Get the latest information on optical networking technologies, companies and trends. Penetrate the facts behind the speculation on optical networking's promise as a potential solution to skyrocketing Internet traffic. With Steve Shepard's Optical Networking Crash Course, you'll discover what's what, ... more »

From one of the world's most influential scientists (and two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author) comes his most timely and important book yet: an impassioned call for quick and decisive action to save Earth's biological heritage, and a plan to achieve that rescue. Today we understand that our world is ... more »

Since the first edition of this book was published, most developments in welding construction have been within the quality assurance element of the process rather than in welding technology itself. The continuous pressures from worldwide clients seeking better reliability from welded structures has focused ... more »

The advent of powerful computing devices and ubiquitous multimedia information distribution has triggered a wave of new approaches in pattern recognition. This book fills the need for a systematic and up-to-date presentation of the fundamentals and recent developments in the field of speech and language ... more »

Proceedings of an International Symposium jointly organized by the 'Societe Francaise pour L'Energie Nucleaire' SFEN and 'L'Institut National des Techs. de la Mer' INTECHMER - CNAM at Cherbourg, France, 1-5 June 1987. more »

Debutante cotillions. Million-dollar homes. Summers in Martha's Vineyard. Membership in the Links, Jack & Jill, Deltas, Boule, and AKAs. An obsession with the right schools, families, social clubs, and skin complexion. This is the world of the black upper class and the focus of the first book written ... more »

Assessing the scientific and technological aspects of lead-free soldering, this reference considers the necessary background and requirements for proper alloy selection. It highlights the metallurgical and mechanical properties, plating and processing technologies, and evaluation methods vital to the ... more »

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From Jonathan Weiner, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Beak of the Finch , comes His Brother's Keeper -- the story of a young entrepreneur who gambles on the risky science of gene therapy to try to save his brother's life. Stephen Heywood was twenty-nine years old when he learned that he was dying ... more »

RACCONTO FANTASTICO SULLA VERA STORIA DELLA MATEMATICA. La trama del racconto è costituita dai viaggi interplanetari di un giovane, Marino, che viene accidentalmente sequestrato da un'astronave di a... more » more »

The Intruder Bulletins is the book that started it all on the subject of human cloning, organ theft, pharmaceutical fascism, stem cell research, etc.This provocative volume covers every aspect of human culture touched by advanced technology. more »

It seems that warning and risk communications are everywhere. A bottle of correction fluid warns that deliberate inhalation could be fatal, or a desk lamp warns that a bulb bigger than 75 watts could start a fire. The authors explain how best to communicate warnings, whether certain communications are ... more »