Reza: 222 books
by Reza de Wet
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2000
Includes the plays Missing, Crossing and Miracle
The three plays in this volume are hauntingly beautiful pieces with simple fable-like characters who are touched by magical events. A circus has a mysterious significance in Missing (Mis) as a mother and daughter are visited by a blind policeman...
by Payam Akhavan, Sohrab Behdad, Mehrzad Boroujerdi
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2011
In this timely, informative edited volume, major Iranian scholars and civic actors address some of the most pressing questions about Iranian civil society and the process of democratization in Iran. They describe the role of Iranian civil society in the process of transition to democracy in Iran and...
Bird Strike
An Experimental, Theoretical and Numerical Investigation
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2015
Bird strikes are one of the most dangerous threats to civil and military flight safety: between 1960 and 2014, they were responsible for the destruction of approximately 150 civil aircraft and the deaths of 271 people.
Bird Strike presents a summary of the damage imposed on the aviation industries...
Petroleum Rock Mechanics
Drilling Operations and Well Design
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2011
Petroleum Rock Mechanics: Drilling Operations and Well Design covers the fundamentals of solid mechanics and petroleum rock mechanics and their application to oil and gas-related drilling operations and well design. More specifically, it examines the role of formation, strength of rock materials,...
by Hamid R. Hamidzadeh, Liming Dai, Reza N. Jazar
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2014
This book covers advanced topics in dynamic modeling of soil-foundation interaction, as well as the response of elastic semi-infinite media from an applications viewpoint. Advanced concepts such as solutions for analysis of elastic semi-infinite mediums, fluid motion in porous media, and nonlinearities...
Advanced Vibrations
A Modern Approach
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2005
Advanced Vibrations: A Modern Approach is presented at a theoretical-practical level and explains mechanical vibrations concepts in detail, concentrating on their practical use. Related theorems and formal proofs are provided, as are real-life applications. Students, researchers and practicing engineers...
Hydrostatic Testing, Corrosion, and Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion
A Field Manual for Control and Prevention
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
Hydrostatic Testing, Corrosion, and Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion: A Field Manual for Control and Prevention teaches industry professionals, managers, and researchers how to combat corrosion failure associated with hydrotesting. It discusses how a test liquid must be selected, how corrosion...
Secularism and Identity
Non-Islamiosity in the Iranian Diaspora
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
Within western political, media and academic discourses, Muslim communities are predominantly seen through the prism of their Islamic religiosities, yet there exist within diasporic communities unique and complex secularisms. Drawing on detailed interview and ethnographic material gathered in the...
Fatima Jinnah
Mother of the Nation
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2017
Although fifty years have passed since the death of Fatima Jinnah - author, activist and stateswoman known in Pakistan as the 'mother of the nation' - this is the first scholarly biography to tackle her life in full. Her background and contribution to Muslim nationalism under the British Raj, as well...
Paths to Transcendence
According to Shankara, Ibn Arabi & Meister Eckhart
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2006
This groundbreaking book is the first to compare and illuminate the doctrine of the Transcendent Absolute, and its implications both conceptually and experientially, in the spiritual perspectives of three towering figures in the history of world religions. Shankara, Ibn ‘Arabi, and Meister Eckhart...
by Shahrooz Nafisi, Reza Ghomashchi
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
This book describes in great detail the semi-solid processing of aluminum alloys. The authors examine the fundamentals of semi-solid metal processing, provide guidelines for research, illustrate the tools that are employed, and explain the measured parameters for semi-solid processing characterization.
Natural and Artificial Photosynthesis
Solar Power as an Energy Source
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2013
This technical book explores current and future applications of solar power as an unlimited source of energy that earth receives every day. Photosynthetic organisms have learned to utilize this abundant source of energy by converting it into high-energy biochemical compounds. Inspired by the efficient...
Rethinking Financial Deepening
Stability and Growth in Emerging Markets
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2015
The global financial crisis experience shone a spotlight on the dangers of financial systems that have grown too big too fast. This note reexamines financial deepening, focusing on what emerging markets can learn from the advanced economy experience. It finds that gains for growth and stability from...
Adaptive Water Management
Concepts, Principles and Applications for Sustainable Development
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
This book explores a new framework of Adaptive Water Management (AWM) for evaluating existing approaches in urban water management. It highlights the need to adopt multidisciplinary strategies in water management while providing an in-depth understanding of institutional interactions amongst different...