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Calculus for the Utterly Confused

McGraw-Hill, 1998

When it comes to understanding one of your most intimidating courses--calculus--even good students can be confused. Intended primarily for the non-engineering calculus student (though the more serious calculus student will also benefit), Calculus for the Utterly Confused is your ticket to success. Calculus concepts are explained and applied...

Handbook of Vitamins, 3rd Edition (Clinical Nutrition in Health and Disease, No. 3)

CRC Press, 2001

Features a comprehensive summary of the chemical, physiological, and nutritional relationships of all recognized vitamins!

Maintaining the standards of excellence set forth in the previous editions, the Handbook of Vitamins, Third Edition presents a thorough examination of the fundamental characteristics, functions, and roles...

The Essential Handbook of Ground-Water Sampling

CRC Press, 2006

Tremendous improvements in ground-water sampling methodologies and analytical technologies have made it possible to collect and analyze truly representative samples to detect increasingly lower levels of contaminants—now in the sub-parts-per-billion range. Though these new methods produce more accurate and precise data and are less expensive,...

Industrial Organic Chemicals

John Wiley & Sons, 2012

An essential introduction to the organic chemicals industry—in the context of globalization, advances in technology, and environmental concerns

Providing 95 percent of the 500 billion pounds of organic chemicals produced in the world, the petroleum and natural gas industries are responsible for products that ensure our...

Thin Films and Coatings in Biology (Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering)

Springer, 2013

The surface of materials is routinely exposed to various environmental influences. Surface modification presents a technological challenge for material scientists, physicists, and engineers, particularly when those surfaces are subjected to function within human body environment. This book provides a comprehensive coverage of the major issues...

Marine Pollution and Human Health (Issues in Environmental Science and Technology)

Royal Society of Chemistry, 2011

There is growing concern about the state of the world's oceans. The rapid growth of human populations in coastal regions has led to increasing dependence on marine resources. Beneficial features related to food supply and life style need to be balanced against the hazards presented by microbial pathogens, chemical pollutants, and toxic algal...

Irritant Dermatitis

Springer, 2005

Irritant dermatitis is a common condition, accounting for a significant proportion of occupational skin disease. The recent advent of non-invasive skin bioengineering technology has accelerated dermatology research in this field. This book comprises an exhaustive reference text on irritant contact dermatitis, covering all aspects of the...

Visual Perception and Robotic Manipulation: 3D Object Recognition, Tracking and Hand-Eye Coordination

Springer, 2006

As autonomous robots expand into the service domain, new solutions to the challenge of operating in domestic environments must be developed. Widespread adoption of service robots demands high robustness to environmental change and operational wear, and minimal reliance on application specific knowledge. As such, rich sensing modalities such as...

Control Theory for Engineers: A Primer (Environmental Science and Engineering / Environmental Engine)

Springer, 2013

Control Theory is at the heart of information and communication technologies of complex systems. It can contribute to meeting the energy and environmental challenges we are facing.

The textbook is organized in the way an engineer classically proceeds to solve a control problem, that is, elaboration of a mathematical model capturing...

Human Impact on the Natural Environment

John Wiley & Sons, 2018

A brand new edition of the definitive textbook on humankind’s impact on the Earth’s environment—now in full color

This classic text explores the multitude of impacts that humans have had over time upon vegetation, animals, soils, water, landforms, and the atmosphere. It considers the ways in which climate...

Finding the Voice of the River: Beyond Restoration and Management

Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

This book addresses societal relationships to river systems, highlighting many unexplored possibilities in how we know and manage our rivers.

Brierley contends that although we have good scientific understanding of rivers, with remarkable prospect for profound improvements to river condition, management...

Casarett & Doull's Toxicology: The Basic Science of Poisons, Eighth Edition

McGraw-Hill, 2013

The most trusted all-in-one overview of the biomedical and environmental aspects of toxicology--NOW more complete, up-to-date, and in full color

A Doody's Core Title for 2015!

NEW to the Eighth Edition

FULL-COLOR design to allow for a clearer interpretationof the basic...

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