Academic Press: 465 books
Plasma and Fusion Science
From Fundamental Research to Technological Applications
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2018
In this new book, an interdisciplinary and international team of experts provides an exploration of the emerging plasma science that is poised to make the plasma technology a reality in the manufacturing sector. The research presented here will stimulate new ideas, methods, and applications in the...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2016
Sleep medicine encompasses an unusually board spectrum of contributions from biology, technology, and medicine. This volume summarizes the considerable mass of knowledge that has been accumulated in the field and imparts its major findings in a manner that is comprehensive yet not overwhelming. Edited...
Methods in World History
A Critical Approach
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Methods in World History is the first international volume that systematically addresses a number of methodological problems specific to the field of World History. Prompted by a lack of applicable works, the authors advocate a considerable sharpening of the tools used within the discipline. Theories...
Ecclesia Reformata, Semper Reformanda
Proceedings of the European Theology Teachers' Convention Newbold College of Higher Education 25-28 March 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
The European Theology Teachers’ Convention (ETTC), held every second year, attracts Adventist scholars from all over Europe, including Russia and Lebanon. This meeting held at Newbold College of Higher Education (Binfield, UK) 25-29 March 2015, centred around one of the leading thoughts of the Reformers:...
Lipase
An Industrial Enzyme Through Metagenomics
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2018
Microbial lipases are industrially important and have gained attention due to their stability, selectivity, and broad substrate specificity. Lipases are used as medicine, and they also aid in indigestion, heartburn, allergy to gluten in wheat products (celiac disease), Crohn’s disease, and cystic...
The Ultimate Three Minutes
The Story of Two Great Human Watersheds-Their Preparation and Their Coinciding
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
The title of this book borrows from two distinguished scientists: Steven Weinberg describes the developments of the first three minutes of the universe following the explosion of the “Big Bang” 13.8 billion years ago; Paul Davis describes the final subsidence of the universe into entropy and heat...
by Rakshit Ameta, Suresh C. Ameta
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
As the structure and behavior of molecules and crystals depend on their different symmetries, group theory becomes an essential tool in many important areas of chemistry. It is a quite powerful theoretical tool to predict many basic as well as some characteristic properties of molecules. Whereas quantum...
Handbook of Research for Fluid and Solid Mechanics
Theory, Simulation, and Experiment
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2017
This valuable volume provides a broad understanding of the main computational techniques used for processing reclamation of fluid and solid mechanics. The aim of these computational techniques is to reduce and eliminate the risks of mechanical systems failure in hydraulic machines. Using many computational...
Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Volume 2
Principles, Methodology, and Evaluation Methods
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2017
This book covers many important aspects of applied chemistry and chemical engineering, focusing on three main aspects: principles, methodology and evaluation methods. It presents a selection of chapters on recent developments of theoretical, mathematical, and computational conceptions, as well as...
Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Volume 5
Research Methodologies in Modern Chemistry and Applied Science
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2017
This volume, Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Volume 5: Research Methodologies in Modern Chemistry and Applied Science, is designed to fulfill the requirements of scientists and engineers who wish to be able to carry out experimental research in chemistry and applied science using modern...
Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Volume 3
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Theory and Modeling with Applications
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2017
Understanding mathematical modeling is fundamental in chemical engineering. This book reviews, introduces, and develops the mathematical models that are most frequently encountered in sophisticated chemical engineering domains. The volume provides a collection of models illustrating the power and...
by Megh R. Goyal
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2018
This immensely valuable book provides a comprehensive, easy-to-understand, and up-to-date glossary of technical and scientific terms used in the fields of bioengineering and biotechnology, including terms used in agricultural sciences. The volume also includes terms for plants, animals, and humans,...
Understanding Crime Prevention
The Case Study Approach
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2018
Crime prevention benefits everyone, including would-be criminals saved from the negative consequences of offending. Yet much of today’s policy on preventing crime is driven by political ideology and anecdotal evidence, with insufficient planning and evaluation. Improving the practice of crime prevention...
Understanding Literacy in Its Historical Contexts
Socio-Cultural History and the Legacy of Egil Johansson
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
In this detailed study of the history of universal literacy in Sweden, a group of renowned scholars review and explore the possibilities for the wider circulation and broader application of central dimensions of the early literacy studies, expounding upon the work of the Swedish Lutheran pastor and...