The Capitalist Cycle is a translation of a previously unknown work in Marxist economic theory. Originally published in 1928, this rediscovered work is one of the most creative essays witten by a Soviet economist during the first two decades after the Russian Revolution. Following the dialectic of He[...]

Random matrices arise from, and have important applications to, number theory, probability, combinatorics, representation theory, quantum mechanics, solid state physics, quantum field theory, quantum gravity, and many other areas of physics and mathematics. This 2001 volume of surveys and research r[...]

Presents a summary of the knowledge of methods of assessment of radionuclides in the terrestrial and marine environments. This book covers the traditional methods of radioactivity measurements such a radiometrics techniques, and also the developments in the mass spectrometry sector.[...]

This introductory text offers a clear exposition of the algorithmic principles driving advances in bioinformatics. Accessible to students in both biology and computer science, it strikes a unique balance between rigorous mathematics and practical techniques, emphasizing the ideas underlying algorith[...]

Provides an introduction to transmission and scanning microscope image processing for images of metal microstructures. This title presents novel 'smart' image processing methods, applications, and case studies concerning quality improvement of microscope images of microelectronic chips and process o[...]

This book examines the interplay between energy policy and security policy under Vladimir Putin, and his drive to re-establish Russia's 'greatness'. Assessing the internal contradictions of this policy, the book argues that Russia's desire to strengthen its role of 'energy security' provider is und[...]

Presents a systematic and compact treatment of the qualitative theory of half-linear differential equations. This book covers such topics as oscillation and asymptotic theory and the theory of boundary value problems associated with half-linear equations.[...]

Pavel Florensky - certainly the greatest Russian theologian of the last century - is now recognized as one of Russia's greatest polymaths. Known as the Russian Leonardo da Vinci, he became a Russian Orthodox priest in 1911, while remaining deeply involved with the cultural, artistic, and scientific [...]

Berlin, 1946. During one of the coldest winters on record, Pavel Richter, a decommissioned GI, finds himself at odds with a rogue British Army colonel and a Soviet General when a friend deposits the frozen body of a dead Russian spy in his apartment. So begins the race to take possession of the spy'[...]

Written by a Czech Jewish boy, A Boy in Terezin covers a year of Pavel Weiner's life in the Theresienstadt transit camp in the Czech town of Terezin from April 1944 until liberation in April 1945. The Germans claimed that Theresienstadt was "the town the Fuhrer gave the Jews," and they temporarily t[...]

Discover: How to get super strong without training to muscle failure or exhaustion. How to hack into your 'muscle software' and magnify your power and muscle definition. How to get super strong without putting on an ounce of weight. Or how to build massive muscles with a classified Soviet Special Fo[...]

Both the Soviet Special Forces and numerous world-champion Soviet Olympic athletes used the ancient Russian Kettlebell as their secret weapon for extreme fitness. Thanks to the kettlebell's astonishing ability to turbo charge physical performance, these Soviet supermen creamed their opponents time-a[...]