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Emerging investigator series: carbon electrodes are effective for the detection and reduction of hexavalent chromium in water

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1256-1261
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00146E, Paper
Open Access
Callie M. Stern, Darius W. Hayes, Lebogang O. Kgoadi, Noémie Elgrishi
Electrochemical methods using carbon electrodes are an attractive option for the detection and reduction of toxic Cr(VI) to benign Cr(III) in drinking water.
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Molecular level characterisation of ion-exchange water treatment coupled to ceramic membrane filtration

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1495-1504
DOI: 10.1039/C9EW01042D, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Alan J. R. Smith, Graeme Moore, Andrea J. C. Semiao, Dušan Uhrín
Preferential removal of highly oxygenated larger aromatic and condensed aromatic molecules through ceramic membrane based water treatment.
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Emerging investigator series: activated sludge upon antibiotic shock loading: mechanistic description of functional stability and microbial community dynamics

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1262-1271
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW00069H, Paper
Seungdae Oh, Donggeon Choi
Elucidating the functional stability upon environmental stressors is of great practical importance for managing the system performance of various environmental biological processes (e.g., activated sludge).
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2019 Best Papers published in the Environmental Science journals of the Royal Society of Chemistry

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6,1210-1212
DOI: 10.1039/D0EW90017F, Editorial
Kristopher McNeill, Paige J. Novak, Peter J. Vikesland
The Editors-in-Chief of the Environmental Science journals introduce the Best Papers of 2019.
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News from the John W. Kluge Center: An invitation to Dynamics of Presidential Primaries

The John W. Kluge Center invites you to an event looking at the dynamics of presidential primaries.

The event will take place on Thursday, November 7, at 4pm in room LJ-119 of the Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building. Free tickets are available here.

Kluge Center Director John Haskell will moderate a discussion on the dynamics of presidential primaries, timed just months before primary season begins. Julia Azari, former Kluge Center Distinguished Visiting Scholar and Marquette University political science professor, and Amy Walter, national editor of the Cook Political Report, will be panelists.

They will discuss the role of debates and endorsements in primaries, as well as the question of electability and the major changes affecting political parties and primary processes.

A reception will follow the program.

Tickets are recommended, but not required, and are free.

Register for a ticket here.

Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Request ADA accommodations five days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ada@loc.gov.

Questions? Please contact (202) 707-9219 or scholarly@loc.gov




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News from the John W. Kluge Center: Karen Armstrong on the Lost Art of Scripture

Please join us for a National Book Festival Presents event with Karen Armstrong

The event will take place on Wednesday, November 6, in the Coolidge Auditorium of the Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building. Free tickets are available here.

At a time of intolerance and mutual incomprehension, renowned scholar and TED Prize-winner Karen Armstrong's latest book The Lost Art of Scripture shines fresh light on the world's major religions to help us build bridges between faiths and rediscover a creative and spiritual engagement with holy texts.

Karen Armstrong is the author of numerous books on religious affairs, including The Case for God, A History of God, The Battle for God, Holy War, Islam, Buddha, and The Great Transformation, as well as a memoir, The Spiral Staircase. Her work has been translated into forty-five languages. In 2008, she was awarded the TED Prize and began working with TED on the Charter for Compassion, created online by the general public, and crafted by leading thinkers in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism. The charter was launched globally in the fall of 2009. She is currently an ambassador for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations.

The event is free and open to the public; however, tickets are required for entry. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis. A ticket does not guarantee entry into the event.

Doors open at 6:00 p.m. Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of house management. We recommend arriving when doors open.

Tickets are recommended, but not required, and are free.

Register for a ticket here.

Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Request ADA accommodations five days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ada@loc.gov.




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News from the John W. Kluge Center: Happening This Week: 100 Years of Women Voting

Get your free tickets here.

This Thursday, November 21, at 4pm in the Thomas Jefferson Building’s Coolidge Auditorium, the John W. Kluge Center will hold a discussion of the 100 years of women voting since the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution.

Assistant Deputy Librarian Colleen Shogan will lead a panel featuring two leading scholars on women and voting: Christina Wolbrecht of the University of Notre Dame, and Jane Junn of the University of Southern California. Wolbrecht is the co-author of the forthcoming book A Century of Votes for Women: American Elections Since Suffrage.

This event will highlight the recently opened LOC exhibit, “Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote,” which will be open for viewing after the event.

The event is free, but due to expected demand, tickets are recommended. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Visit the event ticketing site for more information and to secure your ticket. Entry is not guaranteed.

Register for a ticket here.

Questions? Please contact (202) 707-9219 or scholarly@loc.gov




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News from the John W. Kluge Center: You are invited: The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Future of Democracy

Thursday, December 5, at 4pm in room LJ-119 of the Thomas Jefferson Building, the John W. Kluge Center will hold a discussion marking the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Get your free tickets here.

Hope M. Harrison and Constanze Stelzenmüller will take part in a discussion moderated by Kluge Center Director John Haskell.

Harrison is an expert on the Berlin Wall, the Cold War, and contemporary Germany, and is Associate Professor of History and International Affairs in the Elliott School of International Affairs at The George Washington University. She is the author of the new book, After the Berlin Wall: Memory and the Making of the New Germany, 1989 to the Present (2019).

Stelzenmüller is an expert on German, European, and transatlantic foreign and security policy and strategy. She is the inaugural Robert Bosch senior fellow in the Center on the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institution and the Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and International Relations at the Kluge Center.

The event is free, but due to expected demand, tickets are recommended. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Visit the event ticketing site for more information and to secure your ticket. Entry is not guaranteed. Register for a ticket here.

Questions? Please contact (202) 707-9219 or scholarly@loc.gov




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News from the John W. Kluge Center: Don’t miss out: 30 Years Since the Fall of the Berlin Wall

Get your free tickets here.


This week, on Thursday, December 5, at 4pm in room LJ-119 of the Thomas Jefferson Building, the John W. Kluge Center will hold a discussion marking the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.


Hope M. Harrison and Constanze Stelzenmüller will take part in a discussion moderated by Kluge Center Director John Haskell on the history of the wall itself, why it fell, and how German reunification impacts today’s politics and the future of democracy.


The event is free, but due to expected demand, tickets are recommended. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Visit the event ticketing site for more information and to secure your ticket. Entry is not guaranteed.

Register for a ticket here.


Questions? Please contact (202) 707-9219 or scholarly@loc.gov

 




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News from the John W. Kluge Center: An Invitation from the Library of Congress

Join Us for a Kluge Center Author Salon with Ivan Krastev on The Light That Failed: Why the West Is Losing the Fight for Democracy.

Get your free tickets here.

On Wednesday, February 19, at 4pm in room LJ-119 of the Thomas Jefferson Building, former Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and International Relations Ivan Krastev will speak about his new book on Europe’s past, present, and future.

In this insightful work of political history (shortlisted for the prestigious Lionel Gelber Prize), Krastev and co-author Stephen Holmes argue that the supposed end of Communism turned out to be only the beginning of the age of the autocrat. Reckoning with the history of the last thirty years, they show that the most powerful force behind the wave of populist xenophobia that began in Eastern Europe stems from resentment at the post-1989 imperative to become Westernized.

A reception will follow the discussion.

Get your free tickets here.

The event is free, but tickets are recommended. Visit the event ticketing site for more information and to secure your ticket. Entry is not guaranteed.

Questions? Please contact (202) 707-9219 or scholarly@loc.gov




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News from the John W. Kluge Center: In the Know - A Newsletter of the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress

In the Know

A Newsletter of the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress

We at the Kluge Center extend our heartfelt support for all affected by this outbreak and recognize the need for connection in these difficult times. In that spirit, we introduce this newsletter to our supporters and friends who may be missing the intellectual stimulation of our panel discussions and author salons. Below please find helpful links to resources for viewing past discussions, blog posts, and updates for current fellowship applications. We will also use this newsletter to announce upcoming events. If you know others who may also be interested in our activities, please forward this email their way. As always, the Kluge Center remains committed to bringing the best in publicly engaged conversations your way. Be well, and let’s keep the conversation going.

JH, Director

 

Insights: The Kluge Center’s Blog

It’s a great time to check out the Kluge Center’s blog. We’ve recently published a Women’s History Month look at scholars in residence, an interview with a scholar of the history of energy security and energy policy in the US, and one post in which several scholars shared their most interesting recent finds at the Library.

 

Fellowship Applications:

We are still processing fellowship applications, and will be assessing whether deadline extensions are appropriate. Please respond to this email if you are currently applying or interested in applying for a fellowship and are having trouble meeting the deadline. Kluge staff will be in touch with you.


Currently open applications:

Kluge Staff Fellowship
Updated Deadline: May 1

Philip Lee Phillips Society Fellowship
Current Deadline: April 15

David B. Larson Fellowship in Health and Spirituality
Current Deadline: May 1

Library of Congress Fellowship in Congressional Policymaking
Current Deadline: June 15

Events:

Public events are currently postponed. Watch this space for updates as we continue monitoring the situation and decide when it is appropriate to begin scheduling in-person public events. In the meantime, dozens of videos of our past events are available on the Library of Congress Youtube.

Social Media:

Be sure to follow our Twitter account to get all the latest on our blog posts, open applications, and any future events.


We Want to Hear From You:

Do you have thoughts on what would make an interesting blog post? What about an idea for event programming when public events are back up and running? Please reply to this email or contact Andrew Breiner at abreiner@loc.gov.




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News from the John W. Kluge Center:Applications are now open for Kluge Fellowships at the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress

Applications are now open for Kluge Fellowships at the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress.

Twelve Kluge Fellowships are awarded each year through a competitive selection process. Kluge Fellowships are offered for a period of four to eleven months.

Since the inception of the Kluge Center, dozens of Kluge Fellows have gone on to distinguished academic careers; many have made lasting contributions as public intellectuals. Interdisciplinary and cross-cultural research is particularly welcome in the Kluge Fellowship program. The fellowship is open to scholars in the humanities and social sciences with special consideration given to those whose projects demonstrate relevance to contemporary challenges.

Apply here. And check the fellowship requirements and eligibility information here.

The application deadline is currently set for July 15. Please email scholarly@loc.gov if you are applying for this fellowship and having trouble meeting the deadline due to the crisis surrounding the covid-19 epidemic. Kluge staff will be in touch with you.




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News from the John W. Kluge Center: In the Know, The Newsletter of the John W. Kluge Center

In the Know #2: The Newsletter of the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress

We at the Kluge Center continue to extend our heartfelt support for all affected by this outbreak. This newsletter is for supporters and friends who may be missing the intellectual stimulation of our panel discussions and author salons. Below please find helpful links to resources for viewing past discussions, blog posts, updates for current fellowship applications, and information on virtual events. If you know others who may also be interested in our activities, please forward this email their way. As always, the Kluge Center remains committed to bringing the best in publicly engaged conversations your way. Be well, and let’s keep the conversation going.

John Haskell, Director of the Kluge Center

 

Events:

We’re pleased to announce our first virtual event, a Conversation on the Future of Democracy with Yuval Levin. It will go live on the Library of Congress Engage! page on May 13 at 2pm. Levin, a distinguished scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, where he is the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies, will be interviewed by Kluge Center Director John Haskell.

They will be discussing Levin's new book, A Time to Build, which is a fascinating look at the importance of formative institutions in society, their deterioration in recent decades, and practical steps to begin addressing the problem. Get your free tickets here, and check this link on or after May 13, 2pm to watch the event.

We have more virtual events in store, so keep watching this space.

 

Research Guides:

Research guides are a great way to get to know Kluge Center Chairs, and their current and past holders. Check out our guide to the Chair in American Law and Governance, most recently Andrea Campbell. You can learn about Campbell’s work on the US welfare state, then go back and learn about past chair William Julius Wilson. Then take a look at our guide to the NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology, Exploration, and Scientific Innovation, and learn about current chair Susan Schneider’s work on artificial intelligence.

 

Kluge Kudos and Media Mentions

Bruce Jentleson Receives Duke Alumni Teaching Award

William and Mary's Michelle Lelièvre Named ACLS Burkhardt Fellow

University of Michigan's Gabriel Mendlow Named ACLS Burkhardt Fellow

David Ignatius reviews Thomas Rid's new book, Active Measures:  The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare in The Washington Post. Rid will join the Kluge Center as a Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the fall. 

Constanze Stelzenmüller writing on COVID 19 impact on governing in Germany for Lawfare and on how women leaders around the world govern during the pandemic in The Washington Post:

 

Insights: The Kluge Center’s Blog

There’s more than ever to read on the Kluge Center’s blog. You can read about how Kluge Center China experts view the relationship between the US, China, and the European Union, and how data and surveillance fits into the US-China relationship as well. Make sure to take a moment to pause for art with 2018 Kluge Prize recipient Drew Gilpin Faust. And with Earth Day recently gone by, look back to a great event we held last year on the famous Earthrise photograph and its connection to the environmental movement. Read about the first woman filmmaker at the turn of the century. Finally, you can look to the Kluge Center’s future with the announcement of our new cohort of Kluge Fellows.

 

Fellowship Applications:

We are still processing fellowship applications, and will be assessing whether deadline extensions are appropriate. Please respond to this email if you are currently applying or interested in applying for a fellowship and are having trouble meeting the deadline. Kluge staff will be in touch with you.

Currently open applications:

Philip Lee Phillips Society Fellowship

Updated Deadline: May 15

David B. Larson Fellowship in Health and Spirituality

Updated Deadline: June 1

Library of Congress Fellowship in Congressional Policymaking

Current Deadline: June 15

 

Social Media:

Be sure to follow our Twitter account to get all the latest on our blog posts, open applications, and any future events.

 

We Want to Hear From You:

Do you have thoughts on what would make an interesting blog post? What about an idea for event programming when public events are back up and running? Please reply to this email or contact Andrew Breiner at abreiner@loc.gov.




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News from the John W. Kluge Center:Join us for a Conversation on the Future of Democracy with Yuval Levin

On May 13, join the John W. Kluge Center for the first in our Conversations on the Future of Democracy series featuring Yuval Levin, who will be discussing his new book, A Time to Build, a look at the critical importance of formative institutions in society, their deterioration in recent decades, and practical steps to begin addressing the problem.

Find the event on May 13 at the Library’s showcase for everything you can access while the doors are closed: Library of Congress: Engage!

And sign up for a free ticket to get a reminder when the event happens.

Yuval Levin is a distinguished scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, where he is the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies. Levin is also the editor-in-chief of National Affairs.

Also, we’ve got a packed schedule of virtual events lined up, so stay tuned for more.




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Amre confident of Mumbai Indians chances

Mumbai Indians assistant coach Praveen Amre on the challenge of the second Indian Premier League season and his team's chances.




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Aurangabad train mishap: Mortal remains of 16 migrant labourers sent to MP

The mortal remains of the 16 migrant labourers, who were killed after a goods train ran over them in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad on Friday, had been sent to their native state Madhya Pradesh on a special train.




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NHRC issues notice to Maharashtra govt over deaths of migrant workers in Aurangabad train mishap, seeks details

Taking suo motu cognizance of media reports, the Commission has directed State Chief Secretary and District Magistrate of Aurangabad to submit a detailed report within four weeks.




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714 police personnel infected with COVID-19 in Maharashtra; 194 cases of assault on cops during lockdown

As many as 98,774 cases were registered and 19,082 persons were arrested for violating prohibitory orders during the COVID-19 lockdown in the state. 




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Man attacks 2 police officers, constable with chopper in Mumbai

Two police officers and a constable were injured after a 27-year-old man attacked them with a chopper in south Mumbai early today, police said.




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ED attaches part of AJL Mumbai building worth Rs 16.38 cr; charges Moti Lal Vora

A portion of a nine-storey building in Mumbai's tony Bandra area, valued Rs16.38 crore, has been attached by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with its money-laundering probe against the Congress-party promoted Associated Journals Limited (AJL).




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Protests in Visakhapatnam over gas leak incident, locals demand closure of LG Polymers chemical plant

The incident took place even as state Director General of Police DG Sawang was inspecting the vapour leak spot and talking to the management on the measures taken to restore normalcy.




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Handbook of Sport Psychology, 2 Volume Set, 4th Edition


 

The fourth edition of a classic, leading resource for the field of sport, exercise, and performance psychology

Now expanded to two volumes, and featuring a wealth of new chapters from highly respected scholars in the field, this all-new edition of the Handbook of Sports Psychology draws on an international roster of experts and scholars in the field who have assembled state-of-the-art knowledge into this thorough, well-rounded, and accessible volume



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The Wiley Handbook of Healthcare Treatment Engagement: Theory, Research, and Clinical Practice


 

Against a global backdrop of problematic adherence to medical treatment, this volume addresses and provides practical solutions to the simple question: “Why don’t patients take treatments that could save their lives?”

The Wiley handbook of Healthcare Treatment Engagementoffers a guide to the theory, research and clinical practice of promoting patient engagement in healthcare treatment at individual, organizational and systems levels. The concept of



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The Handbook of Magazine Studies


 

A scholarly work examining the continuing evolution of the magazine—part of the popular Handbooks in Media and Communication series

The Handbook of Magazine Studies is a wide-ranging study of the ways in which the political economy of magazines has dramatically shifted in recent years—and continues to do so at a rapid pace. Essays from emerging and established scholars explore the cultural function of magazine media in light of significant changes



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The World's Construction Mechanism: Trajectories, Imbalances, and the Future of Societies


 

The interdisciplinarity between the biological and human sciences is here to serve a daring objective: to decipher, by means of a logical chain, the explanatory factors of human trajectories and imbalances between societies and nations. To do this, The World’s Construction Mechanism is based on an unprecedented analysis of the dynamics of the human species, combining the contributions of anthropology, archeology, biology, climatology, economics, geography



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Essentials of the California Verbal Learning Test: CVLT-C, CVLT-2, & CVLT3


 

Part of Wiley's Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, this book covers the administration, scoring, and interpretation of the CVLT-C, CVLT-II, and CVLT-3. Additionally, readers will find a discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of the assessment, a review of the CVLT's performance in clinical populations, and illustrative case reports. Each chapter ends with a Test Yourself section for enhanced learning.



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The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use Content Marketing, Podcasting, Social Media, AI, Live Video, and Newsjacking to Reach Buyers Directly, 7th Edition


 

The seventh edition of the pioneering guide to generating attention for your idea or business, packed with new and updated information

In the Digital Age, marketing tactics seem to change on a day-to-day basis. As the ways we communicate continue to evolve, keeping pace with the latest trends in social media, the newest online videos, the latest mobile apps, and all the other high-tech influences can seem an almost impossible task. How can you keep



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Elements of photoionization quantum dynamics methods / Lampros A.A. Nikolopoulos

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Particles, fields, quanta: from quantum mechanics to the standard model of particle physics / Gerhard Ecker

Online Resource




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The reality of time flow: local becoming in modern physics / Richard T.W. Arthur

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The second kind of impossible: the extraordinary quest for a new form of matter / Paul J. Steinhardt

Hayden Library - QC176.S76 2019




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Quantum mechanics and the philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead / by Michael Epperson

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Proceedings of the National Conference on Recent Advances in Condensed Matter Physics: RACMP-2018: conference date, 12-13 October 2018: location, Kurukshetra, India / editors, R. K. Moudgil, Annu Sharma and Manish K. Kashyap

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Proceedings of the Europe/Africa Conference Dresden 2017- Polymer Processing Society PPS: conference date, 27-29 June 2017: location, Dresden, Germany / editors, Udo Wagenknecht, Petra Pötschke, Sven Wiessner and Michael Gehde

Online Resource




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What is real?: the unfinished quest for the meaning of quantum physics / Adam Becker

Hayden Library - QC173.98.B43 2018




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Quantum strangeness: wrestling with Bell's theorem and the ultimate nature of reality / George Greenstein ; foreword by David Kaiser

Hayden Library - QC174.12.G7325 2019




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Tensor-valued random fields for continuum physics / Anatoliy Malyarenko (Mälardalens Högskola, Sweden), Martin Ostoja-Starzewski (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

Hayden Library - QC793.3.F5 M35 2019




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Photoassociation of ultracold CsYb molecules and determination of interspecies scattering lengths / Alexander Guttridge

Online Resource




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Quantum versus classical mechanics and integrability problems: towards a unification of approaches and tools / Maciej Błaszak

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General relativity: a concise introduction / Steven Carlip, The University of California at Davis

Hayden Library - QC173.55.C37 2019




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The future of fusion energy / Jason Parisi, University of Oxford, UK, Justin Ball, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland

Hayden Library - QC791.P37 2019




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Use of optical correlation techniques for characterizing scattering objects and media / Oleg V. Angelsky, Steen G. Hanson, Peter P. Maksimyak

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The age of innocence: nuclear physics between the First and Second World Wars / Roger H. Stuewer

Hayden Library - QC773.S78 2018




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George Placzek: a nuclear physicist's odyssey / Aleš Gottvald (Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic), Misha Shifman (University of Minnesota, USA)

Hayden Library - QC774.P53 G65 2018




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Statistical physics of dense plasmas / Setsuo Ichimaru

Hayden Library - QC718.5.S78 I268 2018




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Quantum language and the migration of scientific concepts / Jennifer Burwell

Hayden Library - QC174.13.B874 2018




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CERN and the Higgs boson: the global quest for the building blocks of reality / James Gillies

Hayden Library - QC793.16.G55 2018




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Ether and modernity: the recalcitrance of an epistemic object in the early twentieth century / edited by Jaume Navarro (University of the Basque Country, Spain)

Hayden Library - QC177.E74 2018




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Michelson-Morley experiments: an enigma for physics and the history of science / Maurizio Consoli, Alessandro Pluchino

Hayden Library - QC173.52.C66 2019




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Quantum space: loop quantum gravity and the search for the structure of space, time, and the universe / Jim Baggott

Hayden Library - QC178.B34 2018