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“Beautifully illustrated . . . Think of this book like dining on tapas, boasting savory flavors, some unexpected, that constitute a satisfying whole.” —Washington PostAndrew Revkin, strategic adviser for environmental and science journalism...
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Union Square & Co.
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2018-05-20
Collection :
Union Square & Co. Illustrated Histories
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This book provides comprehensive information on the rapidly developing field of urban horticulture for sustainable use of land resources and creating a better environment. It presents peer-reviewed chapters from leading international researchers in the field of...
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Springer
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2018-05-19
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This book provides a comprehensive overview of the geomorphology of Georgia. It describes a country characterized by geological, geomorphological and geographical diversities, located in the Caucasus region at the crossroads of Europe and Asia.This book is based on the...
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Springer
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2018-05-19
Collection :
Geography of the Physical Environment
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This edited book presents a novel collection of field-based empirical studies on the Quaternary geomorphology of the Lower Ganga Basin.The book covers a wide range of topics discussing various geomorphological facets of the Lower Ganga and its subsidiary rivers...
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Springer
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2018-05-19
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Dieses Buch behandelt konzeptionelle und methodische Grundlagen zur Beschreibung und Erklärung der Flächennutzung und Flächenentwicklung. Ausgewählte Autorinnen und Autoren aus verschiedensten Forschungs- und Planungsinstitutionen stellen eine breite Vielfalt an...
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Springer Spektrum
Parution :
2018-05-18
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This book gives a detailed account of the scarce water resources of Jordan, with a focus on their quantities, quality, and use for different sectors. It details the political, social, and economic dimensions of the scarce water resources along with their implications on...
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Springer
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2018-05-18
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The political regime of global capitalism reduces the world to an endless network of numbers within numbers, but how many of us really understand what numbers are? Without such an understanding, how can we challenge the regime of number? In Number and Numbers Alain...
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Polity
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2018-05-18
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This essential guide to the knowledge and tools in the field includes everything from the basic concepts to modern methods, while also forming a bridge to bioinformatics.The textbook offers a very clear and didactical structure, starting from the basics and the theory,...
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Wiley-VCH
Parution :
2018-05-18
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One of the main reasons for continuing interest in shock focusing is its ability to concentrate energy in a small volume and produce extreme temperatures and pressures in fluids in a controlled laboratory environment. The phenomenon of shock wave focusing leading to...
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Springer
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2018-05-18
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This edited, multi-author volume contains selected, peer–reviewed contributions based on the presentations given at the 21th International Workshop on Quantum Systems in Chemistry, Physics, and Biology (QSCP-XXI), held in Vancouver, Canada, in July 2016. This book is...
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Springer
Parution :
2018-05-17
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This book discusses how and why historical measurement units developed, and reviews useful methods for making conversions as well as situations in which dimensional analysis can be used. It starts from the history of length measurement, which is one of the oldest...
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Springer
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2018-05-17
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This ?thesis reports a major breakthrough in discovering the superconducting mechanism in CeCoIn5, the “hydrogen atom” among heavy fermion compounds. By developing a novel theoretical formalism, the study described herein succeeded in extracting the crucial missing...
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Springer
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2018-05-17
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This edited volume introduces dynamic approaches to the study of Southeast Asia’s environmental diversity from different disciplinary perspectives at the interface between the natural and social sciences. It brings together research on the region’s environmental...
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Springer
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2018-05-17
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Increase in world population, extreme weather conditions, decrease in fresh water supplies, and changes of dietary habits are major issues that affect global food security. We are expected to face the challenges of land use by 2050 because population will reach 9...
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Springer
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2018-05-17
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This book presents new methods of numerical modelling of tube heat exchangers, which can be used to perform design and operation calculations of exchangers characterized by a complex flow system. It also proposes new heat transfer correlations for laminar, transition...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2018-05-17
Collection :
Studies in Systems, Decision and Control
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Harmful Algal Blooms: A Compendium Desk Reference provides basic information on harmful algal blooms (HAB) and references for individuals in need of technical information when faced with unexpected or unknown harmful algal events. Chapters in this volume will provide...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2018-05-17
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Swamps and marshes once covered vast stretches of the North American landscape. The destruction of these habitats, long seen as wastelands that harbored deadly disease, accelerated in the twentieth century. Today, the majority of the original wetlands in the US have...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2018-05-17
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This book presents three major studies covering exomoon and exoplanet detection and characterisation. Firstly, it reports the observations and analysis of the atmosphere of the hot Neptune GJ3470b, one of the lowest-mass planets with a measured atmosphere, using...
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Springer
Parution :
2018-05-16
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In 2016, scientist Rosaly Lopes and artist Michael Carroll teamed up as fellows of the National Science Foundation to travel to Mount Erebus, the world’s southernmost active volcano in Antarctica. The logistics of getting there and complex operations of Antarctica's...
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Springer
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2018-05-16
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This book is a practical review which focuses on computational analysis and on in silico approaches towards the systematic discovery of various key functional gene expression elements in microalgae as a model. So far, in this regard very little information is available....
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Springer
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2018-05-16
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