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The Long History of the Future

Why Tomorrow's Technology Still Isn't Here

by Nicole Kobie ...

We love to imagine the future. But why are groundbreaking future technologies always just around the corner, and never a reality?For decades we've delighted in dreaming about a sci-fi utopia, from flying cars and bionic humans to hyperloops and smart cities. And why not? Building a better world - be it a free-flying commute or an automated urban lifestyle - is a worthy dream. Given the pace of ... Read more

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We love to imagine the future. But why are groundbreaking future technologies always just around the corner, and never a reality?For decades we've delighted in dreaming about a sci-fi utopia, from flying cars and bionic humans to hyperloops and smart cities. And why not? Building a better world - be it a free-flying commute or an automated urban lifestyle - is a worthy dream. Given the pace of
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The Battleship Scharnhorst

by Stefan Draminski ...

Series series Anatomy of The Ship
The Kriegsmarine's Scharnhorst was a German capital ship, described either as a battleship or battlecruiser, and the lead ship of her class, which included one other ship, Gneisenau.She was launched on 3 October 1936 and completed in January 1939, armed with nine 28cm C/34 guns in three triple turrets. She operated with Gneisenau for much of the early portion of World War II, including sorties ... Read more

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The Kriegsmarine's Scharnhorst was a German capital ship, described either as a battleship or battlecruiser, and the lead ship of her class, which included one other ship, Gneisenau.She was launched on 3 October 1936 and completed in January 1939, armed with nine 28cm C/34 guns in three triple turrets. She operated with Gneisenau for much of the early portion of World War II, including sorties
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The Technology Book

Big Ideas Simply Explained

by DK ...

Series series DK Big Ideas
How much technology have you taken for granted today?It is human nature to make things and to apply knowledge in ingenious ways to survive and to make life easier. From renewable energy to entertainment streaming and electric vehicles to gene-editing, technology shapes our world.The Technology Book is a guided tour to the technology of the modern world. Individual entries uncover the stories ... Read more

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How much technology have you taken for granted today?It is human nature to make things and to apply knowledge in ingenious ways to survive and to make life easier. From renewable energy to entertainment streaming and electric vehicles to gene-editing, technology shapes our world.The Technology Book is a guided tour to the technology of the modern world. Individual entries uncover the stories
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The Gold Crusades

A Social History of Gold Rushes, 1849-1929

by Douglas Fetherling ...

Series series Heritage
Among the hordes of starry-eyed 'argonauts' who flocked to the California gold rush of 1849 was an Australian named Edward Hargraves. He left America empty-handed, only to find gold in his own backyard. The result was the great Australian rush of the 1850s, which also attracted participants from around the world. A South African named P.J. Marais was one of them. Marais too returned home in defeat ... Read more

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Among the hordes of starry-eyed 'argonauts' who flocked to the California gold rush of 1849 was an Australian named Edward Hargraves. He left America empty-handed, only to find gold in his own backyard. The result was the great Australian rush of the 1850s, which also attracted participants from around the world. A South African named P.J. Marais was one of them. Marais too returned home in defeat
... Read more
A Model Boat Builder's Guide to Rigging - A Collection of Historical Articles on the Construction of Model Ship Rigging

by Various Authors ...

This book is a collection of vintage articles on model boat building, with information on tools and equipment, instructions for fitting engines, tips for sailing and racing, and more. Detailed and profusely illustrated, this volume is recommended for the serious model boat enthusiast and is not to be missed by collectors of vintage literature of this ilk. Contents include: “Building Yourself a ... Read more

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This book is a collection of vintage articles on model boat building, with information on tools and equipment, instructions for fitting engines, tips for sailing and racing, and more. Detailed and profusely illustrated, this volume is recommended for the serious model boat enthusiast and is not to be missed by collectors of vintage literature of this ilk. Contents include: “Building Yourself a
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Managing the Complexities of Real Estate Development

by Bob Voelker ...

Managing the Complexities of Real Estate Development provides a concise summary of the real estate development process, allowing the reader to learn the fundamentals and details of development outside of the sink-or-swim environment of a particular project.It offers early and mid-career real estate, legal, and financial professionals a behind the scenes view of the dynamic real estate development ... Read more

$119.99 CAD

Managing the Complexities of Real Estate Development provides a concise summary of the real estate development process, allowing the reader to learn the fundamentals and details of development outside of the sink-or-swim environment of a particular project.It offers early and mid-career real estate, legal, and financial professionals a behind the scenes view of the dynamic real estate development
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Jaguar

A short story

by Brian Williams ...

In less than a century, Jaguar grew from a tiny motorcycle sidecars manufacturer into one of of the leading luxury carmakers, surviving one World War, one oil crisis, and the Japanese invasion of the luxury segment. But that impressive growth and resiliency came at a price. Marketing replaced good engineering, branding won over product design, mass production and economies of scale took over ... Read more

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In less than a century, Jaguar grew from a tiny motorcycle sidecars manufacturer into one of of the leading luxury carmakers, surviving one World War, one oil crisis, and the Japanese invasion of the luxury segment. But that impressive growth and resiliency came at a price. Marketing replaced good engineering, branding won over product design, mass production and economies of scale took over
... Read more
PMP Exam Code Cracked

Success Strategies and Quick Questions to Crush the Test

by Phill Akinwale ...

Looking to take your project management career to the next level? The Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is the gold standard for professionals seeking to prove their expertise and credibility in the field. But passing the PMP exam can be a daunting task, requiring in-depth knowledge, strategic thinking, and a deep understanding of the exam's structure and format. That's where ... Read more

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Looking to take your project management career to the next level? The Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is the gold standard for professionals seeking to prove their expertise and credibility in the field. But passing the PMP exam can be a daunting task, requiring in-depth knowledge, strategic thinking, and a deep understanding of the exam's structure and format. That's where
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El Sistema de Produccion Toyota

Mas alla de la produccion a gran escala

by Taiichi Ohno ...

Si usted quiere entender como se origino el sistema de producci?n Toyota y por que tiene exito, debe leer este libro. Aqui encontrara una introducci?n avanzada del justo a tiempo. El mundo le debe mucho a Taiichi Ohno. Nos ha demostrado como fbricar con mayor eficacia, como reducir costos, como producir una mayor calidad, y a examinar atentamente como nosotros, en nuestra calidad de seres humanos, ... Read more

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Si usted quiere entender como se origino el sistema de producci?n Toyota y por que tiene exito, debe leer este libro. Aqui encontrara una introducci?n avanzada del justo a tiempo. El mundo le debe mucho a Taiichi Ohno. Nos ha demostrado como fbricar con mayor eficacia, como reducir costos, como producir una mayor calidad, y a examinar atentamente como nosotros, en nuestra calidad de seres humanos,
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A Short Guide to Risk Appetite

by David Hillson, Ruth Murray-Webster ...

Series series Short Guides to Business Risk
How much risk should we take? A Short Guide to Risk Appetite sets out to help all those who need to decide how much risk can be taken in a particular risky and important situation. David Hillson and Ruth Murray-Webster introduce the RARA Model to explain the complementary and central roles of Risk Appetite and Risk Attitude, and along the way they show how other risk-related concepts fit in. Risk ... Read more

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How much risk should we take? A Short Guide to Risk Appetite sets out to help all those who need to decide how much risk can be taken in a particular risky and important situation. David Hillson and Ruth Murray-Webster introduce the RARA Model to explain the complementary and central roles of Risk Appetite and Risk Attitude, and along the way they show how other risk-related concepts fit in. Risk
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Toyota’s Global Marketing Strategy

Innovation through Breakthrough Thinking and Kaizen

by Shozo Hibino, Koichiro Noguchi, Gerhard Plenert ...

There are many books on the market that discuss the Toyota Production System but few that insightfully analyze its marketing strategy. Authored by former Toyota marketing executives, this is the first book of its kind to detail how Toyota’s thinking habits go beyond the shop floor and influence and guide Toyota’s marketing function.Toyota has expanded from a venture enterprise to one of the ... Read more

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There are many books on the market that discuss the Toyota Production System but few that insightfully analyze its marketing strategy. Authored by former Toyota marketing executives, this is the first book of its kind to detail how Toyota’s thinking habits go beyond the shop floor and influence and guide Toyota’s marketing function.Toyota has expanded from a venture enterprise to one of the
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Insects

An Edible Field Guide

by Stefan Gates ...

Ever been tempted by the thought of trying juicy deep fried mealworms, proteinrich cricket flower, or swapping your Walkers for salt and vinegar flavoured grasshoppers? If so then you are not alone! Over 2 billion people regularly eat insects as part of their diet, and the world is home to around 1,900 edible insect species.For adventurous foodies and daring dieters comes the newest way to save ... Read more

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Ever been tempted by the thought of trying juicy deep fried mealworms, proteinrich cricket flower, or swapping your Walkers for salt and vinegar flavoured grasshoppers? If so then you are not alone! Over 2 billion people regularly eat insects as part of their diet, and the world is home to around 1,900 edible insect species.For adventurous foodies and daring dieters comes the newest way to save
... Read more
Il sole, le ali e la civetta

Energie rinnovabili, la mangiatoia perfetta per imprenditori senza scrupoli, sottobosco politico e malavita organizzata

by Lucia Navone ...

Series series Inchiesta, attualità
Un’inchiesta che alterna momenti di fiction alla ricostruzione giornalistica. Otto episodi di invenzione si accompagnano alla realtà dei fatti, per far meglio comprendere come sono andate le cose negli ultimi anni in Italia sul fronte delle energie rinnovabili e chi ne sono stati i principali protagonisti.Dobbiamo iniziare ad interrogarci sull’uso che viene fatto dei nostri soldi, soprattutto se ... Read more

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Un’inchiesta che alterna momenti di fiction alla ricostruzione giornalistica. Otto episodi di invenzione si accompagnano alla realtà dei fatti, per far meglio comprendere come sono andate le cose negli ultimi anni in Italia sul fronte delle energie rinnovabili e chi ne sono stati i principali protagonisti.Dobbiamo iniziare ad interrogarci sull’uso che viene fatto dei nostri soldi, soprattutto se
... Read more
The Origins of Modern Science

From Antiquity to the Scientific Revolution

by Ofer Gal ...

The Origins of Modern Science is the first synthetic account of the history of science from antiquity through the Scientific Revolution in many decades. Providing readers of all backgrounds and students of all disciplines with the tools to study science like a historian, Ofer Gal covers everything from Pythagorean mathematics to Newton's Principia, through Islamic medicine, medieval architecture, ... Read more

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The Origins of Modern Science is the first synthetic account of the history of science from antiquity through the Scientific Revolution in many decades. Providing readers of all backgrounds and students of all disciplines with the tools to study science like a historian, Ofer Gal covers everything from Pythagorean mathematics to Newton's Principia, through Islamic medicine, medieval architecture,
... Read more
Physics of Cancer, Volume 3 (Second Edition)

Experimental biophysical techniques in cancer research

by Claudia Tanja Mierke ...

Series series IOP ebooks
This is the third volume in the Physics of Cancer (Second Edition) set. The book introduces and discusses novel and advanced applications for probing and sensing mechanical properties of cells and their microenvironment. In addition, biophysical techniques for analysing combined biophysical techniques and cellular functions are presented and discussed. However, the major scope of the book is the ... Read more

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This is the third volume in the Physics of Cancer (Second Edition) set. The book introduces and discusses novel and advanced applications for probing and sensing mechanical properties of cells and their microenvironment. In addition, biophysical techniques for analysing combined biophysical techniques and cellular functions are presented and discussed. However, the major scope of the book is the
... Read more
Buried Truths and the Hyatt Skywalks

The Legacy of America’s Epic Structural Failure

by Richard A. Serrano ...

In 1981 the sudden collapse of two skywalks in Kansas City’s Hyatt hotel killed 114 people and injured another 200. There never was a public trial, nor a full airing of everything that went wrong. Richard A. Serrano shared a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the disaster at the time; now he returns to the tragedy to learn all that went wrong, how it could have been avoided, and what lasting ... Read more

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In 1981 the sudden collapse of two skywalks in Kansas City’s Hyatt hotel killed 114 people and injured another 200. There never was a public trial, nor a full airing of everything that went wrong. Richard A. Serrano shared a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the disaster at the time; now he returns to the tragedy to learn all that went wrong, how it could have been avoided, and what lasting
... Read more
Reversibility of Chronic Disease and Hypersensitivity, Volume 5

Treatment Options of Chemical Sensitivity

by William J. Rea, Kalpana D. Patel ...

The clinical approaches to the chronic degenerative diseases that drain our resources, and compromise our well-being, have become almost exclusively symptom-focused. The common wisdom is that they are idiopathic with final outcomes to be managed rather than prevented or cured. That they are potentially reversible rarely enters any discussion between doctor and patient. Reversibility of Chronic ... Read more

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The clinical approaches to the chronic degenerative diseases that drain our resources, and compromise our well-being, have become almost exclusively symptom-focused. The common wisdom is that they are idiopathic with final outcomes to be managed rather than prevented or cured. That they are potentially reversible rarely enters any discussion between doctor and patient. Reversibility of Chronic
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Packaged Pleasures

How Technology and Marketing Revolutionized Desire

by Gary S. Cross, Robert N. Proctor ...

From the candy bar to the cigarette, records to roller coasters, a technological revolution during the last quarter of the nineteenth century precipitated a colossal shift in human consumption and sensual experience. Food, drink, and many other consumer goods came to be mass-produced, bottled, canned, condensed, and distilled, unleashing new and intensified surges of pleasure, delight, thrill—and ... Read more

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From the candy bar to the cigarette, records to roller coasters, a technological revolution during the last quarter of the nineteenth century precipitated a colossal shift in human consumption and sensual experience. Food, drink, and many other consumer goods came to be mass-produced, bottled, canned, condensed, and distilled, unleashing new and intensified surges of pleasure, delight, thrill—and
... Read more
Programming with MicroPython

Embedded Programming with Microcontrollers and Python

by Nicholas H. Tollervey ...

It’s an exciting time to get involved with MicroPython, the re-implementation of Python 3 for microcontrollers and embedded systems. This practical guide delivers the knowledge you need to roll up your sleeves and create exceptional embedded projects with this lean and efficient programming language. If you’re familiar with Python as a programmer, educator, or maker, you’re ready to learn—and have ... Read more

$45.99 CAD

It’s an exciting time to get involved with MicroPython, the re-implementation of Python 3 for microcontrollers and embedded systems. This practical guide delivers the knowledge you need to roll up your sleeves and create exceptional embedded projects with this lean and efficient programming language. If you’re familiar with Python as a programmer, educator, or maker, you’re ready to learn—and have
... Read more
Handbook of Drug Metabolism, Third Edition

Edited by Paul G. Pearson, Larry C. Wienkers ...

Series series Drugs and the Pharmaceutical Sciences
This book continues to be the definitive reference on drug metabolism with an emphasis on new scientific and regulatory developments. It has been updated based on developments that have occurred in the last 5 years, with new chapters on large molecules disposition, stereo-selectivity in drug metabolism, drug transporters and metabolic activation of drugs. Some chapters have been prepared by new ... Read more

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This book continues to be the definitive reference on drug metabolism with an emphasis on new scientific and regulatory developments. It has been updated based on developments that have occurred in the last 5 years, with new chapters on large molecules disposition, stereo-selectivity in drug metabolism, drug transporters and metabolic activation of drugs. Some chapters have been prepared by new
... Read more
Hard Rock Mine Reclamation

From Prediction to Management of Acid Mine Drainage

Edited by Bruno Bussière, Marie Guittonny ...

Hard rock mines have significant effects on the territories where they operate, through both infrastructure construction as well as resource use. Due to their extractive activities, these mines store large quantities of wastes at the surface, which can be both physically and chemically unstable. Reclamation aims to return a mine site to a satisfactory state, meaning that the site should not ... Read more

$117.99 CAD

Hard rock mines have significant effects on the territories where they operate, through both infrastructure construction as well as resource use. Due to their extractive activities, these mines store large quantities of wastes at the surface, which can be both physically and chemically unstable. Reclamation aims to return a mine site to a satisfactory state, meaning that the site should not
... Read more
Practical Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering

by Melvyn Kay ...

Water is now at the centre of world attention as never before and more professionals from all walks of life are engaging in careers linked to water – in public water supply and waste treatment, agriculture, irrigation, energy, environment, amenity management, and sustainable development. This book offers an appropriate depth of understanding of basic hydraulics and water resources engineering for ... Read more

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Water is now at the centre of world attention as never before and more professionals from all walks of life are engaging in careers linked to water – in public water supply and waste treatment, agriculture, irrigation, energy, environment, amenity management, and sustainable development. This book offers an appropriate depth of understanding of basic hydraulics and water resources engineering for
... Read more
The Evolution of Designs

Biological Analogy in Architecture and the Applied Arts

by Philip Steadman ...

This book tells the history of the many analogies that have been made between the evolution of organisms and the human production of artefacts, especially buildings. It examines the effects of these analogies on architectural and design theory and considers how recent biological thinking has relevance for design.Architects and designers have looked to biology for inspiration since the early 19th ... Read more

$129.99 CAD

This book tells the history of the many analogies that have been made between the evolution of organisms and the human production of artefacts, especially buildings. It examines the effects of these analogies on architectural and design theory and considers how recent biological thinking has relevance for design.Architects and designers have looked to biology for inspiration since the early 19th
... Read more
NX 9 for Beginners - Part 4 (Assemblies and Drawings)

by CADfolks ...

AssembliesThis chapter explains you to create assemblies using the bottom-up and top-down design approaches.• Starting an Assembly• Inserting Components• Adding Constraints• Move Component• Touch Constraint• Align Constraint• Infer Center /Axis• Align/Lock• Concentric Constraint• Angle Constraint• Parallel Constraint• Perpendicular Constraint• Distance Constraint• Cente... ... Read more

$20.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

AssembliesThis chapter explains you to create assemblies using the bottom-up and top-down design approaches.• Starting an Assembly• Inserting Components• Adding Constraints• Move Component• Touch Constraint• Align Constraint• Infer Center /Axis• Align/Lock• Concentric Constraint• Angle Constraint• Parallel Constraint• Perpendicular Constraint• Distance Constraint• Cente...
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