73rd Conference on Glass Problems, Volume 34, Issue 1

73rd Conference on Glass Problems, Volume 34, Issue 1
Author: S. K. Sundaram
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2013-04-22
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1118710894

The 73rd Glass Problem Conference is organized according to the following themes: Glass Melting, Melting, Raw Materials, Batching, and Recycling, Coatings, Strengthening, and Other Topics, Refractories, and Process Control & Modeling

Crystals in Glass

Crystals in Glass
Author: E. D. Zanotto
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2013-07-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 111855891X

A "must-have" for materials engineers, chemists, physicists, and geologists, this is one of the first "coffee-table" books in the field of glass science. Containing over fifty beautiful micrographs, the book reflects 35 years of original research by a highly regarded authority in the field. It contains 50 slides culled from tens of thousands of images on glass crystal nucleation, growth, and crystallization. The images represent glass crystallization mechanisms, including internal, surface, homogeneous, heterogeneous, and eutectic, crystal nucleation and growth.

Democratization Through the Looking-glass

Democratization Through the Looking-glass
Author: Peter J. Burnell
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2003
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780719062438

This book argues that our perspectives on democratization reflect the intellectual origins of the inquiry. A range of disciplines from anthropology to economics, sociology and legal scholarship, as well as different area studies, offer a rich combination of analytical frameworks, distinctive insights and leading points of concern.

Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States

Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States
Author: U.S. Global Change Research Program
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2009-08-24
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0521144078

Summarizes the science of climate change and impacts on the United States, for the public and policymakers.

Safer Homes, Stronger Communities

Safer Homes, Stronger Communities
Author: Abhas K. Jha
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 408
Release: 2010-01-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0821382683

This handbook is designed to guide public sector managers and development practitioners through the process of large-scale housing reconstruction after major disasters, based on the experiences of recent reconstruction programs in Aceh (Indonesia), Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Gujarat (India) and Bam (Iran).

Closing the Gap in a Generation

Closing the Gap in a Generation
Author: WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health
Publisher: World Health Organization
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2008
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9241563702

Social justice is a matter of life and death. It affects the way people live, their consequent chance of illness, and their risk of premature death. We watch in wonder as life expectancy and good health continue to increase in parts of the world and in alarm as they fail to improve in others.