Richard Castle is one of Ireland’s most important 18th-century architects, yet this is the first book devoted to his life and career. Using extensive research, it uncovers his surprising personal history and refutes long-held misconceptions about his name, family, and religion.
This book uses AI to explore the cosmos’ biggest mystery: dark matter and dark energy. It identifies a cosmic engine fueled by dark energy and presents a solution to the cosmological constant problem that has troubled physicists for decades.
This book explains the theory and technology of converting electric energy to other forms, such as thermal, chemical, or mechanical. It offers new calculation methods and operating principles for electrotechnological equipment widely used in Eastern Europe.
Complexes of Natural Flavonoids with Transition Metals
The beneficial effects of plants are associated with flavonoids, which bind metals to form complexes. This book summarizes the scientific evidence on the structure, chemistry, and biological function of these metal-flavonoid complexes and their effect on disease.
This book is a comprehensive overview of clay science, covering the characterization and application of clay minerals. Explore applications in pharmaceuticals, wastewater treatment, construction, and agriculture. An important reference for researchers, scientists, and engineers.
A hands-on guide to solving industrially relevant problems. Master basic and advanced calculations for key chemical industry processes. Features real-life exercises with answers, covering complex installations with recycle-loops and cascades of reactors.
Mine Planning for Resource Sustainability
The first of its kind, this book offers a detailed, step-by-step guide to solving mine planning problems. For students and professionals, its integration of spreadsheet modelling allows the reader to analyze meaningful exercises beyond traditional assignments.
This textbook provides an introduction to physics for undergraduate students of geology and Earth sciences. It explains basic physics theories first, which are then applied to geological phenomena, using accessible math with figures and solved problems.
This guide to forecasting adverse weather in the tropics combines theoretical foundations with practical methods for short-range forecasting in Northeast Brazil. It uses synoptic analysis, satellite data, and numerical models, making it essential for students and professionals.
This book shows how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are used to prevent security assaults on blockchain. It explores use cases and security methods, arguing that integrating AI and ML is crucial for increasing blockchain security.
Reinforced Concrete Design
This book provides the fundamentals of analysis and design of reinforced concrete (RC) elements in a simple way. A valuable guide for students and practicing engineers, its design procedures provide a roadmap to create your own programming codes to increase design productivity.
Geometric and Wave Optics
A comprehensive course covering geometric, wave, and quantum optics, with applications and devices. Featuring clear diagrams, it offers detailed explanations with a physical approach and precise mathematical formalism. For undergraduate students, engineers, and researchers.
Antimicrobial Coatings for Biodegradable Polymers
This book provides new insights into methodologies for the preparation of antimicrobial coatings using diverse nanoparticles. These can be applied to medical textiles and hospital devices, reinforcing polymers’ functionality, even against microorganisms resistant to antibiotics.
This book discusses traffic information estimation methods using cellular network data for Intelligent Transportation Systems. It proposes three key methods: Handover (HO)-based, Fingerprint Positioning Algorithm (FPA)-based, and Cell Probe (CP)-based.
This book covers degenerate and singular elliptic equations, which appear in applications from glaciology to fluid mechanics. Based on the author’s research, it is a useful reference for graduate students and researchers interested in differential equations.
This book is a comprehensive introduction to the physics of intense laser-plasma interaction, motivated by applications in high-energy-density physics. For master’s and graduate students, it combines accessible theory with up-to-date developments and practical exercises.
By coupling gravitational and magnetic fields, a normally weak relativistic effect is enhanced. This outward dragging increases the rotational velocities of galaxies, presenting important implications for the missing mass problem in galactic dynamics.
This book opens the door to understanding the principles of combustion calculations. It integrates combustion with the open-source software Cantera, serving as an invaluable primer. This hands-on guide offers step-by-step examples for students, engineers, and researchers.
Sound is a major tool for studying the ocean environment and marine life. Understanding Ocean Acoustics focuses on environmental research using low frequencies relevant to fish and sea mammals, covering geoacoustic properties missing in most books on underwater acoustics.
Drawing parallels to fluid dynamics, this book observes how solar wind creates vortex structures in the plasma wakes of planets and comets. These features reveal an outstanding property that could also be produced by stellar winds interacting with the ionospheres of exoplanets.