ROVING MARS is a riveting first-person account of the Mars Exploration Mission from beginning to end from the scientist behind it all. The book covers the journey of rovers Spirit and Opportunity to Mars, and their successful landing on the planet's surface. Scientists will have the first in-depth study ... more »

The lyotropic state of matter embraces highly concentrated solutions of soaps and detergents, as well as such biologically active substances as lipids, proteins, nucleic acids and lipopolysaccharides. Since some of the most important living lyotropic structures are biological membranes, their study is ... more »

Most workers spend the majority of their day in an office building environment. Protecting office workers from safety, health, and security risks is a key task of many safety and health professionals, particularly those responsible for the management of very large office complexes and high rise buildings ... more »

Why is the night sky dark? How do dolphins sleep without drowning? Why do hangovers occur? Will time travel ever be a reality? What makes a knuckleball appear to flutter? Why are craters always round? There's only one source to turn to for the answers to the most puzzling and thought-provoking questions ... more »

Software Engineering Quality Toolbox consists of 45 chapters of software engineering expertise on the subject of quality and productivity. Each chapter contains specific how to checklists. Topics include: the software equation, measuring size of applications, quality metrics, cost estimation ... more »

Industrial Uses of Biomass Energy demonstrates that energy-rich vegetation, biomass, is a key renewable energy resource for the future. Most energy scenarios recognise bioenergy as an important component in the future world's energy outlook, both in developed and developing countries. Brazil, uniquely ... more »

The Strip Method Design Handbook is a thorough guide to the use of the strip method, developed by Arne Hillerborg, for design of reinforced concrete slabs. The strip method of design is relevant to many types of slabs including rectangular slabs with all sides supported and regular flat slabs with cantilevering ... more »

The UK has the highest prevalence of asthma symptoms in 13-14 year olds in the world. Over the past 25 years the incidence of asthma episodes has increased by a factor of three to four in adults and six in children. Why should this be? Although allergic disease is on the increase across the developed ... more »

This thoroughly revised and long awaited new edition of Kuttruff's classic professional and scientific reference Room Acoustics builds on the success of the 1991 3rd edition. It includes important new material on the growth of digital technology and sound intensity. Since publication of the first edition ... more »

A clear, original and systematic introduction to philosophy of science which examines the theories of Popper, Lakatos, Kuhn and Feyerabend before proposing a new, temperate rationalist perspective. more » more »

Philosophy and the Adventure of the Virtual considers these questions and many others in this lucid and imaginatively argued volume of essays, at the heart of which lies a philosophy of the virtual. The notion of the virtual has assumed a remarkable level of importance in recent years with the development ... more »

With very few books adequately addressing ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code, and other international code issues, this book provides a comprehensive, in-depth guide on everything engineers need to know to design pressure vessels. This volume covers the basic theories and principles behind the stress ... more »