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Acc. No : 35084Call No : 004.1 TAN-S

Quantum annealing is a new-generation tool ofinformation technology, which helps in solvingcombinatorial optimization problems with highprecision, based on the concepts of quantum statisticalphysics. Detailed discussion on quantum spin glassesand its application in solving combinatorial optimizationproblems is required for better understanding ofquantum annealing concepts. Fulfilling this requirement,the book highlights recent development in quantum spinglasses including Nishimori line, replica method andquantum annealing methods along with the essentialprinciples. Separate chapters on simulated annealing,quantum dynamics and classical spin models areprovided for enhanced…


Acc. No : 38194Call No : 006.696 CHU-R

Creative professionals seeking the fastest, easiest, mostcomprehensive way to learn Adobe Animate chooseAdobe Animate CC Classroom in a Book (2018 release)from Adobe Press. The 12 project-based step-by-steplessons in this book show users the key techniques forworking in Animate. Adobe Animate CC provides moreexpressive tools, powerful controls for animation androbust support for playback across a wide variety ofplatforms. Learn how to use and create vector-basedbrushes for painterly effects. Gain more advancedcontrol over complex animations with the Camera tooland learn to focus the action on different parts of theStage. Explore the new Layer Depth panel which…


Acc. No : 36940Call No : 302.231 LUC-O

In barely a decade, social media has positioned itself atthe center of twenty-first century life. The combinedpower of platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram,Snapchat, and Vine have helped topple dictators andturned anonymous teenagers into celebrities overnight.In the social media age, ideas spread and morph throughshared hashtags, photos, and videos, and the mostcompelling and emotive ones can transform publicopinion in mere days and weeks, even attitudes andpriorities that had persisted for decades. How did thishappen? The scope and pace of these changes have lefttraditional businesses--and their old-guard marketinggatekeepers--bewildered. We simply do not comprehendsocial media's…


Acc. No : 36743Call No : 305.8009 KAW-A

Our thread is different from the thread of the Brahmin.They have the Vedas, we have weaving. We Who Woveis the first in-depth ethnographic study of the Telugu-speaking Padma Saliyars of Tamil Nadu, who claim ahigh status among hereditary weaving castes. ThePadma Saliyars consider themselves ‘on par’ withBrahmins, claiming difference through their ‘thread’ andthe divinely ordained work of weaving. Their origin mythas recorded in the Bhavanarishi Puranam pronouncesweaving as a divine boon, referring to their longstandingrecognition and status as those who wove with lotusthread. Approaching community not as a closed andunchanging world but as a dynamic one, the studycontributes to the growing…


Acc. No : 36599Call No : 307.1209 BHA-G

The Companion to Planning in the Global South offers acollection of essays on planning in parts of the worldwhich, more often than not, are unrecognised orunmarked in mainstream planning texts. This edition isparticularly timely for a South Asian audience, given theemerging debates on cities and urbanization in India, aswell as on both planning practice and education. Theglobal South is home to much of the urbanization of the21st century; and the need of the hour is no longer tofill a ‘gap’ that leaves this ‘mainstream’ unquestioned,but to re-theorise planning from these geographies andfrom a commitment to diverse modes of practice. Thisvolume will be of interest to urbanists…


Acc. No : 37598Call No : 333.954 GUI-A

This book introduces the key stages of niche-basedhabitat suitability model building, evaluation andprediction required for understanding and predictingfuture patterns of species and biodiversity. Beginningwith the main theory behind ecological niches andspecies distributions, the book proceeds through allmajor steps of model building, from conceptualizationand model training to model evaluation and spatio-temporal predictions. Extensive examples using Rsupport graduate students and researchers inquantifying ecological niches and predicting speciesdistributions with their own data, and help to addresskey environmental and conservation problems.Reflecting this highly active field of…


Acc. No : 37675Call No : 338.51 MUN-M

With the growing popularity of apps such as Uber andAirbnb, there has been a keen interest in the rise of thesharing economy. Michael C. Munger brings these newtrends in the economy down to earth by focusing ontheir relation to the fundamental economic concept oftransaction costs. In doing so Munger brings a freshperspective on the 'sharing economy' in clear andengaging writing that is accessible to both general andspecialist readers. He shows how, for the first time,entrepreneurs can sell reductions in transaction costs,rather than reductions in the costs of the productsthemselves. He predicts that smartphones will be usedto commodify excess capacity, and reaches thecontroversial…


Acc. No : 38474Call No : 364.1523 DAG-R

The missing girls in India are not a new phenomenon.The British passed an Act to check female infanticidemore than 100 years ago. Since 1960, India’s birth sexratios have progressively declined from 994 to 910,implicating life-affecting gender violence. Backed byextensive field research, data and interviews, this bookexplores girl child deselection through cultural neglect,female infanticide and foeticide, and the role of casteand religion. The book spans critical socio-historicalcontexts and examines the practice of selective right tolife. It views the effects of militancy and khaappanchayats, and studies women’s rights discourses andprotective legal reforms. The gender imbalance ismapped globally and analysed…


Acc. No : 37877Call No : 512.5 SHI-G

Covers determinants, linear spaces, systems of linearequations, linear functions of a vector argument,coordinate transformations, the canonical form of thematrix of a linear operator, bilinear and quadratic forms,Euclidean spaces, unitary spaces, quadratic forms inEuclidean and unitary spaces, finite-dimensional space.Linear Algebra (Dover Books on Mathematics) is a bookthat provides a good introduction to the subject ofLinear Algebra. Translated from the original Russianbook, this book covers a lot of material. It has beenwritten by a former professor of mathematics. Thisbook is not at the introductory level. It requires a levelof mathematical knowledge and competence. Theauthor provides a lot of proofs and…


Acc. No : 37867Call No : 512.55 GIL-R

Lie group theory plays an increasingly important role inmodern physical theories. Many of its calculationsremain fundamentally unchanged from one field ofphysics to another, altering only in terms of symbols andthe language. Using the theory of Lie groups as aunifying vehicle, concepts and results from several fieldsof physics can be expressed in an extremely economicalway. With rigor and clarity, this text introduces upper-level undergraduate students to Lie group theory and itsphysical applications. An opening discussion ofintroductory concepts leads to explorations of theclassical groups, continuous groups and Lie groups, andLie groups and Lie algebras. Some simple butilluminating examples…


Acc. No : 37878Call No : 517.8 SIL-R

A shorter version of A.I. Markushevich's masterlythree-volume Theory of Functions of a ComplexVariable, this edition is appropriate for advancedundergraduate and graduate courses in complexanalysis. Numerous worked-out examples and morethan 300 problems, some with hints and answers,make it suitable for independent study. 1967 edition.The book begins with fundamentals, with a definitionof complex numbers, their geometric representation,their algebra, powers and roots of complex numbers,set theory as applied to complex analysis, and complexfunctions and sequences. The notions of proper andimproper complex numbers and of infinity are fully andclearly…


Acc. No : 37825Call No : 531.32 MAI-I

This book is a standard and very widely-used text forfirst student courses on vibrations and waves, and alsouseful as a reference at later stages when moreadvanced topics or applications are met. The overallobjectives of the book are to lead the student to athorough understanding of the basic concepts ofvibrations and waves, to show how these concepts unifya wide variety of familiar physics, and to open doors toadvanced topics which they illuminate. Each section ofthe book contains a summary of its salient contents.There are about 180 problems to which all numericalanswers are provided, together with hints for theirsolution. For the third edition the applications havebeen brought up to date and…


Acc. No : 37968Call No : 539.7 RUD-O

This book is semantically considered to be the process inwhich two nuclei, or else a nucleus of an atom and asubatomic particle from outside the atom, collide toproduce one or more nuclides that are different fromthe nuclides that began the process. Thus, a nuclearreaction must cause a transformation of at least onenuclide to another. If a nucleus interacts with anothernucleus or particle and they then separate withoutchanging the nature of any nuclide, the process is simplyreferred to as a type of nuclear scattering, rather than anuclear reaction. The term “Nuclear reaction” impliesan induced change in nuclide, and thus it does not applyto any type of radioactive decay. Natural nuclearreactions occur in the interaction between…


Acc. No : 32212Call No : 543.17 CLA-H

This bookrecognition of the educational value ofqualitative organic chemical analysis has widelyextended with the result that methods of the typeadvocated for such work have received increasingattention in publications appearing in the scientificjournals during this period. At the same time the normalprogress of organic chemistry has disclosed a variety ofnew reactions and com-pounds; so that it has beenconsidered advisable to subject the portion of the textdealing with the qualitative aspect of organic analysis toa thorough revision. The reference tables have also beenalmost entirely re-written in order to take advantage ofthe new data appearing in the recent literature and topresent in fuller detail the information…


Acc. No : 36089Call No : 551.6 RAJ-I

This book highlights how climate change has affectedmigration in the Indian subcontinent. Drawing on fieldresearch, it argues that extreme weather events such asfloods, droughts, cyclones, cloudbursts as well as sea-level rise, desertification and declining crop productivityhave shown higher frequency in recent times and havedepleted bio-physical diversity and the capacity of theecosystem to provide food and livelihood security. Thevolume shows how the socio-economically poor areworst affected in these circumstances and resort tomigration to survive. The essays in the volume study therole of remittances sent by migrants to their families inenvironmentally fragile zones in providing an importantcushion and adaptation capabilities to cope…


Acc. No : 38769Call No : 577 GER-S

This title meets a great demand for training in spatialanalysis tools accessible to a wide audience. Landscapeecology continues to grow as an exciting discipline withmuch to offer for solving pressing and emergingproblems in environmental science. Much of thestrength of landscape ecology lies in its ability to addresschallenges over large areas, over spatial and temporalscales at which decision-making often occurs. As theworld tackles issues related to sustainability and globalchange, the need for this broad perspective has onlyincreased. Furthermore, spatial data and spatial analysis(core methods in landscape ecology) are critical foranalysing land-cover changes world-wide. While spatialdynamics have long been fundamental to…


Acc. No : 38217Call No : 620.1123 STE-P

Mechanics of Materials helps students gain physical andintuitive understanding of the ideas underlying themechanics of materials; grasp big picture ideas and usethe subject to solve problems—everything it takes togenuinely learn how the forces acting on a materialrelate to its deformation and failure. Student-focusedOrganization: Drawing on over two decades of researchon student learning of mechanics concepts andengineering education methods, Dr. Steif uses athoughtfully organized book structure to break thesubject apart for students and then helps them put itback together. Students can generally picturedeformation better than they can picture forces (forinstance, imagine seeing a ruler bend…


Acc. No : 37704Call No : 620.1129 BIG-D

This book covers solid mechanics for non-linear elasticand elastoplastic materials, describing the behaviour ofductile material subject to extreme mechanical loadingand its eventual failure. The book highlights constitutivefeatures to describe the behaviour of frictional materialssuch as geological media. On the basis of this theory,including large strain and inelastic behaviours,bifurcation and instability are developed with a specialfocus on the modelling of the emergence of localinstabilities such as shear band formation and flutter ofa continuum. The former is regarded as a precursor offracture, while the latter is typical of granular materials.The treatment is complemented with qualitativeexperiments, illustrations from everyday life and simpleexamples taken from structural…


Acc. No : 38717Call No : 621.3678 TUP-F

Dedicated to remote sensing images, from theiracquisition to their use in various applications, this bookcovers the global lifecycle of images, including sensorsand acquisition systems, applications such as movementmonitoring or data assimilation, and image and dataprocessing. It is organized in three main parts. The firstpart presents technological information about remotesensing (choice of satellite orbit and sensors) andelements of physics related to sensing (optics andmicrowave propagation). The second part presentsimage processing algorithms and their specificities forradar or optical, multi and hyper-spectral images. Thefinal part is devoted to applications: change detectionand analysis of…


Acc. No : 37995Call No : 621.381 SON-H

VLSI Analog Circuits: Algorithm, Architecture, Modellingand Circuit Implementation, Second Edition, is atextbook for advanced electrical engineering coursesthat shows, step-by-step, how to analyze and solvepractical design problems using VLSI. You will get up-to-date discussions on VLSI passive, active-RC, MOS-C, Gm-C, CTI, SC and SI analog filter circuits. Mixed-modeconfigurations, VLSI RF signal processing and circuittuning techniques are explained in full detail. The basicVLSI circuit techniques for VLSI signal processing systemsare covered in the first part. The VLSI filter circuitimplementations are covered in the third part. This textwas first developed in 2001 as the class notes for thegraduate-lelvel…


Acc. No : 37122Call No : 650 PAR-A

Veteran adman and author AMBI PARAMESWARAN hasrelied on one process of learning above all others:powerful conversations with clients and customers. Achallenging customer, in his view, goes from beingsomeone who poses an obstacle to quality work tosomeone with eye-opening ideas and concepts.Approached as an exercise in listening and learning,these conversations can become long-term lessons.Ambi has worked with some of the most respectedbrands and names in the Indian corporate world, andeach of those assignments were for him masterclasses inleadership development. In this book, Ambi recountsconversations with some of the most iconic businessleaders, such as…


Acc. No : 38601Call No : 658.31243 LYN-R

This is the third edition of Rolf P. Lynton and UdaiPareek's bestselling book, Training for Development.Completely revised, this new edition reflects the "speedof change" that the world has undergone in the last twodecades and includes recent examples and illustrations.Since 1967, Training for Development has beenregarded as the most comprehensive work available toprofessionals in the field of training and development.The authors focus on training not primarily as a sourceof new information, but rather as a means for changingbehaviour for lasting improvement on the job. Whilethe book is well-anchored theoretically, it is also full ofpractical examples. It is divided into four sections andeach section contains…


Acc. No : 38489Call No : 658.4080 JAM-N

This book presents a critical understanding of Indianbusiness situated as an encounter between indigeneityand Western modernity by exploring notions andpractices of responsibility. It brings the paradoxicalnature of Indian businesses to the fore: though theyhave a rich history of philanthropic contributions tosocial causes, they have also been known for labourrights and human rights violations, environmentalabuses, destruction of habitats, pollution andcorruption. The book shows how Indian firms straddlethese two starkly contrasting positions and the manyblends in between to conform to global developments inthe pursuit of corporate social responsibility (CSR). Italso looks at the emergent field…


Acc. No : 37538Call No : 668.4 CHE-N

Product Design and Testing of Polymeric Materialsintegrates polymer science principles with detailedexperimental programs-helping engineers createoptimal products. Thoroughly investigating bothphysical and processing properties of polymericsubstance, this valuable guide presents the philosophyof product development management includes testmethods for base property and end-use performancepairs viscometric and small-scale testing with molecularproperties for processing advantages examines qualitycontrol from the laboratory to the marketplace appliesthe mechanics of experimental design to productoptimization problems covers the mathematics neededfor proper regression of experimental…


Acc. No : 38713Call No : 696 ATH-A

Building energy design is currently going through aperiod of major changes. One key factor of this is theadoption of net-zero energy as a long term goal for newbuildings in most developed countries. To achieve thisgoal a lot of research is needed to accumulateknowledge and to utilize it in practical applications. Inthis book, accomplished international experts presentadvanced modeling techniques as well as in-depth casestudies in order to aid designers in optimally usingsimulation tools for net-zero energy building design. Thestrategies and technologies discussed in this book are,however, also applicable for the design of energy-plusbuildings. This book was facilitated by InternationalEnergy Agency's Solar Heating and…


Acc. No : 38729Call No : 891.448 DEV-A

This is a reader’s book. It looks at Tagore through histexts. It reads his novels Gora and Jogajog in depth, andChar Adhyay as a crucible of our time. His plays Dakgharand Muktadhara are taken up briefly but succinctly. Thathe is above all a poet is amply illustrated, not by hispoems alone but songs—a principal thrust in thesepages. His love of Nanak along with other medievalSants is part of his vision of India. This is a collection ofessays written over the last ten years or so. Theimmediate incentive for most of them was the 150th

birth celebration of Rabindranath Tagore. However, acouple more predated that, one being a conferencepaper devoted to the novel, and the other a bookchapter in a…


Acc. No : 36950Call No : Fiction THO-E

Smart and funny. It will tug at your heartstrings’ DawnO’Porter It's 1979 and thirteen-year-old Lydia has noidea how she'll cope when her dad announces that thefamily has to sell up and move onto a Thames sailingbarge in Essex. With his girlfriend. And her three kids.Between trying to keep her clothes dry in a leaky cabin,disastrous hair-dye attempts, awkward encounters withlocal boys and coping with her suddenly enormous andtroublesome family, Lydia fears she'll sink rather thanswim. At turns heart-breaking and uplifting, throughLydia's innocent and perceptive voice we find out thatwhile the mud may stick, the tide can turn - and inunexpected and…


Acc. No : 37118Call No : Fiction WOL-A

A thriller inspired by a tragic true event in the author'spast. Allan Wolf examines the circumstances of oneboy’s inexplicable murder and the fateful summerleading up to it. Everybody likes Chris Goodman. Sure,he’s a little odd. He wears those funny bell-bottoms andhe really likes the word ennui and he shakes your handwhen he meets you, but he’s also the kind of guy who’salways up for a good time, always happy to lend a hand.Everybody likes him, which makes it especially shockingwhen he’s murdered. Here, in a stunning multi-voicednarrative including the perspective of the fifteen-year-old killer and based on a true and terrible crime thatoccurred when he was in high school, author Allan Wolfsets out to answer the first question that…


Acc. No : 31696Call No : Fiction WHY-I

The meerkats are back in the hilarious AwesomeAnimals series awesome adventures with the wildestwildlife. Wup! Wup! Wup! Action stations! The ReallyMad Mob of meerkats is on the move again in anotheranimal antics adventure. Mimi, Skeema and LittleDream are unhappy when Uncle invites a fluffy, strangerto join the Really Mad mob. So when Little Dreamdreams that their missing mama is calling him, the kitsset off to search for her. But a lost lion cub has otherplans for them. Join the meerkat kits on a crazyadventure across the Kalahari desert, from the creatorof Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs. Mimi, Skeemaand Little Dream love hearing tales from their uncle’sglory days stories of the upworld of befriending…


Acc. No : 31199Call No : Fiction PAR-V

This series captures the imagination of young readerswith tales of enchantment. It is ideal for young readersto read along with parents or older children to readalone. When Cinder –Maid entered the ballroom shewas the loveliest of all the ladies, and the prince , whohad been dancing with her stepsisters, would dance onlywith her. But as it came towards midnight Cinder-Maidremembered what the little bird had told her andslipped away to her carriage. And when the princemissed her he went to the guards at the palace door andtold them to follow the carriage. But Cinder-Maid whenshe saw this, called out Mist behind and light before,and when the prince soldier’s tried to follow her…

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