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Aircraft Weight and Balance for the Professional Pilot

Aviation Books Series, #15

by Stephen Walmsley ...

Series Book 15 - Aviation Books Series
Despite aircraft coming in many shapes and sizes, they all have weight and balance limitations that pilots must carefully check before every flight. Operating outside of these limits can be very dangerous, and in some cases, an aircraft might not even leave the ground. Fortunately, pilots have a range of tools available to ensure their aircraft is fit for flight.From the author of the popular ... Read more

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Despite aircraft coming in many shapes and sizes, they all have weight and balance limitations that pilots must carefully check before every flight. Operating outside of these limits can be very dangerous, and in some cases, an aircraft might not even leave the ground. Fortunately, pilots have a range of tools available to ensure their aircraft is fit for flight.From the author of the popular
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World in the Balance

The Historic Quest for an Absolute System of Measurement

by Robert P. Crease ...

“Shows that the story of metrology . . . can in the right hands make for a riveting read.”—The EconomistMillions of transactions each day depend on a reliable network of weights and measures. But achieving such a network was anything but easy, as Robert P. Crease, physicist and philosopher, demonstrates in this endlessly fascinating, always entertaining look at just how this international system ... Read more

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“Shows that the story of metrology . . . can in the right hands make for a riveting read.”—The EconomistMillions of transactions each day depend on a reliable network of weights and measures. But achieving such a network was anything but easy, as Robert P. Crease, physicist and philosopher, demonstrates in this endlessly fascinating, always entertaining look at just how this international system
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Head First Physics

A learner's companion to mechanics and practical physics (AP Physics B - Advanced Placement)

by Heather Lang ...

Wouldn't it be great if there were a physics book that showed you how things work instead of telling you how? Finally, with Head First Physics, there is. This comprehensive book takes the stress out of learning mechanics and practical physics by providing a fun and engaging experience, especially for students who "just don't get it."Head First Physics offers a format that's rich in visuals and ... Read more

$26.99 CAD

Wouldn't it be great if there were a physics book that showed you how things work instead of telling you how? Finally, with Head First Physics, there is. This comprehensive book takes the stress out of learning mechanics and practical physics by providing a fun and engaging experience, especially for students who "just don't get it."Head First Physics offers a format that's rich in visuals and
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The Metric Calendar, a Metric Diary

by Vincent van Mechelen ...

Brainwashed into thinking that the calendar you and 'everyone else' use is perfectly normal? A chaotic calendar in which months are made to vary in length from 28 to 31 days; an unnatural calendar which passes over the existence of solstices and equinoxes, thus in its ignorance having the year begin at a totally arbitrary moment; a split, polycyclic calendar whose dates do not tell you anything ... Read more

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Brainwashed into thinking that the calendar you and 'everyone else' use is perfectly normal? A chaotic calendar in which months are made to vary in length from 28 to 31 days; an unnatural calendar which passes over the existence of solstices and equinoxes, thus in its ignorance having the year begin at a totally arbitrary moment; a split, polycyclic calendar whose dates do not tell you anything
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The Science of Measurement

A Historical Survey

by Herbert Arthur Klein ...

Series series Dover Books on Mathematics
"Klein is both a skilled reporter and a wide-ranging humanistic scholar. The book is popular and learned, witty and serious, literary and mathematical — always solid and entertaining." — Los Angeles Times.Although the topic of measurement might seem to lend itself to a dry-as-dust treatment, this book is just the opposite: an engrossing, easy-to-read study that treats a multifaceted topic with wit ... Read more

$31.99 CAD

"Klein is both a skilled reporter and a wide-ranging humanistic scholar. The book is popular and learned, witty and serious, literary and mathematical — always solid and entertaining." — Los Angeles Times.Although the topic of measurement might seem to lend itself to a dry-as-dust treatment, this book is just the opposite: an engrossing, easy-to-read study that treats a multifaceted topic with wit
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Photodetectors

Materials, Devices and Applications

by Elsevier Science ...

Series series Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials
Photodetectors: Materials, Devices and Applications discusses the devices that convert light to electrical signals, key components in communication, computation, and imaging systems.In recent years, there has been significant improvement in photodetector performance, and this important book reviews some of the key advances in the field.Part one covers materials, detector types, and devices, and ... Read more

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Photodetectors: Materials, Devices and Applications discusses the devices that convert light to electrical signals, key components in communication, computation, and imaging systems.In recent years, there has been significant improvement in photodetector performance, and this important book reviews some of the key advances in the field.Part one covers materials, detector types, and devices, and
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Community Data

Creative Approaches to Empowering People with Information

by Rahul Bhargava ...

Community Data offers a new toolkit for data storytelling in community settings, one purpose-built for goals like inclusion, empowerment, and impact. Data science and visualization has spread into new domains it was designed for - community organizing, education, journalism, civic governance, and more. The dominant computational methods and processes, which have not changed in response, are ... Read more

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Community Data offers a new toolkit for data storytelling in community settings, one purpose-built for goals like inclusion, empowerment, and impact. Data science and visualization has spread into new domains it was designed for - community organizing, education, journalism, civic governance, and more. The dominant computational methods and processes, which have not changed in response, are
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Successful Science Communication

Telling It Like It Is

Edited by David J. Bennett, Richard C. Jennings ...

In the 25 years since the 'Bodmer Report' kick-started the public understanding of science movement, there has been something of a revolution in science communication. However, despite the ever-growing demands of the public, policy-makers and the media, many scientists still find it difficult to successfully explain and publicise their activities or to understand and respond to people's hopes and ... Read more

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In the 25 years since the 'Bodmer Report' kick-started the public understanding of science movement, there has been something of a revolution in science communication. However, despite the ever-growing demands of the public, policy-makers and the media, many scientists still find it difficult to successfully explain and publicise their activities or to understand and respond to people's hopes and
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Measuring Time

Frequency measurements and related developments in physics

by Masatoshi Kajita ...

Series series IOP Expanding Physics
This fascinating book recounts the importance of precise measurements and their inherent uncertainty, before telling the story of humankind’s efforts to define and measure time with increasing accuracy and the effect this has on science. The effort to master time culminated in the development of modern atomic clocks. The most accurate clocks ever constructed. These advanced devices are accurate to ... Read more

$119.99 CAD

This fascinating book recounts the importance of precise measurements and their inherent uncertainty, before telling the story of humankind’s efforts to define and measure time with increasing accuracy and the effect this has on science. The effort to master time culminated in the development of modern atomic clocks. The most accurate clocks ever constructed. These advanced devices are accurate to
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Rahasia Langsing Tanpa Drama: Jurus Ampuh Menurunkan Berat Badan

by Ciara Dananjaya ...

Anda mungkin sudah mencoba berbagai cara untuk mengurangi kelebihan berat badan, mungkin sudah merasa lelah dengan janji-janji instan yang tidak bertahan lama, atau mungkin Anda menyadari bahwa upaya kesehatan ini butuh pendekatan yang lebih dari sekadar diet ketat atau olahraga intensif sesaat.Anda mendambakan hasil yang nyata, berkelanjutan, dan yang terpenting, membawa pada kualitas hidup yang ... Read more

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Anda mungkin sudah mencoba berbagai cara untuk mengurangi kelebihan berat badan, mungkin sudah merasa lelah dengan janji-janji instan yang tidak bertahan lama, atau mungkin Anda menyadari bahwa upaya kesehatan ini butuh pendekatan yang lebih dari sekadar diet ketat atau olahraga intensif sesaat.Anda mendambakan hasil yang nyata, berkelanjutan, dan yang terpenting, membawa pada kualitas hidup yang
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RAPID WEIGHT LOSS HYPNOSIS

Increase Your Motivation, Self Esteem, And Heal Your Body and Soul (2023 Guide for Beginners)

by Chase Covington ...

Rapid Weight Loss Hypnosis is a practical guidebook for those who want to use hypnosis to lose weight and keep it off for good. The book offers a step-by-step program that combines the power of hypnosis with healthy eating and exercise habits, enabling readers to achieve their weight loss goals quickly and effectively.Inside this book, you will learn:• How hypnosis works to... ... Read more

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Rapid Weight Loss Hypnosis is a practical guidebook for those who want to use hypnosis to lose weight and keep it off for good. The book offers a step-by-step program that combines the power of hypnosis with healthy eating and exercise habits, enabling readers to achieve their weight loss goals quickly and effectively.Inside this book, you will learn:• How hypnosis works to...
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Truth and Traceability in Physics and Metrology

by Michael Grabe ...

Series series IOP Concise Physics
Metrological data is known to be blurred by the imperfections of the measuring process. For about two centuries, regular or constant errors were not the focal point of experimental activities, only irregular or random errors were. To address this here, Truth and Traceability in Physics and Metrology discusses a new error concept that dispenses with the common practice to randomize unknown ... Read more

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Metrological data is known to be blurred by the imperfections of the measuring process. For about two centuries, regular or constant errors were not the focal point of experimental activities, only irregular or random errors were. To address this here, Truth and Traceability in Physics and Metrology discusses a new error concept that dispenses with the common practice to randomize unknown
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Seasons of Recovery: My Journey Through Staying

by Lucy Cicero ...

Recovery doesn't always begin with a clear decision.Sometimes, it begins with staying.Seasons of Recovery: My Journey Through Staying is a lived account of recovering from drug addiction—not as a single moment of change, but as a gradual return to yourself over time.This is not a guide or a set of instructions. It is a personal narrative shaped by the internal shifts that come after the chaos ... Read more

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Recovery doesn't always begin with a clear decision.Sometimes, it begins with staying.Seasons of Recovery: My Journey Through Staying is a lived account of recovering from drug addiction—not as a single moment of change, but as a gradual return to yourself over time.This is not a guide or a set of instructions. It is a personal narrative shaped by the internal shifts that come after the chaos
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Extreme Rapid Weight Loss For Woman

by Malia Kōnane ...

Have you ever tried to lose weight without success?Are you tired of having to deal with horrible diets that leave your life and joy tasteless?Extreme exercises that shorten your time and cause you body aches and with zero motivation?Well, I understand, I've been through the same thing once in my life, and I want to offer you what worked out for many people and me.In my book Extreme Rapid Weight ... Read more

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Have you ever tried to lose weight without success?Are you tired of having to deal with horrible diets that leave your life and joy tasteless?Extreme exercises that shorten your time and cause you body aches and with zero motivation?Well, I understand, I've been through the same thing once in my life, and I want to offer you what worked out for many people and me.In my book Extreme Rapid Weight
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Standards

by Jeffrey Pomerantz, Jason Griffey ...

Series series The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series
An engaging introduction to standards, the invisible infrastructure that shapes the built and digital environments of the modern world.Standards are the DNA of the built environment, encoded in nearly all objects that surround us in the modern world. In Standards, Jeffrey Pomerantz and Jason Griffey provide an essential introduction to this invisible but critical form of infrastructure—the rules ... Read more

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An engaging introduction to standards, the invisible infrastructure that shapes the built and digital environments of the modern world.Standards are the DNA of the built environment, encoded in nearly all objects that surround us in the modern world. In Standards, Jeffrey Pomerantz and Jason Griffey provide an essential introduction to this invisible but critical form of infrastructure—the rules
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1. Vettori. Errori. Probabilità.

by Michelangelo Fazio ...

Series Book 1 - Esercizi di Fisica
48 problemi con soluzioniAll’inizio vi sono alcune note di teoria.18 quesiti con risposta interattiva Vero / Falso; spiegazioni dettagliate richiamate da ciascun esercizio con ritorno all'esercizio stesso; autovalutazione e ripetizione dei quesiti.23 problemi con la loro soluzione7 problemi da risolvere da parte dello studente, con il risultato finale.Una raccolta sufficiente e necessaria per ... Read more

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48 problemi con soluzioniAll’inizio vi sono alcune note di teoria.18 quesiti con risposta interattiva Vero / Falso; spiegazioni dettagliate richiamate da ciascun esercizio con ritorno all'esercizio stesso; autovalutazione e ripetizione dei quesiti.23 problemi con la loro soluzione7 problemi da risolvere da parte dello studente, con il risultato finale.Una raccolta sufficiente e necessaria per
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¡No más Comer por Comer!: Destruye el hambre emocional y pasajero y cambia por completo la manera que ves la comida para bajar de peso de manera saludable y permanente

by Shaun Aguilar ...

¿Alguna vez te has preguntado porqué la mayoría de las personas no obtienen los resultados que después de intentar una dieta tras otra? ¿Porqué algunas personas tienen facilidad para perder peso, mientras que otras luchan con ello constantemente? ¿Acaso existe una manera de perder peso permanentemente para aquellas personas que lo han intentado todo? Entonces necesitas seguir leyendo."No importa ... Read more

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¿Alguna vez te has preguntado porqué la mayoría de las personas no obtienen los resultados que después de intentar una dieta tras otra? ¿Porqué algunas personas tienen facilidad para perder peso, mientras que otras luchan con ello constantemente? ¿Acaso existe una manera de perder peso permanentemente para aquellas personas que lo han intentado todo? Entonces necesitas seguir leyendo."No importa
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Advanced Mathematical And Computational Tools In Metrology And Testing Xi

by Franco Pavese, Alistair B Forbes, Nien Fan Zhang, Anna G Chunovkina, Sascha Eichstadt ...

Series Book 89 - Series On Advances In Mathematics For Applied Sciences
This volume contains original, refereed contributions by researchers from institutions and laboratories across the world that are involved in metrology and testing. They were adapted from presentations made at the eleventh edition of the Advanced Mathematical and Computational Tools in Metrology and Testing conference held at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, in September 2017, organized by ... Read more

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This volume contains original, refereed contributions by researchers from institutions and laboratories across the world that are involved in metrology and testing. They were adapted from presentations made at the eleventh edition of the Advanced Mathematical and Computational Tools in Metrology and Testing conference held at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, in September 2017, organized by
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Calculating and Graphing Speed | Motion and Mechanics | Self Taught Physics | Science Grade 6 | Children's Physics Books

by Baby Professor ...

Let’s talk about speed. This science book will define speed. A definition will lay down the foundation for further learning; and in this case, it’s to distinguish speed measurements from other scientific movements. Your child should be able to create a position-versus-time graph at the end of this reading book. Grab a copy today. ... Read more

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Let’s talk about speed. This science book will define speed. A definition will lay down the foundation for further learning; and in this case, it’s to distinguish speed measurements from other scientific movements. Your child should be able to create a position-versus-time graph at the end of this reading book. Grab a copy today.
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Fast Easy Solutions To Eat More Yet Remain In Good Shape Permanently

(Compilation of Obesity Code That Guarantees Weight Loss And Recommends Good Dietaries)

by MELODY RAY ...

Newest in town!The days are over when you place yourself on fasting because you need to have good shape.Many times, obesity is not the outcome of more consumption of food, but an outcome of the wrong selection of diets into the meal.How do you feel when you fully understand how to regulate your weight because there were major root causes in your palms?I know you will have a say!How about when you ... Read more

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Newest in town!The days are over when you place yourself on fasting because you need to have good shape.Many times, obesity is not the outcome of more consumption of food, but an outcome of the wrong selection of diets into the meal.How do you feel when you fully understand how to regulate your weight because there were major root causes in your palms?I know you will have a say!How about when you
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Key to Lose weight: Keto Diet with 52 Fast & Apple Cider Vinegar

by Green leatherr ...

This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to maintain the ketogenic way of eating and enjoy your favorite sweet treats sans the guilt.This book will show you that even though the keto diet involves controlling the amount of carbohydrates you consume, it does not mean having to give up your beloved cakes and other sweet treats.In this book, you will learn plenty of recipes for keto ... Read more

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This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to maintain the ketogenic way of eating and enjoy your favorite sweet treats sans the guilt.This book will show you that even though the keto diet involves controlling the amount of carbohydrates you consume, it does not mean having to give up your beloved cakes and other sweet treats.In this book, you will learn plenty of recipes for keto
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Reasoning in Measurement

Edited by Nicola Mößner, Alfred Nordmann ...

Series series History and Philosophy of Technoscience
This collection offers a new understanding of the epistemology of measurement. The interdisciplinary volume explores how measurements are produced, for example, in astronomy and seismology, in studies of human sexuality and ecology, in brain imaging and intelligence testing. It considers photography as a measurement technology and Henry David Thoreau's poetic measures as closing the gap between ... Read more

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This collection offers a new understanding of the epistemology of measurement. The interdisciplinary volume explores how measurements are produced, for example, in astronomy and seismology, in studies of human sexuality and ecology, in brain imaging and intelligence testing. It considers photography as a measurement technology and Henry David Thoreau's poetic measures as closing the gap between
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Mechanics of Biological Systems

Introduction to mechanobiology and experimental techniques

by Seungman Park, Yun Chen ...

Series series IOP Concise Physics
This book is an introduction to the mechanical properties, the force generating capacity, and the sensitivity to mechanical cues, of the biological system. To understand how these qualities govern many essential biological processes, we also discuss how to measure them. However, before delving into the details and the techniques, we first learn the operational definitions in mechanics, such as ... Read more

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This book is an introduction to the mechanical properties, the force generating capacity, and the sensitivity to mechanical cues, of the biological system. To understand how these qualities govern many essential biological processes, we also discuss how to measure them. However, before delving into the details and the techniques, we first learn the operational definitions in mechanics, such as
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Nanoscale Standards by Metrological AFM and Other Instruments

by Ichiko Misumi ...

Series series IOP ebooks
The purpose of this book is to help semiconductor inspection equipment users and manufacturers understand what nano dimensional standards are used to calibrate their equipment and how to employ them effectively. Reviewing trends and developments in nanoscale standards, the book starts with an introductory overview of nanometrological standards before proceeding to detail pitch standard, step ... Read more

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The purpose of this book is to help semiconductor inspection equipment users and manufacturers understand what nano dimensional standards are used to calibrate their equipment and how to employ them effectively. Reviewing trends and developments in nanoscale standards, the book starts with an introductory overview of nanometrological standards before proceeding to detail pitch standard, step
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