Why We Study the Physics of the Ocean
This book reviews physical oceanography, from its history to its future challenges. It relates the physics of the ocean to topical issues like climate change and ocean forecasting, helping you understand how the ocean fits into the complex system of the global environment.
This book covers the diffraction, radiation, and propagation of elastic waves in isotropic and anisotropic media. It details key methods and their application to hydroacoustic antennas, loudspeakers, and the acoustic monitoring of oil products.
Space Systems Architecture for Resource Utilization
Space resources will transform human enterprise. This practical workbook is an invaluable guide for start-ups, students, and space enthusiasts. Learn how to start a space business, engage regulators, and coordinate teams to gain the confidence to build, live, and work in space.
This book is a guide to performing uniform broadband measurements with low uncertainty. It discusses radiometric, photometric, color, and LED measurements, and shows how to avoid large errors by standardizing the measurement procedure and using properly selected meters.
The Physical Reality of Applied Quantum Optics
This book scrutinises quantum optic experiments, revealing hitherto ignored phenomena. It shows that there are no quantum optic “miracles” once the physically present effects are correctly identified, leading to a new understanding of quantum locality and realism.
This user-friendly text uses illustrations and college math to analyze dynamic phenomena in everyday life. It presents dynamics as a unified framework, showing how simple concepts expand to complex design formulae for engineering structures.
For physics scholars and general readers, this book explores the action of ultra-low doses on biological systems. It covers medicinal remedies like homeopathy, the influence of color and form, and the Twin Correlation.
Mineral Resources in Iceland
This book honors the Icelandic coal miners who helped their nation survive the World Wars. The first overview of its kind, it covers the history of coal mining in Iceland, from the largest commercial galleries to the small pits used by local farmers.
Handbook of Environmental Impact Assessment
Good EIA reports are crucial for sustainable decision-making, but guidelines on quality are lacking. This book, based on a review of over 150 reports, bridges that gap. It describes the features of a good quality EIA report, with case studies to help professionals prepare them.
A major problem of contemporary physics is the incompatibility of its two greatest theories: quantum mechanics and general relativity. There is a lack of an over-arching framework to unite them. This book provides an accessible guideline to a possible framework.
This guide helps the optical radiation measurement community switch from traditional source-based methods to higher-accuracy, detector-based applications. It covers user-friendly radiometric practices, setup design, and extensions into the ultraviolet and infrared ranges.
This book develops the statistical mechanics of planet and star formation in our solar system and exoplanetary systems. It presents a new statistical theory, a universal stellar law, and a new law for the distribution of planets in the solar system.
Organic synthesis rarely goes to plan. To fight meagre yields and side reactions, you need to master reaction mechanisms. This book moves you from knowing the simple steps of an undergraduate degree to envisioning the convoluted mechanisms needed in professional practice.
This book presents the direct integration method, a tool for analyzing the elastic response of nonhomogeneous solids to thermal and force loadings. By reducing elasticity problems to integral equations, this method provides efficient, closed-form solutions for these materials.
The beauty of game theory is its application to real world problems. This book commemorates the marriage of the theory and practice, not in heaven, but in the real world.
This book describes fundamental mechanisms and catalytic pathways of key enzymes like cytochromes P450 and kinases. Learn to solve kinetic and mechanistic problems and confidently present your results in high-impact journals, even without significant previous experience.
Apollo astronauts discovered a major hazard on the Moon: fine, sharp dust that eroded spacesuits, compromised seals, and harmed their health. As humans prepare to return, this book summarizes what we know about lunar dust and how to mitigate its effects on future exploration.
Predictive Models for Soil Contaminants
This book provides a first-of-its-kind collection of predictive spreadsheet models for soil contaminant behavior. It presents graphic and numerical predictions of physical and chemical changes, appealing to governments, companies, scientists, engineers, and researchers.
This volume presents research merging classical measurement theory with modern data science. Discover novel methods for superior measurement design, robust data evaluation, and efficient instrumentation implementations.
This book sheds light on controversial questions about interventions on religious heritage buildings. Since Vatican II, the renewal of Catholic churches has been problematic for historic buildings. How can we reform what has already been reformed?