New Mathematics Books: APK Campus

The following book titles are the latest ordered and received at the APK Library for Mathematics Department:

004.1 General works on specific types of computers

004.1 SAGA, Level 1: Fundamentals of quantum information / Hiroyuki Sagawa, Nobuaki Yoshida. 2011.

160 Philosophical Logic

160 PAOL, Level 1: Substructural logics : a primer / Francesco Paoli. 2002.

 

 

330 Economics: Philosophy & Theory

330.0151 HARR, Level 2: Mathematics for economics and finance / Michael Harrison and Patrick Waldron. 2011.

 

372.7 Specific Levels of Primary Education

372.7 CHAR, Level 3: Experiences in math for young children / Rosalind Charlesworth. 2011. 6th ed.

 

 

510 Mathematics

510 JOHN, Level 3: Mathematics : a practical odyssey / David B. Johnson, Thomas A. Mowry. 2011. 7th ed.
510 LE, Level 3: Selected problems of the Vietnamese Mathematical Olympiad (1962-2009) / Le Hai Chau, Le Hai Khoi. 2010.

510 SCHR, Level 3: Fundamentals of mathematics : an introduction to proofs, logic, sets, and numbers / Bernd S. W. Schröder. 2010.

510 TAN, Level 3: Finite mathematics for the managerial, life, and social sciences / Soo Tan. 2011. 10th ed.

510. 712 Mathematics--secondary education, . . .

510.71 CLAR, Level 3: Perspectives on practice and meaning in mathematics and science classrooms / edited by David Clarke. 2001. (2nd copy)
510.71 GROU, Level 3: Handbook of research on mathematics teaching and learning : a project of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics / Douglas A. Grouws, editor. 1992.

510.71 JOUR, Level 3: A journey in mathematics education research : insights from the work of Paul Cobb / Erna Yackel, Koeno Gravemeijer, Anna Sfard, editors. 2011
510.71 MASO, Level 3: Mathematics teaching practice : guide for university and college lecturers / John H. Mason.2011

510.711 BAUM, Level 3: Fundamentals of teaching mathematics at university level / B. Baumslag. 2000.

510.711 RESE, Level 3: Research in collegiate mathematics education VII / Fernando Hitt, Derek Holton, Patrick W. Thompson, editors ; Shandy Hauk, production editor. 2010

510.712 BATT, Level 3: Competition math for middle school / J. Batterson. 2011. (2 copies)

510.712 BROD, Level 3: Teaching mathematical reasoning in secondary school classrooms / Karin Brodie with contributions by Kurt Coetzee ... [et al.]. 2010. (2nd copy)

510.712 MATH, Level 3: Mathematical applications and modelling : yearbook, 2010 / editors, Berinderjeet Kaur, Jaguthsing Dindyal. 2010.

510.72 Mathematics--research, . . .

510.72 PERS, Level 3: Perspectives in mathematical sciences / editors, Yisong Yang, Xinchu Fu, Jingiao Duan. 2010.

510.76 Mathematics: problems, exercises...

510.76 MATH, Level 3: Math Olympiad contest problems Volume 2 / Richard Kalman, editor. 2008. (2 copies)

510.76 POLY, Level 3: The Stanford mathematics problem book : with hints and solutions / George Polya, Jeremy Kilpatrick. 2009. (2 copies)

510.76 SHKL, Level 3: The USSR Olympiad problem book : selected problems and theorems of elementary mathematics / D.O. Shklarsky, N.N. Chentzov, I.M. Yaglom ; translated by John Maykovich. 1993. (2 copies)

510.9 BANG, Level 3: African mathematics : from bones to computers / Abdul Karim Bangura. 2012.

511.1 Finite Mathematics

511.1 EPP, Level 3: Discrete mathematics with applications / Susanna S. Epp. 2011. 4th ed.

 

 

511.3 Mathematical Logic

511.352 COMP, Level 3: Computability in context : computation and logic in the real world / editors, S. Barry Cooper, Andrea Sorbi. 2011.

511.36 ALSI, Level 3: Charming proofs : a journey into elegant mathematics / Claudi Alsina, Roger B. Nelsen. 2010.

511.5 Graph Theory

511.5 GRIM, Level 3: Probability on graphs : random processes on graphs and lattices / Geoffrey Grimmett. 2010.

511.5 TERR, Level 3: Zeta functions of graphs : a stroll through the garden / Audrey Terras. 2011.

511.5 XION, Level 3: Graph theory / Xiong Bin, Zheng Zhongyi. 2010.

511.5 VAN MIEG, Level 3: Graph spectra for complex networks / Piet Van Mieghem. 2011.

511.6 Combinatorics (Combinatorial analysis)

511.6 COMB, Level 3: Combinatorics, automata, and number theory / edited by Valérie Berthé, Michel Rigo. 2010.

511.6 MAZU, Level 3: Combinatorics : a guided tour / David R. Mazur. 2010.

511.6 STEI, Level 3: Algebra and tiling : homomorphisms in the service of geometry / Sherman K. Stein and Sandor Szabo. 1994 (2nd copy)

511.6 ZHAN, Level 3: Combinatorial problems in mathematical competitions / Yao Zhang. 2011.

511.64 INTE, Level 3: Permutation patterns : St Andrews 2007 / edited by Steve Linton, Nik Ruskuc, Vincent Vatter. 2010.

512 Algebra

512 DIXO, Level 3: Algebra and number theory : an integrated approach / Martyn R. Dixon, Leonid A. Kurdachenko, Igor Ya. Subbotin. 2010.

512 EIE, Level 3: A course on abstract algebra / Minking Eie, Shou-Te Chang. 2010.

512.44 YAU, Level 3: Lambda-rings / Donald Yau. 2010.

512.5 ANTO, Level 3: Elementary linear algebra : applications version / Howard Anton, Chris Rorres. 2010. 10th ed.

512.7 Number Theory

512.7 DUDL, Level 3: A guide to elementary number theory / Underwood Dudley. 2009.

512.7 DUVE, Level 3: Number theory : an elementary introduction through diophantine problems / Daniel Duverney. 2010.

512.72 WILL, Level 3: Number theory in the spirit of Liouville / Kenneth S. Williams. 2010.

512.9 Foundations of Algebra

512.9076 POSA, Level 3: Challenging problems in algebra / Alfred S. Posamentier, Charles T. Salkind. 1996. (2 copies)

514 Mathematics: Topology
514.2 GIBL, Level 3: Graphs, surfaces and homology / Peter Giblin. 2010. 3rd ed.
514.742 PRZY, Level 3: Conformal fractals : ergodic theory methods / Feliks Przytycki, Mariusz Urbanski. 2010

515 Mathematics: Analysis
515 APPL, Level 3: Applied calculus / Deborah Hughes-Hallett ... [et al.]. 2011. 4th Intern. Student ed.
515 TAN, Level 3: Applied calculus for the managerial, life, and social sciences / Soo Tan. 2011. 8th Intern. ed.
515.02462 SPIE, Level 3: Advanced mathematics for engineers and scientists / Murray R. Spiegel. 1971.
515.09 GRAB, Level 3: A historian looks back : the calculus as algebra and selected writings / by Judith V. Grabiner. 2010.

516 Geometry
516 FIED, Level 3: Matrices and graphs in geometry / Miroslav Fiedler. 2011.
516 SHAW, Level 3: Explorations in geometry / Bruce Shawyer. 2010
516.0076 POSA, Level 3: Challenging problems in geometry / Alfred S. Posamentier, Charles T. Salkind. 1996 (2 copies)

516.35 PATI, Level 3: Introduction to algebraic geometry and commutative algebra / Dilip P. Patil, Uwe Storch. 2010.

519 Probability & Applied Mathematics

519 HARS, Level 3: Math apps / Harshbarger/Reynolds. 2012. Student ed.

519.233 CAST, Level 3: Markov processes, Feller semigroups and evolution equations / Jan A. van Casteren. 2011.

519.3 KOLO, Level 3: Understanding game theory : introduction to the analysis of many agent systems with competition and cooperation / Vassili N Kolokoltsov, Oleg A Malafeyev. 2010.

519.3 MCCA, Level 3: Game theory : a nontechnical introduction to the analysis of strategy / Roger A. McCain. 2010. Rev. ed.

519.72 BAZZ, Level 3: Linear programming and network flows / Mokhtar S. Bazaraa, John J. Jarvis, Hanif D. Sherali. 2010. 4th ed.

530.1  Theories & Mathematical Physics

530.1 SPRO, Level 3: Elegant chaos : algebraically simple chaotic flows / Julien Clinton Sprott. 2010.

530.1430151 FARI, Level 3: Mathematical aspects of quantum field theory / Edson de Faria, Welington de Melo. 2010.

531.01 Classical Mechanics: Philosophy & Theory
531.01516 HOLM, Level 3: Geometric mechanics / Darryl D. Holm. 2008
570.1 Life Sciences: Philosophy & Theory
570.1516 NEWT, Level 3: New trends in geometry : their role in the natural and life sciences / Claudio Bartocci, Luciano Boi, Corrado Sinigaglia, editors. 2011


793.7 Games not characterised by action
793.74 GARD, Level 3: My best mathematical and logic puzzles / Martin Gardner. 1994. (2 copies)


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UJ Sciences Librarian, APK: Pavlinka Kovatcheva (pkovatcheva@uj.ac.za)

New Geography Titles: Energy

The following titles are the latest ordered and received for Energy Studies.

TOPIC: ENERGY

333.7  Land, Recreational and Wilderness areas, Energy

333.7 PERT, Level 2: Economic choices in a warming world / Christian de Perthuis. 2011.

333.79 Energy

333.79 CLEA, Level 2: Clean Technology 2010 : bioenergy, renewables, storage, grid, waste and sustainability : technical proceedings of the 2010 CTSI Clean Technology and Sustainable Industries Conference and Expo / editors: Matthew Laudon, Bart Romanowicz. 2010.

333.79 ENER, Level 2: Energy, bio fuels and development : comparing Brazil and the United States / edited by Edmund Amann, Werner Baer and Donald V. Coes. 2011.

333.79 ROJE, Level 2: Energy & climate : how to achieve a successful energy transition / Alexandre Rojey. 2009.  

   

333.7915072 WUST, Level 2: Handbook of research on energy entrepreneurship / edited by Rolf Wüstenhagen and Robert Wuebker. 2011.

333.794 HORD, Level 2: Megatrends for energy efficiency and renewable energy / by Michael Frank Hordeski. 2011.

333.95 Biological resources

333.9539 BIOM, Level 2: Biomass to biofuels : strategies for global industries / edited by Alain A. Vertes ... [et al.]. 2010.

363.7 Environmental problems: Pollution (363.73)

363.738740968455 TOWA, Level 2: Towards a low carbon city : focus on Durban. 2011.

   

621.042 Energy Engineering

621.042 HINR, Level 5: Energy : its use and the environment / Roger A. Hinrichs, Merlin Kleinbach. 4th ed. 2006.

621.31244 Generation of electricity from solar radiation

621.31244 LYNN, Level 5: Electricity from sunlight : an introduction to photovoltaics / Paul A. Lynn. 2010.

621.31244 VOGE, Level 5: Large-scale solar thermal power : technologies, costs and development / Werner Vogel and Henry Kalb. 2010.

   

662.87 Wastes as fuels

662.87 YOUN, Level 5: Municipal solid waste to energy conversion processes : economic, technical and renewable comparisons / Gary C. Young. 2010.

        

Sciences Librarian: Pavlinka Kovatcheva: pkovatcheva@uj.ac.za

New Geography Books: Tourism

These are the latest Geography books on the topic TOURISM.  They are available at the UJ Kingsway Campus Library. Click on the link to view the books availability and more detailed information.

TOPIC: TOURISM

338.4791 Hospitality Industry

338.4791 CULT, Level 2: Cultural tourism in a changing world : politics, participation and (re)presentation / edited by Melanie Smith and Mike Robinson. 2006.

338.4791072 RES, Level 2: Research themes for tourism / edited by Peter Robinson, Sine Heitmann, and Peter Dieke. 2011.

338.4791417 IRIS, Level 2: Irish tourism : image, culture, and identity / edited by Michael Cronin and Barbara O'Connor. 2003.

    

338.479156 TOUR, Level 2: Tourism in the Middle East : continuity, change, and transformation / edited by Rami Farouk Daher. 2007.

338.47915986 COLE, Level 2: Tourism, culture and development : hopes, dreams and realities in East Indonesia / Stroma Cole. 2008.

338.47915694 COHE, Level 2: Youth tourism to Israel : educational experiences of the diaspora / Erik H. Cohen. 2008.

338.4791649 MACL, Level 2: Tourism, globalisation, and cultural change : an island community perspective / Donald V.L. Macleod. 2004.

    

394 General Customs

394.12 TEA, Level 3: Tea and tourism : tourists, traditions and transformations / edited by Lee Jolliffe. 2007.

394.26 FEST, Level 3: Festivals, tourism and social change : remaking worlds / edited by David Picard and Mike Robinson. 2006.

796.51 Outdoor life: Walking

796.51 HANN, Level 5: Backpacker tourism : concepts and profiles / edited by Kevin Hannam and Irena Ateljevic. 2008.

796.51 RICH, Level 5: The global nomad : backpacker travel in theory and practice / edited by Greg Richards and Julie Wilson. 2004.

     

910.01 Philosophy and Theory of Geography and Travel

910.01 JACK, Level 5: Tourism and intercultural exchange : why tourism matters / Gavin Jack and Alison Phipps. 2005.

910.014 JAWO, Level 5: Discourse, communication and tourism / edited by Adam Jaworski and Annette Pritchard. 2005.

910.014 PHIP, Level 5: Learning the arts of linguistic survival : languaging, tourism, life / Alison Phipps. 2007.

      

910.4 Accounts of travel and facilities for travelers

910.408621 ROYA, Level 5: Royal tourism : excursions around monarchy / edited by Philip Long and Nicola J. Palmer. 2008.

910.9 History, Geographic treatment, Biography

910.9 HIST, Level 5: Histories of tourism : representation, identity, and conflict / edited by John K. Walton. 2005.

     

Pavlinka Kovatcheva, Sciences Librarian: pkovatcheva@uj.ac.za

New Geography Books: March 2012

These are the latest Geography, Environmental Management & Energy Studies Department books available at the UJ Kingsway Campus Library. Additional 2 posts will show the Tourism and Energy books.

Click on the link to view the books availability and more detailed information:

005 Computer programming, Programs, Data

005.55 CARV, Level 1: Doing data analysis with SPSS version 18 / Robert H. Carver, Jane Gradwohl Nash. 2012. Intern ed.

307.76 Urban communities

307.76 ANDE, Level 2: Handbook of creative cities / edited by David Emanuel Andersson, Åke E. Andersson, Charlotta Mellander. 2011.

307.760968221 MURR, Level 2: City of extremes : the spatial politics of Johannesburg / Martin J. Murray. 2011

    

333.72 Conservation and protection

333.72 WALT, Level 2: The ecosystem approach : complexity, uncertainty, and managing for sustainability / edited by David Waltner-Toews, James J. Kay, and Nina-Marie E. Lister. 2008.

333.78 Recreational and wilderness areas

333.78216096881 OWEN, Level 2: An arid Eden : a personal account of conservation in the Kaokoveld / Garth Owen-Smith. 2010

338.9 Economic Development & Growth

N338.9002 WORL, Level 1 (Reference Collection): Atlas of global development / International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank. 3rd ed. 2011.

    

362 Social problems of and services to groups of people

362.19697920096 PEPI, Level 2: The origins of AIDS / Jacques Pepin. 2011.


363 Specific social problems and services

N363.3403 ENCY, Level 1 (Reference Collection):Encyclopedia of disaster relief / [edited by] K. Bradley Penuel, Matt Statler. 2011. In 2 volumes.  

363.73874 FAIR, Level 3: Fairness in adaptation to climate change / edited by W. Neil Adger, Jouni Paavola, Saleemul Huq, and M.J. Mace. 2006.

363.738746 GIDD, Level 3: Politics of climate change / Anthony Giddens. 2nd rev and updated ed. 2011

    

370.72 Educational Research

370.72 COLL, Level 1 (Study Collection): Collaborative action research : developing professional learning communities / edited by Stephen P. Gordon ; foreword by Emily F. Calhoun. 2008.

526 Mathematical geography

526 CLAS, Level 3: Classics in cartography : reflections on influential articles from Cartographica / edited by Martin Dodge ; with a foreword by Jeremy W. Crampton. 2011.

     

551.2 Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Thermal waters and Gases

551.21 OPPE, Level 3: Eruptions that shook the world / Clive Oppenheimer. 2011.

551.4 Geomorphology and Hydrosphere

551.43096875 LEWI, Level 3: Geomorphology of the Eastern Cape, South Africa / Colin A. Lewis (editor). 2nd ed. 2008.

551.415 ARID, Level 3: Arid zone geomorphology : process, form and change in drylands / edited by David S.G. Thomas. 3rd ed. 2011.

577.2 Ecology: Specific factors affecting ecology

577.22 CLIM, Level 3: Climate change, ecology, and systematics / edited by Trevor R. Hodkinson ... [et al.]. 1st ed. 2011.

  

621.36  Optical engineering

621.3678028566 MATH, Level 5: Computer processing of remotely-sensed images : an introduction / Paul M. Mather and Magaly Koch. 2011. 3rd ed.

658 General Management

658.022 HEND, Level 5: The small business self-starter handbook : how to manage pitfalls of small business start up / John Philip Henderson. 2007.

912.01 Graphic representations of surface of earth and of extraterrestrial worlds: Philosophy and theory; map reading

912.014 EARL, Level 5: Focus on map skills : grades 10 to 12 / J. Earle, P. Bowerman. 2007. (Currently we have 5 copies - 2 on Reserve)


   

Next blog post: Books on Tourism.

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New Chemistry Books: 572 - 664

The following Chemistry books are now available at the UJ Kingsway Campus Library (at my desk until 14 March 2012)

572.56 Biochemistry: Carbohydrates

572.565 COLL, Level 3: Monosaccharides : their chemistry and their roles in natural products / Peter M. Collins, Robert J. Ferrier. 1995.

572.565 REAC, Level 3: Reactivity tuning in oligosaccharide assembly / volume editors: Bert Fraser-Reid, José Cristóbal López ; with contributions by S. Aubry ... [et al.]. 2011.

577.1 Ecology: Specific ecosystem processes

577.140721 GOPA, Level 3: A laboratory manual for environmental chemistry / R. Gopalan, Amirtha Anand, R. Wilfred Sugumar. 2009.

    

615.19 Pharmaceutical Chemistry

615.19 GREE, Level 5: Green and sustainable pharmacy / Klaus Kümmerer, Maximilian Hempel, editors. 2010.

615.19 LEDN, Level 5: Strategies for organic drug synthesis and design / Daniel Lednicer. 2nd ed. 2009.

615.19 LEDN, Level 5: New drug discovery and development / Daniel Lednicer. 2007.

615.19 LEDN, Level 5: The organic chemistry of drug synthesis / Daniel Lednicer, Lester A. Mitscher ; with a glossary by Philip F. vonVoigtlander. Vol. 5; 6; 7.


   

615.19 MODE, Level 5: Modern drug synthesis / edited by Jie Jack Li and Douglas S. Johnson. 2010.

615.19 PATR, Level 5: An introduction to medicinal chemistry / Graham L. Patrick 4th ed. 2009.

615.19 THOM, Level 5: Medicinal chemistry / Gareth Thomas. 2nd. ed. 2007.

   

620.1 Engineering mechanics and materials

620.1064 MICH, Level 5: Particles, bubbles & drops : their motion, heat and mass transfer / E.E. Michaelides. 2006

620.116 BRUC, Level 5: Porous materials / edited by Duncan W. Bruce, Dermot O'Hare, Richard I. Walton. 2011.

  

660 Chemical engineering and related technologies

660.6 ENGI, Level 5: Engineered carbohydrate-based materials for biomedical applications : polymers, surfaces, dendrimers, nanoparticles and hydrogels / edited by Ravin Narain. 2011.

662 Technology of explosives, fuels, related products

662.6623 WELK, Level 5: Ruthenium based Fischer-Tropsch synthesis : effect of crystallites and clusters of different sizes from "Nano" to "Angstrøm" / Cathrin Welker-Nieuwoudt. 2011.

664 Food technology

664.22 STAR, Level 5: Starch : chemistry and technology / edited by James BeMiller and Roy Whistler. 3rd ed. 2009.


    

Pavlinka Kovatcheva, Sciences Librarian: pkovatcheva@uj.ac.za