The aim of this document is to summarise the information on elastic material properties, and wave propagation which I have found in my recent reading. The books and papers read are listed at the end of this document, and cited throughout. First, the basic consititutive equations governing elastic solids are presented. Once the concept of elastic properties has been established, our attention tu...

Spectroscopy is the study of light as a function of wavelength that has been emitted, reflected, or scattered from a solid, liquid, or gas. In this chapter I discuss primarily the spectroscopy of minerals, but the principles apply to any material. No single chapter can cover this topic adequately, and one could argue, not even a single book. Thus, in some ways, this chapter may fall short of so...

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Vyacheslav I. Yukalov. b. 1946. M.Sc., 1970, Ph.D., 1974, Moscow, Dr.Hab., 1999, Poznan, Dr.Sci., 2001, Moscow. First involved with NMR related research in 1984, after starting his work at JINR in Dubna, where together with an experimental group he took part in the first observation of pure nuclear spin superradiance. Then developed a microscopic theory of this phenomenon. Received the First Pr...

London : J. & A. Churchill. 1893. The first thing which strikes us in glancing over this treatise is the abundant reference to a few previous books and papers by the same author, who evidently desires that the reader should duly appreciate his labours. On turning to the discussion of still doubtful points, and in particular to that of the parasitic theory of cancer, we find the following : " Th...

Over the last few years there seems to have been a sharp increase in the number of books that want to spread the news that economics is, or at least can be, fun. This paper sets out to explain in what senses economics is supposed to be fun. In particular, the books in what I will call the economics-made-fun genre will be compared first with papers and books written by economists with the explic...

Where to from here? : generating capabilities and creating opportunities for the poor / by Miguel Székely. The views and interpretations in this document are those of the authors and should not be attributed to the Inter-American Development Bank, or to any individual acting on its behalf. The Research Department (RES) produces the Latin American Economic Policies Newsletter, as well as working...

Roderick Chisholm’s work spans six decades and an impressive range of subjects. His books and articles on Brentano and Meinong, together with his work as a translator and editor, and as director of the Brentano Foundation, brought Anglo-American analytic philosophy back into contact with the riches of the Austrian philosophical tradition. He wrote several important papers on the foundations of ...

The views and interpretations in this document are those of the authors and should not be attributed to the Inter-American Development Bank, or to any individual acting on its behalf. The Research Department (RES) publishes the Latin American Economic Policies Newsletter, as well as working papers and books, on diverse economic issues. To obtain a complete list of RES publications, and read or ...

Foreign direct investments from emerging economies increased have significantly increased in the period 1990 2010, growing from USD 145 billion to USD 3,1 billion in (UNCTAD, 2011). Because of this remarkable growth, they have received huge attention, and a growing number of papers, books, and journal issues have addressed the intriguing questions in this area, especially regarding the nature a...