Treatise on Geophysics, Volume 3
Treatise on Geophysics, Volume 3

Author: Tom Herring

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2010-04-20

Total Pages: 461

ISBN-13: 0444535799

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Geodesy, which is the science of measuring the size and shape of the Earth, explores the theory, instrumentation and results from modern geodetic systems. The beginning sections of the volume cover the theory of the Earth's gravity field, the instrumentation for measuring the field, and its temporal variations. The measurements and results obtained from variations in the rotation of the Earth are covered in the sections on short and long period rotation hanges. Space based geodetic methods, including the global positioning system (GPS) and Interferometric synthetic aperture radar (SAR), are also examined in detail. - Self-contained volume starts with an overview of the subject then explores each topic with in depth detail - Extensive reference lists and cross references with other volumes to facilitate further research - Full-color figures and tables support the text and aid in understanding - Content suited for both the expert and non-expert

Scattering by Obstacles
Scattering by Obstacles

Author: Alexander G. Ramm

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 439

ISBN-13: 9400945442

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Approach your problems from the right end It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is and begin with the answers. Then one day, that they can't see the problem. perhaps you will find the final question. G. K. Chesterton. The Scandal of Father 'The Hermit Clad in Crane Feathers' in R. Brown 'The point of a Pin'. van Gulik's The Chinese Maze Murders. Growing specialization and diversification have brought a host of monographs and textbooks on increasingly specialized topics. However, the "tree" of knowledge of mathematics and related fields does not grow only by putting forth new branches. It also happens, quite often in fact, that branches which were thought to be completely disparate are suddenly seen to be related. Further, the kind and level of sophistication of mathematics applied in various sciences has changed drastically in recent years: measure theory is used (non trivially) in regional and theoretical economics; algebraic geometry interacts with physics; the Minkowsky lemma, coding theory and the structure of water meet one another in packing and covering theory; quantum fields, crystal defects and mathematical programming profit from homotopy theory; Lie algebras are relevant to filtering; and prediction and electrical engineering can use Stein spaces. And in addition to this there are such new emerging subdisciplines as "experimental mathematics", "CFD", "completely integrable systems", "chaos, synergetics and large-scale order", which are almost impossible to fit into the existing classification schemes. They draw upon widely different sections of mathematics.

Zero to Zillionaire
Zero to Zillionaire

Author: Chellie Campbell

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

Published: 2006-04-01

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 1402250088

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Zero to Zillionaire is a scale. We are all on that scale somewhere-some of us are drowning near Zero and some of us are riding the crest of the Zillionaire wave. Why is that? Why do some people sink to the bottom of the ocean, some people float to the peak at the top, and the majority tread water in the middle? After accident of birth places a person somewhere on the scale, what is it that makes some stay where they were born, and others rise on the scale? Or fall off the scale? Why do a lot of wealthy people have no spirit and why are a lot of spiritual people are broke? This book will help you understand your place on the scale and how to move up the food chain. You will learn how to implement the 8 successful steps: 1) Daily routines change your mindset and your future 2) Figure out what you really want 3) Take action-how to bring home the zillions 4) Surround yourself with people who make you rich and happy 5) Keep score in the money game 6) Your zillionaire time frame starts now 7) Make success out of failure 8) Lighten up-the whole idea is to have a great life! You can qualify for Zillionaire status, with wealth in your work, happiness in your home, and a balance between the two. Follow these principles and you will have a balanced checkbook, a balanced schedule, a balanced spirit, and a balanced life. You can be a Zillionaire: someone who has a zillion dreams, is taking a zillion actions to make them come true, makes as many zillions of dollars as possible, has a zillion friends, is doing a zillion good deeds, taking a zillion naps and a zillion vacations, and having a zillion adventures in a long, fun-filled life!

Utter A Few Adjectives!
Utter A Few Adjectives!

Author: Mark Randolph Watters

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2017-08-11

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 1387158317

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The follow-up companion volume to Say A Few Syl-la-bles!, Utter A Few Adjectives! is a compilation of short stories, poems, limericks, and comics. This delightfully insightful collection contains introspective studies, stories of the supernatural and the unexplained, reminiscences of a cherished childhood friend, recollections of the author's stay-at-home-dad experiences, the art of the five-line poem, and even offers experiments in stick-man comickery. Sure to please any reader. Enjoy!