Authors:Rene Girard, Pierpaolo Antonello, Joao Cezar de Ca
Publisher: T&T Clark
Keywords: culture, origins, dialogues, conversion, evolution
Number of Pages: 282
Published: 2008-04-14
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0567032523
ISBN-13: 9780567032522

Rene Girard is one of the most divisive and striking intellectuals of the 20th century. Over the past forty years, his work has continued to exert an influence across literary theory, philosophy and the social sciences. Echoing the format of his early works, Evolution and Conversion brings Girard into dialogue with two sympathetic interviewers and allows him to speak candidly about the major tenets of his life and thought. Hailed by Michel Serres as "the Charles Darwin" of human sciences, Girard is in fact one of the few thinkers who has given full consideration to an evolutionary perspective

Authors:João Goes, João C. Vital, José E. Franca,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: series, engineering, computer, science, international, springer, design, optimisation, pipelined, adcs, systematic
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2001-02-28
List price: $239.00
ISBN-10: 0792372913
ISBN-13: 9780792372912

This excellent reference proposes and develops new strategies, methodologies and tools for designing low-power and low-area CMOS pipelined A/D converters. The task is tackled by following a scientifically-consistent approach. The book may also be used as a text for advanced reading on the subject.

Author: Cezar I. Trifu
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
Keywords: topical, volumes, pageoph, seismicity, induced, mechanism
Number of Pages: 617
Published: 2002-03-22
List price: $105.00
ISBN-10: 3764366532
ISBN-13: 9783764366537

This volume covers an unprecedented wide range of studies, from mining induced seismicity to geotechnical applications, from the monitoring of petroleum reservoirs to that of fluid injections in geothermal areas, and to seismicity associated with water reservoirs. Exploring current advances in the field of induced seismicity, the volume is a valuable source of information for specialists and provides reference material for graduate students.

Author: Cezar Borkowski
Publisher: Alpha
Keywords: arts, martial, guide, idiot, complete
Number of Pages: 1
Published: 1998
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0028629477
ISBN-13: 9780028629476

Authors:Nikolaos Limnios, Dumitru Cezar Ionescu,
Publisher: Birkhäuser Boston
Keywords: industry, technology, statistics, reliability, probabilistic, models, statistical
Number of Pages: 388
Published: 1998-12-01
List price: $145.00
ISBN-10: 0817640681
ISBN-13: 9780817640682

This is a survey of new statistical and probabilistic models for reliability analysis and applications in science, engineering and technology. It provides broad coverage of new models and methods such as accelerated tests, stress reliability, petri nets, and asymptotic reliability.

Author: Joao P. Hespanha
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Keywords: theory, systems, linear
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 2009-08-24
List price: $59.95
ISBN-10: 0691140219
ISBN-13: 9780691140216

Linear systems theory is the cornerstone of control theory and a well-established discipline that focuses on linear differential equations from the perspective of control and estimation. In this textbook, João Hespanha covers the key topics of the field in a unique lecture-style format, making the book easy to use for instructors and students. He looks at system representation, stability, controllability and state feedback, observability and state estimation, and realization theory. He provides the background for advanced modern control design techniques and feedback linearization, and examin

Author: Joao S. Campari
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Keywords: myths, dispelling, amazon, deforestation, economics
Number of Pages: 242
Published: 2005-09-30
List price: $140.00
ISBN-10: 1843768798
ISBN-13: 9781843768791

This provocative new book presents the results of twenty years of research on deforestation in the Amazon. By carefully observing the changing character of human settlements and their association with deforestation over such a prolonged period, the author is able to reject much of the ‘perceived wisdom’. He skillfully dissects various models of deforestation and provides hard evidence on what is myth and what is reality. The book begins by challenging a hypothesis used by many scholars to explain deforestation. The ‘turnover hypothesis’ states that small farmers ‘cause’ deforesta