Books published by Springer London Ltd

Peter Higgins distills centuries of work into one delightful narrative that celebrates the mystery of numbers and explains how different kinds of numbers arose and why they are useful.

What about the future of the universe? And how long might the universe as we recognize it survive? This title takes the reader on a journey through space and time, beginning with a long look at the Earth and solar system, voyaging to the outermost galaxies, and finishing with speculations about the life and fate of the entire universe.

This is a 'how to' book for scientific visualization. The book does not treat the subject as a subset of information visualisation, but rather as a subject in its own right. An introduction on the philosophy of the subject sets the scene and the theory of colour perception is introduced.

This book demonstrates the use of an 80mm refractor and shows how it can be used as a real scientific instrument. The author is an experienced small telescope user and an astronomy educator, and he provides step-by-step instructions for numerous scientific activities.

This second revised and updated edition is a practical handbook on clinical trials in the growing field of osteoporosis. It will serve as a practical manual for clinicians and scientists new to the subject and provide a standard for existing centers to measure themselves against.

Management of Erectile Dysfunction in Clinical Practice is a short guide to erectile dysfunction (ED) and its management covering normal function and dysfunction, assessment, treatment options and interventions.

Faculty of Advanced Technology, University of Glamorgan, Wales, UK

You're a computing or information student with a huge mountain to climb - that final-year research project. The book provides you with all the tools necessary to successfully complete a final year research project.

This is the first introductory textbook on Spin, the only requirement is a background in programming. The Spin model checker is not only a widely used professional tool but it is also a superb tool for teaching important concepts of computer science such as verification, concurrency and nondeterminism.

This 2nd revised edition covers management and treatment of bladder and bowel dysfunctions in men and women, pelvic organ prolapse, issues concerning the elderly, neurologically impaired patients and those with pelvic pain.

Digital electronic imaging devices allow the wonders of the universe to be seen in detail never before possible from an amateur astronomer's backyard. This book clearly examines how to create the best astronomical images possible with a digital camera.

Companies are being forced to process and manage increasingly differentiated products with shorter life cycles, low volumes and reduced customer delivery times. This book introduces an original and integrated idea of maintenance: maintenance for productivity.

This book offers a complete overview of fault-tolerant flight control techniques. Discussion covers the necessary equations for the modeling of small UAVs, a complete system based on extended Kalman filters, and a nonlinear flight control and guidance system.

This is the first comprehensive introduction to the multidisciplinary field of natural image statistics. It offers a clear overview of all the basic theory plus the most recent developments and research, and it includes exercises and computer assignments.

One of the main limitations of the precursors of today's biometrics, which is still present in the vast majority of the existing biometric systems, has been the need to keep the device in close contact with the subject to capture the biometric measurements.

This book uses 3D colour drawings and tabulations of algebraic expansions to provide new insights into geometric algebra and its application to computer games and animation. It is filled with many worked examples and full-colour illustrations and tables.

This introduction to the ideas and methods of linear functional analysis shows how familiar and useful concepts from finite-dimensional linear algebra can be extended or generalized to infinite-dimensional spaces.

The second edition of this successful book shows how the contents of computer systems can be recovered for criminal evidence, even when hidden or subverted. Coverage includes Windows XP/2000 file systems, fast drives, new encryption technologies, and personal organisers.

Thermoelectricity describes the physics of energy conversion, from heat to electric power, and from electric power to heat or cooling power in solids. The working fluid consists of the conduction electrons.

Allows quick (and structured) identification of known aerial phenomena, whether at night or during the day. This book gives a description, physical explanation, and where relevant notes on observing and photographing the various phenomena. It approaches UFOs from a scientific standpoint.

The book will assist in the new public health response to the threats from bioterrorism and other public health disease by combining established principles of disease management protocols with effective differential diagnosis algorithms.

Multi-database mining has been recognized as a strategically essential area of research in data mining. This book discusses various issues regarding the systematic and efficient development of multi-database mining applications.

This eagerly awaited follow-up to Nonlinear Control Systems incorporates recent advances in the design of feedback laws, for the purpose of globally stabilizing nonlinear systems via state or output feedback. The author is one of the most prominent researchers in the field.

Applied statisticians often need to perform analyses of multivariate data; This book sets out how to use these packages for these analyses in a concise and easy-to-use way, and will save users having to buy two books for the job. The author is well-known for this kind of book, and so buyers will trust that he's got it right.

This book de-mystifies the jargon of webcams and computer processing, and provides detailed hints and tips for imaging the Sun, Moon and planets with a webcam.

The book explains the process of conceptual design of new manufactured products and shows how the principles involved are employed in real examples of consumer products from some of the world's most important corporations detailed by the designers themselves.

Tuning, Timbre, Spectrum, Scale focuses on perceptions ofconsonance and dissonance, and how these are dependent on timbre. Applications include methods of adapting sounds for arbitrary scales,ways to specify scales for nonharmonic sounds, and techniques of soundmanipulation based on maximizing (or minimizing) consonance.

New results, fresh ideas and new applications in automotive and flight control systems are presented in this second edition of Robust Control.