An updated edition of the highly successful and influential Takes On Films, now with twice as many film reviews written by Dan Keizer. He's reviewing new movies, he's reviewing old movies, he's reviewing action, science fiction, art movies, movies about cats, movies about dogs, movies about stupid kids and even movies where it's mostly people just sitting around and talking.With reviews often accompanied by wild conspiracy theories, pointless personal anecdotes and curmudg...

Two veteran 7-Eleven clerks share their thoughts and memories from their years manning the counter around the turn of the century.

Lightning On Saratoga Ave. is the story of Marvin White's a radical new type of electric generator, built in his back yard on Detroit's east side.

Dan Keizer Takes on Films is a collection of movie reviews, vaguely focused on science fiction, fantasy and horror produced in the current century. There is the occasional appearance of other genres as well as films from the 20th century.

Inside every issue of the "Solar Power Basics" newsletter you'll learn valuable information that will help you understand the benefits of using solar power! You learn things like: How solar power works, its benefits and uses as an alternative from of energy Solid information that will help you decide whether or not incorporating solar power into your lifestyle is the right option. The different types of solar power, including solar cookers, generat...

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The creation of a flexible, efficient, digitized, dependable and resilient power grid may well be the best route to increasing energy efficiency & security, as well as boosting the potential of renewable & distributed power sources. This book covers smart grids from A-Z, providing a complete treatment of the topic, covering both policy and technology, explaining the most recent innovations supporting its development, and clarifying how the smart grid can support the integration of renewabl...

Quantum Mechanics deals with various aspects of quantum mechanics and covers topics ranging from the uncertainty principle and the principle of superposition to conservation laws, Schrödinger's equation, and perturbation theory. Spin, radiation, and the identity of particles are also discussed, along with the atom, the diatomic molecule, elastic and inelastic collisions, and Feynman diagrams. Comprised of 16 chapters, this volume begins with an overview of non-relativistic quantum theory a...

The former Soviet Union possessed some of the world's largest reserves of energy and mineral resources. With the dissolution of the country in 1991, the former Soviet republics are now exercising complete control over their mining industries. The new Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) consists of several new nations, well-endowed in hydrocarbons, metals, and industrial materials; efforts are now underway to boost development activities and attract foreign investment. Commonwealth mem...

This book describes computing innovation, using non-volatile memory for a sustainable world. It appeals to both computing engineers and device engineers by describing a new means of lower power computing innovation, without sacrificing performance over conventional low-voltage operation. Readers will be introduced to methods of design and implementation for non-volatile memory which allow computing equipment to be turned off normally when not in use and to be turned on instantly to operate...

Shock & Vibration, Aircraft/Aerospace and Energy Harvesting, Volume 9: Proceedings of the 35th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2017, the ninth volume of ten from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Shock & Vibration, Aircraft/Aerospace and Energy Harvesting including papers on:

This 800-page premier book on energy focuses on energy sources, utilizations, legislations and sustainability as it relates to a state, a province, or a country, or a community within a state. This book presents various kinds of energy sources, ways to convert energy for end use, better use of energy towards conservation and energy- and environmental-sustainability. As a very proper model-state the authors chose the State of Illinois which has the largest overall fossil energy reserves, in...