Based on a study of Rawls' theory of justice, this discussion of obligations to future generations argues that a principle, according to which we must share the environmental resources of the planet with future generations, must be considered to be part of the just basic structure of society.

Will it be possible someday to create artificial brains that have intellectual capabilities comparable to those of human beings? The answer to this question depends on how small and dense we can make computer circuits. Biomolecules could be used as photonic devices in holography, as spatial light modulators, and as optical memories.

While the continual development of building codes permits the design of new construction to resist earthquake loads more effectively, a major problem is that buildings which may once have conformed to past seismic codes become structurally unacceptable. This title is suitable for specialist engineers with enquiring minds.

Addresses the redox balance in cells and organisms, which is of paramount importance in biology. This book underlines a generally overseen circadian modulation. The balance involves, on the one hand, free radicals and reactive oxygen species and, on the other hand, scavengers capable of neutralizing their effects.

Presents various aspects of the geometry of symplectic and Poisson manifolds, and applications in Hamiltonian mechanics and geometric quantization . Each chapter concludes with problems and solutions, many of which present significant applications, and in some cases, major theorems.

This volume on neuropsychological and neurolinguistic perspectives of dyslexia and alexia addresses the following issues: neuropsychological substrates; case studies; and computational and linguistic approaches.

The spinal cord has been viewed as a conduit for neural impulses from the body to the brain and the brain to the body, with various reflexes hard wired in the structure to allow for low level control. This book brings researchers from several of the areas of spinal cord plasticity research and presents a view of spinal cord neural plasticity.