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Book cover of Radium and the Secret of Life
by Luis A. Campos
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2015

Before the hydrogen bomb indelibly associated radioactivity with death, many chemists, physicians, botanists, and geneticists believed that radium might hold the secret to life. Physicists and chemists early on described the wondrous new element in lifelike terms such as “decay” and “half-life,”...
Book cover of Poverty Reduction in a Changing Climate
by Nora Lustig, Luis F. López-Calva, Subrata Mitra
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2013

Poverty reduction challenges in the twenty-first century are not the same as those from the previous century. The shift is due in no small part to climate change and climate-related weather disasters, such as extreme flood and drought. The magnitude and frequency of such events are only expected to...
Book cover of Private Philanthropic Trends in Academic Libraries
by Luis Gonzalez
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013

Private Philanthropic Trends in Academic Libraries is written with the senior library administrator and the development officers of academic institutions in mind. Chapters provide a historical perspective of the funding trends of the private philanthropic foundations and corporate giving programs...
Book cover of Quad Rotorcraft Control

Quad Rotorcraft Control

Vision-Based Hovering and Navigation

by Luis Rodolfo García Carrillo, Alejandro Enrique Dzul López, Rogelio Lozano
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2012

Quad Rotorcraft Control develops original control methods for the navigation and hovering flight of an autonomous mini-quad-rotor robotic helicopter. These methods use an imaging system and a combination of inertial and altitude sensors to localize and guide the movement of the unmanned aerial vehicle...
Book cover of Fatigue Design of Steel and Composite Structures

Fatigue Design of Steel and Composite Structures

Eurocode 3: Design of Steel Structures, Part 1-9 Fatigue; Eurocode 4: Design of Composite Steel and Concrete Structures

by Alain Nussbaumer, Luis Borges, Laurence Davaine
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2012

This volume addresses the specific subject of fatigue, a subject not familiar to many engineers, but still relevant for proper and good design of numerous steel structures. It explains all issues related to the subject: Basis of fatigue design, reliability and various verification formats, determination...
Book cover of Self-Oscillations in Dynamic Systems

Self-Oscillations in Dynamic Systems

A New Methodology via Two-Relay Controllers

by Luis T. Aguilar, Igor Boiko, Leonid Fridman
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...
Book cover of Signals and Systems using MATLAB
by Luis Chaparro, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2014

This new textbook in signals and systems provides a pedagogically rich approach to what can commonly be a mathematically dry subject. With features like historical notes, highlighted common mistakes, and applications in controls, communications, and signal processing, Chaparro helps students appreciate...
Book cover of Humanismo

Humanismo

Los bienes invisibles

by Juan Luis Lorda Iñarra
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 5, 2009

"Los bienes invisibles son luminosos, netos, inmateriales y algo misteriosos, capaces de abrir horizontes y dar belleza a la existencia. Y son liberales, porque tienen mucho de don gratuito y, al mismo tiempo, expanden, aclaran y adornan la libertad, y la elevan sobre el comportamiento instintivo...
Book cover of Historia de España moderna y contemporánea

Historia de España moderna y contemporánea

Decimaoctava edición actualizada

by José Luis Comellas García-Lera
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 1, 2015

Desde la época de los Reyes Católicos hasta nuestros días, este manual ofrece una síntesis rigurosa y bien documentada de la Historia de España. Las numerosas ediciones de este libro avalan su excepcional calidad por encima de los apasionamientos que suscita nuestra historia. Esta decimoséptima edición ha sido actualizada por el autor.
Book cover of Virtudes. Experiencias humanas y cristianas.
by Juan Luis Lorda Iñarra
Language: Spanish
Release Date: July 30, 2015

La persona buena es un tesoro, un descanso, un triunfo para la humanidad. Pero, realmente, ¿se puede mejorar? La experiencia dice que sí, aunque no sea fácil, pues tenemos límites y defectos muy arraigados… La búsqueda de esa mejora nos coloca ante la historia del humanismo, de la sabiduría...
Book cover of Para ser cristiano
by Juan Luis Lorda Iñarra
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 23, 1994

El título del libro anticipa ya su propósito: trazar un esquema de caminos por los que transitar hacia el logro de una auténtica vida cristiana. Es un apoyo firme para todas las personas que hayan vislumbrado el sentido trascendente de la vida humana y deseen responder con seriedad a sus exigencias....
Book cover of La Tierra

La Tierra

Un planeta diferente

by José Luis Comellas García-Lera
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 1, 2008

Vivimos en un planeta, pero no en un planeta cualquiera. Y es la toma de conciencia de esa condición especialísima de la Tierra la que nos invita a plantearnos, no por qué los otros planetas son diferentes al nuestro, sino por qué la Tierra es asombrosamente distinta. Con estilo claro y sencillo,...
Book cover of Humanismo II

Humanismo II

Tareas del espíritu

by Juan Luis Lorda Iñarra
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 2, 2010

En este libro, continuación de Humanismo: los bienes invisibles, el autor analiza dos dimensiones complementarias en el armónico desarrollo del hombre: la formación personal (resortes interiores, disciplina y trabajo) y la dimensión social (el arte de educar, el arte de gobernar, la familia)....
Book cover of Historia sencilla de la música
by José Luis Comellas García-Lera
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 1, 2017

La música constituye una actividad antiquísima en la vida y en la historia del hombre. Este libro es una sintética y a la vez muy completa historia de la música, que abarca desde sus orígenes más remotos hasta los últimos movimientos y corrientes de nuestro tiempo. Va dirigido a todo tipo de...
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