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  • Blue Machine

    How the Ocean Shapes Our World

    by Helen Czerski ...
    WINNER OF THE 2024 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATIONFINANCIAL TIMES 2023 HIGHLIGHT'Helen Czerski weaves together physics and biology, history and science, in a beautifully poetic way.'Professor Alice Roberts'In Helen Czerski's hands, the mechanical becomes magical. An instant classic.'Tristan Gooley, author of How to Read Water<strong... ... Read more

    9,99 €

  • Black Holes: The Reith Lectures

    by Stephen Hawking ...
    “It is said that fact is sometimes stranger than fiction, and nowhere is that more true than in the case of black holes. Black holes are stranger than anything dreamed up by science fiction writers.”In 2016 Professor Stephen Hawking delivered the BBC Reith Lectures on a subject that fascinated him for decades – black holes.In these flagship lectures the legendary physicist argued that if we could ... Read more

    8,49 €

  • Introduction To Earth Sciences: A Physics Approach (Second Edition)

    by Luc Thomas Ikelle ...
    For more than seven decades, geophysicists have made significant contributions to the description of solid Earth and deep space, based on the physical properties; on the exploration and production of the resources deep in the ground; and on an understanding and mitigation of the hazards associated with the Earth's dynamics, such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, hurricanes, ... Read more

    75,57 €

  • 2023 Avalanche Catastrophe Risk Analysis

    by Wayne Adams ...
    Wayne Adams predicted the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes of July 4 and 5 occurred north and northeast of the town of Ridgecrest, California, and west of Searles Valley, California with tremendous accuracy months in advance. Wayne has also forecasted the avalanche in California on March 3, 2018, that closed a portion of the California highway months in advance. Now he is bringing this forecast method ... Read more

    1,90 €

  • Theory And Applications Of Ocean Surface Waves (Third Edition) (In 2 Volumes)

    by Chiang C Mei, Michael Aharon Stiassnie, Dick K-p Yue ...
    Series Book 42 - Advanced Series On Ocean Engineering
    This book set is a revised version of the 2005 edition of Theory and Applications of Ocean Surface Waves. It presents theoretical topics on ocean wave dynamics, including basic principles and applications in coastal and offshore engineering as well as coastal oceanography. Advanced analytical and numerical techniques are demonstrated. In this revised version, five chapters on recent developments ... Read more

    62,74 €

  • Wavefronts And Rays As Characteristics And Asymptotics (2nd Edition)

    by Michael A Slawinski, Andrej Bona ...
    This textbook — incorporated with many illuminating examples and exercises — is aimed at graduate students of physical sciences and engineering. The purpose is to provide a background of physics and underlying mathematics for the concept of rays, filling the gap between mathematics and physics textbooks for a coherent treatment of all topics. The authors' emphasis and extremely good presentation ... Read more

    31,37 €

  • Thermal Signatures of Heat Transfer Processes in the Earth’s Crust

    Translated by C. Newcomb ...
    by Christoph Clauser ...
    Series Book 85 - Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences
    This book deals with the signatures left by geodynamic proceses in the temperature field of the Earth's crust. First, it introduces briefly the established, indirect methods for interpreting the present termperature field and methods for reconstructing the thermal fields of the geological past. Then the spatial and temporal scales that are relevant for heat transport processes are described. This ... Read more

    78,11 €

  • On the Origin of Continents and Oceans: Book 2

    The Earths Rock Record

    by James Maxlow ...
    ON THE ORIGIN OF CONTINENTS AND OCEANS is a completely new way of looking at and understanding modern scientific evidence about the origin of Earth's continents and oceans. Since the 1960s this evidence has traditionally been gathered in support of Plate Tectonic studies and as such, until now, has rarely been looked at other than from a conventional Plate Tectonic perspective. This conventional ... Read more

    19,07 €

  • Deep Earth Electrical Conductivity

    by CAMPBELL ...
    Series series Pageoph Topical Volumes

    47,69 €

  • Advances in European Geothermal Research

    Proceedings of the Second International Seminar on the Results of EC Geothermal Energy Research, held in Strasbourg, 4–6 March 1980

    Edited by A.S. Strub, P. Ungemach ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    The first crisis in energy prices was undoubtedly a strong stimulus for the involvement of the Commission of the European Communities in research and development on alternative energy sources. Indeed, the need to overcome difficulties faced by the Community as a whole, particularly those resulting from its severely unbalanced energy supply, made a common Community approach seem especially apt. ... Read more

    85,85 €

  • The Use of Historical Data in Natural Hazard Assessments

    Edited by Thomas Glade, Paola Albini, Félix Francés ...
    Series Book 17 - Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research
    Natural hazards such as earthquakes, landslides, floods, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, and hurricanes cause environmental, economic as well as sociological problems worldwide. In recent years, greater availability of information and sensational media reports of natural hazard occurrence -and in particular in terms of property damage or loss oflife caused by these hazards -resulted in an increase ... Read more

    133,55 €

  • Seismogenic and Tsunamigenic Processes in Shallow Subduction Zones

    by Jeanne Sauber, Renata Dmowska ...
    Series series Pageoph Topical Volumes
    Earthquakes in shallow subduction zones account for the greatest part of seismic energy release in the Earth and often cause significant damage; in some cases they are accompanied by devastating tsunamis. Understanding the physics of seismogenic and tsunamigenic processes in such zones continues to be a challenging focus of ongoing research. The seismologic and geodetic work reported in this ... Read more

    85,85 €

  • Of Poles and Zeros

    Fundamentals of Digital Seismology

    by F. Scherbaum ...
    Series Book 15 - Modern Approaches in Geophysics
    Digital signal processing has become an integral part of observational seismology. Seismic waveforms and the parameters commonly extracted from them are strongly influenced by the effects of numerous filters, both within the earth and within the recording system. With the advent of numerous software tools for the processing of digital seismograms, seismologists have unprecedented power in ... Read more

    85,85 €

  • China Satellite Navigation Conference (CSNC) 2013 Proceedings

    BeiDou/GNSS Navigation Applications • Test & Assessment Technology • User Terminal Technology

    Edited by Jiadong Sun, Wenhai Jiao, Haitao Wu, Chuang Shi ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    China Satellite Navigation Conference (CSNC) 2013 Proceedings presents selected research papers from CSNC2013, held on 15-17 May in Wuhan, China. The theme of CSNC2013 is: BeiDou Application: Opportunities and Challenges. These papers discuss the technologies and applications of the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), and the latest progress made in the China BeiDou system especially. They ... Read more

    275,70 €

  • China Satellite Navigation Conference (CSNC) 2013 Proceedings

    Precise Orbit Determination & Positioning • Atomic Clock Technique & Time–Frequency System • Integrated Navigation & New Methods

    Edited by Jiadong Sun, Haitao Wu, Chuang Shi, Wenhai Jiao ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    China Satellite Navigation Conference (CSNC) 2013 Proceedings presents selected research papers from CSNC2013, held on 15-17 May in Wuhan, China. The theme of CSNC2013 is: BeiDou Application: Opportunities and Challenges. These papers discuss the technologies and applications of the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), and the latest progress made in the China BeiDou system especially. They ... Read more

    190,79 €

  • Rocket-Triggered Lightning

    The Development of Physical Process and Effect of Lightning Discharge

    by Li Cai, Jianguo Wang, Mi Zhou, Jinxin Cao, Yadong Fan ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    This book summarises the fruitful results of rocket-triggered lightning experiments conducted in Guangdong, China, in recent years, including data analysis and theoretical research. One of the main features of this book is to compare the differences between lightning strikes on overhead power lines and strikes on the ground. Starting from the technical background and experimental methods of rocket ... Read more

    152,63 €

  • Hadean Earth

    by T. Mark Harrison ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book consolidates the latest research on the Hadean Eon - the first 500 million years of Earth history - which has permitted hypotheses of early Earth evolution to be tested, including geophysical models that include the possibility of plate tectonic-like behavior. These new observations challenge the longstanding Hadean paradigm – based on no observational evidence - of a desiccated, ... Read more

    133,55 €

  • Historical Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Archaeology in the Iberian Peninsula

    Edited by Manuel Álvarez-Martí-Aguilar, Francisco Machuca Prieto ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Research on historical earthquakes and tsunamis in the Iberian Peninsula has made great strides in recent years, from diverse scientific fields ranging from geology to archaeology. In addition to the famous earthquake and tsunami of 1755, which intensely affected the peninsula, researchers are conducting a growing number of surveys and case studies on seismic episodes and extreme wave events of ... Read more

    162,17 €

  • Physical and Mathematical Modeling of Earth and Environment Processes—2022

    Proceedings of 8th International Scientific Conference-School for Young Scientists

    Edited by V. I. Karev ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    The book presents short papers of participants of the 8th International Scientific Conference-School for Young Scientists "Physical and Mathematical Modeling of Earth and Environment Processes" (Ishlinsky Institute for Problems in Mechanics of the Russian Academy of Sciences). The book includes theoretical and experimental studies of processes in the atmosphere, oceans, the lithosphere and their ... Read more

    209,87 €

  • Physical and Mathematical Modeling of Earth and Environment Processes

    Proceedings of 7th International Conference, Moscow, 2021

    Edited by V. I. Karev ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book presents short papers of participants of the 7th International Scientific Conference-School for Young Scientists "Physical and Mathematical Modeling of Earth and Environment Processes" (Ishlinsky Institute for Problems in Mechanics of the Russian Academy of Sciences). The book includes theoretical and experimental studies of processes in the atmosphere, oceans, the lithosphere, and their ... Read more

    162,17 €

  • Numerical Weather Prediction: East Asian Perspectives

    Edited by Seon Ki Park ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book describes the history, development, current status of numerical weather prediction (NWP), in both operational and research modes, and various applications of NWP models, which have been made by the scientists in East Asian countries. In particular, it introduces the major contributions to the worldwide NWP community achieved by East Asian scientists, including parameterizations, data ... Read more

    171,71 €

  • الفرضيات الاثنتي عشر - ج 3 الفرضية التاسعة توسع الكرة الارضية

    by khawla khaled ...
    على مدار أكثر من ثلاثة عقود، انطلقت هذه الدراسة في رحلة فكرية غير تقليدية، مدفوعة بشغف شخصي للبحث عن إجابات لأسئلة كونية عميقة. بدأت المسيرة كباحثة هاوية في عام 1992، منطلقة من التساؤل حول الكوارث الطبيعية ونهاية الأجرام السماوية، لتتوسع تدريجياً وتشمل علومًا متعددة من الفيزياء الفلكية إلى البيولوجيا والفلسفة. الهدف لم يكن مجرد جمع المعلومات، بل هو الوصول إلى "رؤية شاملة للكون"، تجمع بين مختلف ... Read more

    0,99 €

  • Interaction between the Epikarst and Surface Karstification (Case Studies)

    by Márton Veress ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The book deals with the relationship and interaction between epikarst and surface karstification in seven chapters. The focus of the book is the development of the epikarst of different karst types and the genetics between the epikarst and landscape features. Chapter 1 gives a general description on the epikarst. Chapter 2 describes the sediment structure of subsidence dolines and interprets their ... Read more

    152,63 €

  • Earth Dynamics

    Deformations and Oscillations of the Rotating Earth

    by D. E. Smylie ...
    The Earth is a dynamic system. Internal processes, together with external gravitational forces of the Sun, Moon and planets, displace the Earth's mass, impacting on its shape, rotation and gravitational field. D. E. Smylie provides a rigorous overview of the dynamical behaviour of the solid Earth, explaining the theory and presenting methods for numerical implementation. Topics include advanced ... Read more

    57,87 €