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Author: Gregory B. McKenna
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: symposium, papers, transition, glass, entropy, years
Number of Pages: 123
Published: 1997-07-01
ISBN-10: 0788145096
ISBN-13: 9780788145094
Articles: configurational entropy approach to the kinetics of glasses; entropy theory & glass transition: a test by Monte Carlo simulation; entropy & fragility in supercooling liquids; entropy crises in glasses & random heteropolymers; Adams-Gibbs formulation of enthalpy relaxation near the glass transition; evidence for glass & spin-glass phase transitions from the dynamic susceptibility; entropy, free volume, & cooperative relaxation; & confirmational entropy contributions to the glass temperature of blends of miscible polymers. Charts, tables & graphs.
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Author: Liberty Hyde Bailey
Publisher: Applewood Books
Keywords: book, forcing
Number of Pages: 294
Published: 2008-11-04
ISBN-10: 1429013044
ISBN-13: 9781429013048
"In this 1914 work, prolific gardening author Liberty Hyde Bailey turned his attention to the successful cultivation of vegetables in glass houses. Included are instructions for building and managing glass houses, as well as information specific to particular crops, including lettuces, asparagus, tomatoes, and various types of melons."
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Author: Richard Kostelanetz
Publisher: University of California Press
Keywords: criticism, interviews, essays, glass, writings
Number of Pages: 396
Published: 1999-02-28
ISBN-10: 0520214919
ISBN-13: 9780520214910
Philip Glass, composer of symphonies, operas (Einstein on the Beach, Akhnaten, Orphe), film scores (Kundun, Mishima, Koyaanisqatsi), songs, and music for dance is a musician who determined early on that he wanted to compose independently, apart from institutions. That decision has made him a controversial figure among academic musicians, in spite of his rigorous training at Juilliard, and with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. Richard Kostelanetz has gathered a lively and varied collection of writings about Philip Glass's work, along with several interviews and a conversation between Glass and sculpto
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