Sandbows and Black Lights: Reflections on Optics
Why are candle flames yellow? Why does ultraviolet light supposedly kill vampires? What about the monocle? Why was the monocle–a corrective lens that only corrects … Read more
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Compressor Technology Advances: Beyond 2020
This book describes fresh approaches to compression technology. The authors describe in detail where, why, and how these can be of value to process plants. … Read more
GPS and GNSS Technology in Geosciences
GPS and GNSS Technology in Geosciences offers an interdisciplinary approach to applying advances in GPS/GNSS technology for geoscience research and practice. As GPS/GNSS signals can … Read more
Fundamentals of Heat and Fluid Flow in High Temperature Fuel Cells
Fundamentals of Heat and Fluid Flow in High Temperature Fuel Cells introduces key-concepts relating to heat, fluid and mass transfer as applied to high temperature … Read more
The Pleistocene Social Contract: Culture and Cooperation in Human Evolution
Kim Sterelny here builds on his original account of the evolutionary development and interaction of human culture and cooperation, which he first presented in The … Read more
Social and Conceptual Issues in Astrobiology
How universal are our moral obligations? Should we attempt to communicate with life beyond our planet? What is “life”? Social and Conceptual Issues in Astrobiology … Read more
Infinite Minds: A Philosophical Cosmology
The cosmos exists just because of the ethical need for it We, and all the intricate structures of our universe, exist as thoughts in a … Read more
The Orrery: Computer Models of Astronomical Systems
This book tells you how to exploit the power of the computer to model dozens of astronomical systems. BASIC software (on disk) includes both source … Read more
High performance control of AC drives with MATLAB/Simulink
A comprehensive guide to understanding AC machines withexhaustive simulation models to practice design and control Nearly seventy percent of the electricity generated worldwide isused by … Read more
A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
A sublime chronicle of our planet.”Booklist,STARRED reviewA primer for every Earth resident, by Harvards acclaimed geologistHow well do you know the ground beneath your feet? … Read more
Pliny the Elder: Themes and Contexts
Pliny’s Naturalis Historia a brilliant and sophisticated encyclopaedia of the scientific, artistic, philosophical, botanical and zoological riches of the ancient world has had a long … Read more