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Report copyright infringementby Michael Faraday (Author)The Correlation of the Physical Forces is a scientific book written by Michael Faraday, a renowned British physicist and chemist. The book was first published in 1854 and explores the relationship between various physical forces, including electricity, magnetism, and gravity. Faraday argues that these forces are interrelated and interconnected, and that they work together to shape the natural world.The book is divided into several chapte...

Real Time Travel Stories From A Psychic Engineer

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Report copyright infringementby Martin K. Ettington (Author)LEARN ABOUT REAL TIME TRAVEL EXPERIENCES ON OUR EARTHThere are many unusual stories of persons seeing the future, and some who have seen the past. Some stories seem to show that persons have actually visited the past and interacted with the people they met.I've had many paranormal experiences myself and visions of the future which I wrote about in two of my own books. I'm also an Engineer and think this gives me a pretty unique persp...

The Minerals Encyclopedia: 700 Minerals, Gems and Rocks

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Report copyright infringementby Rupert Hochleitner (Author) Mineral collecting by amateur "rockhounds" has never been more popular. Old quarries, road cuts, and exposed landscapes are being examined by new generations of minerals enthusiasts. Each needs a comprehensive guidebook with clear photographs and accurate data. This is it. In a thick but handy format, more than 700 different minerals and rocks are grouped by color (for ease of location in the book) -- blue, red, yellow, brown, green...

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Cloran (Author)This book is about a requirements specification for a Holodeck at a proof of concept level. In it I introduce optical functions for a optical processor and describe how they map to a subset of the Risc-V open instruction set. I describe how parallelism could be achieved. I then describe a possible layered approach to an optical processor motherboard for the datacenter and for a personal Holodeck. I describe Volumetrics in brief and show h...

Snow Fleas and Chickadees: Everyday Observations in the Sierra

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Report copyright infringementby Eve Quesnel (Author), Anne Chadwick (Illustrator)In Snow Fleas and Chickadees, Eve Quesnel invites readers to join her on strolls through the forest surrounding her neighborhood in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Lake Tahoe. The book serves as an extended field guide and natural history reference for residents of the region and those visiting and exploring the Sierra. Through her writing, the author shares personal narratives and information gleaned from exper...

Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain

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Report copyright infringementby David Eagleman (Author)"Vivid. . . . Livewired reads wonderfully, like what a book would be if it were written by Oliver Sacks and William Gibson, sitting on Carl Sagan's front lawn." --The Wall Street Journal What does drug withdrawal have in common with a broken heart? Why is the enemy of memory not time but other memories? How can a blind person learn to see with her tongue, or a deaf person learn to hear with his skin? Might we someday control a robot with ...

Patterns in Nature: Why the Natural World Looks the Way It Does

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Report copyright infringementby Philip Ball (Author)Though at first glance the natural world may appear overwhelming in its diversity and complexity, there are regularities running through it, from the hexagons of a honeycomb to the spirals of a seashell and the branching veins of a leaf. Revealing the order at the foundation of the seemingly chaotic natural world, Patterns in Nature explores not only the math and science but also the beauty and artistry behind nature's awe-inspiring designs...

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Report copyright infringementby Ajith Narayanan (Author) Number of Pages: 344 Dimensions: 0.72 x 9.25 x 7.5 IN Publication Date: January 29, 2016

Group '18: Proceedings of the 2018 ACM Conference on Supporting Groupwork

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Report copyright infringementby Group (Author)We are excited to welcome back the Group community to Sanibel Island for the 2018 ACM Conference on Supporting Group Work! 2018 marks a memorable anniversary for the Group conference, which evolved from the ACM conference series on Office Information Systems (1982-1990), then Organizational Computing Systems (1991-1995), and finally, the International Conference on Supporting Group Work (1997- present). This year, the community meets for the 20th ...

The Atlas for the Aspiring Network Scientist

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Report copyright infringementby Michele Coscia (Author)Network science is the field dedicated to the investigation of complex systems by representing them as networks. We model such networks as graphs: sets of nodes connected by edges. This deceptively simple object is the starting point of never-ending complexity, as it can represent almost every facet of reality. This book aims at providing an introductory access to the large and interdisciplinary analytic toolbox necessary to master networ...

Rethinking Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean Economy

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Report copyright infringementby Oecd (Author)This new OECD report on the ocean economy emphasises the growing importance of science and technologies in improving the sustainable economic development of our seas and ocean. Marine ecosystems sit at the heart of many of the world's global challenges: food, medicines, new sources of clean ... Number of Pages: 188 Dimensions: 0.4 x 11 x 8.25 IN Publication Date: March 25, 2019

Climate Change Science: A Primer for Sustainable Development

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Report copyright infringementby John C. Mutter (Author)How will future climates be different from today's world--and what consequences will changes in climate have for societies? This book is a primer on the fundamental science of climate change and climate prediction, now updated to reflect the latest research. It is accessible for readers with little to no background in science, particularly geared toward those studying sustainable development. John C. Mutter gives a just-the-facts overview...

The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grief, and Compassion--Surprising Observations of a Hidden World

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Report copyright infringementby Peter Wohlleben (Author), Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson (Foreword by), Jane Billinghurst (Translator)"Like The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben's The Inner Life of Animals will rock your world. Surprising, humbling, and filled with delight, this book shows us that animals think, feel and know in much the same way as we do--and that their lives are, to them, as precious as ours are to us."--Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus Through vivid stories o...

Feed-In Tariffs in the European Union: Renewable Energy Policy, the Internal Electricity Market and Economic Expertise

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Report copyright infringementby Béatrice Cointe (Author), Alain Nadaï (Author)This book is a sociological account of the historical trajectory of feed-in tariffs (FITs) as an instrument for the promotion of renewable energy in Europe. Chapters analyse the emergence and transformations of feed-in tariffs as part of the policy arsenal developed to encourage the creation of markets for RES-E in Europe. The authors explore evolving conceptions of renewable energy policy at the intersection betwee...

Using Simulation Tools to Model Renewable Resources: The Case of the Thai Rubber Industry

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Report copyright infringementby Janya Chanchaichujit (Author), José F. Saavedra-Rosas (Author)Back JacketThis book provides a detailed study of the Thai rubber industry and its utilisation of renewable resources, focussing on the use of open source software in building supply chain models. By describing elements that the supply chain is composed of and relating this to Thailand's rubber industry, the authors then outline the construction of a Discrete Event Simulation (DES) model and use open...

Urban Landscape Transformation vs. Heritage

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Report copyright infringementby Bojana Bojanic Obad Scitaroci (Guest Editor), Nerma Omicevic (Guest Editor), Tamara Zaninovic (Guest Editor)This Special Issue on "Urban Landscape Transformation vs. Heritage" is a reprint of 16 papers published in Land, with the aim to rethink cultural and natural heritage in the urban transformation context. It gathers diverse case studies and spatial disciplines from around the world, showing the interdisciplinary character of heritage issues linking landsca...

Sustainable Education and Sustainability in Education: Policy and Implementation Direction in the Era of SDGs

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Report copyright infringementby Gazi Mahabubul Alam (Guest Editor)"Sustainable education in the era of capitalism and technologization: An ally or enemy". Aside from supporting SDGs, holistic studies that address sustainability in education and sustainable education have little to offer in the climate of capitalism and commodification. Although this collection may in some ways advance the SDGs, it has also critically assessed and, to some extent, challenged the SDG agenda. Number...

Innovations in European Rural Landscapes

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Report copyright infringementby Hubert Wiggering (Editor), Hans-Peter Ende (Editor), Andrea Knierim (Editor)Rural regions in Europe are evolving under powerful boundary conditions such as globalisation, socio-cultural transformations and climate change, which in turn increases natural hazards. The regional land use and the evolvement of landscapes is increasingly shaped trends and drivers like infrastructural, energy or housing needs, globalised agricultural markets, and consumption habits. T...

Growing Urban Economies: Innovation, Creativity, and Governance in Canadian City-Regions

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Report copyright infringementby David A. Wolfe (Editor), Meric S. Gertler (Editor)Even in a globalizing, knowledge-based economy, cities remain engines of growth, innovation, and diversity. Increasingly, they are also active participants in the creation of the social and political conditions necessary to create a thriving community. The Innovation, Creativity, and Governance in Canadian City-Regions series is a focused analysis of how developments at the local and regional level affect these ...

A Japanese Approach to Political Economy: Unoist Variations

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Albritton (Editor), Thomas T. Sekine (Author)Kozo Uno influenced a whole generation of marxian political economists in post World War II Japan. Thomas Sekine worked closely with Uno in Japan and later came to York University in Toronto, where he introduced Uno's ideas to Canadian scholars. Sekine has significantly enlarged and refined Uno's work, and in the process has influenced scholars in both Japan and Canada. This anthology is a collection of essays...

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Report copyright infringementby Adam Frank (Author)"With wit and brio, Frank separates current nonsense about aliens from the serious and fascinating search for extraterrestrial life." --Carlo Rovelli, New York Times bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on PhysicsFrom astrophysicist Adam Frank, a little book on the biggest questions in our search for extraterrestrial life and the field of astrobiology, questions we stand ready to answer.Everyone is curious about life in the Universe, UFO...

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Report copyright infringementby Great Britain Royal Commission on Coal (Created by)This is Volume 2 of the "Report[s]" by the Great Britain Royal Commission on Coal Supplies. This detailed report provides a comprehensive examination of the coal resources available in Great Britain. The commission's findings offer invaluable insights into the geological aspects of coal deposits, the economic implications of coal production, and the broader impact of the coal industry on British society. A vit...

Investment in Energy Assets Under Uncertainty: Numerical Methods in Theory and Practice

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Report copyright infringementby L. M. Abadie (Author), J. M. Chamorro (Author)This book aims to provide a rigorous yet pragmatic approach to the valuation and management of investments in the energy sector. Time and uncertainty pervade most if not all issues relevant to energy assets. They run from the early stage of prototype and demonstration to the ultimate abandonment and decommissioning. Risk in particular appears in several areas; thus, one can distinguish technical risk from financial ...

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Report copyright infringementby Diane Ackerman (Author)Diane Ackerman's lusciously written grand tour of the realm of the senses includes conversations with an iceberg in Antarctica and a professional nose in New York, along with dissertations on kisses and tattoos, sadistic cuisine and the music played by the planet Earth. "Delightful . . . gives the reader the richest possible feeling of the worlds the senses take in." --The New York TimesFront JacketDiane Ackerman's lusciously written gran...

Bone Histology of Fossil Tetrapods: Advancing Methods, Analysis, and Interpretation

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Report copyright infringementby Kevin Padian (Editor), Ellen-Thérèse Lamm (Editor)The microscopic examination of fossilized bone tissue is a sophisticated and increasingly important analytical tool for understanding the life history of ancient organisms. This book provides an essential primer and manual for using fossil bone histology to investigate the biology of extinct tetrapods. Twelve experts summarize advances in the field over the past three decades, reviewing fundamental basics of bon...

Stem Career Dynamics: A Comprehensive Guide to Getting a Job in Science and Technology

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Report copyright infringementby Carl M. Cohen (Author)If you are looking for a job in science, technology, engineering, or medical (STEM) fields, this book will make your search more efficient, productive, and ultimately successful. There are many scattered sources of guidance on aspects of seeking a STEM job. This book compiles the best ideas and approaches in one place, especially for finding jobs in the academic sector, where succeeding can be an opaque process with no clear standards or g...

Earth and Space: Photographs from the Archives of NASA

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Report copyright infringementby Nirmala Nataraj (Author), Nasa (Photographer), Bill Nye (Preface by)Take a tour of the universe with this awe-inspiring collection of photographs from the archives of NASA, featuring spectacular views of Earth from above, our solar system, and deep space. Featuring a preface by everyone's favorite "Science Guy" Bill Nye, Earth and Space is an unparalleled journey through the cosmos, offering up-close views of our remarkable cosmos. More than 100 astonishing ima...

The Arbornaut: A Life Discovering the Eighth Continent in the Trees Above Us

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Report copyright infringementby Meg Lowman (Author), Sylvia A. Earle (Contribution by)"An eye-opening and enchanting book by one of our major scientist-explorers." --Diane Ackerman, author of The Zookeeper's Wife Nicknamed the "Real-Life Lorax" by National Geographic, the biologist, botanist, and conservationist Meg Lowman--aka "CanopyMeg"--takes us on an adventure into the "eighth continent" of the world's treetops, along her journey as a tree scientist, and into climate action Welcome to th...

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Report copyright infringementby Edwin Masimba Moyo (Author)The Mathematics of Food By Dr. Edwin Masimba MoyoWhat if the key to solving today's health crisis is already growing in our fields?After years of global experience in agriculture and trade, visionary horticulture expert Dr. Edwin Masimba Moyo presents a bold, data-driven approach linking farming, nutrition, and human health. The Mathematics of Food explores how smarter, nutrition-focused agriculture can help address modern conditions ...

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Report copyright infringementby Edwin Masimba Moyo (Author)The Mathematics of FoodBy Dr. Edwin Masimba MoyoWhat if the key to solving today's health crisis is already growing in our fields?After years of global experience in agriculture and trade, visionary horticulture expert Dr. Edwin Masimba Moyo presents a bold, data-driven approach linking farming, nutrition, and human health. The Mathematics of Food explores how smarter, nutrition-focused agriculture can help address modern conditions s...

Thermal Energy Storage for Medium and High Temperatures: Concepts and Applications

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Report copyright infringementby Wolf-Dieter Steinmann (Author)Overviews different technologies for energy storage Shows thermal energy storage especially for solar thermal power plants Describes all actual developmentsBack JacketEnergy storage is considered an essential component for ensuring security of supply in future energy systems with increasing shares of renewable energies. Since thermal energy accounts for a significant portion of the total demand, the use of thermal storage systems i...

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Report copyright infringementby Nrc Staff United States Nuclear Regu (Created by)In accordance with the 1988 amendment to the Act, the NRC's Office of the Inspector General (OIG)was established on April 15, 1989, as an independent and objective unit to conduct and supervise auditsand conduct investigations relating to NRC's programs and operations. The purpose of OIG's audits andinvestigations is to prevent and detect fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement, and promote economy, efficiency, an...