Fire and the Earth: Interactions in the Biosphere and Atmosphere transcends individual subfields to bring together our current understanding of this significant topic. This book will go beyond a summary of existing data to provide a foundation for an interdisciplinary field of Fire Research.[...]

Robert J. Wagner opens his heart to share the romances, the drama, and the humor of an incredible life.When he was a young boy growing up in Bel Air next door to a golf course, Robert Wagner saw Fred Astaire, Clark Gable, Randolph Scott, and Cary Grant playing golf together one morning--and it fuele[...]

"Basic Neurochemistry: Principles of Molecular, Cellular, and Medical Neurobiology", the outstanding and comprehensive classic text on neurochemistry, is now newly updated and revised in its Eighth Edition. For more than forty years, this text has been the worldwide standard for information on the b[...]

This book treats instrumentation used in meteorological surface systems, both on the synoptic scale and the mesoscale, and the instrumentation used in upper air soundings. The text includes material on first- and second-order differential equations as applied to instrument dynamic performance, and r[...]

ALERT: Before you purchase, check with your instructor or review your course syllabus to ensure that you select the correct ISBN. Several versions of Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products exist for each title, including customized versions for individual schools, and registrations are not transferabl[...]

The United States is bankrupt, flat broke. Thanks to accounting that would make Enron blush, America's insolvency goes far beyond what our leaders are disclosing. The United States is a fiscal basket case, in worse shape than the notoriously bailed-out countries of Greece, Ireland, and others. How d[...]

Based on the author's research on extending the physical concepts of self-organization and the mathematical tools of non-linear dynamics to understand how human beings perceive, learn and co-ordinate complex behaviours, this book presents a framework with which to connect brain, mind and behaviour.[...]

Why do we divide our world into contraries? Why do we perceive and interpret so many of life's contraries as mutually exclusive, either/or dichotomies such as individual collective, self other, body mind, nature nurture, cooperation competition? Throughout history, many have recognized that truth ma[...]

2 Corinthians, which is part of the NIV Application Commentary Series, helps readers learn how the message of 2 Corinthians can have the same powerful impact today that it did when it was first written.[...]

Calculus and Its Applications, Tenth Edition, remains a best-selling text because of its accessible presentation that anticipates student needs. The writing style is ideal for today’s readers, providing intuitive explanations that work with the carefully crafted artwork to help them visualize n[...]

After two decades of research and development, elliptic curve cryptography now has widespread exposure and acceptance. Industry, banking, and government standards are in place to facilitate extensive deployment of this efficient public-key mechanism. Anchored by a comprehensive treatment of the prac[...]