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Green places
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ISSN: 17423716 Year: 2004 Publisher: Place of publication unknown

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Elements of algebra : geometry, numbers, equations
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ISBN: 3540942904 0387942904 1441928391 1475739761 Year: 1996 Publisher: New York, NY : Springer-Verlag,

Comets : nature, dynamics, origin, and their cosmogonical relevance
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ISBN: 1280284145 9786610284146 1402034954 1402034903 904816883X 9781402034909 9781402034954 Year: 2005 Volume: 328 Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer,

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The book covers the most recent ideas about the nature and dynamics of comets, including a thorough discussion on Oort cloud dynamics which has not received due attention in other books on the subject. It also discusses the most relevant aspects of the physics and chemistry of comet nuclei, highlighting their importance as relics of the protoplanetary disk and, perhaps, as carriers of water and organics that permitted the development of life on Earth. The book contains several tables with useful data, and an ample bibliography covering the most recent work as well as some historical key contributions to the subject. It may be suitable as a textbook for graduate students with some basic knowledge of celestial mechanics and astrophysics, as well as a consult book for comet researchers, or researchers from other related fields willing to start working on comets, or get an updated view of the subject.


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An introduction to marine ecology
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ISBN: 0865428344 Year: 1999 Publisher: London : Blackwell Science,


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Plasma Physics : Confinement, Transport and Collective Effects
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ISBN: 9783540315216 3540315217 Year: 2005 Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,

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"Plasma Physics: Confinement, Transport and Collective Effects" provides an overview of modern plasma research with special focus on confinement and related issues. Beginning with a broad introduction, the book leads graduate students and researchers – also those from related fields - to an understanding of the state-of-the-art in modern plasma physics. Furthermore, it presents a methodological cross section ranging from plasma applications and plasma diagnostics to numerical simulations, the latter providing an increasingly important link between theory and experiment. Effective references guide the reader from introductory texts through to contemporary research. Some related exercises in computational plasma physics are supplied on a special web site.


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Introducing Monte Carlo methods with R
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ISBN: 9781441915757 9781441915764 9781441915825 1441915753 Year: 2010 Publisher: New York: Springer,

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Computational techniques based on simulation have now become an essential part of the statistician's toolbox. It is thus crucial to provide statisticians with a practical understanding of those methods, and there is no better way to develop intuition and skills for simulation than to use simulation to solve statistical problems. Introducing Monte Carlo Methods with R covers the main tools used in statistical simulation from a programmer's point of view, explaining the R implementation of each simulation technique and providing the output for better understanding and comparison. While this book constitutes a comprehensive treatment of simulation methods, the theoretical justification of those methods has been considerably reduced, compared with Robert and Casella (2004). Similarly, the more exploratory and less stable solutions are not covered here. This book does not require a preliminary exposure to the R programming language or to Monte Carlo methods, nor an advanced mathematical background. While many examples are set within a Bayesian framework, advanced expertise in Bayesian statistics is not required. The book covers basic random generation algorithms, Monte Carlo techniques for integration and optimization, convergence diagnoses, Markov chain Monte Carlo methods, including Metropolis {Hastings and Gibbs algorithms, and adaptive algorithms. All chapters include exercises and all R programs are available as an R package called mcsm. The book appeals to anyone with a practical interest in simulation methods but no previous exposure. It is meant to be useful for students and practitioners in areas such as statistics, signal processing, communications engineering, control theory, econometrics, finance and more. The programming parts are introduced progressively to be accessible to any reader. Christian P. Robert is Professor of Statistics at Université Paris Dauphine, and Head of the Statistics Laboratory of CREST, both in Paris, France. He has authored more than 150 papers in applied probability, Bayesian statistics and simulation methods. He is a fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and the recipient of an IMS Medallion. He has authored eight other books, including The Bayesian Choice which received the ISBA DeGroot Prize in 2004, Monte Carlo Statistical Methods with George Casella, and Bayesian Core with Jean-Michel Marin. He has served as Joint Editor of the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B, as well as an associate editor for most major statistical journals, and was the 2008 ISBA President. George Casella is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of Florida. He is active in both theoretical and applied statistics, is a fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and the American Statistical Association, and a Foreign Member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences. He has served as Theory and Methods Editor of the Journal of the American Statistical Association, as Executive Editor of Statistical Science, and as Joint Editor of the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B. In addition to books with Christian Robert, he has written Variance Components, 1992, with S.R. Searle and C.E. McCulloch; Statistical Inference, Second Edition, 2001, with Roger Berger; and Theory of Point Estimation, Second Edition, 1998, with Erich Lehmann. His latest book is Statistical Design 2008.


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National Geographic
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ISSN: 00279358 Publisher: Washington, D.C.

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Officieel tijdschrift van de National Geographic Society, ingeschreven in Washington, D. C. als een wetenschappelijke en educatieve organisatie zonder winstoogmerk die zich inzet voor 'de vergroting en verspreiding van geografische kennis'. Sinds 1888 heeft de Society meer dan negenduizend expedities en onderzoeksprojecten gesteund en daarmee bijgedragen tot onze kennis van de aarde, de zee en de lucht.


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Asteroseismology
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ISBN: 9781402058035 9781402051784 1402051786 9786612834189 1402058039 1282834185 Year: 2010 Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer,

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The recent research domain of asteroseismology studies the internal structure of stars, which is not directly observable, through the interpretation of the frequency spectra of stellar oscillations. The basic principles of asteroseismology are very similar to those developed by earth seismologists. Stellar interiors can be probed from oscillations because different oscillation modes penetrate to different depths inside the star. Asteroseismology is the only available method to derive the internal structure of the stars with high precision.This book - the first on asteroseismology - offers a practical guide for graduate students and scientists working in stellar astrophysics. It provides a general introduction to asteroseismology and comprehensive coverage of all its aspects: fundamental theory, observations and observational techniques, methodology of data analysis and seismic interpretations of various classes of multi-periodic pulsating stars.

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