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Causing his name to live studies in Egyptian epigraphy and history in memory of William J. Murnane /

Table of Contents: “…Fazzini -- Un assemblage au nom d'Amenemhat 1er dans les magasins du temple de Louxor / Luc Gabolde -- Under a deep blue starry sky / Marc Gabolde -- The festival on which Amun went out pf the treasury / Helen Jacquet-Gordon -- A sandstone relief of Tutankhamun in the Liverpool Museum from the Luxor Temple colonnade hall / W. …”
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Causing his name to live studies in Egyptian epigraphy and history in memory of William J. Murnane /

Table of Contents: “…Fazzini -- Un assemblage au nom d'Amenemhat 1er dans les magasins du temple de Louxor / Luc Gabolde -- Under a deep blue starry sky / Marc Gabolde -- The festival on which Amun went out pf the treasury / Helen Jacquet-Gordon -- A sandstone relief of Tutankhamun in the Liverpool Museum from the Luxor Temple colonnade hall / W. …”
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Sisters in Science : Conversations with Black Women Scientists on Race, Gender, and Their Passion for Science /

Table of Contents: “…Coble : to the beat of her own drum -- Freddie M. Dixon : one of our own -- Elvira Doman : a class act -- Georgia Dunston : it's in my genes -- Evelyn Boyd Granville : destined to greater heights -- Shirley Ann Jackson : the sky is the limit -- Lynda M. …”
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Sisters in Science : Conversations with Black Women Scientists on Race, Gender, and Their Passion for Science /

Table of Contents: “…Coble : to the beat of her own drum -- Freddie M. Dixon : one of our own -- Elvira Doman : a class act -- Georgia Dunston : it's in my genes -- Evelyn Boyd Granville : destined to greater heights -- Shirley Ann Jackson : the sky is the limit -- Lynda M. …”
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Gravitational lensing and microlensing by Mollerach, Silvia

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: Preface vii -- Chapter 1 Historical introduction 1 -- Chapter 2 The deflection of light 7 -- 2.1 Basics of General Relativity7 -- 2.1.1 Introduction7 -- 2.1.2 Tensors in curved spacetimes 9 -- 2.1.3 Motion of particles 13 -- 2.1.4 The spacetime curvature15 -- 2.1.5 The Einstein equation17 -- 2.1.6 The Schwarzschild metric 18 -- 2.2 The bending of light21 -- 2.2.1 Point-like deflector21 -- 2.2.2 Time delay24 -- 2.2.3 Extended mass distribution25 -- Chapter 3 Gravitational lensing theory 29 -- 3.1 The lens equation29 -- 3.1.1 Point-like lenses 29 -- 3.1.2 Extended lenses33 -- 3.2 The surface brightness conservation 34 -- 3.3 Amplification35 -- 3.4 Caustics and critical lines41 -- 3.5 Fermat's principle42 -- 3.6 Galaxy lens models45 -- 3.6.1 Circularly symmetric lenses45 -- 3.6.2 Non-circularly symmetric lenses50 -- 3.7 The folded sky51 -- 3.8 Folds and cusps58 -- 3.8.1 Magnification near a fold60 -- 3.8.2 Magnification near a cusp62 -- 3.8.3 The binary lens65 -- Chapter 4 Macrolensing results 69 -- 4.1 Lensing of quasars70 -- 4.2 Time delays and Ho74 -- 4.3 Statistical lensing and cosmological parameters78 -- 4.4 Strong lensing by clusters81 -- 4.5 Weak lensing in clusters84 -- 4.6 Cosmic shear87 -- 4.7 Quasar-galaxy correlations94 -- 4.8 Lensing of the Cosmic Microwave Background94 -- Chapter 5 Microlensing I: Basics 99 -- 5.1 The Galaxy in brief100 -- 5.1.1 The thin and thick disks100 -- 5.1.2 Galactic spheroid and bulge101 -- 5.1.3 The dark halo103 -- 5.2 Basic microlensing theoretical tools105 -- 5.2.1 The light curve105 -- 5.2.2 Optical depth107 -- 5.2.3 Event duration distribution108 -- 5.3 Microlensing of unresolved sources114 -- 5.4 Observational searches of microlensing117 -- 5.4.1 Searches towards the Magellanic Clouds118 -- 5.4.2 Searches towards the bulge122 -- Chapter 6 Microlensing II: Beyond the simplest light curve 125 -- 6.1 Binary lenses126 -- 6.1.1 The complex lens equation126 -- 6.1.2 Microlensing by binaries131 -- 6.1.3 Planetary searches136 -- 6.2 Further determinations of the lensing parameters139 -- 6.2.1 Proper motion141 -- 6.2.2 Limb darkening147 -- 6.2.3 Parallax measurements148 -- 6.3 Astrometric microlensing152 -- 6.4 Quasar microlensing156 -- Appendix A Cosmology tools 161 -- A.1 The Friedmann-Robertson-Walker Universe161 -- A.2 The distance scales163 -- A.3 Large scale structures166 -- A.4 Cosmic Microwave Background anisotropies170 -- Bibliography 175 -- Index 189.…”
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Gravitational lensing and microlensing by Mollerach, Silvia

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: Preface vii -- Chapter 1 Historical introduction 1 -- Chapter 2 The deflection of light 7 -- 2.1 Basics of General Relativity7 -- 2.1.1 Introduction7 -- 2.1.2 Tensors in curved spacetimes 9 -- 2.1.3 Motion of particles 13 -- 2.1.4 The spacetime curvature15 -- 2.1.5 The Einstein equation17 -- 2.1.6 The Schwarzschild metric 18 -- 2.2 The bending of light21 -- 2.2.1 Point-like deflector21 -- 2.2.2 Time delay24 -- 2.2.3 Extended mass distribution25 -- Chapter 3 Gravitational lensing theory 29 -- 3.1 The lens equation29 -- 3.1.1 Point-like lenses 29 -- 3.1.2 Extended lenses33 -- 3.2 The surface brightness conservation 34 -- 3.3 Amplification35 -- 3.4 Caustics and critical lines41 -- 3.5 Fermat's principle42 -- 3.6 Galaxy lens models45 -- 3.6.1 Circularly symmetric lenses45 -- 3.6.2 Non-circularly symmetric lenses50 -- 3.7 The folded sky51 -- 3.8 Folds and cusps58 -- 3.8.1 Magnification near a fold60 -- 3.8.2 Magnification near a cusp62 -- 3.8.3 The binary lens65 -- Chapter 4 Macrolensing results 69 -- 4.1 Lensing of quasars70 -- 4.2 Time delays and Ho74 -- 4.3 Statistical lensing and cosmological parameters78 -- 4.4 Strong lensing by clusters81 -- 4.5 Weak lensing in clusters84 -- 4.6 Cosmic shear87 -- 4.7 Quasar-galaxy correlations94 -- 4.8 Lensing of the Cosmic Microwave Background94 -- Chapter 5 Microlensing I: Basics 99 -- 5.1 The Galaxy in brief100 -- 5.1.1 The thin and thick disks100 -- 5.1.2 Galactic spheroid and bulge101 -- 5.1.3 The dark halo103 -- 5.2 Basic microlensing theoretical tools105 -- 5.2.1 The light curve105 -- 5.2.2 Optical depth107 -- 5.2.3 Event duration distribution108 -- 5.3 Microlensing of unresolved sources114 -- 5.4 Observational searches of microlensing117 -- 5.4.1 Searches towards the Magellanic Clouds118 -- 5.4.2 Searches towards the bulge122 -- Chapter 6 Microlensing II: Beyond the simplest light curve 125 -- 6.1 Binary lenses126 -- 6.1.1 The complex lens equation126 -- 6.1.2 Microlensing by binaries131 -- 6.1.3 Planetary searches136 -- 6.2 Further determinations of the lensing parameters139 -- 6.2.1 Proper motion141 -- 6.2.2 Limb darkening147 -- 6.2.3 Parallax measurements148 -- 6.3 Astrometric microlensing152 -- 6.4 Quasar microlensing156 -- Appendix A Cosmology tools 161 -- A.1 The Friedmann-Robertson-Walker Universe161 -- A.2 The distance scales163 -- A.3 Large scale structures166 -- A.4 Cosmic Microwave Background anisotropies170 -- Bibliography 175 -- Index 189.…”
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Boundaries and their meanings in the history of the Netherlands

Table of Contents: “…The modern age -- Neutral borders, neutral waters, neutral skies : protecting the territorial neutrality of the Netherlands in the Great War, 1914-1918 / Maartje M. …”
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Boundaries and their meanings in the history of the Netherlands

Table of Contents: “…The modern age -- Neutral borders, neutral waters, neutral skies : protecting the territorial neutrality of the Netherlands in the Great War, 1914-1918 / Maartje M. …”
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Fizzics : the science of bubbles, droplets, and foams / by Young, F. Ronald

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Fizzics : the science of bubbles, droplets, and foams / by Young, F. Ronald

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Cornerstones of security arms control treaties in the nuclear era / by Graham, Thomas, 1933-

Table of Contents: “…Voluntary Safeguard Agreement -- The Seabed Arms Control Treaty -- The "Accidents Measures" Agreement -- The Biological Weapons Convention -- The Incidents at Sea Agreement -- The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks -- The Threshold Test Ban Treaty -- The Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty -- The Environmental Modification Convention -- The Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material -- Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons -- Nuclear Risk Reduction Centers -- The Ballistic Missile Launch Notification Agreement -- The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty -- The Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty -- The Open Skies Treaty -- The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaties (START I & II) -- The Chemical Weapons Convention -- The agreed framework -- Confidence and security measures documents -- The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty -- The Ottawa Convention on Landmines -- Treaty on Strategic Offensive Reductions.…”
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Cornerstones of security arms control treaties in the nuclear era / by Graham, Thomas, 1933-

Table of Contents: “…Voluntary Safeguard Agreement -- The Seabed Arms Control Treaty -- The "Accidents Measures" Agreement -- The Biological Weapons Convention -- The Incidents at Sea Agreement -- The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks -- The Threshold Test Ban Treaty -- The Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty -- The Environmental Modification Convention -- The Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material -- Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons -- Nuclear Risk Reduction Centers -- The Ballistic Missile Launch Notification Agreement -- The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty -- The Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty -- The Open Skies Treaty -- The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaties (START I & II) -- The Chemical Weapons Convention -- The agreed framework -- Confidence and security measures documents -- The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty -- The Ottawa Convention on Landmines -- Treaty on Strategic Offensive Reductions.…”
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Rolf Stein's Tibetica antiqua with additional materials / by Stein, R. A. (Rolf Alfred), 1911-1999

Table of Contents: “…Tibetica antiqua I. The two vocabularies of Indo-Tibetan and Sino-Tibetan translations in the Dunhuang manuscripts -- Tibetica antiqua II. …”
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Rolf Stein's Tibetica antiqua with additional materials / by Stein, R. A. (Rolf Alfred), 1911-1999

Table of Contents: “…Tibetica antiqua I. The two vocabularies of Indo-Tibetan and Sino-Tibetan translations in the Dunhuang manuscripts -- Tibetica antiqua II. …”
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The Big Thaw : Policy, Governance, and Climate Change in the Circumpolar North /

Table of Contents: “…-- Climate governance and arctic governance : you can't have one without the other? Or, what dual governance failures look like -- Polar communities and cultures in address climate change -- Livelihood and resilience in a marginal northern environment : 1,000 years on the Småland Plateau -- The Holocene catastrophe -- Effects of natural and social stressors on human biology : Northern Sweden in the Little Ice Age -- Surviving climate change : Yup'ik indigenous environmental knowledge, a film project -- Resilience, reindeer, oil, and climate change : challenges facing the Nenets indigenous people in the Russian arctic -- Representations of environmental problems and climate change : the case of the young inhabitants of the city of Buenos Aires -- Future? …”
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The Big Thaw : Policy, Governance, and Climate Change in the Circumpolar North /

Table of Contents: “…-- Climate governance and arctic governance : you can't have one without the other? Or, what dual governance failures look like -- Polar communities and cultures in address climate change -- Livelihood and resilience in a marginal northern environment : 1,000 years on the Småland Plateau -- The Holocene catastrophe -- Effects of natural and social stressors on human biology : Northern Sweden in the Little Ice Age -- Surviving climate change : Yup'ik indigenous environmental knowledge, a film project -- Resilience, reindeer, oil, and climate change : challenges facing the Nenets indigenous people in the Russian arctic -- Representations of environmental problems and climate change : the case of the young inhabitants of the city of Buenos Aires -- Future? …”
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Hopewell ceremonial landscapes of Ohio : more than mounds and geometric earthworks / by Lynott, Mark J.

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1. More than mounds and ditches, an introduction to Ohio Hopewell ceremonial landscapes. …”
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Hopewell ceremonial landscapes of Ohio : more than mounds and geometric earthworks / by Lynott, Mark J.

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1. More than mounds and ditches, an introduction to Ohio Hopewell ceremonial landscapes. …”
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Japanese Reflections on World War II and the American Occupation / by Porter, Edgar A., Porter, Ran Ying

Table of Contents: “…One Million Souls, One Heart; The Attack; Rallying the People; Quiet Doubts; 3. …”
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Japanese Reflections on World War II and the American Occupation / by Porter, Edgar A., Porter, Ran Ying

Table of Contents: “…One Million Souls, One Heart; The Attack; Rallying the People; Quiet Doubts; 3. …”
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