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Fading foundations : probability and the regress problem
This book addresses the age-old problem of infinite regresses in epistemology. How can we ever come to know something if knowing requires having good reasons, and reasons can only be good if they are backed by good reasons in turn? The problem has puzzled philosophers ever since antiquity, giving rise to what is often called Agrippa's Trilemma. The current volume approaches the old problem in a…
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- 9783319582955
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- xi, 238p. : ill.
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- 121 ATK f
Interferometry and synthesis in radio astronomy
The third edition of this indispensable book in radio interferometry provides extensive updates to the second edition, including results and technical advances from the past decade; discussion of arrays that now span the full range of the radio part of the electromagnetic spectrum observable from the ground, 10 MHz to 1 THz; an analysis of factors that affect array speed; and an expanded discus…
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- 9783319444314
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- xlvi, 872p. : ill.
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- 522.682 THO i
Handbook of mathematical geosciences : fifty years of IAMG
This Open Access handbook published at the IAMG's 50th anniversary, presents a compilation of invited path-breaking research contributions by award-winning geoscientists who have been instrumental in shaping the IAMG. It contains 45 chapters that are categorized broadly into five parts (i) theory, (ii) general applications, (iii) exploration and resource estimation, (iv) reviews, and (v) remini…
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- 9783319789996
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- xxviii, 914p. : ill.
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- 551.0151 HAN h
Physical (A)Causality : determinism, randomness and uncaused events
This book addresses the physical phenomenon of events that seem to occur spontaneously and without any known cause. These are to be contrasted with events that happen in a (pre-)determined, predictable, lawful, and causal way. All our knowledge is based on self-reflexive theorizing, as well as on operational means of empirical perception. Some of the questions that arise are the following: a…
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- 9783319708157
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- xiv, 219p. : ill.
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- 530.01 SVO p
Control theory tutorial : basic concepts illustrated by software examples
This open access brief introduces the basic principles of control theory in a concise self-study guide. It complements the classic texts by emphasizing the simple conceptual unity of the subject. A novice can quickly see how and why the different parts fit together. The concepts build slowly and naturally one after another, until the reader soon has a view of the whole. Each concept is illustra…
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- 9783319917078
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- xi, 111p. : ill.
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- 629.8312 FRA c
The economy as a complex spatial system : macro, meso and micro perspectives
This collected volume represents the final outcome of the COST Action IS1104 “The EU in the new complex geography of economic systems: models, tools and policy evaluation”. Visualizing the EU as a complex and multi-layered network, the book is organized in three parts, each of them dealing with a different level of analysis: At the macro-level, Part I considers the interactions within la…
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- 9783319656274
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- xii, 220p. : ill.
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- 330.9 ECO e
International cooperation for enhancing nuclear safety, security, safeguards …
This open access book examines key aspects of international cooperation to enhance nuclear safety, security, safeguards, and nonproliferation, thereby assisting in development and maintenance of the verification regime and fostering progress toward a nuclear weapon-free world. Current challenges are discussed and attempts made to identify possible solutions and future improvements, considering …
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- 9783030429133
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- xxxviii, 222p. : ill.
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- 621.4835 INT i
Particle accelerator physics
This book by Helmut Wiedemann is a well-established, classic text, providing an in-depth and comprehensive introduction to the field of high-energy particle acceleration and beam dynamics. The present 4th edition has been significantly revised, updated and expanded. The newly conceived Part I is an elementary introduction to the subject matter for undergraduate students. Part II gathers the bas…
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- 9783319183169
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