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Piazza, Roberto |
Soft Matter |
I06172 |
2011 |
eBook |
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Ronchi, Claudio |
The Tree of Knowledge |
I06159 |
2014 |
eBook |
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Alley, Michael |
The Craft of Scientific Presentations |
I06158 |
2013 |
eBook |
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| 54 |
Burgess, Colin |
Animals in Space |
I06077 |
2007 |
eBook |
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| 55 |
Bertolotti, Mario |
Celestial Messengers |
I05863 |
2013 |
eBook |
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| 56 |
Marro, Joaqu??n |
Physics, Nature and Society |
I05850 |
2014 |
eBook |
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Nightingale, David |
A Kitchen Course in Electricity and Magnetism |
I05815 |
2015 |
eBook |
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Luokkala, Barry B |
Exploring Science Through Science Fiction |
I05769 |
2014 |
eBook |
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Lardier, Christian |
The Soyuz Launch Vehicle |
I05753 |
2013 |
eBook |
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Burgess, Colin |
Moon Bound |
I05747 |
2013 |
eBook |
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| Title | Soft Matter : The stuff that dreams are made of |
| Author(s) | Piazza, Roberto |
| Publication | Dordrecht, 1. Imprint: Copernicus
2. Springer Netherlands, 2011. |
| Description | XIV, 280 p. 61 illus., 35 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | ???Soft matter may, as Roberto Piazza puts it, be the stuff of dreams, but it is also the stuff of life. That is what makes this book so engaging ??? because it shows the ingenuity that both nature and humankind have invested in the bendy, stretchy, fragile, tough and adaptable substances we find all around us. There is plenty of hard science in this soft matter, and Piazza offers an urbane and eloquent tour through it.??? Philip Ball, multi-award winning science writer. This book takes you for a leisurely walk through the ???middle earth??? that scientists call soft matter -- much smaller than what we observe with the naked eye, but not as remote as the esoteric realm of molecules, atoms and fundamental particles. From toys to trainers, our civilization would be very different if we did not have plastic. From milk to paint, what would we do without colloids? We ourselves fall into the category of soft matter, made as we are of a molecular origami of proteins, DNA and other biological compounds. This fascinating exploration reveals what these materials have in common and which aspects of their behavior make them useful in our everyday life.?? Understanding more about their physical properties will make you marvel at the ???soft??? things that surround us. With a Foreword by Professor Henk Lekkerkerker, Utrecht University, the Netherlands Roberto Piazza trained as a physicist at the school of Vittorio Degiorgio, and is now a professor of Condensed Matter Physics at the Politecnico di Milano, Italy, Associate Editor of the European Physical Journal E and coordinator of the European Space Agency's Topical Team for "Applications of colloids in microgravity" of the European Space Agency. He has made important contributions to research on nanoparticle suspensions, polymer and surfactant solutions and?? biological macromolecules. He is not only a gifted physicists, but equally well versed in history and literature |
| ISBN,Price | 9789400705852 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Amorphous substances
2. Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics
3. BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS
4. BIOPHYSICS
5. Complex fluids
6. EBOOK
7. EBOOK - SPRINGER
8. Materials???Surfaces
9. Polymer Sciences
10. Polymers????
11. Popular Science, general
12. Popular works
13. Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics
14. Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films
15. THIN FILMS
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| Title | The Tree of Knowledge : The Bright and the Dark Sides of Science |
| Author(s) | Ronchi, Claudio |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2014. |
| Description | XX, 286 p. 48 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Whether considered a divine gift or a Promethean conquest, science has indisputably and indelibly marked the course of human history. A product of the intellectual elite, but always nourished by the many fruits of its applications, science appears today to be a perfect system, whose laws and discoveries guide all human activities. Yet the foundations of its authority remain an open question, entailing disquieting aspects that are also to be identified in modern science. Furthermore it is seen to be exerting an increasing power over mankind. Readers are invited to follow an itinerary through the history of science, a voyage which, in the end, enables them to catch a glimpse of two divergent futures: One in which science accelerates the downfall of Homo sapiens, and another in which it helps our species to engage in a new and positive adventure, whose outcome nobody can know |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319014845 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. HISTORY
4. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
5. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
6. PHYSICS
7. Popular Science, general
8. Popular works
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| Title | The Craft of Scientific Presentations : Critical Steps to Succeed and Critical Errors to Avoid |
| Author(s) | Alley, Michael |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2013. |
| Description | XIX, 286 p. 59 illus., 53 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The Craft of Scientific Presentations, 2nd edition aims to strengthen you as a presenter of science and engineering. The book does so by identifying what makes excellent presenters such as Brian Cox, Jane Goodall, Richard Feynman, and Jill Bolte Taylor so strong. In addition, the book explains what causes so many scientific presentations to flounder. One of the most valuable contributions of this text is that it teaches the assertion-evidence approach to scientific presentations. Instead of building presentations, as most engineers and scientists do, on the weak foundation of topic phrases and bulleted lists, this assertion-evidence approach calls for building presentations on succinct message assertions supported by visual evidence. Unlike the commonly followed topic-subtopic approach that PowerPoint leads presenters to use, the assertion-evidence approach is solidly grounded in research. By showing the differences between strong and weak presentations, by identifying the errors that scientific presenters typically make, and by teaching a much more powerful approach for scientific presentations than what is commonly practiced, this book places you in a position to elevate your presentations to a high level. In essence, this book aims to have you not just succeed in your scientific presentations, but excel. About the Author Michael Alley has taught workshops on presentations to engineers and scientists on five continents, and has recently been invited to speak at the European Space Organization, Harvard Medical School, MIT, Sandia National Labs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Simula Research Laboratory, and United Technologies. An Associate Professor of engineering communication at Pennsylvania State University, Alley is a leading researcher on the effectiveness of different designs for presentation slides |
| ISBN,Price | 9781441982797 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. ENGINEERING
4. Engineering, general
5. Engineering???Vocational guidance
6. Job Careers in Science and Engineering
7. PHYSICS
8. Physics, general
9. Popular Science, general
10. Popular works
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| Title | Animals in Space : From Research Rockets to the Space Shuttle |
| Author(s) | Burgess, Colin;Dubbs, Chris |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2007. |
| Description | L, 406 p. 160 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Many readers will doubtless be astonished to learn that animals were being fired aloft in U.S. and Soviet research rockets in the late 1940s. In fact most people not only believe that the Russian space dog Laika was the first canine to be launched into space, but also that the high-profile, precursory Mercury flights of chimps Ham and Enos were the only primate flights conducted by the United States. In fact, both countries had sent literally dozens of animals aloft for many years prior to these events and continued to do so for many years after. Other latter-day space nations, such as France and China, would also begin to use animals in their own space research. Animals in Space will explain why dogs, primates, mice and other rodents were chosen and tested, at a time when dedicated scientists from both space nations were determined to establish the survivability of human subjects on both ballistic and orbital space flights. It will also recount the way this happened; the secrecy involved and the methods employed, and offer an objective analysis of how the role of animals as spaceflight test subjects not only evolved, but subsequently changed over the years in response to a public outcry led by animal activists. It will explore the ways in which animal high-altitude and space flight research impacted on space flight biomedicine and technology, and how the results - both successful and disappointing - allowed human beings to then undertake that same hazardous journey with far greater understanding and confidence. This book is intended as a detailed yet highly readable and balanced account of the history of animal space flights, and the resultant application of hard-won research to space technology and astrobiology. It will undoubtedly become the ultimate authority on animal space flights |
| ISBN,Price | 9780387496788 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Aerospace engineering
2. Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
3. ASTRONAUTICS
4. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
5. Astronomy???Observations
6. Automotive engineering
7. EBOOK
8. EBOOK - SPRINGER
9. HISTORY
10. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
11. History, general
12. Observations, Astronomical
13. PHYSICS
14. Popular Science, general
15. Popular works
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| Title | Celestial Messengers : Cosmic Rays: The Story of a Scientific Adventure |
| Author(s) | Bertolotti, Mario |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013. |
| Description | XIV, 330 p. 105 illus., 12 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The book describes from a historical point of view how cosmic rays were discovered. The book describes the research in cosmic rays. The main focus is on how the knowledge was gained, describing the main experiments and the conclusions drawn. Biographical sketches of main researchers are provided. Cosmic rays have an official date of discovery which is linked to the famous balloon flights of the Austrian physicist Hess in 1912. The year 2012 can therefore be considered the centenary of the discovery |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642283710 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
2. Astronomy???Observations
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
6. NUCLEAR PHYSICS
7. Observations, Astronomical
8. Particle and Nuclear Physics
9. PHYSICS
10. Popular Science, general
11. Popular works
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| Title | Physics, Nature and Society : A Guide to Order and Complexity in Our World |
| Author(s) | Marro, Joaqu??n |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2014. |
| Description | XII, 204 p. 146 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This wide-ranging and accessible book serves as a fascinating guide to the strategies and concepts that help us understand the boundaries between physics, on the one hand, and sociology, economics, and biology on the other. From cooperation and criticality to flock dynamics and fractals, the author addresses many of the topics belonging to the broad theme of complexity. He chooses excellent examples (requiring no prior mathematical knowledge) to illuminate these ideas and their implications. The lively style and clear description of the relevant models will appeal both to novices and those with an existing knowledge of the field |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319020242 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
2. COMPLEX SYSTEMS
3. Developmental biology
4. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. GAME THEORY
8. Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences
9. Popular Science, general
10. Popular works
11. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
12. Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems
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| Title | A Kitchen Course in Electricity and Magnetism |
| Author(s) | Nightingale, David;Spencer, Christopher |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2015. |
| Description | XII, 179 p. 164 illus., 127 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book will show you how to build a battery, detect static electricity, and construct a basic current meter, all using common items from your kitchen. Along the way, you'll learn about the meaning of "voltage" and "current," what makes an LED work, and the difference between AC and DC. The last chapter uses transistors -- the basic building blocks of every computer -- for lots of interesting experiments. With plenty of colorful illustrations, historical stories, and an easy, accessible style, A Kitchen Course in Electricity and Magnetism will be a great start for budding and amateur scientists who want to learn more about how the world works |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319053059 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. CLASSICAL ELECTRODYNAMICS
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. ELECTRODYNAMICS
5. ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
6. Electronic Circuits and Devices
7. ELECTRONICS
8. Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation
9. MAGNETIC MATERIALS
10. MAGNETISM
11. Magnetism, Magnetic Materials
12. MICROELECTRONICS
13. OPTICS
14. Popular Science, general
15. Popular works
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| Title | Exploring Science Through Science Fiction |
| Author(s) | Luokkala, Barry B |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2014. |
| Description | XIX, 241 p. 27 illus., 20 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | How does Einstein???s description of space and time compare with Dr. Who? Can James Bond really escape from an armor-plated railroad car by cutting through the floor with a laser concealed in a wristwatch? What would it take to create a fully-intelligent android, such as Star Trek???s Commander Data? How might we discover intelligent civilizations on other planets in the galaxy? Is human teleportation possible? Will our technological society ever reach the point at which it becomes lawful to discriminate on the basis of genetic information, as in the movie GATTACA? Exploring Science Through Science Fiction addresses these and other interesting questions, using science fiction as a springboard for discussing fundamental science concepts and cutting-edge science research. The book is designed as a primary text for a college-level course which should appeal to students in the fine arts and humanities as well as to science and engineering students. It includes references to original research papers, landmark scientific publications and technical documents, as well as a broad range of science literature at a more popular level. With over 180 references to specific scenes in 130 sci-fi movies and TV episodes, spanning over 100 years of cinematic history, it should be an enjoyable read for anyone with an interest in science and science fiction |
| ISBN,Price | 9781461478911 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. ENGINEERING
5. Engineering, general
6. GRAVITATION
7. LIFE SCIENCES
8. Life Sciences, general
9. MATERIALS SCIENCE
10. Materials Science, general
11. Popular Science, general
12. Popular works
13. SPACE SCIENCES
14. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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| Title | The Soyuz Launch Vehicle : The Two Lives of an Engineering Triumph |
| Author(s) | Lardier, Christian;Barensky, Stefan |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2013. |
| Description | XII, 500 p. 233 illus., 111 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The Soyuz launch vehicle has had a long and illustrious history. Built as the world's first intercontinental missile, it took the first man into space in April 1961, before becoming the workhorse of Russian spaceflight, launching satellites, interplanetary probes, every cosmonaut from Gagarin onwards, and, now, the multinational crews of the International Space Station. This remarkable book gives a complete and accurate description of the two lives of Soyuz, chronicling the cooperative space endeavor of Europe and Russia. First, it takes us back to the early days of astronautics, when technology served politics. From archives found in the Soviet Union the authors describe the difficulty of designing a rocket in the immediate post-war period. Then, in Soyuz's golden age, it launched numerous scientific missions and manned flights which were publicized worldwide while the many more numerous military missions were kept highly confidential! The second part of the book tells the contemporary story of the second life of Soyuz, gathered from Western sources and interviews with key protagonists. It addresses the sensitive issue of the strategic choices that led to the establishment of Soyuz in French Guiana, describing the role of a few visionaries in Russia and in Europe who decided to leave their respective isolation behind and bring Syouz and Ariane together. In the final analysis, this book is a profound description of a formidable human adventure |
| ISBN,Price | 9781461454595 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Aerospace engineering
2. Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
3. ASTRONAUTICS
4. ASTRONOMY
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. Popular Science in Astronomy
8. Popular Science, general
9. Popular works
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| Title | Moon Bound : Choosing and Preparing NASA's Lunar Astronauts |
| Author(s) | Burgess, Colin |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2013. |
| Description | XXVIII, 371 p. 168 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Often lost in the shadow of the first group of astronauts for the Mercury missions, the second and third groups included the leading figures for NASA's activities for the following two decades. ???Moon Bound??? complements the author???s recently published work, ???Selecting the Mercury Seven??? (2011), extending the story of the men who helped to launch human spaceflight and broaden the American space program. Although the initial 1959 group became known as the legendary pioneering Mercury astronauts, the astronauts of Groups 2 and 3 gave us many household names. Sixteen astronauts from both groups traveled to the Moon in Project Apollo, with several actually walking on the Moon, one of them being Neil Armstrong. This book draws on interviews to tell the astronauts' personal stories and recreate the drama of that time. It describes the process by which they were selected as astronauts and explains how the criteria had changed since the first group. ???Moon Bound??? is divided into two parts, recounting the biographies relating to the nine astronauts from NASA???s Group 2 in the first part, and the fourteen finalists in Group 3 in the second part. The stories of both selection groups are narrated through the experiences of four finalists with interesting backgrounds. One of these men is Al Rupp of the USAF who, as a West Point cadet, cheekily helped to steal the Navy mascot goat prior to the annual Army versus Navy game in 1953, thus achieving legendary status in the game???s history. Rupp was killed in a plane crash just two years after being named as a finalist for Group 3. The service career of naval aviator John Yamnicky was also very much the equal of other finalists, but he was killed on September 11, 2001, as??he was a passenger on hijacked Flight 77, which was flown into the Pentagon. At the end of the work there are several chapters on how these candidates were prepped for their missions |
| ISBN,Price | 9781461438557 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Aerospace engineering
2. Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
3. ASTRONAUTICS
4. ASTRONOMY
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. HISTORY
8. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
9. Popular Science in Astronomy
10. Popular Science, general
11. Popular works
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