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The Current Trends of Optics and Photonics
Optics and photonics offer new and vibrant approaches to meeting the challenges of the 21st century concerning energy conservation, education, agriculture, personal health and the environment. One of the most effective ways to address these global problems is to provide updated and reliable content on light-based technologies. Optical thin films and meta-materials, lasers, optical communication…
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- 978-94-017-9392-6
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- XXIII, 542, 357 b/w illustrations
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- Topics in Applied Physics
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The Criminalisation of Migration in Europe
This is the first monograph providing a comprehensive legal analysis of the criminalisation of migration in Europe. The book puts forward a definition of the criminalisation of migration as the three-fold process whereby migration management takes place via the adoption of substantive criminal law, via recourse to traditional criminal law enforcement mechanisms including surveillance and detent…
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- 978-3-319-12658-6
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- IX, 110
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- SpringerBriefs in Law
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The Cosmic Microwave Background
The Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), the radiation left over from the Big Bang, is arguably the most important topic in modern cosmology. Its theory and observation have revolutionized cosmology from an order-of-magnitude science to a precision science. This graduate textbook describes CMB physics from first principles in a detailed yet pedagogical way, assuming only that the reader has a wor…
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- 9781107135222
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- 500 pages
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The Coral Reef Era: From Discovery to Decline
On 4 June 1629, the Batavia, pride of the Dutch East India Company Fleet, was wrecked on her maiden voyage in a seemingly empty expanse of the Indian Ocean. The question “how did this happen?” led to 300 years of investigation by those curious to solve the enigma: what are corals and how are coral reefs formed?. Relying heavily on primary source material Part 1 traces the sequential evol…
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- 1
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- 978-3-319-07479-5
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- XV, 195, 35 b/w illustrations
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- Humanity and the Sea
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The Conversational Interface
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the conversational interface, which is becoming the main mode of interaction with virtual personal assistants, smart devices, various types of wearable, and social robots. The book consists of four parts. Part I presents the background to conversational interfaces, examining past and present work on spoken language interaction with computers. …
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- 978-3-319-32967-3
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- XXII, 422, 47 b/w illustrations, 29 illustrations in colour
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The Convergence Problem for Dissipative Autonomous Systems
The book investigates classical and more recent methods of study for the asymptotic behavior of dissipative continuous dynamical systems with applications to ordinary and partial differential equations, the main question being convergence (or not) of the solutions to an equilibrium. After reviewing the basic concepts of topological dynamics and the definition of gradient-like systems on a metri…
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- 1
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- 978-3-319-23407-6
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- XII, 142, 1 illustrations in colour
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- SpringerBriefs in Mathematics
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The Controversy over Marine Protected Areas
This book is a critical analysis of the concept of marine protected areas (MPAs) particularly as a tool for marine resource management. It explains the reasons for the extraordinary rise of MPAs to the top of the political agenda for marine policy, and evaluates the scientific credentials for the unprecedented popularity of this management option. The book reveals the role played by two policy …
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- 978-3-319-10957-2
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- XIX, 162, 19 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
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- SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science
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The Contested Role of Education in Conflict and Fragility
"This book brings together new thinking on education’s complex and evolving role in conflict and fragility. The changing nature of conflict, from inter- to intra-state, and with shifting geopolitical power balances, demands a reconceptualization of where education is positioned. Claims that education on its own can be an agent of conflict transformation are disputed. Deliberate attempts at pe…
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- 1
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- 978-94-6300-010-9
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- VIII, 266
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- The World Council of Comparative Education Societies
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The Contemporary Family in France
This book provides a portrait of the family in France today, revealing many of the deep-seated, demographic changes that have affected French society in recent decades. It first focuses on conjugal and family trajectories, examining union formation, types of union, entry into parenthood, influence of religion, and separation. Next, the book explores domestic organization within the couple. It l…
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- 978-3-319-09528-8
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- IX, 273, 63 b/w illustrations
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- INED Population Studies
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The Consumer Benchmarks in the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive
This book investigates the regime of consumer benchmarks in the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive and explores to what extent this regime meets each of the goals of the Directive. In particular, it assesses whether the consumer benchmarks are suitable in terms of achieving the three goals of the Directive: achieving a high level of consumer protection, increasing the smooth functioning of t…
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- 1
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- 978-3-319-13924-1
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- XXI, 244
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- Studies in European Economic Law and Regulation
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