2D-Nanophotocatalysts for Hydrogen Generation
This book explores 2D nanomaterials in photocatalytic hydrogen generation for clean, sustainable energy. It covers principles, synthesis, and enhancement strategies for materials like graphene and TMDs, while also exploring applications in CO2 reduction and future challenges.
This book generates solutions to radicalism by reexamining human nature through biology and Spinoza’s philosophy. This unique combination creates a “Spinozist” vision, suggesting psycho-sociogenic solutions to mitigate violent radicalism, accessible to experts and non-experts.
This three-volume manual provides information on 262 species of southern African decapods, providing updates to their taxonomy, and ecological and fisheries information. It is arranged systematically, progressing from the earliest forms to the most derived and advanced forms.
Dying to Eat
Trevan examines our oft emotional relationship with food, and challenges how the science and knowledge of food, health and nutrition are derived. He also investigates those foods that come ready loaded with poisonous compounds and carcinogens.
A History of Magnetism in Human Civilisation
Journey through millennia as humanity unravels the mysteries of magnetism. From mystic reverence to modern science, this book explores history, philosophy, and scientific phenomena with rigour and clarity. A compelling read for academic minds and general readers alike.
This book focuses on the Control Data Corporation’s early systems, which reflected the design principles of Seymour Cray. CDC developed fast processors for scientific and engineering organizations, and this volume covers their architectures, software, and key applications.
Science as a Quest for Truth
Challenging the myth of science vs. religion, this book argues that modern science is intertwined with the history of the university. It proposes a way to transcend the false alternatives of objectivistic certitude (“the Truth”) and relativistic resignation (“post-truth”).
This volume examines England’s pioneering computer efforts from the 1950s to the 1970s. Discover innovative concepts like time-sharing and multiprogramming, and learn how LEO I, the first business computer, arose not from a tech company or academia, but from a Tea Shoppe!
Genetically Modified Organisms
The rejection of GMOs is fueled by a misdirected struggle that fosters public fear. This book explains this contemporary taboo and calls for the well-regulated use of all biotechnological innovations, ending a stalemate which stymies public research and its benefits.
Decolonizing Science
Science denial is rising, partly because science, falsely portrayed as a European invention, alienates most of the world. This book traces how colonial agendas shaped science’s history, embedding racial and gendered prejudices into its concepts and divorcing it from reality.
The Evolution of Stars
With anecdotes from 60 years’ experience as a research scientist on the world’s largest telescopes, this book exposes what is often glossed over. It details the basis for our knowledge of the universe, warts and all, and offers insights as to where the science is going.
The Control Data Corporation’s Supercomputer Systems
This volume focuses on Control Data Corporation’s supercomputers, which brought Seymour Cray’s design principles to maturity. For over 25 years, CDC sold some of the fastest machines for science and engineering, and this book covers their systems, software, and key applications.
This three-volume manual provides information on 262 species of southern African decapods, providing updates to their taxonomy, and ecological and fisheries information. It is arranged systematically, progressing from the earliest forms to the most derived and advanced forms.
Microorganisms control key biogeochemical processes. This book covers the ecological activities and diversity of microflora in the plant species Elaeagnus latifolia L., focusing on bacterial interactions. For students and researchers in microbiology and ecology.
A History of Earth’s Biota
Our understanding of life’s evolution has been transformed. The fossil record now extends an astonishing sevenfold, and new genetic evidence reveals the co-evolution of plants and animals. This book presents the wondrous tale of how all life is linked, from microbes to man.
Scanning and Sizing the Universe and Everything in It
Philosophy often ignores the vast scale of the natural continuum for a human-centered view. This book puts our world in the context of all atomic matter, revealing the discrepancy between our ‘yardsticks’ and the reality of cosmic ‘light years’.
Albert A. Michelson and his Interferometer
This book reveals the astonishing connection between modern science and one instrument: Michelson’s Interferometer. It led to Einstein’s relativity and quantum mechanics, technologies like GPS and MRI, and the recent detection of gravitational waves from merging black holes.
This book tells the fascinating story of physics from the 19th to the 20th century. It investigates the contrasting ideas and raging arguments that led to our current understanding of the physical world, from the theory of relativity to quantum mechanics.
The Genesis of the Second Scientific Revolution
Scientific revolutions are not born from “great geniuses,” but from clashes of practices. This book reveals the common origin of the Quantum and Relativistic revolutions: a skirmish between mechanics, electrodynamics, and thermodynamics, first addressed by Planck and Einstein.
Innovation is not simply making things easier, but shifting power. This book explores how innovation gives nations a strategic advantage, from historical economic revolutions to the financial impact of Artificial Intelligence and the future of innovation in the classroom.