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  • Liangzhu’s Story of Stone

    Engineering and Tools

    by Xiang Ji, Ningyuan Wang, Chuanwan Dong, Yida Luo ...
    Translated by Edward Allen ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This book explains how the walls of Liangzhu City were made from bedding stones and mud, with the total area of bedding stones covering roughly 290,000 square meters. Based on ongoing research and studies, the book tells the story of how these stones were collected from the surrounding mountains and how their mining and use required massive manpower and material resources, indicating what a ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • The Paleoenvironment, Plants and Animals of Liangzhu

    Essence and Treasures

    by Xiang Ji, Shu Song, Xin Wu ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This book summarizes the latest archeological findings on Liangzhu culture and outlines the rise and fall of Liangzhu society in terms of its environment, flora and fauna. In addition, it seeks to analyze the characteristics of animal breeding and agricultural cultivation in Liangzhu from the perspectives of archeobotany and archeozoology. In turn, it explores the dietary structure and population ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Entangled State Representations in Quantum Optics

    by Xiang-Guo Meng, Ji-Suo Wang, Bao-Long Liang ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book highlights the applications of continuous-variable entangled state representations in the research areas of quantum optics via the integration method within an ordered product of operators (IWOP). As a way to develop the Dirac’s symbolic method, the IWOP method has made the integration of non-commutative operators possible by arranging non-commutable operators within an ordered product ... Read more

    $152.99 USD

  • Surface Science and Advanced Functional Applications of Cellulose Composites

    Edited by Ming-Guo Ma, Xing-Xiang Ji ...
    Series Book 38 - Interface Science and Technology
    Surface Science and Advanced Functional Applications of Cellulose Composites, Volume 38 looks at cellulose composites in relation to surface science and applications. The book provides a comprehensive summary grounded in the surface chemistry and polymer physics of cellulose composites while also enabling readers to understand their history, status, and commercial challenges, and future potential ... Read more

    $220.99 USD

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