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Introduction to Development Engineering: A Framework with Applications from the Field - Hardcover

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by Temina Madon (Editor), Ashok J. Gadgil (Editor), Richard Anderson (Editor)This open access textbook introduces the emerging field of Development Engineering and its constituent theories, methods, and applications. It is both a teaching text for students and a resource for researchers and practitioners engaged in the design and scaling of technologies for low-resource communities. The scope is broad, ranging from the development of mobile applications for low-literacy users to hardware and ...

Life Indoors: How Our Homes Are Shaping Our Bodies and Our Planet - Hardcover

$145.78

by Rachael Wakefield-Rann (Author)In this timely and expansive book, Wakefield-Rann investigates how emerging disease ecologies are undermining definitions of health and immunity that have persisted since the 19th century, and had a formative influence over the design of not only homes, but entire cities. This wide-ranging account traces the links between the history of medicine, modernist design and architecture, the rise of inflammatory disease, the microbiomes of buildings and humans, anti...

Climate Change For Kids: Our Planet Is In Our Hands - Paperback

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by T. Nyoni (Illustrator), Kupcake Gallery (Author)'Climate Change For Kids' is an easy book to read for both parents and children who want to learn and discover about climate change, planet earth and how to help save our earth. This book also covers what causes climate change and how simple changes to our lifestyle and daily activities can help slow down climate change and prevent natural disasters from happening globally. This book is designed to help young children and remind adults the be...

Our Next Evolution: Transforming Collaborative Leadership to Shape Our Planet's Future - Hardcover

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by Laura Calandrella (Author)The environmental crisis is advancing at an unprecedented pace and scale. It will outpace us if we don't turn our attention to an even deeper concern regarding the future of humanity: we need to work together to create change. Our current approach to collaboration is outmoded. To transform our world, we must transform the way we lead. We collectively share the power and responsibility for a more just, inclusive, and sustainable future. Leaders who hope to shape th...

A Survivor Named Trauma: Holocaust Memory in Lithuania - Paperback

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by Myra Sklarew (Author)A Survivor Named Trauma examines the nature of trauma and memory as they relate to the Holocaust in Lithuania. How do we behave under threat? How do we remember extreme danger? How do subsequent generations deal with their histories--whether as descendants of perpetrators or victims, of those who rescued others or were witnesses to genocide? Or those who were separated from their families in early childhood and do not know their origins? Myra Sklarew's study draws on i...

Virtual Water: Tackling the Threat to Our Planet's Most Precious Resource - Paperback

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by Tony Allan (Author)The groundbreaking new concept that reveals the true and hazardous extent of our everyday water consumption. How much water does it take to make a cup of coffee? The answer may shock you: 140 litres That's the true amount of water used in growing, producing, packaging and shipping the beans you use to make your morning coffee. Your lunchtime hamburger takes 2,400 litres and that favourite pair of blue jeans a whopping 11,000 litres. In fact, all the goods we buy - from ...

Death And Anti-Death, Volume 18: Fifty Years After Earth Day - Hardcover

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by Charles Tandy (Editor) The Death And Anti-Death Series By Ria University Press discusses issues and controversies related to death, life extension, and anti-death. A variety of different/ differing points of view are presented and argued. Death And Anti-Death, Volume 18: Fifty Years After Earth Day is edited by Charles Tandy, Ph.D.: ISBN 978-1-934297-33-9 is the Hardback edition and ISBN 978-1-934297-34-6 is the Softback edition. (It is available from most retail bookstores and all Espress...

Play with Your Cat!: The Essential Guide to Interactive Play for a Happier, Healthier Feline - Paperback

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by Mikel Maria Delgado (Author)A fun, comprehensive guide to the key to cat happiness--play! Millions of households in the United States have at least one cat as part of their family. Yet despite their popularity, cats continue to be misunderstood by their owners. This lack of understanding can lead to bored, frustrated, and under-stimulated cats, resulting in health and behavior problems. In Play with Your Cat!, animal behavior expert Dr. Mikel Maria Delgado shows cat parents what they may ...

Dog's Best Friend: Annals of the Dog-Human Relationship - Paperback

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by Mark Derr (Author)A comprehensive, humane, and bemused tour of the dog-human relationship, Dog's Best Friend combines anecdote, research, and reportage to illuminate our complex rapport with our cherished canine companions. Tracking our national obsession with an animal that now outnumbers children in American households, Mark Derr chronicles the evolution of "the culture of the dog" from the prehistoric domestication of tamed wolves to the modern horrors of overbreeding and inbreeding. P...

The Ripple Effect: Healing Ourselves, Healing Our Planet - Paperback

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by Andrea Revell (Author)Why is it that a billion people in the world are obese and one in three suffer from chronic disease? How are our struggling healthcare systems linked to the growing gap between rich and poor or the climate crisis? Is our diet cooking the planet? Can we prevent cancer with a walk in the woods, reduce heart attacks with a positive mindset, or grow our brains by meditating?The Ripple Effect answers these questions with a bird's-eye view of our global health and environme...

King's Vibrato: Modernism, Blackness, and the Sonic Life of Martin Luther King Jr. - Paperback

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by Maurice O. Wallace (Author)In King's Vibrato Maurice O. Wallace explores the sonic character of Martin Luther King Jr.'s voice and its power to move the world. Providing a cultural history and critical theory of the black modernist soundscapes that helped inform King's vocal timbre, Wallace shows how the qualities of King's voice depended on a mix of ecclesial architecture and acoustics, musical instrumentation and sound technology, audience and song. He examines the acoustical architectur...

Making AI Intelligible: Philosophical Foundations - Hardcover

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by Herman Cappelen (Author), Josh Dever (Author)Can humans and artificial intelligences share concepts and communicate? Making AI Intelligible shows that philosophical work on the metaphysics of meaning can help answer these questions. Herman Cappelen and Josh Dever use the externalist tradition in philosophy to create models of how AIs and humans can understand each other. In doing so, they illustrate ways in which that philosophical tradition can be improved. The questions addressed in the ...

Fungi: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Nicholas P. Money (Author)The variety of the mycological world is far greater than most people imagine. Tens of thousands of fungal species have been described and many more are known only from the abundance of their genes in soil and water. Fungi are hugely important as agents of wood decay in forests, and, as parasites, they have caused the deaths of millions of people by ravaging crops and reshaping our natural ecosystems. Fungi also perform a variety of essential functions in ecosystem...

Solving Mathematical Problems: A Personal Perspective - Paperback

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by Terence Tao (Author)Authored by a leading name in mathematics, this engaging and clearly presented text leads the reader through the various tactics involved in solving mathematical problems at the Mathematical Olympiad level. Covering number theory, algebra, analysis, Euclidean geometry, and analytic geometry, Solving Mathematical Problems includes numerous exercises and model solutions throughout. Assuming only a basic level of mathematics, the text is ideal for students of 14 years and ...

Empty Harvest: Understanding the Link Between Our Food, Our Immunity, and Our Planet - Paperback

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by Bernard Jensen (Author)Nearly 20 years after its initial publication, Dr. Bernard Jensen’s sobering picture of just how interconnected man is with the earth, and how this connection is being destroyed – link by link – still resonates powerfully. In this eye-opening account of the inherent dangers in our agricultural system, Jensen looks at the better-known manmade disasters, such as the greenhouse effect, as well as the ecological and subsequent health related problems hidden from the gene...

Mathematical Introduction to General Relativity, a (Second Edition) - Paperback

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by Amol Sasane (Author)The book aims to give a mathematical presentation of the theory of general relativity (that is, spacetime-geometry-based gravitation theory) to advanced undergraduate mathematics students. Mathematicians will find spacetime physics presented in the definition-theorem-proof format familiar to them. The given precise mathematical definitions of physical notions help avoiding pitfalls, especially in the context of spacetime physics describing phenomena that are counter-int...

Electrical Engineering: Fundamentals - Paperback

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by Viktor Hacker (Author), Christof Sumereder (Author)Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering is an excellent introduction into the areas of electricity, electronic devices and electrochemistry. The book covers aspects of electrical science including Ohm and Kirkoff's laws, P-N junctions, semiconductors, circuit diagrams, magnetic fields, electrochemistry, and devices such as DC motors. This text is useful for students of electrical, chemical, materials, and mechanical engineering.Author Biogr...

$Rietveld Refinement: Practical Powder Diffraction Pattern Analysis Using Topas - Paperback$

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by Robert E. Dinnebier (Author), Andreas Leineweber (Author), John S. O. Evans (Author)Almost 50 years have passed since the famous papers of Hugo Rietveld from the late sixties where he describes a method for the refinement of crystal structures from neutron powder diffraction data. Soon after, the potential of the method for laboratory X-ray powder diffraction was discovered. Although the method is now widely accepted, there are still many pitfalls in the theoretical understanding and in pr...

Digital Electronic Circuits: Principles and Practices - Paperback

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by Shuqin Lou (Author), Chunling Yang (Author), China Science Publishing &. Media Ltd (Contribution by)This book presents three aspects of digital circuits: digital principles, digital electronics, and digital design. The modern design methods of using electronic design automation (EDA) are also introduced, including the hardware description language (HDL), designs with programmable logic devices and large scale integrated circuit (LSI).The applications of digital devices and integrated c...

Suspension Concentrates: Preparation, Stability and Industrial Applications - Paperback

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by Tharwat F. Tadros (Author)Suspension Concentrates is a survey into the theory of the formulation and stabilization of suspensions, elaborating on the breaking of aggregates and agglomerates and the role of dispersing agents on flocculation and electrostatic and steric stabilization. Practical analysis by rheology is discussed. Suspension Concentrates is ideal for research scientists and Ph.D. students investigating chemistry, chemical engineering and colloidal science. Author BiographyThar...

Macrofungi Associated with Oaks of Eastern North America - Paperback

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by Denise E. "binion (Author), Steven L. Stephenson (Author), William C. Roody (Author)Macrofungi Associated with Oaks of Eastern North America, which was written as a companion to Field Guide to Oak Species of Eastern North America, represents the first major publication devoted exclusively to the macrofungi that occur in association with oak trees in the forests of eastern North America. The macrofungi covered in this volume include many of the more commom examples of the three groups (myco...

Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand: Fifty Wonders That Reveal an Extraordinary Universe - Paperback

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by Marcus Chown (Author)Bestselling author Marcus Chown explores some of the most profound and important science about us, our world, and beyond by examining some astonishing facts that reveal the vast complexities of the universe. Perfect for fans of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry and A Brief History of Time. Number of Pages: 224 Dimensions: 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: April 23, 2019

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by Nathaniel Rich (Author)From Nathaniel Rich, author of Losing Earth, comes a beautifully told exploration of our post-natural world that points the way to a new mode of ecological writing. We live in a time when scientists race to reanimate extinct beasts, our most essential ecosystems require monumental engineering projects to survive, chicken breasts grow in test tubes, and multinational corporations conspire to poison the blood of every living creature. No rock, leaf, or cubic foot of ai...

Dinosaur Behavior: An Illustrated Guide - Hardcover

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by Michael J. Benton (Author), Bob Nicholls (Illustrator)A stunningly illustrated guide to these extraordinary creatures from a world-renowned paleontologist Paleobiology has advanced from a speculative subject to a cutting-edge science. Today, researchers are applying the latest forensic technologies to the fossil record, revealing startling new insights into the lives of dinosaurs. This illustrated guide explores the behavior, evolution, physiology, and extinction of dinosaurs, taking reade...

The Animal Mind: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Animal Cognition - Paperback

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by Kristin Andrews (Author)The philosophy of animal minds addresses profound questions about the nature of mind and the relationships between humans and other animals. In this fully revised and updated introductory text, Kristin Andrews introduces and assesses the essential topics, problems, and debates as they cut across animal cognition and philosophy of mind, citing historical and cutting-edge empirical data and case studies throughout. The second edition includes a new chapter on animal...

Stars and Planets: The Most Complete Guide to the Stars, Planets, Galaxies, and Solar System - Updated and Expanded Edition - Paperback

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by Ian Ridpath (Author), Wil Tirion (Author)The indispensable guide to the night sky--now in a newly updated and expanded edition In this newly updated and expanded edition of their classic work, Ian Ridpath and Wil Tirion illuminate the night sky as never before, providing novice stargazers and professional astronomers alike with the most informative, user-friendly, comprehensive, and authoritative celestial field guide available. The product of a thirty-year collaboration between one of the...

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by Marco Visscher (Author)From the pilot's seat in the B-29 that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, to Chernobyl's exclusion zone and to the site in Finland where highly radioactive waste will be buried, this is the incredible story of nuclear power. Providing a vivid account of the characters and events that have shaped the world's most controversial energy source and our thinking around it, The Power of Nuclear weaves politics, culture and technology to explore nuclear power's past and f...

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by Volker Schomerus (Author)Since its conception in the 1960s, string theory has been hailed as one of the most promising routes we have to unify quantum mechanics and general relativity. This book provides a concise introduction to string theory explaining central concepts, mathematical tools and covering recent developments in physics including compactifications and gauge/string dualities. With string theory being a multidisciplinary field interfacing with high energy physics, mathematics a...

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by Philip A. Allen (Author)This cutting-edge summary combines ideas from several sub-disciplines including geology, geomorphology, oceanography and geochemistry to provide an integrated view of Earth surface dynamics in terms of sediment generation, transport and deposition. Introducing a global view of fundamental concepts underpinning source-to-sink studies, it provides an analysis of the component segments which make up sediment routing systems. The functioning of sediment routing systems ...

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by Henri Bortoft (Author)Whereas most readers are familiar with Goethe as a poet and dramatist, few are familiar with his scientific work. In this brilliant book, Henri Bortoft (who began his studies of Goethean science with J. G. Bennett and David Bohm) introduces the fascinating scientific theories of Goethe. He succeeds in showing that Goethe's way of doing science was not a poet's folly but a genuine alternative to the dominant scientific paradigm. Bortoft shows that a different, "gentler...

The Fourth Dimension: Sacred Geometry, Alchemy & Mathematics (Cw 324a) - Paperback

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by Rudolf Steiner (Author), David Booth (Introduction by), Renatus Ziegler 6 lectures, Berlin, March 24-June 7, 1905;2 lectures, Nov. 7, 1905 & Oct. 22, 1908;Questions & Answers, 1904-1922 (CW 324)The point, line, plane and solid objects represent the first three dimensions, but a kind of reversal of space is involved in the ascent to a fourth dimension. Steiner leads us to the brink of this new perspective--as nearly as it can be done with words, diagrams, analogies, and examples of ...

The Girl with a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye Montague - Hardcover

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by Julia Finley Mosca (Author), Daniel Rieley (Illustrator)NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book 2019 SelectionNSTA Best STEM Trade Books for Students K-12 2019 Selection2019 Amelia Bloomer List Selection2019 Mathical Honor Book Meet Raye Montague--the hidden mastermind who made waves in the U.S. Navy After touring a German submarine in the early 1940s, young Raye set her sights on becoming an engineer. Little did she know sexism and racial inequality would challenge that dream every step of t...