Founded in 1764 by Catherine the Great, the Hermitage Museum is one of the largest museums in the world. In early 2000, it was decided that the eastern wings General Staff Building (182030) should be converted into a museum of 19th and 20th century art, and an international architectural competition[...]

This environmental history of the former Soviet Union explores the impact that state economic development programs had on the environment.[...]

The story of the Dome of the Rock is told in this presentation that combines what is known of the beautiful Muslim shrine in Jerusalem's Old City from the perspectives and recollections of past observers with the broader historical, cultural, and aesthetic implications of the monument.[...]

Presents hundreds of extreme value problems, examples, and solutions primarily through Euclidean geometry Unified approach to the subject, with emphasis on geometric, algebraic, analytic, and combinatorial reasoning Applications to physics, engineering, and economics Ideal for use at the junior an[...]

The reference frame theory that was detailed in critically acclaimed first edition of Analysis of Electric Machinery and Drive Systems has become the universally accepted approach for the analysis of both electric machines and electric drive systems.[...]

The second edition of Gesser's classic Applied Chemistry includes updated versions of the original 16 chapters plus two new chapters on semiconductors and nanotechnology. This textbook introduces chemistry students to the applications of their field to engineering design and function across a wide r[...]

A beautifully re-illustrated edition of Lewis Carroll's unforgetabe story: "the impossible voyage of an improbable crew to find an inconeivable creature."
The master of nonsense, Lewis Carroll, re-illustrated in a fabulous new edition. A lovely gift book, and a delight to share, and read aloud.[...]

This text is a compilation of articles by leading experts in dynamical systems, operator theory, partial differential equations, or solid- and fluid mechanics who participate in BIRS Workshop Spectral Analysis, Stability and Bifurcation in Modern Nonlinear Systems.[...]

In the vast Kazakh steppes of the crumbling Soviet Empire, Alyosha has finished his army service and is promised a gift from his deaf commander: an eternal tooth. As he waits for it in the infirmary, he agrees to help out a medical officer, and they set out on a journey to the kingdom of the dead. [...]