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How can our societies be stabilized in a crisis? Why can we enjoy and understand Shakespeare? Why are fruitflies uniform? How do omnivorous eating habits aid our survival? What makes the Mona Lisa?s smile beautiful? How do women keep our social structures intact? ? Could there possibly be a single answer to all these questions? This book shows ...

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The first volume of this series dealt with the initial 19 months of the air war over the Western...

This book presents the fundamental principles of thermodynamics for geosciences, based on the author?s own courses over a number of years. Many examples help to understand how mineralogical problems can be solved by applying thermodynamic principles.

The outer Solar System is rich in resources and may be the very best region in which to search for life beyond Earth. In fact, it may ultimately be the best place for Earthlings to set up permanent shop. This book surveys the feasibility of that prospect, covering the fascinating history of exploration that kicks off our adventure into the outer...

?Atrial fibrillation (AF) affects an estimated 1?2% of the population and is the most common cause of sustained cardiac arrhythmia. Critically, the number of patients developing AF is expected to double in the next five decades, leading to increased incidence of stroke, heart failure and other serious thromboembolic events. Essentials of Atrial ...

Research on extrasolar planets is one of the most exciting fields of activity in astrophysics. In a decade only, a huge step forward has been made from the early speculations on the existence of planets orbiting "other stars" to the first discoveries and to the characterization of extrasolar planets. This breakthrough is the result of a growing ...

This book covers the main mathematical and numerical models in computational electrocardiology, ranging from microscopic membrane models of cardiac ionic channels to macroscopic monodomain and bidomain models of the cardiac tissue. These advanced multiscale and nonlinear models describe the cardiac bioelectrical activity from the cell level to t...