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    • Quantum Mechanics 

      Bes, Daniel R. (Springer, 2012)
      The preparation of another edition of a text on quantum mechanics is always a challenge. On the one hand, one may decide to cover some previously omitted topics, after gauging again their relevance. On the other hand, ...

    • Electrochemistry 

      Lefrou, Christine; Fabry, Pierre; Poignet, Jean-Claude (Springer, 2012)
      The emerging constraints related to energy production, which are already shaking our economies, will undoubtedly increase. Our societies will not only have to produce the tens of terawatts of energy they require while ...

    • Chemical Thermodynamics 

      Keszei, Erno˝ (Springer, 2012)
      According to an anecdote, the German physicist Arnold Sommerfeld said the following in the 1940s: “Thermodynamics is a funny subject. The first time you go through it, you don’t understand it at all. The second time you ...

    • Alternative Energy Sources 

      Efstathios, E. (Springer, 2012)
      In the beginning of the twenty-first century, our society is faced with an energy challenge: as highly populous, developing countries become more affluent and as the developed nations continue to increase their energy ...

    • Statistical Analysis of Clinical Data on a Pocket Calculator 

      Cleophas, Ton J.; Zwinderman, Aeilko H. (Springer, 2011)
      The time that statistical analyses, including analysis of variance and regression analyses, were analyzed by statistical laboratory workers, has gone for good, thanks to the availability of user-friendly statistical ...

    • Robotics, Vision and Control 

      Corke, Peter (Springer, 2013)
      The practice of robotics and machine vision involves the application of algorithms to data. The data comes from sensors measuring the velocity of a wheel, the angle of a robot arm’s joint or the intensities of millions ...

    • Reading, Writing, and Proving 

      Daepp, Ulrich; Gorkin, Pamela (Springer, 2011)
      You are probably about to teach or take a “first course in proof techniques,” or maybe you just want to learn more about mathematics. No matter what the reason, a student who wishes to learn the material in this book ...

    • Epidemiological Research: Terms and Concepts 

      Miettinen, O. S. (Springer, 2011)
      In his The Joys of Yiddish (1970), Leo Rosten delights the reader with this vignette: A bright young chachem told his grandmother that he was going to be a Doctor of Philosophy. She smiled proudly: ‘Wonderful. But what ...

    • Econometrics 

      Baltagi, Badi H. (Springer, 2011)
      This book is intended for a first year graduate course in econometrics. I tried to strike a balance between a rigorous approach that proves theorems, and a completely empirical approach where no theorems are proved. Some ...

    • Computer Vision 

      Szeliski, Richard (Springer, 2011)
      The seeds for this book were first planted in 2001 when Steve Seitz at the University ofWashington invited me to co-teach a course called “Computer Vision for Computer Graphics”. At that time, computer vision techniques ...

    • Strategie International Management 

      Morschett, Dirk; Schramm-Klein, Ha.nna; Zentes, Joachim (Springer, 2010)
      The first edition of this book has been sold within less than one year so that a second edition became necessary. In this second edition, all chapters have been updated, all case studies revised and recent data were ...

    • Sensory Evaluation of Food 

      Lawless, Harry T.; Heymann, Hildegarde (Springer, 2010)
      The field of sensory science has grown exponentially since the publication of the previous version of this work. Fifteen years ago the journal Food Quality and Preference was fairly new. Now it holds an eminent position ...

    • Design Research in Information Systems 

      Hevner, Alan; Chatterjee, Samir (Springer, 2010)
      The creative human activity of design changes the world in which we live for the better. As academic researchers in the field of information systems (IS), the co-authors have observed, studied, and taught design in the ...

    • Complex Analysis 

      Bak, Joseph; Newman, Donald J. (Springer, 2017)
      Beginning with the first edition of Complex Analysis, we have attempted to present the classical and beautiful theory of complex variables in the clearest and most intuitive form possible. The changes in this edition, ...

    • Clinical Assessment of Child and Adolescent Personality and Behavior 

      Frick, Paul J.; Barry, Christopher T.; Kamphaus, Randy W. (Springer, 2010)
      Psychologists offer an increasing variety of services to the public. Among these services, psychological assessment of personality and behavior continues to be a central activity. One main reason is that other mental ...

    • Additive Manufacturing Technologies 

      Gibson, I.; Rosen, D. W.; Stucker, B. (Springer, 2010)
      Thank you for taking the time to read this book on Additive Manufacturing (AM). We hope you benefit from the time and effort it has taken putting it together and that you think it was a worthwhile undertaking. It all ...

    • The Elements of Statistical Learning 

      Hastie, Trevor; Tibshirani, Robert; Friedman, Jerome (Springer, 2017)
      The field of Statistics is constantly challenged by the problems that science and industry brings to its door. In the early days, these problems often came from agricultural and industrial experiments and were relatively ...

    • Structural Analysis 

      Bauchau, O.A.; Craig, J.I. (Springer, 2009)
      Engineered structures are almost as old as human civilization and undoubtedly began with rudimentary tools and the first dwellings outside caves. Great progress has been made over thousands of years, and our world is now ...

    • Solid-State Physics 

      Ibach, Harald; Lu¨ th, Hans (Springer, 2019)

    • Introductory Time Series with R 

      Cowpertwait, Paul S.P.; Metcalfe, Andrew V. (Springer, 2009)
      R has a command line interface that offers considerable advantages over menu systems in terms of efficiency and speed once the commands are known and the language understood. However, the command line system can be ...