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Advanced Information Technology
This series consists of independent books, each including top quality papers in a selected area of information technology, mainly from Japanese sources. The book titles are selected by the
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Advances in Biomedical Spectroscopy
Spectroscopic methods play an increasingly important role in studying the molecular details of complex biological systems in health and disease. However, no single spectroscopic method can
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Advances in Parallel Computing
This book series publishes research and development results on all aspects of parallel computing. Topics may include one or more of the following: high speed computing architectures (Grids,
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Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments
The Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments (AISE) book series presents the latest research results in the theory and practice, analysis and design, implementation, application and
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Assistive Technology Research Series
Assistive Technology Research Series (ATR) aims to disseminate and archive assistive technology research summaries widely through publishing proceedings, monographs, and edited collective
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Biomedical and Health Research
This series includes monographs, research reports and advanced level textbooks by leading international researchers and research teams. Special focus has been placed on publishing the results
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Concurrent Systems Engineering Series
The series reflects a growing maturity in analysis, modeling and solutions of real-world problems through the use of safe and simple multi-threaded and distributed techniques.
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Cryptology and Information Security Series
The Cryptology & Information Security (CIS) series presents the latest research results in the theory and practice, analysis and design, implementation, application and experience of
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Deltares Select Series
Deltares is an independent Dutch research institute for water, soil and subsurface issues. It was formed in 2008 by a merger of Delft Hydraulics, GeoDelft, the Subsurface and Groundwater unit
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Emerging Communication: Studies in New Technologies and Practices in Communication
Emerging Communication publishes state-of-the-art papers that examine a broad range of issues in communication technology, theories, research, practices and applications. It presents the
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Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
FAIA covers all aspects of theoretical and applied artificial intelligence research in the form of monographs, doctoral dissertations, textbooks, handbooks and proceedings volumes. The FAIA
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Global E-Governance Series
E-Governance is regarded as one of the most important subjects in the information society. Global e-governance for both public and private sectors is becoming extremely significant in an
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Housing and Urban Policy Studies
The series Housing and Urban Policy Studies was founded by OTB Research Institute for Housing, Urban and Mobility Studies, Delft University of Technology. Experts from the Netherlands and
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Innovation and the Public Sector
The functioning of the public sector gives rise to considerable debate. Not only the efficiency and efficacy of the sector are at stake, but also its legitimacy. At the same time we see that
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International Institute of Administrative Sciences Monographs
The International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) is a prestigious, unique, and global non-governmental organisation based in Brussels that specialises in the subject of
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NATO Science for Peace and Security Series - D: Information and Communication Security
This series deals with furthering understanding in the security of information and information systems, and communications nets. Computer networking capabilities are included, as well as
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NATO Science for Peace and Security Series - E: Human and Societal Dynamics
This series deals with, for example, new challenges for global security, economic impact of terrorist actions, risk studies, management of science, science policy, security-related political
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NATO Science Series, I: Life and Behavioural Sciences
This series includes biology, agriculture and food sciences, medical sciences and the behavioural sciences. Before volume 323, the name of the series was” Life Sciences.
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NATO Science Series, III: Computer and Systems Sciences
Broad range of computer related subjects such as generating data and free flow of information. Computer software is a pervasive factor in advancing the progress and increasing the efficiency
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NATO Science Series, V: Science and Technology Policy
The series covers new research technologies, scientific research training and technology transfer.
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NATO Security through Science Series - D: Information and Communication Security
This series deals with furthering understanding in the security of information and information systems, and communications nets. Computer networking capabilities are included, as well as
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NATO Security through Science Series - E: Human and Societal Dynamics
This series deals with, for example, new challenges for global security, economic impact of terrorist actions, risk studies, management of science, science policy, security-related political
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Proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi"
The International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi" was founded in 1953 by Societa' Italiana di Fisica (SIF) and consists of 3 advanced physics courses held every summer in Varenna (on lake
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Research in Architectural Engineering Series
The book series Research in Architectural Engineering Series (RAES) covers all aspects of the engineering and technology of building design. Individual volumes deal with topics related to
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Research in Design Series
The book series Research in Design Series (RIDS) covers the discipline of design methodology and is intended for those who are involved in the methodology and technology of design from a
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Research in Urbanism Series
RiUS is a scientific series that deals with dynamics, planning, and design in contemporary urban areas. It provides an outlet for investigation, analysis, and exploration in the overlapping
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Solvay Pharmaceuticals Conferences
This series is published in cooperation with Solvay Pharmaceuticals Conferences and covers topics in the field of Biochemistry and Medicine.
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Studies in Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics
This series discusses recent developments in the growing field of electromagnetics, both theoretical and practical
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Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
This book series was started in 1990 to promote research conducted under the auspices of the EC programmes’ Advanced Informatics in Medicine (AIM) and Biomedical and Health Research (BHR)
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Sustainable Urban Areas
The series Sustainable Urban Areas contains studies about the built environment, partly carried out by the multidisciplinary Delft Centre for Sustainable Urban Areas. These studies, about
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The Future of Learning
Learning is becoming more and more important as one of the indispensable tools to ensure future prosperity and well-being. This is the case not only for the individual, alone or as a member
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Available Stand Alone Books
  
2010, ISBN 978-1-60750-486-3 (print) 978-1-60750-487-0 (online)
Antennas for ubiquitous radio services in a wireless information society
- Proceedings of the Symposium concluding the Wide Band Sparse Element Array Antennas – WiSE project
Edited by Ioan E. Lager, Massimiliano Simeoni
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2010, ISBN 978-1-60750-490-0 (print) 978-1-60750-491-7 (online)
Characterization and Behavior of Interfaces
- Proceedings of Research Symposium on Characterization and Behavior of Interfaces, 21 September 2008, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Edited by J. David Frost
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2010, ISBN 978-1-58603-993-6 (print) 978-1-60750-495-5 (online)
Clinical Use of Pediatric Diagnostic Tests
Enid Gilbert-Barness, Lewis A. Barness
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2010, ISBN 978-1-60750-493-1 (print) 978-1-60750-494-8 (online)
Imagin[e,g] Europe
- Proceedings of the 29th Symposium of the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories, Chania, Greece
Edited by Ioannis Manakos, Chariton Kalaitzidis
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2010, ISBN 978-1-60750-478-8 (print) 978-1-60750-479-5 (online)
Information Asymmetries and the Creation of Economic Value
- A Theory of Market and Industry dynamics
Joop A. Roels
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2010, ISBN 978-1-60750-612-6 (print) 978-1-60750-613-3 (online)
Intelligent Autonomous Systems 11
- IAS-11
Edited by Henrik I. Christensen, Frans Groen, Emil Petriu
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2010, ISBN 978-1-60750-585-3 (print) 978-1-60750-586-0 (online)
New Frontiers in Light Metals
- Proceedings of the 11th International Aluminium Conference INALCO 2010
Edited by Laurens Katgerman, Frans Soetens
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2010, ISBN 978-1-60750-087-2 (print) 978-1-60750-475-7 (online)
Risk Management in Financial Institutions
- Formulating Value Propositions
Jürgen H.M. van Grinsven
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2010, ISBN 978-1-60750-541-9 (print) 978-1-60750-542-6 (online)
The Impacts of Road Pricing on Businesses
- An Institutional Analysis across Economic Sectors
Anjali Mahendra
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2010, ISBN 978-1-60750-538-9 (print) 978-1-60750-539-6 (online)
Towards the Future Internet
- Emerging Trends from European Research
Edited by Georgios Tselentis, Alex Galis, Anastasius Gavras, Srdjan Krco, Volkmar Lotz, Elena Simperl, Burkhard Stiller, Theodore Zahariadis
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2010, ISBN 978-1-60750-483-2 (print) 978-1-60750-525-9 (online)
Travel Medicine
- Knowledge, Attitude, Practice and Immunisation
Anna Helena Elvire Roukens
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2009, ISBN 978-1-58603-970-7 (print) 978-1-60750-407-8 (online)
Aerodynamic Design of Transport Aircraft
Ed Obert
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2009, ISBN 978-1-60750-020-9 (print) 978-1-60750-440-5 (online)
Analysing Buildings from Context to Detail in time. ABCD research method
Hielkje Zijlstra
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2009, ISBN 978-1-60750-014-8 (print) 978-1-60750-435-1 (online)
Feature Interactions in Software and Communication Systems X
Edited by Masahide Nakamura, Stephan Reiff-Marganiec
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2009, ISBN 978-1-58603-960-8 (print) 978-1-60750-399-6 (online)
Five Years of IT Management Improvement
- Eight cases from the Master of IT Management
Guus de Mari
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2009, ISBN 978-1-58603-992-9 (print) 978-1-60750-420-7 (online)
Improving Operational Risk Management
Jürgen H.M. van Grinsven
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2009, ISBN 978-1-60750-040-7 (print) 978-1-60750-452-8 (online)
Modern Blast Furnace Ironmaking
- An Introduction
Maarten Geerdes, Hisko Toxopeus, Cor van der Vliet
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2009, ISBN 978-1-60750-031-5 (print) 978-1-60750-508-2 (online)
Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
- The Academia & Practice of Geotechnical Engineering
Edited by Mamdouh Hamza, Marawan Shahien, Yasser El-Mossallamy
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2009, ISBN 978-1-58603-986-8 (print) 978-1-60750-415-3 (online)
Remote Sensing for a Changing Europe
- Proceedings of the 28th Symposium of the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories, Istanbul, Turkey, 2–5 June 2008
Edited by Derya Maktav
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2009, ISBN 978-1-60750-068-1 (print) 978-1-60750-522-8 (online)
Risk and Decision Analysis in Maintenance Optimization and Flood Management
Edited by M.J. Kallen, S.P. Kuniewski
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2009, ISBN 978-1-58603-943-1 (print) 978-1-60750-385-9 (online)
Shipping Innovation
Niko Wijnolst, Tor Wergeland
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2009, ISBN 978-1-60750-022-3 (print) 978-1-60750-441-2 (online)
Technoscience in Progress. Managing the Uncertainty of Nanotechnology
Edited by Simone Arnaldi, Andrea Lorenzet, Federica Russo
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2009, ISBN 978-1-58603-968-4 (print) 978-1-60750-405-4 (online)
The Challenge of Genadendal
Hannetjie du Preez, Ron van Oers, Job Roos, Leo Verhoef
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2009, ISBN 978-1-58603-999-8 (print) 978-1-60750-423-8 (online)
The Urban Project
- Architectural Intervention in Urban Areas
Leen van Duin, Roberto Cavallo, François Claessens, Henk Engel
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2009, ISBN 978-1-60750-007-0 (print) 978-1-60750-431-3 (online)
Towards the Future Internet
- A European Research Perspective
Edited by Georgios Tselentis, John Domingue, Alex Galis, Anastasius Gavras, David Hausheer, Srdjan Krco, Volkmar Lotz, Theodore Zahariadis
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2009, ISBN 978-1-60750-077-3 (print) 978-1-60750-474-0 (online)
Urbanism
- PhD Research 2008 – 2012
F.D. van der Hoeven
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2008, ISBN 978-1-58603-865-6 (print) 978-1-60750-334-7 (online)
Advances in Mathematical Modeling for Reliability
Edited by Tim Bedford, John Quigley, Lesley Walls, Babakalli Alkali, Alireza Daneshkhah, Gavin Hardman
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2008, ISBN 978-1-58603-782-6 (print) 978-1-60750-272-2 (online)
Andrzej Mostowski and Foundational Studies
Edited by A. Ehrenfeucht, V.W. Marek, M. Srebrny
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2008, ISBN 978-90-5199-521-3 (print) 978-1-60750-467-2 (online)
Bodemdaling langs de Nederlandse kust
- case Hondsbossche en Pettemer Zeewering
Frans Barends, Douwe Dillingh, Ramon Hanssen, Kyra van Onselen
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2008, ISBN 978-1-58603-962-2 (print) 978-1-60750-401-6 (online)
Competitive enforcement
- Comparative analysis of Australian building regulatory enforcement regimes
Jeroen van der Heijden
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2008, ISBN 978-1-58603-837-3 (print) 978-1-60750-312-5 (online)
Decision Enhancement Services
- Rehearsing the Future for Decisions That Matter
Peter G.W. Keen, Henk G. Sol
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2008, ISBN 978-1-58603-945-5 (print) 978-1-60750-387-3 (online)
Design Processes
- What Architects & Industrial Designers Can Teach Each Other About Managing the Design Process
Edited by Wim Poelman, David Keyson
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2008, ISBN 978-1-58603-880-9 (print) 978-1-60750-345-3 (online)
Drug Benefits and Risks
- International Textbook of Clinical Pharmacology
Edited by Chris J. van Boxtel, Budiono Santoso, I. Ralph Edwards
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2008, ISBN 978-1-58603-845-8 (print) 978-1-60750-317-0 (online)
Feature Interactions in Software and Communication Systems IX
Edited by Lydie du Bousquet, Jean-Luc Richier
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2008, ISBN 978-1-58603-861-8 (print) 978-1-60750-331-6 (online)
High Performance Multimedia
- A Reader on the Technological, Cultural and Economic Dynamics of Multimedia
Peter A. Bruck, Jak Boumans
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2008, ISBN 978-1-58603-887-8 (print) 978-1-60750-351-4 (online)
Intelligent Autonomous Systems 10
- IAS-10
Edited by Wolfram Burgard, Rüdiger Dillmann, Christian Plagemann, Nikolaus Vahrenkamp
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2008, ISBN 978-1-58603-988-2 (print) 978-1-60750-417-7 (online)
Metallogeny and Petrogenesis of Lamprophyres in the Mid-European Variscides
- Post-Collisional Magmatism and Its Relationship to Late-Variscan Ore Forming Processes in the Erzgebirge (Bohemian Massif)
Thomas Seifert
Monograph Contents

  
2008, ISBN 978-1-58603-965-3 (print) 978-1-60750-403-0 (online)
Methodology for Product Development in Architecture
Mick Eekhout
Monograph Contents

  
2008, ISBN 978-1-58603-917-2 (print) 978-1-60750-371-2 (online)
The Challenge of Change: Dealing with the Legacy of the Modern Movement
- Proceedings of the 10th International DOCOMOMO Conference
Edited by Dirk van den Heuvel, Maarten Mesman, Wido Quist, Bert Lemmens
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2008, ISBN 978-1-58603-870-0 (print) 978-1-60750-338-5 (online)
The Knowledge Creation Potential of Management Consulting
Francesco Ciampi
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2007, ISBN 978-1-58603-748-2 (print) 978-1-60750-247-0 (online)
Advances in Multiple Criteria Decision Making and Human Systems Management: Knowledge and Wisdom
Edited by Yong Shi, David L. Olson, Antonie Stam
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2007, ISBN 978-1-58603-790-1 (print) 978-1-60750-278-4 (online)
BIWIC 2007
- 14th International Workshop on Industrial Crystallization – September 9th–11th, 2007, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Edited by Alison E. Lewis, Christine Olsen
Contents

  
2007, ISBN 978-1-58603-785-7 (print) 978-1-60750-274-6 (online)
Portugal SB07. Sustainable Construction, Materials and Practices
- Challenge of the Industry for the New Millennium
Edited by Luis Bragança, Manuel Pinheiro, Said Jalali, Ricardo Mateus, Rogério Amoêda, Manuel Correia Guedes
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2007, ISBN 978-1-58603-581-5 (print) 978-1-60750-156-5 (online)
Real property transactions
- Procedures, transaction costs and models
Jaap Zevenbergen, Andrew Frank, Erik Stubkjær
Monograph Contents

  
2007, ISBN 978-1-58603-799-4 (print) 978-1-60750-286-9 (online)
Urbanism Laboratory for Cities and Regions
- Progress of Research Issues in Urbanism 2007
F.D. van der Hoeven, H.J. Rosemann
Monograph Contents

  
2006, ISBN 978-1-58603-619-5 (print) 978-1-60750-175-6 (online)
Alzheimer's Disease: A Century of Scientific and Clinical Research
Edited by George Perry, Jesús Avila, June Kinoshita, Mark A. Smith
Contents

  
2006, ISBN 978-1-58603-595-2 (print) 978-1-60750-164-0 (online)
Intelligent Autonomous Systems 9
- IAS-9
Edited by Tamio Arai, Rolf Pfeifer, Tucker Balch, Hiroshi Yokoi
Contents

  
2006, ISBN 978-1-58603-533-4 (print) 978-1-60750-122-0 (online)
Plastics Additives
- Advanced Industrial Analysis
Jan C.J. Bart
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2006, ISBN 978-1-58603-582-2 (print) 978-1-60750-157-2 (online)
Semigroups and Automata. SELECTA Uno Kaljulaid (1941–1999)
Jaak Peetre, Jaan Penjam
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2006, ISBN 978-1-58603-656-0 (print) 978-1-60750-196-1 (online)
Spatial Planning Systems in Western Europe
- An Overview
Gerhard Larsson
Monograph Contents

  
2006, ISBN 978-1-58603-603-4 (print) 978-1-60750-168-8 (online)
Urban Transformations and Sustainability
- Progress of Research Issues in Urbanism 2005
F. van der Hoeven, H.J. Rosemann
Monograph Contents

  
2006, ISBN 978-1-58603-692-8 (print) 978-1-60750-213-5 (online)
World Heritage Site Olinda in Brazil
- Proposals for intervention
Edited by P. Meurs, L.G.W. Verhoef
Contents

  
2005, ISBN 978-1-58603-462-7 (print) 978-1-60750-106-0 (online)
Physics Before and After Einstein
Edited by Marco Mamone Capria
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2003, ISBN 978-1-58603-382-8 (print) 978-1-60750-519-8 (online)
Self-Assembly
Edited by Brian H. Robinson
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2001, ISBN 978-1-58603-148-0 (print) 978-1-60750-101-5 (online)
A Century of Science Publishing
- A Collection of Essays
Edited by Einar H. Fredriksson
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