Books published by Imperial College Press

Provides a coverage of relevant platelet biology and antiplatelet therapy that is in clinical use. This book delivers a review of the developments in antiplatelet therapy. It is intended for practicing clinicians as well as those involved in the development of new antithrombotic therapies.

Highlighting foundational issues in theoretical physics, this work expresses the flow of ideas in physics - from the period of Galileo and Newton to the contemporary ideas of the quantum and relativity theories, astrophysics and cosmology - as explanations for the laws of matter.

Aims to familiarize the reader with the properties of the chaotic dynamics of Hamiltonian systems by avoiding specialized mathematical tools. This book is suitable to those who are actively working on the problems of dynamical chaos as well as to those looking for new inspiration in this area.

Proposes a set of models to describe fuzzy multi-objective decision making (MODM), fuzzy multi-criteria decision making (MCDM), fuzzy group decision making (GDM) and fuzzy multi-objective group decision-making problems. This book also gives a set of related methods (including algorithms) to solve these problems.

Pseudo-Riemannian geometry is an active research field not only in differential geometry but also in mathematical physics where the higher signature geometries play a role in brane theory. This book presents a comprehensive treatment of various aspects of pseudo-Riemannian geometry.

Outlines the developments and research directions being made world-wide in earth sciences. This book explains how methodologies such as satellite remote sensing and supercomputing simulations are changing research in earth sciences; how the earth system is being viewed in a holistic way, linking the atmosphere, ocean and solid earth; and more.

Quantum information describes the field which bridges quantum physics and information science. This book presents the state of the art of quantum information with continuous quantum variables. It also discusses results achieved in QUICOV and presented at the first five CVQIP conferences from 2002-2006.

Covers the physics of glasses and focusses on their thermal and mechanical properties, as well as various models leading to the formation of the glassy states of matter from overcooled liquids. This book applies the models of agglomeration and growth to describe the formation of quasicrystals, fullerenes.

Discusses the methods used in helio- and asteroseismology for the collection, analysis and interpretation of data. This book presents a comprehensive discussion of helioseismic and asteroseismic methodology, collecting techniques from over 300 research papers spread out over decades, with a critical discussion and inter-comparison.

Outlines a selection of advances made worldwide in the field of modern engineering at the nanometer scale. This work covers topics that include: the fabrication and measurement of nanoelectronic devices, organic conductors, and bioelectronic materials; the assembly of such structures into appropriate configurations; and more.

Provides an overview of mechanical circulatory support devices and their role in the care of patients with advanced heart failure. This book is aimed at healthcare teams around the world who are involved with the patient care, research and teaching in advanced heart failure, those in training, and the interested lay public.

Aims to bring together comprehensive considerations of non-covalent interactions with the specificity of their application in protein sciences. This book is useful for students of physics or chemistry, with interests in biology and biophysics, as well as students of biology, biochemistry, or biomedicine.

Dealing with Dynamical Mean-Field Theory (DMFT), this book develops the formalism of many-body Green's functions using the equation of motion approach, which requires an undergraduate solid state physics course and a graduate quantum mechanics course as prerequisites. It also emphasizes how to carry out numerical calculations.

What is open source software? How is the open source community organized? What makes this model successful? What effects has it had and might it have on the future of the IT industry, companies and government policies? This book answers these and many other questions. It also gives a brief history of the open source community.

Provides information on functional nanomaterials: materials containing specific, predictable nanostructure whose chemical composition enable them to detect or destroy some material that constitutes an environmental threat. This book showcases how these materials can address some of the environmental remediation and sensing/detection problems.