This book is the most complete collection of papers on the foundations of quantum mechanics by John Stewart Bell, whose career as a scientist was distinguished by its breadth and its quality. Some of this material has hitherto been difficult to access. This volume is a valuable reference for both researchers and graduate as well as undergraduate students.

This invaluable book is written for engineers and engineering scientists in a style that is readable, precise, concise, and practical. It gives first priority to the formulation of problems, presenting the classical results as the gold standard, and the numerical approach as a tool for obtaining solutions. The book is a must for graduate and senior undergraduate students, as well as researchers in computational mechanics; civil, mechanical and bioengineering; aeronautics and astronautics; and materials science.

A best-seller, this invaluable book is an introduction to knot and link invariants as generalized amplitudes for a quasiphysical process. The author takes a primarily combinatorial stance toward knot theory. In this third edition, an additional paper by the author, entitled "Knot Theory and Functional Integration," can be read independently as an introduction to quantum field theory and knot invariants and their relation to quantum gravity. The book will be of interest to both physicists and mathematicians.

Aimed at scientists and non-specialist mreaders alike, this book retraces the source of national and international biotechnology programs by examining the origins of biotechnology and its political and economic interpretation by large nations. It discusses, among other things, the achievements of the first genetic and physical maps, as well as the political and scientific genesis of the American Human Genome Project , and also the European biotechnology strategy and the European biotechnology programs. The conclusion gives a very detailed account of the genesis and early stages of the new field called genomics, which appears to be a key component of modern industry.

This is the first handbook to cover comprehensively both sof tware engineering and knowledge engineering — two important fields that have become interwoven in recent years. With contributions by over 60 international experts, this well-written book will be welcomed by practitioners looking for solutions to problems, and researchers who want quick access to the background, the current trends and the most important references regarding a certain topic. The handbook comprising two volumes, will be a valuable reference for graduate students, researchers, programmers, managers and academics in software and knowledge engineering.

This book contains lectures presented at the well-known Seminar in Mathematical Finance at the Courant Institute. The lecturers and presenters of papers are prominent researchers and practitioners in the field of quantitative financial modeling. The book will be an invaluable reference for students and researchers in economics, finance and applied mathematics.