Science Technology category: 45382 books
Teaching Science and Investigating Environmental Issues with Geospatial Technology
Designing Effective Professional Development for Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
The emerging field of using geospatial technology to teach science and environmental education presents an excellent opportunity to discover the ways in which educators use research-grounded pedagogical commitments in combination with their practical experiences to design and implement effective teacher...
by Angela N. H. Creager, Sigrid Schmalzer, Matthew Shindell
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
Investigations of how the global Cold War shaped national scientific and technological practices in fields from biomedicine to rocket science.
The Cold War period saw a dramatic expansion of state-funded science and technology research. Government and military patronage shaped Cold War technoscientific...
by D. Pavlov
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2011
Lead-Acid Batteries: Science and Technology presents a comprehensive overview of the theory of the technological processes of lead-acid battery manufacture and their influence on battery performance parameters. It summarizes the current knowledge about the technology of lead-acid battery production...
by D. A. Masolo, Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga, Shadreck Chirikure
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2017
Explorations of science, technology, and innovation in Africa not as the product of “technology transfer” from elsewhere but as the working of African knowledge.
In the STI literature, Africa has often been regarded as a recipient of science, technology, and innovation rather than a maker...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Science and Technology of Fruit Wine Production includes introductory chapters on the production of wine from fruits other than grapes, including their composition, chemistry, role, quality of raw material, medicinal values, quality factors, bioreactor technology, production, optimization, standardization,...
Fire Science and Technology 2015
The Proceedings of 10th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
This book focuses on topics in the entire spectrum of fire safety science, targeting research in fires, explosions, combustion science, heat transfer, fluid dynamics, risk analysis, structural engineering, and other subjects. The book contributes to a gain in advanced scientific knowledge and presents...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
The present book collects selected contributions from researchers working in the field of food science, and participating at the second spring school for “Food Quality, Safety and Technology,” which was held in Botucatu (São Paulo, Brazil), from September 24th to 27th, 2012, at the Botucatu Campus...
Developing Technologies in Food Science
Status, Applications, and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
This new volume, the 7th in the Innovations in Agricultural & Biological Engineering book series, focuses on emerging trends, applications and challenges in food science and technology. While food science and technology is not a new field, it is constantly changing due to new technology, new science,...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2011
The way humans interact with technology is undergoing a tremendous change. It is hard to imagine the lives we live today without the benefits of technology that we take for granted. Applying research in computer science, engineering, and information systems to non-technical descriptions of technology,...
Coal and Coal-Related Compounds
Structures, Reactivity and Catalytic Reactions
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2004
Coal is more abundant than petroleum and natural gas. Further, coal is not localized but can be used by many more countries than petroleum. Therefore, if we can establish coal utilization technology, coal will bring about a great contribution to human life and society. On the other hand, shortage...
Biorelated Polymers
Sustainable Polymer Science and Technology
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Application of polymers from renewable resources - also identified as biopolymers - has a large potential market due to the current emphasis on sustainable technology. For optimal R&D achievements and hence benefits from these market opportunities, it is essential to combine the expertise available...
To Feed A Nation
A History of Australian Food Science and Technology
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2005
To Feed a Nation takes the reader on a journey over the centuries, describing the slow and arduous development of Australian food technology and science from before European settlement to the latter half of the twentieth century. The first part of the book gives a fascinating glimpse into Aboriginal...
by K. Byrappa, Masahiro Yoshimura
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Quartz, zeolites, gemstones, perovskite type oxides, ferrite, carbon allotropes, complex coordinated compounds and many more -- all products now being produced using hydrothermal technology. Handbook of Hydrothermal Technology brings together the latest techniques in this rapidly advancing field in...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2007
Plasma technologies present an environmentally-friendly and versatile way of treating textile materials in order to enhance a variety of properties such as wettability, liquid repellency, dyeability and coating adhesion. Recent advances made in commercially viable plasma systems have greatly increased...