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Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design (Interactive Technologies)

Morgan Kaufmann, 2007

There is almost a fervor in the way that new products, with their rich and dynamic interfaces, are being released to the public-typically promising to make lives easier, solve the most difficult of problems, and maybe even make the world a better place. The reality is that few survive, much less deliver on their promise. The folly? An absence of...

Models in Spatial Analysis (ISTE)

John Wiley & Sons, 2007

This book offers a relatively large overview of modeling families which exist in spatial analysis and of the different mindsets that went into them. Models presented are related to space organization principles, localization logic, the form of spatial interactions1 and their role in space dynamics. The expertise of the authors is...

Bacterial Resistance to Antimicrobials, Second Edition

CRC Press, 2007

The enormous genetic flexibility of bacteria jeopardizes the usefulness of currently available antibiotics, and requires new approaches to antibiotic discovery and development. Antimicrobial resistance can be acquired in a short time frame, both by genetic mutation and by direct transfer of resistance genes across genus and species...

Why Evolution Is True

Oxford University Press, 2009

For all the discussion in the media about creationism and 'Intelligent Design', virtually nothing has been said about the evidence in question - the evidence for evolution by natural selection. Yet, as this succinct and important book shows, that evidence is vast, varied, and magnificent, and drawn from many disparate fields of science. The very...

Ecology of Building Materials

Architectural Press, 2001

As both a practising architect and a researcher, Berge introduces us authoritatively to issues such as using raw materials from renewable sources, and the possibilities of designing and manufacturing reusable building materials. The alternatives to modern building materials are outlined and discussed from an ecological perspective.

In...

The Swarm: A Novel

William Morrow, 2006

For more than two years, one book has taken over Germany's hardcover and paperback bestseller lists, reaching number one in Der Spiegel and setting off a frenzy in bookstores: The Swarm.

Whales begin sinking ships. Toxic, eyeless crabs poison Long Island's water supply. The North Sea shelf collapses, killing thousands in...

Spatial Data Analysis in Ecology and Agriculture Using R

CRC Press, 2018

Key features:

Unique in its combination of serving as an introduction to spatial statistics and to modeling agricultural and ecological data using R

Provides exercises in each chapter to facilitate the book's use as a course textbook or for self-study

Urban Ecology: An International Perspective on the Interaction Between Humans and Nature

Springer, 2008

Urban Ecology is the study of ecosystems that include humans living in cities and urbanizing landscapes. It is an emerging, interdisciplinary field that aims to understand how human and ecological processes can coexist in human-dominated systems and help societies with their efforts to become more sustainable. It has deep roots in...

Kernel Smoothing: Principles, Methods and Applications

John Wiley & Sons, 2018

Comprehensive theoretical overview of kernel smoothing methods with motivating examples

Kernel smoothing is a flexible nonparametric curve estimation method that is applicable when parametric descriptions of the data are not sufficiently adequate. This book explores theory and methods of kernel smoothing in a variety of...

Modeling for all Scales: An Introduction to System Simulation

Academic Press, 2000

All manner of models are used to describe, simulate, extrapolate, and ultimately understand the function of dynamic systems. These sorts of models are usually based on a mathematical foundation that can be difficult to manipulate, especially for students. Modeling For all Scales uses object-oriented programming to erect and...

David Greig’s Holed Theatre: Globalization, Ethics and the Spectator

Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

With a Foreword by Dan Rebellato, this book offers up a detailed exploration of Scottish playwright David Greig’s work with particular attention to globalization, ethics, and the spectator. It makes the argument that Greig’s theatre works by undoing, cracking, or breaking apart myriad elements to reveal the holed,...

Decision Making in Natural Resource Management: A Structured, Adaptive Approach

John Wiley & Sons, 2013

This book is intended for use by natural resource managers and scientists, and students in the fields of natural resource management, ecology, and conservation biology, who are confronted with complex and difficult decision making problems. The book takes readers through the process of developing a structured approach to decision making, by...

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