Quantum-Statistical Models of Hot Dense Matter

Andrei Iacob , Arnold F. Nikiforov , Vladimir G. Novikov , Vasili B. Uvarov

In the processes studied in contemporary physics one encounters the most diverse conditions: temperatures ranging from absolute zero to those found in the cores of stars, and densities ranging from those of gases to densities tens of times larger than those of a solid...

Classical Geometries in Modern Contexts

Walter Benz

Invasive Plants: Ecological and Agricultural Aspects

S. Inderjit

Invasive plants have an impact on global biodiversity and ecosystem function, and their management is a complex task. The aim of this book is to discuss fundamental questions of invasion ecology, such as why particular communities become more invasible than others, what...

The fossils of Lebanon

Pierre Abi-Saad , Olivier Gaudant , Mireille Gayet

Lebanon's "stone fishes" are among the most beautiful fossils in the world, and bear witness to a period one hundred million years in the past. Long before it became an independent country, travelers had already made Lebanon famous for the stones that bear impressions...