Note: Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Section A - Whooping Cranes Past and Present -- Chapter 1 - Whooping Cranes Past and Present -- Introduction -- Two Eras of Whooping Crane Conservation -- First Era (Before 1950) -- Second Era (1950-Present) -- Looking Ahead, and the Contents of This Volume -- References -- Chapter 2 - Phylogenetic Taxonomy of Cranes and the Evolutionary Origin of the Whooping Crane -- Introduction -- Crane Classification Prior to Phylogenetic Studies -- Phylogenetic Systematics of Gruidae: Identifying the Closest Living Relatives of Cranes -- Phylogenetic Relationships Among Cranes -- Phylogenetic Position of the Whooping Crane -- Summary and Outlook -- References -- Chapter 3 - Revisiting the Historic Distribution and Habitats of the Whooping Crane -- Introduction -- Methods -- Results -- Updating Allen's Historic Distribution -- Biome Affiliations -- Ecoregion Affiliations -- Discussion -- Habitat Attributes Important to Life Strategies -- Redefining Allen's Niche Description -- Summary and Outlook -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Appendix -- Section B - Population and Breeding Biology -- Chapter 4 - Population and Breeding Range Dynamics in the Aransas-Wood Buffalo Whooping Crane Population -- Introduction -- Using Integrated Population Models to Assess Whooping Crane Population Dynamics -- Integrated Population Models -- Data Sets Used in the IPM -- IPM Development -- Estimation of Model Demographic Rates -- Model Implementation -- Assessment of Effects of Predators and Egg Collection on Fledge Rates -- Assessment of breeding range dynamics -- Population and Breeding Range Dynamics of Whooping Cranes in the AWBP -- Population Growth and Age Structure -- Relationship Between Predator Population Growth and Reproductive Output. , Contributions of the Demographic Rates to Population Growth -- Effects of Egg Collecting on Population-Level Productivity -- Breeding Range Dynamics -- Summary and Outlook -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 5 - Monitoring Recruitment and Abundance of the Aransas-Wood Buffalo Population of Whooping Cranes: 1950-2015 -- Introduction -- Objectives: Form Follows Function -- 1950-94 -- 1995-2010 -- 2011-Present -- Survey Area -- 1950-2010 -- 2011-Present -- Data Collection/Survey Timing -- 1950-2010 -- 2011-Present -- Data Analysis and Interpretation -- 1950-2010 -- 2011-Present -- Objectives 1 and 4 -- Objectives 2 and 3 -- Objective 5 -- Summary and Outlook -- References -- Chapter 6 - Mortality in Aransas-Wood Buffalo Whooping Cranes: Timing, Location, and Causes -- Introduction -- Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- Timing of Mortality -- Cause-Specific Mortality -- Summary and Outlook -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 7 - Population Dynamics of Reintroduced Whooping Cranes -- Introduction -- The Florida Nonmigratory Population -- Modeling Methods -- Structuring and Planning Models -- Obtaining Parameter Estimates from Data -- Filling Information Gaps Using Expert Judgment -- Constructing Models -- Using Models to Evaluate Action Alternatives -- Demographic Modeling Results -- Parameter Estimates -- Evaluating Management Effects on Persistence -- Decision Analysis and Outcome -- The Eastern Migratory Population -- Modeling Methods -- Structuring and Planning Models -- Obtaining Parameter Estimates from Data -- Filling Information Gaps Using Expert Judgment -- Constructing Models -- Using Models to Evaluate Action Alternatives -- Demographic Modeling Results -- Parameter Estimates -- Population Viability Analysis -- Evaluating Management Effects on Persistence -- Decision Analysis and Outcome -- Summary and outlook -- Acknowledgments. , References -- Chapter 8 - Reproductive Failure in the Eastern Migratory Population: The Interaction of Research and Management -- Introduction -- Value of Information Workshop: 2009 -- Studying Black Fly Effects on Nest Success: 2009-13 -- Identifying an Optimal Reintroduction Strategy: 2012-13 -- Value of Information Workshop: 2015 -- Methods: 2015 Workshop -- Results: 2015 Workshop -- Discussion: 2015 Workshop -- Summary and Outlook -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Chapter 9 - Florida's Nonmigratory Whooping Cranes -- Introduction -- Background -- Releases -- Survival -- Reproduction -- Territories -- Pair Bonds -- Nesting and Nest Defense -- Laying and Incubation -- Hatching and Fledging Information -- Ending FNMP Reintroduction -- Summary and Outlook -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Section C - Behavior and Social Structure -- Chapter 10 - Pairing Dynamics of Reintroduced Migratory Whooping Cranes -- Introduction -- Objectives and Approach -- Methods -- Definitions -- Study Areas -- Monitoring -- Results -- Sex Ratio in the Central Wisconsin Core -- Nonbreeding Individuals and Pairs -- Pair Formation and Group Effects -- Breeding Pairs -- Geographic Location and Seasonal Pattern of Pair Formation and Dissolution -- Discussion -- Age and Frequency of Pair Formation and Dissolution -- Location and Season of Pairing -- Importance of a Core Area to Pairing in a Reintroduced Population -- Pairing within Groups -- Reintroduction Techniques -- Summary and Outlook -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 11 - Movement Ecology of Reintroduced Migratory Whooping Cranes -- Introduction -- Methods -- Data Set -- Analysis of LTM Data -- Seasonal Site Definitions -- Land Cover Data Sets -- Arrival and Departure Dates -- Analysis of Social Learning of Migration -- EMP Whooping Crane Movements and Migration. , An Overview of Whooping Crane Space Use -- Seasonal Sites -- Summer -- Winter -- Temporal Aspects of Whooping Crane Migration -- Migration Routes -- Social Learning of Migratory Performance in Whooping Cranes -- Summary and Outlook -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 12 - Ecological Energetics of Whooping Cranes in the Eastern Migratory Population -- Introduction -- Review: Ecological Energetics of Whooping Cranes -- The Relevance of Ecological Energetics to Conservation of Whooping Cranes -- Scope -- Energy Requirements of Whooping Cranes -- How EMP Whooping Cranes Meet Energy Requirements -- Review Summary -- Energetics of Whooping Cranes on the Wintering Grounds -- Methods -- Introduction to the Model -- Microclimate Model Description and Parameterization -- Endotherm Model Description and Parameterization -- Postprocessing of Model Output -- Results -- General Patterns Across the Study Area -- Comparing Wintering Locations -- Discussion -- Energy Requirements Across the Wintering Range -- Model Sensitivity -- Summary and Outlook -- Wintering Whooping Cranes -- Ecological Energetics throughout the Annual Cycle -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix 1: - Details of Niche MapperTM Model Parameterization for Analysis of Wintering Whooping Crane Energetic Requirements -- Microclimate Model -- Model Postprocessing -- Appendix 2: - Model Input Parameters for Analysis of Wintering Whooping Crane Energetic Requirements -- Appendix 3: - Energy Available in Whooping Crane Food Items -- References -- Section D - Habitat Use -- Chapter 13 - Winter Habitat Ecology, Use, and Availability for the Aransas-Wood Buffalo Population of Whooping Cranes -- Introduction -- Interrelations of Geography, Climate, and Hydrology of Texas Estuaries -- Coastal Environments in the AWBP Winter Range -- Evaluating wintering habitat use by AWBP Whooping Cranes. , Time-activity allocations of wintering AWBP Whooping Cranes -- Diet of Wintering AWBP Whooping Cranes -- Spatial Habitat Requirements of Wintering AWBP Whooping Cranes -- Anthropogenic Factors Affecting Habitat Availability in the AWBP Wintering Range -- Climate Change Factors Affecting AWBP Recovery -- Historic and Future Changes in Sea-Level Rise -- Historic Changes in Black Mangrove Expansion from Increasing Temperatures -- Future Changes in Precipitation and Freshwater Inflows -- A Biocomplexity Framework for Addressing Climate Change -- Summary and Outlook -- References -- Chapter 14 - Habitat Use by the Reintroduced Eastern Migratory Population of Whooping Cranes -- Introduction -- Methods -- Data Collection -- Habitat Composition and Use -- Results -- Home Range and Habitat Data during Summer -- Home Range and Habitat Data during Remigial Molt -- Discussion -- Habitat Use and Habitat Composition during Summer -- Nonterritorial Cranes -- Territorial Cranes -- Molting Cranes -- Habitat Use during Winter and Migration -- Winter -- Migration -- Landscape-Scale Habitat Experiment on Breeding Grounds in Wisconsin -- Summary and Outlook -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 15 - Ecological Implications of Habitat Use by Reintroduced and Remnant Whooping Crane Populations -- Introduction -- Notes on Methods -- Results and Discussion -- Summer Period -- Spacing Mechanisms -- Territorial Cranes -- Nonterritorial Cranes -- Habitat Use -- Molt -- Winter Period -- Winter Spacing and Habitat Use Behavior -- Remnant Population -- Reintroduced Populations -- Changes in Winter Crane Behavior and Future Winter Habitat Management -- Migration Period -- AWBP -- EMP -- Emerging Threats and Opportunities for Future Habitat Use -- Summary and Outlook -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Section E - Captive Breeding and Whooping Crane Health. , Chapter 16 - Advances in Conservation Breeding and Management of Whooping Cranes (Grus americana).

Note: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Early Days, 1928-1945 -- Chapter 2: Adelaide University and Medical Residency, 1946-1953 -- Chapter 3: London and Llandough, 1953-1956 -- Chapter 4: Postgraduate Medical School, 1956-1960 -- Chapter 5: Silver Hut Expedition, 1960-1961 -- Chapter 6: University of Buffalo and the Postgraduate Medical School, 1961-1967 -- Chapter 7: Palo Alto and the NASA Ames Research Center -- Chapter 8: University of California, San Diego, 1969-1981 -- Chapter 9: American Medical Research Expedition to Everest, 1981 -- Chapter 10: Studies of Astronauts During Spaceflight -- Chapter 11: Other Research Projects -- 11.1 Stress Failure of Pulmonary Capillaries -- 11.2 The Avian Lung -- 11.3 The Elephant Lung -- 11.4 Archive on High Altitude Medicine and Physiology -- 11.5 Oxygen Conditioning -- 11.6 Assessing Pulmonary Gas Exchange in Patients by Analyzing Expired Gas -- 11.7 Pulmonary Function in Pilots of High-Performance Fighter Aircraft -- Chapter 12: Commentary on Some of My Books and Scientific Papers.

Note: Front Cover -- Dedication -- Table Of Contents -- Section 1 Structure Confirmation For Simple Molecules -- Section 2 Structure Confirmation For Complex Molecules -- Section 3 Determination Of Unknown Structures For Simple Molecules -- Section 4 Determination Of Unknown Structures For Complex Molecules -- Section 5 Determination Of Relative Configurations Using Nmr Methods -- Section 6 Complex Unknown Natural Product Structure Determination -- Appendix A Nmr Solvent Reference Chemical Shifts -- Appendix B Problem Notes -- Appendix C Problem Hints -- Appendix D Distribution Of Experiment Types -- Appendix E Distribution Of Functional Groups -- Appendix F Selected 15n Nmr Chemical Shifts -- About The Authors -- About The Spectrometer -- About The Cover -- Back Cover.

Note: Intro -- Conents -- 1 Earthquakes and Multi-hazards around the Pacific Rim, Vol. 1: Introduction -- REFERENCES -- 2 Scaling law of average failure rate and steady-state rate in rocks -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Experimental methodology and material -- 3. Results -- 3.1. Stages of evolution to failure -- 3.2. Scaling law of average failure rate and steadystate rate -- 4. Discussion -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- REFERENCES -- 3 Apparent Dependence of Rate- and State-Dependent Friction Parameters on Loading Velocity and Cumulative Displacement Inferred from Large-Scale Biaxial Friction Experiments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Large-Scale Biaxial Rock Friction Experiments -- 2.1. Experimental Procedure -- 2.2. Experimental Results -- 2.2.1 Behavior of Stick-Slips -- 2.2.2 Behavior of Experimental Apparatus -- 3. Method for Numerical Simulations -- 4. Results -- 4.1. Slip Law -- 4.1.1 Dependence of Constitutive Parameters on Cumulative Displacement -- 4.1.2 Dependence of Constitutive Parameters on Loading Velocity -- 4.2. Aging Law -- 5. Discussion -- 6. Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- REFERENCES -- 4 Source Functions and Path Effects from Earthquakes in the Farallon Transform Fault Region, Gulf of California, Mexico that Occurred on October 2013 -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Tectonic Setting -- 3. Data and Method -- 4. Site Effects -- 5. P- and S-Wave Attenuation in the Gulf of California -- 6. Source Functions -- Acknowledgments -- REFERENCES -- 5 Stress Distribution Near the Seismic Gap Between Wenchuan and Lushan Earthquakes -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Data and Method -- 2.1. Focal Mechanism Solutions -- 3. Stress Field Study -- 4. Discussions -- 5. Conclusions -- 6. Data and Resources -- Acknowledgments -- REFERENCES -- 6 Parametrizing Physics-Based Earthquake Simulations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Virtual Quake -- 2.1. Fault Model. , 2.1.1 Modifications to the UCERF3 Model -- 2.2. Fault Element Interactions -- 2.2.1 Stress Green's Functions -- 2.2.2 Static Failure -- 2.3. Rupture Model -- 2.3.1 Using Stress Drops to Determine Slip -- 3. Stress Drop Algorithm -- 3.1. Stress Drops in Virtual Quake -- 3.1.1 Scaling Relations -- 3.2. Dynamic Stress Drops for Frictional Weakening -- 4. Virtual Quake Simulations -- 4.1. Effects of the Dynamic Stress Drop Model -- 5. Conclusions and Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- REFERENCES -- 7 Spatial Evaluation and Verification of Earthquake Simulators -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 3. Methods -- 3.1. Modeling Off-Fault Seismicity -- 3.1.1 Event-Shifting -- 3.1.2 Power-Law Smoothing -- 3.2. Retrospective Forecast Verification and the ROC Area Skill Test -- 4. Discussion -- 5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- REFERENCES -- 8 Radar Determination of Fault Slip and Location in Partially Decorrelated Images -- 1. Introduction -- 2. UAVSAR Interferograms -- 3. Fracture Detection -- 4. Results -- 4.1. El Mayor-Cucapah Coseismic and Early Postseismic, Line 26501 -- 4.2. El Mayor-Cucapah Coseismic and Moderate Postseismic, Line 26501 -- 4.3. San Andreas Triggered Slip from EMC, Line 26514 -- 4.4. El Mayor-Cucapah Postseismic to 2014, Line 26501 -- 4.5. South Napa Coseismic, Line 05512 -- 4.6. South Napa Postseismic, Line 05512 -- 5. Discussion -- 6. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- REFERENCES -- 9 Detecting Significant Stress Drop Variations in Large Micro-Earthquake Datasets: A Comparison Between a Convergent Step-Over in the San Andreas Fault and the Ventura Thrust Fault System, Southern California -- 1. Key Points -- 2. Introduction -- 3. Data -- 3.1. Seismicity Data and Tectonic Setting -- 3.2. Seismicity statistics -- 4. Determining Stress Drops From Stacked Source Spectra -- 4.1. Separation Into Source, Path and Site-Response Spectra. , 4.2. Calibration to Absolute Seismic Moment -- 4.3. Empirical Green's Function and High-Frequency Correction -- 4.4. Spectral model and stress drop estimates -- 5. Results -- 5.1. Spatial Variation in Average Stress Drop Estimates -- 5.2. Possible Source of Bias in Stress Drop Estimates Leading to Systematic Differences -- 5.3. Stress Field Heterogeneity in the Western and Eastern Transverse Ranges -- 6. Discussion -- 6.1. Uncertainty and Physical Variations in Stress Drop Estimates -- 6.2. What are the Primary Controlling Parameters For Stress Drop Variations? -- 7. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- REFERENCES -- 10 Real-Time Earthquake Intensity Estimation Using Streaming Data Analysis of Social and Physical Sensors -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Selection and Validation of Predictive Relationship Between MMI and Tweets Rate -- 3. Streaming Methodology and Environment -- 4. Implementation and Results -- 5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- REFERENCES -- 11 The Dependency of Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Assessment on Magnitude Limits of Seismic Sources in the South China Sea and Adjoining Basins -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Historical Earthquakes and Tsunamis -- 2.1. Seismicity and Tectonic Settings -- 2.2. Historical Tsunami Events -- 3. Methodology of PTHA -- 3.1. Tapered GR Distributions for Seismic Sources -- 3.2. Magnitude Upper Limits for Seismic Sources -- 3.3. Upper and Lower Bounds for Corner Magnitude mc -- 3.4. Monte Carlo Simulation and Tsunami Modeling -- 4. The Dependency of Tsunami Hazards on Magnitude Limits -- 4.1. Tsunami Hazard Maps -- 4.2. Tentative Validation of Tsunami Hazard by Historic Tsunamis -- 4.3. Tsunami Hazard Curves -- 5. Closing Remarks -- Acknowledgments -- REFERENCES -- 12 Can Apparent Stress be Used to Time-Dependent Seismic Hazard Assessment or Earthquake Forecast? An Ongoing Approach in China -- 1. Introduction. , 2. Pre-shock Increase of Apparent Stress? -- 3. Apparent Stress Associated with an Earthquake Sequence? -- 4. Problems of the Case Studies and Ongoing Improvements -- 5. Scaling of Apparent Stress with Magnitude, and its Implication for using the Variation of Apparent Stress in Earthquake Forecast -- 6. Radiated Energy as the Key Issue for Understanding and Measuring Apparent Stress -- 7. Discussion with(out) Conclusion/s -- Acknowledgments -- REFERENCES -- 13 An Ensemble Approach for Improved Short-to-Intermediate-Term Seismic Potential Evaluation -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Models and Their Combination -- 3. Methods -- 4. Application to Seismic Data -- 5. Comparison and Discussion -- 6. Prediction Attempts -- 7. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- REFERENCES -- 14 Reducing False Alarms of Annual Forecast in the Central China North-South Seismic Belt by Reverse Tracing of Precursors (RTP) Using the Pattern Informatics (PI) 'Hotspots' -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Region for Test and Data Used -- 3. Method of the RTP to Reduce False Alarms -- 3.1. The RTP Approach -- 3.2. The Pattern Informatics (PI) Analysis -- 3.3. The ROC Test of the Forecasts -- 4. RTP Approach Applied to Annual Forecast: 2004-2012 -- 4.1. RTP with PI for Annual Forecast -- 4.2. Retrospective Determination of the Overlapping Threshold -- 5. Conclusions and Discussion -- Acknowledgments -- REFERENCES -- 15 Test of the Predictability of the PI Method for Recent Large Earthquakes in and near Tibetan Plateau -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The PI Method -- 3. The Tibetan Plateau and the Its Seismicity -- 3.1. Location of the Tibetan Plateau and Its Recent Large Earthquakes during 2008-2014 -- 3.2. Earthquakes Above M7.0 in and Near the Tibetan Plateau Since 1900 -- 3.3. The Monitoring Ability and Completeness of Earthquake Catalogue in and near the Tibetan Plateau. , 4. The Computing Parameters for the Test -- 5. Results of Retrospective Tests for the Predictability of PI Method -- 5.1. PI Patterns and the Target Earthquakes -- 5.2. Retrospective Evaluation for the Predictability of PI Method by ROC Test -- 5.3. Retrospective Evaluation for the Predictability of PI Method by R Score Test -- 6. Discussions -- 6.1. Are the Computing Parameters Reasonable? -- 6.2. What else will Affect the Hotspot Pattern? -- 6.3. Need we Use the Original Earthquake Catalogue or De-clustered Catalogue for Forecasting Map? -- 7. Conclusions and Prospects -- Acknowledgements -- REFERENCES -- 16 Long-Term Seismic Quiescences and Great Earthquakes in and Around the Japan Subduction Zone Between 1975 and 2012 -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Data -- 3. Method -- 4. Results -- 5. Discussions and Concluding Remarks -- 5.1. Characteristic of Seismic Quiescence -- 5.2. Seismic quiescences and great earthquakes -- Acknowledgments -- REFERENCES -- 17 Statistical Studies of Induced and Triggered Seismicity at The Geysers, California -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Earthquake Catalogs -- 3. Aftershock Statistics of Major Induced Earthquakes at The Geysers -- 4. Triggered Earthquakes and Their Aftershocks at The Geysers -- 5. Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- REFERENCES.

Note: Front Cover -- SPECIAL RELATIVITY, ELECTRODYNAMICS, AND GENERAL RELATIVITY -- SPECIAL RELATIVITY, ELECTRODYNAMICS, AND GENERAL RELATIVITY: From Newton to Einstein -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- ABOUT THE BOOK COVER -- PREFACE -- 1. SPECIAL RELATIVITY WITH A MISSION -- 2. GENERAL RELATIVITY -- 3. BACKGROUND READING AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE READING -- REFERENCES -- 1 - Physics According to Newton-A World With No Speed Limit -- 1.1 NEWTON'S WORLD: LAWS AND MEASUREMENTS -- 1.2 NEWTON'S WORLD: NO PLACE FOR MAGNETISM -- 2 - Space-Time Measurements According to Einstein -- 2.1 A WORLD WITH A SPEED LIMIT -- 2.2 MAKING A CLOCK WITH MIRRORS AND LIGHT -- 2.3 LORENTZ CONTRACTION -- 2.4 THE RELATIVITY OF SIMULTANEITY -- 2.5 TIME DILATION REVISITED -- 2.6 LORENTZ CONTRACTION REVISITED -- PROBLEMS -- REFERENCE -- 3 - Visualizing Relativity-Minkowski Diagrams and the Twins -- 3.1 SPACE AND TIME AXES FOR INERTIAL FRAMES AND THE CONSTANCY OF THE SPEED OF LIGHT -- 3.2 VISUALIZING THE RELATIVITY OF SIMULTANEITY, TIME DILATION, AND LORENTZ CONTRACTION -- 3.3 THE DOPPLER EFFECT -- 3.4 THE TWIN PARADOX -- 3.5 EINSTEIN MEETS SHAKESPEARE-RELATIVISTIC HISTORY -- 3.6 REALITY, HORSE RACING, AND THE SPEED LIMIT -- PROBLEMS -- REFERENCES -- 4 - Lorentz Transformations (Boosts), Addition of Velocities, and Invariant Intervals -- 4.1 LORENTZ TRANSFORMATION (BOOSTS) -- 4.1.1 Time Dilation -- 4.1.2 Lorentz Contraction -- 4.1.3 Relativity of Simultaneity -- 4.2 RELATIVISTIC VELOCITY ADDITION -- 4.3 CAUSALITY, LIGHT CONES, AND PROPER TIME -- PROBLEMS -- REFERENCES -- 5 - Illustrations and Problems in Space-Time Measurements -- 5.1 A SPACESHIP RENDEZVOUS -- 5.2 A HOLE IN THE ICE -- 5.3 A VELOCITY GREATER THAN THE SPEED LIMIT? -- PROBLEMS -- REFERENCES -- 6 - Relativistic Dynamics: First Steps -- 6.1 ENERGY, LIGHT, AND E = MC2. , 6.2 PATCHING UP NEWTONIAN DYNAMICS-RELATIVISTIC MOMENTUM AND ENERGY -- 6.3 RELATIVISTIC FORCE AND ENERGY CONSERVATION -- 6.4 ENERGY AND MOMENTUM CONSERVATION, AND FOUR-VECTORS -- 6.5 FOCUSING ON FOUR-VECTORS, TENSORS, AND NOTATION -- 6.6 COLLISIONS AND CONSERVATION LAWS-CONVERTING MASS TO ENERGY AND ENERGY TO MASS, PRODUCING AND DESTROYING PARTICLES -- PROBLEMS -- REFERENCES -- 7 - Acceleration and Forces in Relativity: The Birth of Dynamical Fields -- 7.1 ACCELERATION IN RELATIVITY -- 7.2 TRANSFORMATION PROPERTIES OF FORCES -- 7.3 THE DEATH OF NEWTON'S THIRD LAW, AND STATIC FORCES: THE BIRTH OF FIELDS -- PROBLEMS -- 8 - Boosting the Electrostatic Force, Electromagnetic Fields and More on Four-Vectors -- 8.1 THE ELECTRIC FIELD AROUND A MOVING POINT CHARGE -- 8.2 THE FORCE BETWEEN TWO MOVING CHARGES -- 8.3 TRANSFORMING E AND B BETWEEN FRAMES -- 8.4 MORE ON INVARIANTS AND FOUR-VECTORS -- PROBLEMS -- REFERENCES -- 9 - Maxwell's Equations of Electrodynamics and the Wave Equation -- 9.1 BOOSTING GAUSS' LAW AND DISCOVERING MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS -- 9.2 THE WAVE EQUATION FOR LIGHT AND THE DERIVATION THAT LIGHT TRAVELS AT THE SPEED LIMIT -- PROBLEMS -- 10 - Magnetism in the Lab, the Discovery of Relativity, and the Way Forward -- 10.1 HOW CAN MAGNETIC FORCES BE LARGE IF THEY ARE RELATIVISTIC EFFECTS? -- 10.2 ELECTRODYNAMICS FORMULATED IN COVARIANT NOTATION -- 10.3 NEXT STEPS -- PROBLEMS -- REFERENCE -- 11 - Introduction to General Relativity -- 11.1 THE EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLE, GRAVITY, AND APPARENT FORCES -- 11.2 MOTION IN A ROTATING, RELATIVISTIC REFERENCE FRAME: SPATIAL CURVATURE AND THOMAS PRECESSION -- 11.3 TIDAL FORCES, NON-EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY, AND THE MEANING OF ``LOCAL INERTIAL REFERENCE FRAME'' -- 11.4 GRAVITATIONAL REDSHIFT -- 11.4.1 A Freely Falling Inertial Frame -- 11.4.2 An Accelerating Spaceship. , 11.4.3 Gravitational Redshift and the Relativity of Simultaneity -- 11.4.4 A Rotating Reference Frame -- 11.4.5 A Famous Experimental Test of Gravitational Redshift -- 11.4.6 Gravitational Redshift and Energy Conservation -- 11.5 THE TWINS AGAIN -- 11.6 AN AGING ASTRONAUT -- 11.7 BENDING OF LIGHT IN A GRAVITATIONAL FIELD -- 11.8 SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES OF ELECTROMAGNETISM AND GRAVITY -- 11.9 MAKING THE MOST OUT OF TIME -- PROBLEMS -- REFERENCES -- 12 - Curvature, Strong Gravity, and Gravitational Waves -- 12.1 A LOOK AT CURVED SURFACES: A FIRST STEP TO THE MATHEMATICS OF GENERAL RELATIVITY -- 12.2 THE EQUATION OF MOTION OF PARTICLES IN CURVED SPACE-TIME -- 12.3 COVARIANT DERIVATIVES AND COVARIANT VECTOR FIELDS -- 12.4 THE EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLE, METRIC COMPATIBILITY, AND CHRISTOFFEL SYMBOLS -- 12.5 THE CURVATURE OF SPACE-TIME -- 12.6 FROM NEWTON'S GRAVITY TO RELATIVISTIC WEAK GRAVITY TO STRONG GRAVITY -- 12.7 THE SCHWARZSCHILD METRIC AND BLACK HOLE -- 12.8 THE SCHWARZSCHILD BLACK HOLE -- 12.9 CIRCULAR ORBITAL MOTION IN THE SCHWARZSCHILD METRIC -- 12.10 THE SPEED OF LIGHT IN A GRAVITATIONAL FIELD -- 12.11 RELATIVISTIC TIDAL FORCES -- 12.12 THE DISCOVERY OF GRAVITATIONAL WAVES -- 12.13 GRAVITATIONAL RADIATION -- 12.14 CONTRASTING SPECIAL AND GENERAL RELATIVITY: THE COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT AND DARK ENERGY -- PROBLEMS -- REFERENCES -- A - Physical Constants, Data, and Conversion Factors -- B - Solutions to Selected Problems -- B.1 CHAPTER 2 PROBLEMS -- Problem 2-1 -- Problem 2-2 -- Problem 2-3 -- Problem 2-5 -- B.2 CHAPTER 3 PROBLEMS -- Problem 3-1 -- Problem 3-7 -- B.3 CHAPTER 4 PROBLEMS -- Problem 4-1 -- Problem 4-2 -- Problem 4-3 -- Problem 4-4 -- Problem 4-5 -- Problem 4-7 -- Problem 4-9 -- Problem 4-11 -- Problem 4-14 -- Problem 4-17 -- B.4 CHAPTER 5 PROBLEMS -- Problem 5-2 -- B.5 CHAPTER 6 PROBLEMS -- Problem 6-1 -- Problem 6-2 -- Problem 6-4. , Problem 6-5 -- Problem 6-10 -- Problem 6-11 -- Problem 6-12 -- Problem 6-13 -- Problem 6-15 -- Problem 6-17 -- Problem 6.18 -- Problem 6.19 -- Problem 6-21 -- Problem 6-22 -- Problem 6-23 -- Problem 6-25 -- Problem 6-26 -- Problem 6-28 -- Problem 6-29 -- Problem 6-31 -- Problem 6-33 -- Problem 6-34 -- Problem 6-35 -- Problem 6-36 -- Problem 6-38 -- Problem 6.39 -- B.6 CHAPTER 8 PROBLEMS -- Problem 8.1 -- Problem 8.4 -- B.7 CHAPTER 9 PROBLEMS -- Problem 9.3 -- Problem 9.5 -- B.8 CHAPTER 12 PROBLEMS -- Problem 12.8 -- Problem 12.9 -- Problem 12.11 -- Problem 12.14 -- Problem 12.15 -- Problem 12.16 -- Problem 12.17 -- Problem 12.19 -- Problem 12.20 -- Problem 12.24 -- C - Mathematics Background -- C.1 HANDY APPROXIMATIONS AND EXPANSIONS -- C.2 CHAIN RULE OF DIFFERENTIATION AND COORDINATE TRANSFORMATIONS: APPLICATIONS TO COVARIANT AND CONTRAVARIANT VECTORS -- C.3 MATRICES -- C.4 COVARIANT AND CONTRAVARIANT FOUR-VECTORS AND DUALITY -- D - Theorems and Concepts of Vector Calculus -- D.1 CARTESIAN AND SPHERICAL COORDINATES -- D.2 CROSS PRODUCT OF TWO VECTORS -- D.3 GRADIENTS, CURLS, DIVERGENCES, AND LAPLACIANS -- D.4 HELMHOLTZ THEOREMS FOR VECTOR FIELDS -- D.5 INTEGRAL THEOREMS FOR VECTOR FIELDS -- D.6 LOCALITY AND THE DIRAC DELTA FUNCTION -- E - Summary of Formulas -- E.1 SPECIAL RELATIVITY -- E.1.1 Lorentz Transformations (``Boosts'') -- E.1.2 Addition of Velocities -- E.1.3 Four-Vectors -- E.1.4 Energy-Momentum -- E.1.5 Force -- E.1.6 Electric and Magnetic Fields -- E.1.7 Electric Current and Current Conservation -- E.1.8 Maxwell's Equations -- E.1.9 Wave Equations Without Sources -- E.1.10 Wave Equations With Sources -- E.1.11 The Electromagnetic Field Strength Tensor and the Lorentz Force Law -- E.1.12 The Electromagnetic Stress Tensor Tμν -- E.2 GENERAL RELATIVITY -- E.2.1 Gravitational Redshift. , E.2.2 Coordinate Transformations: Covariant Vectors and Tensors -- E.2.3 Coordinate Transformations: Contravariant Vectors and Tensors -- E.2.4 Metric Tensor -- E.2.5 Christoffel Symbol -- E.2.6 Covariant Derivatives -- E.2.7 Geodesic Curves -- E.2.8 Curvature and the Riemann Tensor -- E.2.9 Curvature, Tidal Forces, and the Geodesic Deviation -- E.2.10 Symmetries of the Riemann Tensor -- E.2.11 The Einstein and Ricci Tensors -- E.2.12 Linearized Gravity -- E.2.13 Schwarzschild Metric -- E.2.14 Slightly Curved Space-Time, Isotropic Coordinates, the Newtonian Limit -- F - The Wave Equation With Sources: The Four-Vector Potential and the Lorenz Gauge -- F.1 THE WAVE EQUATION AND RADIATION -- F.2 THE FOUR-VECTOR POTENTIAL AND MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS -- REFERENCE -- G - Equation of Motion in Curved Space and Christoffel Symbols, Two-Dimensional Surfaces, and the Geodesic Deviati ... -- G.1 FREE FALL AND CHRISTOFFEL SYMBOLS -- G.2 RIEMANN TENSOR AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL SURFACES -- G.3 TIDAL FORCES AND GRAVITY WAVES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Back Cover.

Note: Cover -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface to Volume 2 -- Plates -- 12 Superfluidity: an overview -- K. H. Bennemann and J. B. Ketterson -- 13 Unconventional superconductivity -- M. R. Norman -- 14 Fe-based new superconductors -- K. H. Bennemann and J. B. Ketterson -- 15 Superconductivity from repulsive interaction -- S. Maiti and A. V. Chubukov -- 16 Atomic Bose fluids in optical lattices -- N. Gemelke and C. Chin -- 17 Optical lattice emulators: Bose- and Fermi-Hubbard models -- E. Duchon, Y. L. Loh, and N. Trivedi -- 18 Superfluidity in ultracold atomic Fermi gases -- Martin W. Zwierlein -- 19 Coherent exciton transport in semiconductors -- M. Rontani and L. J. Sham -- 20 Bose-Einstein condensation of magnons at room temperature: kinetics, thermodynamics, and coherence -- O. Dzyapko, V. E. Demidov, S. O. Demokritov, G. A. Melkov, and A. N. Slavin -- 21 Stellar Superfluids -- D. Page, J. M. Lattimer, M. Prakash, and A. W. Steiner -- 22 Pairing and superfluidity of nucleons in neutron stars -- A. Gezerlis, C. J. Pethick and A. Schwenk -- Epilogue: Novel Superfluids -- K. H. Bennemann and J. B. Ketterson -- Name Index -- Subject Index.

Note: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Galveston Island and Hurricane Ike -- Evolution of the Texas Coast -- Storm Surge: One of the World's Foremost Natural Hazards -- Reshaping Galveston Island after the 1900 Hurricane -- Resilient Housing Lessons from Katrina -- Miami Beach Rising Above -- Hurricane Harvey: Arts and Cultural Recovery Six Months after the Storm -- The Dutch Tradition of Flood Control: Shifting Attitudes toward Flood Risk Reduction -- Conclusion -- Contributors -- Index -- Other Books in the Gulf Coast Books Series.

Note: Cover -- Endorsement Page -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Valuing U.S. National Parks and Programs: America's Best Investment: Foreword -- Biographies -- Editor biographies -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: Introducing the multiple values of National Parks, programs, and protected areas -- Introduction -- Valuing parks, wilderness, and other protected areas -- Classifying benefits of the National Parks and protected areas -- A valuation continuum -- Overview of chapters -- Limitations of the research -- Double counting -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2: Total economic valuation of the National Park units and National Park Service cooperative programs: Results of a survey of the American public -- Introduction -- Economic valuation methodology -- Questionnaire design and survey implementation -- Survey results -- Statistical analyses and results -- Estimates of economic value for National Parks and NPS programs -- Conclusion -- Chapter Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 3: Estimating visitor use and economic contributions of National Park visitor spending -- Introduction -- Overview of visitor spending contributions -- VSE framework -- VSE data limitations -- Conclusions -- Note -- References -- Chapter 4: Valuing carbon sequestration in the U.S. National Parks: Current conditions and future trends -- Overview -- Introduction -- Methodology -- Data sources -- Carbon sequestration results -- Social damage cost of carbon (SCC) -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5: Economic benefits provided by National Park Service educational resources -- Introduction -- Methodology -- On-site programming -- Internet-based educational materials and resources -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References. , Chapter 6: Exploring the contribution of National Parks to the entertainment industry's intellectual property -- Introduction -- Summary of the NPS permitting process for filming movies and TV in NPS units -- Films incorporating iconic places -- Films showing grand natural scenery or images -- Films and TV Shows at Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area within Hollywood's Key TMZ -- Methods for Valuing the Contribution of NPS units to Movies & -- Television -- Details of residual imputation of movie profit to NPS units -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7: Benefits of National Park Service cooperative programs -- Introduction -- Classifications and categories of NPS cooperative programs -- Calculating the value of cooperative programs -- Case study of Chesapeake Bay Office of the NPS -- Frameworks for assessing the value of the CHBA -- Quantitative analysis: economic valuations -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 8: Sustainable funding for the National Park Service -- Shortcomings of the current funding model -- Towards a sustainable funding model -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 9: Conclusion: Benefits of National Parks extend far beyond visitation and tourism -- Introduction -- Implications of the Benefit estimates for funding -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.