Books published by Elsevier Science & Technology

Handbook of Magnetic Materials covers the expansion of magnetism over the last few decades and its applications in research, notably the magnetism of several classes of novel materials that share with truly ferromagnetic materials the presence of magnetic moments. The book is an ideal reference for scientists active in magnetism research, providing readers with novel trends and achievements in magnetism. Each article contains an extensive description given in graphical and tabular form, with much emphasis placed on the discussion of the experimental material within the framework of physics, chemistry, and material science. Comprises topical review articles written by leading authoritiesIncludes a variety of self-contained introductions to a given area in the field of magnetism without requiring recourse to the published literatureIntroduces given topics in the field of magnetismDescribes novel trends and achievements in magnetism

Handbook of Numerical Methods for Hyperbolic Problems explores the changes that have taken place in the past few decades regarding literature in the design, analysis and application of various numerical algorithms for solving hyperbolic equations. This volume provides concise summaries from experts in different types of algorithms, so that readers can find a variety of algorithms under different situations and readily understand their relative advantages and limitations.Provides detailed, cutting-edge background explanations of existing algorithms and their analysisIdeal for readers working on the theoretical aspects of algorithm development and its numerical analysisPresents a method of different algorithms for specific applications and the relative advantages and limitations of different algorithms for engineers or readers involved in applicationsWritten by leading subject experts in each field who provide breadth and depth of content coverage

Presents some fundamental concepts behind the basic theories and tools of discrete element methods (DEM), its historical development, and its scope of applications in geology, geophysics and rock engineering. This book includes coverage of both explicit and implicit DEM approaches. It also provides introductions to some alternative approaches.

Covers various aspects of the biology of pearl oysters, their anatomy, reproduction, genetics, and diseases. This book considers how they are farmed from spawning and culturing larvae in hatcheries to adults in the ocean, and how various environmental factors, including pollution affect them.

Studies in Natural Products Chemistry: Bioactive Natural Products (Part XIII) is the latest in a series that covers the synthesis or testing and recording of the medicinal properties of natural products, providing cutting-edge accounts of the fascinating developments in the isolation, structure elucidation, synthesis, biosynthesis, and pharmacology of a diverse array of bioactive natural products. Natural products in the plant and animal kingdom offer a huge diversity of chemical structures that are the result of biosynthetic processes that have been modulated over the millennia through genetic effects. With the rapid developments in spectroscopic techniques and accompanying advances in high-throughput screening techniques, it has become possible to quickly isolate and determine the structures and biological activity of natural products, thus opening up exciting opportunities in the field of new drug development to the pharmaceutical industry.