Author: Howard Gutowitz
Publisher: The MIT Press
Keywords: issues, physica, special, experiment, automata, theory, cellular
Number of Pages: 499
Published: 1991-08-28
List price: $52.00
ISBN-10: 0262570866
ISBN-13: 9780262570862

Cellular automata, dynamic systems in which space and time are discrete, are yielding interesting applications in both the physical and natural sciences. The thirty four contributions in this book cover many aspects of contemporary studies on cellular automata and include reviews, research reports, and guides to recent literature and available software. Chapters cover mathematical analysis, the structure of the space of cellular automata, learning rules with specified properties: cellular automata in biology, physics, chemistry, and computation theory; and generalizations of cellular automata

Author: J. R. Taylor
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: studies, modern, optics, cambridge, experiment, solitons, theory, optical
Number of Pages: 476
Published: 1992-04-24
List price: $189.00
ISBN-10: 0521405483
ISBN-13: 9780521405485

This book describes both theoretical and experimental aspects of optical soliton generation and of soliton properties. The basic theory of soliton generation in fiber is described, numerical studies of nonlinear propagation effects in fibers are considered, as well as soliton-soliton interactions, the effects of high order dispersion and birefringence on soliton propagation as well as limiting effects of femtosecond soliton generation. Technical aspects are concerned with long distance transmission systems and the implementation of high bit rate semiconductor laser based soliton systems in a

Authors:David Gooding, Trevor Pinch, Simon Schaffer,
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: sciences, natural, studies, experiment, uses
Number of Pages: 500
Published: 1989-06-30
List price: $90.00
ISBN-10: 0521337682
ISBN-13: 9780521337687

Experiment is widely regarded as the most distinctive feature of natural science and essential to the way scientists find out about the world. Yet there has been little study of the way scientists actually make and use experiments. The Uses of Experiment fills this gap in our knowledge about how science is practised. Presenting 14 original case studies of important and often famous experiments, the book asks the questions: What tools do experimenters use? How do scientists argue from experiments? What happens when an experiment is challenged? How do scientists check that their experiments are

Authors:Jonathan M. Borwein, David H. Bailey,
Publisher: AK Peters
Keywords: century, reasoning, plausible, experiment, mathematics
Number of Pages: 391
Published: 2008-11-11
List price: $69.00
ISBN-10: 1568814429
ISBN-13: 9781568814421

This book presents the rationale and historical context of experimental mathematics, and includes a series of examples that best portray the experimental methodology. This revised and updated second edition maintains the content and spirit of the first edition and includes a new chapter, Recent Experiences, that provides examples of experimental mathematics that have come to light since the publication of the first edition in 2003. For more examples and insights, Experimentation in Mathematics: Computational Paths to Discovery is a highly recommended companion.

Authors:Camilla Gray, Marian Burleigh-Motley,
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Keywords: art, world, experiment, russian
Number of Pages: 324
Published: 1986-10
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 0500202079
ISBN-13: 9780500202074

This volume traces the development of Russian art from 1863 to 1922. It discusses the major movements and artists involved.

Authors:H.E. Lindberg, A.L. Florence,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: mechanics, elastic, stability, experiment, theory, pulse, buckling, dynamic
Number of Pages: 404
Published: 1987-07-31
List price: $299.00
ISBN-10: 9024735661
ISBN-13: 9789024735662

Authors:Marion Gret, Yves Sintomer,
Publisher: Zed Books
Keywords: lessons, democracy, learning, experiment, alegre, porto
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2005-07-22
List price: $32.95
ISBN-10: 1842774050
ISBN-13: 9781842774052

With its experiment in participative budget-making over the past decade, Porto Alegre has institutionalized the direct democratic involvement, locality by locality, of ordinary citizens in deciding spending priorities. This book examines how this democratic innovation works in practice and asks the difficult questions. Can local participation in public management really strengthen its efficiency? Is genuine participation possible without small groups monopolizing power? Can local organizations avoid becoming bureaucratized and cut off from their roots? Can neighborhood mobilization go beyond p