Whether you're friends with a geek, work with one, love one, or hate one, here you'll find handy instructions for analyzing and understanding all things geek, for example: how your geek relates to others; geek organizations and gathering spots; getting your geek to exercise; the Geek Diet (soda, pizza ... more »

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 »

Product Info Proceedings of a Conference on Medical Response to Effects of Ionizing Radiation held at Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London, UK, 28-30 June 1989. more »

Performance-Based Optimization of Structures introduces a method to bridge the gap between structural optimization theory and its practical application to structural engineering. The Performance-Based Optimization (PBO) method combines modern structural optimisation theory with performance based design ... more »

This text compiles information about ozonation kinetics of compounds for water and wastewater treatment professionals in a single volume. Application of kinetics to the evaluation, design, and implementation of ozone technology is discussed, along with information to determine when to use ozone treatments ... more »

Product Info This E. & F. N. Spon title is now distributed by Routledge in the US and Canada more »

This book is essential for anyone involved in the design of high-performance heat exchangers or heat devices, also known as second generation heat transfer technology. Enhanced surfaces are geometrics with special shapes that promote much higher rates of heat transfer than smooth or plain surfaces. This ... more »

From the author of Daily Cornbread, Seven Soulful Secrets will motivate women to become not just better than they are but the best they can be. In a tone that is as encouraging and comforting as your favorite quilt, veteran journalist and NiaOnline editor in chief Stephanie Stokes Oliver shows women ... more »

It was the most radical human-breeding experiment in American history, and no one knew how it turned out. The Repository for Germinal Choice-nicknamed the Nobel Prize sperm bank-opened to notorious fanfare in 1980, and for two decades, women flocked to it from all over the country to choose a sperm donor ... more »

For the first time ever, revered spiritual leader Sakyong Mipham brings the lessons of the ancient Shambhala warriors and rulers to the Western world and shows us how to live our lives with confidence. Most of us are living in a haze--sometimes helping others, sometimes helping ourselves, sometimes happy ... more »

The design, dissemination, and use of contemporary artifacts - industrial products, communications, information systems, even projects - is driven less by physical/functional demands then by their attractiveness and usability. Emerging from product semantics, The Semantic Turn develops a new philosophy ... more »

Fresh concrete must be produced with the properties required for its intended applications, for example, it must be workable enough to flow into formwork, and to be compacted. This book deals with the measurement of the flow properties of fresh concrete and the factors which affect its workability. Aspects ... more »