Science and Technology

DNA technology is evolving rapidly, with new methods and a fast-growing vocabulary. This unique dictionary offers current, detailed and accessible ...

This book focuses on the distinct but tightly inter-related areas of development for distributed sensing systems In this book, the authors discuss...

Ecological Applications presents a broad range of methods and techniques for managing environmental sustainability. This book examines ecological t...

If the whole world wanted to live like people in the United Kingdom we would need the resources of three planets like Earth. If the United States w...

Ecosystem Dynamics focuses on long-term terrestrial ecosystems and their changing relationships with human societies. The unique aspect of this te...

Details energy and exergy efficiencies of all major aspects of bioenergy systems Covers all major bioenergy processes starting from photosynthesis...

A practical guide for solving real-world circuit board problems Electrical, Electronics, and Digital Hardware Essentials for Scientists and Engine...

This exhaustive listing of almost all marine natural products known to date adopts a unique approach in its classification of the compounds by biol...

Climate change, habitat loss, rising extinction rates - such problems call for more than just new policies and practices. They raise fundamental qu...

This book is aimed at students taking courses on evolution in universities and colleges. Its approach and its structure are very different from pre...

Highly Commended at the BMA Book Awards 2013 Extreme Tissue Engineering is an engaging introduction to Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicin...

Facilities management continues to expand and develop in terms of the volume and diversity of commercial activity, with a significant influence upo...

Food webs have now been addressed in empirical and theoretical research for more than 50 years. Yet, even elementary foundational issues are still ...

The updated seventh edition of the classic text on wood science and forestry The seventh edition of Forest Products and Wood Science: An Introduct...

Foundations of Fuzzy Control: A Practical Approach, 2nd Edition has been significantly revised and updated, with two new chapters on Gain Schedulin...

Foundations of Risk Analysis presents the issues core to risk analysis – understanding what risk means, expressing risk, building risk models, add...

Freshwater ecosystems are under increasing pressure as human populations grow and the need for clean water intensifies. The demand for ecologists a...

Fuel cells are expected to play a major role in the future power supply that will transform to renewable, decentralized and fluctuating primary ene...

The first book to focus exclusively on the subject, Geodiversity, Second Edition describes the interrelationships between geodiversity and biodiver...

This volume provides students with a series of critical insights into the economic, political, social, cultural and ecological dimensions of change...

Geographies of Media and Communication systematically analyzes the relationship between geography and communication and shows how geographical appr...

Today’s global energy system faces two major challenges: how to secure the supply of reliable and affordable energy; and how to rapidly transform t...

Often described as a "miracle material", graphene's potential applications are extraordinary, ranging from nanoscale 'green' technologies, to senso...

Features recent trends and advances in the theory and techniques used to accurately measure and model growth Growth Curve Modeling: Theory and App...