discovered in both |
|terrestrial and underwater archeological sites. A research approach with an archeological foundation opens new avenues of inquiry not available by|
|using historical documents alone. Archeology gives voice to people otherwise missing from written history, and therefore give us the broadest view|
|of the past. |
|These chapters draw together the fascinating historical archeology of Yellowstone National Park into a single volume linked by a common research |
|framework, the archeology of tourism. While oftentimes treated as separate and unrelated resources, historical archeological sites on land, |
|underwater, and in the liminal zone in between, connect in Yellowstone through a shared history and a universal purpose. Situating these sites |
|within the context of a larger tourist infrastructure allows us to broaden our interpretation and enriches the stories the sites have to tell. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|Provides new model for the study of National Parks |
|Gives unique insight into the archaeological record of Yellowstone National Park |
|Archaeology of Tourism techniques will be valuable in other contexts |
|MARKET: |Research and professional archaeologists working with cultural heritage and resource management. This will also be of interest |
| |to those researching public archaeology and how tourism impacts archaeological work. |
|SUBJECTS: | |Archaeology; Cultural Heritage |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Social Sciences, Archaeology |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Russell, Images Representations and Heritage (978-0-387-32215-5, 2006, $89.95) |
|Jameson, Past Meets Present (978-0-387-47666-7, 2007, $149.00) |
| |
|COMPETITION: |
|Stone, Constructed Past (Routledge, 978-0-415-11768-5, 1999, $210.00) |
|Haines, The Yellowstone Story (University Press of Colorado, 978-0870813900, 1996, $22.95) |
Statistics
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Spectral Analysis of Large Dimensional Random Matrices
Second Edition
| |AUTHORS: |Zhidong Bai, National University of Singapore, Singapore and Jack W. Silverstein, North |
| | |Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA |
| |ISBN-13: |978-1-4419-0660-1 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 550 p., Hardcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $99.95 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |January 2010 |
|The aim of the book is to introduce basic concepts, main results, and widely applied mathematical tools in the spectral analysis of large |
|dimensional random matrices. The material selection of the book focuses on results established under moment conditions on random variables using |
|probabilistic methods, and is thus easily applicable to statistics and other areas of science. The book introduces fundamental results, most of |
|them investigated by the authors, such as the semicircular law of Wigner matrices, the Marcenko-Pastur law, the limiting spectral distribution of |
|the multivariate F matrix, limits of extreme eigenvalues, spectrum separation theorems, convergence rates of empirical distributions, central |
|limit theorems of linear spectral statistics, and the partial solution of the famous circular law. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|The book simultaneously emphasizes the ideas and methodologies of the fundamental mathematical tools, among them being: truncation techniques, |
|matrix identities, moment convergence theorems, and the Stieltjes transform |
|Basic knowledge of matrix theory and an understanding of probability theory at the graduate level |
|MARKET: |Researchers; graduate students, practitioners |
|SUBJECT: | |Statistical Theory and Methods |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Statistics |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Alho, Statistical Demography and Forecasting (978-0-387-22538-8, 2005, $69.95) |
|Berk, Statistical Learning from a Regression Perspective (978-0-387-77500-5, 2008, $84.95) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Blower, Random Matrices (Cambridge University Press, 978-0521133128, 2009, $60.00) |
|Bleher, Random Matrix Models and Their Applications (Cambridge University Press, 978-052182093, 2001, $94.00) |
Statistics
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Introducing Monte Carlo Methods with R
| |AUTHORS: |Christian Robert, Université Paris Dauphine and CREST-INSEE, France and George Casella, |
| | |University of Florida, Florida, USA |
| |ISBN-13: |978-1-4419-1575-7 |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |XVIII, 286 p., Softcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $64.95 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |March 2010 |
|Computational techniques based on simulation have now become an essential part of the statistician's toolbox. It is thus crucial to provide |
|statisticians with a practical understanding of those methods, and there is no better way to develop intuition and skills for simulation than to |
|use simulation to solve statistical problems. Introducing Monte Carlo Methods with R covers the main tools used in statistical simulation from a |
|programmer's point of view, explaining the R implementation of each simulation technique and providing the output for better understanding and |
|comparison. While this book constitutes a comprehensive treatment of simulation methods, the theoretical justification of those methods has been |
|considerably reduced, compared with Robert and Casella (2004). Similarly, the more exploratory and less stable solutions are not covered here. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|This book does not require a preliminary exposure to the R programming language or to Monte Carlo methods |
|All chapters include exercises and all R programs are available as an R package called mcsm |
|The programming parts are introduced progressively to be accessible to any reader |
|SUBJECT: | |Statistical Theory and Methods |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Statistics |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Robert, Monte Carlo Statistical Methods (978-0-387-21239-5, 2005, $109.00) |
|Honerkamp, Statistical Physics (978-3-540-43020-9, 2002, $119.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Munro, Statistical Methods for Health Care Research (LWW, 978-0781748407, 2004, $65.95) |
|Howell, Statistical Methods for Psychology (Wadsworth Publishing, 978-0495597841, 2009, $174.95) |
Statistics, Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences
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Fundamentals of Clinical Trials
Fourth Edition
| |AUTHORS: |Lawrence Friedman, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA; Curt D. |
| | |Furberg, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA and David L. DeMets, University of |
| | |Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA |
| |ISBN-13: |978-1-4419-1585-6 (Previous 978-0-387-98586-2) |
| |PAGES/ILLUS: |approx. 400 p., Softcover |
| |PRICE: |approx. $64.95 |
| |AVAILABLE (US): |April 2010 |
|The randomized control clinical trial has become the gold standard scientific method for the evaluation of pharmaceuticals, biologics, devices, |
|procedures and diagnostic tests. This trial design has been successfully used in both therapeutic and disease prevention trials. It is superior to|
|alternative designs by eliminating several sources of bias which exist in those designs. This role has evolved over the past three decades in a |
|number of disease areas including cardiology, opthalmology, cancer and AIDS. While the specifics of using the randomized control design for a |
|specific intervention and disease may differ, the basic fundamentals still apply in developing the study protocol and operational procedures. |
|These fundamentals include identifying the specific questions to be tested and appropriate outcome measures, determining an adequate sample size, |
|specifying the randomization procedure, detailing the intervention with visit schedules for subject evaluation, establishing an interim data and |
|safety monitoring plan, detailing the final analysis plan and determining the organizational structure. |
|SELLING POINTS: |
|An essential, up-to-date reference for researchers and students involved with clinical trials |
|Includes numerous examples of published clinical trials from a variety of medical disciplines |
|Technical details are kept to a minimum through the use of graphs and tables |
|MARKET: |Graduate students, practitioners |
|SUBJECT: | |Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences |
|LOCATION IN BOOKSTORE: | |Statistics, Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences |
|RELATED TITLES: |
|Pearson, Clinical Trials in Osteoporosis (978-1-84628-389-5, 2007,$107.00) |
|Reid, Clinical Trials in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis (978-1-85233-874-9, 2008, $99.00) |
|COMPETITION: |
|Piantadosi, Clinical Trials (Wiley, 978-0471727811, 2005, $150.00) |
|Chow, Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials (Wiley-Interscience, 978-0471249856, 2003, $185.95) |
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