The most convenient source of time with nanosecond accuracy is now the GPS
satellites. Jones describes how special and general relativity affect their
timekeeping and how these effects are compensated.
He also goes into great detail about the international organizations responsible
for managing UTC and the complex methods used to average the time from the
primary standards and hundreds of secondary standards to produce UTC. Jones
manages to do this without losing the reader's attention.
Although the book avoids any math or advanced physics, it does not condescend in
any way, and is directed to the mature reader. There are explanations of cesium
and rubidium frequency standards, hydrogen masers, and also the latest
developments: laser cooling and cesium fountains.
It would have been nice if the author had included a bibliography, but this is
compensated by providing the URLs for all the major world timekeeping
organizations and also links to a number of web sites devoted to time.
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Robin S. Johnson, "Singular Perturbation Theory: Mathematical and Analytical
Techniques with Applications to Engineering"
Springer | ISBN 0387232001 | 2004 Year | PDF | 3,53| 292 Pages
“ The theory of singular perturbations has evolved as a response to the need to
find approximate solutions (in an analytical form) to complex problems.
Typically, such problems are expressed in terms of differential equations which
contain at least one small parameter, and they can arise in many fields: fluid
mechanics, particle physics, and combustion processes, to name but three. ”
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Ivan V. Andronov, "Generalized Point Models in Strtuctural Mechanic"
World Scientific Publishing Company | ISBN 9810248784 | 2002 Year | PDF | 1,28
Mb | 276 Pages
“ ...the monograph contains a lot of results and impressive ideas in the field
of mathenatical hydroelasticity
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Alexey V. Porubov, "Amplification of Nonlinear Strain Waves in Solids"
World Scientific Publishing Company | ISBN 9812383263 | 2003 Year | PDF | 2,28
Mb | 228 Pages
“ ...mathematically sound and well illustrated by many numerical
simulations...highly recommended to all physicsts, mathematicians and
mechanicians alike...
...recommended to practitioners in nonlinear physics concerned with propagation
of pulses and kinks in non-integrable systems.
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Anatoly Dobrynin, "In Confidence: Moscow's Ambassador to America's Six Cold War
Presidents (1962-1986)"
Crown | ISBN 0812923286 | 1995 Year | PDF | 4,46 Mb | 672 Pages
“ This diplomatic history by the former Soviet ambassador to the U.S. from 1962
to 1986 casts the Cold War as a saga of missed opportunities and
misunderstandings. Dobrynin believes that the ideologies of both the U.S. and
the U.S.S.R. perpetuated a wasteful, dangerous rivalry, and he blames the
collapse of detente on the growing influence of the Soviet military-industrial
complex, Moscow's overextension (e.g., in Afghanistan), U.S. inflexibility in
arms control and President Ronald Reagan's bellicosity. Paradoxically, Dobrynin
also credits Reagan for opening a dialogue with Moscow during his second term.
Drawing on his own unpublished diaries and archival research, the ex-ambassador
charges that during the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, Moscow made him an
involuntary tool of deceit by keeping secret the deployment of Soviet
intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Cuba. He also divulges that President
Lyndon Johnson pushed for a negotiated end to the Vietnam War in 1965 whereby
the U.S. would accept any government in South Vietnam, even if it eventually
turned socialist. This monumental chronicle is a fundamental source on Soviet-
American relations.
Dobrynin, the Soviet ambassador to the United States from the Kennedy through
Reagan administrations, here recounts vividly the many frightening Cold War
episodes that linger in the collective memory of the international community. In
moderate language, the diplomat who strove above all to maintain cordial
relations between the two superpowers discusses the Cuban Missile Crisis, the
Vietnam War, Afghanistan, and the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. The
book's title refers to the "confidential channel" that began with Dobrynin and
Bobby Kennedy testing each other out with ideas and fresh proposals via a more
informal communications network. This channel bypassed much of the traditional
foreign policy-making bureaucracy of both countries and allowed for greater
flexibility among negotiators. Dobrynin's memoir reads surprisingly well for
this type of book, even as he goes into detail about specific meetings, crises,
and American and Soviet personalities. His opinions of the individual American
presidents and foreign policy leaders may challenge one's notion of Cold War
political heroes and goats. Highly recommended for larger public and all
academic libraries. ”
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Afra J. Zomorodian, et al, "Topology for Computing"
Cambridge University Press | ISBN 0521836662 | 2005 Year | PDF | 5,34 Mb | 258
Pages
“ The emerging field of computational topology utilizes theory from topology and
the power of computing to solve problems in diverse fields. Recent applications
include computer graphics, computer-aided design (CAD), and structural biology,
all of which involve understanding the intrinsic shape of some real or abstract
space. A primary goal of this book is to present basic concepts from topology
and Morse theory to enable a non-specialist to grasp and participate in current
research in computational topology. The author gives a self-contained
presentation of the mathematical concepts from a computer scientist's point of
view, combining point set topology, algebraic topology, group theory,
differential manifolds, and Morse theory. He also presents some recent advances
in the area, including topological persistence and hierarchical Morse complexes.
Throughout, the focus is on computational challenges and on presenting
algorithms and data structures when appropriate.
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Muhammad Sarfraz, "Advances in Geometric Modeling"
John Wiley & Sons | ISBN 0470859377 | 2004 Year | DjVu | 4,62 Mb | 334 Pages
“ Advances in Geometric Modeling illustrates the significance of Geometric
Modeling in construction, design and manufacture, in not only the traditional
industries such as automobile and aircraft manufacturing, but also in modern
industry. This includes CAD/CAM, Computer Art, Entertainment, Education and
Training, Visualization, robotics, medical imaging, visualisation, painting and
media, and others.
This volume will
Provide a valuable source focusing on interdisciplinary methods and affiliate
research in the area of geometric modeling.
Provide the user community with a variety of advanced geometric modeling
techniques and their applications.
Collate and disseminate information from various disciplines such as; Curve and
Surface Fitting, Geometric Algorithms, Visualization, Computational Geometry,
Solid Modeling, Computer Graphics, Computer Aided Geometric Design, Splines,
Deformation of Objects, Virtual Reality, Mesh Simplification, Multi-resolution,
Texture Mapping, Reverse Engineering, etc.
Provide a source for researchers and practitioners who are looking for the
latest developments in the field of geometric modeling.
This in-depth and well-illustrated book is an excellent reference for
researchers, computer scientists, practicing engineers and those who seek state-
of-the-art techniques and applications in geometric modeling.
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Tom Yulsman, "Origins: The Quest for Our Cosmic Roots"
Institute of Physics Publishing | ISBN 075030765X | 2003 Year | DjVu | 5,39 Mb |
384 Pages
“ Tom Yulsman has succeeded in explaining extremely difficult concepts, such as
quantum mechanics, planet, star and galaxy formation, as well as theories on the
creation of the universe and life, in a concise, interesting and understandable
way. His writing is both humerous and gripping and kept me intrigued, thirsting
for more information with every turn of the page.
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D.B.C.Whittet, "Dust in the Galactic Environment" (2nd Edition)
Institute of Physics Publishing | ISBN 0750306246 | 2002 Year | PDF | 3,62 Mb |
320 Pages
“ This book clearly describes the relevant observations and theories. I
recommend it to workers in a variety of fields involving the interactions of
solids and gases under conditions that are not encountered in our laboratories.
The author is not at all shy about pointing out gaps in our knowledge and
weaknesses in our interpretation, and the reader learns much in the process.
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