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Hubble: 15 Years of Discovery

Springer, 2006

Hubble: 15 Years of Discovery forms a key element of the European Space Agency's 15th anniversary celebration activities for the 1990 launch of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

As an observatory in space, Hubble is one of the most successful scientific projects of all time, both in terms of scientific output and its...

Always Be Testing: The Complete Guide to Google Website Optimizer

Sybex, 2008

Stop guessing, start testing, and enjoy greater success with your website.

If you’re looking for more leads, sales, and profit from your website, then look no further than this expert guide to Google’s free A/B and multivariate website testing tool, Google Website Optimizer. Recognized online marketing guru and New York...

Tsunamis and Hurricanes: A Mathematical Approach

Springer, 2006

"... This book is useful for researchers working in mathematical modeling and hydrodynamics." Zentralblatt MATH 11/2007

Tsunamis and hurricanes have had a devastating impact on the population living near the coast during the year 2005. The calculation of the power and intensity of tsunamis and...

Website Optimization: Speed, Search Engine & Conversion Rate Secrets

O'Reilly, 2008

Remember when an optimized website was one that merely didn't take all day to appear? Times have changed. Today, website optimization can spell the difference between enterprise success and failure, and it takes a lot more know-how to achieve success.

This book is a comprehensive guide to the tips, techniques, secrets, standards, and methods...

Remote Sensing, Third Edition: Models and Methods for Image Processing

Academic Press, 2006

With nearly ten years since publication of the Second Edition of Remote Sensing - Models and Methods for Image Processing , the Third Edition provides a needed and comprehensive update.

The changes include:

• Sensor updates, including the NASA satellites Terra, Aqua, and EO-1, and the commercial satellites IKONOS,...

Satellite Communications Systems Engineering: Atmospheric Effects, Satellite Link Design and System Performance

John Wiley & Sons, 2008

Provides an invaluable, detailed and up-to-date coverage of atmospheric effects and their impact on satellite communications systems design and performance.

Significant progress has been made in the last decade in the understanding and modelling of propagation effects on radio wave propagation in the bands...

Fundamentals of Electric Propulsion: Ion and Hall Thrusters (JPL Space Science and Technology Series)

John Wiley & Sons, 2008

This important new book explains the fundamentals of electric propulsion for spacecraft and describes in detail the physics and characteristics of the two major electric thrusters in use today, ion and Hall thrusters. The authors provide an introduction to plasma physics in order to allow readers to understand the models and derivations used...

The Book of JavaScript: A Practical Guide to Interactive Web Pages

No Starch Press, 2000

Most Web developers pick up a book to learn how to use a language like JavaScript, looking for practical examples of how to get things done. The Book of JavaScript: A Practical Guide to Interactive Web Pages is plenty practical, and hits the mark as a reader-friendly and well-organized tutorial on JavaScript.

The book...

Spacecraft Power Systems

CRC Press, 2004

The first man-made satellite was Sputnik I, launched and operated by Russia in the low Earth orbit in 1957. In the decade that followed, the American space exploration programs launched many Earth orbiting satellites. The first commercial geosynchronous satellite, Intelsat-1, was placed in orbit in 1965, and, in 1969, NASA’s Apollo-11 became...

AppleScript: The Missing Manual

Pogue Press, 2005

From newspapers to NASA, Mac users around the world use AppleScript to automate their daily computing routines. Famed for its similarity to English and its ease of integration with other programs, AppleScript is the perfect programming language for time-squeezed Mac fans. As beginners quickly realize, however, AppleScript has one major shortcoming:...

Astrophysical Lasers

Oxford University Press, 2009

`A book of great educational value for graduate students and professional astronomers. ' Professor Dame Carole Jordan, University of Oxford

Progress in modern radio astronomy led to the discovery of space masers in the microwave range, and it became a powerful tool for studies of interstellar star-forming molecular...

Information Warfare: How to Survive Cyber Attacks

McGraw-Hill, 2001

"Computers don't attack computers, people do. With Erbschloe's capability taxonomy, we see that there are plenty of new adversaries out there with increasingly powerful cyberweapons and intentions. But most importantly, the greatest threat still comes from "trusted" insiders we so desperately need to, but perhaps shouldn't, trust...

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