Note: Front Cover -- International Review of Cytology, Volume 86 -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Contributors -- Chapter 1. Toward a Dynamic Helical Model for the Influence of Microtubules on Wall Patterns in Plants -- I. Introduction -- II. Microtubules Parallel Cellulose Microfibrils -- III. Microtubule Patterns -- IV. The Patterns of Cellulose in Cell Walls -- V. Is Microtubule Behavior Consistent with a Crossed-Helical or Helicoidal Pattern of Wall Deposition? -- VI. Summary -- VII. Addendum: Evidence for Helical Microtubule Arrays -- References -- Chapter 2. Cellular Organization for Steroidogenesis -- I. Introduction -- II. The Steroidogenic Pathways -- III. The Steroidogenic Enzymes -- IV. The Organization of the Steroidogenic Cell -- V. Coda -- References -- Chapter 3. Cellular Clocks and Oscillators -- I. Introduction: Temporal Order and Epigenetic Information -- II. Emanations of the Oscillator in the Cell Cycle -- III. Are Cellular Clocks an Essential Element of Circadian Rhythms -- References -- Chapter 4. Maturation and Fertilization in Starfish Oocytes -- I. Introduction -- II. Hormonal Control of Oocyte Maturation -- III. Oocyte Morphology -- IV. Oocyte Maturation -- V. Fertilization -- VI. Methodological Annex -- VII. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5. Cell Biology of Trypanosoma cruzi -- I. Introduction -- II. Developmental Forms -- III. Life Cycle of Trypanosoma cruzi -- IV. The Cell Surface -- V. The Subpellicular Microtubules -- VI. Microfilaments -- VII. The Flagellum -- VIII. Kinetoplast-Mitochondrion -- IX. The Cytostome, Pinocytotic Vesicles, Lysosomes, and Multivesicular Structures -- X. Electron-Dense Granules -- XI. Peroxisome-like Organelle -- XII. Endoplasmic Reticulum, Ribosomes, and Golgi Complex -- XIII. The Nucleus -- References. , Chapter 6. The Neuronal Organization of the Outer Plexiform Layer of the Primate Retina -- I. Introduction -- II. Photoreceptors -- III. Ultrastructure of Photoreceptor Contacts -- IV. Horizontal Cells -- V. Bipolar Cells -- VI. Interplexiform Cells -- VII. Biplexiform Cells -- VIII. Summary -- References -- Index -- Contents of Recent Volumes and Supplements.

Note: FrontMatter -- From the Chair -- Space Studies Board Chairs and Vice Chairs -- Contents -- 1 Charter and Organization of the Board -- 2 Board and Standing Committees: Activities and Membership -- 3 Ad Hoc Study Committees: Activities and Membership -- 4 Workshops, Symposia, Meetings of Experts, and Other Special Projects -- 5 Summaries of Major Reports -- 6 Congressional Testimony -- 7 Cumulative Bibliography of SSB Reports: 1958-2010.

Note: Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- The Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Science and Technology as an International Order and Development Issue: An Overview -- 2 Technological Autonomy and Disassociation in the International System: An Alternative Economic and Political Strategy for National Development -- 3 Third World Cooperation in Science and Technology for Development -- 4 Financing the Development of Science and Technology in the Third World -- 5 The Role of Women in Science, Technology, and Development: Perspectives on UNCSTD -- 6 International Policymaking for Development Through the United Nations: Science and Technology Before and After UNCSTD -- Index.

Note: Intro -- PLATO WEIGHT AND SENSATION -- CONTENTS -- PART ONE WEIGHT AND DIRECTION -- THE ANALYSIS OF DIRECTION -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The common error -- 3 Centre and circumference -- 4 The central body -- 5 The cosmic traveller -- 6 Plato's universe -- II. THE ANALYSIS OF WEIGHT -- 1 The two observers -- 2 The alignment of opposites -- 3 The final definition -- 4 Translation -- III. THE MODERN EXTENSION -- 1 Taylor's interpretation -- 2 The false analogy -- 3 Plato's corrective -- 4 A second impasse -- IV. THE SCOPE OF THE THEORY -- 1 Element and observer -- 2 The new opposition -- 3 Weight and resistance -- PART TWO WEIGHT AND NUMBER -- V. ELEMENTAL TRIANGLES -- 1 The number of triangles -- 2 The size of triangles -- 3 Weight and density -- 4 Problems -- 5 Perspectives -- VI. SUBSTANCE AND SENSATION IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE 'TIMAEUS' -- 1 'Gene' and 'pathemata' -- 2 Hard and soft -- 3 Hot and cold -- 4 Sweet and sour -- VII. THE NATURE OF 'PATHEMATA' -- 1 Misinterpretations of 'pathemata' -- 2 Taylor's 'pathemata' -- 3 Cornford's 'pathemata' -- 4 'Pathemata' and 'aisthesis' -- VIII. THE CONCILIATION OF THE TWO THEORIES -- 1 The 'Timaeus' and the 'Theaetetus' -- 2 Names -- 3 The 'two' theories -- 4 The primitive world and the structured universe -- 5 Weight and the powers of reason -- PART THREE CRITICISM AND INTERPRETATION -- IX. ARISTOTLE ON PLATO -- 1 A new approach -- 2 'Sensibilia' -- 3 Weight and direction -- X. ARISTOTLE ON PLATO AND DEMOCRITUS -- 1 Monism and pluralism -- 2 Quantities of fire -- 3 An Achilles' heel -- XI. THEOPHRASTUS: EXEGESIS AND CRITICISM -- 1 Taylor's interpretation -- 2 Exegesis -- 3 Criticism -- XII. THEOPHRASTUS: THE FALSE DEFINITION -- 1 'Earthy substances' -- 2 Exploiting a paradox -- 3 Fire and air -- 4 Taylor's error -- XIII. THEOPHRASTus: THE TWO 'LOGAI' -- 1 The problem -- 2 The first 'logos'. , 3 The second 'logos' -- 4 The 'logoi' of fire and earth -- 5 The limitation of place -- XIV. THEOPHRASTUS: THE CHARGE OF INCONSISTEN -- 1 Earth 'here' and 'there' -- 2 Summary -- 3 Paraphrase -- XV. AN INTERPRETATION OF PLATO'S THEORY -- 1 Criticism in Aristotle and Theophrastus -- 2 Plato and Democritus -- 3 Heavy and light as 'affections of sense' -- 4 Quantity and movement -- 5 The comparison of elements -- 6 New and old in Plato's conception of heavy and light -- NOTES -- 1 'Centre and circumference' (Tim. 62D8-10) -- 2 Anaximander(cf. Tim. 62D12-63A2) -- 3 Taylor's extension of Plato's theory -- 4 Triangles -- 5 Void -- 6 'Copper and gold' (Tim. 59B6-C3) -- 7 The 'pathos' of weight -- 8 Names -- 9 'Up' and 'down' in the Phaedo and Timaeus -- 10 Theophrastus and the two 'logoi' -- 11 The paradox of relativity -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX LOCORUM -- RÉSUMÉ EN FRANÇAIS -- PUBLICATIONS DU MÊME AUTEUR.

Note: Front Cover -- The Classical Theory of Fields -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Excerpts from the Prefaces to the First and Second Editions -- Preface to the Fourth English Edition -- Editor'S Preface to the Seventh Russian Edition -- Notation -- CHAPTER 1. THE PRINCIPLE OF RELATIVITY -- 1 Velocity of propagation of interaction -- 2 Intervals -- 3 Proper time -- 4 The Lorentz transformation -- 5 Transformation of velocities -- 6 Four-vectors -- 7 Four-dimensional velocity -- CHAPTER 2. RELATIVISTIC MECHANICS -- 8 The principle of least action -- 9 Energy and momentum -- 10 Transformation of distribution functions -- 11 Decay of particles -- 12 Invariant cross-section -- 13 Elastic collisions of particles -- 14 Angular momentum -- CHAPTER 3. CHARGES IN ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS -- 15 Elementary particles in the theory of relativity -- 16 Four-potential of a field -- 17 Equations of motion of a charge in a field -- 18 Gauge invariance -- 19 Constant electromagnetic field -- 20 Motion in a constant uniform electric field -- 21 Motion in a constant uniform magnetic field -- 22 Motion of a charge in constant uniform electric and magnetic field -- 23 The electromagnetic field tensor -- 24 Lorentz transformation of the field -- 25 Invariants of the field -- CHAPTER 4. THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EQUATIONS -- 26 The first pair of Maxwell's equations -- 27 The action function of the electromagnetic field -- 28 The four-dimensional current vector -- 29 The equation of continuity -- 30 The second pair of Maxwell equations -- 31 Energy density and energy flux -- 32 The energy-momentum tensor -- 33 Energy-momentum tensor of the electromagnetic field -- 34 The virial theorem -- 35 The energy-momentum tensor for macroscopic bodies -- CHAPTER 5. CONSTANT ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS -- 36 Coulomb's law -- 37 Electrostatic energy of charges. , 38 The field of a uniformly moving charge -- 39 Motion in the Coulomb field -- 40 The dipole moment -- 41 Multipole moments -- 42 System of charges in an external field -- 43 Constant magnetic field -- 44 Magnetic moments -- 45 Larmor's theorem -- CHAPTER 6. ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES -- 46 The wave equation -- 47 Plane waves -- 48 Monochromatic plane waves -- 49 Spectral resolution -- 50 Partially polarized light -- 51 The Fourier resolution of the electrostatic field -- 52 Characteristic vibrations of the field -- CHAPTER 7. THE PROPAGATION OF LIGHT -- 53 Geometrical optics -- 54 Intensity -- 55 The angular eikonal -- 56 Narrow bundles of rays -- 57 Image formation with broad bundles of rays -- 58 The limits of geometrical optics -- 59 Diffraction -- 60 Fresnel diffraction -- 61 Fraunhofer diffraction -- CHAPTER 8. THE FIELD OF MOVING CHARGES -- 62 The retarded potentials -- 63 The Lienard-Wiechert potentials -- 64 Spectral resolution of the retarded potentials -- 65 The Lagrangian to terms of second order -- CHAPTER 9. RADIATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES -- 66 The field of a system of charges at large distances -- 67 Dipole radiation -- 68 Dipole radiation during collisions -- 69 Radiation of low frequency in collisions -- 70 Radiation in the case of Coulomb interaction -- 71 Quadrupole and magnetic dipole radiation -- 72 The field of the radiation at near distances -- 73 Radiation from a rapidly moving charge -- 74 Synchrotron radiation (magnetic bremsstrahlung) -- 75 Radiation damping -- 76 Radiation damping in the relativistic case -- 77 Spectral resolution of the radiation in the ultrarelativistic case -- 78 Scattering by free charges -- 79 Scattering of low-frequency waves -- 80 Scattering of high-frequency waves -- CHAPTER 10. PARTICLE IN A GRAVITATIONAL FIELD -- 81 Gravitational fields in nonrelativistic mechanics. , 82 The gravitational field in relativistic mechanics -- 83 Curvilinear coordinates -- 84 Distances and time intervals -- 85 Covariant differentiation -- 86 The relation of the Christofiel symbols to the metric tensor -- 87 Motion of a particle in a gravitational field -- 88 The constant gravitational field -- 89 Rotation -- 90 The equations of electrodynamics in the presence of a gravitational field -- CHAPTER 11. THE GRAVITATIONAL FIELD EQUATIONS -- 91 The curvature tensor -- 92 Properties of the curvature tensor -- 93 The action function for the gravitational field -- 94 The energy-momentum tensor -- 95 The Einstein equations -- 96 The energy-momentum pseudotensor of the gravitational field -- 97 The synchronous reference system -- 98 The tetrad representation of the Einstein equations -- CHAPTER 12. THE FIELD OF GRAVITATING BODIES -- 99 Newton's law -- 100 The centrally symmetric gravitational field -- 101 Motion in a centrally symmetric gravitational field -- 102 Gravitational collapse of a spherical body -- 103 Gravitational collapse of a dustlike sphere -- 104 Gravitational collapse of nonspherical and rotating bodies -- 105 Gravitational fields at large distances from bodies -- 106 The equations of motion of a system of bodies in the second approximation -- CHAPTER 13. GRAVITATIONAL WAVES -- 107 Weak gravitational waves -- 108 Gravitational waves in curved space-time -- 109 Strong gravitational waves -- 110 Radiation of gravitational waves -- CHAPTER 14. RELATIVISTIC COSMOLOGY -- 111 Isotropie space -- 112 The closed isotropic model -- 113 The open isotropic model -- 114 The red shift -- 115 Gravitational stability of an isotropic universe -- 116 Homogeneous spaces -- 117 The flat anisotropic model -- 118 Oscillating regime of approach to a singular point. , 119 The time singularity in the general cosmological solution of the Einstein equations -- INDEX.

Note: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- PREFACE -- PART I: BACKGROUND -- 1 THE SOUTHWEST: NATIONAL PROBLEMS IN A REGIONAL SETTING -- Introduction -- Water -- Environment -- Indians -- Projections -- Other Problems -- 2 A PROFILE OF THE SOUTHWEST REGION -- Generalities -- A Closer Look at the Poverty Diagonal -- Energy Resources and Development in the Southwest -- Regional Scenarios -- Southwest Project Scenarios -- Economic and Demographic Effects -- Appendix 2-A. General Data About the Southwest Region and the Poverty Diagonal -- Appendix 2-B. Sketch of the Interregional Input-Output Model -- Appendix 2-C. The Scenarios -- PART II: WATER IN THE SOUTHWEST -- 3 WATER SUPPLY AND USE -- Introduction -- The Upper Colorado River Basin -- Physical Characteristics -- Ecosystem Characteristics -- Water Supply in the Upper Colorado -- Future Water Use and Energy Development -- Quantified Scenarios -- Yampa River Case Study -- Potential Effects on the Marine Ecosystem -- Implications for Water Management Within the Region -- 4 CONFLICTING CLAIMS FOR SOUTHWESTERN WATER: THE EQUITY AND MANAGEMENT ISSUES -- The Legacy of Scarcity -- Four Fundamental Issues -- The Equity Issue: Dividing a Grant from Nature -- The Parties and Their Purposes -- The Ingredients of a Solution -- The Form of a Speculative Solution -- Managing a Scarce Public Resource -- Institutional Impediments -- A Future Institutional Form? -- Appendix 4-A. Western Water Rights Markets -- PART III: AIR QUALITY AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES -- 5 SKETCH OF NATIONAL AIR QUALITY LEGISLATION -- Introduction -- National Air Pollution Legislation -- 6 OPERATION OF STATIONARY SOURCE REGULATIONS AND A POLICY ALTERNATIVE -- Introduction -- The San Juan Basin Example -- An Alternative to Regulations -- Appendix 6-A. Input Data for the Dispersion Model. , Appendix 6-B. Assumptions About Regulations -- 7 MOBILE SOURCES AND POLICY ALTERNATIVES AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL -- Introduction -- The Situation in the Southwest -- An Alternative to the Present Federal Approach -- What the States Could Do -- Summary -- 8 EFFECTS OF ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ON RECREATIONAL RESOURCES -- Introduction -- Population Growth and the Demand for Outdoor Recreation -- Assessing the Environmental Effect of Energy Resource Development -- Appendix 8-A. Three Experiments on the Valuation of Recreation Damage -- PART IV: WHO BENEFITS FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? -- INTRODUCTION TO PART IV -- 9 ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF LARGE-SCALE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTHWEST -- Introduction -- Macroeconomic Effects -- Economic Effects in the Immediate Lake Powell Region -- The Boomtown Phenomenon -- The Case of Page, Arizona -- Summary of Boomtown Problems and Policy Implications -- Mitigating the Problems -- Concluding Comment on the Role of the States -- 10 THE SPECIAL CASE OF THE NAVAJOS -- Introduction -- The Persistence of Indian Poverty and Underdevelopment -- The Role of the Federal Government in Developing Reservation Economies -- The Navajo Generating Station -- The Issue of Indian Authority to Tax -- Expectations and Reality: Development in the Lake Powell Region -- Stemming the Brain Drain -- Changing Navajo Awareness: Facing the Future -- Appendix 10-A. Calculation of Possible Gains to the Navajo Tribe from Hypothetical Taxation of the Navajo Power Plant, Black Mesa Coal Mine, and Related Facilities -- 11 A PERSPECTIVE -- A Global Perspective -- Perspective on the Southwest -- Specific Conclusions -- General Conclusion -- PUBLICATIONS RESULTING FROM THE SOUTHWEST UNDER STRESS PROJECT -- INDEX.

Note: Front Cover -- Hydrodynamics of the Equatorial Ocean -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Participants -- Chapter 1. Equatorial sea surface temperature variations on seasonal time scales -- Chapter 2. Seasonal observations in the Western Indian Ocean -- Chapter 3. Seasonal variability of subsurface thermal structure in the tropical Atlantic Ocean -- Chapter 4. The variability of local winds at 22° W and their influence on the oceanic system at the equator in the Atlantic during FGGE -- Chapter 5. Near surface temperature observations obtained in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean during FGGE -- Chapter 6. On the variation of the heat content in various vertical layers in the central equatorial Atlantic -- Chapter 7. Free drifting buoy measurements in the Indian Ocean equatorial jet -- Chapter 8. Investigation of small scale structure of hydrophysical fields in the equatorial region of the Indian Ocean -- Chapter 9. Velocity field fine structure and shear instability of currents in equatorial regions of the oceans -- Chapter 10. Turbulence in the core of the equatorial undercurrent -- Chapter 11. On the interannual wind-driven response of the tropical Pacific Ocean -- Chapter 12. On westward propagation of sea surface temperature anomalies in the equatorial Pacific -- Chapter 13. Variability of coastal zones in low latitudes (with application to the Somali Current, the Gulf of Guinea and the El Niño Current) -- Chapter 14. Reflections of low frequency equatorial waves on partial boundaries -- Chapter 15. Coastal effects on upwelling -- Chapter 16. Model of the Gulf of Guinea upwelling. Influence of the coast's irregularities -- Chapter 17. The effect of zonal currents on equatorial waves -- Chapter 18. Theory of frequency spectra of equatorially trapped waves -- Chapter 19. Instability on the equatorial β-plane. , Chapter 20. On the generation of Rossby solitons during El Niño.

Note: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- A note about dates -- Abbreviations used in footnotes -- 1 The discovery of a new world -- 2 A sober, silent, thinking lad -- 3 The solitary scholar -- 4 Resolving problems by motion -- 5 Anni mirabiles -- 6 Lucasian professor -- 7 Publication and crisis -- 8 Rebellion -- 9 Years of silence -- 10 Principia -- 11 Revolution -- 12 The Mint -- 13 President of the Royal Society -- 14 The priority dispute -- 15 Years of decline -- Bibliographical essay -- List of illustrations -- Index.

Note: Cover Page -- Half-title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Scientific Explanation: Three General Conceptions -- Explanation versus Description -- Other Types of Explanation -- Laplacian Explanation -- Three Basic Conceptions -- An Outline of Strategy -- 2. Statistical Explanation and Its Models -- Inductive-Statistical Explanation -- The Statistical-Relevance Approach -- 3. Objective Homogeneity -- Epistemic Relativization -- Randomness -- Homogeneity -- Some Philosophical Applications -- Some Philosophical Reflections -- 4. The Three Conceptions Revisited -- The Epistemic Conception -- The Modal Conception -- The Ontic Conception -- How These Conceptions Answer a Fundamental Question -- Conclusions -- 5. Causal Connections -- Basic Problems -- Two Basic Concepts -- Processes -- The 'At-At' Theory of Causal Propagation -- 6. Causal Forks and Common Causes -- Conjunctive Forks -- Interactive Forks -- Relations between Conjunctive and Interactive Forks -- Perfect Forks -- The Causal Structure of the World -- Concluding Remarks -- 7. Probabilistic Causality -- The Sufficiency/Necessity View -- Statistical Relevance and Probabilistic Causality -- Causality and Positive Relevance -- Causal Processes and Propensities -- 8. Theoretical Explanation -- Causal Connections and Common Causes -- Explanatory versus Inferential Principles -- The Common Cause Principle and Molecular Reality -- The Explanatory Power of Theories -- Empiricism and Realism -- 9. The Mechanical Philosophy -- Logic versus Mechanisms -- Explanation in Quantum Mechanics -- Explanation and Understanding -- The Causal/Mechanical Model -- The Final Contrast -- Bibliography -- Index.

Note: Diffusion and Defect Data Vol. 26 -- Introduction -- Table of Contents -- Semiconductors -- Oxides, Spinels, Garnets and Etc. -- Borides, Carbon and Carbides, Hydrides, Nitrides, Sulfides, Silicides, Halides, Organic Solids, Solid Gases and Liquid State Properties -- General References, Diffusion Processes, Electro- and Thermomigration, Point Defects, Defect Structures/Dislocations, Extended Defects, Irradiation Effects and Ionic Conduction -- Book Reviews.