The Columbia guide to the Holocaust / / Donald Niewyk and Francis Nicosia

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462300903321
• Autore: Niewyk Donald L. <1940->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Columbia University Press, , [2000]; ©2000
• ISBN: 0-231-50590-6; 0-231-52878-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (954 p.)
• Disciplina: 940.53/18
• Soggetti: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [269]-372) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I . HISTORICAL OVERVIEW -- Historical Overview -- PART II . PROBLEMS AND INTERPRETATIONS -- Defining the Holocaust -- Roots of the Holocaust -- How the "Final Solution" Came About -- The Perpetrators and Their Motivations -- The Victims' Reactions to Persecution -- The Behavior of Bystanders -- The Question of Rescue -- The Lasting Effect of the Holocaust -- PART III. CHRONOLOGY -- Chronology -- PART IV. ENCYCLOPEDIA -- Encyclopedia -- PART V. RESOURCES -- Resources -- Printed Reference Works -- Printed Sources (Primary and Secondary) -- Filmography -- Electronic Resources -- Resource Organizations, Museums, and Memorials -- Appendix 1. Tables -- Appendix 2. Maps -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Offering a multidimensional approach to one of the most important episodes of the twentieth century, The Columbia Guide to the Holocaust offers readers and researchers a general history of the Holocaust while delving into the core issues and debates in the study of the Holocaust today. Each of the book's five distinct parts stands on its own as valuable research aids; together, they constitute an integrated whole. Part I provides a narrative overview of the Holocaust, placing it within the larger context of Nazi Germany and World War II. Part II ; examines eight critical issues or controversies in the study of the Holocaust, including the following questions: Were the Jews the sole targets of Nazi genocide, or must other groups, such as homosexuals, the handicapped, Gypsies, and political dissenters, also be included? What are the historical roots of the Holocaust? How and why did the "Final Solution" come about? Why did bystanders extend or withhold aid? Part III consists of a concise chronology of major events and developments that took place surrounding the Holocaust, including the armistice ending World War I, the opening of the first major concentration camp at Dachau, Germany's invasion of Poland, the failed assassination attempt against Hitler, and the formation of Israel.Part IV contains short descriptive articles on more than two hundred key people, places, terms, and institutions central to a thorough understanding of the Holocaust. Entries include Adolf Eichmann, Anne Frank, the Warsaw Ghetto, Aryanization, the SS, Kristallnacht, and the Catholic Church. Part V presents an annotated guide to the best print, video, electronic, and institutional resources in English for further study.Armed with the tools contained in this volume, students or researchers investigating this vast and complicated topic will gain an informed understanding of one of the greatest tragedies in world history.

Solid Geometry with MATLAB Programming / / Nita H. Shah and Falguni S. Acharya

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910966836403321
• Autore: Shah Nita H.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Gistrup, Denmark : , : River Publishers, , 2023; ©2023
• ISBN: 9781000824148; 1000824144; 9781003360681; 1003360688; 9781000824124; 1000824128; 9788770227605; 8770227608
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (242 pages)
• Collana: River Publisher series in mathematical, statistical and computational modelling for engineering
• Disciplina: 516.230285536
• Soggetti: Geometry, Solid
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover -- Solid Geometry with MATLAB Programming -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Plane -- 1.1 Definition -- 1.2 General Equation of the First Degree in x, y, z Represents a Plane -- 1.3 Transformation of General form to Normal Form -- 1.4 Direction Cosines of the Normal to a Plane -- 1.5 Equation of a Plane Passing through a Given Point -- 1.6 Equation of the Plane in Intercept Form -- 1.7 Reduction of the General Equation of the Plane to the Intercept Form -- 1.8 Equation of a Plane Passing through three Points -- 1.9 Equation of any Plane Parallel to a Given Plane -- 1.10 Equation of Plane Passing through the Intersection of Two Given Planes -- 1.11 Equation of the Plane Passing through the Intersection -- 1.12 Angle between Two Planes -- 1.13 Position of the Origin w.r.t. the Angle between Two Planes -- 1.14 Two Sides of a Plane -- 1.15 Length of the Perpendicular from a Point to a Plane -- 1.16 Bisectors of Angles between Two Planes -- 1.17 Pair of Planes -- ; 1.18 Orthogonal Projection on a Plane -- 1.19 Volume of a Tetrahedron -- Exercise -- 2 Straight Line -- 2.1 Representation of Line (Introduction) -- 2.2 Equation of a Straight Line in the Symmetrical Form -- 2.3 Equation of a Straight Line Passing through Two Points -- 2.4 Transformation from the Unsymmetrical to the Symmetrical Form -- 2.5 Angle between a Line and a Plane -- 2.6 Point of Intersection of a Line and a Plane -- 2.7 Conditions for a Line to Lie in a Plane -- 2.8 Condition of Coplanarity of Two Straight Lines -- 2.9 Skew Lines and the Shortest Distance between Two Lines -- 2.10 Equation of Two Skew Lines in Symmetric Form -- 2.11 Intersection of Three Planes -- Exercise -- 3 Sphere -- 3.1 Definition -- 3.2 Equation of Sphere in Vector Form -- 3.3 General Equation of the Sphere -- 3.4 Equation of Sphere Whose End-Points of a Diameter are Given.; 3.5 Equation of a Sphere Passing through the Four Points -- 3.6 Section of the Sphere by a Plane -- 3.7 Intersection of Two Spheres -- 3.8 Intersection of Sphere S and Line L -- 3.9 Tangent Plane -- 3.10 Equation of the Normal to the Sphere -- 3.11 Orthogonal Sphere -- Exercise -- 4 Cone -- 4.1 Definition -- 4.2 Equation of a Cone with a Conic as Guiding Curve -- 4.3 Enveloping Cone to a Surface -- 4.4 Equation of the Cone whose Vertex is the Origin is Homogeneous -- 4.5 Intersection of a Line with a Cone -- 4.6 Equation of a Tangent Plane at (a, b, r) to the Cone with Vertex Origin -- 4.7 Conditions for Tangency -- 4.8 Right Circular Cone -- Exercise -- 5 Cylinder -- 5.1 Definition -- 5.2 Equation of the Cylinder whose Generators Intersect the Given Conic -- 5.3 Enveloping Cylinder -- 5.4 Right Circular Cylinder -- Exercise -- 6 Central Conicoid -- 6.1 Definition -- 6.2 Intersection of a Line with the Central Conicoid -- 6.3 Tangent Lines and Tangent Plane at a Point -- 6.4 Condition of Tangency -- 6.5 Normal to Central Conicoid -- 6.6 Plane of Contact -- 6.7 Polar Plane of a Point -- Exercise -- 7 Miscellaneous Examples using MATLAB -- Index -- About the Authors -- Back Cover.
• Sommario/riassunto: Solid geometry is defined as the study of the geometry of three-dimensional solid figures in Euclidean space. There are numerous techniques in solid geometry, mainly analytic geometry and methods using vectors, since they use linear equations and matrix algebra. Solid geometry is quite useful in everyday life, for example, to design different signs and symbols such as octagon shape stop signs, to indicate traffic rules, to design different 3D objects like cubicles in gaming zones, innovative lifts, creative 3D interiors, and to design 3D computer graphics. Studying solid geometry helps students to improve visualization and increase logical thinking and creativity since it is applicable everywhere in day-to-day life. It builds up a foundation for advanced levels of mathematical studies. Numerous competitive exams include solid geometry since its foundation is required to study other branches like civil engineering, mechanical engineering, computer science engineering, architecture, etc. This book is designed especially for students of all levels, and can serve as a fundamental resource for advanced level studies not only in mathematics but also in various fields like engineering, interior design, architecture, etc. It includes theoretical aspects as well as numerous solved examples. The book includes numerical problems and problems of construction as well as practical problems as an application of the respective topic. A special feature of this book is that it includes solved examples using the mathematical tool MATLAB.