Raise

$24.95

When city-dwelling journalist Kiera Butler visits a county fair for the first time, she is captivated by the white-uniformed members of the 4-H club and their perfectly groomed animals. She sets off on a search for a “real” 4-H’er, a hypothetical wholesome youth whom she imagines wearing cowboy boots and living on a ranch. Along the way, she meets five teenage 4-H’ers from diverse backgrounds and gets to know them as they prepare to compete at the fair. Butler’s on-the-ground account of the teens’ concerns with their goats, pigs, sheep, proms, and SAT scores is interwoven with a fascinating history of the century-old 4-H club as it solicits corporate donations from top agribusiness firms such as DuPont, Monsanto, and Cargill. Her quest takes her from California’s cities and suburbs all the way to Ghana, where she investigates 4-H’s unprecedented push to expand its programs in the developing world—and the corporate partnership that is supporting this expansion.

Raise masterfully combines vivid accounts from a little-known subculture with a broader analysis of agriculture education today, using 4-H as a lens through which to view the changing landscape of farming in America and the rest of the world. Lively, deeply informed, and perceptive in its analysis, Raise provides answers to complex questions about our collective concern over the future of food.

Photographs by Rafael Roy.

Labor and the Locavore

$29.95

In the blizzard of attention around the virtues of local food production, food writers and activists place environmental protection, animal welfare, and saving small farms at the forefront of their attention. Yet amid this turn to wholesome and responsible food choices, the lives and working conditions of farmworkers are often an afterthought.

Labor and the Locavore focuses on one of the most vibrant local food economies in the country, the Hudson Valley that supplies New York restaurants and farmers markets. Based on more than a decade’s in-depth interviews with workers, farmers, and others, Gray’s examination clearly shows how the currency of agrarian values serves to mask the labor concerns of an already hidden workforce.

She also explores the historical roots of farmworkers’ predicaments and examines the ethnic shift from Black to Latino workers. With an analysis that can be applied to local food concerns around the country, this book challenges the reader to consider how the mentality of the alternative food movements implies a comprehensive food ethic that addresses workers’ concerns.

Brunel's Britain

$22.99

A comprehensive look at Brunel's most famous and his lesser-known achievements. This remarkable book takes each of his triumphs and explores them in historical context, as well as from engineering and architectural point of view. An excellent 'gazetteer' gives the reader a chance to go out and folow Brunel's engineering trail. Over 80 diagrams and 60 photographs bring the subject to life.

Innovation Management

$98.99

All over the world, and with a great emphasis in the business area, there is a growing recognition that innovation plays a key role. In a world characterized by high levels of competition, uncertain environments, expanding markets, financial constraints, among others, the probability of success is deeply determined by innovation. Only flexible, dynamic, and innovative organizations can survive in a world characterized by continuous challenges and changes. Innovation Management in Research and Industry covers innovation management issues with a special emphasis on the field of research and industry. Gathering contributions that are exceptional in terms of theory, evidence, and/or methodology and that significantly advance social scientific research on innovation management in research and industry, this book is designed to increase the knowledge and effectiveness of all those, practitioners and academics, which are concerned with these issues, both in the profit or non-profit sectors, or in the public or private sectors. In sum, this book can be used for academics, researchers, managers, engineers, under and pos graduate students, and other professionals in related matters with management and innovation.

1) Highlight the importance of organizational flexibility and continuous learning to keep up with technological and market changes.

2) Explore how an organizational environment that fosters creativity and experimentation can drive sustainable innovation.

3) Emphasize the role of new technologies (AI, IoT, Big Data) as catalysts for innovation and competitive differentiation.

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Value-Based Engineering

$54.99

In Zeiten leistungsfähiger KI-Systeme wie der GPT ist Value-based Engineering dringend erforderlich. Dabei handelt es sich um einen neuen transdisziplinären IT-Innovations- und Engineering-Ansatz, der die menschlichen Werte und die gesellschaftlichen Folgen von IT-Systemen bereits bei der Planung und in frühen Entwicklungsphasen berücksichtigt. Das Buch erzählt die Geschichte, warum wir Technologie für die Menschheit mehr denn je brauchen und welchen Prinzipien wir bei ihrer Entwicklung folgen sollten. Konkret ist es ein Leitfaden dafür, wie genau Unternehmen ihre Innovationsbemühungen verfolgen sollten, mit einem Epilog darüber, wie sich dies von aufstrebender Science-Fiction unterscheidet. Der in diesem Buch mit konkreten Fallstudien, Formularen und über 90 Abbildungen dargestellte Ansatz des Value-based Engineering wurde von über 100 Experten aus der ganzen Welt im Rahmen eines Projekts namens IEEE P7000 TM entwickelt und überarbeitet.

Weiterführende Informationen sowie begleitende Materialien zum Value-Based Engineering finden Sie auf:

https://vbe.academy

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrLvHXQKvx17-PbWaYJzEQQ

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Food Biotechnology

$117.99

Biotechnological advances sparked a food revolution with new ideas for a sustainable food future. The book embodies all microbial and food biotechnology related topics, and current, emerging, and future technologies for food fortification, safety and security. It critically assesses the use of emerging trends in biotechnology to develop disease resistant raw foods and products, enhance food and food products nutritional profiles, and reduce negative effects of animal nutrition. It explains the influence of genetic variations in foods, and the varied responses to diet, nutrients, and overall health outcomes. The use of fermentation technologies to create innovative and sustainable food products with novel organoleptic attributes, and the conversion of food waste into useful products are discussed. The book also covers genetic modification methods to reduce or eliminate food allergens, and blockchain technologies that enable transparency and food security along the food supply chains.

Emerging technologies in food processing, biotechnology and microbiology.
Functional foods, nutrigenomics, gene editing and personalized nutrition based on individual genomes.
Food informatics, supply, safety, waste, packaging and bioeconomy.

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The Handy Engineering Answer Book

$29.95

A handy resource on the fundamental facts about engineering for both engineers and non-engineers alike, whether you are exploring engineering for the first time, already have a strong background, or fall anywhere in between.

Engineering impacts every aspect of our lives. Bridges, buildings, buses, electrical grids, computers, televisions, refrigerators, vacuum cleaners, and virtually any everyday household item needs to be engineered to function properly. Fundamentally, engineering is about identifying a need and developing solutions that meet that need. Throughout history, engineering ideas and innovative feats have provided solutions to many challenges faced by civilizations. From the Great Wall of China to NASA's space program, The Handy Engineering Answer Book covers the history of the field, details the lives of key figures, introduces the tools engineers use to solve problems, and provides fun facts and answers to a thousand important and interesting questions, such as …

What is the difference between science and engineering?
What do engineers do?
What are some famous engineering mistakes or failures?
What is reverse engineering?
What is a prototype?
What types of jobs do electrical engineers do?
How does a car battery work?
What are the major job responsibilities of a HVAC engineer?
What is a Powertrain?
What is Bernoulli’s principle?
What are the Laws of Thermodynamics?
What’s the difference between 2-stroke and 4-stroke engines?
What is stress and strain?
What is the difference between torque and power?
What is automation?
What is quality assurance?
What is meant by outsourcing?
What are the responsibilities of a construction manager?
What are the types of road construction that are both durable and cost-effective?
Which materials are used to build a cruise ship?
What are some design elements that help structures withstand earthquakes?
How does a civil engineer design water slides for theme parks?
Who was W. Edwards Deming?
What is ergonomics?
What is biomedical engineering?
Who is Grace Hopper?
What is debugging?
What is the difference between a web developer and a website designer?
Was Leonardo da Vinci an aerospace engineer?
Where do chemical engineers work?
How much energy does the world use?
What are the major challenges addressed by environmental engineers?
What is humanitarian engineering?
What is acoustical engineering?
What are the required skills for fire engineers?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of nanotechnology?

With more than 140 photos and graphics, this fascinating tome is richly illustrated. Its helpful bibliography and extensive index add to its usefulness. Whether using science and math or building prototypes for testing or the development of various subdisciplines, The Handy Engineering Answer Book looks at how fundamental engineering is to modern life and society!

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Soft Robotics

$80.99

Soft Robotics is a growing field in Robotics that spans disciplines to solve challenges in unique environments, such as operation near the human body. The book takes a practical approach to teaching soft robotics by introducing fundamental concepts and experimental guides for a learn-by-doing approach. It covers molecular origin of elasticity, processing and fabrication, bulk properties and practical use for a stretchable robot.

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Technische Mechanik Kapieren

$70.99

Didaktisch geschickt und leicht verständlich vermittelt das 3-bändige Lehrbuch die Technische Mechanik. In Band 3 werden die Themen wie Hydromechanik, Kontinuumsschwingungen und wesentliche Prinzipien der Mechanik anregend erläutert und mithilfe zahlreicher origineller Zeichnungen verdeutlicht.

Band 1: Statik und Festigkeitslehre.

Band 2: Kinematik und Kinetik.

Technische Mechanik Kapieren

$70.99

Didaktisch geschickt und leicht verständlich vermittelt das 3-bändige Lehrbuch die Technische Mechanik. In Band 1 werden die Themen wie Statik, Schwerpunkt, Spannungszustand, Torsion u.w. anregend erläutert und mithilfe zahlreicher origineller Zeichnungen verdeutlicht.

Band 2: Kinematik und Kinetik.

Band 3: Hydromechanik und Prinzipien der Mechanik.

Technische Mechanik Kapieren

$70.99

Didaktisch geschickt und leicht verständlich vermittelt das 3-bändige Lehrbuch die Technische Mechanik. In Band 2 werden die Themen wie Kinetik, gedämpfte/ungedämpfte Schwingungen, Stoß u.w. anregend erläutert und mithilfe zahlreicher origineller Zeichnungen verdeutlicht.

Band 1: Statik und Festigkeitslehre.

Band 3: Hydromechanik und Prinzipien der Mechanik.

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Satellite Scheduling Engine

$105.99

Since the 21st century, national aerospace industry has developed rapidly with an explosive increase in satellites. To coordinate the in-orbit satellites and their management resources for better social, economic, and military applications, the satellite task scheduling is required. As the satellite management and application manners change over the years, cross-agency and cross-model have become the new normal, and the integration and quick-response have become the new requirements. Under such circumstances, the one satellite, one system shortcoming in system development and application occurs, while those systems that differ in agencies, modes, and types cannot accommodate each other; hence, the generality of satellite scheduling models and algorithm must be strengthened. To address the one satellite, one system shortcoming, the cooperative, flexible, efficient applications, and the monopoly of the U.S. STK/Scheduler, a Satellite Task Scheduling Engine that contains general-purpose modeling and optimization methods is studied in this book.

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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

$57.99

This book provides an overview of the basic concepts and components of UAVs, the various sensors used, architecture of autonomous UAVs, communication tools and devices to acquire real-time data from UAVs, the software needed to analyze the UAV data, required rules and regulations to fly UAVs, various application areas (e.g. construction, oil and gas, mining, agriculture, forestry, search and rescue, surveillance, transportation, disaster, logistics), and future areas of research which is needed to handle relevant challenges.

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Imaging Satellites Task Planning

$94.99

The continuous enhancement of platforms and payloads have enabled imaging satellites to obtain greater societal benefits, while to bring challenges to imaging satellite task planning: refinement of comprehensive control, normalization of quick response, and complication of constraints. It is precisely because of the aforementioned changes and requirements, the contradiction between algorithm versatility and efficiency, between solution efficiency and accuracy are becoming increasingly acute. In order to alleviate these two pairs of contradictions, this book conducts research on imaging satellite task planning technology integrating with operations research and reinforcement learning. Preliminary research on the design of imaging satellite task planning system, bi-level optimization model, and learning-based combinatorial optimization algorithms are conducted. The effectiveness of the proposed method is verified in real-world task planning scenarios of "SuperView-1" constellation. In other combinatorial optimization problems with complex constraints, the methodology proposed in this book has enormous advantages and potential. We aspire to stimulate the interest of readers in researching related scientific issues through this book.

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La fantasía de volar

$17.95

Un libro sobre las distintas formas de volar presentes a lo largo de la historia.

¿Por qué soñamos con volar?
¿Cuál es el origen evolutivo de las alas?
¿Qué caracteriza a las máquinas voladoras ideadas por el ser humano?

Estas son algunas de las preguntas a las que responde este extraordinario libro sobre la manera en que las criaturas del mundo natural y los humanos hemos desafiado la gravedad a lo largo de la historia.

En nuestro deseo de imitar a los pájaros, hemos creado aparatos tan singulares como el globo aerostático o el avión, e incluso hemos logrado alcanzar el espacio. Por su parte, algunos animales han desarrollado las alas, mientras que determinadas especies las han perdido. Si a esto le sumamos invenciones como la alfombra mágica, Pegaso o Harry Potter, no cabe duda de que son innumerables las alusiones que demuestran que el arte de volar siempre nos ha fascinado.

Un asombroso ensayo que revela las distintas formas de vuelo presentes en disciplinas tan complejas como la biología, la física, la literatura, el arte y la mitología.

«Ciencia e imaginación toman vuelo en esta obra dedicada a los habitantes de los cielos.»
The Wall Street Journal

Faszination Flug

$47.99

Für alle, die fasziniert vom Fliegen sind und ein tieferes Verständnis dafür entwickeln wollen, wie Vögel und Modellflugzeuge ihre Kreise in der Luft ziehen. Anschaulich und unterhaltsam führt der Autor in die komplexen Sachverhalte von Wirbel, Zirkulation und Auftrieb ein. Verständlich und begreifbar durch zahlreiche Diagramme und Videos. Es gelingt dem Autor die dem dynamischen Auftrieb zugrunde liegenden Gesetzmäßigkeiten besonders anschaulich darzustellen.

Audiotechnik für Mediengestalter

$113.99

Ein Buch aus der Ausbildungspraxis der Mediengestalter Bild und Ton für Ausbildung und Prüfungsvorbereitung. Fundiertes Wissen und Praxisbezug gehen hier Hand in Hand. In 10 Kapiteln wird nahezu alles vermittelt, was ein angehender Mediengestalter für die Abschlussprüfung in Tontechnik wissen muss. Ein Kapitel mit prüfungsnahen Übungsklausuren und ausführlichem Lösungsteil bietet die Möglichkeit, sich fundiert auf die Prüfung vorzubereiten.

Flugnavigation

$83.99

Dieses Buch behandelt die begrifflichen und sachlichen Grundlagen der Flugnavigation sowie die mathematisch-geometrischen Zusammenhänge mit zahlreichen Berechnungsbeispielen. Wegen des engen Bezugs zur Kartographie, welche die benötigten raum- und sachbezogenen Informationen für die thematischen Karten und Navigationsdatenbanken bereitstellt, sind die theoretischen Aspekte sowie der praktische Gebrauch und die Interpretation moderner Navigationskarten inhaltlicher Schwerpunkt.

Weiterer Schwerpunkt ist die leistungsbasierte Navigation, wie diese in der heutigen Luftfahrtpraxis mithilfe integrierter bordseitiger Navigationssysteme in Verbindung mit den Ab- und Anflugverfahren realisiert wird. Hierbei werden Funk-, Trägheits- und Satellitennavigation kombiniert. Mithin widmet sich dieses Buch den Letzteren in einer angemessenen Detailtiefe sowie der Architektur der Bordsysteme am Beispiel der weltweit verbreiteten Airbus A320-Flugzeugfamilie. Des Weiteren werden relevante Aspekte der Flugsicherung einbezogen.

Zielgruppe sind alljene, die ihre Ausbildung zum Piloten oder Fluglotsen mit einem Studium im Bereich der Luftfahrt kombinieren, Verfahrensplanende bei der Flugsicherung, Studierende des Verkehrsingenieurwesens oder der Geowissenschaften und alle, die sich für Navigationskarten und -systeme sowie die damit verbundenen aktuellen Technologien begeistern.

Die vorliegende zweite Auflage ist gleichermaßen geeignet für Neueinsteiger und Fortgeschrittene, die Praxisbeispiele verhelfen zum „Ankommen".

Zahlreiche hochwertige Abbildungen fördern die Anschaulichkeit, großer Wert wird auf Allgemeinverständlichkeit gelegt bei dennoch mathematischer Fundierung.

Das Buchkonzept mit dem Schwerpunkt auf aktueller Thematik bindet die traditionellen Navigationssysteme jedoch soweit ein, dass die Leserinnen und Leser Kenntnisse erwerben, welche ihnen dazu verhelfen, oben genannte Systeme als alleinige Navigationsmittel anwenden zu können.

Auch werden die vom Luftfahrtbundesamt für die Ausbildung zum Verkehrsflugzeugführer im Fach Navigation geforderten Inhalte im Wesentlichen abgedeckt.

Caterpillar Association of the United States

$10.95

The Caterpillar Association, born in 1982, is a group of self-saved men and women. Any person who saves his life jumping from a disabled aircraft, with a parachute, can become a member. This is not the history of the parachute, but rather the stories behind the men and women who were forced to use them in an emergency situation. (From the Introduction)

Caterpillar Association of the United States

The Complete Book of Spaceflight

$33.99

A commanding encyclopedia of the history and principles of spaceflight-from earliest conceptions to faster-than-light galaxy-hopping
Here is the first truly comprehensive guide to space exploration and propulsion, from the first musings of the Greeks to current scientific speculation about interstellar travel using "warp drives" and wormholes. Space buffs will delight in its in-depth coverage of all key manned and unmanned missions and space vehicles-past, present, and projected-and its clear explanations of the technologies involved.
Over the course of more than 2,000 extensively cross-referenced entries, astronomer David Darling also provides fascinating insights into the cultural development of spaceflight. In vivid accounts of the major characters and historical events involved, he provides fascinating tales of early innovators, the cross-pollination that has long existed between science fiction and science fact, and the sometimes obscure links between geopolitics, warfare, and advances in rocketry.

Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing

$117.99

Biopharmaceuticals, medicines made by or from living organisms (including cells from living organisms), are extremely effective in treating a broad range of diseases. Their importance to human health has grown significantly over the years as more biopharmaceutical products have entered the market, and now the biggest selling drugs in the world are biopharmaceuticals. Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing: Principles, Processes and Practices provides concise, comprehensive, and up-to-date coverage of biopharmaceutical manufacturing. Written in a clear and informal style, the content has been influenced by the authors’ substantial industry experience and teaching expertise. That expertise enables the authors to address the many questions posed over the years both by university students and professionals with experience in the field. Consequently, the book will appeal both to undergraduate or graduate students using it as a textbook and specialized industry practitioners seeking to understand the big picture of biopharmaceutical manufacturing.

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Bioinformatics

$82.99

Quantitative tools are becoming increasingly important in order to understand complex cascade of signal transduction events, pathways or biochemical reactions. The book showcases how computational techniques and algorithms are applied to biological data analysis, interpretation, and modelling. It covers applications in drug design and discovery, immune systems, phylogenetic analysis and protein structures.

Hybrid and Inorganic Perovskite Nanostructures

$39.99

This book covers the benefits of controlling perovskite nanostructures for enhancing the properties of solar cells. It describes different aspects of hybrid and inorganic perovskite nanostructures including their synthesis, and the optical and physical properties that result from the various nanostructures. A summary of the technology from the controlled nanostructures rounds out this important topic, bridging the theory with application.

Hybrid and Inorganic Perovskite Nanostructures

3D Printing 2E

$99.99

This book is a clear and concise guide to Additive Manufacturing (AM), now a well-established valuable tool for making models and prototypes, and also a manufacturing method for molds and final parts finding applications in industries such as medicine, car manufacturing, and aerospace engineering. The book was designed as a supporting material for special courses on advanced manufacturing technology, and for supplementing the content of traditional manufacturing lessons. This second edition has been updated to account for the recent explosion of availability of small, inexpensive 3D printers for domestic use, as well as new industrial printers for series production that have come onto the market.

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Industrial Pharmaceutical Chemistry

$87.99

This book discusses the effects of prolonged hypoventilation, or a pulmonary condition on hypoxia, and hypercapnia, its effect on the formation of some joint diseases, and the types of natural medicine used in the treatment of each joint disease.

You will also find methods used to calculate thermodynamic parameters. You can also learn optimized structures for these chemical compounds. The book includes a listing of the thermodynamic table for literature values for standard enthalpy of formation, and C-H and O-H Bond dissociation energizes energies for some chemical compounds; simple multi-fluorinated organic alcohols.

Pharmaceutical Chemistry

$87.99

A slow and consistent study of the approaches for drug design can help the foundation for a good scientific intuition. This edition includes over 30 new illustrations, numerous new mechanistic schemes and enhanced original figures. In addition, the use of color makes its study more pleasant and impressive.

The Second Edition has been thoroughly revised with a modern look. The chapters on QSAR and Drug Metabolism have been extended, emphasizing concepts, such as the hyperconjugative effect or the anomeric effect, in which the student normally finds it difficult to understand. Stereoelectronic effects are essential to explain the mechanism of action of drugs and therefore, its agile and intuitive handling will allow the student access to both chemical and biological mechanisms, in a more rational way. The text is illustrated with hundreds of formulas and many tables that facilitate the understanding of this interesting discipline, which is halfway between Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmacology. This Volume is aimed at building basis principles on drug design and it is likely to be of interest to students reading, pharmacy, pharmacology, and pharmaceutical chemistry.

This book emphasizes general principles of drug design and drug action from an organic chemical perspective, rather than from the overview of specific classes of drugs, allowing the reader to extrapolate information to many related classes of drug molecules. This volume presents an organic chemistry’s perspective of how drug are designed and assuming no prior knowledge of biochemistry, and pharmacology. It is written in an informal, clear style so that undergraduates can easily understand the concepts presented.

Drugs and Their Biological Targets is tretaed in a separate volume ISBN 978-3-11-131655-0.

ICE Core Concepts

$56.00

ICE Core Concepts: Soil Mechanics is a concise, practical guide to the key concepts and latest developments in the field of soil mechanics. It explores the physical properties of soils and the behaviour of soil masses subjected to loads, as well as soil phases, classification and characteristics, stresses and fluid flow, consolidation, compressibility and compaction, shear strength, lateral earth pressure, slope stability and bearing capacity. These core principles can be applied to soil-like materials, such as coal ashes and mine tailings, and are explored using real-life scenarios and worked examples. Key features include real-life case studies and worked examples, easily digestible topic summaries, over 100 explanatory diagrams, and suggestions for further reading.

Revised and updated, this new edition features

a new chapter covering a range of special topics, including expansive soil, thermal and electrical properties of soil, reinforced soil and soil liquefaction
updates to existing chapters include sustainability considerations, some advanced topics, and recent developments in soil mechanics
updated and additional multiple-choice questions, and numerical/conceptual problems.

ICE Core Concepts: Soil Mechanics provides broad coverage of soil mechanics in a concise and accessible format, and is ideal for students, practising engineers and other related professionals who require a concise introduction to this subject. Together, ICE Core Concepts: Soil Mechanics and ICE Core Concepts: Geotechnical Engineering provide a comprehensive introduction to geotechnical engineering.