Other category: 18288 books
The Complete Book of Holograms
How They Work and How to Make Them
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2012
"I predict that Kasper and Feller will become a standard reference on holography for students and interested laymen." — James A. Van Allen.
For most nonscientists, holograms are an intriguing — if not mesmerizing — mystery. How are these seemingly magical images created and what makes...
Separate Beds
A History of Indian Hospitals in Canada, 1920s-1980s
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2016
Separate Beds is the shocking story of Canada’s system of segregated health care. Operated by the same bureaucracy that was expanding health care opportunities for most Canadians, the “Indian Hospitals” were underfunded, understaffed, overcrowded, and rife with coercion and medical experimentation....
by Kosi Sunyata
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2013
This little book packs a punch. It is the code breaker of enlightenment that reveals the genetics of suffering and how to break free of patterns of fear, sadness, anxiety and other forms of suffering. This book has an unexpected twist that offers shockingly simple and deep teaching. Thoughtout the...
Baffin Island
Field Research and High Arctic Adventure, 1961-67
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
A geographer with extensive research experience in the Canadian North, Jack D. Ives has written a lively and informative account of several expeditions to Baffin Island during the “golden age” of federal research. In the 1960s, scientists from the Geographical Branch of Canada’s Department of...
Poltroons and Patriots
A Popular Account of the War of 1812, Vol. II
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
Author Glenn Tucker’s interest in research on the War of 1812 was piqued whilst he was employed as a newspaperman in Washington, D.C.
“I wanted to find out what truly occurred when the British occupied the American capital in 1814. Nothing like Ross’s seizure of the capital of a great...
Poltroons and Patriots
A Popular Account of the War of 1812, Vol. I
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
Author Glenn Tucker’s interest in research on the War of 1812 was piqued whilst he was employed as a newspaperman in Washington, D.C.
“I wanted to find out what truly occurred when the British occupied the American capital in 1814. Nothing like Ross’s seizure of the capital of a great...
Linear Systems
A Measurement Based Approach
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
This brief presents recent results obtained on the analysis, synthesis and design of systems described by linear equations. It is well known that linear equations arise in most branches of science and engineering as well as social, biological and economic systems. The novelty of this approach is that...
Carl Størmer
Auroral Pioneer
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2012
This biography summarizes the seminal contributions to auroral and space science of Carl Størmer (1874 - 1957). He was the first to develop precise photographic methods to calculate heights and morphologies of diverse auroral forms during four solar cycles. Størmer independently devised numerical...
by
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
The type of control system used for electrical machines depends on the use (nature of the load, operating states, etc.) to which the machine will be put. The precise type of use determines the control laws which apply. Mechanics are also very important because they affect performance. Another factor...
by Fabio Fagnani, Paolo Frasca
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2017
This book deals with averaging dynamics, a paradigmatic example of network based dynamics in multi-agent systems. The book presents all the fundamental results on linear averaging dynamics, proposing a unified and updated viewpoint of many models and convergence results scattered in the literature.
Starting...
Self-Oscillations in Dynamic Systems
A New Methodology via Two-Relay Controllers
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
This monograph presents a simple and efficient two-relay control algorithm for generation of self-excited oscillations of a desired amplitude and frequency in dynamic systems. Developed by the authors, the two-relay controller consists of two relays switched by the feedback received from a linear...
Zulu!
The Battle for Rorke's Drift 1879
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2005
Fought in January 1879 and immortalized in the film epic Zulu, Rorke's Drift represented one of the most glorious, if subsequently controversial episodes in British military history. For 12 desperate hours, outnumbered by over 25-1, barely 140 British soldiers, based at the remote mission station...
by
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
This collection features more than two dozen narratives by atheists from different backgrounds across the United States. Ranging in age, race, sexual orientation, and religious upbringing, these individuals address deconversion, community building, parenting, and romantic relationships, providing...
by
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2010
Heliophysics is a fast-developing scientific discipline that integrates studies of the Sun's variability, the surrounding heliosphere, and the environment and climate of planets. Over the past few centuries, our understanding of how the Sun drives space weather and climate on the Earth and other planets...