This informative text describes how to build wireless sensor networks from the layers of the communication protocol through the design of network nodes. It also describes the design features of the wireless devices themselves.

На основі широкої джерельної бази розкриваються шляхи еволюції та форми прояву державотворчих процесів у Правобережній Україні в другі половині ХVІІ-ХVІІІ ст. Значні хронологічні рамки праці дали можливість показати динаміку розвитку та виявити якісні грані змін, які відбувалися у політичному житті Укранської держави. Переосмислюється й дається нова оцінка багатьом фактам, явищам та людям тогочасної доби. Звернута увага на політичні уроки подій, які відбувалися в Україні у період формування, розвитку та втрати нею власної державності.

Vol. 1 : Accelerated Aging - Durable Power. - 428 p.

Richard P. Feynman was one of this century’s most brilliant theoretical physicists and original thinkers. Born in Far Rockaway, New York, in 1918, he studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he graduated with a BS in 1939. He went on to Princeton and received his Ph.D. in 1942. During the war years he worked at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. He became Professor of Theoretical Physics at Cornell University, where he worked with Hans Bethe. He all but rebuilt the theory of quantum electrodynamics and it was for this work that he shared the Nobel Prize in 1965. His simplified rules of calculation became standard tools of theoretical analysis in both quantum electrodynamics and high-energy physics. Feynman was a visiting professor at the California Institute of Technology in 1950, where he later accepted a permanent faculty appointment, and became Richard Chace Tolman Professor of Theoretical Physics in 1959. He had an extraordinary ability to communicate his science to audiences at all levels, and was a well-known and popular lecturer. Richard Feynman died in 1988 after a long illness. Freeman Dyson, of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, called him ‘the most original mind of his generation’, while in its obituary The New York Times described him as ‘arguably the most brilliant, iconoclastic and influential of the postwar generation of theoretical physicists’. A number of collections and adaptations of his lectures have been published, including The Feynman Lectures on Physics, QED (Penguin, 1990), The Character of Physical Law (Penguin, 1992), Six Easy Pieces (Penguin, 1998), The Meaning of It All (Penguin, 1999) and Six Not-So-Easy Pieces (Allen Lane, 1998; Penguin, 1999). The Feynman Lectures on Gravitation and The Feynman Lectures on Computation are both forthcoming in Penguin. His memoirs, Surely You’re Joking, Mr Feynman, were published in 1985.

The purpose of this Outline is to serve as a supplement to a basic astronomy text. Much of the material here is abbreviated, and students should use this book as a guide to the key concepts in modern astronomy, but not as an all-inclusive resource. Topics covered range from planetary astronomy to cosmology, in the modern context. The first chapter covers most of the phsyics required to obtain a basic understanding of astronomical phenomena. The student will most likely come back to this chapter again and again as they progress through the book. The order of the topics has been set by the most common order of these topics in textbooks (near objects to far objects), but many of the chapters are quite independent, with few references to previous chapters, and may be studied out of order. The text includes many worked mathematical problems to support the efforts of students who struggle particularly in this area. These detailed problems will help even mathematically adept students to see how to solve astronomical problems involving several steps.

The twentieth century brought enormous change to subjects such as language, metaphysics, ethics and epistemology. This volume covers the major developments in these areas and more.

Международная баптистская богословская семинария (англ. International Baptist Theological Seminary) — высшее богословское учебное заведение баптистских церквей Европы. Кампус семинарии расположен та территории малого замка Енералка, в районе Прага

Astrology...poltergeists and ghosts...firewalking...spontaneous human combustion...psychic surgery...ESP. This is the stuff of tabloid headlines. Sure, many people find them laughable, but consider that these papers are all staying in business because people are buying them-and often believing in their outrageous stories, even labeling it all science. The fact is that not all "science" is created equally. Indeed, some "science" isn't science at all but is really downright bogus-in other words, pseudoscience. However, separating the wheat from the chaff might not be as easy as you think when you consider how many people are seduced by the headlines that surround them in the supermarket line. UFOs and creationism certainly have their advocates among intelligent and educated people. Sometimes, though, wrongly held beliefs can get you into real trouble. Consider the proclamation by Marshall Applewhite: "Planet Earth about to be recycled. Your chance to survive-leave with us."In April 1997, 39 people-believing just that-committed suicide in their communal home in Rancho Sante Fe, California. They hoped to shed their earthly "containers" and be whisked away by extraterrestrials to a spaceship and, ultimately, a higher level of existence. Unfortunately, their tragically misguided belief in the pseudoscientific claim of Marshall Applewhite cost them their lives. "Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction" takes us on a tour of the most notorious instances of pseudoscience and sets the record straight. To clearly demonstrate what is wrong with this brand of ersatz science, the authors look closely at what's right about real science, and then compare the true scientific approach with that of pseudoscience. Readers learn that science's most basic value is that all ideas about reality are subject to testing by experiment and challenge by critical, rational thought.Scientifically literate thinkers accept ideas tentatively. They base their acceptance on evidence rather than on authority. People who are not scientifically literate are more likely to accept ideas absolutely. They are more vulnerable to deficient or phony ideas. "Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction" draws the line between what is good science and what isn't even really science at all. The basis for the book begins with the examination of the five most widely believed pseudoscientific ideas: UFOs, out-of-body experiences, astrology, creationism, and ESP These ideas are reviewed in detail to see just how well they stand up to scientific scrutiny. Cleverly illustrated with cartoons by the renowned Sidney Harris, "Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction" is both wonderful fun as well as illuminating science.Although many science topics can seem mysterious, especially when you really get into the details, in the long run its methods and ideas are remarkably straightforward. "Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction" takes this methodical approach to dissect the worst in the field. Tremendously witty, disarmingly fun, this is a book for anyone-especially for those folks who check their horoscope everyday.

Т. 1 : Від найдавнішого часу до кінця 18 ст.. - 216 с.

Це видання — популярну ілюстровану енциклопедію з історії України — укладено на основі найновіших досягнень історичної думки. В ньому подано короткі характеристики видатних діячів минулого, розглянуто значну кількість подій, явищ, пам'яток літератури, історії та культури, починаючи з давніх-давен і до кінця 18 ст. Краще осягнути багатовікову історію нашої держави допоможуть численні ілюстрації, карти, схеми. Видання призначене широкому загалу читачів, які бажають поглибити свої знання. Матеріали з початку 19 ст. і до наших днів увійдуть у 2—3-й томи.

Т. 1. - 2010. - 680 с.

Ознайомити студентів з основними методологічними засадами курсу та видами історичних джерел, з основними подіями і явищами Стародавньої історії України та грецької колонізації Північного причорномор’я.

Серед видань, присвячених історії України, пропонований читачеві навчальний посібник вирізняється як одна з перших спроб глибокого осмислення історичного минулого України з позицій досягнень гуманітарних наук кінця XX ст. Піддаючи належне давній історії, автори все ж основну увагу зосереджують на висвітленні подій і явищ XX ст., зокрема його другої половини (виклад подій у книзі завершено президентськими виборами 1994 р.). Видання позбавлене як стереотипів застійних часів, так і новітніх "патріотичних міфів", послідовно і всебічно висвітлює історію української державності, героїчної і трагічної боротьби за її утвердження, історію формування українського народу, його перетворення у сучасну націю. Для студентів вищих навчальних закладів.