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Presents a treatment of stochastic calculus. This title gives its main applications in finance, biology and engineering. It presents the theory of stochastic calculus and its applications to an audience which possesses only a basic knowledge of calculus and probability.

Presents a new approach to the subject of cosmology. This book exploits Einstein's theory of general relativity. It contains a brief discussion of black holes and pulsars. It delves into philosophical considerations such as the different types of 'truth', positivism versus realism and a discussion of the role of the Mach principle in physics.

Contains all the necessary material for quantum physics and relativity in the first two years of a typical physics degree course. This title features topics that comply fully with the Institute of Physics guidelines, and also includes applications, such as Bose condensation and global positioning system (GPS).

Suitable for honours and BSc students majoring in physical chemistry, this book emphasizes on applications of thermodynamics to liquids and solids as well as gases. It also helps students learn that thermodynamics can be applied to systems which are not in equilibrium.

Presents a history of Imperial College London. This book tells the story of a new type of institution that came into being in 1907 with the federation of three older colleges. It covers both governance and academic activity within the larger context of political, economic and socio-cultural life in twentieth-century Britain.

A useful graduate level text on the asymptotic analysis of ordinary differential equations, this book covers various important methods including dominant balance, the use of divergent asymptotic series, phase integral methods, asymptotic evaluation of integrals, and boundary layer analysis.

This revised text serves as an introduction to finite element methods. Its main emphasis is on the simplest methods suitable for solving two-dimensional continuum mechanics problems, particularly those encountered in stress analysis, fluid mechanics and heat transfer.

Provides an explanation of the origin and establishment of quantum mechanics, with the mathematics in a digestible form, together with a descriptive survey of various developments. This book contains a bibliography and appendices as well as references to original works, reviews, and biographies.

Presents a description of the structure and electronic properties of different types of clusters: Van der Waals clusters, metallic clusters, clusters of ionic materials and network clusters. This work also considers assembling of clusters since specially stable clusters are expected to play a role in the future design and synthesis of materials.

- Electromagnetic waveguides and photonic crystals have previously been studied separately: this book examines the point where the two topics coincide.- Provides both theoretical and numerical guidance on issues related to microstructured optical fibres.- The finite character of the cross-section of the fibres is usually taken into account by introducing an artificial periodicity (super-cell method) which tends to be conceptually debatable. However, this book's approach does not rely on such an assumption, but rather allows, among other things, the estimation of losses that are of prime importance from a technological point of view.

As final examinations approach, medical students often become overwhelmed by the sheer volume of knowledge required to pass all subjects in one go, including surgery, medicine, obstetrics and gynaecology, pharmacology, and psychiatry. This second edition includes chapters written with the help of experts in their respective subjects.

Provides a general picture of the current trends in the area of automatic control, with particular emphasis on practical problems in the mechanical field. The work presents theoretical contributions and lectures on developments with an industrial interest, such as robotics and motion control.

There are many occasions when quick solutions to problems in tribology are needed. This book covers tribology in such a way as to provide simple approximate solutions to frequent practical problems. It is suitable to engineering undergraduates and practicing engineers needing a solution to tribological problems.

This book is an introduction to the application of nonlinear dynamics to problems of stability, chaos and turbulence arising in continuous media and their connection to dynamical systems. With an emphasis on the understanding of basic concepts, it should be of interest to nearly any science-oriented undergraduate and potentially to anyone who wants to learn about recent advances in the field of applied nonlinear dynamics. Technicalities are, however, not completely avoided. They are instead explained as simply as possible using heuristic arguments and specific worked examples.

Setting out the principles of operation of the semiconductor devices, this work explains clearly and concisely how these devices may be modelled. It also provides a foundation in semiconductor physics, and in circuit models and fabrication processes for diodes, bipolar transistors and MOSFETs.

This book, suitable for undergraduates in chemistry, describes atomic orbitals in detail and is illustrated by three-dimensional plots of the mathematical functions (no artists' impressions). It then extends the key fundamental quantum properties to many-electron atoms, linear combinations of atomic orbitals, simple molecules, delocalised systems, atomic spectroscopy and paramagnetism.

There continues to be much interest in the business and academic communities in the concept of strategic competencies or core capabilities, in other words, how organisations define and differentiate themselves. This book attempts to integrate strategic and knowledge management approaches to capability-building and the development of competencies.

As the world's most comprehensive and deeply researched system of alternative and complementary medicine, Chinese medicine enjoys a large following in scientifically developed communities.

Ever since the beginning of mankind's efforts to pursue scientific inquiry into the laws of nature, visualization of the very distant and the very small has been paramount. The examples are numerous.

"Part biography, part commentary, and part exposition, this book provides principles for everyday living and puts forth a fresh new take on the notion of leadership as, being other-centred so that we can all be the best that we can be!"--Back cover.

Provides a student-friendly introduction to the subject of physical chemistry. This book emphasises the two important concepts underpinning physical chemistry: quantum mechanics and the second law of thermodynamics.

Since 9/11 many books have been published on Islamic terrorism, but few of these have considered the issue from the perspective of strategic studies or in terms of an "insurgency."

Stars are the fundamental observable constituents of the Universe. They are the first objects we see in the night sky, dominate the light produced in our own and other galaxies and nucleosynthesis in stars produces all the elements heavier than helium.

This fully-updated second edition remains the only truly detailed exploration of the origins of our Solar System, written by an authority in the field.

Since the 1960s the US has seen its overseas interests threatened by terrorist groups more than any other country. During this period, the nature of these attacks, coming from left-wing, anarchist, religious, and nationalist terrorist groups, has varied and evolved immensely.