General Theory of Urbanization 1867 (Ildefons Cerd)(Pevná vazba)

General Theory of Urbanization 1867 (Ildefons Cerd)(Pevná vazba)

First translation into English on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the publication of the General Theory of Urbanization 1867 by Ildefons Cerd , an essential work on urban development. In 1867 Ildefons Cerd published his 'Teoria general de la urbanitzaci n'. In this text, the 'science of

Raising Keynes: A Twenty-First-Century General Theory (Marglin Stephen a.)(Pevná vazba)

Back to the future: a heterodox economist rewrites Keynes's General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money to serve as the basis for a macroeconomics for the twenty-first century.John Maynard Keynes's General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money was the most influential economic idea of the

Relativity: The Special and the General Theory - 100th Anniversary Edition (Einstein Albert)(Pevná vazba)

After completing the final version of his general theory of relativity in November 1915, Albert Einstein wrote a book about relativity for a popular audience. His intention was 'to give an exact insight into the theory of relativity to those readers who, from a general scientific and philosophical

Theory and Experiment in Gravitational Physics (Will Clifford M.)(Pevná vazba)

The 2015 centenary of the publication of Einstein's general theory of relativity, and the first detection of gravitational waves have focused renewed attention on the question of whether Einstein was right. This review of experimental gravity provides a detailed survey of the intensive testing of

Gravity: An Introduction to Einstein's General Relativity (Hartle James B.)(Pevná vazba)

Einstein's theory of general relativity is a cornerstone of modern physics. It also touches upon a wealth of topics that students find fascinating - black holes, warped spacetime, gravitational waves, and cosmology. Now reissued by Cambridge University Press, this ground-breaking text helped to

Spectral Theory of Dynamical Systems (Nadkarni M.G.)(Pevná vazba)

Treats some basic topics in the spectral theory of dynamical systems. The treatment is at a general level, but two more advanced theorems, one by H. Helson and W. Parry and the other by B. Host, are presented. Moreover, Ornstein's family of mixing rank one automorphisms is described with

Relativity: The Special and the General Theory (Einstein Albert)(Pevná vazba)

Einstein Gravity in a Nutshell (Zee A.)(Pevná vazba)

An ideal introduction to Einstein's general theory of relativity This unique textbook provides an accessible introduction to Einstein's general theory of relativity, a subject of breathtaking beauty and supreme importance in physics. With his trademark blend of wit and incisiveness, A. Zee guides

General Theory of Relativity - A Mathematical Approach (Rahaman Farook (Jadavpur University Kolkata))(Pevná vazba)

Suitable for postgraduate students and researchers in the field of astrophysics and mathematical physics, this book lays the mathematical foundation of tensor calculus. With basics of cosmology and astrophysics, it gives a background of geodesics, linearised gravity, Lie derivatives, rotating black

The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (Keynes John Maynard)(Pevná vazba)

In 1936 Keynes published the most provocative book written by any economist of his generation. Arguments about the book continued until his death in 1946 and still continue today. This new edition, published 70 years after the original, features a new introduction by Paul Krugman which discusses

Theory of Dislocations (Anderson Peter)(Pevná vazba)

Theory of Dislocations provides unparalleled coverage of the fundamentals of dislocation theory, with applications to specific metal and ionic crystals. Rather than citing final results, step-by-step developments are provided to offer an in-depth understanding of the topic. The text provides the

General Theory of Relativity (Dirac P. A. M.)(Paperback)

Einstein's general theory of relativity requires a curved space for the description of the physical world. If one wishes to go beyond superficial discussions of the physical relations involved, one needs to set up precise equations for handling curved space. The well-established mathematical

A General Theory of Crime (Gottfredson Michael R.)(Paperback)

By articulating a general theory of crime and related behavior, the authors present a new and comprehensive statement of what the criminological enterprise should be about. They argue that prevalent academic criminology--whether sociological, psychological, biological, or economic--has been unable

Great Cities in History(Pevná vazba)

From the origins of urbanization in Mesopotamia to the global metropolises of today, great cities have marked the development of human civilization.The Great Cities in History tells their stories, starting with the earliest, from Uruk and Memphis to Jerusalem and Alexandria. Next come the fabulous

A General Theory of Magic (Mauss Marcel)(Paperback)

First written by Marcel Mauss and Henri Humbert in 1902, A General Theory of Magic gained a wide new readership when republished by Mauss in 1950. As a study of magic in 'primitive' societies and its survival today in our thoughts and social actions, it represents what Claude Levi-Strauss called,

Ergodic Theory: Independence and Dichotomies (Kerr David)(Pevná vazba)

Preface.- Introduction.- General Framework and Notational Conventions.- Part 1 Weak Mixing Comactness.- Basic Concepts in Ergodic Theory.- Structure Theory for P.M.P. Actions.- Amenability.- Property (T).- Orbit Equivalence Beyond Amenability.- Topological Dynamics.- Tameness and Independence.-

Quantum Theory (Bohr Niels)(Pevná vazba)

Quantum Theory contains the seminal works of quantum theory from the early years of the 20th Century, representing breakthroughs in science that radically altered the landscape of modern knowledge: Quantum Theory of Line-Spectra by Niels Bohr and The Origin and Development of the Quantum Theory by

The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (Keynes John Maynard)(Paperback)

The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money by John Maynard Keynes is considered to be his magnum opus and is largely credited with creating the terminology and shape of modern macroeconomics. The General Theory brought about a revolution, commonly referred to as the 'Keynesian

A Compendium of Solid State Theory (Bnyai Ladislaus Alexander)(Pevná vazba)

The Little Book of String Theory (Gubser Steven S.)(Pevná vazba)

The essential beginner's guide to string theory The Little Book of String Theory offers a short, accessible, and entertaining introduction to one of the most talked-about areas of physics today. String theory has been called the 'theory of everything.' It seeks to describe all the fundamental

A Logical Theory of Causality (Bochman Alexander)(Paperback)

A general formal theory of causal reasoning as a logical study of causal models, reasoning, and inference. In this book, Alexander Bochman presents a general formal theory of causal reasoning as a logical study of causal models, reasoning, and inference, basing it on a supposition that causal

Essentials of General, Organic, and Biochemistry (Guinn Denise)(Pevná vazba)

The essential chemistry for health careers and everyday lifeGuinn's, Essentials of General, Organic and Biochemistry uses health and medicine as the framework for learning the fundamentals of chemistry in this student-centred one-semester

Probability Theory: The Logic of Science (Jaynes E. T.)(Pevná vazba)

A Theory of Group Structures (MacKenzie Kenneth D.)(Pevná vazba)

First published in 1976, this A Theory of Group Structures is a study of the aggregation of individuals into groups, which cuts across many different social sciences. Volume one attempts to formulate a more rigorous theory of group structures by providing consistent definitions, assumptions,