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Water Quality: An Introduction - Paperback

$137.68

by Claude E. Boyd (Author)The revised second edition updates and expands the discussion, and incorporates additional figures and illustrative problems. Improvements include a new chapter on basic chemistry, a more comprehensive chapter on hydrology, and an updated chapter on regulations and standards. This book presents the basic aspects of water quality, emphasizing physical, chemical, and biological factors. The study of water quality draws information from a variety of disciplines includin...

Echoes in the Mind: Unraveling the Truth Behind Voice to Skull Technologies - Paperback

$10.78

by Anthony Gilbert Rodriguez (Author)In Echoes in the Mind, Anthony Gilbert Rodriguez delves into the hidden world of voice-to-skull (V2K) technology, a phenomenon that has sparked both fascination and fear. Drawing on scientific research, personal accounts, and technological developments, Rodriguez reveals the methods, implications, and potential uses of V2K, a technology that transmits voices directly into an individual's mind. This book not only examines the possibilities of psychological...

Biomedical Engineering Principles - Paperback

$121.48

by Arthur B. Ritter (Author), Vikki Hazelwood (Author), Antonio Valdevit (Author)Current demand in biomedical sciences emphasizes the understanding of basic mechanisms and problem solving rather than rigid empiricism and factual recall. Knowledge of the basic laws of mass and momentum transport as well as model development and validation, biomedical signal processing, biomechanics, and capstone design have indispensable roles in the engineering analysis of physiological processes. To this end...

Microfarms: Organic Market Gardening on a Human Scale - Paperback

$34.99

by Jean-Martin Fortier (Author), Aur?lie S?cheret (Author), Laurie Bennett (Translator)From the bestselling author of The Market Gardener - key principles for biointensive market gardening and powerful stories of successful growers who are farming profitably on a human-scale Microfarms is a guide to setting up and running profitable small-scale vegetable farms using organic, low-tech, and highly intensive production methods grounded in ecological principles. This full-color, richly illustrate...

Tradition-Based Natural Resource Management: Practice and Application in the Hawaiian Islands - Hardcover

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by Edward W. Glazier (Author)This book addresses the complex socio-political context of natural resource management in coastal and marine environments throughout the contemporary Pacific Islands and provides lessons that can be applied around the globe. The author spotlights one particular case in which Native Hawaiians worked successfully to develop a formal policy mechanism through which to advise government agencies in the State of Hawaii on matters regarding traditional and customary use ...

Forging Ahead: How Five Generations of Small-Town Values Collided with Big Ambitions to Spark One of America's Fastest-Growing Companies - Paperback

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by Angie Klink (Author)"A delightfully written book about the little business that could." -Julia Scheeres, New York Times bestselling author of Jesus LandMatthew Nix, age twenty, yearns to grow Nix Welding, even though his grandfather, father, and aunt are content with the way things are. Small. Status quo. Good enough. In 1902 in tiny Poseyville, Indiana, Matthew's great-great-grandfather opened the blacksmith shop that became Nix Welding. He thwacked a cross peen hammer onto white-hot iron...

Forging Ahead: How Five Generations of Small-Town Values Collided with Big Ambitions to Spark One of America's Fastest-Growing Companies - Hardcover

$37.75

iPhone for Dummies, 2025 Edition - Paperback

$27.99

by Guy Hart-Davis (Author)All you need to know about the most popular smartphone on the market--in terms anyone can understand iPhone For Dummies, 2025 Edition, covers the iPhone basics, as well as the features of iPhone 16 and earlier models. You'll also learn how to navigate the new iOS 17 release to make phone and FaceTime calls, send texts and messages, get online, play games, shoot video, and all the other amazing things your Apple smartphone can do. Guy Hart-Davis, a longtime Apple exp...

Nuclear Weapons: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Joseph Siracusa (Author)Nuclear weapons have not been used in anger since the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Yet even after the Cold War, the Bomb is still the greatest threat facing humankind. As President Bill Clinton's first secretary of defence, Les Aspin, put it: 'The Cold War is over, the Soviet Union is no more. But the post-Cold War world is decidedly not post-nuclear.' For all the efforts to reduce nuclear stockpiles, the Bomb is here ...

Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit - Hardcover

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by Henry a. Kissinger (Author), Eric Schmidt (Author), Craig Mundie (Author)In his final book, the late Henry Kissinger joins forces with two leading technologists to mount "a profound exploration" (Walter Isaacson) of the epochal challenges and opportunities presented by the revolution in Artificial Intelligence: a breakthrough that dramatically empowers people in all walks of life while also raising urgent questions about the future of humanity. As it absorbs data, gains agency, and interm...

Computational Structural Engineering: Automatic calculation of mechanical structures - Paperback

$114.75

by Claudio Gianini (Author)This text combines the previous two, Computer Aided Structural Design and Advanced Techniques in Structural Design, into a single volume. This operation was not a simple "Copy & Paste", but a total revision, which required many additions and eliminated almost nothing. There has also been a reorganization of the subjects, so that some topics have been moved to Part I, dedicated to the linear elastic calculations, making Part II a little less "meaty", but enriched...

First in Flight: The Wright Brothers in North Carolina - Paperback

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by Stephen Kirk (Author)When Wilbur and Orville Wright arrived on North Carolina's Outer Banks in the year 1900, they were unknown bicycle mechanics who dreamed of powered flight. Even after they achieved the first heavier-than-air, powered flight in the dunes of Kill Devil Hills on December 17, 1903, they remained obscure. But by the time of Orville's last flights on the Outer Banks in 1911, they were two of the most famous men of the twentieth century. In First in Flight, author Stephen Kir...

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by Curt Simmons (Author)The know-how you need to become a pro drone pilot and market your skill Licensed and skilled drone pilots are in huge demand. Drone Piloting For Dummies teaches you how to make a career out of it. From real estate to construction to inspection to mapping to delivery, the need for drone photography and videography is everywhere. This book outlines the basics of selecting and operating a drone, shows you how to get licensed, and explains all the regulations you need to k...

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by Ed Charlwood (Author), Jake O. Sugden (Editor), Joshua Manley (Editor)Tinkercad is the easiest way to bring your 3D ideas to life! It's powerful, free, simple to use, and has over 70 million users. By allowing you to combine drag-and-drop 3D objects, you can quickly simulate ideas you can show off to your friends, and make on a 3D printer or laser cutter. Tinkercad is the perfect tool for STEM. It has over 70 million users, it's the most popular Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software worldwi...

The Faces of Safety: And Those Left Behind When Tragedy Strikes - Paperback

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by David A. Sr. Ward (Author), Jones Harwell (Prepared by)Unveil the power of safety culture in this thought-provoking and inspiring read that challenges the way we think about employee safety. "The Safety Investment" will leave you with a newfound appreciation for the human lives behind the hard hats and remind us all of the immense cost of neglecting their well-being. Direct and challenging, this book poses tough questions to those in management and supervision and reveals the heartbreaking...

The Common Rule: Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction - Hardcover

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by Justin Whitmel Earley (Author)Habits form us more than we form them. The modern world is a machine of invisible habits, forming us into anxious, busy people. We yearn for the freedom of the gospel but remain shackled by our screens and exhausted by our routines.The answer is a rule of life that aligns our habits to our beliefs. The Common Rule's four daily and four weekly habits transform frazzled days into lives of love for God and neighbor. Justin Earley provides doable, life-giving prac...

By the Numbers: Principles of Automotive Parts Management, Second Edition - Paperback

$79.20

by Gary J. Naples (Author)In By the Numbers, industry expert Gary J. Naples offers a comprehensive guide to navigating the complexities of modern parts department management. Designed for both new and experienced professionals, this book provides a solid foundation in essential business and personnel management techniques.Understanding that effective parts management requires more than just product knowledge, the author explores the broader aspects of the role, including: - Business acumen: D...

War: A Genealogy of Western Ideas and Practices - Hardcover

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by Beatrice Heuser (Author)War has been conceptualised from a military perspective, but also from ethical, legal, and philosophical viewpoints. These different analytical perspectives are all necessary to understand the many dimensions war, the continua on which war is situated - from small-scale to large-scale, from limited in time or long, from less to extremely destructive, with varying aims, and degrees of involvement of populations. Western civilisations have conceptualised war in binary...

American Catch: The Fight for Our Local Seafood - Paperback

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by Paul Greenberg (Author)INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS & EDITORS Book Award, Finalist 2014 "A fascinating discussion of a multifaceted issue and a passionate call to action" --Kirkus From the acclaimed author of Four Fish and The Omega Principle, Paul Greenberg uncovers the tragic unraveling of the nation's seafood supply--telling the surprising story of why Americans stopped eating from their own waters in American Catch In 2005, the United States imported five billion pounds of seafood, n...

Oil on the Brain: Adventures from the Pump to the Pipeline - Paperback

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by Lisa Margonelli (Author)Oil on the Brain is a smart, surprisingly funny account of the oil industry--the people, economies, and pipelines that bring us petroleum, brilliantly illuminating a world we encounter every day. Americans buy ten thousand gallons of gasoline a second, without giving it much of a thought. Where does all this gas come from? Lisa Margonelli's desire to learn took her on a one-hundred thousand mile journey from her local gas station to oil fields half a world away. In ...

Fusion 360 for Makers: Design Your Own Digital Models for 3D Printing and Cnc Fabrication - Paperback

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by Lydia Sloan Cline (Author)Learn how to use Autodesk Fusion 360 to digitally model your own original projects for a 3D printer or a CNC device.Author BiographyLydia Sloan Cline teaches digital modeling and 3D printing at Johnson County Community College. She is a 3D printing enthusiast, a judge a competitive technology events, and active in her local Maker community. Her previous works include 3D Printing with Autodesk 123D, Tinkercad, and MakerBot, 3D Printing and CNC Fabrication with Sket...

What A Farmer Wants You to Know About Food - Hardcover

$31.27

by Dennis Bulani (Author) Number of Pages: 156 Dimensions: 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: November 08, 2024

Jumpstarting the Arduino 101: Interacting with a Computer That Learns - Paperback

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by Yining Shi (Author), Sagar Mohite (Author)Arduino 101 houses an Intel Curie module which offers a better performance at a lower power footprint. The module has two 32-bit MCUs - an x86 Intel Quark processor and an ARC EM4 processor along with 384kB flash memory and 80kB SRAM. These onboard MCUs combine a variety of new technologies including wireless communication via Bluetooth Low Energy, 6 axis motion sensor with an accelerometer, and a gyroscope. With this book, you will: Explore neur...

Food, Inc. 2: Inside the Quest for a Better Future for Food - Paperback

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by Participant (Editor), Karl Weber (Editor)An eye-opening guide to how America feeds itself and an essential companion book to the new documentary America's food system is broken, harming family farmers, workers, the environment, and our health. But it doesn't have to be this way. Here, brilliant innovators, scientists, journalists and activists explain how we can create a hopeful new future for food, if we have the courage to seize the moment. In 2008, the award-winning documentary Food, ...

Electromagnetism for Engineers - Hardcover

$115.20

by Andrew J. Flewitt (Author)Electromagnetism for Engineers An easily accessible textbook to introduce the power of electromagnetism Electromagnetism can be a difficult subject to grasp and to teach. Much of what we take for granted in modern life is enabled by electromagnetic effects, but it isn't always easy to understand the impact of electromagnetism compared to other areas of engineering, such as mechanics, which are more tangibly observed and felt. Although electromagnetism is a crucia...

99 Tricks and Traps for Oracle Primavera P6 PPM Professional: The Casual User's Survival Guide Updated for Version 23 - Paperback

$87.75

by Paul E. Harris (Author)This book quickly gets down to the issues that many people grapple with when trying to use some of the more advanced features of the software and enlightens readers on the traps that some users fall into and how to avoid them. It demonstrates how the software ticks and explains some tricks that may be used to become more productive with the software.Suitable for people who understand the basics of P6 but want a short guide to give them insight into the less intuitive...

Excitons and Cooper Pairs: Two Composite Bosons in Many-Body Physics - Paperback

$102.60

by Monique Combescot (Author), Shiue-Yuan Shiau (Author)This book bridges a gap between two major communities of Condensed Matter Physics, Semiconductors and Superconductors, that have thrived independently. Using an original perspective that the key particles of these materials, excitons and Cooper pairs, are composite bosons, the authors raise fundamental questions of current interest: how does the Pauli exclusion principle wield its power on the fermionic components of bosonic particles at...

Robot Ethics 2.0: From Autonomous Cars to Artificial Intelligence - Hardcover

$107.73

by Patrick Lin (Editor), Keith Abney (Editor), Ryan Jenkins (Editor)The robot population is rising on Earth and other planets. (Mars is inhabited entirely by robots.) As robots slip into more domains of human life--from the operating room to the bedroom--they take on our morally important tasks and decisions, as well as create new risks from psychological to physical. This makes it all the more urgent to study their ethical, legal, and policy impacts. To help the robotics industry and broader...

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by James E. Brumbaugh (Author), John Leeke (Revised by)The ultimate guide to siding for homeowners and professional builders The Complete Siding Handbook: Installation, Maintenance, Repair offers comprehensive guidance for all major types of siding including wood board, aluminum, shingle, plywood, vinyl, and more. Aimed at professional builders but accessible to homeowners, this informative guide includes practical information on sheathing, flashing, vapor and air retarders, insulation, and o...

World Class Manufacturing Casebook - Paperback

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by Richard J. Schonberger (Author)This casebook, designed as a companion volume to Richard J. Schonberger's World Class Manufacturing: The Lessons of Simplicity Applied, contains 26 cases that let students of WCM concepts solve actual JIT and TQC implementation problems in a wide variety of manufacturing and corporate settings. For readers with specific concerns, each case lists the topics covered (i.e., kanban, total preventive maintenance, partnership with customer) and each case includes q...

The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age - Paperback

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by Catherine Steiner-Adair (Author), Teresa H. Barker (Author)Wall Street Journal Best Nonfiction Pick; Publisher's Weekly Best Book of the YearClinical psychologist Catherine Steiner-Adair takes an in-depth look at how the Internet and the digital revolution are profoundly changing childhood and family dynamics, and offers solutions parents can use to successfully shepherd their children through the technological wilderness.As the focus of the family has turned to the glow of the screen--chi...

Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future - Hardcover

$35.00

by Ashlee Vance (Author)A New York Times BestsellerIn the spirit of Steve Jobs and Moneyball, Elon Musk is both an illuminating and authorized look at the extraordinary life of one of Silicon Valley's most exciting, unpredictable, and ambitious entrepreneurs--a real-life Tony Stark--and a fascinating exploration of the renewal of American invention and its new "makers."Elon Musk spotlights the technology and vision of Elon Musk, the renowned entrepreneur and innovator behind SpaceX, Tesla, an...