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An encouraging, inspiring, and "absorbing" (Jhumpa Lahiri, Pulitzer Prize winner) true story of how a boy from India overcame a difficult childhood and devastating hand injuries and became one of the most prolific cardiac surgeons in U.S. history. An encouraging and inspiring true story on how a boy from India overcame a difficult childhood and devastating hand injuries and became one of the most prolific cardiac surgeons in U.S. history. Leaving a life marked by crippling setbacks and his father's doubt, in 1967 a twenty-something doctor from India arrived in America with only five dollars and the desire to claim his American dream. The journey still awaiting Dr. Arun K. Singh would be unpa...
The book, in its third edition, has been revised and updated, besides rationalising contents to fulfil the needs of the latest syllabus as per the NEP. The chapters or sections no longer prescribed in the syllabus are omitted making the text concise and more accessible to students. This comprehensive book is an earnest endeavour to acquaint the readers with a thorough understanding of all important basic concepts, methods and facts of social psychology. The exhaustive treatment of the topics, in a cogent manner, enables the students to grasp the subject in an easy-to-understand manner. Logically organised into 16 chapters, the book commences with the introduction of social psychology, resear...
This book is a simple introduction to the history and various systems of Psychology. It provides a basic understanding of major systems and theories in psychology in a comprehensive way. It covers in detail the historiecal backgrounds taking plave before the emgergence of each system. As such, it provides a better understanding about the historical emergence of status of psychology and in beginning its separation from philosophical traditions. It covers a lucid discussion with emphasis on the antecednet forces of all the important system of psychology. Besides the traditional systems, it alos includes in separate chapters a discussion on the CONGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY, the EXISTENTIAL PSYCHOLOGY, the HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGY and the INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY. An overview of psychology in India has also been one of the salient features of the book. This will briefly introduce to teachers and students about what the Indian psychologists are doing.The book is an ideal text for undergraduate and post graduate course of psychology.
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Introduction : the long war -- Race, war, and police power -- From war capitalism to race war -- The afterlife of fascism -- Racial formation and permanent war -- The present crisis -- Epilogue : the two Americas
Graphene has many unique properties that have generated tremendous interest in the scientific community and make it suitable for several applications. The tuning of graphene’s Fermi level by the modulation of its charge carriers is an important factor in determining the successful operation of electronic/optoelectronic devices. This book focuses on different methods of performing carrier modulation in graphene and the application of doped graphene in diodes, field-effect transistors, solar cells, transparent conducting electrodes, and supercapacitors. It discusses the current status of the research and development in graphene and will be helpful for readers who want to know about graphene and its applications and also other 2D nanomaterials.
Environmental Enrichment is an essential and effective way to improve the welfare of captive animals. The book presents general principles and scientific knowledge on environmental enrichment and case studies on enrichment practices in zoo felids. This is a practical yet scientific book that will help to create and evaluate successful enrichment programmes for captive animals considering their natural history. The book is a helpful reference tool for those who work with or study animals in captivity.
Cities are centres of exciting events, flows, movements and contradictions that produce both opportunities and challenges. Evolved through the centuries, they display layers of spatial, cultural and socio-economic diversity and contestations, which are articulated in multiple ways. It is in this backdrop that the present volume addresses some of the myriad issues visible in the contemporary cities of the Global South. The volume is divided into three parts, each of them focusing on different dimension of contemporary urban challenges. Part I entitled ‘The Concept of a City’ contains five papers dealing with conceptual complexities of the urban. This part analyses as to what extent develo...
Communication and network technology has witnessed recent rapid development and numerous information services and applications have been developed globally. These technologies have high impact on society and the way people are leading their lives. The advancement in technology has undoubtedly improved the quality of service and user experience yet a lot needs to be still done. Some areas that still need improvement include seamless wide-area coverage, high-capacity hot-spots, low-power massive-connections, low-latency and high-reliability and so on. Thus, it is highly desirable to develop smart technologies for communication to improve the overall services and management of wireless communic...