Today's (3/10/2010) New Book Releases on Science

BIOLOGY is an authoritative majors textbook focusing on evolution as a unifying theme. Volume I covers Chemistry, Cell Biology, and Genetics; Volume II covers Plant and Animal Biology; and Volume III covers Evolution, Diversity, and Ecology.

BIOLOGY is distinguished from other texts by its strong emphasis on natural selection and the evolutionary process that explains biodiversity. The new 8th edition continues that tradition and advances into modern biology by featuring the latest in cutting edge content reflective of the rapid advances in biology. That same modern perspective was brought into the completely new art program offering readers a dynamic, realistic, and accurate, visual program.

Not only is this the first text devoted to electroviscoelasticity, but it also describes a new theory developed through the authors’ research. This theory is likely to impact other research and applications as the modeling of liquid-liquid interfaces is key to numerous chemical manufacturing processes including those for emulsions, suspensions, nanopowders, foams, biocoloids, and plasmas. As the authors cover phenomena at the micro, nano, and atto-scales, their techniques as well as their data will be of particular interest to nanoscientists. The authors provide substantial data to support their theory and consider its implications especially with regard to the breaking of emulsions.

Modeling fuzzy control has been a very active research and application area in control engineering. However, there are few books available that cover the area in any depth. Written by a well-known expert who has published more than 100 papers in top international journals, this book gives insight into the latest approaches for the analysis and synthesis of fuzzy systems. It systematically presents design techniques applied to the Takagi–Sugeno class of fuzzy controllers widely used in successful practical applications. The book covers issues of robustness, stability, and conformity along with other state-of-the-art control techniques, such as model predictive control.

Contrary to the general perception, coal and biomass are both vital to our energy future, and they are the subjects for intensive research and development. Biomass has received special attention because it is renewable and generates zero-carbon dioxide. Therefore, it is not surprising to see the increasing number of professionals and graduate students entering the field of solid-based power generation. This book presents the constructive and operational aspects of equipment used in combustion and gasification of solid fuels such as coal, biomass, solid residues, etc. Such equipment includes boilers and gasifiers, which are used to transform coal or other solid fuels into gases that can be burned in turbines, in which moving generators are able to produce electrical power. Those gases can also be combined to produce liquid fuels for use in internal combustion engines or as feedstock for chemical and petrochemical industries.

The book also details basic aspects of solid and gas combustion phenomena, which are essential for improvements and optimized design in existing boilers and gasifiers. This new edition also introduces methods to formulate a mathematical basis for this equipment, and it demonstrates the possible routes from models to workable computer simulation problems. Lastly, it illustrates interpretations of simulation results that may be applied to improve performance of existing industrial equipment or to optimize design of new ones.

Emergency Abdominal Surgery is a battleground for the surgeon - providing character-building experiences, and opportunities for triumph and disaster. In the third  edition of this 'simple' book, emergency abdominal surgery is discussed in an informal and no nonsense fashion - as practiced in the 'trenches' of the ER and the OR. The preferred approach for a given situation is discussed in context; it has to fulfill certain prerequisites: save lives, decrease morbidity, be cost effective and be performed correctly.