Used as a reference for both researchers and workers in the industry, this newly revised second edition, explores the applications and limitations of data produced by the interaction of X-rays with crystalline minerals, adding two completely new chapters on disordered polytypes using X-Ray powder di[...]

The issue of ideal types, or saints, in Buddhism is a difficult and complicated problem in Buddhology. In this magisterial work, Reginald Ray offers the first comprehensive examination of the figure of the Buddhist saint in a wide range of Indian Buddhist sources.[...]

The Naxalites take their name from an uprising of workers in the tea gardens of the north Bengal countryside, near Naxalbari, in early 1967. Since then 'Naxalite' and 'Naxalism' have become synonymous in India with communist revolutionary 'terrorism'. The Naxalite movement itself, and most specifica[...]

This is the first book devoted to the use of X-ray beam techniques to study magnetic properties of materials. It covers both experimental and theoretical issues. The three main topics are dichroism, elastic scattering (both non-resonant and resonant diffraction) and spectroscopy. In the past deca[...]

A User's Guide to Thought and Meaning presents a profound and arresting integration of the faculties of the mind - of how we think, speak, and see the world. Ray Jackendoff starts out by looking at languages and what the meanings of words and sentences actually do. He shows that meanings are more a[...]

BTEC Level 2 Firsts in Sport Teacher Guide: Second Edition for 2012 Specification contains a book and DVD-ROM. It has been fully revised to match Edexcel's 2012 specification and to support BTEC Level 2 Firsts in Sport Student Book: Second Edition for 2012 Specification.[...]

Mathswise, a firm havourite for lower secondary students who have difficulty in grasping basic concepts, has now been fully updated for the new curriculum. This Answer Book provides all the answers for the main course books.[...]

Talks about prior learning points; learning objectives; and explanations covered with examples, showing the key techniques. The units in this book also provide practice with questions pitched at the level suggested in the Framework; and summaries and review questions to help students gain responsibi[...]