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Shaver, Peter |
The Rise of Science |
I08553 |
2018 |
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Lumley, John L |
Fluid Mechanics and the Environment: Dynamical Approaches |
I11216 |
2001 |
eBook |
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13 |
Narisada, Kohei |
Light Pollution Handbook |
I10974 |
2004 |
eBook |
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14 |
Pawlowski, Lucjan |
Thermal Solid Waste Utilisation in Regular and Industrial Facilities |
I10560 |
2000 |
eBook |
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Butterworth, Frank M |
Biomonitors and Biomarkers as Indicators of Environmental Change 2 |
I10533 |
2001 |
eBook |
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Csermely, Peter |
Weak Links |
I08197 |
2009 |
eBook |
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Pechenkin, Alexander |
Leonid Isaakovich Mandelstam |
I07179 |
2014 |
eBook |
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18 |
Lilensten, Jean |
Space Weather |
I06918 |
2007 |
eBook |
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Kokhanovsky, Alexander A |
Light Scattering Reviews, Vol. 6 |
I06231 |
2012 |
eBook |
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Stocker, Michael |
Hear Where We Are |
I06139 |
2013 |
eBook |
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Title | The Rise of Science : From Prehistory to the Far Future |
Author(s) | Shaver, Peter |
Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2018. |
Description | X, 279 p. 5 illus. in color : online resource |
Abstract Note | How did science rise up to so dramatically change our world, and where will it take us in the future? This book gives a unique and broad overview. A brief history reveals the major phases and turning points in the rise of science from the earliest civilizations to the present: How was science ???discovered???? Why did it disappear a few times? When did it become ???modern???? A critical assessment examines how science actually ???happens???: the triumphs, the struggles, the mistakes and the luck. Science today is endlessly fascinating, and this book explores the current exponential growth, curiosity-driven vs. goal-oriented research, big and small science, the support of science, the relation of science to society, philosophy and religion, and the benefits and dangers of science. Finally a glimpse into the future: Will the current pace of science continue? Will we ever go backwards (again)? What remains to be discovered? Can science ever be complete? What can we imagine for the distant future? This book will be of wide interest to the general reader as well as to students and working scientists. This book provides a fresh, unique and insightful coverage of the processes of science, its impact on society and our understanding of the world, based on the author???s experience gained from a lifetime in science. Ron Ekers, FRS, CSIRO Fellow, CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science, Former President of the International Astronomical Union Peter Shaver's comprehensive and lively survey deserves a wide readership. Scientific discoveries are part of our global culture and heritage, and they underpin our lives. It's fascinating to learn how they were made, and how they fit into the grand scheme. This book isn't just for scientists - it's written for all of us. Martin Rees, FRS, Astronomer Royal, Former President of the Royal Society and Former Master of Trinity College, Cambridge This book offers a wonderfully concise and accessible insight into science ??? its history, breadth and future prospects. Peter Shaver gives a feeling for what it actually means to be a practicing scientist. Stephen Simpson, FRS, Academic Director, Charles Perkins Centre, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney |
ISBN,Price | 9783319918129 |
Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. ENVIRONMENT
5. HEALTH
6. HISTORY
7. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
8. MEDICINE
9. NATURE
10. Philosophy and science
11. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
12. PHYSICS
13. Popular Science in Astronomy
14. Popular Science in Medicine and Health
15. Popular Science in Nature and Environment
16. Popular Science in Physics
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Title | Light Pollution Handbook |
Author(s) | Narisada, Kohei;Schreuder, Duco |
Publication | Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands, 2004. |
Description | XXVIII, 943 p : online resource |
Abstract Note | This book deals with light pollution and about the ways to reduce it. Light pollution is one of the negative side-effects of artificial outdoor lighting. The term light pollution is an unhappy one, but as no better alternative seems to exist, it will be used throughout this book. The function of all outdoor lighting is to enhance the visibility or the aesthetics in the nighttime environment. The light should come where it is needed. If not, it is spilled, causing economic and environmental losses as well as disturbance and discomfort. The overall effects are termed 'light pollution'; a major form of light pollution is the glow extending over the night sky. Sky glow is discussed in many astronomical textbooks and in many popular brochures. The present book is primarily aimed at those responsible for outdoor lighting installations. Thus, an engineering approach has been chosen. The level of the book is that of 'college' or 'University level'. The book is organized in two parts. The first seven chapters cover the areas of general interest, and conclude with recommendations. The second part deals with the scientific and engineering elaboration of the first part. A number of examples are included that refer to specific outdoor lighting installations and projects that are directly related to the reduction of light pollution. Finally, some information is given about the authors |
ISBN,Price | 9781402026669 |
Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. ENVIRONMENT
7. Environment, general
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Title | Thermal Solid Waste Utilisation in Regular and Industrial Facilities |
Author(s) | Pawlowski, Lucjan;Dudzinska, Marzenna R;Gonzales, Marjorie A |
Publication | New York, NY, Springer US, 2000. |
Description | VIII, 175 p : online resource |
Abstract Note | Proceedings of the International Workshop, Thermal Solid Waste Utilization in Regular and Industrial Facilities, held in Kazimierz Dolny, Poland, November 28-30, 1999. In recent years, industrial and urban growth has resulted in growing volumes of nondegradable wastes, and this volume focuses on the technologies related to recycling and material reuse which are now being favoured over land disposal. There is an overview on waste utilisation in industrial facilities, particularly cement kilns, from an ecological as well as technological aspect, and some innovative solutions of pyrolitic and plasma reactors, used for hazardous wastes combustion |
ISBN,Price | 9781461542131 |
Keyword(s) | 1. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. ENVIRONMENT
5. Environment, general
6. Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering
7. Industrial Pollution Prevention
8. Pollution prevention
9. Renewable and Green Energy
10. Renewable energy resources
11. Waste management
12. Waste Management/Waste Technology
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Title | Biomonitors and Biomarkers as Indicators of Environmental Change 2 : A Handbook |
Author(s) | Butterworth, Frank M;Gunatilaka, Amara;Gonsebatt, Mar??a Eugenia |
Publication | New York, NY, Springer US, 2001. |
Description | XI, 508 p. 112 illus., 2 illus. in color : online resource |
Abstract Note | Monitoring the environment is absolutely essential if we are to identify hazards to human health, to assess environmental cleanup efforts, and to prevent further degradation of the ecosystem. Biomonitors and biomarkers combined with chemical monitoring offer the only approach to making these assessments. Based on an International Association of Great Lakes Research conference, this book is intended for researchers who want to incorporate new and different technologies in their development of specifically-crafted monitors; students who are learning the field of biomonitoring; and regulatory agencies that want to consider newer technologies to replace inadequate and less powerful test regimes |
ISBN,Price | 9781461513056 |
Keyword(s) | 1. Biotechnology
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. ECOLOGY
5. Ecology??
6. Ecotoxicology
7. ENVIRONMENT
8. Environment, general
9. Environmental engineering
10. Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology
11. Environmental Science and Engineering
12. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
13. Waste management
14. Waste Management/Waste Technology
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Title | Weak Links : The Universal Key to the Stability of Networks and Complex Systems |
Author(s) | Csermely, Peter |
Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009. |
Description | XIX, 392 p : online resource |
Abstract Note | How can our societies be stabilized in a crisis? Why can we enjoy and understand Shakespeare? Why are fruitflies uniform? How do omnivorous eating habits aid our survival? What makes the Mona Lisa???s smile beautiful? How do women keep our social structures intact? ??? Could there possibly be a single answer to all these questions? This book shows that the statement: "weak links stabilize complex systems" provides the key to understanding each of these intriguing puzzles, and many others too. The author (recipient of several distinguished science communication prizes) uses weak (low affinity, low probability) interactions as a thread to introduce a vast variety of networks from proteins to economics and ecosystems. Many people, from Nobel Laureates to high-school students have helped to make the book understandable to all interested readers. This unique book and the ideas it develops will have a significant impact on many, seemingly diverse, fields of study. A very personal, engaging, and unique book that will appeal to readers and get them thinking Steve Strogatz An adventurous, entertainingly eclectic and rich work both for experts and laymen L??szl??-Albert Barab??si This masterpiece should serve as an example of how science can be discussed Gy??rgy Buzs??ki Outstanding - I wish more books were written this way Daniel J. Bilar |
ISBN,Price | 9783540311577 |
Keyword(s) | 1. Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics
2. BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS
3. BIOPHYSICS
4. COMPLEX SYSTEMS
5. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
6. EBOOK
7. EBOOK - SPRINGER
8. ENVIRONMENT
9. Environmental geology
10. Geoecology
11. Geoecology/Natural Processes
12. NATURE
13. Popular Science in Nature and Environment
14. Popular Science, general
15. Popular works
16. Proteomics
17. STATISTICAL PHYSICS
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Title | Leonid Isaakovich Mandelstam : Research, Teaching, Life |
Author(s) | Pechenkin, Alexander |
Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2014. |
Description | XI, 241 p. 19 illus : online resource |
Abstract Note | This biography of the famous Soviet physicist Leonid Isaakovich Mandelstam (1889-1944), who became a Professor at Moscow State University in 1925, describes his contributions to both physics and technology, as well as discussing the scientific community which formed around him, usually called the Mandelstam school. Mandelstam???s life story is thereby placed in its proper cultural context. The following more general issues are taken under consideration: the impact of German scientific culture on Russian science; the problems and fates of Russian intellectuals during the revolutionary and post-revolutionary years; the formation of the Soviet Academy of Sciences; and transformation of the system of higher education in the USSR during the 1920's and 1930's.The author shows that Mandelstam???s fundamental writings and his lectures notes allow to reconstruct his philosophy of science and his approach to the social and ethical functions of science and science education. That reconstruction is enhanced through extensive use of hitherto unpublished archival material as well as the transcripts of personal interviews conducted by the author |
ISBN,Price | 9783319005720 |
Keyword(s) | 1. CLASSICAL ELECTRODYNAMICS
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. ELECTRODYNAMICS
5. ENVIRONMENT
6. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
7. NATURE
8. OPTICS
9. PHYSICS
10. Popular Science in Nature and Environment
11. QUANTUM PHYSICS
12. SCIENCE EDUCATION
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Title | Space Weather : Research Towards Applications in Europe |
Author(s) | Lilensten, Jean |
Publication | Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands, 2007. |
Description | XII, 332 p : online resource |
Abstract Note | This book shows the state of the art in Europe on a very new discipline, Space Weather. This discipline lies at the edge between science and industry. This book reflects such a position, with theoretic papers and applicative papers as well. It is divided into 5 chapters. Each chapter starts with a short introduction, which shows the coherence of a given domain. Then, 4 to 5 contributions written by the best specialists in Europe give detailed hints of a hot topic in space weather. From the reading of this book, it becomes evident that space weather is a living discipline, full of promises and already full of amazing realizations. The strength of Europe is clear through the book, but it is also clear that this discipline is world wide |
ISBN,Price | 9781402054464 |
Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. EARTH SCIENCES
5. Earth Sciences, general
6. EBOOK
7. EBOOK - SPRINGER
8. Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection
9. ENVIRONMENT
10. Environment, general
11. METEOROLOGY
12. Radiation protection
13. Radiation???Safety measures
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Title | Light Scattering Reviews, Vol. 6 : Light Scattering and Remote Sensing of Atmosphere and Surface |
Author(s) | Kokhanovsky, Alexander A |
Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012. |
Description | XXII, 336 p : online resource |
Abstract Note | This is the next volume in series of Light Scattering Reviews. Volumes 1-5 have already been printed by Springer. The volume is composed of several papers ( usually, 10) of leading researchers in the respective field. The main focus of this book is light scattering, radiative transfer and optics of snow |
ISBN,Price | 9783642155314 |
Keyword(s) | 1. EARTH SCIENCES
2. Earth Sciences, general
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. ENVIRONMENT
6. Environment, general
7. PHYSICS
8. Physics, general
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Title | Hear Where We Are : Sound, Ecology, and Sense of Place |
Author(s) | Stocker, Michael |
Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2013. |
Description | XVI, 200 p. 31 illus., 12 illus. in color : online resource |
Abstract Note | Throughout history, hearing and sound perception have been typically framed in the context of how sound conveys information and how that information influences the listener. Hear Where We Are inverts this premise and examines how humans and other hearing animals use sound to establish acoustical relationships with their surroundings. This simple inversion reveals a panoply of possibilities by which we can re-evaluate how hearing animals use, produce, and perceive sound. Nuance in vocalizations become signals of enticement or boundary setting; silence becomes a field ripe in auditory possibilities; predator/prey relationships are infused with acoustic deception, and sounds that have been considered territorial cues become the fabric of cooperative acoustical communities. This inversion also expands the context of sound perception into a larger perspective that centers on biological adaptation within acoustic habitats. Here, the rapid synchronized flight patterns of flocking birds and the tight maneuvering of schooling fish becomes an acoustic engagement. Likewise, when stridulating crickets synchronize their summer evening chirrups, it has more to do with the ???cricket community??? monitoring their collective boundaries rather than individual crickets establishing ???personal??? territory or breeding fitness. In Hear Where We Are the author continuously challenges many of the bio-acoustic orthodoxies, reframing the entire inquiry into sound perception and communication. By moving beyond our common assumptions, many of the mysteries of acoustical behavior become revealed, exposing a fresh and fertile panorama of acoustical experience and adaptation. Praise for Hear Where We Are: ???Hear Where We Are is as poetic as it is informative - in the tradition of some of the best scientific writing." Julia Whitty, Author, Deep Blue Home: An Intimate Ecology of Our Wild Ocean ???Hear Where We Are opens up an entirely new way of understanding not only sound perception but our place within the world??? I no longer just hear my surroundings, rather I am now aware of how deeply sound shapes my relationship to the world around me...??? Kevin W. Kelley, Author, The Home Planet?????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????? |
ISBN,Price | 9781461472858 |
Keyword(s) | 1. ACOUSTICS
2. BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
3. Community & Population Ecology
4. Community ecology, Biotic
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. ENVIRONMENT
8. NATURE
9. OCEANOGRAPHY
10. Popular Science in Nature and Environment
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