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Nature As Teacher: How I Discovered New Principles in the Working of Nature (Eco-Technology Series)

Gateway, 1998

At the time of writing the world is being engulfed by increasingly cataclysmicmanifestations of the disturbance and disruption of Nature's otherwise orderly processes. From reports received almost daily, both nationally and from around the world, we are increasingly forced to become aware of certain life-threatening irregularities in the...

Food Intolerance and the Food Industry

CRC Press, 2000

(Woodhead Publishing Limited) Provides an authoritative guide to they key issues in dealing with food intolerance within the food industry. Text explains key terminology and the mechanisms of food intolerance, key issues for those trying to minimize the amount of allergens in food, current labeling requirements and international sources of...

Programming Reactive Extensions and LINQ

Apress, 2011

Right now, we as programmers are at an impasse—a transition period between the well-understood world of imperative programming, and a world that is increasingly at odds with this model. In the ’80s, everything was simple: one machine, one thread, no network.

CPUs are now scaling horizontally, adding more and more...

Warfare and Weaponry in Dynastic Egypt

Pen and Sword, 2017

Defence. Attack. Symbolism. The development of warfare in any society provides an evocative glance into the lives (and deaths) of our predecessors. This is never more the case than with that most enticing of ancient civilizations, Ancient Egypt. Follow Rebecca Dean through the fascinating world of mysterious figures such as...

Ultra-Fast Fiber Lasers: Principles and Applications with MATLAB® Models (Optics and Photonics)

CRC Press, 2010

Ultrashort pulses in mode-locked lasers are receiving focused attention from researchers looking to apply them in a variety of fields, from optical clock technology to measurements of the fundamental constants of nature and ultrahigh-speed optical communications. Ultrashort pulses are especially important for the next generation of...

Enacted Personal Professional Learning: Re-thinking Teacher Expertise with Story-telling and Problematics

Springer, 2019

This book offers a vital new approach to teacher professional learning, drawing on teachers’ stories from the field. It investigates expert teachers’ professional learning and uses a narrative framework to analyse their meaning-making processes. The book focuses on how proficient teachers develop their expertise,...

Practical Unix & Internet Security, Second Edition

O'Reilly, 1996

This book is a practical guide to UNIX security. For users, we explain what computer security is, describe some of the dangers that you may face, and tell you how to keep your data safe and sound. For administrators, we explain in greater detail how UNIX security mechanisms work and tell how to configure and administer your computer for maximum...

The Worldwide History of Telecommunications

John Wiley & Sons, 2003

The first comprehensive history of the Information Age how we got there and where we are going

The exchange of information is essential for both the organization of nature and the social life of mankind. Until recently, communication between people was more or less limited by geographic proximity. Today, thanks to ongoing innovations in...

The Rise of the Blogosphere

Praeger Publishers, 2007

In Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge, biologist Edward O. Wilson writes that a “balanced perspective cannot be acquired by studying disciplines in pieces but through pursuit of the consilience among them. Such unification will come hard. But I think it is inevitable. Intellectually it rings true, and it gratifies impulses that rise from the...

The Book of F#: Breaking Free with Managed Functional Programming

No Starch Press, 2014

F# brings the power of functional-first programming to the .NET Framework, a platform for developing software in the Microsoft Windows ecosystem. If you're a traditional .NET developer used to C# and Visual Basic, discovering F# will be a revelation that will change how you code, and how you think about coding.

In...

Online Communication: Linking Technology, Identity, and Culture

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004

Online Communication provides an introduction to both the technologies of the Internet Age and their social implications. This innovative and timely textbook brings together current work in communication, political science, philosophy, popular culture, history, economics, and the humanities to present an examination of the theoretical and...

The Fertile Earth: Nature's Energies in Agriculture, Soil Fertilisation and Forestry (The Eco-Technology Series, Volume 3)

Gateway, 2001

What is the essence of a tree? How does a blade of grass grow? What do we really understand of the internal events and forces responsible for their upward thrust towards the heavens, and on what conditions do these energies depend? Where do they come from and how do they interact? What inhibits their proper interaction, and what enhances it? As the...

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