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  • Formulas, Ingredients and Production of Cosmetics

    Technology of Skin- and Hair-Care Products in Japan

    by Hiroshi Iwata, Kunio Shimada ...
    Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
    Today, young cosmetics researchers who have completed their graduate studies and have entered a cosmetics company are put through several years of training before they become qualified to design cosmetics formulations themselves. They are trained so that they can design formulas not by a process of logic but by heart, like craftsmen, chefs, or carpenters. This kind of training seems a terrible ... Read more

    152,63 €

  • How the World Really Works

    A Scientist’s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future

    by Vaclav Smil ...
    * THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *'Another masterpiece from one of my favorite authors . . . If you want a brief but thorough education in numeric thinking about many of the fundamental forces that shape human life, this is the book to read. It's a tour de force' BILL GATES__________We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don't know how the world really works. ... Read more

    9,49 €

  • Stuff Matters

    The Strange Stories of the Marvellous Materials that Shape Our Man-made World

    by Prof. Mark Miodownik ...
    * * * Winner of the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books * * *FROM THE TEA-CUP TO THE JET ENGINE, STUFF MATTERS IS A UNIQUE, INSPIRING EXPLORATION OF HUMAN CREATIVITY.'Enthralling. A mission to re-acquaint us with the wonders of the fabric that sustains our lives' Guardian'I stayed up all night reading this book' Oliver Sacks____________Everything is made of something.The ever... ... Read more

    9,49 €

  • The Gecko’s Foot

    How Scientists are Taking a Leaf from Nature's Book

    by Peter Forbes ...
    A cutting-edge science book in the style of ‘Fermat’s Last Theorem’ and ‘Chaos’ from an exciting and accessible voice in popular science writing.Bio-inspiration is a form of engineering but not in the conventional sense. Extending beyond our established and preconceived notions, scientists, architects and engineers are looking at imitating nature by manufacturing 'wet' materials such as spider ... Read more

    9,85 €

  • Oil

    A Beginner's Guide

    by Vaclav Smil ...
    Series series Beginner's Guides
    World acclaimed scientist Vaclav Smil reveals everything there is to know about nature's most sought-after resourceIn this fully revised and updated edition, Vaclav Smil reveals everything there is to know about nature's most sought-after resource'There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil.' Bill GatesOil is the lifeblood of the modern world. Without it, there would be ... Read more

    6,87 €

  • Yacht Design Handbook

    by Massimo Gregori Grgic ...
    A useful instrument for Yacht Design students and an enjoyable reading for boat builders and boat owners who want to learn more about their yachts. An overall check of all yacht design aspects, with useful suggestions and a few tricks of the trade. ... Read more

    28,99 €

  • EU-Taxonomie-Konformität im Wohnungsbau

    Rückbaubarkeit einzelner Bauteile in der Kreislaufwirtschaft und Lebenszyklusbetrachtung

    by Hannah Vongerichten ...
    Series series Computer Science and Engineering (German Language)
    Dieses Buch bietet eine umfassende Analyse der EU-Taxonomie-Kriterien für eine Kreislaufwirtschaft und die Taxonomiekonformität im Wohnungsbau. Es wird die Notwendigkeit eines nachhaltigen Wandels im Bausektor angesichts der globalen Herausforderungen des Klimawandels und der Ressourcenknappheit hervorgehoben. Die EU-Taxonomie-Verordnung dient als rechtliche Grundlage für diesen Wandel. Der Fokus ... Read more

    44,62 €

  • The Place of Glass in Building

    Edited by John Gloag ...
    Series series John Gloag on Industrial Design
    Originally published in 1943, The Place of Glass in Building is a comprehensive and compact survey of the structural uses of glass in 20th Century architecture. It gives the facts about the physical properties, the possibilities and the limitations of the glass in common use. It also deals with the attributes of specialised and decorative glass and provides detailed descriptions of the principal ... Read more

    36,52 €

  • Disordered Semiconductors Second Edition

    Physics and Applications

    Edited by Anatoly Popov ...
    Devices based on disordered semiconductors have wide applications. It is difficult to imagine modern life without printers and copiers, LCD monitors and TVs, optical disks, economical solar cells, and many other devices based on disordered semiconductors. However, nowadays books that discuss disordered (amorphous, nanocrystalline, microcrystalline) ... Read more

    169,26 €

  • Road Planning - Freeways and Country Roads

    by Thomas Richter ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    The book covers the planning and design of highways and country roads. The quality requirements for the road are derived from the network planning. After an excursus into the fundamentals of driving dynamics, the design elements are described in the site plan, in the height plan and in cross-section. After a detailed presentation of the intersection solutions, the necessary equipment is compiled ... Read more

    95,39 €

  • Flexible Electronics, Volume 2

    Thin-film transistors

    by Vinod Kumar Khanna ...
    Series series IOP Expanding Physics
    Flexible electronics is an emerging field with the potential for huge industrial importance. Comprising of three volumes, this work offers a cohesive, coherent and comprehensive overview of the subject. Themes covered include mechanical theory, materials science aspects, fabrication technologies, devices and applications.Khanna provides a systematic, step-by-step treatment of each topic and ... Read more

    96,34 €

  • Formation and Control of Biofilm in Various Environments

    by Hideyuki Kanematsu, Dana M. Barry ...
    This book provides excellent techniques for detecting and evaluating biofilms: sticky films on materials that are formed by bacterial activity and produce a range of industrial and medical problems such as corrosion, sanitary problems, and infections. Accordingly, it is essential to control biofilms and to establish appropriate countermeasures, from both industrial and medical viewpoints. This ... Read more

    143,09 €

  • Experimental and Numerical Investigations in Materials Science and Engineering

    Proceedings of the International Conference of Experimental and Numerical Investigations and New Technologies, CNNTech 2018

    Edited by Nenad Mitrovic, Milos Milosevic, Goran Mladenovic ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book provides a collection of high-quality peer-reviewed research papers presented at the International Conference of Experimental and Numerical Investigations and New Technologies (CNNTech2018), held in Zlatibor, Serbia from 4 to 6 July 2018. The book discusses a wide variety of industrial, engineering and scientific applications of engineering techniques. Researchers from academia and the ... Read more

    133,55 €

  • Emerging Smart Technologies for Critical Infrastructure

    Edited by Shantanu Pal, Zahra Jadidi, Ernest Foo, Subhas C. Mukhopadhyay ...
    Series Book 44 - Smart Sensors, Measurement and Instrumentation
    This book highlights the latest advancements, innovation, technology, and real-world challenges and solutions related to smart critical infrastructure. In addition, it provides quantitative and qualitative research innovations to individual, academic, organizational and industry practitioners in a wide range of practical solutions using emerging technologies in areas such as smart sensing, data ... Read more

    143,09 €

  • Flexible Electronics, Volume 3

    Energy devices and applications

    by Vinod Kumar Khanna ...
    Series series IOP Expanding Physics
    Flexible electronics is an emerging field with the potential for huge industrial importance. Comprising of three volumes, this work offers a cohesive, coherent and comprehensive overview of the subject. Themes covered include mechanical theory, materials science aspects, fabrication technologies, devices and applications.Khanna provides a systematic, step-by-step treatment of each topic and ... Read more

    96,34 €

  • International RILEM Conference on Early-Age and Long-Term Cracking in RC Structures

    CRC 2021

    Edited by Fragkoulis Kanavaris, Farid Benboudjema, Miguel Azenha ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This volume gathers the latest advances, innovations and applications in the field of crack control in concrete, as presented by leading international researchers and engineers at the International RILEM Conference on Early-age and Long-term Cracking in RC Structures (CRC 2021), held in Paris, France on April 9, 2021. It covers early-age and long-term imposed deformations in concrete, analytical ... Read more

    190,79 €

  • Thermal Properties Measurement of Materials

    by Yves Jannot, Alain Degiovanni ...
    This book presents the main methods used for thermal properties measurement. It aims to be accessible to all those, specialists in heat transfer or not, who need to measure the thermal properties of a material. The objective is to allow them to choose the measurement method the best adapted to the material to be characterized, and to pass on them all the theoretical and practical information ... Read more

    139,99 €

  • WOHNRAUM planen

    Architektur – Psychologie – Sozial – Gesellschaft – Kultur

    by Jörg Kurt Grütter ...
    Series series Computer Science and Engineering (German Language)
    Wohnen ist ein menschliches Grundbedürfnis. Der Wohnraum, die Wohnung ist für den Menschen wohl der wichtigste Raum, hier hält er sich einen grossen Teil seiner Zeit auf. Bedingt durch verschiedene Einflussgrössen verändern sich die Art des Wohnens und die Ansprüche der Bewohner ständig. Es gibt beim Bauen wohl keinen so komplexen und ständig anpassungsbedürftigen Bereich wie der des Wohnens.Die ... Read more

    63,91 €

  • Materials For Total Joint Arthroplasty: Biotribology Of Potential Bearings

    by Robert Sonntag, Jan Philippe Kretzer ...
    The replacement of a degenerated joint such as the hip and knee is one of the most outstanding interventions that allows the medical community to restore the patient's quality of life. However, today's patient is increasingly younger and more active and this presents a challenge for the orthopaedic community as a greater demand has been created for a longer lasting artificial joint that can allow ... Read more

    57,02 €

  • Nanomaterials and Surface Engineering

    Edited by Jamal Takadoum ...
    This book covers a wide range of topics that address the main areas of interest to scientists, engineers, and students concerned with the synthesis, characterization and applications of nanomaterials. Development techniques, properties, and examples of industrial applications are all widely represented as they apply to various nanostructured materials including nanocomposites and multilayered ... Read more

    144,99 €

  • Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Civil Engineering

    Edited by Guangliang Feng ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This open access book is a collection of accepted papers from the 8th International Conference on Civil Engineering (ICCE2021). Researchers and engineers have discussed and presented around three major topics, i.e., construction and structural mechanics, building materials, and transportation and traffic. The content provide new ideas and practical experiences for both scientists and professionals ... Read more

    Free

  • 3d Local Structure And Functionality Design Of Materials

    by H Daimon, Yuji C Sasaki ...
    Active-site is the region at the central atom’s position where functional activated reactions occur in many materials. Hence, it is important for the present study of material sciences to take into consideration this information of atomic structures in the reaction center of the localized impurities and catalyst and phase boundary and the photosynthetic reaction centers. However, it is very ... Read more

    56,28 €

  • Hydrogen and Hydrogen-Containing Molecules on Metal Surfaces

    Towards the Realization of Sustainable Hydrogen Economy

    by Hideaki Kasai, Allan Abraham B. Padama, Bhume Chantaramolee, Ryan L. Arevalo ...
    Series Book 71 - Springer Series in Surface Sciences
    This book is dedicated to recent advancements in theoretical and computational studies on the interactions of hydrogen and hydrogenated molecules with metal surfaces. These studies are driven by the development of high-performance computers, new experimental findings, and the extensive work of technological applications towards the realization of a sustainable hydrogen economy. Understanding of ... Read more

    124,01 €

  • Biointerface Engineering: Prospects in Medical Diagnostics and Drug Delivery

    Edited by Pranjal Chandra, Lalit M. Pandey ...
    This book provides detailed information on the surface and surface chemistry of various biointerfaces for the understanding and development of biosensors, biocompatible devices, and drug delivery systems. It highlights the role of interfacial phenomena towards the behaviour of biomolecules on different surfaces and their significance in recent applications. The book also addresses various surface ... Read more

    133,55 €