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Essential mathematical tools for the study of modern quantum theory. Linear Algebra for Quantum Theory offers an excellent survey of those aspects of set theory and the theory of linear spaces and their mappings that are indispensable to the study of quantum theory. Unlike more conventional treatments, this text postpones its discussion of the binary product concept until later chapters, thus allowing many important properties of the mappings ...

This text provides detailed coverage of mobile satellite communications systems either being planned or in construction, and assesses the impact they will have on business and daily living world-wide.

As the world's financial markets become increasingly integrated and competitive Financial Systems: Principals and Organization offers an explanation of how and why change occurs. Data from four major financial systems are used to highlight principal financial system features. There is also a detailed exploration of the economic principles behind financial deals. It also offers: * Wider scope than other books on the subject making it an ideal i...

Authoritative clinicians present up-to-date, concise, and practical advice on the diagnosis and treatment of the most common sleep disorders encountered in general practice. They not only review such problems as obstructive sleep apnea, insomnia, circadian rhythm disorders, and narcolepsy, but they also discuss such important topics as pediatric sleep disorders, the pharmacology of sleep medicines, diagnostic testing and technology, and the us...

Mind Readings is a collection of accessible readings on some of the mostimportant topics in cognitive science. Although anyone interested in theinterdisciplinary study of mind will find the selections well worth reading, theywork particularly well with Paul Thagard's textbook Mind: An Introduction CognitiveScience, and provide further discussion on the major topics discussed in that book.The first eight chapters present approaches to cognitive...

Charles Mills makes visible in the world of mainstream philosophy some of the crucial issues of the black experience. Ralph Ellison's metaphor of black invisibility has special relevance to philosophy, whose demographic and conceptual "whiteness" has long been a source of wonder and complaint to racial minorities. Mills points out the absence of any philosophical narrative theorizing and detailing race's centrality to the recent history of the...

Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) is perhaps the most engaging of the great Western modernists of this century.Born in Portugal but raised and educated in southern Africa, Pessoa wrote poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.George Monteiro provides refreshingly new interpretations of Pessoa's Mensagem (Message) and the modernist novella O Banqueiro Anarquista (The Anarchist Banker). But he is primarily interested in tracing Pessoa's influence on a wide ran...

Viele Paare suchen Rat und fragen sich, was sie tun können, um ihr Kind zur Musik zu führen. Eine erste Empfehlung wäre: 'Fangen Sie gleich an. Neun Monate vor der Geburt ist es höchste Zeit!

Gerüchte über Tschaikowskys angeblichen Selbstmord wegen eines drohenden Skandals begannen in Russland schon bald nach dem Tod des Komponisten zu zirkulieren. Im Westen wurden sie erst seit den 70er Jahren verbreitet. Hier fand vor allem eine dieser- zum Faktum erklärten - Legenden, die eines geheimen Ehrengerichts, Aufmerksamkeit in wissenschaftlichen Publikationen, in der Literatur, auf der Opernbühne. Dies geschah umso bereitwilliger, als s...

Mit "Don Carlos" wendet sich Giuseppe Verdi, Italiens erfolgreichster Komponist mit internationalem Ruhm, zum vierten Mal einem Dramenstoff Schillers zu. Die Oper ist zu einer der menschlich ergreifendsten, musikalisch schönsten und dramatisch sinnvollsten des Repertoires geworden. Zwanzig Jahre befasste sich Verdi mit dem Thema und schuf sieben recht verschiedene Werke, deren drittes die Uraufführung am 11. März 1867 an der Grand Opéra von Pa...

Anti-Patterns - ein 'heißes Thema' in der Welt des objektorientierten Programmierens. Anti-Patterns helfen bei der Identifikation häufiger Fehler, Irrtümer und Mängel, die objektorientierte Projekte zum Scheitern bringen können. Wie Sie diese Muster erkennen und wie Sie effektiv darauf reagieren, zeigt Ihnen dieses Buch übersichtlich und anhand vieler Fallbeispiele. (04/98)

Economic Dynamism in the Asia-Pacific examines the dramatic rise of the economic importance of the region, the sources of that growth, its future development in uncertain times and the consequences for the global economy.

Rice: The Primary Commodity de-mystifies the trade, outlines its workings and the problems which confront it.A.J. Latham outlines the history and cultivation of rice, and the research programmes which have done so much to revolutionise its production in recent years. Including case studies of the rice markets in India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, Brazil, the USA and many other countries, this book gives an up-to-date and comprehensiv...

The "Reader in Gender Archaeology" presents nineteen current, controversial and highly influential articles which confront and illuminate issues of gender in prehistory. The articles here, which draw on evidence from a wide range of geographic areas, explore the subject of gender difference and its construction as a natural or cultural one. The contributors demonstrate how archaeological investigation can benefit from an awareness of issues of...

This study contextualizes magical realism within current debates and theories of postcoloniality and examines the fiction of three of its West African pioneers: Syl Cheney-Coker of Sierra Leone, Ben Okri of Nigeria and Kojo Laing of Ghana. Brenda Cooper explores the distinct elements of the genre in a West African context, and in relation to: * a range of global expressions of magical realism, from the work of Gabriel Garcia Marquez to that of...

Das menschliche Urteilsvermögen war Gegenstand jahrelanger Forschungen zur Entscheidungsfindung und Prognose. Während anfangs der Schwerpunkt der Forschung auf der relativen Genauigkeit von urteilsmäßigen und statistischen Prognosen lag, hat sich das Interesse dahingehend verlagert, daß nun untersucht wird, wie der Urteilende zu seiner Prognose kommt und wie die Prognosegenauigkeit durch geeignete Unterstützung verbessert werden kann. Im Ansch...

Robotic systems have proved themselves to be of increasing importance and are widely adopted to substitute for humans in repetitive or hazardous situations. Their diffusion has outgrown the limits of industrial applications in manufacturing systems to co ver all aspects of exploration and servicing in hostile environments such as undersea, outer space, battlefields and nuclear plants. Complex robotic systems - ie robotic systems with a complex...

Border Health offers a wide range of studies involving health care and health promotion on the US - Mexican border.

Weaving In the Arts offers new ways for classroom teachers to broaden the definition of literacy to include music, dance, poetry, and the visual arts.

Gender in Early Childhood" explores the ways in which young children perceive, and are perceived, as gendered individuals and members of a gendered society. Careful research is brought to bear on a wide range of issues, from the construction of the child's identity by extended family immediately after birth, through early play and literacy activities. Also considered here in groundbreaking analyses are sexual orientation and its implications f...