Dieses Lehrbuch bietet eine gut verstandliche Einfuhrung in die Festkorperchemie. Zunachst werden die klassischen Grundlagen, wie Kristallstrukturen und deren elektronische Eigenschaften, erlautert. Interessante Eigenschaften der Festkorper wie die Leitfahigkeit fuhrten zu Anwendungen und Erforschung dieser Substanzen in den Materialwissenschaften. Daher befassen sich die Autoren intensiv mit Supraleitfahigkeit, Batterien, Katalysatoren, Halbleiter- und Lasertechnikanwendungen.

The fact that there are special problems in the care of the elderly in the community is ample justification for writing a separate volume on the subject. The knowledge that there are increasing numbers of older people in virtually every country in the world makes it all the more important that the family physician should have sympathy with and understanding of the problems of them, since they are lilcely to make up a significant part of his worlcload and, increasingly, will take up more of his time and energy. There is a progressive amount of disability with advancing years, and this is...

DDDDDDDDDDDD Effective management logically follows accurate diagnosis. Such logic often is difficult to apply in practice. Absolute diagnostic accuracy may not be possible, particularly in the field of primary care, when management has to be on analyis of symptoms and on knowledge of the individual patient and family. This series follows that on Problems in Practice which was concerned more with diagnosis in the widest sense and this series deals more defini tively with general care and specific treatment of symptoms and diseases. Good management must include knowledge of the nature, course...

'An Introduction to Radiation Protection' is a comprehensive account of the nature of the hazards presented by ionizing radiation and the methods of protection. It takes the reader through the general background of the subject, the underlying principles applied to the control of radiation hazards, including chapters on human physiology, the biological effects of radiation and radiation detection and measurement, before moving to more specialized topics such as radiation protection in the nuclear power industry and in medicine. It also covers radioactive waste management and radiological...

Five tongue twisters for each letter of the English alphabet.

What's on the mind of Canada's No. #1 literary-boogieman? Cannibalism. The Men In Black. Psychotic cab-drivers. And vampires...that DON'T sparkle. From the author of psychological and supernatural novels, Ouija and Black October, A. Martin serves up a feast of fear for dinner in After Midnight. Over 50 stories This massive collection includes twisted and bizarre brain-busting terrors as "Tequila Dreams," "Elma's Garbage Can," "Among The Living," "A Zombie Thing," "Gypsy Blood," "From My Cold Dead Hands" -- and many more Let Stephen King be your friendly host in, "You've Won " Have a...