Japan's Population Implosion: The 50 Million Shock

Japan's Population Implosion: The 50 Million Shock by Yoichi Funabashi
English | 31 Dec. 2017 | ISBN: 9811049823 | 235 Pages | PDF | 4.3 MB
This cutting edge collection examines Japan's population issue, exploring how declining demographic trends are affecting Japan's social structure, specifically in the context of Greater Tokyo, life infrastructure, public finance and the economy.
Future Spacecraft Propulsion Systems and Integration: Enabling Technologies for Space Exploration, Third Edition

Future Spacecraft Propulsion Systems and Integration: Enabling Technologies for Space Exploration, Third Edition By Paul A. Czysz
English | EPUB | 2017 (2018 Edition) | 463 Pages | ISBN : 3662547422 | 17.51 MB
The updated and expanded third edition of this book focuses on the multi-disciplinary coupling between flight-vehicle hardware alternatives and enabling propulsion systems. It discusses how to match near-term and far-term aerospace vehicles to missions and provides a comprehensive overview of the subject, directly contributing to the next-generation space infrastructure, from space tourism to space exploration.
Nonlinear Systems, Vol. 2: Nonlinear Phenomena in Biology, Optics and Condensed Matter

Nonlinear Systems, Vol. 2: Nonlinear Phenomena in Biology, Optics and Condensed Matter By Juan F. R. Archilla
English | PDF,EPUB | 2017 (2018 Edition) | 350 Pages | ISBN : 3319722174 | 26.67 MB
This book presents an overview of the most recent advances in nonlinear science. It provides a unified view of nonlinear properties in many different systems and highlights many new developments.
Grasping Shadows: The Dark Side of Literature, Painting, Photography, and Film

Grasping Shadows: The Dark Side of Literature, Painting, Photography, and Film by William Chapman Sharpe
English | September 6th, 2017 | ISBN: 0190675276, 9780190675271 | 441 Pages | True PDF | 196.26 MB
What's in a shadow? Menace, seduction, or salvation? Immaterial but profound, shadows lurk everywhere in literature and the visual arts, signifying everything from the treachery of appearances to the unfathomable power of God. From Plato to Picasso, from Rembrandt to Welles and Warhol, from Lord of the Rings to the latest video game, shadows act as central players in the drama of Western culture.
War, Denial and Nation-Building in Sri Lanka: After the End

War, Denial and Nation-Building in Sri Lanka: After the End By Rachel Seoighe
English | PDF,EPUB | 2017 | 386 Pages | ISBN : 3319563238 | 4.67 MB
This book begins from a critical account of the final months of the Sri Lankan civil war, tracing themes of nationalism, discourse and conflict memory through this period of immense violence and into its aftermath. Using these themes to explore state crime, atrocity and its denial and representation, Seoighe offers an analysis of how stories of conflict are authored and constructed. This book examines the political discourse of the former Rajapaksa government, highlighting how fluency in international discourses of counter-terrorism, humanitarianism and the ‘reconciliation' expected of states transitioning from conflict can be used to conceal and deny state violence.