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Today, scientists in many fields are expressing considerable interest in non-linearity and the ideas of oscillations and chaos. Chemical reactions provide perfect examples of these phenomena. This book is an excellent introduction to the area of nonlinear phenomena in chemical kinetics that involve chemical feedback such as chain branching, autocatalysis, and self-heating. The emphasis is on physical and pictorial representation, and on identifying those gross features which are essential. The experimental conditions under which such behavior will occur can be predicted using simple mathematical recipes, and these are also included. Readers will find full discussions of long-lived oscillations for autocatalytic or exothermic reactions in closed vessels and stationary states, bistability, and oscillations in continuous flow reactors and diffusion cells. Other topics considered include chemical wave propagation, pattern selection and formation, heterogeneous reactions, complex oscillations, quasiperiodicity, and chemical chaos, both forced and spontaneous. The second part of the book describes actual experimental systems, such as the Belousov-Zhabotinskii reaction, and include discussion of the behavior of important gas-phase reactions. This volume is an ideal sourcebook of applied problems for graduate courses in dynamical systems, advanced chemical kinetics, and chemical reactor engineering, as well as for research workers in physical chemistry, and mathematicians, biologists, physicists, and physiologists.

Looks at the storage of networks of objects and procedures in a database and describes the development of object-oriented databases

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A new addition to the innovative, highly illustrated series examines the Irish potato famine of 1945, explaining its causes, the misguided efforts to relieve it, and its effect on modern Ireland and America. Original.

Completely revised and updated, Peter Gray's best-selling psychology text gives a new emphasis to the importance of evolutionary concepts. Psychology is introduced by describing the main theories, and the evidence supporting them, in a coherent and stimulating way. Gray encourages students to think about behaviour and the 'whys' and 'hows' by exploring its functions, purposes and biological mechanisms. All the main psychology questions are identified, and the different approaches to answering them, are assessed.

Product Description: This book is a study of the making of Britain's Irish policy in the period immediately preceeding and during the Great Famine of 1845-50. It looks particularly at interpretations of and responses to the 'land question', in the context of debates on the reconstruction of Irish rural society, the relief of poverty, and the responsibilities of the state...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: After getting married, moving house and starting a new job, selling a business is high up there with the most stressful things you can undertake. As a proprietor of a privately owned company every effort needs to be made to minimise the risks and maximise the buyer's offer...read more

Product Description: Dealing with a subject of vital importance to any horse owner, the author explains all commonly recognized conditions and assists the reader towards a deeper understanding of the cause, effects, treatment and prevention of lameness...read more

Product Description: Greater demands for performance from horses require feeding practices that improve fitness and win competitions. This book provides an outline of the subject that will help the reader understand the dangers of diseases arising from feeding methods and the stresses of modern management...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This book explains the whole process of examining a horse prior to buying, with clear drawings and photographs, as well as showing how to present a horse for veterinary examination for sale or in competition, the advantages and disadvantages of buying privately or at auction and discusses the general health of the horse, its conformation and movement...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Veterinarian Gray offers an alternative, natural approach to to horse care and management. It takes into account a variety of man-made and environmental toxins that commonly affect the health of the horse. Gray presents a variety of preventative measures that boost a horse's health and immunity to disease by substituting the use of antibiotics with proper nutrition and sound management...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: He sets out to extend and reinforce that knowledge with this thorough yet easy-to-read guide to caring for the ridden horse. Whether the owner enjoys gentle hacks through the countryside or the thrill of competition, understanding how to keep the horse at peak fitness is all part of the relationship...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This long awaited book is a study of the making of Britainís Irish policy in the period immediately preceding and during the Great Famine of 1845ñ50. It looks particularly at interpretations of and response to the ëland questioní, in the context of debates on reconstruction of Irish rural society, the relief of poverty, and the interventionist role of the state...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)