Technology & Engineering
Discover a wide selection of technology and engineering books, including top-rated mechanical and software engineering textbooks,
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Food, Inc.: Mendel to Monsanto--The Promises and Perils of the Biotech HarvestFor most people, the global war over genetically modified foods is a distant and confusing one. The battles are conducted in the mystifying language of genetics. A handful of corporate life science giants, such as Monsanto, are pitted against a worldwide network of anticorporate...
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Circles: Fifty Round Trips Through History Technology Science CultureFrom the bestselling author of The Knowledge Web come fifty mesmerizing journeys into the history of technology, each following a chain of consequential events that ends precisely where it began. Whether exploring electromagnetic fields, the origin of hot chocolate, or DNA fingerprinting, these essays...
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Incense: Crafting & Use of Magickal ScentsWith new recipes and information on dozens of new ingredients, this expanded and updated edition of Incense is an essential guide to making your own homemade blends with natural ingredients. Join author Carl F. Neal as he presents an extensive collection of incense knowledge,...
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A Day in the Life of a Construction WorkerThis book follows a construction worker through the work day, and describes the occupation and what the job requires.Author: Heather AdamsonPublisher: Capstone PressPublished: 09/01/2000Pages: 24Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.16lbsSize: 8.00h x 8.00w x 0.10dISBN: 9780736846691Audience: Ages 4-8Accelerated Reader:Reading Level: 3.2Point Value: 0.5Interest Level: Lower GradeQuiz...
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Ask Uncle Neil: Why is my hair curly?If an empowering book for young children is what you are looking for, you have found it in the book Ask Uncle Neil: why is my hair curly? With this book, you will meet Anthony, a young boy who has his mother, Jessica, exasperated,...
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Perfect Order: Recognizing Complexity in BaliAlong rivers in Bali, small groups of farmers meet regularly in water temples to manage their irrigation systems. They have done so for a thousand years. Over the centuries, water temple networks have expanded to manage the ecology of rice terraces at the scale...
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Basic Engineering Mechanics Explained, Volume 3: Rotation and InertiaThis series of three volumes, 'Basic Engineering Mechanics Explained' aims to explain in a reader-friendly way, the essential principles of basic mechanics as used in engineering. It attempts to provide clarity, motivation and relevance, for any reader who wants to understand the principles of...
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Stronger Than Steel: Spider Silk DNA and the Quest for Better Bulletproof Vests, Sutures, and Parachute RopeIn Stronger Than Steel, readers enter Randy Lewis' lab where they come face to face with golden orb weaver spiders, and transgenic alfalfa, silkworm silk, and goats, whose milk contains the proteins to spin spider silk--and to weave a nearly indestructible fiber. Learn how...
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Lasers and Electro-Optics: Fundamentals and EngineeringCovering a broad range of topics in modern optical physics and engineering, this textbook is invaluable for undergraduate students studying laser physics, optoelectronics, photonics, applied optics and optical engineering. This new edition has been re-organized, and now covers many new topics such as the...
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Energy Methods in Applied MechanicsThis comprehensive work presents an integrated and modern treatment of the energy principles of mechanics. An introductory chapter on the general concepts and principles of mechanics is followed by discussions of applications to dynamics of rigid bodies, analysis of elastic frames, general elastic theory,...
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Optical Processes in SemiconductorsBased on a series of lectures at Berkeley, 1968-1969, this is the first book to deal comprehensively with all of the phenomena involving light in semiconductors. The author has combined, for the graduate student and researcher, a great variety of source material, journal research,...
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Learning Automata: An IntroductionThis self-contained introductory text on the behavior of learning automata focuses on how a sequential decision-maker with a finite number of choices responds in a random environment. Topics include fixed structure automata, variable structure stochastic automata, convergence, 0 and S models, nonstationary environments, interconnected...
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An Introduction to the Theory of AeroelasticityGeared toward advanced undergraduates and graduate students, this outstanding text was written by one of the founders of bioengineering and modern biomechanics. It offers unusually thorough coverage of the interaction of aerodynamic forces and elastic structures. It has also proven highly useful to designers...
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Plasticity TheoryThe aim of Plasticity Theory is to provide a comprehensive introduction to the contemporary state of knowledge in basic plasticity theory and to its applications. It treats several areas not commonly found between the covers of a single book: the physics of plasticity, constitutive...
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Computational Fluid Dynamics with Moving BoundariesThis text describes several computational techniques that can be applied to a variety of problems in thermo-fluid physics, multi-phase flow, and applied mechanics involving moving flow boundaries. Step-by-step discussions of numerical procedures include multiple examples that employ algorithms in problem-solving.In addition to its survey...
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Hydraulics of GroundwaterThis text explores the laws and equations that govern the flow and storage of groundwater in aquifers. It provides groundwater hydrologists, as well as engineers and planners who deal with the development and management of groundwater resources, with all the necessary tools to forecast...
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Random Vibrations: Theory and PracticeThe most comprehensive text and reference available on the study of random vibrations, this book was designed for graduate students and for mechanical, structural, and aerospace engineers. Random Vibrations: Theory and Practice encompasses all the key topics, including fundamental background material, random vibration development...
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Applied Digital Control: Theory, Design and ImplementationAn essential core text for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in digital control, this volume develops theoretical foundations and explains how control systems work in real industrial situations. Several case histories assist students in visualizing the theory's applications.After a careful development of theoretical foundations,...
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The Finite Element Method: Linear Static and Dynamic Finite Element AnalysisThis text is geared toward assisting engineering and physical science students in cultivating comprehensive skills in linear static and dynamic finite element methodology. Based on courses taught at Stanford University and the California Institute of Technology, it ranges from fundamental concepts to practical computer...
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Blank Check: The Pentagon's Black BudgetBased on a Pulitzer Prize-winning series of articles, this is a thorough, astonishing expose of the Black Budget--a 36-billion-dollar cache used by the Pentagon to fund its own agenda of top-secret weapons and wars.Author: Tim WeinerPublisher: Grand Central PublishingPublished: 07/01/1991Pages: 288Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize:...
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