whatever field you are in, if you want to do some numerical computation, then buy this book. it is the best book on boundary value problems which is an important part in numerical computation, and of course, it is the more difficult part, compared to tht IVP. This is the classic, this is the book. (borrowed from an ad)

Could a just legal system endure over 35 years of occupation? David Kretzmer - who examines in this book the jurisprudence of the Israeli Supreme Court relating the territories occupied by Israel since 1967 - is leaving the reader to answer this question. Through this fascinating book, though, he gives a detailed and careful discussion of the legal decisions regarding petitions that challenged policies and actions by the authorities and exhibits through them the way this court operates. Kretzmer shows that the Court has ruled not only contrary to the international law - by approving deportations, house demolitions, and actually legitimizing the Israeli settlements policy - but also contrary to its own interpretation principle. This principle gives presumption to individual human rights when they clash with the authorities' power to restrict them. Contrary to that, the Court's decisions relating to the Occupied Territories are government-minded.

In the first part of the book, Kretzmer gives a clear theoretical and legal basis, by explaining the substantive norms at work in the Supreme Court, distinguishing between jurisdiction and justiciability and and shedding light on the question of applicability of international law to the Occupied Territories. In the second part, he discusses the Court's decisions relating to two major political issues: establishment of Israeli settlements and the status of Palestinian residents of those territories. The third part examines the manner the Court has handled petitions challenging security measures against Palestinian residents - house demolitions, deportations, limitations on personal liberty and more.

Kretzmer - a professor of international law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Vice-Chairperson of the United Nations Human Rights Committee - is far from being simplistic. In his work, he keeps the professional and careful job of an academic jurist and let it speak for itself. He withdraws from popular (and political) sweeping arguments, and concentrates on careful examination of the judicial decisions themselves, in light of the norms that the same Court has undertook to apply. He draws a distinction between substantive matters, in which the court indeed failed to intervene, and the procedural constraints on the use of governmental powers, which the Court made an effort to strengthen. He sees the difference between judges being independent and being neutral. The latter is impossible when it has to do not with dispute between authorities and individuals, but between the first and what is perceived to be involving an attack on the very authority and interests of the state itself, by its enemies. He draws his conclusions in his discreet and understatement way, which shows very effectively how Israel occupies not only land and persons, but also the justice system itself.

This is an illuminating investigation of the nature of Messianic Judaism. It is written by an ethnologist who probes the boundaries between Judaism and Christianity. For all those interested in this important development on the religious scene, this study is of paramount significance

Never before have I read a more well researched, well written, or more complete text on this essential event in our nation's history. The author is to be lauded for this truly amazing and inspiring work. I only wish i could meet the man himself.

As it promises in its title, this book is concerned with developing a practising knowledge of bifurcation analysis. The book starts with a very simple introduction, and takes off from there. The content is lively and straightforward. Concepts are introduced in plain language, without the technical complexity of formal mathematical jargon. Few theorems are proved, so the concepts remain in focus. Computational techniques are an important concern, and their problems. All in all, an entertaining and at once informative book to learn using a hands-on-approach. It manages to cover a fairly large amount of material, for a thorough introduction. Useful for people who are primarily interested in applications.

I am a grduate student. My specific research area is BEM. and I programmed my own c++ code.

If I could get this book earlier, I could have saved a lot of time. By reading this book, reader can find not only detailed information for coding but also clear understanding about BEM.

The impressive points to me are 1) working 2D/3D potential and stress solvable code-there is multi-region version too, excellent explaining about 2)Corner problem, 3)assembly procedure (especially for multi-region problem), 4) programming frieldly math notations, 5) good logical flow of chapters.

The only problem I found is few mistypings. But, it does not prevent me to understand the material.

For engineers in industry, I think they can use the code to solve engineering problem with some modification if they don't have expensive commercial FE package, or use the code to solve linear problems quickly, etc.

As a result, Prof. Beer achieved his goal of writing this book and I hope this book can help to expand the BEM users.

It is time to take a new and unprejudiced look at the parachurch and its relationship to church and denomination. This book makes a great contribution to this effort!

North America is estimated to have more than 350,000 congregations. Alongside these congregations, there are estimated to be as many as 100,000 parachurch organizations.

This book talks about the dramatic reshaping of the North American religious world that is happening through an ever increasing and ever growing collection of parachurch organizations. This is the "only book to look at the parachurch movement as a whole and describe what it is, where it came from, how it operates, who supports it, and what its future is likely to be." [xiv]

The research that led to this book uncovers the movement's roots and clarifies the boundaries of the parachurch. The book is divided into four sections: What is the parachurch and why is it thriving? Who makes up the parachurch? How can the parachurch enlarge its impact? Where is the parachurch headed?

An increasing percentage of services bought or used by congregations will come from the parachurch world rather than the denominational world. Denominations may actually broker many of these parachurch services. However, congregations are also willing to go directly to parachurch organizations to receive desired services. This book will either open up your eyes to this reality, or confirm what you have already knew about this reality.

Hypercomplex analysis is experimenting a "boom" nowadays, and the mathematical community waited for a long time before the first introductory text appeared. This is it. Any student willing to enter this discipline is got here a concise and comprehensive introduction which will also serve as a reference for further study and research.

Contents: Quaternions and multivectors, Clifford-valued functions and forms, Clifford operator calculus, boundary value problems, numerical Clifford analysis, further results and research problems. Appendices: Exact computations of the Theodorescu transform, discrete fundamental solutions, discrete Theodorescu transform.

It is worth mentioning that this book is almost the only one covering the discrete case of hypercomplex analysis. Includes full motivation and historical notes, and extensive references. Just be careful with some typos.

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The author is well published in this area. The production media is 'cheap' but the subject matter is clear, concise and well laid out. The author's way of thinking is clearly discernible and quite coherent. The major controversies are covered well. The section on organ radiobiology is outstanding. Possession of the texts by Pierquin, Hall and Awwad are a comprehensive guide to radiobiology.

Reflections of an artist mind unleashed, Rauschenberg's images of political and social issues are portayed through scattered images and expressive paint strokes. His use of mixed media portrays an intensity between his paintings and the connection expressed in his life and his surroundings.