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Optical Communication Receiver Design
SPIE 2006; US$ 45.90Copublished with IEE. This Tutorial Text provides an overview of design principles for receivers used in optical communication systems, intended for practicing engineers. The author reviews technologies used to construct optical links and illustrates the flow of system performance specifications into receiver requirements. Photodetector fundamentals,... more...
Excel 2007 VBA Programmer's Reference
Wiley 2007; US$ 39.99This book is aimed squarely at Excel users who want to harness the power of the VBA language in their Excel applications. At all times, the VBA language is presented in the context of Excel, not just as a general application programming language. The book is loosely divided into three sections: Primer (Chapter 1) Working with Specific Objects (Chapters... more...
Crime and Culpability
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 26.00This book presents a comprehensive theory of a culpability-based criminal law. more...
Behavioral Neurobiology of the Endocannabinoid System
Springer 2009; US$ 179.99The endocannabinoid signaling system is one of the key modulators of central nervous function. This volume provides timely and in-depth coverage of the roles of the endocannabinoid signaling system in the neurobiology of behavior. It is essential reading for any researcher with a background in neuroscience wanting to know more about the endocannabinoids. more...
FASTtrack: Pharmacology
Pharmaceutical Press 2012; US$ 28.74Provides a brief account of drug action, as a study or revision aid. The authors have taken a therapeutic area and considered the major classes of drugs, their actions and, to a limited degree, their uses. more...
Essay on the Geography of Plants
University of Chicago Press 2010; US$ 27.50The legacy of Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) looms large over the natural sciences. His 1799–1804 research expedition to Central and South America with botanist Aimé Bonpland set the course for the great scientific surveys of the nineteenth century, and inspired such essayists and artists as Emerson, Goethe, Thoreau,... more...
The New Psychology of Leadership
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 31.99Winner of the University of San Diego Outstanding Leadership Book Award 2012! Shortlisted for the British Psychological Society Book Award 2011! Shortlisted for the CMI (Chartered Management Institute) Management Book of the Year Award 2011?2012! According to John Adair, the most important word in the leader's vocabulary is "we" and... more...
Landslides from Massive Rock Slope Failure
Springer 2007; US$ 149.99Discusses the rockslides and rock avalanches in the Central Asian republics of the former Soviet Union. This work also includes a detailed description and analysis of large-scale artificial rock avalanches triggered by underground nuclear explosions during the testing programme of the former Soviet Union. more...
Is There a Right of Freedom of Expression?
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 28.00In this provocative book, Alexander offers a sceptical appraisal of the claim that freedom of expression is a human right. He examines the various contexts in which a right to freedom of expression might be asserted and concludes that such a right cannot be supported in any of these contexts. more...
Encyclopedia of Microbiology
Elsevier Science 2000; US$ 1,325.00The First Edition of the Encyclopedia of Microbiology was hailed by leading scientists and researchers around the world as "excellent," "outstanding," and "impressive." This Second Edition will serve as an up-to-date version of this reference which has been useful to academic, industrial, and personal libraries for years. The Encyclopedia of Microbiology,... more...









