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 Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital ExplosionEvery day, billions of photographs, news stories, songs, X-rays, TV shows, phone calls, and emails are being scattered around the world as sequences of zeroes and ones: bits. We can’t escape this explosion of digital information and few of us want to–the benefits are too seductive. The technology has enabled unprecedented innovation,... | | Building Design and Construction Handbook, 6th EditionA where-would-you-be-without-it handbook covering every single important step in building design and construction, now updated to include key changes in design and construction practices. Surveys materials, structures, soil mechanics and foundations, building types, hardware, insulation, acoustics, plumbing, and more--all the material that will... | | Effects of Pollution on Fish: Molecular Effects and Population ResponsesIn April l999 an article appeared in Fishing News under the headline ‘Dredging and pollution hit stocks far more than fishing’. The article reported on claims made by an environmental group that these two anthropogenic impacts are causing a far greater decline of fish stocks in the North Sea than ‘supposed overfishing’ and... |
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It's True! You Eat Poison Every DayMy dentist said, ‘I’ve just given you a lethal injection.’
He explained that the novocaine he’d just injected into my jaw was fatal – or would be if it went into a vein. Where it was, in the muscle, the injection was safe.
In researching this book, I discovered that poisons are used as beauty aids... | | Investing DemystifiedThe first Demystified guide to take the mystery out of investing, Investing Demystified provides independent investors with hands-on explanations of basic investing topics without needless detours. Built around the no-nonsense model that has made Demystified one of McGraw-Hill's most popular series, this helpful and practical self-teaching guide... | | MySpace For Dummies (Computer/Tech)"I mentioned earlier the phenomenon that is Dummies and here is an example of just what it does best." (The Bookseller, Friday 14th March 2008)
MySpace has more than 100 million active users. For many of them, MySpace is their central hub for connecting and communicating. They come to meet new people, keep... |
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The Handy Anatomy Answer Book (The Handy Answer Book Series)Pick up a magazine or newspaper, turn on the radio or television, or access medical and health information on the Internet and you will find that the human body is definitely in the news. Artificial hearts, dietary supplements, stem cell research, genetic engineering, arthroscopic surgery, and many other intriguing subjects on human biology and... | | The Professional Photographer's Legal Handbook
Want to make a living in photography? Anyone who does needs this indispensable guide to licensing picture rights. In this accessible and entertaining book, expert Nancy E. Wolff explains copyright, trademark, contracts, and privacy. Real-world examples of cases, laws, and news items torn from today’s headlines illustrate the most ... | | BlackBerry Storm For Dummies (Computer/Tech)The long-awaited BlackBerry Storm is here! Take advantage of all the cool things your new touch-screen BlackBerry can do with BlackBerry Storm For Dummies.
Your BlackBerry Storm can help you organize your calendar, surf the Internet, and stay in constant contact. it even works like a modem for your laptop. BlackBerry Storm For... |
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Sustainable Nuclear Power (Sustainable World)This book is designed to provide nonnuclear engineers, scientist, and energy planers with the necessary information to understand and utilize the major advances in the field of nuclear power. The book demonstrates that nuclear fission technology has the abundance and attainability to provide centuries of safe power with minimal greenhouse gas... | | Information Warfare: How to Survive Cyber Attacks"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... | | Lightness of Being: Mass, Ether, and the Unification of ForcesScience News
"For a safari-like adventure into the world of physics, follow Wilczek's lead. Quirky but knowledgeable, he explores the essence of the matter that makes up the universe — combining the enthusiasm of someone like Jeff Corwin with the thoughtfulness of a David ... |
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