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The A-Z of the PhD Trajectory
(Springer, 2018)In this book, you can find information about the major milestones in your PhD trajectory, and how to reach them. We also discuss the soft skills that support the research process. This book is mostly aimed at PhD students ... -
Strategic Human Resource Management and Employment Relations
(Springer, 2018)The theoretical roots for the study of human resource management (HRM) in organisations have existed in the Western contexts for over a century when seminal ideas of influential management thinkers such as Taylor, Drucker ... -
Research Methods for the Digital Humanities
(Springer, 2018)This book introduces a range of digital research methods, locates each method within critical humanities approaches, presents examples from established and emerging practitioners, and provides guides for researchers. In ... -
Quantum Mechanics for Pedestrians 2
(Springer, 2018)In this second edition of Volume 2, a short introduction to the basics of quantum field theory has been added. The material is placed in the Appendix. It is not a comprehensive and complete presentation of the topic, ... -
Proofs from THE BOOK
(Springer, 2018)Paul Erd˝os liked to talk about The Book, in which God maintains the perfect proofs for mathematical theorems, following the dictum of G. H. Hardy that there is no permanent place for ugly mathematics. Erd˝os also said ... -
Probability and Statistics for Computer Science
(Springer, 2018)An understanding of probability and statistics is an essential tool for a modern computer scientist. If your tastes run to theory, then you need to know a lot of probability (e.g., to understand randomized algorithms, to ... -
Plant Anatomy
(Springer, 2019)The science of plant anatomy extends back to the late seventeenth century and, by now, spans over 300 years and encompasses hundreds of thousands of reports in the scientific literature. The early plant anatomy research ... -
Physics from Symmetry
(Springer, 2018)In the course of studying physics I became, like any student of physics, familiar with many fundamental equations and their solutions, but I wasn’t really able to see their connection. I was thrilled when I understood ... -
Philosophy of Race
(Springer, 2018)Many academic philosophers who are generally interested in social justice issues pertaining to racial and ethnic minority groups still do not clearly distinguish between Philosophy of Race and African American philosophy. And ... -
Off-Grid Electrical Systems in Developing Countries
(Springer, 2018)Over one billion people do not have access to electricity. The majority live in developing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The consequences of this form of energy poverty can be severe. Most activities ... -
Neural Networks and Deep Learning
(Springer, 2018)Neural networks were developed to simulate the human nervous system for machine learning tasks by treating the computational units in a learning model in a manner similar to human neurons. The grand vision of neural ... -
Market Research
(Springer, 2018)In the digital economy, data have become a valuable commodity, much in the way that oil is in the rest of the economy (Wedel and Kannan 2016). Data enable market researchers to obtain valuable and novel insights. There ... -
Logical Foundations of Cyber-Physical Systems
(Springer, 2018)Cyber-physical systems combine cyber capabilities with physical capabilities to solve problems that neither part could solve alone. This chapter provides an informal introduction to cyber-physical systems, setting the ... -
Linear Algebra and Analytic Geometry for Physical Sciences
(Springer, 2018)This book originates from a collection of lecture notes that the first author prepared at the University of Trieste with Michela Brundu, over a span of fifteen years, together with the more recent one written by the ... -
Lessons on Synthetic Bioarchitectures
(Springer, 2018)The objective of synthetic bioarchitectures as a field of research cannot be confined yet as it belongs to the converging sciences, still emerging; however, let us foresee one of the most relevant objectives of this ... -
Introduction to Particle and Astroparticle Physics
(Springer, 2018)This book introduces particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology starting from experiment. It provides a unified view of these fields, which is needed to answer our questions to the Universe–a unified view that has been ... -
Introduction to General Relativity
(Springer, 2018)The formulations of the theories of special and general relativity and of the theory of quantum mechanics in the first decades of the twentieth century are a fundamental milestone in science, not only for their profound ... -
International Humanitarian Action
(Springer, 2018)NOHA (The Network on Humanitarian Action) is an international association of 12 European universities and five global partner universities. The aim of NOHA is to enhance professionalism in the humanitarian sector through ... -
Fundamentals of Java Programming
(Springer, 2018)This book was born from the desire of having an introductory Java programming textbook whose contents can be covered in one semester. The book was written with two types of audience in mind: those who intend to major in ... -
Fundamentals of Business Process Management
(Springer, 2018)Almost 5 years ago, we decided to join forces and deliver a textbook on Business Process Management (BPM). Since then, BPM has grown more important than ever. Businesses around the world are carrying out BPM initiatives ...
