Systems Engineering, Systems Thinking, and Learning

This book provides a thorough overview of cutting-edge research on electronics applications relevant to industry, the environment and society at large. A wide spectrum of application domains are covered, from automotive to space and from health to security and special attention is devoted to the use of embedded devices and sensors for imaging, communication and control. The book is based on the…

Social Innovation in Sport

This book provides fresh insights on how social innovations are utilized as strategies to make sport more accessible and inclusive. It does so by bringing together theoretical insights and empirical studies from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the United States, Australia, Turkey and Belgium. Within the overarching topic of social innovation in sport, this book covers contemporary themes such as digit…

The Fatal Species

This book presents a history which is nearing its nadir, where a species of warlike primates is destroying the delicate web of life perceived by Charles Darwin in The Origin of Species, committing a war against nature and the fastest mass extinction in the history of nature, with global temperatures incinerating the biosphere by several degrees Celsius, within a lifetime. Despite of this knowle…

DIGITAL SOCIOLOGY

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978-0-7456-8478-9

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vii, 240 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

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301.01 Mar d

Exploratory Multivariate Analysis by Example Using R, SECOND EDITION

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2nd

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978-0-367-65802-1

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xiii, 248 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

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Chapman & Hall/CRC Computer Science & Data Analysis Series

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519.5 Hus e

Commercial and Military Uses of Outer Space

This edited book brings together a diverse range of chapters on space related topics. The authors included in this book are drawn from Australia and overseas, from academia, government, industry, civil society and the military. This book contains chapters that cover topics such as law, science, archaeology, defence, policy, and more, all with a focus on space. This edited collection is a timely…

INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES VOLUME

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iv, 447 p. ; 26 cm

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300.3 Int i

INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES VOLUME 3

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iv, 447 p. ; 26 cm

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300.3 Int i

INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES VOLUME 15

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iv, 447 p. ; 26 cm

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300.3 Int i

INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES VOLUME 7

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iv, 447 p. ; 26 cm

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300.3 Int i

e-Learning in Medical Physics and Engineering: Building Educational Modules w…

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1

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978-1-03-224369-6

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xvii, 152 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

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371.358 Tab e

Handbook of Research Methods for Studying Daily Life

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978-1-60918-747-7

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xxvii, 676 p.; 23 cm.

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150.721 Han h

Social Studies for Children in a Democracy, Sixth Edition

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6th

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0-13-818872-6

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516 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

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372.8 Mic s

INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES VOLUME

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iv, 447 p. ; 26 cm

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INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES VOLUME 5

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iv, 447 p. ; 26 cm

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INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES VOLUME 11

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iv, 447 p. ; 26 cm

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INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES VOLUME

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iv, 447 p. ; 26 cm

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INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES, VOLUME 9

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iv, 447 p. ; 26 cm

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300.3 Sil i

a primer in theory construction

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1st

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0-672-61196-1

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x, 184 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

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302 Rey p

Reading the Book of Nature: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science

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0-521-42682-0

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vii, 197 p.; 23 cm.

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501 Kos r

Secondary Research : Information Sources and Methods

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0-8039-2338-4

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135 p., ill.: 21 cm.

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300.72 Ste s

Ancient Seas of Southern Florida : The Geology and Paleontology of the Evergl…

The authors have done an outstanding job of compiling decades of data collected by their own field reconnaissance and other geoscientists… This represents a significant contribution to the understanding of the development of the Florida carbonate platform, and it will assist other disciplines as they strive for better understanding of our groundwater resources, aquifer characterizations, pale…

Springer Handbook of Atmospheric Measurements

This practical handbook provides a clearly structured, concise and comprehensive account of the huge variety of atmospheric and related measurements relevant to meteorologists and for the purpose of weather forecasting and climate research, but also to the practitioner in the wider field of environmental physics and ecology. The Springer Handbook of Atmospheric Measurements is divided into s…

Hidden Geographies

This book defines and discusses the term “hidden geographies” in two ways: systematically and by presenting a variety of examples of the research fields and topics concerning hidden geographies, with the aim of stimulating further basic and applied research in this area. While the term is quite rarely used in the scientific literature (more often as a figure of speech than to illustrate or …

Air, Water, Earth, Fire

The book describes the structure, composition and evolution of the Earth, the main geological processes occurring on it, and how some crucial environmental matters that are amply debated in the media (e.g. pollution, greenhouse effect) can be fully understood by placing them in the holistic context of the system Earth as a whole. It provides basic information on a series of key geological issue…

Experimenting on a Small Planet

This book is a thorough introduction to climate science and global change. The author is a geologist who has spent much of his life investigating the climate of Earth from a time when it was warm and dinosaurs roamed the land, to today's changing climate. Bill Hay takes you on a journey to understand how the climate system works. He explores how humans are unintentionally conducting a grand unc…

The Mixing of Magmas

This book provides a common theoretical and practical basis to the multifaceted nature of magma mixing. This process represents a fundamental phenomenon both in the evolution of igneous rocks and in triggering explosive volcanic eruptions. The topic is attacked surgically merging field evidence, numerical models, and experiments in order to draw the most complete picture about this natural proc…

Introduction to Python in Earth Science Data Analysis

This textbook introduces the use of Python programming for exploring and modelling data in the field of Earth Sciences. It drives the reader from his very first steps with Python, like setting up the environment and starting writing the first lines of codes, to proficient use in visualizing, analyzing, and modelling data in the field of Earth Science. Each chapter contains explicative examples …

Witness To A Changing Earth

This book is of interest to all of you willing to gain perspective both in time and in depth about the global environmental crises we are facing in the Anthropocene as well as pondering potential solutions. Humans are dominating the Earth’s environment and causing global changes in the most recent geologic time called the Anthropocene. Global changes are caused by both natural events like ear…

Polluting Textiles : The Problem with Microfibres

his book examines the critical issue of environmental pollutants produced by the textiles industry. Comprised of contributions from environmental scientists and materials and textiles scientists, this edited volume addresses the environmental impact of microplastics, with a particular focus on microfibres released by textiles into marine and freshwater environments. The chapters in Part I of…