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		Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, America's First Presidential Campaign by Edward J. Larson E330 .L37 2007 In this absorbing, brisk account, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Larson (Summer of the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion) recreates the dramatic presidential race of 1800, which, Larson says, stamped American democracy with its distinctive partisan character as Republicans and Federalists battled for the presidency. Larson explains how a race between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson actually ended in a tie between Jefferson and his running mate, Aaron Burr. (The tie was resolved by Congress.) The bitter infighting and the sophisticated political jockeying of 1800 spelled the end of any idea that America would be governed by enlightened consensus, resulting instead in the two-party system we know today. Readers will find many similarities between the intense electioneering of Adams and Jefferson, and the heated political races of today. For instance, Larson delineates debates about security and the Alien and Sedition Acts, the complex calculus of the Electoral College and the ad hominem remarks of commentators. Larson's volume will join Susan Dunn's Jefferson's Second Revolution as an invaluable study of a crucial chapter in the lives of the founding fathers—and of the nation.

		Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach by Yunus A. Cengel and Michael A. Boles TJ265 .C43 2008 The worldwide bestseller Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach brings further refinement to an approach that emphasizes a physical understanding of the fundamental concepts of thermodynamics. The authors offer an engineering textbook that "talks directly to tomorrow's engineers in a simple yet precise manner, that encourages creative thinking, and is read by the students with interest and enthusiasm". Over 500 new or revised homework problems have been added to this 6/e. The media package for this text is extensive, giving users a large variety of supplemental resources to choose from. A Student Resources DVD is packaged with each new copy of the text and contains the popular Engineering Equation Solver (EES) software, Physical Experiments, and an Interactive Thermodynamics tutorial. McGraw-Hill's new Assessment, Review, and Instruction System (ARIS) is available to students and instructors. ARIS is a complete, online tutorial, electronic homework, and course management system designed for greater ease of use than other systems. ARIS offers 1000 algorithmic problems, which will help curb the problem of having homework solutions circulating around campus. ARIS access for instructors is free with the adoption of the text, and students can buy access through the bookstore or from the ARIS website.

		Theory of Nonlinear Acoustics in Fluids by Bengt O. Enflo, C. M. Hedberg QC244.2 .E54 2002 This book presents theoretical nonlinear acoustics in fluids with equal stress on physical foundations and mathematical methods. From first principles in fluid mechanics and thermodynamics a universal mathematical model (znetsov's equation) of nonlinear acoustics is developed. This model is applied to problems such as nonlinear generation of higher harmonics and combination frequencies, the shockwave from a supersonic projectile, propagation of shocks in acoustic beams and nonlinear standing waves in resonators. Special for the book is the coherent account of nonlinear acoustic theory from a unified point of view and the detailed presentations of the mathematical techniques for solving the nonlinear acoustic model equations. The book differs from mathematical books on nonlinear wave equations by its stress on their origin in physical principles and their use for physical applications. It differs from books on applications of nonlinear acoustics by its ambition to explain all steps in mathematical derivations of physical results. It is useful for practicians and researchers in acoustics feeling the need for more theoretical understanding. It can be used as a textbook for graduate or advanced undergraduate students with an adequate background in physics and mathematical analysis, specializing in acoustics, mechanics or applied mathematics.
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		Mathematica Guidebook for Symbolics by Michael Trott QA76.73 .T765 2006 This comprehensive, detailed reference for symbolic computation with Mathematica provides the reader with a working knowledge of Mathematica in general and a detailed knowledge of key aspects of Mathematica needed to create the fastest, shortest and most elegant implementations to solve symbolic problems from the natural and physical sciences. The Guidebook gives the user a deeper understanding of Mathematica by instructive implementations, explanations, and examples at varying levels of complexity.

		The Mathematica Guidebook for Programming by Michael Trott QA76.73 .T76 2004 Part of a four-volume set, this initial volume provides a thorough, clearly organized text describing the programming language of Mathematica. Trott, who is part of the research and development team at Wolfram Research (which developed Mathematica), presents the material in sequential chapters, each beginning with a description of a function and a few examples. The function is then presented in a programmatically constructed overview with links to its attributes and options and a list of references. The chapter concludes with a group of exercises accompanied by lengthy discussion of the potential solution of each. In this fashion, readers build their knowledge on solid building blocks of information combined with hands-on application. The included DVD contains the 14 main notebooks of Mathematica (tailored to Mathematica 4 and compatible to Mathematica 5), a hyperlinked table of contents and index, a navigation palette, and a utility notebook and files. The next three volumes describe how to use Mathematica for graphics, numerics, and symbolics.

		Mathematica Guidebook for Numerics by Michael Trott QA76.95 .T7727 2006 This comprehensive, detailed reference to Mathematica provides the reader with both a working knowledge of Mathematica in general and a detailed knowledge of key aspects of Mathematica needed to create the fastest, shortest and most elegant implementations possible to solve problems from the natural sciences. The GuideBook gives the user a deeper understanding of Mathematica by instructive implementations, explanations, and examples from a range of disciplines at varying levels of complexity. The GuideBook is published in three volumes — 1 -Programming, 2-Graphics, and 3-Mathematics — each with a CD. The 3 volumes total 3000 pages and contain more than 15,000 Mathematica inputs, over 1500 graphics, 4000+ references, and more than 500 exercises. The Mathematica GuideBook is an indispensable resource for students, researchers and professionals in mathematics, the sciences and engineering and will thus find a natural place on the bookshelf next to The Mathematica Book. This third volume,3-Mathematics (chapters 10-14) covers Mathematica's mathematical capabilities. Chapter 10 deals with numerical calculations and is important for all Mathematica users, covering calculations involving real and complex numbers,then main numerical functions which are implemented in Mathematica - interpolation, Fourier transforms, solution of equations, minimization of functions, and the solution of differential equations. Chapters 11 and 12 deal with symbolic calculations using Mathematica - the real heart of the programming system, with concentration on topics that are important in classical analysis. Chapters 13 and 14 discuss classical orthogonal polynomials and the special functions ofmathematical physics, focusing on the use of special functions in a number of physics- related applications in the text as well as in the exercises.

		The Mathematica Guidebook for Graphics by Michael Trott T385 .T76 2004 Trott is a symbolic computation and computer graphics expert (also a theoretical physicist) and an employee of Wolfram Research (creators of Mathematica). He guides readers through its unifying design and philosophy as well as the nuts and bolts of its human interface. This is one of four "Guidebooks" (the others cover programming, numerics, and symbolics) written to introduce and then delve much deeper into the program's potential for helping engineers and scientists solve problems—not just "textbook" examples where everything goes smoothly, but problems with obstacles that require some programming and a flexible knowledge of Mathematica's strengths and weak points. Coverage includes 2D graphics, 3D graphics, and contour and density plots. The included DVD-ROM contains the book's text and also allows readers to experiment with code, investigate parameter dependencies, write annotations, view graphics in color (the book as over 2,000 small b&w graphics), and run animations; a website offers further supplementation.