Technology & Engineering

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by Robert Pool (Author)We have long recognized technology as a driving force behind much historical and cultural change. The invention of the printing press initiated the Reformation. The development of the compass ushered in the Age of Exploration and the discovery of the New World. The cotton gin created the conditions that led to the Civil War. Now, in Beyond Engineering, science writer Robert Pool turns the question around to examine how society shapes technology. Drawing on such disparat...

Micro- and Nanofabrication for Beginners - Hardcover

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by Eiichi Kondoh (Author)In this book, the fundamentals of micro- and nanofabrication are described on the basis of the concept of "using gases as a fabrication tool." Unlike other books available on the subject, this volume assumes only entry-level mathematics, physics, and chemistry of undergraduates or high-school students in science and engineering courses. Necessary theories are plainly explained to help the reader learn about this new attractive field and enable further reading of speci...

Food Science: Research and Technology - Paperback

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by A. K. Haghi (Editor)Food Science: Research and Technology presents a broad selection of new research in food science and reflects the diversity of recent advances in the field. Chapters include a study on the use of microbial enzymes for flavor and production in food production; studies of various natural foods, including litchi (lychee), pinto beans, and chickpeas; the content and antioxidant activity of dried plants; new applications of galactosidases in food products; a study of the med...

Digital Transformation in Your Manufacturing Business: A Made Smarter Guide - Paperback

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by Will Kinghorn (Author)This book provides a straightforward guide to manufacturing technologies, examples of how they're used, as well as the tools and techniques you'll need to get started. Each technology is covered on a single page meaning you can understand it quickly and decide if it's worth you investigating it for your business. Author BiographyWill Kinghorn is the automation and robotics specialist for the Made Smarter Adoption Programme, where he advises and supports manufacturing ...

Ambassadors from Earth: Pioneering Explorations with Unmanned Spacecraft - Paperback

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by Jay Gallentine (Author)Ambassadors from Earth reminds us that our first mad scrambles to reach orbit, the moon, and the planets were littered with enough histrionics and cliff-hanging turmoil to rival the most far-out sci-fi film. But it all really happened Drawing on original interviews with key players and bolstered by previously unpublished photographs, journal excerpts, and primary source documents, Jay Gallentine delivers a quirky and unforgettable look at the lives and legacy of the ...

Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void - Paperback

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by Mary Roach (Author)The best-selling author of Stiff and Bonk explores the irresistibly strange universe of space travel and life without gravity. From the Space Shuttle training toilet to a crash test of NASA's new space capsule, Mary Roach takes us on the surreally entertaining trip into the science of life in space and space on Earth. Number of Pages: 352 Dimensions: 0.77 x 8.29 x 5.47 IN Publication Date: October 04, 2022

In the Waves: My Quest to Solve the Mystery of a Civil War Submarine - Paperback

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by Rachel Lance (Author) One of "The Most Fascinating Books WIRED Read in 2020" "One part science book, one part historical narrative, one part memoir . . . harrowing and inspiring."--The Wall Street Journal How a determined scientist cracked the case of the first successful--and disastrous--submarine attack On the night of February 17, 1864, the tiny Confederate submarine HL Hunley made its way toward the USS Housatonic just outside Charleston harbor. Within a matter of hours, the Union s...

Natural-Born Cyborgs: Minds, Technologies, and the Future of Human Intelligence - Paperback

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by Andy Clark (Author)From Robocop to the Terminator to Eve 8, no image better captures our deepest fears about technology than the cyborg, the person who is both flesh and metal, brain and electronics. But philosopher and cognitive scientist Andy Clark sees it differently. Cyborgs, he writes, are not something to be feared--we already are cyborgs. In Natural-Born Cyborgs, Clark argues that what makes humans so different from other species is our capacity to fully incorporate tools and suppor...

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by Ursula Goodenough (Author)For many of us, the great scientific discoveries of the modern age--the Big Bang, evolution, quantum physics, relativity--point to an existence that is bleak, devoid of meaning, pointless. But in The Sacred Depths of Nature, eminent biologist Ursula Goodenough shows us that the scientificworld view need not be a source of despair. Indeed, it can be a wellspring of solace and hope. This eloquent volume reconciles the modern scientific understanding of reality with ...

The Water-Smart Garden: Techniques and Strategies for Conserving, Capturing, and Efficiently Using Water in Today's Climate... and Tomorrow's - Paperback

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by Noelle Johnson (Author)Have you ever faced water-use restrictions and worried about how you can still grow a beautiful, productive landscape? Let The Water-Smart Garden show you how! As freshwater shortages increasingly strike regions around the globe, it's more important than ever to employ water-conserving practices in the garden. Whether your landscape is filled with shrubs and perennials or fruits and vegetables, in The Water-Smart Garden, you'll learn dozens of techniques to limit wa...

The Regenerative Garden: 80 Practical Projects for Creating a Self-Sustaining Garden Ecosystem - Paperback

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by Stephanie Rose (Author)Discover how to work with nature, instead of against it, by employing permaculture techniques to create a garden that is not just more beautiful and productive, but also more resilient.While the word permaculture might sound intimidating, the principals behind it are not. The main goal of permaculture is to turn your space into a functioning ecosystem that's less reliant on external resources and better able to sustain itself through many seasons of growth and change...

International Security: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Christopher S. Browning (Author)International security is never out of the headlines. War and peace, military strategy, the proliferation of nuclear weapons and revisionist states remain central to the discussion, but concerns such as climate change, migration, poverty, health, and international terrorism have complicated the field. So what really matters: the traditional prioritization of state security or the security needs of individuals, humanity, and the biosphere? Using a broad range...

Eisenhower's Sputnik Moment: The Race for Space and World Prestige - Hardcover

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by Yanek Mieczkowski (Author)In a critical Cold War moment, Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency suddenly changed when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the world's first satellite. What Ike called "a small ball" became a source of Russian pride and propaganda, and it wounded him politically, as critics charged that he responded sluggishly to the challenge of space exploration. Yet Eisenhower refused to panic after Sputnik--and he did more than just stay calm. He helped to guide the United Stat...

Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm's Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land - Paperback

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by Leah Penniman (Author), Karen Washington (Foreword by)James Beard Foundation Leadership Award 2019: Leah Penniman Choice Reviews, Outstanding Academic Title "An extraordinary book...part agricultural guide, part revolutionary manifesto."--VOGUE Named a "Best Book on Sustainable Living and Sustainability" by Book Riot In 1920, 14 percent of all land-owning US farmers were black. Today less than 2 percent of farms are controlled by black people--a loss of over 14 million acres and the resul...

Pass Your Amateur Radio Extra Class Test: The Easy Way - Paperback

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by Craig Buck K4ia (Author)FOR TESTS AFTER JULY 1, 2024 Amateur radio license tests are multiple-choice, with four answers for each question. Traditional test-prep materials go through the questions and all the possible answers. For the Extra test, you see 603 questions and 2,412 answers, but 1,809 answers are wrong! Why be confused and frustrated studying three wrong answers? The Easy Way is different. The focus is on the right answers and only the right answers with full explanations - All ...

Sidewinder: Creative Missile Development at China Lake - Paperback

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by Ron Westrum (Author)In the mid-1950s a small group of overworked, underpaid scientists and engineers on a remote base in the Mojave Desert developed a weapon no one had asked for but everyone in the weapons industry desired. This is the story of how that unorthodox team, led by visionary Bill McLean, overcame U.S. Navy bureaucracy and other more heavily funded projects to develop the world's best air-to-air missile. Author Ron Westrum examines that special time and place--when the old Amer...

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by Rowland White (Author), Richard Truly (Foreword by)A book "no aviation buff will want to miss" (The Wall Street Journal) and "the perfect tale that educates as it entertains" (Clive Cussler, #1 bestselling author), Into the Black recaptures the historic moments leading up to and the exciting story of the astronauts who flew the daring maiden flight of the space shuttle Columbia. Using interviews, NASA oral histories, and recently declassified material, Into the Black pieces together the dr...

Advances in Sewn Product Technology - Hardcover

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by Anita Mitchell (Author)The fashion industry continues to contribute significantly to greenhouse gas emissions. It is one of the biggest polluters, one of the most wasteful of all global industries and is under increasing pressure to address unsustainable practice. Emerging out of the pandemic era the fashion industry is also responding to a variety of complex industry challenges such as high return rates, customer demand for better fitting apparel, faster fashion, the drive towards persona...

Cape Safety, Inc. - Change of Climate - Paperback

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by Richard Hughes (Author)Cape Safety, Inc. - Change of Climate, No. 5 in the Danger Dogs Series, takes us from land mine detection in Ukraine to refloating the Ever Forward in Baltimore, Maryland, from underground aquifers in California to entertainment submarines engaged in hostage exchanges, from preserving a historic Blue Riband contender; to choosing between lobsters or blue whales in Maine; the safety, health, and environmental specialists of Cape Safety, Inc., and now its West Coast br...

Engineering: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by David Blockley (Author)Engineering is part of almost everything we do--from the buildings we live in and the roads and railways we travel on, to the telephones and computers we use to communicate and the X-ray machines that help doctors diagnose diseases. In this Very Short Introduction, David Blockley explores the nature and practice of engineering--its history, its scope, and its relationship with art, craft, science, and technology. He begins with its early roots, ranging from Archimede...

Advanced Mathematics for Engineers and Scientists with Worked Examples - Paperback

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by Shefiu Zakariyah (Author)This covers core to advanced topics in mathematics, providing a comprehensive, step-by-step presentation of concepts to engineers, scientists and general readers. It moves from simple to challenging areas, with carefully tailored worked examples. Mathematical concepts are linked with engineering applications.Author BiographyShefiu Zakariyah is a Chartered Engineer (CEng) and a senior member of IEEE (SMIEEE), with over a decade experience in teaching, content develo...

Principles of Occupational Health and Hygiene: An Introduction, Fourth Edition - Paperback

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by Sue Reed (Editor)Now in its fourth edition, this book allows for early career occupational hygienists and occupational health and safety professionals or students to develop their basic skills and knowledge to anticipate, recognize, evaluate, and control workplace hazards that can result in injury, illness, impairment, or affect the well-being of workers and members of the community. Principles of Occupational Health and Hygiene: An Introduction, Fourth Edition offers a comprehensive overv...

Principles and Practice in Mining Engineering - Paperback

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by Abhay Kumar Soni (Author), Ishwardas L. Muthreja (Author), Rajendra R. Yerpude (Author)Principles and Practice in Mining Engineering is an up-to-date introduction to the scientific principles and technological practices of mining engineering. This book introduces the processes involved in surface and underground mining and covers many topical issues common to mining engineering practices.Author BiographyAbhay Kumar Soni graduated in Mining Engineering from Ravishankar University, Raipur, C...

Fundamentals of Airport Planning: Theory and Practice - Paperback

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by Ravi Lakshmanan (Author)This book is aimed at postgraduate students who are specializing in Aviation or Air Transport Management, as well as professionals studying or working in airport planning and design and related aviation topics.Author BiographyRavi Lakshmanan is an Advisor to GMR Airports and is based in India. He has worked in the aviation industry for over 30 years, and since retiring in 2016 he has worked as an airport planning advisor for GMR. His areas of expertise are deliverin...

Remastering Music and Cultural Heritage: Case Studies from Iconic Original Recordings to Modern Remasters - Paperback

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by Stephen Bruel (Author)Remastering Music and Cultural Heritage presents a detailed account of the culture and practice of remastering music recordings. By investigating the processes behind remastering, the book demonstrates the application of these techniques to studio recordings by artists such as The Beatles, Elton John, and Oasis.Author BiographyStephen Bruel is currently Programme Leader and Senior Lecturer for the Sound and Music Production degree at the University of Lincoln, UK. Ste...

Applied Strength of Materials - Paperback

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by Robert L. Mott (Author), Joseph A. Untener (Author)This text is an established bestseller in engineering technology programs, and the Seventh Edition of Applied Strength of Materials continues to provide comprehensive coverage of the mechanics of materials. Focusing on active learning and consistently reinforcing key concepts, the book is designed to aid students in their first course on the strength of materials.Introducing the theoretical background of the subject, with a strong visual c...

Buildings and Semantics: Data Models and Web Technologies for the Built Environment - Paperback

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by Pieter Pauwels (Editor), Kris McGlinn (Editor)This book shows how diverse data models and web technologies can be created and used for the built environment. This book will serve as a guide and reference for experts and professionals in AEC computing and digital construction including Master students, PhD researchers, and junior to senior IT-oriented AEC professionals. Number of Pages: 300 Dimensions: 0.69 x 9.69 x 6.85 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: December 19, 2024

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by Stephen M. Gardiner (Editor), Catriona McKinnon (Editor), Augustin Fragnière (Editor)This book gathers contributions from leading political philosophers on the justice and legitimacy of engineering the planet on a global scale. The chapters in this book were originally published in the journals: Ethics, Policy and the Environment and Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy. Author BiographyStephen M. Gardiner is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Washingt...

Art of Sound: Creativity in Film Sound and Electroacoustic Music - Paperback

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by Andrew Knight-Hill (Author), Emma Margetson (Author)Bringing together a diverse group of world-leading professionals across post-production film sound and electroacoustic music, Art of Sound explores the creative principles that underpin how sonic practitioners act to compose, tell stories, make us feel and communicate via sound.Author BiographyAndrew Knight-Hill is a composer and researcher creating works that explore the interface between music and sound practice. His works have been hea...

Academic Writing for International Students of Business and Economics - Paperback

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by Stephen Bailey (Author) The third edition of Academic Writing for International Students of Business and Economics is written to help international students succeed in writing essays, reports and other papers for their English-language academic courses. Thoroughly revised and updated to reflect issues such as diversity and sustainability, this book is designed to let students and teachers easily find the help they need, both in the classroom and for self-study. The book is divided into fiv...

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by Jessica Ratcliff (Author)In the nineteenth century, an ambitious new library and museum for Asian arts, sciences and natural history was established in the City of London, within the corporate headquarters of the East India Company. Funded with taxes from British India and run by the East India Company, this library-museum was located thousands of miles away from the taxpayers who supported it and the land from which it grew. Jessica Ratcliff documents how the growth of science at the Comp...

Electroculture: Aerial and magnetic antennas - Paperback

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by Lo?c Etcheberry (Author)In the past, the Chinese practiced what can be described as earth acupuncture. They planted metal rods in the ground with the aim of harmonizing the location with surrounding energies. In electroculture, this same philosophy can be applied to heal the Earth, promoting the overall well-being of a garden or crops through energetic harmonization.Since Abb? Bertholon, Jean Nollet, and Justin Etienne Christofleau, numerous researchers throughout history have worked to cr...