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1 Modern Infrared Spectroscopy
Barbara Stuart

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9.6
This book presents an introduction to infrared spectroscopy, one of the most powerful and widely used analytical techniques. Covering both theoretical and practical aspects, it details how to obtain the most important information from spect ... [more] [Submit]
2 Operator Techniques in Atomic Spectroscopy (Landmarks in Mathematics and Physics)
Brian R. Judd

Current:
9.6
In the 1920s, when quantum mechanics was in its infancy, chemists and solid state physicists had little choice but to manipulate unwieldy equations to determine the properties of even the simplest molecules. When mathematicians turned their ... [more] [Submit]
3 Chaos : Making a New Science
James Gleick

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9.5
Few writers distinguish themselves by their ability to write about complicated, even obscure topics clearly and engagingly. James Gleick, a former science writer for the New York Times, resides in this exclusive category. In Chaos ... [more] [Submit]
4 Systems Thinking : Managing Chaos and Complexity : A Platform for Designing Business Architecture
Jamshid Gharajedaghi

Current:
9.4
This book is a direct result of the author's work with the systems methodology first introduced by the author's partner, Russell Ackoff. It's a holistic approach to systems methodology. It deals with all dimensions of a system: structure, f ... [more] [Submit]
5 The Visualization Toolkit
William Schroeder

Current:
9.2
This Java-built "Visualization Toolkit (VTK)" will enable readers to represent any set of data--medical, scientific, or financial--in 3D. Users will learn to build 3D Java applets with the VTK software on the CD-ROM. The book covers Web app ... [more] [Submit]
6 Turbulent Mirror : An Illustrated Guide to Chaos, Theory and the Science of Wholeness
John Briggs

Current:
9.1
The concept of chaos is one of today's most exciting scientific breakthroughs, with far-reaching implications for thermodynamics, our concept of time, and the way we perceive the universe. Turbulent Mirror offers a perfect introduction to t ... [more] [Submit]
7 Simulation Modeling and Analysis (McGraw-Hill Series in Industrial Engineering and Management Science)
Averill M. Law, W. David Kelton

Current:
9.0
This authoritative, comprehensive and thoroughly revised text is designed for a one term or two quarter course in simulation taught at the senior or graduate level. It is offered in departments of industrial engineering, business, computer ... [more] [Submit]
8 Signals & Systems (Prentice-Hall Signal Processing Series)
Alan V. Oppenheim

Current:
9.0
The second edition of this well-known and highly regarded text can be used as the basis for a one- or two-semester undergraduate course in signals and linear systems theory and applications. Topics include basic signals and systems concepts ... [more] [Submit]
9 Introducing Chaos
Ziauddin Sardar

Current:
9.0
If a butterfly stirs its wings in Brazil, does it cause a tornado in Texas? Chaos is the most important advance in science since the advent of Quantum Theory. The discovery of randomness in apparently predictable physical systems, has evolv ... [more] [Submit]
10 Elements of Forecasting
Francis X. Diebold

Current:
8.9
ELEMENTS OF FORECASTING is a concise, modern survey of business and economics forecasting methods. Written by one of the world's leading experts on forecasting, it focuses on the core techniques of widest applicability and assumes only an e ... [more] [Submit]
11 New Mexico Rockhounding : A Guide to Minerals, Gemstones, and Fossils
Stephen M. Voynick

Current:
8.9
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12 Gc/MS : A Practical User's Guide
Marvin C. McMaster, Christopher McMaster

Current:
8.9
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13 Vibration Spectrum Analysis : A Practical Approach
Steve Goldman

Current:
8.9
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14 Organic Structural Spectroscopy
Joseph B. Lambert

Current:
8.8
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15 High Resolution Spectroscopy, 2nd Edition
J. Michael Hollas, Michael J. Hollas

Current:
8.6
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16 Photodissociation Dynamics : Spectroscopy and Fragmentation of Small Polyatomic Molecules (Cambridge Monographs on Atomic, Molecular, and Chemical Ph)
Reinhard Schinke

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8.6
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17 Computational Signal Processing With Wavelets (Applied and Numerical Harmonic Analysis)
Anthony Teolis

Current:
8.6
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18 A Complete Introduction to Modern Nmr Spectroscopy
Roger S. Macomber

Current:
8.5
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19 Mass Spectrometry (Analytical Chemistry by Open Learning (Series).)
James Barker, Reg Mass Spectrometry Davis

Current:
8.5
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20 Accelerator Mass Spectrometry : Ultrasensitive Analysis for Global Science
C. Tuniz

Current:
8.4
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21 Atomic Absorption Spectrometry
Bernhard Welz, Michael Sperling

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8.3
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22 Hidden Order : How Adaptation Builds Complexity
John H. Holland, Heather Mimnaugh

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8.2
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23 General System Theory : Foundations, Development, Applications
Ludwig, Von Bertalanffy

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8.1
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24 Complexity and Postmodernism : Understanding Complex Systems
Paul Cilliers

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8.1
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25 Simulation With Arena
W. David Kelton

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8.1
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26 How Nature Works : The Science of Self-Organized Criticality
Per Bak

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8.1
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27 The Computational Beauty of Nature : Computer Explorations of Fractals, Chaos, Complex Systems, and Adaptation
Gary William Flake

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8.0
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28 Mastering SIMULINK 2
James Dabney, Thomas L. Harman

Current:
7.9
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29 Global Positioning System : Theory and Practice
B. Hofmann-Wellenhof

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7.8
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30 Systems Engineering and Analysis
Benjamin S. Blanchard

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7.7
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31 The Fuzzy Systems Handbook
Earl Cox

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7.7
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32 Exploring Chaos : A Guide to the New Science of Disorder
Nina Hall

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7.7
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33 A History of the Circle : Mathematical Reasoning and the Physical Universe
Ernest Zebrowski(Preface)

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7.5
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34 Does God Play Dice? : The Mathematics of Chaos
Ian Stewart

Current:
7.5
Mathematicians and scientists have now discovered that systems obeying precise laws can behave in a random fashion. And perhaps God can play dice, and create a universe of complete law and order, in the same breath. This new science, the ma ... [more] [Submit]
35 The Spectra and Structures of Simple Free Radicals : Introduction to Molecular Spectroscopy
Gerhard Herzberg

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7.4
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36 Introduction to Spectroscopy : A Guide for Students of Organic Chemistry
Donald L. Pavia

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7.4
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37 Higher-Order Spectra Analysis : A Nonlinear Signal Processing Framework (Prentice Hall Signal Processing Series)
Chrysostomos L Nikias

Current:
7.2
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38 From Hiroshima to the Iceman : The Development and Applications of Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
Harry E. Gove

Current:
7.1
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39 Quantum Description of High Resolution Nmr in Liquids (The International Series of Monographs on Chemistry, No 15)
Maurice Goldman

Current:
7.1
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40 Magnetic Atoms and Molecules
William Weltner

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7.0
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41 Spectrum and Network Measurements
Robert A. Witte

Current:
6.9
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42 Theoretical Nuclear Physics
Victor F. Weisskopf, John M. Blatt

Current:
6.8
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43 Vibration Spectrum Analysis : Practical Approach
Steve Goldman

Current:
6.8
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44 Microwave Spectroscopy
Charles H. Townes, Arthur L. Schawlow

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6.7
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45 Molecular Spectroscopy (Oxford Chemistry Primers , No 55)
John M. Brown

Current:
6.5
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46 Advances in Spectrum Analysis and Array Processing, Volume III
Simon Haykin

Current:
6.4
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47 The Systems View of the World : A Holistic Vision for Our Time (Advances in Systems Theory, Complexity, and the Human Sciences)
Ervin Laszlo

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6.4
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48 System Identification : Theory for the User (Prentice Hall Information and System Sciences Series)
Lennart Ljung

Current:
6.2
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49 Earthship : Systems and Components
Michael Reynolds

Current:
6.1
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50 How Nature Works: The Science of Self-Organized Criticality
Per Bak

Current:
6.1
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