In this book, errors in some of the current theories in Physics are described and the Grand Unified Theory has been derived and presented. This book completes the quest for the holy grail of Physics, the Grand Unified Theory. The book also strives to peek into the mind of Einstein and to understand why he failed to discover this theory.

Definitions, methodologies, and current applications of the principles of sustainability and resiliency in all engineering disciplinesSustainable and Resilient Engineering provides a comprehensive exploration of the scientific basis, methodologies, and practical applications of sustainability and resiliency in engineering. With an emphasis on the tri-sectoral dimensions of the economy, environment, and society, as well as an increased emphasis on resilienc...

This book includes selected papers presented during the 6th International Conference on Environmental Geotechnology, Recycled Waste Material, and Sustainable Engineering (EGRWSE-2025), held at the School of Industrial Engineering, University of Vigo, Spain, in June 2025. The volume covers the new trends on sustainable and resilient engineering practices in waste management and circular economy, environmental geotechnology, biotechnological applications, and related fields. The papers prese...

This book includes selected papers presented during the 6th International Conference on Environmental Geotechnology, Recycled Waste Material, and Sustainable Engineering (EGRWSE-2025), held at the School of Industrial Engineering, University of Vigo, Spain, in June 2025. The volume covers the new trends on sustainable and resilient engineering practices in waste management and circular economy, environmental geotechnology, biotechnological applications, and related fields. The papers prese...

This volume critically explores the cultural significance and fate of the “literary” in the European and the Indian traditions as it traces the history of the reception of works that have had a deep hold on the lives and sensibilities of people across time and cultures.The book grapples with three major concepts in the humanities—the literary, the philosophical/theological and the historical. It looks at Homer’s reception by Plato; Virgil’s reception by Christianity; the many respo...

This, the third volume in the series Climate Change and Fish Health, describes how finfish in cage culture and their pathogens are directly or indirectly affected by ongoing changes to the environment. These changes, which include a global rise in water temperature with increased acidification and reduction in dissolved oxygen, will continue even if we can significantly reduce the current output of anthropogenic carbon dioxide and methane. The third edition of Diseases and Disorders of Fin...

This new volume highlights the present status of farming regions that experience extreme environmental conditions, which pose special challenges to successful agricultural pursuits. These areas include extreme environments such as arid and semi-arid areas in North America, the Northern European Plains, Scandinavia, Patagonia in , West Asia, North Africa, Australia, and Mongolia.The author discusses how native vegetation and crops have endured harsh conditions, adapted to them, and ...

Unknown to most people, there are innumerable microbial species that accomplish vital ecosystem functions while residing in a suspended state in the troposphere or resting on crop canopies. These microbial species, if utilized properly, can improve agriculture. At the same time, harmful microbes can also devastate crops easily. This new book, Microbiology of the Agricultural Sky, explores a number of microbes present in the agrarian sky and details their identities, roles in natur...

This book includes selected papers presented during the 6th International Conference on Environmental Geotechnology, Recycled Waste Material, and Sustainable Engineering (EGRWSE-2025), held at the School of Industrial Engineering, University of Vigo, Spain, in June 2025. The volume covers the new trends on sustainable and resilient engineering practices in waste management and circular economy, environmental geotechnology, biotechnological applications, and related fields. The papers prese...

In Triveni are birds perched on branches, moonstruck musings, a house of straws, walking roses and unbridled desires of the heart. The poems are inhabited by lost lovers, unreturned books and bloodsucking rumours. A poetic form unique to Gulzar, Triveni is a confluence of three of India’s majestic rivers—the golden-hued Ganges, the deep green Yamuna and a third, the mythical one that lies beneath the former two, the Saraswati. A form Gulzar began experimenting with in the 1960s, T...

First published in 1998, this was the first book to present a comprehensive summary of both the global as well as institutional issues which are involved in biotechnology sharing. It covers the controversial subject of intellectual property rights (IPR) and the patenting of new discoveries in genetic knowledge in both agriculture and the human genome. One controversial issue is the creation of public and private DNA sequencing data bases. Of special interest is the sharing of biotechnology...

"The agricultural sky" is a dominant natural entity that has influenced, interacted with, and guided the evolution of crops, farming practices, and cropping systems. The sky—and all its components—above and near agricultural areas is an important aspect of an agricultural enterprise—as important as soils, water, and crop species. The blue sky above crops that is seemingly clear, tranquil or sometimes filled with clouds, is really a repository of a large number of gases, mineral or organic ...