Science and Technics / Technology & engineering

101 Things I Learned in Engineering School (R)

by Matthew Frederick & John Kuprenas

In this unique primer, an experienced civil engineer and instructor presents the physics and fundamentals that underlie the many fields of engineering. Far from a dry, nuts-and-bolts exposition, however, 101...

Troubleshooting and Repairing Commercial Electrical Equipment

by David Herres

A PRACTICAL GUIDE that shows maintenance and construction electricians how to successfully repair commercial and industrial electrical equipment

Troubleshooting and Repairing Commercial Electrical Equipment is...

Tradition of Craftsmanship in Mexican Homes

by Patricia W. O'Gorman & Bob Schalkwijk

This book of more than four hundred photographs shows the detailed work of Mexican homes, including adobe; stone; brick and masonry; plaster and stucco; wood; terracotta and tiles; iron, metals, and glass; and...

The New England Image

by Samuel Chamberlain

For those who love New England, here is a matchless portrait by one of its most distinguished artists. The image Samuel Chamberlain presents here is a distillation of his finest photographs of New England. From...

The Income Approach to Property Valuation

by Andrew Baum, Carolyn Manville Baum & Nick Nunnington

The second edition of this comprehensive textbook is intended for both students and practitioners. It covers the changes in rating law, valuation and how the principles apply in practice. Throughout the book...

Processing of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Images

by Henri Maitre

Synthetic aperture radar provides broad-area imaging at high resolutions, which is used in applications such as environmental monitoring, earth-resource mapping, and military systems.

This book presents the tools...

Materials and Surface Engineering in Tribology

by Jamal Takadoum

This title is designed to provide a clear and comprehensive overview of tribology. The book introduces the notion of a surface in tribology where a solid surface is described from topographical, structural,...

Dynamic Behavior of Concrete and Seismic Engineering

by Jacky Mazars & Alain Millard

While the static behavior of concrete has been the subject of numerous works, the same cannot be said for the dynamic behavior. This book sets out to remedy this situation: it begins by presenting the most frequently...

Materials and Acoustics Handbook

by Michel Bruneau & Catherine Potel

Written by a group of acoustics and vibration specialists, this book studies the acoustic and vibrating phenomena that occur in diverse materials used for all kinds of purposes. The first part studies the fundamental...

Transverse Disciplines in Metrology: Proceedings of the 13th International Metrology Congress

by French College of Metrology

Based on The International Metrology Congress meeting, this reference examines the evolution of metrology, and its applications in industry, environment and safety, health and medicine, economy and quality,...

Silicon Non-Volatile Memories: Paths of Innovation

by Barbara de Salvo

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the different technological approaches currently being studied to fulfill future memory requirements. Two main research paths are identified and discussed. Different...

Formal Methods: Industrial Use from Model to the Code

by Jean-Louis Boulanger

Although formal analysis programming techniques may be quite old, the introduction of formal methods only dates from the 1980s. These techniques enable us to analyze the behavior of a software application, described...

Wood Machining

by J. Paulo Davim

Wood as an engineering material can be technically defined “as a hygroscopic, orthotropic, biological, and permeable material having extreme chemical diversity and physical complexity with structures, that...

Silicon Technologies: Ion Implantation and Thermal Treatment

by Annie Baudrant

The main purpose of this book is to remind new engineers in silicon foundry, the fundamental physical and chemical rules in major Front end treatments: oxidation, epitaxy, ion implantation and impurities diffusion....

Industrial Use of Formal Methods: Formal Verification

by Jean-Louis Boulanger

At present the literature gives students and researchers of the very general books on the formal technics. The purpose of this book is to present in a single book, a return of experience on the used of the “formal...

Designing Urban Agriculture: A Complete Guide to the Planning, Design, Construction, Maintenance and Management of Edible Landscapes

by April Philips

A comprehensive overview of edible landscapes—complete with more than 300 full-color photos and illustrations

Designing Urban Agriculture is about the intersection of ecology, design, and community. Showcasing...

Practical Ethics for the Food Professional: Ethics in Research, Education and the Workplace

by J. Peter Clark & Christopher Ritson

This book offers a practical guide to the most pressing ethical issues faced by those working in food manufacturing and associated industries. Early chapters look at the fundamentals of ethical thinking and...

Radical Abundance: How a Revolution in Nanotechnology Will Change Civilization

by K. Eric Drexler

K. Eric Drexler is the founding father of nanotechnology—the science of engineering on a molecular level. In Radical Abundance, he shows how rapid scientific progress is about to change our world. Thanks to...

Lmf Lexical Markup Framework

by Gil Francopoulo

The community responsible for developing lexicons for Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Machine Readable Dictionaries (MRDs) started their ISO standardization activities in 2003. These activities resulted...

Yield Design

by Jean Salençon

Since the middle of the 20th Century yield design approaches have been identified with the lower and upper bound theorem of limit analysis theory – a theory associated with perfect plasticity. This theory...