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Mexico is one of the few Third World nations that has successfully withdrawn the military from political control, with a longer reign of civilian government than any other country in Latin America. However little research has been done on the Mexican military. In Generals in the Palacio, Camp provides the most comprehensive portrait to date of the Mexican military from 1946 through 1990, taking the reader inside a world previously unexamined. ...

Comprises such sacred books of India as the hymns of the "Rig-Veda", the world's first recorded poems, the stirring pantheistic speculations of the "Upanishads" and the "Bhagavad-Gita", a cosmic drama of God's self-revelation in human history, on the field of human battle.

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Presents 101 simple math problems and experiments intended to introduce basic mathematical principles.

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The development of pirate radio is examined in a study, focusing on Radios Caroline and London, that looks beyond its hip image to analyse the populist consumerism and economic machinations involved.

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Kafka's letters to Felice Bauer were written between 1912 and 1917, during which time they were twice engaged to be married. This complex relationship, which coincided with a period of great productivity for Kafka, gave him both hope and strength, but gradually disllusionment and the onset of illness drove them apart.

Why is quantum theory so difficult to understand? In this book, written for both undergraduate and graduate students of chemistry and physics, the author looks at the continuing debate about the meaning of quantum theory. The historical development of the theory is traced from the turn of the century through to the 1930s, and the famous debate between Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein. The book examines in detail the arguments that quantum theory...

All developed human beings possess a practical mastery of a vast range of concepts, including such basic structural notions as those of identity, truth, existence, material objects, mental states, space, and time, but a practical mastery does not entail theoretical understanding. It is thatunderstanding which philosophy seeks to achieve. In this book, one of the most distinguished of living philosophers, assuming no previous knowledge of the s...

Addressing parents and teachers, this straightforward exploration of motivation for learning as a lifelong trait is a significant contribution to the understanding of a complex process." --Publishers Weekly"A succinct and thought-provoking book for parents, teachers, and educators." --"Library Journal

Mathematical probability theory is especially interesting to scientists and engineers. It introduces probability theory, showing how probability problems can be formulated mathematically to systematically attack routine methods. Topics include independence and dependence, probability laws and random variables.

Provides detailed information on planning for tourism development and marketing in any region or community with emphasis on cases applicable to various parts of the globe. Not only contains a formula for strategic tourism planning but delves into such topics as environment and resource analysis, target marketing for profit and non-profit, regional marketing mix strategy, management and regional suppor andsystems.

One of the most widely used tools in statistical forecasting, single equation regression models is examined here. A companion to the author's earlier work, "Forecasting with Univariate Box-Jenkins Models: Concepts and Cases, " the present text pulls together recent time series ideas and gives special attention to possible intertemporal patterns, distributed lag responses of output to input series and the auto correlation patterns of regression...

Completely revised and expanded, the Third Edition covers the numerous improvements in sealant and adhesive technology since 1984. Features the latest advances in sealants, gaskets, tapes, waterproofing membranes and silicone structural sealant glazing.Includes new chapters on insulating glass sealants, structural silicone adhesives and membrane waterproofing. Revises and supplements existing specifications with upgraded recommendations and pr...

Provides synthetic chemists with a method for rapid retrieval of information from the literature, listing material by reaction type rather than by author name or publication date. Each updated volume presents the latest synthetic methods for preparation of monofunctional and difunctional compounds.

Written as a reference on effective engineering practice for construction activities in Arctic and Sub-Arctic regions. It is based on many sources around the world including the Soviet Union and China where people live and work in very low temperatures.

With increasing population and industrialization, our negative impact on our environment is no longer limited to coastal and surface waters or to urban air, it is necessary to examine the movement of chemical pollutants over vastly greater areas. Oceans, deep groundwater aquifers, and even the stratosphere are significantly affected. The mechanisms by which pollutants reach these areas, how they migrate and are transformed through physical and...

Marketing and regulatory pressures are driving laboratories to adopt statistically valid quality control or quality assurance systems. For the laboratory professional who’ s unfamiliar with the statistical tools used in laboratory quality control, Basic Statistics for Laboratories offers guidance to employing basic statistical controls or reports required by regulatory or accrediting organizations, as well as statistical methods which may othe...