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Mathematical Principles of Signal Processing: Fourier and Wavelet Analysis

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Report copyright infringementby Pierre Bremaud (Author)Fourier analysis and its modern extension of wavelet analysis provides one of the most useful tools in many applied sciences. This text bridges the gap between engineering and mathematics, providing a rigorously mathematical introduction to the subject, while emphasizing their uses in signal processing and other applications in communications engineering. An appendix provides the necessary background on Lebesgue integrals. Nu...

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Report copyright infringementby Thérèse Encrenaz (Author)This accessible book offers an imaginative journey through the Universe in search of water, founded on the latest science. The author begins by re-introducing the molecule H2O, its physical and chemical characteristics, its cosmic formation and abundance. The book goes on to describe methods by which the presence of water is detected, within the solar system and beyond. The book explores the presence and absence of water in the bodies o...

Functional Nanostructures: Processing, Characterization, and Applications

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Report copyright infringementby Sudipta Seal (Editor)This is the first book about functional nanostructures. Nanocrystalline materials exhibit outstanding properties and represent a new class of structural materials having a wide range of applications. There is considerable interest in developing nanocrystalline materials to be used as functional materials in aerospace applications, automotive industry, wear applications, MEMS, etc. The future progress and eventual production of these high-te...

Aurora: Observing and Recording Nature's Spectacular Light Show

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Report copyright infringementby Neil Bone (Author)When auroral storms occur they are a source of great interest and excitement. A number of books highlighting the impact of auroral-geomagnetic storms on communications and satellite technology have appeared in recent years. None, however, has addressed the observational aspect of aurora. This new book fills a gap in the literature, offering an explanation of the aurora's causes, how the occurrence of major events may now be predicted, and how ...

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Report copyright infringementby Jonas A. Zukas (Editor), William Walters (Editor)This is a broad-based text on the fundamentals of explosive behavior and the application of explosives in civil engineering, industrial processes, aerospace applications, and military uses. Number of Pages: 433 Dimensions: 0.9 x 9 x 6 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: November 14, 2002

Living Off the Land in Space: Green Roads to the Cosmos

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Report copyright infringementby C. Bangs (Author), Greg Matloff (Author), Les Johnson (Author)Since our early ancestors began to move out of Africa, humans have constantly expanded their range. Human civilization has evolved to the point at which we can consider tapping space resources and expanding beyond Earth's atmosphere. This book presents a visionary concept for future development of space travel. It describes the enabling technology for future propulsion concepts and demonstrates how m...

Animals in Space: From Research Rockets to the Space Shuttle

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Report copyright infringementby Colin Burgess (Author), Chris Dubbs (Author)This book is as a detailed, but highly readable and balanced account of the history of animal space flights carried out by all nations, but principally the United States and the Soviet Union. It explores the ways in which animal high-altitude and space flight research impacted on space flight biomedicine and technology, and how the results - both successful and disappointing - allowed human beings to then undertake th...

The Moon: Resources, Future Development, and Settlement

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Report copyright infringementby David Schrunk (Author), Burton Sharpe (Author), Bonnie L. Cooper (Author)The Moon - Challenge and Benefits of Settlement tells the story of the feasible transformation of the Moon into an inhabited sister planet of the Earth in the coming century. This latest edition draws on the latest satellite data to emphasize the power potential and communications advantages of Malapert Mountain in the South Polar region of the Moon, being the optimum location for the esta...

Math!: Encounters with High School Students

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Report copyright infringementby Serge Lang (Author)Dieses Buch enthalt eine Sammlung von Dialogen des bekannten Mathematikers Serge Lang mit Schulern. Serge Lang behandelt die Schuler als seinesgleichen und zeigt ihnen mit dem ihm eigenen lebendigen Stil etwas vom Wesen des mathematischen Denkens. Die Begegnungen zwischen Lang und den Schulern sind nach Bandaufnahmen aufgezeichnet worden und daher authentisch und lebendig. Das Buch stellt einen frischen und neuartigen Ansatz fur Lehren, Lerne...

Mathematical Methods of Classical Mechanics

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Report copyright infringementby K. Vogtmann (Translator), V. I. Arnol'd (Author), A. Weinstein (Translator)This text begins with the basic facts of classical mechanics and proceeds to examine many important questions in dynamics. This modern approach, based on the theory of the geometry of manifolds, distinguishes itself from the traditional approach of standard textbooks. Geometrical considerations are emphasized throughout. Number of Pages: 520 Dimensions: 1.17 x 9...

Stochastic Models, Statistical Methods, and Algorithms in Image Analysis: Proceedings of the Special Year on Image Analysis, Held in Rome, Italy, 1990

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Report copyright infringementby Piero Barone (Editor), Arnoldo Frigessi (Editor), Mauro Piccioni (Editor)This volume comprises a collection of papers by world- renowned experts on image analysis. The papers range from survey articles to research papers, and from theoretical topics such as simulated annealing through to applied image reconstruction. It covers applications as diverse as biomedicine, astronomy, and geophysics. As a result, any researcher working on image analysis will find this ...

Origins of the TVA: The Muscle Shoals Controversy, 1920-1932

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Report copyright infringementby Preston J. Hubbard (Author) Number of Pages: 352 Dimensions: 0.79 x 7.72 x 5.06 IN Publication Date: April 19, 2011

Nonlinear Systems: Analysis, Stability, and Control

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Report copyright infringementby Shankar Sastry (Author)This book presents the most recent results in analysis stability and control of dynamical systems, written by one of the leading researchers in the area. The treatment is of necessity both mathemtically rigorous and abstract, so as to cover several applications simultaneously. The book should be suitable for graduate courses in nonlinear control. Number of Pages: 668 Dimensions: 1.45 x 9.55 x 6.5 IN ...

The Queen Must Die: And Other Affairs of Bees and Men

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Report copyright infringementby William Longgood (Author), Pam Johnson (Illustrator)An engaging collection of observations about honeybees and their activities.--Publishers Weekly. Number of Pages: 234 Dimensions: 0.78 x 7.83 x 4.76 IN Publication Date: January 15, 2013

What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained

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Report copyright infringementby Robert L. Wolke (Author)Do you wish you understood the science of foods, but don't want to plow through dry technical books? What Einstein Told His Cook is like having a scientist at your side to answer your questions in plain, nontechnical terms. Chemistry professor and syndicated Washington Post food columnist Robert L. Wolke provides over 100 reliable and witty explanations, while debunking misconceptions and helping you to see through confusing advertising ...

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Report copyright infringementby Byron Farwell (Author)Filled with interesting and often highly entertaining historical anecdotes, and there are some rare photographs and illustrations. . . . Lucid, well written. . . . A very sound contribution to our understanding of British Empire and South Asian history. ChoiceBack JacketThis book will tell who the Gurkhas are and where they come from. It will describe their manners, customs, and character, and their history as soldiers, with special attent...

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Report copyright infringementby Zhores a. Medvedev (Author)On the morning of April 26, 1986, a Soviet nuclear plant at Chernobyl (near Kiev) exploded, pouring radioactivity into the environment and setting off the worst disaster in the history of nuclear energy. Now a former Soviet scientist gives a comprehensive account of the catastrophe. Number of Pages: 378 Dimensions: 1.1 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: February 15, 2010

Great Wall and the Empty Fortress: China's Search for Security

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Report copyright infringementby Andrew J. Nathan (Author), Robert S. Ross (Author)Today China is considered a threat by many in the United States and the rest of the world. But the authors argue that those who subscribe to this alarmist view are mistaking the Great Wall for a symbol of strength, and falling for the deception of the Empty Fortress. Despite its sheer size, economic vitality, and drive to upgrade its military forces, China remains a vulnerable power, crowded on all sides by powe...

Crystal Fire: The Invention of the Transistor and the Birth of the Information Age (Revised)

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Riordan (Author), Lillian Hoddeson (Author)On December 16, 1947, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain, physicists at Bell Laboratories, jabbed two electrodes into a sliver of germanium. The power flowing from the germanium far exceeded what went in; in that moment the transistor was invented and the Information Age was born. No other devices have been as crucial to modern life as the transistor and the microchip it spawned, but the story of the science and ...

What Einstein Told His Cook 2: The Sequel: Further Adventures in Kitchen Science

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Report copyright infringementby Robert L. Wolke (Author), Marlene Parrish (With)This sequel to the best-selling What Einstein Told His Cook continues Bob Wolke's investigations into the science behind our foods from the farm or factory to the market, and through the kitchen to the table. In response to ongoing questions from the readers of his nationally syndicated Washington Post column, "Food 101," Wolke continues to debunk misconceptions with reliable, commonsense answers. He has also adde...

Life After Television: The Coming Transformation of Media and American Life

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Report copyright infringementby George Gilder (Author)In his visionary new book George Gilder brilliantly and persuasively outlines the sweeping new developments in computer and fiber optic technology that spell certain death to traditional television and telephony. In their places, he argues, will emerge a new paradigm in which people-to-people communications give way to links among computers to be found in every home and office. The rise of the telecomputer (or "teleputer") will utterly tra...

Run to Failure: BP and the Making of the Deepwater Horizon Disaster

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Report copyright infringementby Abrahm Lustgarten (Author)BP bought one company after another and then relentlessly fired employees and cut costs. It skipped safety procedures, pumped toxic chemicals back into the ground, and let equipment languish, even while Browne claimed a new era of environmentally sustainable business as his own. For a while the strategy worked, making BP one of the most profitable corporations in the world. Then it all began to unravel, in felony convictions for enviro...

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Report copyright infringementby Donald Cardwell (Author), D. S. L. Cardwell (Author)As technology transforms our lives at an ever quickening rate, Donald Cardwell reminds us that technological innovation is not created in a vacuum--rather, it is the product of the successful interaction between social change, scientific developments, and political vision. In this wide-ranging, "spirited" (Booklist) survey of the machines and tools that humans have developed throughout history, Cardwell not on...

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Friedel (Author)It is almost impossible to imagine modern life without this device; yet for the first thirty years or so, from its patent in the late nineteenth century, it represented no real advantage over traditional fasteners like the hook-and-eye or the old-fashioned button. The zipper was mechanically awkward, liable to rust, liable to fail (i.e., snag or burst open), and so expensive that it doubled the retail price of a skirt or a pair of pants. ...

A Dream of Wings: Americans and the Airplane, 1875-1905

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Report copyright infringementby Tom D. Crouch (Author)When Orville and Wilbur Wright soared over Kill Devil Hills in North Carolina's outer banks and solved the problem of aerial navigation, they wrote the last chapter in a long story. For decades prior, a small community of engineers, scientists, and dreamers--men named Chanute and Langley and Herring--had tried to make the ascent in every conceivable craft, from kites and gliders to an assortment of powered flying models.These imaginative p...

Compass: A Story of Exploration and Innovation (Revised)

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Report copyright infringementby Alan Gurney (Author)Compass chronicles the misadventures of those who attempted to perfect the magnetic compass--so precious to sixteenth-century seamen that, by law, any man found tampering with it had his hand pinned to the mast with a dagger. From the time man first took to the seas until only one thousand years ago, sight and winds were the sailor's only navigational aids. It was not until the development of the compass that maps and charts could be used wi...

The Warning: Accident at Three Mile Island

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Report copyright infringementby Mike Gray (Author), Ira Rosen (Author)By 6:00 a.m. on the morning of March 28, 1979, the reactor core at Three Mile Island was thirty minutes away from a meltdown, an apocalypse that would render a huge swath of eastern Pennsylvania permanently uninhabitable. The control room crew, overwhelmed by flashing alarms and klaxon horns, is at a loss. The memo that would have warned them was never sent. Originally published in 1982, this factual, riveting thriller was ...

Angle of Attack: Harrison Storms and the Race to the Moon

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Report copyright infringementby Mike Gray (Author)Centuries from now, when the Cold War is as remote as the War of Roses and the passions of our time have faded into footnotes, humanity will still remember July 16, 1969, the day the first human beings departed from earth bound for a landing on the moon. Angle of Attack turned out to be a story of ordinary people organized for an extraordinary purpose. It is an anthem to human cleverness, and it is a vivid reminder of what we are capable of wh...

The Gecko's Foot: Bio-Inspiration: Engineering New Materials from Nature

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Report copyright infringementby Peter Forbes (Author)"Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you." When Frank Lloyd Wright said this, he probably wasn't envisioning self-cleaning surfaces, the photonic crystal, or Velcro. But nature has indeed yielded such inventions for those scientists and engineers who heeded the architect's words. The cutting-edge science of bio-inspiration gives way to architectural and product designs that mimic intricate mechanisms found in...

Domesticated: Evolution in a Man-Made World

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Report copyright infringementby Richard C. Francis (Author)Since that fateful day when the first wolf decided to stay close to human hunters, humans and their various animal companions have thrived far beyond nearly all wild species on earth. Tameness is the key trait in the domestication of cats, dogs, horses, cows, and other mammals, from rats to reindeer. Surprisingly, with selection for tameness comes a suite of seemingly unrelated alterations, including floppy ears, skeletal and colorati...

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Report copyright infringementby Guru Madhavan (Author)In this engaging account of innovative triumphs, Guru Madhavan examines the ways in which engineers throughout history created world-changing tools, from ATMs and ZIP codes to the digital camera and the disposable diaper. Equal parts personal, practical, and profound, Applied Minds charts a path to a future where we borrow strategies from engineering to find inspired solutions to our most pressing challenges. Number of Pages: ...

Millikan's School: A History of the California Institute of Technology

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Report copyright infringementby Judith R. Goodstein (Author)Written in honour of its centenary, this history of Caltech explores its contribution to science and technology by providing profiles of its most famous scientists, such as von Karman in aeronautics, Morgan in biology, Gutenberg in seismology, Noyes in physical chemistry and Epstein in physics.Back Jacket'Millikan's School' presents an interesting and thoroughly reliable account of the astonishing change over a period of a few years ...