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Guides readers through a statistical view of the physical world. This book shows how thermodynamics, as a phenomenological theory of matter, can be derived from the laws governing atoms with the help of the statistical approach.

Could a Pope ever consent to be the subject of a political power? Owen Chadwick presents an analysis of the causes and consquences of the end of the historic Papal State, and the psychological pressures upon old Rome as it came under attack from the Italian Risorgimento and liberal movements in Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, and Tsarist Russia.

Incorporates the relevant information of technologies available to architects and designers. This book presents materials by describing their fundamental characteristics, and identifies and suggests how these same characteristics can be exploited by professionals to achieve their design goals.

Covers the fundamental principles of mass transport, chemical partitioning, and chemical/biological transformations in surface waters, in soil and groundwater, and in air. This title emphasizes intuitively based mathematical models for chemical transport and transformations in the environment. It is useful for students and practitioners.

Novel set in medieval Italy. Leonardo Pisano (also known as Fibonacci), tells his tragic story as he pursues his destiny in a medieval world where there are many hazards and few rewards. Step by step he indulges in the flaws which lead to his downfall.