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  • Elon Musk

    Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future

    by Ashlee Vance ...
    A New York Times BestsellerIn the spirit of Steve Jobs and Moneyball, Elon Musk is both an illuminating and authorized look at the extraordinary life of one of Silicon Valley’s most exciting, unpredictable, and ambitious entrepreneurs—a real-life Tony Stark—and a fascinating exploration of the renewal of American invention and its new “makers.”Elon Musk spotlights the technology and vision of Elon ... Read more

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  • How to Avoid a Climate Disaster

    The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need

    by Bill Gates ...
    **#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical—and accessible—plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe.Bill Gates has spent a decade investigating the causes and effects of climate change. With the help of experts in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, ... Read more

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  • The Peregrine

    The Hill of Summer & Diaries: The Complete Works of J. A. Baker

    by J. A. Baker ...
    J. A. Baker’s extraordinary classic of British nature writingDespite the association of peregrines with the wild, outer reaches of the British Isles, The Peregrine is set on the flat marshes of the Essex coast, where J A Baker spent a long winter looking and writing about the visitors from the uplands – peregrines that spend the winter hunting the huge flocks of pigeons and waders that share the ... Read more

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  • Engineering Problem-Solving 101: Time-Tested and Timeless Techniques

    Time-Tested and Timeless Techniques

    by Robert W. Messler Jr. ...
    MASTER UNIVERSAL ENGINEERING PROBLEM-SOLVING TECHNIQUESAdvance your engineering skills and become a capable, confident problem solver by learning the wide array of tools, processes, and tactics employed in the field. Going far beyond "plug-and-chug" solutions, this multidisciplinary guide explains the underlying scientific principles, provides detailed engineering analysis, and lays out versatile ... Read more

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  • Energía sostenible sin malos humos

    by Javier Samanes Pascual, Julio Pascual Miqueleiz, Alberto Berrueta Irigoyen, Miguel Araiz Vega, Leyre Catalán Ros, Patricia Aranguren Garacochea, David Arricibita de Andrés, David JC MacKay ...
    Series series without the hot air
    La edición en rústica de este libro está editada por la UPNA - Universidad Pública de Navarra. Las ediciones de libros electrónicos son distribuidas por UIT y están disponibles sin costo alguno en los minoristas habituales de libros electrónicos en línea.El recurso renovable es «enorme», pero nuestro consumo también es «enorme». Para comparar cosas «enormes» necesitamos números, no adjetivos. Este ... Read more

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  • Dwelling in Resistance

    Living with Alternative Technologies in America

    by Chelsea Schelly ...
    Series series Nature, Society, and Culture
    Most Americans take for granted much of what is materially involved in the daily rituals of dwelling. In Dwelling in Resistance, Chelsea Schelly examines four alternative U.S. communities—“The Farm,” “Twin Oaks,” “Dancing Rabbit,” and “Earthships”—where electricity, water, heat, waste, food, and transportation practices differ markedly from those of the vast majority of Americans.Schelly portrays ... Read more

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  • Hypermiling Techniques

    Secret Tips For Increasing Your Miles Per Gallon

    by Ken Steuben ...
    ********GASOLENE IS GOING UP, UP, UP - Hypermiling May Help********I watched a news report the other day. A woman told the reporter that it cost her $75.00 to fill up her car. "It's scary," she said. And this just may be the beginning. There are too many things that can go wrong. Things that can drive the price of a gallon of gas ever higher: war, the threat of war, bad weather, seasonal ... Read more

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  • Klonede tigre

    En rejse i det ny vilde østen

    by Lone Frank ...
    Den bioteknologiske revolution, som lige nu finder sted i Asien, vil komme til at berøre hele verden. Videnskabsjournalist ved Weekendavisen Lone Frank tager læserne med ind i laboratoriernes fascinerende verden, hvor vi møder forskningens pionerer og visionære politikere. Bogen skildrer to af vor tids vigtigste historier: den bioteknologiske revolution og Asiens voldsomme økonomiske udvikling. ... Read more

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  • Compendium On Irrigation & Drainage Practices

    by Bipin Bihari Sahay, Vikas Kumar, Puffins Publishers Private Limited ...
    This book, COMPENDIUM ON IRRIGATION & DRAINAGE PRACTICES by Er. Bipin Bihari Sahay & Planner Vikas Kumar discusses the recent situations in the core sectors in the country related to water, like irrigation, drainage, sewage, etc. with best practices and recommendations of the same.In addition, few new and interesting topics like virtual water is also explored. The readers would get more detailed ... Read more

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  • Ecosystem Facts That You Should Know - The Forests Edition - Nature Picture Books | Children's Nature Books

    by Baby Professor ...
    If you look at Earth from outer space, you will notice that it has greens on its surface. Those are the forests. Forests are important because millions of life forms thrive in them. In fact, humans also depend on forests for food, shelter and medicinal requirement. This book will shed some light on interesting facts about forests that all kids should know about. ... Read more

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  • Facets of a Smart City: Computational and Experimental Techniques for Sustainable Urban Development

    by Pijush Samui, Anasua GuhaRay, Elham Mahmoudi ...
    A smart city uses technology to provide services and solve problems to improve urban policy efficiency, reduce waste, improve quality of life, and maximize social inclusion. By 2050, 66% of the world's population is expected to be urban, which is a key driver of a global trend toward the creation of smart cities. This trend creates many opportunities for urban planning committees to learn how to ... Read more

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  • Revolution

    A Short Sharp History of Scottish Wind Power - And Where It Goes From Here

    by Todd Westbrook ...
    Having written for a decade and a half on the renewable energy revolution, seasoned journalist Todd Westbrook here provides a potted history of Scottish wind power in the past, the present and the future an its potential to revolutionise power production across the world. Revolution takes readers on a fascinating journey from the industry’s origins in the 1950s to contemporary developments, at the ... Read more

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  • EAT UP

    The Inside Scoop on Rooftop Agriculture

    by Lauren Mandel ...
    From roof to table – urban food has reached new heights.Soaring prices and concerns about chemical-laden fruits and vegetables increasingly drive us to grow our own healthy food close to home. In cities, however, vanishing ground space and contaminated soils spur farmers, activists, and restaurateurs to look to the skyline for a solution. The hunger for local food has reached new heights, and ... Read more

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  • Renewable Energy

    by Owen Jones ...
    Series series How to...
    I hope that you will find the information helpful, useful and profitable.The information in this ebook on how to implement a strategy for sustainable energy at home is organized into 20 chapters of about 500-600 words each.I hope that it will interest those who would like to do something about creating their own energy for home use.As an added bonus, I am granting you permission to use the content ... Read more

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  • Youniverse: A Short Guide to Modern Science

    by Elsie Burch Donald ...
    Your guide to science, from the Big Bang to AIWhether you wish to discover the basics of science or catch up on its latest developments, this short accessible guide is for you.YOUNIVERSE describes in simple terms the world you are inseparably a part of: what it is, how it works and your place in it – insofar as these things are known. The text has been vetted by 13 distinguished scientists.Journey ... Read more

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  • Anaerobic Biotechnology: Environmental Protection And Resource Recovery

    by Herbert Han Ping Fang, Tong Zhang ...
    Environmental protection and resource recovery are two crucial issues facing our society in the 21st century. Anaerobic biotechnology has become widely accepted by the wastewater industry as the better alternative to the more conventional but costly aerobic process and tens of thousands of full-scale facilities using this technology have been installed worldwide in the past two decades. Anaerobic ... Read more

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  • Radioactive Waste Management In The 21st Century

    by William R Roy ...
    The safe management of radioactive wastes is of paramount importance in gaining both governmental and societal support for nuclear energy. The scope of this new textbook is to provide a comprehensive perspective on all types of radioactive wastes as to how they are created, classified, characterized, and disposed.Written to emphasize how geology and radionuclide chemistry impact waste management, ... Read more

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  • Thermal Analysis in the Geosciences

    Edited by Werner Smykatz-Kloss, Slade S.J. Warne ...
    Series Book 38 - Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences
    The application of thermal analysis is outlined by 18 contributions, writtenby experts in the various fields of geosciences. Emphasis was laid on the determination of minerals and technical products, kinetic parameters and calorific values in glass and ceramics technology, characterization of raw materials (e.g. clays, industrial minerals), in quality control and performance assessment, but also ... Read more

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  • Soft and Stiffness-controllable Robotics Solutions for Minimally Invasive Surgery

    The STIFF-FLOP Approach

    Edited by Jelizaveta Konstantinova, Helge Wurdemann, Ali Shafti ...
    Soft and Stiffness-controllable Robotics Solutions for Minimally Invasive Surgery presents the results of a research project, funded by European Commission, STIFF-FLOP: STIFFness controllable Flexible and Learn-able manipulator for surgical Operations. In Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS), tools go through narrow openings and manipulate soft organs that can move, deform, or change stiffness. There ... Read more

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  • Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences

    Edited by James R. Holton, Judith A. Curry ...
    This authoritative resource covers all aspects of atmospheric sciences - including both theory and applications. Nearly 350 articles and over 1,900 figures and photographs are presented, many in full-color. The Encyclopedia is an ideal resource for academia, government, and industry in the fields of atmospheric, ocean, and environmental sciences. It is written at a level that allows undergraduate ... Read more

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  • Cybernetics and the Constructed Environment

    Design Between Nature and Technology

    by Zihao Zhang ...
    Grounded in contemporary landscape architecture theory and practice*, Cybernetics and the Constructed Environment* blends examples from art, design, and engineering with concepts from cybernetics and posthumanism, offering a transdisciplinary examination of the ramifications of cybernetics on the constructed environment. Cybernetics, or the study of communication and control in animals and ... Read more

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  • Governance for Justice and Environmental Sustainability

    Lessons across Natural Resource Sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Edited by Merle Sowman, Rachel Wynberg ...
    Understanding the governance of complex social-ecological systems is vital in a world faced with rapid environmental change, conflicts over dwindling natural resources, stark disparities between rich and poor and the crises of sustainability. Improved understanding is also essential to promote governance approaches that are underpinned by justice and equity principles and that aim to reduce ... Read more

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  • 典型城市空气质量达标及碳排放达峰路径研究

    by 薄宇等 ...
    当前，我国面临着空气污染和气候变化的双重挑战，城市层级空气污染治理的政策体系已相对完善，但开展空气质量达标和碳排放达峰（以下简称“双达”）协同规划的城市仍然很少。本书建立了城市尺度温室气体和大气污染物排放清单编制方法，在此基础上提出了空气质量目标导向下城市“双达”的协同分析框架，同时选取郑州市、石家庄市、湖州市作为典型案例，阐述了城市“双达”的路径和策略。为实现城市“双达”目标，除末端控制措施外，必须进行能源、产业和运输结构的深度调整，能源绿色转型和落后产能淘汰具有较为显著的协同效益，在决策中应优先考虑。本书给出的方法框架、分析示例与政策建议，可为城市“双达”实践提供研究参考和决策依据。 ... Read more

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  • The Nature of Order, Book Four: The Luminous Ground

    An Essay on the Art of Building and The Nature of the Universe

    by Christopher Alexander ...
    Christopher Alexander's series of ground-breaking books including A Pattern Language and The Timeless Way of Building have pointed to fundamental truths of the way we build, revealing what gives life and beauty and true functionality to our buildings and towns. Now, in The Nature of Order, Alexander explores the properties of life itself, highlighting a set of well-defined structures present in ... Read more

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