Science Technology category: 45382 books
The Virtues of Ignorance
Complexity, Sustainability, and the Limits of Knowledge
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2008
Human dependence on technology has increased exponentially over the past several centuries, and so too has the notion that we can fix environmental problems with scientific applications. The Virtues of Ignorance: Complexity, Sustainability, and the Limits of Knowledge proposes an alternative to this...
by David F Noble
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2013
Hailed a “significant contribution” by The New York Times, David Noble’s book America by Design describes the factors that have shaped the history of scientific technology in the United States. Since the beginning, technology and industry have been undeniably intertwined, and Noble demonstrates...
by Xiao-Sheng Zhang
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
This book presents a universal mass-production micro/nano integrated fabrication technology, which can be used to realize micro/nano hierarchical structures on Si-based materials and flexible polymeric materials. This fabrication technology has been systematically investigated by using experimental...
Electrochemical Supercapacitors for Energy Storage and Delivery
Fundamentals and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Although recognized as an important component of all energy storage and conversion technologies, electrochemical supercapacitators (ES) still face development challenges in order to reach their full potential. A thorough examination of development in the technology during the past decade, Electrochemical...
Technology Transfer Between the US, China and Taiwan
Moving Knowledge
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2013
Examining the flow of technical knowledge between the US, Taiwan and Mainland China over the last sixty-five years, this book shows that the technical knowledge that has moved between these states is vast and varied. It includes the invention and production of industrial goods, as well as knowledge...
Sorghum and Millets
Chemistry, Technology, and Nutritional Attributes
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2018
Sorghum and Millets: Chemistry, Technology and Nutritional Attributes, Second Edition, is a new, fully revised edition of this widely read book published by AACC International. With an internationally recognized editorial team, this new edition covers, in detail, the history, breeding, production,...
Military Laser Technology for Defense
Technology for Revolutionizing 21st Century Warfare
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2011
Recent advances in ultra-high-power lasers, including the free-electron laser, and impressive airborne demonstrations of laser weapons systems, such as the airborne laser, have shown the enormous potential of laser technology to revolutionize 21st century warfare.
Military Laser Technology...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Advances in Energy Systems and Technology, Volume 4 covers articles about energy systems and technology. The book discusses articles about atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), including anthropogenic sources of CO2, the effects of increased atmospheric CO2 on climate, and the effects of climate changes...
Small and Micro Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Systems
Advanced Design, Performance, Materials and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2011
Small and micro combined heat and power (CHP) systems are a form of cogeneration technology suitable for domestic and community buildings, commercial establishments and industrial facilities, as well as local heat networks. One of the benefits of using cogeneration plant is a vastly improved energy...
Crystal Growth Technology
Semiconductors and Dielectrics
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011
Semiconductors and dielectrics are two essential materials found in cell phones and computers, for example, and both are manufactured by growing crystals.
Edited by the organizers of the International Workshop on Crystal Growth Technology, this ready reference is essential reading for materials scientists,...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2017
In the present scenario, green technologies are playing significant role in changing the course of nation’s economic growth towards sustainability and providing an alternative socio-economic model that will enable present and future generations to live in a clean and healthy environment, in harmony...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2016
Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this excellent new book from NASA presents a series of in-depth studies on specific subjects on the societal impact of spaceflight. It represents an effort to understand the mutual interaction of space exploration and society—part...
Information Technology Convergence
Security, Robotics, Automations and Communication
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2013
Information technology and its convergence issue is emerging rapidly as an exciting new paradigm with user-centric environment to provide computing and communication services.
This area will be the most comprehensive topics with various aspects of advances in information technology and its...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2018
Processing, Properties, and Design of Advanced Ceramics and Composites II, Ceramic Transactions Volume 261
Narottam P. Bansal, Ricardo H. R. Castro, Michael Jenkins, Amit Bandyopadhyay, Susmita Bose, Amar Bhalla, J.P. Singh, Morsi M. Mahmoud, Gary Pickrell, and Sylvia Johnson; Editors
This...