Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium
ISBN: 9780345379184 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A fitting testament to one of the great scientific minds of our day, Billions & Billions, the final book of Sagan's astonishing career, brilliantly examines the burning questions of our lives, our world, and the universe around us.
A fitting testament to one of the great scientific minds of our day, Billions & Billions, the final book of Sagan's astonishing career, brilliantly ex...
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84,63 zł |
Planetary Landscapes
ISBN: 9780412051814 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This introduction to planetary geology concentrates on the surface features of the planets and satellites of our Solar System. The author first discusses the primary processes that shape our planet, Earth, and the geomorphology of the objects in the Solar System. The second edition includes new information about Venus and a new chapter on Neptune. The book is beautifully illustrated with high-resolution black-and-white photographs from recent space probes and orbiting spacecraft, and with explanatory diagrams. Each chapter starts with a description of the general physiography and terrain...
This introduction to planetary geology concentrates on the surface features of the planets and satellites of our Solar System. The author first discus...
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583,65 zł |
Isotopes in the Earth Sciences
ISBN: 9780412537103 / Angielski / Twarda / 648 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.' ALBERT EINSTEIN, 1950 The tremendous progress of recent years in the field of isotopes in the earth sciences has proved invaluable in attempting to solve a varied spectrum of geological and geochemical problems. The lunar exploration programmes provided rocks for analysis, stimulating refinements in mass spectrometry which were later used for terrestrial samples too. Among significant advances was the development of electrostatic tandem accelerator mass spectrometers allowing the precise measure ment of abundances...
'The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.' ALBERT EINSTEIN, 1950 The tremendous progress of recent years in the f...
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1167,35 zł |
Chemical Fundamentals of Geology
ISBN: 9780412549304 / Angielski / Miękka / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The second edition of this innovative book provides 'geo-relevant' chemistry in a highly accessible format. The environmental, geological and topical relevance has been enhanced, providing the ideal text to explain the relevance of chemical fundamentals to geological and environmental processes.
The second edition of this innovative book provides 'geo-relevant' chemistry in a highly accessible format. The environmental, geological and topical ...
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389,09 zł |
Natural Disasters and Cultural Change
ISBN: 9780415216968 / Angielski / Twarda / 372 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Human cultures have been interacting with natural hazards since the dawn of time. This book explores these interactions in detail and revisits some famous catastrophes including the eruptions of Thera and Vesuvius. These studies demonstrate that diverse human cultures had well-developed strategies which facilitated their response to extreme natural events.
Human cultures have been interacting with natural hazards since the dawn of time. This book explores these interactions in detail and revisits some fa...
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660,05 zł |
In Situ Testing in Geomechanics : The Main Tests
ISBN: 9780415433853 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych.
If you use or need to know how to use any or all of these tests, then this is the book for you. Fernando Schnaid takes each test in turn, showing how and when to use them. The tests are illustrated with nearly 200 figures and photographs, as well as real examples from companies including A.P. van den Berg and Fugro ltd....
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888,52 zł |
Healthy Housing: A Practical Guide
ISBN: 9780419154006 / Angielski / Miękka / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The objective of this book is to encourage administrations to formulate a sound housing policy to solve basic health-related housing problems and to meet WHO's objective of healthful housing for all by the year 2000. The principles of healthy housing have universal applicability, as most countries of the developed world have areas of slum or otherwise insanitary housing.
It is hoped that this guide will be used extensively as a reference to basic health requirements for new housing and human settlements and as a guide for assessing the hygienic quality of existing housing. The book would... The objective of this book is to encourage administrations to formulate a sound housing policy to solve basic health-related housing problems and to m...
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269,04 zł |
Arsenic in Soil and Groundwater Environment: Biogeochemical Interactions, Health Effects and Remediation Volume 9
ISBN: 9780444518200 / Angielski / Twarda / 653 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume presents the recent developments in the field of arsenic in soil and groundwater. Arranged into nine sections, the text emphasizes the global occurrences of arsenic in the environment, particularly on its source, pathways, behavior, and effects it has on soils, plants, water, animals, and humans. It also covers the diverse issues of arsenic in the mining environment, arsenic emanating from hydrothermal springs, and the geochemical modeling of arsenic adsorption to oxide surfaces. Finally, the text includes different cost effective removal mechanisms of arsenic from drinking water...
This volume presents the recent developments in the field of arsenic in soil and groundwater. Arranged into nine sections, the text emphasizes the glo...
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543,27 zł |
Principles of the Gravitational Method: Volume 41
ISBN: 9780444529930 / Angielski / Twarda / 245 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This self-contained monograph gives a thorough introduction to the theory of gravity which is used as the basis for developing applications in exploration and geodesy. In addition, a survey of gravity instrumentation is given, with emphasis on the theory of underlying these instruments. The book finishes with an exposition of forward modeling and inverston, again emphasizing fundamental principles. *Surveys gravity instrumentation with emphasis on the theory of why certain instrumentation is used
*Presents thorough developments of the theory of gravity to aid in creating applications... This self-contained monograph gives a thorough introduction to the theory of gravity which is used as the basis for developing applications in explora...
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720,97 zł |
Field Techniques in Glaciology and Glacial Geomorphology
ISBN: 9780470844274 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Field Techniques in Glaciology and Glacial Geomorphology is the first text to provide this essential information in a single comprehensive volume.
Coverage includes:
Field Techniques in Glaciology and Glacial Geomorphology is the first text to provide this essential information in a single comprehensive volu...
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293,69 zł |
Waste Treatment and Disposal
ISBN: 9780470849132 / Angielski / Miękka / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Following on from the successful first edition of Waste Treatment & Disposal, this second edition has been completely updated, and provides comprehensive coverage of waste process engineering and disposal methodologies. Concentrating on the range of technologies available for household and commercial waste, it also presents readers with relevant legislative background material as boxed features.
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Following on from the successful first edition of Waste Treatment & Disposal, this second edition has been completely updated, and provides co...
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357,82 zł |
The Secret Life of Dust: From the Cosmos to the Kitchen Counter, the Big Consequences of Little Things
ISBN: 9780471426356 / Angielski / Miękka / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Hannah Holmes A mesmerizing expedition around our dusty world
Some see dust as dull and useless stuff. But in the hands of author Hannah Holmes, it becomes a dazzling and mysterious force; Dust, we discover, built the planet we walk upon. And it tinkers with the weather and spices the air we breathe. Billions of tons of it rise annually into the air--the dust of deserts and forgotten kings mixing with volcanic ash, sea salt, leaf fragments, scales from butterfly wings, shreds of T-shirts, and fireplace soot. Eventually, though, all this dust must settle. The story of restless dust... Hannah Holmes A mesmerizing expedition around our dusty world
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71,73 zł |
Finite Element Modeling of Environmental Problems: Surface and Subsurface Flow and Transport
ISBN: 9780471956624 / Angielski / Twarda / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Because of its capability to treat regions with irregular boundaries and different material types respectively, the finite element method is increasingly being applied to surface water and soil transport problems and is the focus of the present volume. The method is ideally suited for the simulation of complex real applications to resolve environmental issues and to conduct environmental impact studies. This text focuses on the two main areas of environmental modelling with finite elements and the supporting finite element methodology.
Because of its capability to treat regions with irregular boundaries and different material types respectively, the finite element method is increasin...
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Ice Sheets and Late Quaternary Environmental Change
ISBN: 9780471985709 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Arranged in two parts, the first part provides the tools required for evaluating past ice sheets while the second part uses these tools to e stablish the size, extent and dynamics of late Quaternary ice sheets. Assuming no prior knowledge of Quaternary Science, the discussion prog resses from the basic principles of how and why ices ages occur, to th e interpretation of proxy records of past climate and ocean change. I nstructive accounts of how the geological record can be used as eviden ce of former ice sheet behaviour and a discussion on the role of numer ical models in understanding...
Arranged in two parts, the first part provides the tools required for evaluating past ice sheets while the second part uses these tools to e stablish ...
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373,85 zł |
Geology of Michigan
ISBN: 9780472082803 / Angielski / Twarda / 488 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Studies the land and waters of Michigan
Studies the land and waters of Michigan
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320,67 zł |
Dynamic Programming: Models and App: Models and Applications
ISBN: 9780486428109 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Designed both for those who seek an acquaintance with dynamic programming and for those wishing to become experts, this text is accessible to anyone who's taken a course in operations research. It starts with a basic introduction to sequential decision processes and proceeds to the use of dynamic programming in studying models of resource allocation. Subsequent topics include methods for approximating solutions of control problems in continuous time, production control, decision-making in the face of an uncertain future, and inventory control models. The final chapter introduces sequential...
Designed both for those who seek an acquaintance with dynamic programming and for those wishing to become experts, this text is accessible to anyone w...
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71,73 zł |
Planet Earth: Cosmology, Geology, and the Evolution of Life and Environment
ISBN: 9780521409490 / Angielski / Miękka / 736 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The next few decades are likely to witness deep environmental crises, crises we will be able to cope with only through a clear understanding of the complex, delicate system of which we are part. Fortunately, the great advances made in all fields of science since World War II make it possible to reconstruct the entire life history of the world we live in, from the Big Bang to the present, and thus to understand how the system works. This book presents a global picture of our world - how it originated, how it evolved, how it works - and provides the background necessary to assess ways to...
The next few decades are likely to witness deep environmental crises, crises we will be able to cope with only through a clear understanding of the co...
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Permo-Triassic Events in the Eastern Tethys: Stratigraphy Classification and Relations with the Western Tethys
ISBN: 9780521545730 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Permian and Triassic rocks in the eastern Tethyan region form continuous marine sequences that record the waning phases of the Paleozoic and the early stages of the Mesozoic eras. This book describes and interprets these rocks, summarizing the distribution of major fossil groups in a way that will allow detailed comparison with strata of comparable age in the western Tethys and other parts of the world. The sixteen contributions by forty authors are the culmination of the five-year long International Geological Correlation Programme Project 203. The detailed information presented here is...
Permian and Triassic rocks in the eastern Tethyan region form continuous marine sequences that record the waning phases of the Paleozoic and the early...
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192,89 zł |
Paleomagnetism of the Atlantic, Tethys and Iapetus Oceans
ISBN: 9780521612098 / Angielski / Miękka / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explains the use and techniques of paleomagnetism to map the movement of major portions of the Earth's surface through time. Written for a geological audience, the initial chapters provide the basic essentials for understanding the value and significance of paleomagnetic results. The later chapters are unique in bringing together the vast amounts of available paleomagnetic data and analyses. This information is integrated with the paleogeography and tectonic movements of the blocks and placed in context with current tectonic hypotheses. A considerable proportion of the present...
This book explains the use and techniques of paleomagnetism to map the movement of major portions of the Earth's surface through time. Written for a g...
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258,89 zł |
The Pleistocene Boundary and the Beginning of the Quaternary
ISBN: 9780521617024 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Pleistocene Boundary and the Beginning of the Quaternary presents the results of a forty-year international program to establish a precise definition for the most important boundary in geologic time the beginning of the modern age of glacial climates. This book, the final report of International Geological Correlation Project 41, describes the selection of a fixed reference point in the sequence of deep-water marine strata exposed at Vrica, Italy. This point, dated to 1.81 million years before the present, coincides with the onset of the first of four major glacial phases. The opening...
The Pleistocene Boundary and the Beginning of the Quaternary presents the results of a forty-year international program to establish a precise definit...
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319,82 zł |