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Applications of Symmetry Methods to Partial Differential Equations (Applied Mathematical Sciences)

Springer, 2009

This is an accessible book on the advanced symmetry methods for differential equations. Subjects such as conservation laws, Lie-Bäcklund symmetries, contact transformations, adjoint symmetries, Nöther's Theorem, mappings with some modification, potential symmetries, nonlocal symmetries, nonlocal mappings, and non-classical...

The County Diagnostic: A Regional Environmental Footprint Framework for the USA (Beiträge zur Landschafts- und Umweltplanung I Contributions to Landscape and Environmental Planning)

Springer, 2019

The county diagnostic method is a spatially explicit, unit specific, component expanded regional environmental footprint framework for the USA designed by Bryce Lawrence to compare the influence of ecoregions on poly?factorial environmental footprints. This 'diagnostic assessment' quantifies and compares the flows of food, water, energy,...

Introduction to Chemical Engineering Kinetics and Reactor Design

John Wiley & Sons, 2014

The Second Edition features new problems that engage readers in contemporary reactor design

Highly praised by instructors, students, and chemical engineers, Introduction to Chemical Engineering Kinetics & Reactor Design has been extensively revised and updated in this Second Edition. The text...

Natural Products from Plants, Second Edition

CRC Press, 2006

The Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries

Annual Award for a Significant Work in Botanical or Horticultural Literature

From medicinal, industrial, and culinary uses to cutting-edge laboratory techniques in modern research and plant conservation strategies,...

Energy: Production, Conversion, Storage, Conservation, and Coupling (Green Energy and Technology)

Springer, 2012

Understanding the sustainable use of energy in various processes is an integral part of engineering and scientific studies, which rely on a sound knowledge of energy systems. Whilst many institutions now offer degrees in energy-related programs, a comprehensive textbook, which introduces and explains sustainable energy systems and can be used...

Diagnosing Wild Species Harvest: Resource Use and Conservation

Academic Press, 2013

Diagnosing Wild Species Harvest bridges gaps of knowledge fragmented among scientific disciplines as it addresses this multifaceted phenomenon that is simultaneously global and local. The authors emphasize the interwoven nature of issues specific to the ecological, economic, and socio-cultural realms of wild species harvest.

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Grzimek's Student Animal Life Resource - Insects and Spiders (2-vol. Set)

Gale, 2005

Grzimek's Student Animal Life Resource: Insects and Spiders offers readers comprehensive and easy-to-use information on Earth's bugs. Entries are arranged by taxonomy, the science through which living things are classified into related groups. Each entry includes sections on physical characteristics; geographic range; habitat; diet;...

Quantum Causality: Conceptual Issues in the Causal Theory of Quantum Mechanics

Springer, 2009

This is a treatise devoted to the foundations of quantum physics and the role that causality plays in the microscopic world governed by the laws of quantum mechanics. There is no sharp dividing line between physics and philosophy of physics. This is especially true for quantum physics where debate on its interpretation and the status of the...

Restoration and Development of the Degraded Loess Plateau, China (Ecological Research Monographs)

Springer, 2013

This book presents state-of-the-art scientific evidence and technological innovations to restore lands on the Loess Plateau of China, known worldwide for its serious land degradation and desertification problems. Supported by a rapidly developing Chinese economy and the dissemination of effective technology, the Grain-for-Green Project and...

Radio Antennas and Propagation: Radio Engineering Fundamentals

Newnes, 1998

This is the most modern, comprehensive and system-oriented text on radio engineering in print, by a pioneer in the field. Engineers and students need to use this book, which covers the physics of radio systems from a quantum mechanical point of view and offers a unique insight into radio engineering by showing not only how but why radio systems...

Enabling Sustainable Energy Transitions: Practices of legitimation and accountable governance

Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

This open access book reframes sustainable energy transitions as being a matter of resolving accountability crises. It demonstrates how the empirical study of several practices of legitimation can analytically deconstruct energy transitions, and presents a typology of these practices to help determine whether energy...

Good Green Homes

Gibbs Smith, 2003

Green. It conjures images of a meadow in spring for some, and the color of money for others. What does "green" have to do with our homes? In essence, green building-or sustainable building-means being smart about how we use energy, water, and building materials so that we can live well without needlessly damaging the environment....

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