Author: Jean-Louis Basdevant
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: physics, principles, variational
Number of Pages: 184
Published: 2006-12-18
List price: $74.95
ISBN-10: 0387377476
ISBN-13: 9780387377476

Optimization under constraints is an essential part of everyday life. Indeed, we routinely solve problems by striking a balance between contradictory interests, individual desires and material contingencies. This notion of equilibrium was dear to thinkers of the enlightenment, as illustrated by Montesquieu’s famous formulation: "In all magistracies, the greatness of the power must be compensated by the brevity of the duration." Astonishingly, natural laws are guided by a similar principle. Variational principles have proven to be surprisingly fertile. For example, Fermat used variational me

Authors:Jean-Louis Basdevant, Jean Dalibard,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: mechanics, quantum
Number of Pages: 511
Published: 2005-09-19
List price: $129.00
ISBN-10: 3540277064
ISBN-13: 9783540277064

This course on quantum mechanics offers a fresh and modern approach to the field. It is a textbook on the principles of the theory, its mathematical framework and its first applications. It consistently refers to modern and practical developments, such as tunneling microscopy, quantum information, Bell inequalities, quantum cryptography, Bose-Einstein condensation and quantum astrophysics. The book contains 92 exercises with their solutions. The CD-ROM contains outstanding and "easy access" Java-based simulations, which illustratively help the user to better understand how the theory actually

Authors:Jean-Pierre Banâtre, Pascal Fradet, Jean-Louis Giavi
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: selected, revised, september, invited, computer, issues, general, science, france, michel, international, paradigms, programming, workshop, upp, saint, mont, unconventional
Number of Pages: 367
Published: 2005-09-01
List price: $67.00
ISBN-10: 3540278842
ISBN-13: 9783540278849

Unconventional approaches to programming have long been developed, in various niches and out of curiosity, and they constitute a reservoir of alternative avenues to deal with unknown programming challenges. New paradigms of programming are currently experiencing a renewed period of interest and growth to cope with problems from specific application domains. This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the International Workshop on Unconventional Programming Paradigms, UPP 2004, held at Le Mont Saint Michel, France, in September 2004. The 26 revised full papers presented

Authors:Jean-Louis Vincent, Jean Carlet, Steven M. Opal,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: text, sepsis
Number of Pages: 872
Published: 2002-02
List price: $279.00
ISBN-10: 079237620X
ISBN-13: 9780792376200

This textbook is written at the dawn of a new era in the management of sepsis. Recent achievements in the clinical management of septic shock are the culmination of decades of basic and applied research by innovative researchers and clinical investigators worldwide. The contributing authors to this book have spearheaded much of this research and the Editors have endeavored to create a textbook that is comprehensive in nature while maintaining a specific focus upon the multitude of work that constitutes the spectrum of sepsis research including: pathophysiology; monitoring systems; gene

Authors:Jean-Pierre Bélaich, Mireille Bruschi, Jean-Louis Ga
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: hydrogen, transfer, symposium, series, interspecies, involved, biochemistry, strict, anaerobes, microbiology
Number of Pages: 564
Published: 1990-10-31
List price: $350.00
ISBN-10: 0306435179
ISBN-13: 9780306435171

Proceedings of a symposium held under the auspices of the Federation of European Microbiological Societies in Marseille, France, September 12-14, 1989.

Authors:Jean-Claude Bonnet, Pierrick Aupinel, Jean-Louis Vri
Publisher: Inra Editions
Keywords: aspersa, helix, escargot
Number of Pages: 124
Published: 1990-01-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 2738002471
ISBN-13: 9782738002471

Authors:Jean-Louis Barrat, Jean-Pierre Hansen,
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: liquids, complex, simple, concepts, basic
Number of Pages: 308
Published: 2003-04-21
List price: $85.00
ISBN-10: 0521789532
ISBN-13: 9780521789530

Presenting a unified approach, this book focuses on the theoretical concepts and methods necessary for understanding the physics and chemistry of the fluid state. Important ideas are presented concisely and illustrated with examples from simple molecular liquids and more complex soft condensed matter systems such as polymers, colloids, and liquid crystals.