Product Description: Man on a Raft also entitled What Cares the Sea? and first published in 1960, is a gripping true account of survival (and death) at sea. Following the 1943 sinking of the merchant ship S.S. Lulworth Hill in the south Atlantic by Italian submarine Leonardo da Vinci...read more

Product Description: Infectious diseases are transmitted through various different mechanisms including person to person interactions, by insect vectors and via vertical transmission from a parent to an unborn offspring. The population dynamics of such disease transmission can be very complicated and the development of rational strategies for controlling and preventing the spread of these diseases requires careful modeling and analysis...read more

Product Description: Physicians, sonographers, and students who are involved in the performance of ultrasound need a reference for self-assessment of their clinical knowledge. This concise Question and Answer book is in a quick test format- a concise, yet comprehensive rapid review primarily designed for those preparing for certification or re-certification exams...read more

Product Description: This book represents a pioneer attempt to rethink the application of mathematical techniques to the study of the development of human societies. The editors, an archaeologist and a mathematician, have brought together the contributions of leading anthropologists, mathematicians, historians, archaeologists, and theoretical biologist, all of whom utilize mathematical concepts and methods to deepen our understanding of culture change in prehistoric and more recent societies...read more