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 Concentrator Photovoltaics (Springer Series in Optical Sciences)Photovoltaic solar-energy conversion is one of the most promising technologies for generating renewable energy, and conversion of concentrated sunlight can lead to reduced cost for solar electricity. In fact, photovoltaic conversion of concentrated sunlight insures an efficient and cost-effective sustainable power resource. This book gives an... | | | | Real-Life X-Files: Investigating the Paranormal"Whoever said that the truth is both stranger and more entertaining than fiction describes this book exactly." -- Skeptical Inquirer
Interest in the paranormal is at an all-time high. Ghosts, UFOs, psychic power and other unexplained phenomena are endlessly fascinating for us. People often seem to accept of... |
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Introduction to Environmental Analysis (Analytical Techniques in the Sciences)Global awareness of the importance of monitoring and protecting our environment has grown considerably over the last ten years. Environmental concerns are now an integral part of today's legislation, product design and development, waste minimization and disposal. As well as background monitoring of the environment, scientists are involved in... | | Philip's Atlas of World History (Historical Atlas)There could be no more opportune time than the start of the third millennium AD to produce an entirely new atlas of world history. Not only does this symbolic (if arbitrary) moment provoke a mood of public retrospection, but the pace of global change itself demands a greater awareness of "whole world" history. More than 20 years have... | | |
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Encyclopedia of Weather and Climate (Facts on File Science Dictionary)"This book stands out because it is an easy-to-understand, well-put-together text...high-school, public, and academic libraries will definitely want [this] two-volume set."
This work presents 4000 entries in an A to Z format. Topics include: the processes that produce our weather; the circulation of the... | | It's True! Animals Are ElectrifyingSome of my first playmates were animals. Well, insects really. I found them living under our lemon tree. They looked like leaves, or sticks, or bits of bark, and I wondered why. Was it a disguise so they could steal lemons when no one was looking?
Later on I saw lots more wild animals, large and small, in the Australian bush and in... | | Seeing Dark Things: The Philosophy of ShadowsIf a spinning disk casts a round shadow does this shadow also spin? When you experience the total blackness of a cave, are you seeing in the dark? Or are you merely failing to see anything (just like your blind companion)?
Seeing Dark Things uses visual riddles to explore our ability to see shadows, silhouettes, and black birds--plus... |
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| | | | High Resolution X-Ray Diffractometry And TopographyThe purpose of this book is to provide the theoretical and practical background necessary to the study of single-crystal materials by means of high resolution Xray diffractometry and topography. Whilst some of these techniques have been available for over fifty years, and the basic theory for even longer, it is in the last decade that they have... |
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