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The History and Topography of Ireland

by Gerald of Wales & John O'Meara

Arguably the most authoritative primary source for what is known about medieval Ireland, this lively history by a twelfth-century Norman describes the land’s topography, natural resources, and inhabitants...

Your Life, Uploaded: The Digital Way to Better Memory, Health, and Productivity

by Gordon Bell & Jim Gemmell

"A marvelous job of exploring first hand the implications of storing our entire lives digitally."

-Guy L. Tribble, Apple, Inc.

Tech luminary, Gordon Bell, and Jim Gemmell unveil a guide to the next digital...

The World in 2050: Four Forces Shaping Civilization's Northern Future

by Laurence C. Smith

"The World in 2050 is a compelling portrait of the future and vividly relates the big challenges facing the world now."

-Jared Diamond, author of Collapse

The world's population is exploding, wild species are...

The Youth Pill: Scientists at the Brink of an Anti-Aging Revolution

by David Stipp

Living longer is closer than we think.

Even before the first person set off to find the Fountain of Youth, we were searching for a way to live longer. But promises of life extension have long reeked of...

Earth: An Intimate History

by Richard Fortey

In Earth, the acclaimed author of Trilobite! and Life takes us on a grand tour of the earth’s physical past, showing how the history of plate tectonics is etched in the landscape around us.

Beginning with...

Remote Sensing and GIS Integration : Theories, Methods, and Applications: Theories, Methods, and Applications

by Qihao Weng

Maximize a geographical information tool by incorporating it with up-to-date remotely sensed dataGIS is predominantly a data-handling technology, while remote sensing is a data retrieval and analysis technology....

Apollo's Fire: A Journey Through the Extraordinary Wonders of an Ordinary Day

by Michael Sims

It?s the oldest story on Earth. You relive it every day.

So much of our shared daily experience in the world is shaped by the sometimes dramatic, sometimes subtle effects of the Earth?s spin, its tilt on its...

Man vs. Weather: Be Your Own Weatherman

by Dennis DiClaudio

A humorous and practical guide to the history and science of understanding the weather-plus, how to build your own barometer! For as long as man has walked upon this earth, he has been forced to survive under...

Science as a Contact Sport: Inside the Battle to Save Earth's Climate

by Stephen H. Schneider

It’s been nearly four decades since scientists first realized that global warming posed a potential threat to our planet. Why, if we knew of the threats way back in the Carter Administration, can’t we act...

Biosystems Engineering

by Ahindra Nag

Maximize productivity while minimizing environmental impactDevelop sustainable products, energy sources, and processes using the concepts and methods contained in this interdisciplinary resource. Biosystems...

Theories and Practices of Development

by Katie Willis

Throughout the twentieth century, governments sought to achieve 'development' not only in their own countries, but also in other regions of the world; particularly in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean....

Critical Political Ecology: The Politics of Environmental Science

by Timothy Forsyth

Critical Political Ecology brings political debate to the science of ecology. As political controversies multiply over the science underlying environmental debates, there is an increasing need to understand...

Population and Development

by W. T. S. Gould

Population and Development addresses important issues at the heart of the problems of developing countries. How these countries address the common difficulties of population growth, including mortality and fertility...

Modern Biopharmaceuticals: Recent Success Stories

by J?rg Kn?blein

This collection of high-profile contributions provides a unique insight into the development of novel, successful biopharmaceuticals.

Outstanding authors, including Nobel laureate Robert Huber as well as prominent...

Thermo-Hydromechanical and Chemical Coupling in Geomaterials and Applications: Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium GeoProc'2008

by Jian-Fu Shao & Nicolas Burlion

GeoProc2008 collects the proceedings of the International Conference on Coupled T-H-M-C (thermal, hydraulic, mechanical, chemical) Processes in Geosystems.

Micro and Nanotechnologies in Engineering Stem Cells and Tissues

by Murugan Ramalingam, Esmaiel Jabbari & Seeram Ramakrishna

A cutting-edge look at the application of micro and nanotechnologies in regenerative medicine

The area at the interface of micro/nanotechnology and stem cells/tissue engineering has seen an explosion of activity...

Data Acquisition Techniques Using PCs

by Howard Austerlitz

The second edition of this highly successful text focuses on the major changes that have taken place in this field in recent times. Data Acquisition Techniques Using PCs, Second Edition, recognises that data...

Monodispersed Particles

by T. Sugimoto

This is the first comprehensive book for all aspects of monodispersed particles, consisting of four parts: Part 1 for the fundamentals of the elementary processes; Part 2 for the preparation of monodispersed...

Wind Generated Ocean Waves

by I.R. Young

The goals of wind wave research are relatively well defined: to be able to predict the wind wave field and its effect on the environment. That environment could be natural (beaches, the atmosphere etc.) or imposed...

Calculating the Weather: Meteorology in the 20th Century

by Frederik Nebeker

During the course of this century, meteorology has become unified, physics-based, and highly computational. Calculating the Weather: Meteorology in the 20th Century explains this transformation by examining...