Books published by Elsevier Science & Technology

Covers the story of the history of CERN from the mid 1960s to the late 1970s. This book includes contributions by historians of science who perceive the laboratory as being at the node of a complex of interconnected relationships between scientists and science managers on the staff, the users in the member states, and the governments.

Covers the building and the running of the CERN laboratory. This book studies the construction and exploitation of the 600 MeV Synchro-cyclotron and the 28 GeV Proton Synchrotron. It considers the setting up of the material and organizational infrastructure which made this possible, and covers the reigns of four Director-Generals.

The Handbook of Magnetic Materials has a dual purpose; as a textbook, it provides an introduction to a given topic within magnetism, and as a work of reference, it serves scientists active in magnetism research. To fulfill these two goals, each chapter in the Handbook is written by leading authorities in the field, and combines state-of-the-art research results with an extensive compilation of archival knowledge. Magnetism is a rapidly expanding field which constantly continues to encompass new phenomena. Examples of such subfields of magnetism are quadrupolar interactions, magnetic superconductors, and quasiscrystals: topics that are all covered in the present volume. The only common ground between these new materials and ferromagnets, is the possession of a magnetic moment; the series title has been slightly adjusted to reflect this. But in keeping with tradition, the Handbook of Magnetic Materials continues to allow readers to acquaint themselves in great depth with topics through the entire breadth of magnetism research.

Describing the history of CERN from its inception in the late 40's up to the mid-60's. The authors have divided these 17-18 years into roughly two successive periods. Volume I deals with the birth and official establishment of the organization and thus covers the years 1949-1954, while Volume II studies the life of the European laboratory during the first twelve years of its existence.

Spectrophotometry enables one to determine, with good precision and sensitivity, almost all the elements present in small and trace quantities of any material. This book focuses on separation and preconcentration methods, since they play an essential role in increasing the selectivity and sensitivity of spectrophotometric methods.

Covers various aspects of dredging including operating methods, outputs, costs, contracts and the impact on the environment. This book is illustrated with line drawings, photographs and tables. It also covers planning and implementing dredging projects, including pre-contract works. It is useful for engineers and managers alike.

Designed to serve as a bridge between the study of the basic principles of metal founding and their application, this book brings together basic metal casting phenomena, foundry techniques and product characteristics. It takes account of the changes in the casting processes and products since the publication of the original edition in 1972.

Responding to the requirements for performance, flexibility, and economy, the networking industry has opted to build products around network processors. This volume defines and advances the field of network processor design. It contains 20 chapters, with topics ranging from architectures to programming models, from security to quality of service.

Contains the papers presented at the International Conference on FRP Composites in Civil Engineering, held in Hong Kong, China, on 12-15 December 2001.

There has been a major shift in the way we conceptualize and provide services to children and adolescents with mental health needs. We are moving away from the traditional disorder-oriented model of treatment to a child-centered, family-focused service delivery system that mandates mental health services in the context of the child's family.

This volume presents studies relating to grasp movement and aims to provide a necessary and valuable contribution to the field of motor control. Evolutionary and developmental aspects are included together with descriptions of how this movement is affected by nervous system damage.

For researchers involved with trace metal and species analysis in clinical, biochemical and environmental research. This book presents analytical approaches to trace metal and speciation analysis in biological specimens. It emphasises on the reliable determination of a number of toxicologically and environmentally important metals.

Aims to contribute to the integration of three traditions that have remained separate in psychology - the developmental, the psychometric, and the cognitive tradition. This text offers answers to questions such as: What is common to intelligence, mind, and reasoning? And, what is specific to each of these three aspects of human knowing?

The demand for high quality aquacultured products and concern for resource conservation has led to invest time and money in commercial scale recirculating production systems. This book intends to provide basic information for the reader so that they may make the proper design or investment decisions concerning water reuse and recycle systems.

Can the study of cognition across cultures lead to conclusions about human cognition in general? This book attempts to look at this issue of universals by providing a compendium of cross cultural investigations in areas of cognitive psychology.

This tenth volume is the sixth in the series devoted to stereoselective synthesis.

Provides a treatment of NMR techniques and their application to problems of biomedical interest. This book covers refined multidimensional pulse sequences including the basic aspects. It is useful to NMR spectroscopists, biochemists, and to molecular biologists interested in the use of NMR techniques for solving biological problems.

Discusses aspects of textile processing, modification and performance for four major topics: preparation, dyeing and printing, improving functional and aesthetic textile properties, and performance. A progression from the initial purification of textiles to their performance and care is described.

The work is aimed at scientists in universities and in industry using any of the six platinum group metals in research. It will be useful for those studying the compounds of the metals themselves, and those considering to use either the metals or their complexes and catalysts in their experimental work.

Providing an account of developments in phenol chemistry, this book covers numerous phenolic systems. It gives emphasis throughout on synthesis, on what can be achieved by the use of phenolic intermediates and in the construction of phenolic end products.

The Second International Computational Wind Engineering Symposium was held in Colorado, USA and presented papers on the popular application of CFD concepts. These proceedings contain a set of invited papers providing reviews on subjects such as CFD turbulence models, bluff body aerodynamics, terrain aerodynamics and building aerodynamics.

Contains eight essays on various topics in public economics. This handbook begins with an historical perspective on the growth of the area and focuses on the theory and evidence about the impact of taxation on economic behavior. It surveys the field of public economics by those actually doing work on the frontier of the subject.

Rather than describing the various schools of economics or its history, this book aims to present current macroeconomic knowledge, with a few contributions from famous works and authors when absolutely necessary. It is aimed at those with some existing knowledge of the subject.

Rather than describing the various schools of economics or its history, this book aims to present current macroeconomic knowledge, with a few contributions from famous works and authors when absolutely necessary. It is aimed at those with some existing knowledge of the subject.

Many people have discovered diverse manifestations and facets of conceptual flaw, but the central conceptual impasse is at best only partially perceived. This book focuses on a conceptual flaw in contemporary artificial intelligence and cognitive science. It proposes and examines interactivism, an alternative model of representation.

This volume contains articles on recent developments in natural product chemistry. Topics covered include the stereoselective synthesis of bioactive natural products and the applications of NMR and spectrosopy for the elucidation of complex natural products.

A work on LC-MS applications in environmental analysis. It answers such questions as: what interface to use to solve 'my detection problem'; can I obtain enough sensitivity for the confirmation of my compound in real-world environmental samples; and, is there enough structural information.

Analyzing observed or measured data is an important step in applied sciences. This book provides not only definitions and short descriptions, but also offers an overview of the different topics. It gives 1700 entries in alphabetical order grouped into 20 topics and each topic is organized in a hierarchical fashion.

Geology, one of the basic natural sciences, is proving to be of outstanding importance in solving problems relating to protection against natural disasters as well as human health. This book aims to show how the geological environment affects human health and to explore preventative methods for improvement.