"Version: 20190401"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Structural basis of the circulatory system -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Cardiac structure -- 1.3. Vessel structure -- 1.4. The circulatory system -- 1.5. Human blood -- 1.6. Microcirculation2. Human circulatory function -- 2.1. Hemodynamics -- 2.2. The left ventricular function -- 2.3. Vessel function -- 2.4. Blood rhe…
"Version: 20230201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Introduction for residents, technologists, scientists, and for anyone curious -- 1. Five big ideas for MRI -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Waves -- 1.2. MRI as a water image -- 1.3. Multiple looks (contemplating image weighting and the multiple appearances possible in MRI) -- 1.4. Interlude and segue into concepts of electrici…
"Version: 20181201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction to the field -- 1.1. Why binaries are important -- 1.2. Why eclipsing binaries are even more importantpart I. Observations. 2. Observations and data acquisition -- 2.1. Timekeeping -- 2.2. Photometry -- 2.3. Spectroscopy -- 2.4. Interferometry -- 2.5. Astrometry -- 2.6. Polarimetry -- 2.7. Asteroseismology…
"Version: 20250901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.The drunkard and the policeman -- part I. Theoretical background. 1. The ISM and star formation -- 1.1. The ISM as a Flowing continuum -- 1.2. the components of the ISM2. The hydrodynamic equations -- 2.1. The fluid approach -- 2.2. The conservation equations -- 2.3. Constitutive relations -- 2.4. The fluid equations from…
"Version: 20160801"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Foreword -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Energy and information -- 2.1. The relativity and contextuality of major physical categories -- 2.2. Boltzmann-Shannon informational entropy -- 2.3. Digital strings and normal numbers -- 2.4. Universal and eternal records, or why pi is not exactly three -- 2.5. Jorge Luis Borge…
"Version: 20190901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Foundations. 1. The early history of the transient sky -- 1.1. The nebulae -- 1.2. Novae in nebulae!2. Novae and the nature of spiral nebulae -- 2.1. Proper motions and spiral nebulae -- 2.2. Novae and nebulae -- 2.3. The great debate -- 2.4. The birth of extragalactic astronomy -- 2.5. Hubble's survey: the Mount …
"Version: 20180501"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. History, scope and development of biotechnology -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Branches of biotechnology -- 1.3. Biotechnology and its various stages of development -- 1.4. Scope and importance of biotechnology -- 1.5. Biotechnology techniques -- 1.6. Applications of biotechnology -- 1.7. Biotech research : 2015-20162. M…
"Version: 20180901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction to enzymes and their applications -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Properties of enzymes -- 1.3. Catalysis -- 1.4. The structure of enzymes -- 1.5. Structural features : primary and secondary structures -- 1.6. The mechanism of action of enzymes -- 1.7. Catalysis via chymotrypsin -- 1.8. Enzyme inhibition -- 1…
"Version: 20160701"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Foreword -- 1. My up-close experience -- 2. The United States and Great Britain in World War II -- 3. The physics of fission -- 4. Nazi Germany's failed program -- 5. More bomb physics -- 6. Centrifuges and proliferation : India and Pakistan -- 7. Israel, North Korea and Iran -- 8. Scorpions in a bottle -- 9. L…
"Version: 20180501"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Introduction. 1. Pop quiz : a battery of decision-making questions for selfassessment and reflection -- 1.1. Exam conditions -- 1.2. Quiz2. Anchors aweigh : an introduction to the book, decision making and decision biases -- 2.1. A brief history of decision making -- 2.2. Bounded rationality -- 2.3. Conclusion3. O…