The Vortex and The Jet

This open access book is an introduction for the lay reader to understand the basics of flight. The exposure is to the mysteries of lift generation by wings and the basic function of the jet propulsion engine. The text relies on simple descriptions of the physics of air flow without unduly involving mathematics. The text is richly illustrated with sketches and photographs to enrich verbal descr…

Mathematical Modeling of the Human Brain

This open access book bridges common tools in medical imaging and neuroscience with the numerical solution of brain modelling PDEs. The connection between these areas is established through the use of two existing tools, FreeSurfer and FEniCS, and one novel tool, the SVM-Tk, developed for this book. The reader will learn the basics of magnetic resonance imaging and quickly proceed to generating…

Modeling Excitable Tissue: The EMI Framework

This open access volume presents a novel computational framework for understanding how collections of excitable cells work. The key approach in the text is to model excitable tissue by representing the individual cells constituting the tissue. This is in stark contrast to the common approach where homogenization is used to develop models where the cells are not explicitly present. The approach …

Life of Oliver Goldsmith

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With this is bound: Mahomet and his successors / by Washington Irving. [S.l. : s.n., 19--?] -- Moori

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Miscellaneous essays : Impressions of Theophrastus Such : The veil lifted : B…

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Moral and religious tales for the young of the Hebrew faith

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Masterpieces of eloquence; famous orations of great world leaders from early …

A BR AH AM LINCOLN was born in Hardin County, Kentucky, on February ** 12, 1809. His father, Thomas Lincoln, and his mother, Nancy Hanks, were both natives of Virginia. When Lincoln was eight years of age, hia father moved into Indiana, buying a farm in what is now Spencer County. Schools were rare and the teachers were only qualified to impart the rudiments of instruction. ""When I came of age…

Shimmering waters

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Pagan vs. Christian civilizations; national life and permanence dependent on …

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Civilian Lunatic Asylums During the First World War

This open access book explores the history of asylums and their civilian patients during the First World War, focusing on the effects of wartime austerity and deprivation on the provision of care. While a substantial body of literature on ‘shell shock’ exists, this study uncovers the mental wellbeing of civilians during the war. It provides the first comprehensive account of wartime asylums…