The compelling conclusion to The Lightning in the Collied Night and The Loss of What Is Past: In 22nd-century Aotearoa (New Zealand), Earth struggles to recover from the World War of 2057 while the world's chief physicist and her husband grapple with an immeasurable loss. When a seemingly unstoppable threat to Earth emerges, the Māori scientists must overcome their grief and decide whether to violate the most sacred values and beliefs of their people in a desperat...

The award-winning sequel to The Lightning in the Collied Night: In the mid-22nd century, the Wagamese Wormhole is gone, time travel is banned, and Earth's top quantum physicist is trapped in the future, 90 years distant from the love of his life. When he stretches the limits of science and ethics to seek a way to return to her and their young daughter in the past, an accident threatens them and the course of time. The physicist sacrifices everything in a desperate...

The 2nd Edition of the Award-Winning novel! Revised and re-edited, with 70 pages of additional scenes including a preview of the sequel to The Lightning in the Collied Night, The Loss of What Is Past***:*** In the mid-21st century, a brilliant American physicist joins a secret mission to travel through the galaxy's lone stable wormhole. When a series of challenges threaten the project, she must find another way to accomplish its objective: save the hu...

Provides a comprehensive review of the recent advances in agricultural robotics, such as advances in sensing and perception, as well as technologies and actuationAddresses our understanding of the social, ethical and economic aspects of agricultural robotics, including the regulatory frameworks and standards required to authorise their adoptionProvides examples of the practical application of agricultural robotics in an array of agricultural settings, from greenho...

Drugs, Alcohol, and Social Problems, a collection edited James D. Orcutt and David R. Rudy, includes 14 clearly written articles that exemplify the best of sociological scholarship on drug and alcohol problems. The readings strike a balance between constructionist, epidemiological, and ethnographic approaches to the study of drinking, drug use, and related problems such as domestic violence, crime, and the spread of HIV/AIDS. A general introduction and five section introductions w...

Joining Technologies for Composites and Dissimilar Materials, Volume 10 of the Proceedings of the 2016 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the tenth volume of ten from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on a wide range of areas, including:Composite JointsNon-Adhesive BondingAdhesive BondingJoining of Ceramic...

Composite Materials and the First International Symposium on Joining Technologies for Composites, Volume 7: Proceedings of the 2012 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics represents one of seven volumes of technical papers presented at the Society for Experimental Mechanics SEM 12th International Congress & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, held at Costa Mesa, California, June 11-14, 2012. The full set of proceedings also includes volumes on Dynamic Behavio...

An increased globalization and growth of cities also highlights the boundaries between nature and civilization from educational and experiential perspectives, especially with regards to issues of democracy and inclusion. From this perspective, much of modern outdoor education can be understood as 'urban' wherever the people come from or wherever the activity takes place. This book, building upon papers presented on the EOE Seminar 2013, takes its departure within how our notions of nature ...

Brought to you by Penguin.The tender and moving novella from the author of A Man Called Ove and Anxious PeopleGrandpa and Noah are sitting on a bench in a square that keeps getting smaller every day. The square is strange but also familiar, full of the odds and ends that have made up their lives: Grandpa's work desk, the stuffed dragon that Grandpa once gave to Noah, the sweet-smelling hyacinths that Grandma loved to grow ...

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, Anxious People, and My Friends, a profoundly moving novella about an elderly man’s struggle to hold on to his happy memories, face his regrets, and help his son and grandson learn to say goodbye to him.“We know so little about how the brain works. It’s like a fading star right now, do you remember what I taught you about that?”“When a star fades,...

Residual Stress, Thermomechanics & Infrared Imaging, Hybrid Techniques and Inverse Problems, Volume 8: Proceedings of the 2013 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the eighth volume of eight from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on a wide range of areas, including:Advances in Residual Stress Measurement MethodsResidua...

Joining Technologies for Composites and Dissimilar Materials*, Volume 10 of the* Proceedings of the 2016 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the tenth volume of ten from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on a wide range of areas, including:Composite JointsNon-Adhesive Bon...