Systems thinking/analysis is widely applied for solving complex problems in engineering and certain other fields. Astrobiology, which inherently involves complex problems, can benefit from such an approach.

The Fontana History of Chemistry, which draws extensively on both the author’s own original research and that of other scholars world wide, is conceived as a work of synthesis. Nothing like it has been attempted in decades. Beginning with the first tentative chemical explorations where primitive technology and techniques were deployed, Dr Brock proceeds via the alchemists’ futile, but frequently profitable, efforts to turn lead into gold to recount the emergence of the modern discipline o...

Reflecting emerging methods and the evolution of the field, Introduction to Texture Analysis: Macrotexture, Microtexture, and Orientation keeps mathematics to a minimum in covering both traditional macrotexture analysis and more advanced electron-microscopy-based microtexture analysis.

This book provides an accessible introduction to radioactivity. The first in a two-volume set, this volume is presented in two parts, covering radiation physics and natural radiation exposure.

Thistitle is a Pearson Global Edition. The editorial team at Pearson has workedclosely with educators around the world to include content which is especiallyrelevant to a diverse and international audience. Forcourses in liberal arts physics. Actively engage students inlearning and loving physics.

Paul HewittGÇÖs best-selling ConceptualPhysics defined the liberal arts physics course over 30 years agoand continues as the benchmark. HewittGÇÖs text is guided by the principle of'concepts ...

Blackwell Publishing is delighted to announce that this book has been Highly Commended in the 2004 BMA Medical Book Competition. Here is the judges' summary of this book: "This is a technical book on a technical subject but presented in a delightful way. There are many books on statistics for doctors but there are few that are excellent and this is certainly one of them.

Statistics is not an easy subject to teach or write about. The authors have succeeded in producing a book that is as good a...