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The Design and Sustainability of Renewable Energy Incentives

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Report copyright infringementby Peter Meier (Author), Maria Vagliasindi (Author), Mudassar Imran (Author)"The novelty of this work is the fact that it introduces a rigorous and objective economic perspective of current renewable energy support mechanisms and an empirical analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of these mechanisms, which is much needed in a debate often dominated by widespread misconceptions. The economic rationale for renewable energy is straightforward: the optimum amount o...

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Report copyright infringementby Evan-Moor Educational Publishers (Author)Daily Geography Practice is aligned to National Geography Standards and the six essential elements of geography: The world in spatial terms Places and regions Physical systems Human systems Environment and society Uses of geography How it works Monday-Friday: There are two geography questions for each day of the week, and the questions progress in difficulty from Monday to Friday. Each week includes a challenge questi...

Harnessing the Potentials of New and Advanced Materials for Developing Economies

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Report copyright infringementby Nam S. (Author)Materials possessing properties superior to the traditional material are known as new and advanced materials. They impart different value added characteristics like weight, strength, roughness, resistance etc. to the traditional materials. Advanced materials and associated technologies are of great significance for the industrial growth and resultant economic development of any country. New initiatives in Materials Science have traversed almost a...

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Report copyright infringementby Amy D. Cabaniss (Author)Although interest in managing old and unwanted consumer products with characteristics of hazardous waste-household cleaners, pesticides, paint products, and automotive products-emerged in the late 1970s, the management of such materials has been a bouncing ball of responsibility for more than two decades. Written by the forefathers and practitioners of household hazardous waste management (HHW), this book provides solid waste management ...

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Report copyright infringementby Nikhat Khan (Author)There are very few books in our literature that solve the problems faced by people and work as a blueprint, except in the in the science stream, but when we look for business and finance, we just find assumption-based calculations. Because of this trial-and-error thing, many SMEs and startups fail. This is the common problem faced by many people, including me. For solving this hurdle, I went through so much grinding and wrote that book in wh...

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Report copyright infringementby Barry Voeten (Author)Colourcash is a holistic design of an ecologically sustainable economic system. It is a combination of general common-sense and concepts from Cradle to Cradle, the Ecological Footprint, the LETS trading system and biological self-organization. Number of Pages: 154 Dimensions: 0.36 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: August 02, 2010

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Report copyright infringementby A. Kumar (Author)The present book "Fundamentals of Environmental Economics" is an accessible and up-to-date text covering all essential aspects of Environmental Economics. In this book, the readers can realize that, the environmental issues are viewed from an economic perspective, and therefore economic solutions to environmental protection are amply incorporated. The book comprises of fifteen chapters. The presentation of some of the chapters like the External...

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by Cristopher Moore (Author), Stephan Mertens (Author)Computational complexity is one of the most beautiful fields of modern mathematics, and it is increasingly relevant to other sciences ranging from physics to biology. But this beauty is often buried underneath layers of unnecessary formalism, and exciting recent results like interactive proofs, cryptography, and quantum computing are usually considered too "advanced" to show to the typical student. The aim of this book is to bridge both ga...

Exploring Complex Networks with Quantum Walks

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Report copyright infringementby Fei Yan (Author), Wen Liang (Author), Fangyan Dong (Author)This book explores the intersection of quantum computing and network science. It bridges the theoretical foundations of quantum walk algorithms with their applications in the structural exploration and representation learning of complex networks.Quantum walks, a technology that is pivotal to universal quantum computational models, examines the movement of particles on a graph composed of nodes and links...

Networks: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Guido Caldarelli (Author), Michele Catanzaro (Author)Networks are involved in many aspects of everyday life, from food webs in ecology and the spread of pandemics to social networking and public transportation. In fact, some of the most important and familiar natural systems and social phenomena are based on a networked structure. It is impossible to understand the spread of an epidemic, a computer virus, large-scale blackouts, or massive extinctions without taking into account the network...

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Report copyright infringementby Peter Coles (Author)Written in simple and accessible language, this non-technical introduction to cosmology, or the creation and development of the universe, explains the discipline, covers its history, details the latest developments, and explains what is known, what is believed, and what is purely speculative. In addition, the author discusses the development of the Big Bang theory, and more speculative modern issues like quantum cosmology, superstrings, and ...

Plate Tectonics: A Very Short Introduction

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Report copyright infringementby Peter Molnar (Author)The 1960s revealed a new and revolutionary idea in geological thought: that the continents drift with respect to one another. After having been dismissed for decades as absurd, the concept gradually became part of geology's basic principles. We now know that the Earth's crust and upper mantle consist of a small number of rigid plates that move, and there are significant boundaries between pairs of plates, usually known as earthquake belts. ...

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Report copyright infringementby Jonathan Howard (Author)Darwin's theory that man's ancestors were apes caused an uproar within the scientific world, as well as public frenzy when The Origin of Species was published in 1859. Arguments still rage about the implications of his evolutionary theory, and skepticism about the value of Darwin's contribution to knowledge is widespread. In this analysis of Darwin's major insights and arguments, Jonathan Howard reasserts the importance of Darwin's work ...

Machine Dreams: Economics Becomes a Cyborg Science

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Report copyright infringementby Philip Mirowski (Author)This is the first cross-over book in the history of science written by an historian of economics, combining a number of disciplinary and stylistic orientations. In it Philip Mirowshki shows how what is conventionally thought to be "history of technology" can be integrated with the history of economic ideas. His analysis combines Cold War history with the history of the postwar economics profession in America and later elsewhere, revealin...

The Great Energy Transformation in China

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Report copyright infringementby Ligang Song (Editor), Yixiao Zhou (Editor)In 2020, China started the drive to commence a reduction in carbon emissions by 2030 and reach carbon neutrality by 2060, setting in motion a transition to a green, sustainable and clean economy. China has ambitiously developed clean energy alternatives to coal. This transformation encompasses multifaceted strategies ranging from investment in renewable energy and the development of low-emission technologies to more str...

Water Politics: The Fragmentation of Western Water Policy

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Report copyright infringementby Thomas T. Holyoke (Author)This book is about the enactment, adaption, and ultimately fragmentation of government policy regarding the use of water in the American West.Author BiographyThomas T. Holyoke is Professor of Political Science and a faculty fellow at the California Water Institute, both at California State University, Fresno. He is a specialist in the study of interest groups and lobbying as well as the development of western water policy. He is the au...

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Report copyright infringementby David D. Maenz (Author)The Price of Carbon goes beyond an assessment of the science of climate change and the impacts of excess emissions. The book details viable pathways to transition economic practices and evaluates the policies and climate action plans of the top emitting countries. If severe damage from climate change is to be avoided, advanced economies must up the level of ambition to curtail emissions while developing countries must follow low carbon pa...

Sustainable Performance in the Digital Age: When Lean Meets Digital

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Report copyright infringementby Carine Vinardi (Author)This book explains how to combine Lean (including Hoshin Kanri) with Digital solutions to maximize sustainable performance that complies with people's and planet's performance expectations and needs. Organisations have always strived to perform the best and be the most sustainable. In this respect, Lean systems and other proven recipes still make sense, and are still far from having delivered their full potential in most companies. Meanwh...

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Report copyright infringementby Kevin J. Crosby (Author)Uncover the hidden truths about education, brain mapping, and human potential. 'Encoded Illusion' reveals the unspoken knowledge and secrets suppressed out of fear and ignorance. Drawing from decades of research, this book explores the intersection of technology, consciousness, and the human experience. Get ready to question everything you thought you knew. Number of Pages: 56 Dimensions: 0.13 x 6.9 x 4.46 IN ...

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Report copyright infringementby John Dee (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Page...

A Wilder Time: Notes from a Geologist at the Edge of the Greenland Ice - Paperback

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by William E. Glassley (Author)JOHN BURROUGHS MEDAL FOR DISTINGUISHED NATURAL HISTORY BOOKA scientist experiences primordial wonders and the wisdom of solitude in one of Earth's wildest and most endangered placesGreenland, one of the last truly wild places, contains a treasure trove of information on Earth's early history embedded in its pristine landscape. Over numerous seasons, William E. Glassley and two fellow geologists traveled there to collect samples and observe rock formations for ev...

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Report copyright infringementby Janet Browne (Editor), Charles Darwin (Author)A treasure trove of illuminating and entertaining quotations from the legendary naturalist Here is Charles Darwin in his own words-the naturalist, traveler, scientific thinker, and controversial author of On the Origin of Species, the book that shook the Victorian world. Featuring hundreds of quotations carefully selected by world-renowned Darwin biographer Janet Browne, The Quotable Darwin draws from Darwin's writi...

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Report copyright infringementby Craig John Pearson (Author)Chance discoveries and world-leading research transformed Australia's agriculture. They made farming possible in marginal areas and more sustainable everywhere. How did it happen and who made it happen? The story starts with earliest discoveries, such as Amos Howard's finding subterranean clover in 1889, through the golden era of research, the spread of annual legumes and the breeding of a new crop, grain lupin, to creating new wine-g...

Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization - Paperback

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by Neil Degrasse Tyson (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERBringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson shines new light on the crucial fault lines of our time--war, politics, religion, truth, beauty, gender, and race--in a way that stimulates a deeper sense of unity for us all. In a time when our political and cultural views feel more polarized than ever, Tyson provides a much-needed antidote to so much of what divides us, while making a passionate case for the ...

The Elusive Body: Patients, Doctors, and the Diagnosis Crisis

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Report copyright infringementby Alexandra Sifferlin (Author)"I found Ms. Sifferlin's book entertaining, enlightening, and in addition timely--a book mindful of science in this era when crackpot notions about public health and medicine are routinely issued from on high."--Tracy Kidder, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Mountains Beyond Mountains A compelling, necessary, and timely investigation into the diagnosis crisis in the American healthcare system, from the patients living with undiagnose...

The Dark Frontier: Unlocking the Secrets of the Deep Sea

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Report copyright infringementby Jeffrey Marlow (Author)An awe-inspiring investigation into the hidden world of the deep sea--the most mysterious, unforgiving environment on Earth--whose secrets can radically revise our understanding of life itself and chart our planetary future. "A brilliant scientist and storyteller, Jeffrey Marlow takes us on a page-turning descent into the deepest mysteries on the planet."--Jack E. Davis, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Gulf: The Making of an American...

Water and Soil in Holy Matrimony?: A smallholder farmer's innovative agricultural practices for adapting to climate in rural Zimbabwe

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Report copyright infringementby Christopher Munyaradzi Mabeza (Author)This book is a biography based on a qualitative ethnographic study of adaptation to climate by Mr Zephaniah Phiri Maseko, an award-winning smallholder farmer from Zvishavane, rural Zimbabwe. Ethnographic data provides insight and lessons of Mr Phiri Maseko and other farmers' practices for rethinking existing strategies for adaptation to climate change. The concept of adaptation is probed in relationship to the closely relat...

What a Time I Am Having: Selected Letters of Max Perutz

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Report copyright infringementby Vivien Perutz (Editor)Selected by his daughter, Vivien, from Max Perutz's voluminous correspondence, the letters reproduced here portray their author with a spontaneity and directness no autobiography could have matched. They chronicle Perutz's adventurous life through his own vivid, erudite and humorous pen, documenting the hopes, roadblocks and moments of elation of his sixty-year quest to understand the molecular biology of hemoglobin. The first great step i...

The Real Weed Man: Portrait of Canadian Botanist Gerald A. Mulligan

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Report copyright infringementby Julie M. Mulligan (Author)Canadian botanist Gerald A. Mulligan was, from 1978 to 1987, the Director of Agriculture Canada's Biosystematics Research Institute at the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa. His story provides a window, rarely glimpsed by the general public, into the world of science and the inspiring work carried out by federal scientists despite the complex and manipulative bureaucracy under which they must labour. Mulligan, a complex and fascinati...

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Report copyright infringementby Eric Ericson (Author), Libby Ericson (Author)This compilation of stories was written alternatively and chronologically by a couple who lived on three continents in the decade between 1956 and 1966. Eric Ericson writes of his search for oil in the jungles of Bolivia during communist agitation, the Basque mountains of northern Spain under the dictatorship of Generalissimo Franco, and Nigeria at the dawn of Nigerian Independence and prior to the Biafran War. Gulf ...

Science and Wonders Volume 1: On the Edge of the Chasm

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Report copyright infringementby Amy Joy Hess (Author)Amy Joy's Science and Wonders series offers the true tale of a geology student and her professors, warm friendships, and controversy. It involves snowstorms and police, death and dreams and miracles. A terrible chasm appears to loom between faith and science in academia, yet we find God still shows His power and kindness in this world of hard, cold rocks.Volume 1: On the Edge of the Chasm describes Amy Joy's early friendship with Dr. Stillw...

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Report copyright infringementby Hubert W. Vogelmann (Author), Charles W. III Johnson (Foreword by)From the book jacket: "Hub" to friends, family and colleagues, the author is described in the Foreword by naturalist Charles W. Johnson as: ... a cornerstone at the University of Vermont, a selfless teacher, a passionate conservationist, and a man of unusual modesty who willingly shares his knowledge of-and delight in-the natural world. I even heard someone describe him as "a rarity-a botanist wi...