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This book on Ocean Dynamics, though is a compilation from many sources, it mainly forms part of my personal teaching material at Berhampur University, University of Hyderabad and Arbaminch University. This book will be highly useful for graduate and post graduate students of Oceanography, physical oceanography, meteorology, atmospheric sciences, Aeronautical, Agricultural and space meteorlogy and many other related fields in civil and ocean engineering. Special interest in this book is providing many exercises and their solutions under each chapter for better understanding and applications. This book covers almost all the important topics in physical oceanography like currents with and without friction, upwelling and downwelling, water masses and TS-analysis, waves and tides, Estuaries, internal waves, seiches and storm surges and Rossby and Kelvin waves and related topics. Particular interest and attraction in this book is inclusion of recent developments on North Indian Ocean circulation.
This monograph presents a history of caste and class in the modern city through the experience of Dalits (members of the lowest caste) in twentieth-century Bombay. There, urban life did not dismantle caste, but instead made it robust and insulated it in the garb of modernity. Juned Shaikh demonstrates that the urban built environment and language are two sites for the habitation of caste in Bombay, as they are the spaces where it was concealed and eclipsed by class. The built environment is thus a quintessential marker, in which elements such as housing, tenements, slums, water supply, and drainage systems readily divulge the class of inhabitants. Shaikh explores the intersection and entanglement of caste and class by focusing on a cluster of groups that occupied subordinate positions in both these hierarchies: the Dalits. Their experience is relevant not only to South Asianists, but resonates with that of oppressed populations throughout the world.
Raghav and Mandira were enjoying their anniversary dinner at home with wine and good food. There was news of Indo-Pak tension on the television in the background but the couple was busy enjoying their time together. But soon the happy moments turned gloomy when Raghav received a call from his mother from Amritsar sharing the disappearance of his father who had gone for a stroll after dinner. Raghav immediately rushed from Delhi to Amritsar in his car, it was a cold,foggy night and with stress and tension in mind, the drive was becoming all themore difficult… All of a sudden a huge shadow – likely of a man, appeared infront of Raghav’s car that made him take a sudden turn and he faced a terriblecar crash. Next, Raghav opens his eyes and finds himself in a basement of a cottage; inthe company of a Pakistani Major – Sahiba and an old professor. Where Sahiba says that the world is infested by aliens, the professor has a contradictory view where he says that it is no alien but the avatar of Vishnu on the planet. The mystery deepens, what is the truth? Is there an alien invasion? Is Raghav held captive by a Pakistani Major? Or is it something else. Raghav and Mandira were enjoying their anniversary dinner at home with wine and good food. There was news of Indo-Pak tension on the television in the backgroundbut the couple was busy enjoying their time together. But soon the happymoments turned gloomy when Raghav received a call from his mother fromAmritsar sharing the disappearance of his father who had gone for a strollafter dinner. Raghav immediately rushed from Delhi to Amritsar in his car, it was a cold,foggy night and with stress and tension in mind, the drive was becoming all themore difficult… All of a sudden a huge shadow – likely of a man, appeared infront of Raghav’s car that made him take a sudden turn and he faced a terriblecar crash. Next, Raghav opens his eyes and finds himself in a basement of a cottage; inthe company of a Pakistani Major – Sahiba and an old professor.Where Sahiba says that the world is infested by aliens, the professor has acontradictory view where he says that it is no alien but the avatar of Vishnuon the planet. The mystery deepens, what is the truth? Is there an alien invasion? Is Raghavheld captive by a Pakistani Major? Or is it something else.
The book is divided into four sections, minerals, crystals, rocks and ores. Section A incorporates nine chapterss, begins with presenting salient features of the earth--its structure and composition. The second Minerals and Mineralogy briefly tells about their diversity and their categorisation and introduces the interesting way they are named. Crystal chemistry the third is the heart and soul of mineralogy and deals in somewhat details about the building blocks of minerals -atoms and ions and the way they form diverse types of minerals are. It tries to tell why every combination of chemical compounds cannot result into a naturally occurring mineral. The fourth and fifth s deal with Properties of Minerals, physical and optical. The section describe various physical properties that are helpful in the identification both in hand specimens and as thin section under the microscope. These two s are adequately aided with a number of illustrations, photographs and photomicrographs to bring home the point. five deals with classification of minerals and their occurrence and forms a prelude to the next two s on descriptive mineralogy. Important silicate and non silicate minerals are described in s eight and nine. A brief description of mineral uses is dealt with in both descriptive mineralogy as well Section D on mineral deposits, however, the last , Mineral uses presents an overall picture and will be interesting as well as educating to students and even general reader. Section B is devoted to crystals and crystallography. one introduces the subject while two presents basic crystallographic elements. three deals with the main six crystals systems while also giving a preliminary idea about stereographic projection and x-ray crystallography. Section C covers petrology, beginning with introduction to science of petrology, rock nomenclature. two is devoted to the study of igneous rocks, including their forms, composition, textures, structures, classification and description. Sedimentary rocks is the theme of three while different aspects of metamorphic rocks including kinds and agents of metamorphism and classification and description of metamorphism. The last portion of this also considers metamorphism in the background of global tectonics. five, the rock cycle presents a concise summary of geological events that have shaped the planet earth. The last section D is what geology is all about for a man on the street and its significance in nation building--the Ore minerals. It begins with what ore is and its place in human affairs as a well as presenting the important terminology in economic geology. two deals with ore genesis and presents various hypogene and supergene process that carves out ore deposits from non economic materials. three, mineral deposits and global tectonics is becoming a very popular theme among the earth scientists. A brief introduction of the same will be certainly appreciated by the student community and prompt them for further study in this direction. A general survey of Indias mineral resources is the theme of four. It covers almost all of the commonly used ores, metallic, non metallic or fuels. The last of section D and the boom, Indian mineral industry: some facts and figures will present where our country stands in the realm of mineral resources. Latest available data of resources, production, export, import, organisations that matter and other useful facts and figures are presented.
The book is written in a simple and lucid style that can help students who do not have sufficient knowledge and exposure to the subject before. The book contains a lot of basic knowledge in the field of hydrology. A number of sample calculations in each chapter are presented in the book which will help the students to understand the subject matter very easily. The various chapters of the book are well designed, written in systematic way and are prepared from the class notes prepared for the students besides utilizing long practical field experiences of the authors. Book will also help students in the streams of Meteorology, forestry, environmental engineering, geology and earth sciences. Besides serving as a text book, the book is intended to be very helpful for persons dealing in the areas of Agriculture, Agricultural and Civil Engineering. It will serve as an invaluable resource for all academicians, planners, designers, practicing and field engineers in the area of water resources evaluation, development and management. The book contains 102 sample calculations, 105 tables and 154 figures and more than 145 references and several field experimental results which will be of immense help to the students and practitioners.
The implementation of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) has been a great success in temperate areas, but its role in tropical regions is less known. The tropics face specific challenges, namely weather that impacts insect life cycles and pesticide application. Beginning by reviewing the current state of pests, biological and chemical control and emerging technologies, this book then addresses specific crops, providing an up-to-date, research-oriented overview of IPM in tropical regions. This book will be a useful resource to entomologists, agronomists, horticulturists, and environmental scientists, nature conservation in tropics. The book is aimed to serve as reference book for students, teachers, researchers, extension functionaries and policy planners associated with insect pest management in tropics. This book can also be used as supplementary reading material in graduate and post graduate courses.
"Understanding earth systems and its dynamic behavior requires objective insights into the complex observational data sets and their interrelationships. Drawing meaningful inferences from such data is not always an easy task as the deterministic relationships between various geological variables often remain obscured. These interrelationships need to be determined empirically through the analysis of a large set of data and validated through numerical simulations. The ever widening horizon of techniques of numerical analysis and simulation now provides a good number of tools to aid the interpretation. However, due to the inherent complexity of earth science data, expert supervision is required at all stages of analysis from collection to dissemination. This ensures that the most appropriate methodology is adopted and the results remain consistent with the geological principles. Discussions on these practical issues often lie beyond the scope of textbooks and this is precisely where this book is placed. In this book eminent geoscientists present their experiences in analyzing and managing earth science data as well as in designing numerical models to simulate earth processes. Apart from giving a discourse of their own approach towards a particular research problem they also discuss at length the relative merits of alternative methodologies. These seven authoritative articles, richly illustrated, will be a valuable resource for research students and professionals interested in research and teaching in various branches of earth science like, tectonics, GPS geodesy, sedimentology, geographical information science, and evolutionary biology."
The present book entitled Principles of Plant Breeding is an introductory text book covering all the basic principles of plant breeding distributed over 32 chapters including both conventional and innovative plant breeding approaches. The book has an exhaustive glossary capturing all aspects related to plant breeding.
