Applied Sciences category: 551 books

Fusion: The Energy of the Universe, 2e is an essential reference providing basic principles of fusion energy from its history to the issues and realities progressing from the present day energy crisis. The book provides detailed developments and applications for researchers entering the field of...

**“Entertaining...From the physics of ballpoint pens to the origin of jet-aircraft contrails, the book rewards the reader with fascinating facts and insights. Every day, millions of people travel on an airplane. Fortunately, Mark Miodownik was recently one of them.” —Wall Street Journal Sometimes...

Algo que no es un planeta transitando hace a la estrella KIC 8462852 fluctuar furiosa e impredeciblemente en su brillo. Los astrónomos han sospechado un cometa desintegrado, pero la causa sigue siendo un misterio. De las más de 150,000 estrellas bajo la constante observación durante los...

Desde el pasado viernes 16 de Octubre de 2015, el Allen Telescope Array -ATA - del Instituto SETI fue cambiado de su horario normal de inspección para escudriñar a la estrella KIC 8462852, una de las poco más de 150,000 estrellas estudiadas por la misión Kepler de la NASA Kepler para detectar...

“Bizarro.” “Interesante.” “Tránsito gigantesco” Esas fueron las reacciones de los voluntarios del proyecto Planet Hunters cuando vieron por primera vez el gráfico de la curva de brillo de la estrella KIC 8462852 y de lo que de otra forma fuera aparentemente una estrella como nuestro...

Este Libro está dedicado a enseñarnos la maravillosa ciencia de los números, por medio de la cual podemos desembarazarnos de situaciones psíquicamente torturantes, provocadas por circunstancias del diario vivir que convierten nuestra mente en un laberinto de dudas, de miedos,...

Praised for its "exceptionally good value" by the Journal of Recreational Mathematics, this book offers fun-filled insights into many fields of mathematics. The brainteasers include original puzzles as well as new approaches to classic conundrums. A vast assortment of challenges features...

"I would not hesitate to recommend the book." — Industrial EngineeringLinear programming is an extremely effective problem-solving tool, with applications in business, agriculture, government, manufacturing, transportation, engineering, and many other areas. This very readable book presents an elementary...

The Advanced Chemistry Series: Spectroscopy and the Electromagnetic Spectrum Do you love Chemistry? Do you love to learn about Spectroscopy and the Electromagnetic Spectrum? If you do; this is the e book is for you. This e book contains information about: 1: What Electromagnetic...

The Laboratory Series: Good Laboratory Practice Having trouble on understanding the science laboratory? Need to find out information about Good Laboratory Practice and how its rules are used to maintain safety in a laboratory ?. This book contains the different aspects of Good Laboratory...

The Laboratory Series: Ethanoic Acid and Quality Standards Are you having trouble on understanding the science laboratory? Need to find out information about Ethanoic Acid and Quality Standard inside of a laboratory?. This book contains the different aspects of Good Laboratory Practice such...

Space flight, computers, lasers, and information technology ― these are but a few examples of the spectacular growth, development, and far-reaching applications of mathematics. But what of the field's past? Upon which intellectual milestones were the foundations of modern mathematics constructed?...

Anyone with an interest in mathematics will welcome the republication of this little volume by a remarkable mathematician who was also a logician, a philosopher, and an occasional writer of fiction and poetry. Originally published in 1913, and later included in the acclaimed anthology The World of...

Making Nature Whole is a seminal volume that presents an in-depth history of the field of ecological restoration as it has developed in the United States over the last three decades. The authors draw from both published and unpublished sources, including archival materials and oral histories from...