Applied Sciences category: 551 books

3個天才，覬覦1個目標 ——控制電權，建立帝國 這是一段成為商戰教材的真實歷史，一場技術、智力與財力的生死競賽 細數引人入勝的科技發明，還有陰謀、金錢、死亡 ◆比小說還精采的科技發明史 愛迪生，美國最有名也最受愛戴的發明家，白熾燈泡的發明者，世界上第一個策劃直流電網的人。 「塞爾維亞巫師」特斯拉，性格優雅古怪的他發明了交流電和許多了不起的發明，是劃時代的革命者。 匹茲堡企業家西屋，不屈不撓的理想主義者，全心全意打造由電力驅動的理想世界。 愛迪生歷經千辛萬苦鞏固直流電技術，而特斯拉和西屋結盟，用交流電與愛迪生抗衡，因而引發美國企業發展史上最獨特的一場恩怨——電流大戰。首場戰役在華爾街爆發，並接連在死刑室、芝加哥世界博覽會、尼加拉瓜瀑布與媒體輿論上，打了多場你死我活的生存戰。 歷史學家吉兒．瓊斯以生花妙筆描述這非凡「三重奏」的發明熱情與無盡野心，還有引人入勝、殘酷無情的尖端科技世界，那些關於發明、陰謀、金錢、死亡，還有華爾街貪婪富豪們的故事。一部扣人心弦的電力發展史。 【好評推薦】 豐富精采的軼事，細節描述迷人。 ——華盛頓郵報 吉兒．瓊斯說了一個關於競爭熱忱的故事，從三個特立獨行者的人生記錄美國進步的重要階段。 ——華爾街日報 娛樂與知識兼具……生動描述個人野心與敵意如何在電流大戰中刺激科學與商業的交流。 ——洛杉磯時報 這十年來最有趣的科學與商業冒險故事。先講述早期發現的電的特性，然後將讀者拉入世紀之交的真實歷史裡，充滿了糾結、轉折、諷刺之事、卑鄙行為、突破性發展、挑戰、成就、悲劇與凱旋曲。 ——休士頓紀事報 魅力十足，知識性高，講述三個生產與配置電力發明家的開拓性貢獻，沒有他們，就沒有我們今天的生活。 ——The...

感官科學研究頂尖專家的劃時代著作 ◆設計師．The Food Project策展人 王艾莉 ◆飲食生活家．《Yilan美食生活玩家》網站創辦人 葉怡蘭 ◆貓下去敦北俱樂部經營者 陳陸寬 ◆國立高雄餐旅大學飲食文化暨餐飲創新研究所所長...

Learn how the theory of relativity works. Read about the reference point and how the relationship between this point and the “object” can change the mass, volume, energy and rate of time. Is the speed of light really the maximum?Quantum Entanglement occurs across the billions of miles of space...

The dialog begins with a look at how an ancient tribe would search for intelligent civilizations.  Then it continues to look at how we search the cosmos for intelligent alien communications. This paper explains the concept of Quantum Entanglement.  It gives you a basic understanding of what it is...

Masters athletes are those that continue to train and compete, typically at a high level, beyond the age of thirty-five and into middle and old age. As populations in the industrialized world get older and governments become increasingly keen to promote healthy aging and non-pharmacological interventions,...

Across much of the industrialized world, rivers that were physically transformed and ecologically ruined to facilitate industrial and agricultural developmare now the focus of restoration and rehabilitation efforts. River Futures discusses the emergence of this new era of river repair and documents...

The revised edition of this important book presents updated and expanded coverage of light emitting diodes (LEDs) based on heteroepitaxial GaN on Si substrates, and includes new chapters on tunnel junction LEDs, green/yellow LEDs, and ultraviolet LEDs. Over the last two decades, significant...

Project Planning and Managemfor Ecological Restoration addresses a problem that is the reason many currrestoration projects are not as effective or successful as they could be: a lack of understanding of the principles of sound planning and management. John Rieger, John Stanley, and Ray Traynor, who...

The Advanced Chmeistry Series: Primary and Secondary Standard Solutions Do you love Chemistry? Do you love to learn about what primary and secondary standards solutions are? If you do; this is the e book is for you. This e book contains information about: 1: Primary Standard Solutions...

Beyond jugaad, that great Indian tradition of short-term fixes, what does innovation mean in Indian business? That is the question this book addresses through a collection of stand-alone stories that describe sustained innovation at a cross-section of companies that include conglomerates, MNCs, large...

Over the past several decades major advances in accelerators have resulted from breakthroughs in accelerator science and accelerator technology. After the introduction of a new accelerator physics concept or the implementation of a new technology, a leap in accelerator performance followed. A well-known...

This book covers the latest advances in the techniques employed to manage the THz radiation and its potential uses. It has been subdivided in three sections: THz Detectors, THz Sources, Systems and Applications. These three sections will allow the reader to be introduced in a logical way to the physics...

人類不斷破壞環境，許多生物失去棲地，但一切仍來得及挽救；是時候行動了，將一半的海洋及大地還給其他物種，把屬於地球的還給地球！ 生物多樣性之父、社會生物學始祖兩度普立茲獎、克拉福德獎、美國國家科學獎得主愛德華．威爾森　震撼全球科學界最新力作...

Blending scientific fact and sports trivia, Robert Adair examines what a baseball or player in motion does-and why. How fast can a batted ball go? What effect do stitch patterns have on wind resistance? How far does a curve ball break? Who reaches first base faster after a bunt, a right- or left-handed...