Books by Prof Mariano (Professor of Philosophy of Science Artigas

The most accessible introduction to periodicity, presenting students with up-to-date research and real-world examples.

f-Block Chemistry presents the most important underlying themes of f-element chemistry, illustrating these themes with carefully chosen examples.

In this text, the study of thermodynamics is manipulated against the normal course of study. While students and academics will learn the concepts, formulas, and laws of thermodynamics, they will also begin to understand the historical circumstance behind it all.

In Before Sudokus, Seymour Block and Santiago Tavares offer a crystal clear and engaging tour of Magic Squares, tracing their footsteps through ancient and medieval history and illuminating their uses in art and design, statistics and electronics.

A novel approach to the unresolved issues of theoretical physics and the philosophy/foundations of physics.

Offering not only insights into the current state of policy work around the world; it also offers examples of good practice and recommendations for the future. Recommendations that can inspire, support, and direct healthcare policy and decision-making at organisational, regional, national and international levels.

A comprehensive discussion of EU energy law, this work covers key issues such as environmental and contractual matters, and the role of regulatory authorities. It derives from a section in the looseleaf Law of the EU (Vaughan & Robertson, eds), and is made available here for the benefit of those who do not subscribe to the looseleaf.

'Maladapting Minds' represents the very first attempts to critically explore the interface between evolutionary theory and the philosophy of psychiatry. With contributions from an international and interdisciplinary cast of authors, it is important reading for psychiatrists, philosophers of mind, and evolutionary psychologists.

This text deals with the fundamental physics underlying the remarkable structural and dynamical properties of block copolymers. It provides the polymer scientist and technologist with a firm grounding in the principles underlying the wide applications of these important materials.

This book addresses the chemistry of the second and third row d-block metals, assuming a knowledge of the chemistry of the first row metals.

The colourful field of transition metal chemistry is succinctly presented in this primer, giving a coherent overview of a subject which can seem daunting in its level of detail.

This is a comprehensive biography of perhaps the first important American woman composer, Amy Marcy Beach. She enjoyed an international reputation in the early 20th century, especially for her symphonies. In recent years there has been a great revival of interest in her work, and many of her compositions have been performed and recorded.

Arranged in four sections, this collection offers informative, biographical and critical overviews. It also contains a selection of Rodgers's letters to his wife Dorothy, and concludes with selections from his writings on creative process, the state of the Broadway theater, his bout with cancer, and his Columbia University interviews.