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Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Cooks, and Good Food

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Report copyright infringementby Jeff Potter (Author)Why do we cook the way we do? Are you the innovative type, used to expressing your creativity instead of just following recipes? Do you want to learn to be a better cook or curious about the science behind what happens to food as it cooks? More than just a cookbook, Cooking for Geeks applies your curiosity to discovery, inspiration, and invention in the kitchen. Why do we bake some things at 350 F/175 C and others at 375 F/190 C? Why is med...

A Complete Guide to Quality in Small-Scale Wine Making

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Report copyright infringementby John Anthony Considine (Author), Elizabeth Frankish (Author)A Complete Guide to Quality in Small-Scale Wine Making, Second Edition is the first and only book to focus specifically on the challenges relevant to non-industrial scale production of optimal wine with a scientifically rigorous approach. Fully revised and updated with new insights on the importance of all aspects of the production of consistent, quality wine, this book includes sections on organic win...

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Report copyright infringementby Santosh Raikar (Author), Seabron Adamson (Author)Renewable Energy Finance: Theory and Practice, Second Edition integrates the special characteristics of renewable energy with key elements of project finance. Through a mixture of fundamental analysis and real-life examples, readers learn how renewable energy project finance deals mix finance, public policy, legal, engineering and environmental issues. This book investigates the economics of large-scale green pow...

The Effortless Sous Vide Cookbook: 140 Recipes for Crafting Restaurant-Quality Meals Every Day

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Report copyright infringementby Carey Copeling (Author)The Effortless Sous Vide Cookbook serves easy, everyday recipes for restaurant-quality meals It's easy to make perfectly cooked food with your sous vide, but finding the right recipes to do it night after night can be tricky. The Effortless Sous Vide Cookbook serves well-rounded, restaurant-quality meals for easy, everyday cooking. Featuring 140 no-fuss recipes, plus an overview of basic practices and new sous vide cooking techniques, The...

Strategiya: The Foundations of the Russian Art of Strategy

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Report copyright infringementby Ofer Fridman (Editor)In recent years, Western experts have generally portrayed the Kremlin's actions as either strategic or tactical. Yet this proposition raises a very important question: how closely does the West's interpretation of Russian strategy reflect the country's own definitions? While many military historians have sought to interpret Russian strategy, Strategiya takes a different approach. It brings together, in English, the classic works of the Russ...

The Backyard Beekeeper, 5th Edition: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keeping Bees in Your Yard and Garden - Natural Beekeeping Techniques - New Varroa

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Report copyright infringementby Kim Flottum (Author)A Comprehensive Guide to Keeping Healthy, Happy, and Productive Bees. Experience the timeless joy of beekeeping--right in your backyard or on your urban rooftop--with this fully updated and accessible resource for beekeepers of all levels. More than just a how-to guide, The Backyard Beekeeper offers expert insights and practical advice on every aspect of caring for bees and harvesting their gifts. Learn how to: Set Up and Maintain Hives - ...

I, Warbot: The Dawn of Artificially Intelligent Conflict

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Report copyright infringementby Kenneth Payne (Author)Artificial Intelligence is going to war. Intelligent weapon systems are here today, and many more are on the way tomorrow. Already, they're reshaping conflict--from the chaos of battle, with pilotless drones, robot tanks and unmanned submersibles, to the headquarters far from the action, where generals and politicians use technology to weigh up what to do. AI changes how we fight, and even how likely it is that we will. In battle, warbots ...

Technology and the African-American Experience: Needs and Opportunities for Study

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Report copyright infringementby Bruce Sinclair (Editor)Race and technology are two of the most powerful motifs in American history, but until recently they have not often been considered in relation to each other. This collection of essays examines the intersection of the two in a variety of social and technological contexts, pointing out, as the subtitle (borrowed from Brooke Hindle's classic 1966 work Early American Technology) puts it, the "needs and opportunities for study." The essays ch...

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Report copyright infringementby Michael K. Ochi (Author), Michel K. Ochi (Author), I. Dyer (Editor)Waves observed in the ocean are extremely irregular and, from a physics standpoint, it seems impossible to describe this chaotic situation. Scientists can describe the situation by means of a stochastic approach. This book describes the stochastic method for ocean wave analysis. This method provides a route to predicting the characteristics of random ocean waves--information vital for the design...

Roots of Change: Nebraska's New Agriculture - Paperback

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by Mary Ridder (Author)Among the vast corporate and smaller family-sized farms and agribusinesses of Nebraska, the old pioneering spirit of entrepreneurship is rising again, this time in the form of sustainable and organic growers, cooperatives, artisans, and visionaries--those who seek to enhance the quality of life and ensure its future on the farm, in the community, and throughout the world. Mary Ridder profiles these enterprises in Roots of Change, a project that took her down Nebraska's ...

The Downsized Warrior: America's Army in Transition - Hardcover

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by David H. McCormick (Author)Downsizing has become one of the defining phenomena of the post-Cold War era, a trend affecting few sectors of American life more than the armed forces. Between 1989 and 1996, the active duty Army was cut back by more than a third, from 770,000 soldiers to fewer than half a million. Additional cuts are virtually certain to follow. How has the Army implemented this mandate to downsize? What common threads exist between past post-war cutbacks and today's redistribu...

OLED Fundamentals: Materials, Devices, and Processing of Organic Light-Emitting Diodes - Paperback

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by Daniel J. Gaspar (Editor), Evgueni Polikarpov (Editor)A Comprehensive Source for Taking on the Next Stage of OLED R&D OLED Fundamentals: Materials, Devices, and Processing of Organic Light-Emitting Diodes brings together key topics across the field of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), from fundamental chemistry and physics to practical materials science and engineering aspects to design and manufacturing factors. Experts from top academic institutions, industry, and national labor...

Agriculture V1: Soils, Formation, Physical And Chemical Characteristics And Methods Of Improvement, Including Tillage, Drainage And Irrigation (1911) - Paperback

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by William Penn Brooks (Author)""Agriculture V1: Soils, Formation, Physical And Chemical Characteristics And Methods Of Improvement, Including Tillage, Drainage And Irrigation"" is a comprehensive book written by William Penn Brooks in 1911. The book delves into the science of soils, exploring their formation and physical and chemical characteristics. It also provides readers with methods of improving soil quality, including techniques such as tillage, drainage, and irrigation. The book is a ...

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by Gershon Joseph Wheeler (Author), Irving Lionel Kosow (Editor)Introduction to Microwaves is a comprehensive textbook written by Gershon Joseph Wheeler, which provides a detailed introduction to the field of microwave engineering. The book covers the fundamental concepts of microwaves, including electromagnetic theory, transmission lines, waveguides, and microwave components. It also covers the design and analysis of microwave circuits and systems, including microwave amplifiers, oscillators...

Earth Sheltered Housing: Code, Zoning, and Financing Issues - Paperback

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by Underground Space Center (Author), University of Minnesota (Author), Dept of Housing and Urban Development (Author)Interest in the use of earth sheltered housing has expanded greatly in the past six years and particularly in the last two years. Prior to 1973, the few isolated earth sheltered houses in the United States had been built for primarily aesthetic reasons. Since then, due to the greater awareness of energy conservation and the environment, the number of earth sheltered houses has...

Instructions To Young Marksman - Hardcover

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by John Ratcliffe Chapman (Author)Instructions To Young Marksman is a comprehensive guidebook written by John Ratcliffe Chapman for individuals who are interested in becoming skilled marksmen. The book is divided into three main parts, each of which covers a different aspect of marksmanship.The first part of the book focuses on the basics of shooting, including the proper stance, grip, and breathing techniques. Chapman provides detailed instructions on how to aim and shoot accurately, as well...

Military Strategy in the 21st Century: People, Connectivity, and Competition - Hardcover

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by Charles Cleveland (Author), Benjamin Jensen (Author), Susan Bryant (Author)*This book is in the Rapid Communications in Conflict and Security (RCCS) Series (General Editor: Geoffrey R.H. Burn).The character of not only war but also strategic competition appears to be changing. Failing to adapt will result in further losses of blood and treasure as well as prestige and influence. Power withers when it proves frail. This book by Charles Cleveland, Benjamin Jensen, Susan Bryant, and Arnel Dav...

Tree, Shrub, and Vine Seeds: A Pictorial Field Guide - Paperback

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by Terry A. Woodger (Author)This full-color, user-friendly field guide covers the basics involved in the collection, cleaning, and storage of tree, shrub, and vine seeds. Learn from an expert how to overcome pests when storing seeds, and handle environmental factors that may threaten the integrity of your seeds. An introduction to identifying different varieties of seeds will make collecting easy for beginner and experienced collectors alike. Over 160 close-up color photographs of seeds gathe...

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by Keystone (Author) Number of Pages: 228 Dimensions: 0.52 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: January 06, 2009

Rubber Analysis: Characterisation, Failure Diagnosis and Reverse Engineering

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Report copyright infringementby Martin J. Forrest (Author) Rubber analysis plays a vital part in ensuring that manufactured products are fit for purpose. This comprehensive, application-based book with up-to-date referencing covers all important applications and subject area associated with the analysis of rubber compounds and rubber products. Includes characterization of rubber polymers, rubber fumes, identification of extractables and leachables, as well as reverse engineering on compounded...

The Routledge Handbook of Mechanisms and Mechanical Philosophy - Paperback

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by Stuart Glennan (Editor), Phyllis Illari (Editor)An outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems and debates in this exciting subject and is the first collection of its kind. Essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy of science, the Handbook will also be of interest to those in related fields such as metaphysics, philosophy of psychology and history of sAuthor BiographyStuart Glennan is the Harry T. Ice Professor of Philosophy and Associate Dean of the College...

Recent Advancements in Radar Imaging and Sensing Technology - Hardcover

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by Piotr Samczynski (Guest Editor), Elisa Giusti (Guest Editor)The aim of this Printed Edition of Special Issue entitled "Recent Advancements in Radar Imaging and Sensing Technology" was to gather the latest research results in the area of modern radar technology using active and/or radar imaging sensing techniques in different applications, including both military use and a broad spectrum of civilian applications. As a result, the 19 papers that have been published highlighted a variety of t...

Dutch Elm Disease and Its Chemotherapy / - Paperback

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by George Aubrey 1913- Zentmyer (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be pre...

Genealogy of the Van Gaasbeck Family - Paperback

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by Williams Allie Compiler Van (Created by)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be ...

Feminine Ingenuity: Women and Invention in America

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Report copyright infringementby Anne L. MacDonald (Author)"Written with clarity and a lively eye both for detail and for the progress of feminism in the United States."SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLEIn this fascinating study of American women inventors, historian Anne Macdonald shows how creative, resourceful, and entrepreneurial women helped to shatter the ancient stereotypes of mechanically inept womanhood. In presenting their stories, Anne Macdonald's thorough research in patent archives and her e...

Materializing Digital Futures: Touch, Movement, Sound and Vision - Paperback

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by Toija Cinque (Editor), Jordan Beth Vincent (Editor)Digital, visual media are found in most aspects of everyday life, from workplaces to household devices - computer and digital television screens, appliances such as refrigerators and home assistants, and applications for social media and gaming. Each technologically enabled opportunity brings an increasingly sophisticated language with the act of pursuing the intrasensorial ways of perceiving the world around us - through touch, movement, ...

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Report copyright infringementby Kenneth Mourning 1889- Waddell (Author)This book is a genealogy of the Waddell family, tracing its history from the arrival of the first Waddell in America in the early 18th century to the present day. The author, Kenneth Mourning Waddell, draws on extensive research, family records, and historical documents to provide a comprehensive and engaging account of the family's many branches, accomplishments, and challenges. This book will be of interest to anyone int...

Instant Insights: Unmanned Aircraft Systems in Agriculture

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Report copyright infringementby Various Authors (Author), Chunhua Zhang (Author), John M. Kovacs (Author)This book features five peer-reviewed reviews on the use of unmanned aircraft systems in an array of agricultural settings.The first chapter provides an overview of unmanned aerial system (UAS) platforms and sensors, flight planning and imagery acquisition, before moving on to consider stitching and ortho-rectification in UAS image processing.The second chapter discusses approaches to unma...

MDSAP Certification: A Complete Guide with Sample Checklists

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Report copyright infringementby Jahangir Asadi (Author)This EASY-to-understand book is ideal for all (Employees & Employers) and other people who are new to MDSAP, ISO 13485, (International Standard) who want to get more out of an established Quality Management System (QMS). Particularly for employees who just need a basic understanding of what MDSAP is and how it applies to them. This Book was written so that anyone at any level of the organization can get to the heart of the standard's ...

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Report copyright infringementby R. Manikandan (Author)In this book the principles and basic concepts of Robotics and its components are briefed. The readers will understand the design and implementation of robot applications and their relationship to other automated technologies. The basis of machine vision and its application in robotics are briefed. The concept of end effectors, basic programming in Robots and a few real time applications in landmine industries are briefed. Num...

Tower to Tower: Gigantism in Architecture and Digital Culture

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Report copyright infringementby Henriette Steiner (Author), Kristin Veel (Author)A cultural history of gigantism in architecture and digital culture, from the Eiffel Tower to the World Trade Center. The gigantic is everywhere, and gigantism is manifest in everything from excessively tall skyscrapers to globe-spanning digital networks. In this book, Henriette Steiner and Kristin Veel map and critique the trajectory of gigantism in architecture and digital culture--the convergence of tall build...

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Report copyright infringementby Edward Leedskalnin (Author)Following is the result of my two years experiment with magnets at Rock Gate seventeen miles Southwest from Miami Florida. Between Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Latitude and Eightieth and Eighty-first Longitude West. The earth itself is a great big magnet. Now I will tell you what magnetic current is. Magnetic current is the same as electric current is a wrong expression. Really it is not one current they are two currents one current ...