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• Absolute zero. Some like it cold
• Boltzmann. The genius of disorder
• Chandra. The journey of a star
• Dimensions. The story behind the scenery
• Euler. A mine of golden formulas
• Faraday. A portrait of the scientist as a young man
• Germain. Sophie's choice
• Harriott. Looking for Mr. Harry
• Ising. A magnetic modesty
• Jacobi. An elliptic thriller
• Kepler. Cannonballs and bee cells
• Landau. The Ten Commandments
• Maxwell. Fiat lux
• Numbers. Prime suspect
• Oppenheimer. An explosive plan
• Pauli. A strange couple
• Quantum. The garden of forking paths
• Rasetti. From atomic nuclei to Cambrian trilobites
• Spallanzani. The uncanny priest
• Touschek. The Lord of the Rings
• Ulam. The art of simulation
• Venus. The cruel goddess
• Weil. The Brahmin of Mathematics
• X-ray. Seeing the invisible
• Yang. Mirror of Deception
• Zwicky. Dark is the sky.

"Science, with its inherent tension between the known and the unknown, is an inexhaustible mine of great stories. Collected here are twenty-six among the most enchanting tales, one for each letter of the alphabet: the main characters are scientists of the highest caliber most of whom, however, are unknown to the general public. This book goes from A to Z. The letter A stands for Abel, the great Norwegian mathematician, here involved in an elliptic thriller about a fundamental theorem of mathematics, while the letter Z refers to Absolute Zero, the ultimate and lowest temperature limit, - 273,15 degrees Celsius, a value that is tremendously cooler than the most remote corner of the Universe: the race to reach this final outpost of coldness is not yet complete, but, similarly to the history books of polar explorations at the beginning of the 20th century, its pages record successes, failures, fierce rivalries and tragic desperations. In between the A and the Z, the other letters of the alphabet are similar to the various stages of a very fascinating journey along the paths of science, a journey in the company of a very unique set of characters as eccentric and peculiar as those in Ulysses by James Joyce: the French astronomer who lost everything, even his mind, to chase the transits of Venus; the caustic Austrian scientist who, perfectly at ease with both the laws of psychoanalysis and quantum mechanics, revealed the hidden secrets of dreams and the periodic table of chemical elements; the young Indian astrophysicist who was the first to understand how a star dies, suffering the ferocious opposition of his mentor for this discovery. Or the Hungarian physicist who struggled with his melancholy in the shadows of the desert of Los Alamos; or the French scholar who was forced to hide her femininity behind a false identity so as to publish fundamental theorems on prime numbers. And so on and so forth. Twenty-six stories, which reveal the most authentic atmosphere of science and the lives of some of its main players: each story can be read in quite a short period of time -- basically the time it takes to get on and off the train between two metro stations. Largely independent from one another, these twenty-six stories make the book a harmonious polyphony of several voices: the reader can invent his/her own very personal order for the chapters simply by ordering the sequence of letters differently. For an elementary law of Mathematics, this can give rise to an astronomically large number of possible books -- all the same, but - then again - all different. This book is therefore the ideal companion for an infinite number of real or metaphoric journeys"--Publisher's website

• Fundamentals of Adsorption Equilibrium and Kinetics in Microporous Solids.- Measurement of Diffusion in Microporous Solids by Macroscopic Methods.- Diffusion Measurements by NMR Techniques.- Application of IR Spectroscopy, IR Microscopy, and Optical Interference Microscopy to Diffusion in Zeolites.- Investigation of Diffusion in Molecular Sieves by Neutron Scattering Techniques.- Frequency Response Measurements of Diffusion in Microporous Materials.- Positron Emission Profiling: a Study of Hydrocarbon Diffusivity in MFI Zeolites.- Single-File Diffusion in Zeolites.
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"Molecular Sieves - Science and Technology" covers, in a comprehensive manner, the science and technology of zeolites and all related microporous and mesoporous materials. Authored by renowned experts, the contributions to this handbook-like series are grouped together topically in such a way that each volume deals with a specific sub-field. Volume 7 is treating fundamentals and analyses of adsorption and diffusion in zeolites including single-file diffusion, i.e. phenomena of basic importance, especially with respect to separation processes and catalysis. Various methods of measuring adsorption and diffusion are described and discussed, i.e. techniques such as chromatographic, gravimetric and barometric uptake and desorption, nuclear magnetic resonance, infrared spectroscopy, interference microscopy, neutron scattering, frequency response as well as proton profiling.
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• Basic statistical concepts.- Measurement errors.- A though experiment.- The statistical analysis of experimental results.- The presentation of numerical results.- The propagation of errors.- The three basic probability distributions.- The statistics of radioactivity.- Elements from the theory of errors.- Comparison and rejection of measurements.- The method of least squares.- Graphs.- The written report of the results of an experiment.- Appendix 1. Least squares straight line y = + x . The errors in and
• Appendix 2. Dimensional analysis.- Appendix 3. The use of random numbers in finding values of a variable x which are distributed according to a given probability density function f(x).- Appendix 4. Values of fundamental physical constants.- Answers to the problems.- List of programs and code samples.- Index.
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• Basic statistical concepts
• Measurement errors
• A though experiment
• The statistical analysis of experimental results
• The presentation of numerical results
• The propagation of errors
• The three basic probability distributions
• The statistics of radioactivity
• Elements from the theory of errors
• Comparison and rejection of measurements
• The method of least squares
• Graphs
• The written report of the results of an experiment
• Appendix 1. Least squares straight line y =α + λ x . The errors in α and λ
• Appendix 2. Dimensional analysis
• Appendix 3. The use of random numbers in finding values of a variable x which are distributed according to a given probability density function f(x)
• Appendix 4. Values of fundamental physical constants
• Answers to the problems
• List of programs and code samples
• Index.

This book is intended as a guide to the analysis and presentation of experimental results. It develops various techniques for the numerical processing of experimental data, using basic statistical methods and the theory of errors. After presenting basic theoretical concepts, the book describes the methods by which the results can be presented, both numerically and graphically. The book is divided into three parts, of roughly equal length, addressing the theory, the analysis of data, and the presentation of results. Examples are given and problems are solved using the Excel, Origin, Python and R software packages. In addition, programs in all four languages are made available to readers, allowing them to use them in analyzing and presenting the results of their own experiments. Subjects are treated at a level appropriate for undergraduate students in the natural sciences, but this book should also appeal to anyone whose work involves dealing with experimental results.
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• An idea of a philosophical history of plants ... The second edition.
• The anatomy of plants, begun. With a general account of vegetation, grounded thereupon. The first book. ... The second edition.
• The anatomy of roots; ... With an account of the vegetation of roots, grounded chiefly hereupon. The second book. ... The second edition.
• The anatomy of trunks, with an account of their vegetation. Grounded thereupon. ... The third book. ... The second edition.
• The anatomy of leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds. In four parts. The fourth book.
• Several lectures read before the Royal Society. ... The titles of the following lectures. I. Of the nature, causes, and power of mixture. The second edition. II. Of the luctation arising upon the mixture of several menstruum's with all sorts of bodies. The second edition. III. An essay, of the various proportions, wherein lixivial salts are found in plants. IV. Of the essential and marine salts of plants. V. Of the colours of plants. VI. Of the diversities and causes of tasts [sic]; chiefly in plants. With an appendix, Of the odours of plants. VII. Experiments in consort, upon the solution of salts in water.