Authors:Barbara L. Keyfitz, Michael Shearer,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: volumes, mathematics, applications, ima, type, evolution, equations, change, nonlinear
Number of Pages: 284
Published: 1990-09-24
List price: $99.00
ISBN-10: 0387973532
ISBN-13: 9780387973531

This volume will be of interest to applied mathematicians, to researchers in Partial Differential Equations, and to those involved in Fluid Dynamics and Numerical Analysis examining models for viscoelastic flows, porous medium and granular flows, and flows exhibiting phase transitions. As papers in this volume indicate, physical processes whose simplest models may involve change of type occur also in other dynamic contexts, such as in the simulation of oil reservoirs, involving multiphase flow in a porous medium, and in granular flow.

Authors:Robin Forman, Frank Jones, Barbara Lee Keyfitz, Frank
Publisher: American Mathematical Society
Keywords: mathematical, library, student, variation, themes, six
Number of Pages: 153
Published: 2004-12
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0821837206
ISBN-13: 9780821837207

The calculus of variations is a beautiful subject with a rich history and with origins in the minimization problems of calculus. Although it is now at the core of many modern mathematical fields, it does not have a well-defined place in most undergraduate mathematics curricula. This volume should nevertheless give the undergraduate reader a sense of its great character and importance. Interesting functionals, such as area or energy, often give rise to problems whose most natural solution occurs by differentiating a one-parameter family of variations of some function. The c

Authors:N. Keyfitz, Hal Caswell,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: biology, health, statistics, demography, mathematical, applied
Number of Pages: 558
Published: 2005-01-14
List price: $115.00
ISBN-10: 0387225374
ISBN-13: 9780387225371

The third edtion is an update on the second edtion, which was published in 1985. New material will focus on matrix population models. Since 1985, these models have been developed into a very general and powerful approach to studying population growth and structure.

Authors:Nathan Keyfitz, Wilhelm Flieger,
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Keywords: trends, twentieth, century, demographic, aging, population, growth, world
Number of Pages: 616
Published: 1991-01-07
List price: $107.50
ISBN-10: 0226432378
ISBN-13: 9780226432373

Drawing data from official sources in 60 countries, as well as from the United Nations and the World Bank, this compendium of statistical information on population, fertility, and mortality treats every one of the UN-recognized countries in at least summary form. With data from 1950 onward and projections through 2020, this volume extends the dataset of Nathan Keyfitz and Wilhelm Flieger’s landmark work, World Population: An Analysis of Vital Data (1968), with virtually no overlap. All the life tables, standardized rates, and projections have been generated by uniform methods to ensure e

Authors:Barbara Evans Clements, Barbara Alpern Engel, Christ
Publisher: University of California Press
Keywords: transformation, resistance, accommodation, women, russia
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 1991-07-17
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0520070240
ISBN-13: 9780520070240

By ignoring gender issues, historians have failed to understand how efforts to control women--and women’s reactions to these efforts--have shaped political and social institutions and thus influenced the course of Russian and Soviet history. These original essays challenge a host of traditional assumptions by integrating women into the Russian past. Using recent advances in the study of gender, the family, class, and the status of women, the authors examine various roles of Russian women and offer a broad overview of a vibrant and growing field.

Authors:Barbara J. Bain, Barbara Wild, Adrian Stephens, Lorra
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Keywords: identification, guide, haemoglobins, variant
Number of Pages: 260
Published: 2011-01-11
List price: $144.95
ISBN-10: 1405167157
ISBN-13: 9781405167154

Variant Haemoglobins – A Guide to Identification is based on the premise that any single diagnostic technique offers only a very provisional identification of a variant haemoglobin. In routine diagnostic practice two techniques are needed as a minimum, with the results being interpreted in the light of the clinical details, blood count, blood film and ethnic origin. This book covers 150 normal and variant haemoglobins that have been studied and carefully documented.Variant Haemoglobins has four introductory chapters followed by an invaluable atlas. The introductory chapters coverthe genetics

Authors:Barbara Ker Wilson, Frane Lessac, Barbara Ker Wils
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
Keywords: island, turtle
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 1991-03-07
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 071120697X
ISBN-13: 9780711206977

This is the story of how the great sea turtle builds the island of Papua New Guinea. Wishing for a place to rest in the sun, he piles up the sand and rocks until they emerge from the sea into a beautiful, fertile island. In doing so, he finds a wife and a home for the lonely man in the dark cave, far beneath the waves. It is a beautifully-told creation myth with stunning illustrations.