This book sets forth the theory of optimal manoeuvring near a circular orbit for transfer and rendezvous problems. It presents simple analytical methods for real spacecraft and details effective methods for manoeuvre assessment to more accurately propagate collision hazards.
This book explores W. B. Yeats’s mystical experience and how it is exemplified in his poetry. It covers his engagement with the occult, Celtic mysticism, and Rosicrucianism, and discusses his automatic writing experience with his wife and his apocalyptic vision.
Perspectives on Contemporary Musical Practices
This volume sheds light on the wide range of perspectives on musical activity today. It discusses the changing contexts of 20th-century compositions, offers in-depth musical analysis connected to performance, and considers technology’s influence on musical creation.
The Miracle of Skin
Our skin’s most critical role isn’t social—it’s conserving the water that keeps us alive. The threat of dehydration dictates the behaviour of all land animals and explains why early humans developed sweat glands, lost hair, and gained pigmentation to hunt on the savannah.
This work investigates the spectrum of new words connected with the Covid-19 pandemic, from neologisms to new meanings. It offers a multifaceted model of lexical innovation to explain recent developments in English vocabulary and the new terminology of these unprecedented times.
This book argues that postmodernist historiographic metafiction is not just self-referential, but hetero-referential. Using Peter Ackroyd’s Chatterton, it shows how texts create their own worlds while referring to an external reality, even if that reality is a human construct.
Can God’s existence be proven with logic? A thousand years ago, Anselm said yes, sparking a debate for the ages. This accessible book explores the arguments and their creators, inviting you to examine the evidence and render your own verdict.
Ion Channels in Biomembranes and Their Mimics
This volume provides a unified treatment of the structure and function of ion channels, clarifying how electrophysiological and electrochemical tools are essential to understanding ion transport. It bridges the gap between biology and electrochemistry for all life scientists.
The Rise and Fall of Baby Boomers
The baby boomer generation reshaped the world, but now younger generations blame them for damaging the nation and planet. This fact-based, objective history contextualizes this deep generational divide, a key theme in contemporary American culture.
Trauma, Memory and Identity Crisis
This volume shows the impact of trauma on memory and identity, foregrounding the suffering of the marginalised to give them a voice. It shows how victims confront the past to (re)assert their shattered identity and challenge official history by rewriting the past.
This volume reflects a rich tradition of Kantian thought. Essays rethink Kant’s most controversial themes—freedom, morality, transcendental idealism, radical evil, and revolution—and indicate his importance for current philosophical debates.
Young Learners Online
A guide to teaching young language learners online. Bridging theory and practice, this book offers key concepts, examples, and tips for effective online teaching. It’s an essential resource for pre-service and in-service teachers, trainers, and curriculum developers.
This book offers a view of the science behind crime scene investigations, demonstrating the connection between forensic science and physics. It details the basic physics needed to understand crime scene findings and will appeal to students and any reader interested in forensics.
Helen Waddell’s classic novel tells the powerful love story of 12th-century teacher Peter Abelard and the learned Heloise. This annotated edition introduces the extensive literary and historical sources Waddell incorporated into the best-selling story of love and theology.
Literature, Parasitism, and Science
This book considers how parasitic worms molded the imaginations of Bram Stoker, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Arthur Conan Doyle. Breaking the taboo surrounding parasitism, it reveals how classic literature owes much to the emerging science of parasitology.
Grammar Formalism for Medical Data Analysis
This book assists in medical diagnosis in cardiology by extending grammar to applications such as the ECG signal and tomographic image. Compared to statistical methods, this approach offers more flexibility and makes medical diagnosis easier.
Membrane technology is a sustainable, low-energy solution for water treatment, but its implementation is hampered by inadequate process modeling. This book focuses on using models as a mathematical background to design, analyze, and optimize these crucial processes.
Becoming an Academy School in the UK
This book tells the story of Manchester Academy, a major success of the City Academies policy. It explores how the original vision was realised in a challenging community and provides compelling proof that a learner’s identity does not have to be their destiny.
This volume explores the mental lexicon from a multitude of perspectives, covering meaning creation, language development, and contemporary discourse. A must-read for anyone interested in a broader overview of the field, it offers seminal approaches for future research.
This book provides a framework for recruiting and retaining long-term volunteers, especially in health programs. It details a screening process to improve cost-efficiency by considering the motivations of volunteers, offering a novel way of conceptualizing volunteering.
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