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  • A Man From Planet Earth

    A Scientific Novel

    by Giancarlo Genta ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    Sometime in the not-too-distant future ... unbeknownst to Earth, the Galaxy is home to a number of spacefaring societies. This confederation enforces a strict protocol forbidding any contact with civilizations that have not yet achieved both a substantial spacefaring capability and sufficient maturity to control the technology explosion before triggering their own extinction.While this policy is ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Journey to The Planets

    The Technology to Build a Spacefaring Civilization

    by Giancarlo Genta ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book gives an account, as little biased as possible, on human space missions beyond low Earth orbit in general, and specifically to the planets of the solar system. The importance of advanced propulsion is stressed and the mathematical methods needed to design missions based on them are described. The included computer code allows the user to assess the feasibility of the various missions ... Read more

    $294.99 CAD

  • The Automotive Chassis

    Volume 2: System Design

    by Giancarlo Genta, Lorenzo Morello ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This textbook draws on the authors’ experience gained by teaching courses for engineering students on e.g. vehicle mechanics, vehicle system design, and chassis design; and on their practical experience as engineering designers for vehicle and chassis components at a major automotive company. The book is primarily intended for students of automotive engineering, but also for all technicians and ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • The Automotive Chassis

    Volume 1: Components Design

    by Giancarlo Genta, Lorenzo Morello ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This textbook draws on the authors’ experience gained by teaching coursesfor engineering students on e.g. vehicle mechanics, vehicle system design, and chassisdesign; and on their practical experience as engineering designers for vehicle andchassis components at a major automotive company.The book is primarily intended for students of automotive engineering, but also for alltechnicians and ... Read more

    $102.99 CAD

  • Introduction to the Mechanics of Space Robots

    by Giancarlo Genta ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    Based on lecture notes on a space robotics course, this book offers a pedagogical introduction to the mechanics of space robots. After presenting an overview of the environments and conditions space robots have to work in, the author discusses a variety of manipulatory devices robots may use to perform their tasks. This is followed by a discussion of robot mobility in these environments and the ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • The Hunter

    A Scientific Novel

    by Giancarlo Genta ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    The 24th century: humankind has become a spacefaring civilization, colonizing the solar system and beyond. While no alien forms of life have yet been encountered in this expansion into space, colonists suddenly encounter machines of alien origin - huge robots able to reproduce themselves. Called replicators by the colonists, they seem to have but a single goal: to destroy all organic life they ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Motor Car

    Past, Present and Future

    by Giancarlo Genta, Lorenzo Morello, Francesco Cavallino, Luigi Filtri ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book is an introduction to automotive engineering, to give freshmen ideas about this technology. The text is subdivided in parts that cover all facets of the automobile, including legal and economic aspects related to industry and products, product configuration and fabrication processes, historic evolution and future developments.The first part describes how motor vehicles were invented and ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Next Stop Mars

    The Why, How, and When of Human Missions

    by Giancarlo Genta ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book covers the possible manned mission to Mars first discussed in the 1950s and still a topic of much debate, addressing historic and future plans to visit the Red Planet. Considering the environmental dangers and the engineering and design needed for a successful trip, it covers every aspect of a possible mission and outpost. The chapters explain the motivations behind the plan to go to ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Technology and the Growth of Civilization

    by Giancarlo Genta, Paolo Riberi ...
    Series series History (R0)
    Our natural world has been irretrievably altered by humans, for humans. From domesticated wheat fields to nuclear power plants and spacecraft, everything we see and interact with has in some way been changed by the presence of our species, starting from the Neolithic era so many centuries ago.This book provides a crash course on the issues and debates surrounding technology’s shifting place in our ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    A Man from Planet Earth

    A Scientific Novel

    by Giancarlo Genta ...
    Narrated by Steven Crossley, Eddie Lopez ...
    Series series The Science and Fiction Series

    Unabridged

    14 hours 43 min

    Sometime in the not-too-distant future … unbeknownst to Earth, the Galaxy is home to a number of spacefaring societies. This confederation enforces a strict protocol forbidding any contact with civilizations that have not yet achieved both a substantial spacefaring capability and sufficient maturity to control the technology explosion before triggering their own extinction.While this policy is ... Read more

    $32.15 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Road Vehicle Dynamics: Fundamentals Of Modeling And Simulation

    by Giancarlo Genta, Alessandro Genta ...
    Series Book 88 - Series On Advances In Mathematics For Applied Sciences
    Road Vehicle Dynamics supplies students and technicians working in industry with both the theoretical background of mechanical and automotive engineering, and the know-how needed to perform numerical simulations. Bringing together the foundations of the discipline and its recent developments in a single text, the book is structured in three parts: it begins with a historical overview of road ... Read more

    $178.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    The Hunter

    A Scientific Novel

    by Giancarlo Genta ...
    Narrated by Andrew Fallaize ...
    Series series The Science and Fiction Series

    Unabridged

    6 hours 22 min

    The twenty-fourth century: humankind has become a spacefaring civilization, colonizing the solar system and beyond. While no alien forms of life have yet been encountered in this expansion into space, colonists suddenly encounter machines of alien origin—huge robots able to reproduce themselves. Called replicators by the colonists, they seem to have but a single goal: to destroy all organic life ... Read more

    $23.90 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook