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Einstein's Space-Time: An Introduction to Special and General Relativity is a textbook addressed to students in physics and other people interested in Relativity and a history of physics. The book contains a complete account of Special Relativity that begins with the historical analysis of the reasons that led to a change in our manner of regarding the space and time. The first chapters are aimed to afford a deep understanding of the relativistic spacetime and its consequences for Dynamics. The chapter about covariant formulation includes among its topics the concepts of volume and hypersurfaces in manifolds, energy-momentum tensor of a fluid, and prepares the language for General Relativity. The last two chapters are devoted to an introduction of General Relativity and Cosmology in a modern approach connected with the latest discoveries in these areas.

General relativity (Physics) --- Space and time. --- Special relativity (Physics) --- Ether drift --- Mass energy relations --- Relativity theory, Special --- Restricted theory of relativity --- Special theory of relativity --- Relativity (Physics) --- Space of more than three dimensions --- Space-time --- Space-time continuum --- Space-times --- Spacetime --- Time and space --- Fourth dimension --- Infinite --- Metaphysics --- Philosophy --- Space sciences --- Time --- Beginning --- Hyperspace --- Relativistic theory of gravitation --- Relativity theory, General --- Gravitation --- Physics --- Astronomy. --- Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory. --- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology. --- Astrophysics and Astroparticles. --- History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics. --- Gravitation. --- Astrophysics. --- Physics. --- Natural philosophy --- Philosophy, Natural --- Physical sciences --- Dynamics --- Astronomical physics --- Astronomy --- Cosmic physics --- Field theory (Physics) --- Matter --- Antigravity --- Centrifugal force --- Properties

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The study of surfaces with constant mean curvature (CMC) is one of the main topics in classical differential geometry. Moreover, CMC surfaces are important mathematical models for the physics of interfaces in the absence of gravity, where they separate two different media, or for capillary phenomena. Further, as most techniques used in the theory of CMC surfaces not only involve geometric methods but also PDE and complex analysis, the theory is also of great interest for many other mathematical fields.   While minimal surfaces and CMC surfaces in general have already been treated in the literature, the present work is the first to present a comprehensive study of “compact surfaces with boundaries,” narrowing its focus to a geometric view. Basic issues include the discussion whether the symmetries of the curve inherit to the surface; the possible values of the mean curvature, area and volume; stability; the circular boundary case; and the existence of the Plateau problem in the non-parametric case. The exposition provides an outlook on recent research but also a set of techniques that allows the results to be expanded to other ambient spaces. Throughout the text, numerous illustrations clarify the results and their proofs.   The book is intended for graduate students and researchers in the field of differential geometry and especially theory of surfaces, including geometric analysis and geometric PDEs. It guides readers up to the state-of-the-art of the theory and introduces them to interesting open problems.

Fluid dynamics. --- Mathematics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Geometry --- Curves on surfaces. --- Geometry, Differential. --- Differential geometry --- Surfaces, Curves on --- Mathematics. --- Partial differential equations. --- Geometry. --- Differential geometry. --- Differential Geometry. --- Partial Differential Equations. --- Global differential geometry. --- Differential equations, partial. --- Euclid's Elements --- Partial differential equations --- Geometry, Differential --- Surfaces of constant curvature. --- Curves, Algebraic. --- Boundary value problems.

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Until recently, many neuroscientists were skeptical of the idea that classical neurotransmitters could be co-released from neurons. It is now common knowledge, though, that the "one neuron, one neurotransmitter" postulate is the exception rather than the rule. Co-Existence and Co-Release of Classical Neurotransmitters provides readers with a comprehensive overview of research from the world’s leading neuroscience authors, all of whom have discovered and studied the co-existence or co-release of several pairs of neurotransmitters in neural networks. Their reviews include novel aspects of transmitter combinations, such as NA-ACh, monoamines-glutamate, ACh-glutamate, cross-talk between monoamines, GABA and ATP, and various combinations of aminoacid transmitters. Co-Existence and Co-Release of Classical Neurotransmitters will be particularly useful to neuroscience graduate students, academics, and researchers in synaptic physiology and synaptic plasticity. This book is the first of its kind to center on the timely issue of co-release of neurotransmitters, and serves as an important contribution to the re-consideration of this idea in other brain regions. About the Editor: Dr. Rafael Gutiérrez was among the first to study the physiological impact of the co-existence of glutamate and GABA in the hippocampus, particularly the developmental and activity-dependent expression of GABAergic markers in granule cells. Since 1997, Dr. Gutiérrez has been a professor of neurosciences at the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV) in Mexico City. He received his PhD in Neurosciences from the National University of Mexico in 1993 and, under the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Research Scholarship, worked for three years with pathophysiology expert Uwe Heinemann in Germany.

Neural transmission. --- Neurotransmitter Agents. --- Neurotransmitters. --- Neurotransmitters --- Neural transmission --- Physiological Effects of Drugs --- Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action --- Pharmacologic Actions --- Chemical Actions and Uses --- Chemicals and Drugs --- Neurotransmitter Agents --- Human Anatomy & Physiology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Neuroscience --- Chemical nerve transmitters --- Nerve transmitter substances --- Neural transmitters --- Neurohumors --- Neuroregulators --- Synaptic transmitters --- Transmitters, Chemical nerve --- Transmitters, Synaptic --- Nerve transmission --- Nervous transmission --- Neurotransmission --- Synaptic transmission --- Transmission of nerve impulses --- Medicine. --- Neurosciences. --- Neurology. --- Psychiatry. --- Psychopharmacology. --- Neurobiology. --- Biomedicine. --- Neurochemistry --- Neural circuitry --- Neurophysiology --- Medicine and psychology --- Mental health --- Psychology, Pathological --- Behavioral pharmacology --- Drugs --- Chemotherapy --- Pharmacology --- Psychotropic drugs --- Medicine --- Nervous system --- Neuropsychiatry --- Neurosciences --- Neural sciences --- Neurological sciences --- Medical sciences --- Psychotropic effects --- Diseases --- Neurology .

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An Introduction to Bibliometrics: New Development and Trends provides a comprehensible, readable and easy to read introduction to bibliometrics. Importantly, the book surveys the latest developments of bibliometrics (such as altmetrics, etc.) and how the field is likely to change over the next decade. In the literature, bibliometrics is generally discussed from one of two perspectives: (1) Purely mathematical/statistical or (2) Its sociological implications. Both approaches are very far from how most users want to apply bibliometrics. This book fills that need by providing tactics on how bibliometrics can be applied to their sphere of scientific activity.

Bibliometrics. --- Information science --- Statistical methods. --- Informetrics --- Bibliography --- Statistical bibliography --- Statistical methods

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In diesem Open-Access-Buch wird die Bedeutung von religiösen Ritualen für die soziale Ordnung systematisch untersucht. Dazu werden Konzepte des Zusammenhangs von Ritualen mit verschiedenen Ebenen des Sozialen erarbeitet: Interaktion, Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft. Der Inhalt Theoretische Grundlagen Interaktion Gemeinschaft Gesellschaft Die Zielgruppen Studierende und Lehrende sozial- und religionswissenschaftlicher Studiengänge Der Autor Dr. Rafael Walthert ist Assistenzprofessor am Religionswissenschaftlichen Seminar der Universität Zürich.

Religion & beliefs --- Social theory --- Religion and sociology. --- Social sciences—Philosophy. --- Sociology of Religion. --- Social Theory. --- Religion and society --- Religious sociology --- Society and religion --- Sociology, Religious --- Sociology and religion --- Sociology of religion --- Sociology --- Social sciences --- Religion and sociology --- Social sciences—Philosophy