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The MBR Book
Principles and Applications of Membrane Bioreactors for Water and Wastewater Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2010
The MBR Book covers all essential aspects of membrane bioreactors in water and wastewater treatment, including the working principles of MBR technologies. The book aims to separate science from engineering, in an attempt to avoid confusion and to help readers understand the ideas of MBR.
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Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2009
Heliophysics is a developing scientific discipline integrating studies of the Sun's variability, the surrounding heliosphere, and climatic environments. Over the past few centuries, our understanding of how the Sun drives space weather and climate on the Earth and other planets has advanced at an...
Wildlife Ecotoxicology
Forensic Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2011
Many books have now been published in the broad field of environmental toxicology. However, to date, none of have presented the often fascinating stories of the wildlife science, and the steps along the way from discovery of problems caused by environmental pollutants to the regulatory and non-regulatory...
Working with Dynamic Crop Models
Methods, Tools and Examples for Agriculture and Environment
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
Working with Dynamic Crop Models: Methods, Tools and Examples for Agriculture and Environment, 3e, is a complete guide to working with dynamic system models, with emphasis on models in agronomy and environmental science. The introductory section presents the foundational information for the book including...
String Theory and the Real World: From particle physics to astrophysics
Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School 2007
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2008
This book is a collection of lectures given in July 2007 at the Les Houches Summer School on "String Theory and the Real World: From particle physics to astrophysics."
Provides a pedagogical introduction to topics in String Theory, and Cosmology
Addresses each topic from the basis to the most recent developments
Covers the lectures by internationally-renowned and leading experts
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Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2014
The Encyclopedia of the Solar System, Third Edition—winner of the 2015 PROSE Award in Cosmology & Astronomy from the Association of American Publishers—provides a framework for understanding the origin and evolution of the solar system, historical discoveries, and details about planetary bodies...
The Technological Invention that Shocked the World in the 20th Century. Or, the Russians Launched Sputnik.
SHORT STORY # 29. Nonfiction series #1 - # 60.
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2016
On October 4, 1957, history was made. The Soviet Union Lunched Sputnik. Sputnik’s impact on the world and the USA was colossal, impressive, and unprecedented.
And the space programs and arms races between the Soviet Union and the United States began. Find in this story how space programs...
Engineering for Sustainability
A Practical Guide for Sustainable Design
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
This book provides engineers with the necessary information to design sustainable processes, products and value chains. It describes the current consensus on sustainable development for four context levels: Planet, Society, Business, and Engineers. It also presents all required design steps: from...
by Marquita K. Hill
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2010
The third edition of this well-received textbook delivers a concise overview of global and individual environmental pollution for undergraduate courses, presenting students with the tools to assess environmental issues. With more than thirty percent new material, Hill assesses pollution from an international...
Beyond Smoke and Mirrors
Climate Change and Energy in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2010
Global climate change is one of the most important issues humanity faces today. This book assesses the sensible, senseless and biased proposals for averting the potentially disastrous consequences of global warming, allowing the reader to draw their own conclusions on switching to more sustainable...
Waste-to-Energy
Technologies and Project Implementation
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2011
This book covers in detail programs and technologies for converting traditionally landfilled solid wastes into energy through waste-to-energy projects
Modern Waste-to-Energy plants are being built around the world to reduce the levels of solid waste going into landfill sites and contribute to...
Too Smart for our Own Good
The Ecological Predicament of Humankind
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2009
We are destroying our natural environment at a constantly increasing pace, and in so doing undermining the preconditions of our own existence. Why is this so? This book reveals that our ecologically disruptive behaviour is in fact rooted in our very nature as a species. Drawing on evolution theory,...
Pipeline Risk Management Manual
Ideas, Techniques, and Resources
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2004
Here's the ideal tool if you're looking for a flexible, straightforward analysis system for your everyday design and operations decisions. This new third edition includes sections on stations, geographical information systems, "absolute" versus "relative" risks, and the latest...
by Janick Artiola, Ian L. Pepper, Mark L. Brusseau
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2004
Environmental Monitoring and Characterization is an integrated, hands-on resource for monitoring all aspects of the environment. Sample collection methods and relevant physical, chemical and biological processes necessary to characterize the environment are brought together in twenty chapters which...