Books by Ian Smith

This textbook gives a comprehensive introduction to mathematical logic using modern conventions and perspectives, while emphasizing connections with the rest of mathematics. With a wealth of exercises, examples, and further reading, it is suitable for a variety of courses for upper-level undergraduates and beginning graduate students.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Ancient Nine and The Clean 20A rainy night . . . A stranded motorist . . . A Good Samaritan passerby … a Nobel Prize–winning professor . . . The setup for a shocking murder designed to cover up an even more sinister crime . . . The Blackbird Papers marks the debut of Ian Smith, a major new talent in crime fiction, and of Sterling Bledsoe, his smart and occasionally combative sleuth. World-renowned Dartmouth professor Wilson Bledsoe is returning from a party celebrating his latest honor when he encounters a broken-down pickup on the secluded country road to his home. The next day, the discovery of his body with a vicious racist epithet carved into his chest leads to the quick arrest of two loathsome white supremacists. The local authorities seem ready to accept the case at face value as a racial hate crime. But the murdered professor’s brother, FBI agent Sterling Bledsoe, has inserted himself into the investigation and isn’t ready to buy into this pat solution. A look around his brother’s lab and brief interviews with his students and colleagues pique Sterling’s curiosity about Wilson’s pet project: a nearly completed paper on the mysterious deaths of hundreds of local blackbirds. Fast-paced and cleverly constructed, The Blackbird Papers introduces a major new voice in mystery and crime fiction.

This concise, practical overview of total intravenous anaesthesia (TIVA) provides coverage of current technology in delivery and monitoring, such as target controlled infusions and EEG bispectral monitoring systems. The book represents a straightforward, accessible introduction to the basic concepts, providing definitions, historical perspectives and basic principles, plus an overview of the drugs, their interactions, and equipment used. It covers the applications of intravenous anaesthesia in a variety of situations.