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Partial Differential Equations for Scientists and Engineers (Dover Books on Mathematics)

Most physical phenomena, whether in the domain of fluid dynamics, electricity, magnetism, mechanics, optics, or heat flow, can be described in general by partial differential equations. Indeed, such equations are crucial to mathematical physics. Although simplifications can be made that reduce these equations to ordinary differential equations, nevertheless the complete description of physical systems resides in the general …

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Great Barrier Reef Coloring Book (Dover Nature Coloring Book)

A marvel of the natural world, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef covers 135,000 square miles of water and pulses with an enormous variety of sealife. Here are thirty portraits of the inhabitants of this amazing ecosystem, waiting to come alive with your addition of colors and tints. Beautifully detailed illustrations include the tiger shark, spotfin lionfish, crown-of-thorns starfish, bluespine unicornfish, scribbled angelfish, harlequin tuskfish, pig-faced butterflyfish, blue-ringed octopus, mandarin fish, and …

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The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen (Egypt)

November 4, 1922. For six seasons the legendary Valley of the Kings has yielded no secrets to Howard Carter and his archeological team: “We had almost made up our minds that we were beaten,” he writes, “and were preparing to leave The Valley and try our luck elsewhere; and then — hardly had we set hoe to ground …

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The Desert and the Sown: Travels in Palestine and Syria

Born to transcend the social constraints of Victorian England, Gertrude Bell left the comforts of her privileged life for the unconventional — but thrilling — world of the Middle East. One of the first women to graduate from Oxford, she traveled to Persia and became passionately drawn to the Arab people, the language, and their architecture. A skilled …

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Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah (Volume 1)

Posing as a wandering dervish, Burton gained admittance to the holy Kaabah and to the tomb of the prophet at Medina and participated in all the rituals of the Hadj (pilgrimage). A treasury of material on Arab life, beliefs, manners and morals, and much more. Volume One starts with the Preface to the Memorial Edition by his wife, Isabel …

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On Dreams (Dover Thrift Editions)

Directly after the 1900 publication of The Interpretation of Dreams, Freud wrote this more concise, accessible version of his theory of dreams as disguised wish fulfillment. This classic of modern psychology contrasts scientific and popular views of dreams, considers their origins, and discusses the effects of mental …

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Human Anatomy Coloring Book (Dover Children’s Science Books)

Including numerous views, cross-sections, and other diagrams, this entertaining instruction guide includes careful, scientifically accurate line renderings of the body’s organs and major systems: skeletal, muscular, nervous, reproductive, and more. Each remarkably clear and detailed illustration is accompanied by concise, informative text and suggestions for coloring. 43 …

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On Growth and Form: The Complete Revised Edition

In this classic of biology and modern science, Sir D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1860–1948), one of the most distinguished scientists of the modern era, sets forth his seminal “theory of transformation” – that one species evolves into another not by successive minor changes in individual body parts but by large-scale transformations involving the body as a whole.First written in …

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