1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990003280220203316

Titolo

Lectures in statistical physics : advanced school for statistical mechanics and thermodynamics : Austin, Texas/USA / edited by W. C. Schieve...[et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin : Springer, copyr. 1974

Descrizione fisica

VI, 342 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Collana

Lecture notes in physics ; 28

Disciplina

530.13

Soggetti

Meccanica statistica

Collocazione

530 LNP (28)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910810184303321

Autore

Porac Clare

Titolo

Laterality : exploring the enigma of left-handedness / / Clare Porac

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] : , : Academic Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

0-12-801357-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (221 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

152.335

Soggetti

Laterality

Left- and right-handedness

Left and right (Psychology)

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Laterality; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface;



Acknowledgments; 1 Everybody's Right, So What's Left?; Hand Preference; Hand Preference Questionnaires: How Many Questions?; Hand Preference Questionnaires: How Are the Questions Scored?; Hand Preference Questionnaires: How Are Hand Preference Types Defined?; Hand Performance; Hand Preference and Performance: Same or Different?; Measuring Handedness: Do's and Don'ts; References; 2 Left in the Genes; One Gene, Two Hands; Handedness and Brain Lateralization for Language; Handedness by Chance; Handedness and Sex

Handedness and the GenomeMany Genes, Two Hands; The ACE of Handedness; What Conclusion is Left?; References; 3 Who's Left in the Family?; Familial Sinistrality; Families and Pathological Left-Handedness; Developmental Instability; Birth Order and Birth Complications; What's Left to the Parents?; Cradling Bias; References; 4 Left-Handers and the Right Mind; Right Brain, Left Brain, and Handedness; Words on the Left, Images on the Right; Thinking Left and Right; Creativity: Left, Right, or Both?; Handedness and Intelligence; Handwriting Postures and the Hemispheres; Right Brain, Left Brain

References5 Left with Raging Hormones; Men to the Left, Women to the Right; Pointing Fingers at Testosterone and Left-Handedness; Left-Handedness and Sexual Orientation; Left for All Seasons; References; 6 Left to Die; Why Left-Handedness and Early Death?; Pathological Left-Handedness; Left-Handedness and Accident Risk; The Elimination Hypothesis: An Addition of Risks; Challenging Elimination; Handedness Modification; Eliminating Elimination; References; 7 Left in a Right-Handed World; Left-Handers Become Right-Handers; Specific Training of the Nonpreferred Hand

Reaching to the Right and LeftLeft-Handedness: Dangerous or Just Different?; Left-Handedness as a Hand Injury Risk; Are Left-Handers Accident-Prone?; References; 8 Geography, History, and the Left Hand; Touring the World with Left-Hand Turns; Nations, Regions, and the Left Hand; Left-Handed Ups and Downs Through History; References; 9 Disorders, Diseases, and Life on the Left; Left-Handedness and Disorders of the Mind; Schizophrenia and Schizotypy: Left with Ambiguity; Mood and Anxiety Disorders and Left-Handedness; Autism, Language Disorders, and Left-Handedness

Is Left-handedness a Marker for Poor Health?Does Disease Take a Left Turn?; Drinks, Drugs, and the Left Hand; A New Approach to Left-Handedness and Pathology; References; 10 Life on the Left: Not Bad After All; Is There a Left-Handed Personality Type?; Left-Handedness and Anxiety; The Left-Handed Dreamer; Left-Handedness, Ability, and Career Choice; Left-Handers, Work, and Income; Left in the Sporting Life; The Fighting Hypothesis, Left-Handedness, and Direct Interactive Sports; Left-Handers and Fast Ball Sports; References; 11 More Than a Left Hand

Footedness: The Other Limb Lateral Preference



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910483546503321

Titolo

Equazioni alle derivate parziali a caratteristiche reali : Lectures given at a Summer School of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Varenna (Como), Italy, June 1-10 1956 / / edited by Luigi Amerio

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2012

ISBN

1-283-44841-6

9786613448415

3-642-10913-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2012.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (346 p.)

Collana

C.I.M.E. Summer Schools ; ; 9

Altri autori (Persone)

AmerioLuigi

Disciplina

515/.7

Soggetti

Differential equations

Differential Equations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reprint of the 1st ed. C.I.M.E., Florence, 1956.

Nota di contenuto

M. Cinquini Cibrario: Equazioni non lineari e teoria delle caratteristiche -- J. Leray: La théorie de L. Garding des équations hyperboliques lineaires -- S.L. Sobolev: Lezioni sulle equazioni iperboliche non lineari -- A Weinstein: Equazioni alle derivate parziali singolari.

Sommario/riassunto

M. Cinquini Cibrario: Equazioni non lineari e teoria delle caratteristiche.- J. Leray: La théorie de L. Garding des équations hyperboliques lineaires.- S.L. Sobolev: Lezioni sulle equazioni iperboliche non lineari.- A Weinstein: Equazioni alle derivate parziali singolari.