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The purpose of this comprehensive appraisal of the world's wetlands is threefold: firstly to explain the evolution, occurrence and composition of wetlands and their physical and biological dynamics, second, to consider the impact upon them of agriculture, industry, urbanization and recreation, and third to examine what steps are being and should be taken to manage and to preserve them.

Writing Chicago uncovers the deep connections between the renowned Chicago school of sociology--exemplified by William Thomas, Robert Park, and Robert Redfield--and the great Chicago novelists of the 1930's, Nelson Algren, Richard Wright and James T. Farrell, all of whom integrated sociological theories into their own work. In their studies of society, the Chicago sociologists often imitated creative writers and literary critics. Somewhat late...

Based on research by a leading geographer and specialist in diffusion theory, The Slow Plague discloses the geographic dimension of the AIDS pandemic. It provides a lucid description of the HIV, its origins, and the extent to which it has now permeated our lives.

Shape in Chemistry" betrachtet die Form der Moleküle von einem besonderen Standpunkt: Es führt ein in die topologischen Konzepte und Methoden der Formcharakterisierung, die für die direkte, nichtvisuelle Beschreibung und Untersuchung von allgemeinen Molekülformen angewandt werden können. Der Autor führt auf bildhafte Weise in die topologischen Werkzeuge ein. Die mathematische Beschreibung ist einfach verständlich. Neue Konzepte werden vom vert...

More and more people live into old age. This demographic revolution underscores the fact that old age is the last uncharted and unattended phase of the life cycle.

This is a systemic presentation of quantum field theory from first principles, emphasizing both theoretical concepts and experimental applications.

Listening combines broad coverage of acoustics, speech and music perception psychophysics, and auditory physiology with a coherent theoretical orientation in a lively and accessible introduction to the perception of music and speech events. Handel treats the production and perception of music and speech in parallel throughout the text, arguing that their production and perception follows identical principles, music and speech share the same fo...

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This text identifies the concepts which underpin the mechatronic approach to engineering design and brings together its principle components - sensors and tranducers, embedded microprocessors, actuators and drives to explore their interrelationships.

As office technology has exploded and decision-making become increasingly complex, physicians are faced with an endless list of treatment options for commonly presenting gynecologic disorders. This new book reviews all state-of-the-art tools of diagnosis, investigation, and management to provide an invaluable guide for the office practitioner. From endocrine disorders to breast disease, from preventive measures for osteoporosis and cardiovascu...

By bringing together the emphases and techniques of modern linguistics and literary criticism and applying them to a range of poetry, from Shakespeare to the present day, "A Linguistic History of English Poetry argues that poetry is uniquely and intrinsically different from other linguistic discourses and non-linguistic sign systems. A variety of approaches, including New Criticism, Formalism, Structuralism and Poststructuralism, are used to s...

The book forms the Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Tubular Structures, following previous events in Boston (1984), Tokyo (1986), Finland (1989), Delft (1991). Sponsored by British Steel, International Institute of Welding and CIDECT, it forms an important forum for advanced structural research and development.

Jon Scieszka began to train as a doctor but left to take a course in fiction writing at Columbia University and to become a teacher. He lives in Brooklyn and spends his time writing and talking about books.Lane Smith, an acclaimed author/illustrator, has achieved major success in his collaborations with Jon Scieszka. He also provided the original concept and illustrations for the hit film James and the Giant Peach. He lives in New York.

Geht es Ihnen nicht auch manchmal auf die Nerven, wenn Menschen zu allem und jedem ihren Senf dazu geben müssen? Das zu ertragen ist mitunter anstrengend. Nun ist Jan Bretschneider mit diesem Buch auch einer von den "Senf-dazu-Gebern". Aber er lebt mit der Hoffnung, dass Sie dieses Machwerk nicht nach den soeben gelesenen Sätzen entnervt beiseite legen, sondern sich der Anstrengung des Lesens und Ertragens unterziehen. "Wer austeilt, muss auc...

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The study of composition operators links some of the most basic questions you can ask about linear operators with beautiful classical results from analytic-function theory. The process invests old theorems with new mean­ ings, and bestows upon functional analysis an intriguing class of concrete linear operators. Best of all, the subject can be appreciated by anyone with an interest in function theory or functional analysis, and a background ro...

This succinct guide provides easy access to selected central British institutional terms which are widely employed in contemporary British life. It is cross-referenced with a comprehensive index and appendices.