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The Amateur Plankton Researcher's Practical Guide: How to Study Plankton at Home - Hardcover

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by Albert Calbet (Author)Back JacketExplore the captivating world of plankton with this hands-on guide, perfect for students, educators, hobbyists, and citizen scientists alike. Designed to take you through every step of the process, from collecting samples in local waters to observing them under a microscope and conducting basic experiments, this guide will equip you with the tools and knowledge needed to study plankton at home. You will gain an understanding of the different groups of plank...

Migrants in the Digital Periphery: New Urban Frontiers of Control - Hardcover

$171.00

by Matt Mahmoudi (Author)As the fortification of Europe's borders and its hostile immigration terrain has taken shape, so too have the biometric and digital surveillance industries. And when US Immigration Customs Enforcement aggressively reinforced its program of raids, detention, and family separation, it was powered by Silicon Valley corporations. In cities of refuge, where communities on the move once lived in anonymity and proximity to familial and diaspora networks, the possibility for ...

The World's Medicine Chest: How America Achieved Pharmaceutical Supremacy--And How to Keep It - Hardcover

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by Sally C. Pipes (Author)The World's Medicine Chest details how America became the world's leader in biopharmaceutical innovation and reveals how new threats to this industry will have disastrous consequences for patients and the U.S. economy.In the 1970s, Europe was the global hub for pharmaceutical innovation. European drug companies developed more than twice as many drugs in that decade as their U.S.-based counterparts. But times have changed. Today, nearly half of all new drugs come from...

Migrants in the Digital Periphery: New Urban Frontiers of Control - Paperback

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Unknowable Minds: Philosophical Insights on AI and Autonomous Weapons - Paperback

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by Mark Bailey (Author)Imagine that in the cold heart of a secret military facility, a new form of intelligence awakens. It is a synthetic mind born from intricate algorithms and complex computations, operating in ways unfathomable to its human creators. Charged with safeguarding national security, this intelligence orchestrates strategies that defy human ethics and laws of war, leaving its creators both awed and unnerved.Unknowable Minds delves into the unsettling reality of entrusting our s...

Philosophical Tools for Technological Culture: Putting Pragmatism to Work - Paperback

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by Larry A. Hickman (Author)"Hickman['s] . . . style of pragmatism provides us with flexible, philosophical 'tools' which can be used to analyze and penetrate various technology and technological cultural problems of the present. He, himself, uses this toolkit to make his analyses and succeeds very well indeed." --Don IhdeA practical and comprehensive appraisal of the value of philosophy in today's technological culture.Philosophical Tools for Technological Culture contends that technology--a...

Urban Engineering for Sustainability - Paperback

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by Sybil Derrible (Author)A textbook that introduces integrated, sustainable design of urban infrastructures, drawing on civil engineering, environmental engineering, urban planning, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and computer science. This textbook introduces urban infrastructure from an engineering perspective, with an emphasis on sustainability. Bringing together both fundamental principles and practical knowledge from civil engineering, environmental engineering, urban pl...

Marine Emergencies: For Masters and Mates - Paperback

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by David House (Author)An influential guide to maritime emergencies and the current strategies that can be employed to cope with the immediate after effects and ramifications of disaster at sea. Many mariners will at some point in their maritime careers become involved in one sort of emergency or another, while in port or at sea, whether it is a fire on board, a collision with another vessel or an engine failure threatening a lee shore. Actions to take in such incidents can be the difference ...

Introduction to Construction Management - Paperback

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by Fred Sherratt (Author), Peter Farrell (Contribution by)Introduction to Construction Management, Second Edition, is the beginner's guide to key concepts, terms, processes and practices associated with modern construction management. The new edition has been fully updated with new data, case studies and enhancements and remains the most practical and accessible book on the subject available. Significant new topics have been added including construction ethics, coverage of mental health and w...

Radar Array Design Using Optimization Theory - Hardcover

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by Guolong Cui (Editor), Junli Liang (Editor), Bin Liao (Editor)Radar array design aims at shaping a specific transmit/receive beampattern through optimizing array geometry, transmit waveform, and transmit/receive weight vectors. It is a hot topic among the scientific and industrial communities due to the advent of modern digital arrays with multiple digital transmit and receive channels, arbitrary digital waveform generators, and solid-state transmitters. The radar array beampattern is a cri...

Picturing the Space Shuttle: The Early Years - Hardcover

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by John Bisney (Author), J. L. Pickering (Author), Robert L. Crippen (Foreword by)Rare views of the beginnings of the historic space program, selected and presented by two leading space flight authorities After the excitement of the first Moon landing, the U.S. space program took an ambitious new direction closer to home: NASA's Space Shuttle program promised frequent access to Earth orbit for medical and scientific breakthroughs; deploying, repairing, and maintaining satellites; and assembli...

Critical Connections: The University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge from the Dawn of the Atomic Age to the Present - Hardcover

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by Lee Riedinger (Author), Allen Ekkebus (Author), William Bugg (Author)The bombing of Pearl Harbor set off a chain of events that included the race to beat German scientists to build the atomic bomb. A tiny hamlet tucked away in the southern Appalachians proved an unlikely linchpin to win the race. The Manhattan Project required the combination of four secret sites--Clinton Laboratories, Y-12, K-25, and S-50--75,000 workers, and the nation's finest scientists to create the Secret City, Oak R...

Replay: The History of Video Games - Paperback

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by Tristan Donovan (Author)A riveting account of the strange birth and remarkable evolution of the most important development in entertainment since television, Replay is the ultimate history of video games. Based on extensive research and over 140 exclusive interviews with key movers and shakers from gaming's past, Replay tells the sensational story of how the creative vision of game designers gave rise to one of the world's most popular and dynamic art forms. Number of Pages: 516 Dimensions...

Introduction to Electronic Warfare Modeling and Simulation - Paperback

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by David L. Adamy (Author)This unique book covers the whole field of electronic warfare modeling and simulation at a systems level, including chapters that describe basic electronic warfare (EW) concepts. Written by a well-known expert in the field with more than 24 years of experience, the book explores EW applications and techniques and the radio frequency spectrum, with primary emphasis on HF (high frequency) to microwave. A detailed resource for entry-level engineering personnel in EW, mi...

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by James Williams (Author)Former Google advertising strategist, now Oxford-trained philosopher James Williams launches a plea to society and to the tech industry to help ensure that the technology we all carry with us every day does not distract us from pursuing our true goals in life. As information becomes ever more plentiful, the resource that is becoming more scarce is our attention. In this 'attention economy', we need to recognise the fundamental impacts of our new information environme...

Inevitable: Inside the Messy, Unstoppable Transition to Electric Vehicles - Hardcover

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by Mike Colias (Author)A sweeping portrait of the EV transformation and what it means for all of us.The question is no longer if electric vehicles will happen, or even when they'll happen, but how. Veteran automotive reporter Mike Colias takes you inside the transformation in this thoroughly reported profile of the hard pivot in the car business, a $2 trillion industry undergoing the biggest change in its 120-year history--a change that is already sending ripples across the entire global econ...

Computational Modeling and Simulation of Solids and Structures: Recent Advances and Practical Applications - Hardcover

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by Jin-Gyun Kim (Guest Editor), Jae Hyuk Lim (Guest Editor), Peter Persson (Guest Editor)Computational modeling and simulation are essential to solid and structural mechanics. They have not only covered entire engineering fields (civil, aerospace, mechanical, etc.) but also various scales (from nano to macro) and physics (mono- and multiphysics). Recently, they have been found to be able to offer theoretical backgrounds of digital transformation. Society at large is increasingly enthusiastic ...

Shoe and Leather Encyclopedia - A Book of Practical and Expert Testimony by Successful Merchants. Each Article a Chapter, Each Chapter a Single and Se - Hardcover

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by The Shoe & Leather Gazette (Author)Shoe and Leather Encyclopedia by The Shoe & Leather Gazette is a collection of vintage articles on the subject of leather shoe and boot manufacturing. It contains a wealth of information originally aimed at shoe retailers, including lists of different styles and manufacturers, the names of contemporary retailers, instructions on how to run a shoe retail business, details concerning sizing and measurements, and much more. This volume is highly reco...

The Tower and the Bridge: The New Art of Structural Engineering - Paperback

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by David P. Billington (Author)An essential exploration of the engineering aesthetics of celebrated structures from long-span bridges to high-rise buildings What do structures such as the Eiffel Tower, the Brooklyn Bridge, and the concrete roofs of Pier Luigi Nervi have in common? According to The Tower and the Bridge, all are striking examples of structural art, an exciting area distinct from either architecture or machine design. Aided by stunning photographs, David Billington discusses the...

My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla - Paperback

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by Nikola Tesla (Author)2018 Reprint of 1919 Edition. Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) was a prophet of the electronic age. His research laid much of the groundwork for modern electrical and communication systems, and his impressive accomplishments include development of the alternating-current electrical system, radio, the Tesla coil transformer, wireless transmission, and fluorescent lighting. Tesla's research was so groundbreaking that many of his contemporaries failed to understand it, and other ...

The Benefits of Traditional Standing Seam Metal Roofs - Paperback

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by Reed Sinclair (Author)Master the Art of Standing Seam RoofingIn a world where craftsmanship meets innovation, a revolution is taking place above our heads. Welcome to the realm of standing seam metal roofs-a testament to durability, elegance, and modern design. For those ready to delve into the intricacies of this architectural marvel, this book serves as your indispensable guide.Discover the Allure of Excellence: Embark on a journey through the fundamentals, where you'll gain a deep unde...

Machine Learning in Transportation: Applications with Examples and Codes - Paperback

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by Niharika Dayyala (Author), Nivedya Madankara Kottayi (Author), Rajib Basu Mallick (Author)The book introduces the reader to machine learning in transportation. It discusses both simple and advanced concepts including core statistics, data wrangling, data visualization, supervised and unsupervised datamining techniques as well as text mining. The book prepares students to manage data, visualize data and apply appropriate machine learning techniques on transportation datasets to derive impor...

Practical Root Cause Failure Analysis: Key Elements, Case Studies, and Common Equipment Failures - Paperback

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by Randy Riddell (Author)Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) is a method used by maintenance and reliability industry professionals as one of the key tools to drive improvement. This book offers a quick guide to the applications involved in performing a successful RCFA by providing a foundational view of maintenance and reliability strategies. It also highlights the practical applications of RCFA and identifies how to achieve a successful RCFA, as well as discussing common equipment failures a...

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by Changying Zhao (Author)Cutting-edge developments of thermal radiation are discussed systematically in this book. Delivering a comprehensive view, with real-life applications, of thermal radiation from macro to nano this book captures the great progresses made. A book for all including beginners, graduates, and researchers wanting to be brought up to speed. Number of Pages: 502 Dimensions: 1.13 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN Publication Date: November 14, 2024

Data Storytelling and Visualization with Tableau: A Hands-on Approach - Paperback

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by Prachi Manoj Joshi (Author), Parikshit Narendra Mahalle (Author)With the tremendous growth and availability of the data, this book covers understanding the data, while telling a story with visualization including basic concepts about the data, the relationship and the visualizations. All the technical details that include installation and building the different visualizations are explained in a clear and systematic way. Various aspects pertaining to storytelling and visualization are expla...

EV Chargers: DC Fast Chargers' Installation Guide - Paperback

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by Maxwell Shimba (Author)EV Chargers: DC Fast Chargers' Installation Guide DC Fast Chargers' Installation Guide by Dr. Maxwell Shimba is an essential manual for anyone involved in the electric vehicle (EV) charging industry. This comprehensive guide provides detailed instructions and expert insights on installing DC fast chargers, which are critical for meeting the growing demand for rapid and efficient EV charging solutions. The book is designed to be accessible to a wide audience, includin...

Glossary of Common Industry and Project Terminology - Paperback

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by Roy O. Christensen (Author), Derek Rosner (Editor)Industry- and project-specific terminology is especially challenging for personnel who: Have experience, but need to confirm mutual understanding;Have transferred into a new company, industry, project, or role; or, Use English as a second language (ESL).It is unreasonable to expect everyone to have the same understanding of industry and project definitions. And yet, this assumption is routinely made when terms are not defined or understandi...

SolidWorks 2025 Black Book: (Colored) - Hardcover

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by Gaurav Verma (Author), Matt Weber (Author)The SolidWorks 2025 Black Book is the 12th edition of our series on SolidWorks. With lots of additions and thorough review, we present a book to help professionals as well as beginners in creating some of the most complex solid models. The book follows a step by step methodology. In this book, we have tried to give real-world examples with real challenges in designing. We have tried to bridge the gap between academic use and industrial use of Solid...

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by Robert Bryant (Author)An updated version of the bestselling, Game Testing All In One 3/E, this fourth edition serves as your comprehensive handbook to video game testing, guiding you through the essential skills needed to succeed in this exciting field. Whether you are a student seeking to enter the video game industry or a working professional aiming to refine your skills, this new edition gives you the basic skills of testing, demonstrates how game testing and testers fit into the game d...

Modern Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Workbook - Paperback

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by Andrew D. Althouse (Author), Carl H. Turnquist (Author), Alfred F. Bracciano (Author)This Workbookis designed for use with the Modern Refrigeration and Air Conditioning textbook. Each workbook chapter should be completed after reading the corresponding textbook chapter. The workbook serves as an open book quiz on the contents of the textbook. Each chapter of the workbook includes a variety of question types, including multiple choice, true or false, and matching. The workbook questions ar...

The Sustainable Meat Challenge: How to graze cattle, slaughter humanely and stay profitable - Paperback

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by Marianne Landzettel (Author), Martin Kunz (Photographer)"This book is a much-needed exploration of the importance of meat, and the fact that the real problem is the "how", not "the cow". Marianne Landzettel digs in and tells the real story. People need to hear what she has to say. Her narrative is always a pleasure to read."Sheila Cooke, Savory Institute Accredited Field Professional and Co-founder of 3LM, the Savory Network Hub in the UK and Ireland"A thriving network of small abattoirs i...

Holding Back the River: The Struggle Against Nature on America's Waterways - Paperback

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by Tyler J. Kelley (Author)Author BiographyTyler J. Kelley is a journalist who has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The New Yorker among other publications. Kelley currently teaches at The New School in the Journalism + Design program. His previous projects include the documentary film Following Seas, codirected with his wife Araby Kelley. They live with their son in Brooklyn. Number of Pages: 256 Dimensions: 0.8 x 8.3 x 5.3 IN Publication Date: April 19, 2022