Knowledge, Possibility, and Consciousness (Jean Nicod Lectures)Physicalism is the idea that if everything that goes on in the universe is physical, our consciousness and feelings must also be physical. Ever since Descartes formulated the mind-body problem, a long line of philosophers has found the physicalist view to be preposterous. According to John Perry, the history of the mind-body problem is, in part,... | | Self-Similar Processes in TelecommunicationsFor the first time the problems of voice services self-similarity are discussed systematically and in detail with specific examples and illustrations.
‘Self-Similar Processes in Telecommunications’ considers the self-similar (fractal and multifractal) models of telecommunication traffic and efficiency... | | Plastics Engineering, Third EditionThis book presents in a single volume the basic essentials of the properties and processing behaviour of plastics and composites. The aim is to give engineers and technologists a sound understanding of basic principles without the introduction of unduly complex levels of mathematics or chemistry and thereby set plastics in their proper context as... |