Author: Mike Fontenot
Publisher: C Clef Publishing LLC
ISBN: 194438216X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 721
Book Description
“...in this business, at some point, everyone dies.” Carl Santos CIA Station Chief, Istanbul Twin sisters Courtney and Whitney spent their entire adult lives traveling an inherently dangerous path - sometimes together sometimes apart. It's a path that inexorably leads to a destiny that only they - together- can fulfill. Over the years, they've made friends, and enemies - sometimes both in the same person. Even those they work against, respect their abilities. They now find themselves forced to work with what the world believes is their biggest adversary - the SVR - and its Director. What the world - and those in power in both countries - aren't aware of, is that over the years, Courtney Whitman and Andrei Gryzlov have become as close as friends, as they are diligent adversaries. This small detail will eventually prove extremely beneficial for the Russian government. A program - one that directly involved two of the twin's closest associates - was never terminated as was reported. In fact, not only was it seen through to completion, but the subjects are now being gathered to complete a mission - but it's not the mission they were created for. In the end... the price of success will be far higher than any of them could have ever imagined. THE FINAL EQUATION is the last chapter in the lives of Courtney and Whitney Bergstrom, and all those who have joined them over the years, on the extraordinary path that leads to their ultimate destiny.
Solution Squared
Author: Mike Fontenot
Publisher: C Clef Publishing LLC
ISBN: 194438216X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 721
Book Description
“...in this business, at some point, everyone dies.” Carl Santos CIA Station Chief, Istanbul Twin sisters Courtney and Whitney spent their entire adult lives traveling an inherently dangerous path - sometimes together sometimes apart. It's a path that inexorably leads to a destiny that only they - together- can fulfill. Over the years, they've made friends, and enemies - sometimes both in the same person. Even those they work against, respect their abilities. They now find themselves forced to work with what the world believes is their biggest adversary - the SVR - and its Director. What the world - and those in power in both countries - aren't aware of, is that over the years, Courtney Whitman and Andrei Gryzlov have become as close as friends, as they are diligent adversaries. This small detail will eventually prove extremely beneficial for the Russian government. A program - one that directly involved two of the twin's closest associates - was never terminated as was reported. In fact, not only was it seen through to completion, but the subjects are now being gathered to complete a mission - but it's not the mission they were created for. In the end... the price of success will be far higher than any of them could have ever imagined. THE FINAL EQUATION is the last chapter in the lives of Courtney and Whitney Bergstrom, and all those who have joined them over the years, on the extraordinary path that leads to their ultimate destiny.
Publisher: C Clef Publishing LLC
ISBN: 194438216X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 721
Book Description
“...in this business, at some point, everyone dies.” Carl Santos CIA Station Chief, Istanbul Twin sisters Courtney and Whitney spent their entire adult lives traveling an inherently dangerous path - sometimes together sometimes apart. It's a path that inexorably leads to a destiny that only they - together- can fulfill. Over the years, they've made friends, and enemies - sometimes both in the same person. Even those they work against, respect their abilities. They now find themselves forced to work with what the world believes is their biggest adversary - the SVR - and its Director. What the world - and those in power in both countries - aren't aware of, is that over the years, Courtney Whitman and Andrei Gryzlov have become as close as friends, as they are diligent adversaries. This small detail will eventually prove extremely beneficial for the Russian government. A program - one that directly involved two of the twin's closest associates - was never terminated as was reported. In fact, not only was it seen through to completion, but the subjects are now being gathered to complete a mission - but it's not the mission they were created for. In the end... the price of success will be far higher than any of them could have ever imagined. THE FINAL EQUATION is the last chapter in the lives of Courtney and Whitney Bergstrom, and all those who have joined them over the years, on the extraordinary path that leads to their ultimate destiny.
The TARASOV SOLUTION
Author: Richard Trevae
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615770239
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
What if history lied to us? What if secrets revealed decades later could threaten world stability and leave us in chaos? Decades ago, in the midst of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, a paranoid Kremlin leader ordered the underwater deployment of two nuclear missiles near Cuba's shore; each warhead sealed in a protective cocoon. Buried in the sand, the twin nukes lay undiscovered for half-a-century. Rumors of the missiles existence lure the attention of Yuri Tarasov, a pathological arms-merchant obsessed with possessing the doomsday weapons. Together with his ruthless assassin, Ivana Yenko, they board Yuri's high-tech yacht Decadence and head for Cuba. Naval Academy graduate, 25-year old Dalton Crusoe, finishes his MBA, is recognized for his quick analytical mind. When asked by friend and mentor Ed Kosko, head of the NSA, to interrogate a retired, Russian military-officer seeking asylum, Dalton learns of a sinister plot to assassinate President Connor and Russian President Blinikov during an upcoming, historic summit. Dalton assembles a secret special ops team directly under President Conner's authority to locate and secure the missiles before Tarasov can retrieve them. In a race against time, Dalton struggles to rescue his kidnapped girlfriend, search for the nukes throughout the Caribbean, outwit the evil Tarasov, and prevent the destruction of Washington D.C. along with the Russian and U.S. presidents!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615770239
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
What if history lied to us? What if secrets revealed decades later could threaten world stability and leave us in chaos? Decades ago, in the midst of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, a paranoid Kremlin leader ordered the underwater deployment of two nuclear missiles near Cuba's shore; each warhead sealed in a protective cocoon. Buried in the sand, the twin nukes lay undiscovered for half-a-century. Rumors of the missiles existence lure the attention of Yuri Tarasov, a pathological arms-merchant obsessed with possessing the doomsday weapons. Together with his ruthless assassin, Ivana Yenko, they board Yuri's high-tech yacht Decadence and head for Cuba. Naval Academy graduate, 25-year old Dalton Crusoe, finishes his MBA, is recognized for his quick analytical mind. When asked by friend and mentor Ed Kosko, head of the NSA, to interrogate a retired, Russian military-officer seeking asylum, Dalton learns of a sinister plot to assassinate President Connor and Russian President Blinikov during an upcoming, historic summit. Dalton assembles a secret special ops team directly under President Conner's authority to locate and secure the missiles before Tarasov can retrieve them. In a race against time, Dalton struggles to rescue his kidnapped girlfriend, search for the nukes throughout the Caribbean, outwit the evil Tarasov, and prevent the destruction of Washington D.C. along with the Russian and U.S. presidents!
Understanding How Components Fail, 3rd Edition
Author: Donald J. Wulpi
Publisher: ASM International
ISBN: 1627080147
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
One of the first books new engineers and technicians should read. This new edition of the perennial best seller preserves the core of the previous editions, focusing on the metallurgical and materials evaluation for failure mode identification. Comprehensive information covering the basic principles and practices are clearly explained.
Publisher: ASM International
ISBN: 1627080147
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
One of the first books new engineers and technicians should read. This new edition of the perennial best seller preserves the core of the previous editions, focusing on the metallurgical and materials evaluation for failure mode identification. Comprehensive information covering the basic principles and practices are clearly explained.
Light Scattering Reviews 3
Author: Alexander A. Kokhanovsky
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540485465
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
This is the 3rd volume of a "Light Scattering Reviews" series devoted to current knowledge of light scattering problems and both experimental and theoretical research techniques related to their solution. This volume covers applications in remote sensing, inverse problems and geophysics, with a particular focus on terrestrial clouds. The influence of clouds on climate is poorly understood. The theoretical aspects of this problem constitute the main emphasis of this work.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540485465
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
This is the 3rd volume of a "Light Scattering Reviews" series devoted to current knowledge of light scattering problems and both experimental and theoretical research techniques related to their solution. This volume covers applications in remote sensing, inverse problems and geophysics, with a particular focus on terrestrial clouds. The influence of clouds on climate is poorly understood. The theoretical aspects of this problem constitute the main emphasis of this work.
Conceptual Trigonometry Part I
Author: Chandra Shekhar Kumar
Publisher: Ancient Science Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
This work contains conceptual solutions to the problems and exercises given in the text book of Plane Trigonometry by S. L. Loney's including variations of problems, solutions, methods and approaches. These solutions strengthen and enliven the inherent multi-concepts to enrich the heritage set forth by S. L. Loney. The present work will serve as a complete guide to private students reading the subject with few or no opportunities of instruction. This will save the time and lighten the work of Teachers as well. This book helps in acquiring a better understanding of the basic principles of Plane Trigonometry and in revising a large amount of the subject matter quickly. Care has been taken, as in the forthcoming ones, to present the solutions with multi-concepts and beyond in a simple natural manner, in order to meet the difficulties which are most likely to arise, and to render the work intelligible and instructive.
Publisher: Ancient Science Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
This work contains conceptual solutions to the problems and exercises given in the text book of Plane Trigonometry by S. L. Loney's including variations of problems, solutions, methods and approaches. These solutions strengthen and enliven the inherent multi-concepts to enrich the heritage set forth by S. L. Loney. The present work will serve as a complete guide to private students reading the subject with few or no opportunities of instruction. This will save the time and lighten the work of Teachers as well. This book helps in acquiring a better understanding of the basic principles of Plane Trigonometry and in revising a large amount of the subject matter quickly. Care has been taken, as in the forthcoming ones, to present the solutions with multi-concepts and beyond in a simple natural manner, in order to meet the difficulties which are most likely to arise, and to render the work intelligible and instructive.
Real Solutions to Equations from Geometry
Author: Frank Sottile
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 0821853317
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Understanding, finding, or even deciding on the existence of real solutions to a system of equations is a difficult problem with many applications outside of mathematics. While it is hopeless to expect much in general, we know a surprising amount about these questions for systems which possess additional structure often coming from geometry. This book focuses on equations from toric varieties and Grassmannians. Not only is much known about these, but such equations are common in applications. There are three main themes: upper bounds on the number of real solutions, lower bounds on the number of real solutions, and geometric problems that can have all solutions be real. The book begins with an overview, giving background on real solutions to univariate polynomials and the geometry of sparse polynomial systems. The first half of the book concludes with fewnomial upper bounds and with lower bounds to sparse polynomial systems. The second half of the book begins by sampling some geometric problems for which all solutions can be real, before devoting the last five chapters to the Shapiro Conjecture, in which the relevant polynomial systems have only real solutions.
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 0821853317
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Understanding, finding, or even deciding on the existence of real solutions to a system of equations is a difficult problem with many applications outside of mathematics. While it is hopeless to expect much in general, we know a surprising amount about these questions for systems which possess additional structure often coming from geometry. This book focuses on equations from toric varieties and Grassmannians. Not only is much known about these, but such equations are common in applications. There are three main themes: upper bounds on the number of real solutions, lower bounds on the number of real solutions, and geometric problems that can have all solutions be real. The book begins with an overview, giving background on real solutions to univariate polynomials and the geometry of sparse polynomial systems. The first half of the book concludes with fewnomial upper bounds and with lower bounds to sparse polynomial systems. The second half of the book begins by sampling some geometric problems for which all solutions can be real, before devoting the last five chapters to the Shapiro Conjecture, in which the relevant polynomial systems have only real solutions.
Conceptual Kinematics
Author: Chandra Shekhar Kumar
Publisher: Ancient Science Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 61
Book Description
Conceptual Kinematics: A Companion to I. E. Irodov's Problems in General Physics. This work contains several variations of problems, solutions, methods, approaches related to Kinematics of I. E. Irodov's Problems in General Physics. These solutions strengthen and enliven the inherent multi-concepts including (but not limited to) analytics, graphical geometry, calculus, trigonometric geometry, scalar/vector algebra, differential equations, extrema without calculus to enrich the heritage set forth by I. E. Irodov. The present work will serve as a complete guide to private students reading the subject with few or no opportunities of instruction. This will save the time and lighten the work of Teachers as well. This book helps in acquiring a better understanding of the basic principles of Kinematics and in revising a large amount of the subject matter quickly. Care has been taken, as in the forthcoming ones, to present the solutions with multi-concepts and beyond in a simple natural manner, in order to meet the difficulties which are most likely to arise, and to render the work intelligible and instructive.
Publisher: Ancient Science Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 61
Book Description
Conceptual Kinematics: A Companion to I. E. Irodov's Problems in General Physics. This work contains several variations of problems, solutions, methods, approaches related to Kinematics of I. E. Irodov's Problems in General Physics. These solutions strengthen and enliven the inherent multi-concepts including (but not limited to) analytics, graphical geometry, calculus, trigonometric geometry, scalar/vector algebra, differential equations, extrema without calculus to enrich the heritage set forth by I. E. Irodov. The present work will serve as a complete guide to private students reading the subject with few or no opportunities of instruction. This will save the time and lighten the work of Teachers as well. This book helps in acquiring a better understanding of the basic principles of Kinematics and in revising a large amount of the subject matter quickly. Care has been taken, as in the forthcoming ones, to present the solutions with multi-concepts and beyond in a simple natural manner, in order to meet the difficulties which are most likely to arise, and to render the work intelligible and instructive.
Residual Stresses
Author: A. Niku-Lari
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 1483191001
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 587
Book Description
Residual Stresses presents a collection of articles that provides information regarding the use of surface treatment systems. It discusses the developments in the technology and application of surface treatment. It addresses the influence of minor stresses on the performance of materials. Some of the topics covered in the book are the introduction to self-equilibrating stresses existing in materials, the stresses that form as a consequence of welding, the stresses made by machining, and the mechanical generation of self-stresses. The analysis of the stresses caused by thermal and thermochemical surface treatments is covered. The minor stresses in composite materials are discussed. The text describes the stresses in uranium and uranium alloys. The Trepan or ring core method, centre-hole method, and Sach's method are presented. A chapter of the volume is devoted to the measurement of residual stresses. Another section of the book focuses on the application of shot peened plates to residual stress distribution. The book will provide useful information to mechanics, engineers, students, and researchers.
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 1483191001
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 587
Book Description
Residual Stresses presents a collection of articles that provides information regarding the use of surface treatment systems. It discusses the developments in the technology and application of surface treatment. It addresses the influence of minor stresses on the performance of materials. Some of the topics covered in the book are the introduction to self-equilibrating stresses existing in materials, the stresses that form as a consequence of welding, the stresses made by machining, and the mechanical generation of self-stresses. The analysis of the stresses caused by thermal and thermochemical surface treatments is covered. The minor stresses in composite materials are discussed. The text describes the stresses in uranium and uranium alloys. The Trepan or ring core method, centre-hole method, and Sach's method are presented. A chapter of the volume is devoted to the measurement of residual stresses. Another section of the book focuses on the application of shot peened plates to residual stress distribution. The book will provide useful information to mechanics, engineers, students, and researchers.
Encyclopedia of Special Functions: The Askey-Bateman Project: Volume 2, Multivariable Special Functions
Author: Tom H. Koornwinder
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108916554
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
This is the second of three volumes that form the Encyclopedia of Special Functions, an extensive update of the Bateman Manuscript Project. Volume 2 covers multivariable special functions. When the Bateman project appeared, study of these was in an early stage, but revolutionary developments began to be made in the 1980s and have continued ever since. World-renowned experts survey these over the course of 12 chapters, each containing an extensive bibliography. The reader encounters different perspectives on a wide range of topics, from Dunkl theory, to Macdonald theory, to the various deep generalizations of classical hypergeometric functions to the several variables case, including the elliptic level. Particular attention is paid to the close relation of the subject with Lie theory, geometry, mathematical physics and combinatorics.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108916554
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
This is the second of three volumes that form the Encyclopedia of Special Functions, an extensive update of the Bateman Manuscript Project. Volume 2 covers multivariable special functions. When the Bateman project appeared, study of these was in an early stage, but revolutionary developments began to be made in the 1980s and have continued ever since. World-renowned experts survey these over the course of 12 chapters, each containing an extensive bibliography. The reader encounters different perspectives on a wide range of topics, from Dunkl theory, to Macdonald theory, to the various deep generalizations of classical hypergeometric functions to the several variables case, including the elliptic level. Particular attention is paid to the close relation of the subject with Lie theory, geometry, mathematical physics and combinatorics.
General Fractional Derivatives
Author: Xiao-Jun Yang
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0429811535
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
General Fractional Derivatives: Theory, Methods and Applications provides knowledge of the special functions with respect to another function, and the integro-differential operators where the integrals are of the convolution type and exist the singular, weakly singular and nonsingular kernels, which exhibit the fractional derivatives, fractional integrals, general fractional derivatives, and general fractional integrals of the constant and variable order without and with respect to another function due to the appearance of the power-law and complex herbivores to figure out the modern developments in theoretical and applied science. Features: Give some new results for fractional calculus of constant and variable orders. Discuss some new definitions for fractional calculus with respect to another function. Provide definitions for general fractional calculus of constant and variable orders. Report new results of general fractional calculus with respect to another function. Propose news special functions with respect to another function and their applications. Present new models for the anomalous relaxation and rheological behaviors. This book serves as a reference book and textbook for scientists and engineers in the fields of mathematics, physics, chemistry and engineering, senior undergraduate and graduate students. Dr. Xiao-Jun Yang is a full professor of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, at China University of Mining and Technology, China. He is currently an editor of several scientific journals, such as Fractals, Applied Numerical Mathematics, Mathematical Modelling and Analysis, International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, and Thermal Science.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0429811535
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
General Fractional Derivatives: Theory, Methods and Applications provides knowledge of the special functions with respect to another function, and the integro-differential operators where the integrals are of the convolution type and exist the singular, weakly singular and nonsingular kernels, which exhibit the fractional derivatives, fractional integrals, general fractional derivatives, and general fractional integrals of the constant and variable order without and with respect to another function due to the appearance of the power-law and complex herbivores to figure out the modern developments in theoretical and applied science. Features: Give some new results for fractional calculus of constant and variable orders. Discuss some new definitions for fractional calculus with respect to another function. Provide definitions for general fractional calculus of constant and variable orders. Report new results of general fractional calculus with respect to another function. Propose news special functions with respect to another function and their applications. Present new models for the anomalous relaxation and rheological behaviors. This book serves as a reference book and textbook for scientists and engineers in the fields of mathematics, physics, chemistry and engineering, senior undergraduate and graduate students. Dr. Xiao-Jun Yang is a full professor of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, at China University of Mining and Technology, China. He is currently an editor of several scientific journals, such as Fractals, Applied Numerical Mathematics, Mathematical Modelling and Analysis, International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, and Thermal Science.