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This book presents an innovative new approach to interval analysis. Modal Interval Analysis (MIA) is an attempt to go beyond the limitations of classic intervals in terms of their structural, algebraic and logical features. The starting point of MIA is quite simple: It consists in defining a modal interval that attaches a quantifier to a classic...

This book tries to explore, in language as non-technical as possible, the deepest philosophical problems regarding the logical status of empty (singular) terms such as `Pegasus', `Batman', `The impossible staircase departs in Escher's painting `Ascending-Descending'+ etc., and regarding sentences which deny the existence of singled-out fictional...

This book deals with the behaviour of soft ground improved by some of the more common methods, including the installation of prefabricated vertical drains (PVDs), or the installation of soil-cement columns formed by deep mixing, or the preloading of soft ground by application of a vacuum pressure in addition to, or instead of, a surcharge loadin...

Born during the Great Depression and World War Two (1929?1945) an entire generation has slipped between the cracks of history. These Lucky Few became the first American generation smaller than the one before them, and the luckiest generation of Americans ever. As children they experienced the most stable intact parental families in the nation?s ...

If you're serious about having fun with LEGO robotics, you've come to the right place. The team behind The NXT STEP blogthe authoritative online source for MINDSTORMS NXT information and advicehas packaged its considerable skills and experience in this book. Inside, you'll find some of the team's best ideas for creating cool and sophisticated mo...

* Selected details in a concise, all-in-one format makes electric machinery and power systems...

This text is concerned with the mechanics of rigid and deformable solids in equilibrium. It has...

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L'opera si propone di introdurre i principi fondamentali della Fisica del Plasma, disciplina che trova applicazione sia nel campo del'energetica (Fusione Termonucleare Controllata), sia dell'Astrofisica (oltre il 90% della materia dell'Universo è sotto forma di plasma). Dopo un capitolo introduttivo, vengono discussi i possibili schemi di descri...