Reports on Mathematical Physics publishes papers in theoretical physics which present a rigorous mathematical approach to problems of quantum and classical mechanics and field theories, relativity and gravitation, statistical physics and mathematical foundations of physical theories. Papers using modern methods of functional analysis, probability theory, differential geometry, algebra and...

Presenting tools for understanding the behaviour of gas-liquid flows based on the ways large scale behaviour relates to small scale interactions, this text is ideal for engineers seeking to enhance the safety and efficiency of natural gas pipelines, water-cooled nuclear reactors, absorbers, distillation columns and gas lift pumps. The review of advanced concepts in fluid mechanics enables both...

The fourth edition of Theory of Simple Liquids is an updated, advanced, but self-contained introduction to the principles of liquid-state theory. It presents the modern, molecular theory of the structural, thermodynamic interfacial and dynamical properties of the liquid phase of materials constituted of atoms, small molecules or ions. This book leans on concepts and methods form classical...

Production in the Innovation Economy emerges from several years of interdisciplinary research at MIT on the links between manufacturing and innovation in the United States and the world economy. (This ambitious research project is described in Making in America: From Innovation to Market, also published in 2013 by the MIT Press.) Authors from political science, economics, business, employment...

The fourth book in the record-breaking Thursday Murder Club series from British national treasure Richard Osman Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club. An old friend in the antiques business has been killed, and a dangerous package he was protecting has gone missing. As the gang springs into action they encounter art forgers, online fraudsters and drug dealers, as well as heartache...

Przygotuj się do badania głębin oceanów, dalekiego kosmosu i wszystkiego po drodze! Krwiożercze rekiny, skomplikowane roboty, upierzone welociraptory i dużo więcej czeka na ciebie w Naukomiksach! Skąd się wzięła Ziemia? Czy mały strumyk może stworzyć Wielki Kanion? Ile to jest miliard? Odkryjcie niepowstrzymane siły, które ukształtowały nasz świat, i dowiedzcie się, jak będzie wyglądał w...

Harry Potter, sierota i podrzutek, od niemowlęcia wychowywany był przez ciotkę i wuja, którzy traktowali go jak piąte koło u wozu. Pochodzenie chłopca owiane jest tajemnicą; jedyną pamiątką Harry`ego z przeszłości jest zagadkowa blizna na czole. Skąd jednak biorą się niesamowite zjawiska, które towarzyszą nieświadomemu niczego Potterowi? Wszystko zmienia się w dniu jedenastych urodzin chłopca,...

The aesthetic of our contemporary environment, including everything from housing developments to furniture and websites, is partly the result of a school of art and design founded in Germany in 1919, the Bauhaus. While in operation for only fourteen years before being shut down by the Nazis in 1933, the school left an indelible mark on design as well as the practice of art education throughout...

Brutally violent, Blood Meridian is the story of one teenage runaway in the nineteenth-century American South, as a sadistic gang unleashes its massacre across the desert land. It is the work that sealed Cormac McCarthy's reputation as one of the twentieth century's greatest writers – his magnum opus. ‘[A] brilliant, uncompromising work of fiction – imagine if the authors of the King James...

From the bestselling author of Breasts and Eggs and international literary sensation Mieko Kawakami comes a sharp and illuminating novel about a fourteen-year-old boy subjected to relentless bullying. In Heaven, a fourteen-year-old boy is tormented for having a lazy eye. Instead of resisting, he chooses to suffer in silence. The only person who understands what he is going through is a female...

Today many of us live indoor lives, disconnected from the natural world as never before. And yet nature remains deeply ingrained in our language, culture and consciousness. For centuries, we have acted on an intuitive sense that we need communion with the wild to feel well. Now, in the moment of our great migration away from the rest of nature, more and more scientific evidence is emerging to...

As the exiled mortal Queen of Faerie, Jude is reeling from Cardan's betrayal and is determined to reclaim everything he took from her. Opportunity arrives in the form of her deceptive twin sister, Taryn, whose life is in peril. Jude must return to the treacherous Faerie Court and confront her lingering feelings for Cardan. But Elfhame is not as she left it. War is brewing, and she becomes...

In this definitive novel, readers will follow Thrawn's rise to power-uncovering the events that created one of the most iconic villains in Star Wars history. One of the most cunning and ruthless warriors in the history of the Galactic Empire, Grand Admiral Thrawn is also one of the most captivating characters in the Star Wars universe, from his introduction in bestselling author Timothy Zahn's...

A searing account of George Orwell's observations of working-class life in the bleak industrial heartlands of Yorkshire and Lancashire in the 1930s, The Road to Wigan Pier is a brilliant and bitter polemic that has lost none of its political impact over time. His graphically unforgettable descriptions of social injustice, cramped slum housing, dangerous mining conditions, squalor, hunger and...

Theodore Finch is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might kill himself.Violet Markey lives for the future, counting the days until graduation, when she can escape her Indiana town and her aching grief in the wake of her sister's recent death.

W świecie przypominającym disneyowski Zwierzogród wszystko jest możliwe – w tym prowadzenie śledztwa przez aligatory-detektywów! Lubicie podążać tropem zagadek? Uważacie, że detektywi mają fascynującą fuchę? Jeśli tak, koniecznie wyruszcie tropem przygody z InwestyGatorami, agentami T.R.O.P.-u (Tajnego Resortu...

Join in the dinosaur fun with this rhyming modern classic, Dinosaur Roar! by Henrietta Stickland and Paul Stickland. Discover colourful dinosaur characters on every page! With a simple, rhyming text that is perfect for reading aloud, coupled with bold and charming illustrations, this much-loved picture book classic has been delighting young dinosaur fans for over twenty-five years. Dinosaur...

ASYSTENT POSZUKIWANY: Znany, wysokiej rangi złoczyńca poszukuje lojalnego, rozważnego asystenta. Nieokreślone obowiązki biurowe, pomoc w kreowaniu przypadkowego chaosu, terroru i innych mrocznych rzeczy. Dyskrecja obowiązkowa. Doskonałe benefity. Evie Sage ma na utrzymaniu całą rodzinę, stałe zatrudnienie jest więc w jej sytuacji wręcz niezbędne. Nic więc dziwnego, że...

Wojna lotosowa w zupełnie nowej odsłonie! Niesamowita trylogia fantasy osadzona w steampunkowej dystopii inspirowanej średniowieczną Japonią. Dla wszystkich fanów doskonałej gatunkowo fantastyki, dynamicznej, wartkiej akcji oraz bohaterów, których się bardzo lubi. Skażony przez przemysł krwawego lotosu świat wysp Shima zmierza ku nieuchronnej ekologicznej i...

Długo oczekiwana, wybuchowa kulminacja pierwszego łuku narracyjnego bestsellerowego Archiwum Burzowego Światła – arcydzieła fantasy, które sprzedało się w nakładzie ponad dziesięciu milionów egzemplarzy. Dalinar Kholin rzucił wyzwanie złemu bogu Odium, zaś uzgodniony przez nich pojedynek czempionów ma zadecydować o przyszłości Rosharu. Świetlistym Rycerzom zostało zaledwie dziesięć dni na...