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  • 暗數據

    被看到、被聽到、被測量到的，往往不是「真凶」 Dark Data: Why What We Don’t Know Is Even More Important Than What We Do

    by 大衛‧漢德（David Hand） ...
    Translated by 賴盈滿 ...
    Series series FROM
    大數據時代必讀的暗數據解析大作。「只因為沒有人在森林裡聽見樹倒了，不代表樹沒發出聲音。」我們都習慣看向光亮之處，但是黑暗中，看不見的事物裡，必定藏有更多決定性細節。◆本書賣點●《不大可能法則》作者全新著作。所謂暗數據，相當於宇宙中的暗物質、金融界的「黑池」、網路世界的「暗網」，都是不易察覺的事物，但觀察不到，不代表不存在；而觀察得到的東西，也不等於「全部」，尤其是數據。●大數據就像漫畫一般，以簡單幾筆，補捉基本的輪廓，簡化了很多細節。忽略的資訊或數據可能鬧出人命、釀成災害，甚至讓經濟體、社會崩解，生命毀滅。本書揭露暗數據無所不在的事實，其成因及影響。◆內容簡介//在遺漏數據的世界裡做出好決定的務實指南//身處大數據時代，不難以為我們... ... Read more

    $69.76 HKD

  • Material World

    A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future

    by Ed Conway ...
    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER and RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK*An Economist, Financial Times, Times and New Statesman Book of the Year***Shortlisted for the FT Business Book of the Year Award and the British Academy Book Prize, Longlisted for the Wainwright Conservation Writing Prize'Compelling'** TIM MARSHALL'Lively, rich and exciting' PETER FRANKOPAN'Vitally impor... ... Read more

    $99.69 HKD

  • Advances in raw material industries for sustainable development goals

    Edited by Vladimir Litvinenko ...
    "Advances in Raw Material Industries for Sustainable Development Goals" presents the results of joint scientific research conducted in the context of the Russian-German Raw Materials Forum. Today Russia and Germany are exploring various forms of cooperation in the field of mining, geology, mineralogy, mechanical engineering and energy. Russia and Germany are equally interested in expanding ... Read more

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  • Big Data

    A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think

    by Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Kenneth Cukier ...
    A revelatory exploration of the hottest trend in technology and the dramatic impact it will have on the economy, science, and society at large.Which paint color is most likely to tell you that a used car is in good shape? How can officials identify the most dangerous New York City manholes before they explode? And how did Google searches predict the spread of the H1N1 flu outbreak?The key to ... Read more

    $87.79 HKD

  • Old Heart Of Nevada

    Ghost Towns And Mining Camps Of Elko County

    by Shawn Hall ...
    Elko County, in the old heart of Nevada, is rich in historic sites, many of them hitherto uncharted and some verging on disappearing. For the first time, historian Shawn Hall identifies and locates the ghost towns and old mining camps of Elko County and recounts their colorful histories. Following a guidebook format, Hall divides the county into five easily accessible regions, then lists the ... Read more

    $168.59 HKD

  • Governance in the Extractive Industries

    Power, Cultural Politics and Regulation

    Edited by Lori Leonard, Siba N. Grovogui ...
    Series series Routledge Studies of the Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development
    Greater understanding of the forms and consequences of investment and disinvestment in the extractive industries is required as a result of capitalist expansion, recent declines in global commodity prices, and claims that extractive sector projects, especially in the global south, are poverty reduction projects. This book explores emergent forms of governance in mining and extractive industry ... Read more

    $492.45 HKD

  • Hydromagmatic Processes and Platinum-Group Element Deposits in Layered Intrusions

    by Alan Boudreau ...
    The role of hydrothermal fluids during the crystallization of layered intrusions and the ore deposits they contain has long been debated. This book summarizes the evidence for fluid-crystal-liquid (hydromagmatic) interactions and their importance for the understanding of the formation of platinum-group deposits in layered intrusions. It discusses the composition of igneous fluids in mafic magmatic ... Read more

    $1,019.29 HKD

  • Innovations in Sustainable Mining

    Balancing Environment, Ecology and Economy

    Edited by Kirtikumar Randive, Shubhangi Pingle, Anupam Agnihotri ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book explores sustainable mining knowledge, assessing researchers on the impacts of waste and new approaches to negotiating these impacts. Mining has always been a profitable venture; however, it comes with several boons and banes. The significant advantages of mining include employment generation, the establishment of townships and trade centers, and socio-economic growth. However, the ... Read more

    $752.39 HKD

  • Thick Coal Seam Underground Mining

    by Jiachen Wang, Weijie Wei ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book systematically summarizes the main technology and latest advancements of China's thick coal seam underground mining technology. It covers the mine development methods, the top coal caving technology and drawing mechanism, the measurement of top coal recovery and technology to improve the recovery ratio, the large mining height technology and coal wall stability control, large cross ... Read more

    $1,337.59 HKD

  • Proceedings of The Fourth International Technical Symposium on Deepwater Oil and Gas Engineering

    Edited by Baojiang Sun, Jinsheng Sun, Zhiyuan Wang, Litao Chen, Meiping Chen ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book is a compilation of selected papers from the Fourth International Technical Symposium on Deepwater Oil and Gas Engineering & The Third International Youth Forum on Gas Hydrate, held in Qingdao, China in December 2021. The work focuses on the advancement of techniques for the deepwater oil and gas exploitation and natural gas hydrate exploitation. The book introduces new ideas for ... Read more

    $1,830.89 HKD

  • Diamonds

    (Illustrated Edition)

    by William Crookes ...
    Series Title: Harper's library of living thoughtThe following pages are based on personal observations during two visits to Kimberley, in 1896 and 1905, and on personal researches on the formation and artificial production of diamonds. In 1896 I spent nearly a month at Kimberley, when Mr. Gardner F. Williams, the General Manager of the De Beers Consolidated Mines, and the managers of neighbouring ... Read more

    $39.05 HKD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Proceedings of the International Field Exploration and Development Conference 2021

    Edited by Jia'en Lin ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book focuses on reservoir surveillance and management, reservoir evaluation and dynamic description, reservoir production stimulation and EOR, ultra-tight reservoir, unconventional oil and gas resources technology, oil and gas well production testing, and geomechanics. This book is a compilation of selected papers from the 11th International Field Exploration and Development Conference (IFEDC ... Read more

    $2,666.99 HKD

  • Geologic and Mine Modelling Using Techbase and Lynx

    by Martin Smith ...
    This text provides a process oriented discussion of the theory, methodology and philosophy of geologic and mine modelling using two commercial software packages: Techbase, a leader for mineral exploration and modelling bedded deposits; and Lynx, for modelling geology. ... Read more

    $867.70 HKD

  • 全球煤炭清洁技术与新一代核能用材发展态势研究

    by 全球煤炭清洁技术专项服务研究组 ...
    本书包含全球煤炭清洁技术和新一代核能用材两部分。全球煤炭清洁技术部分充分利用文献计量学和专利统计方法，综合分析与全球煤炭清洁技术相关的已经公开的科技文献和各国专利信息，根据技术发展趋势和态势，预测了未来煤炭清洁技术发展趋势，同时深度剖析了具有普遍行业影响力的创新性技术，系统梳理了煤炭清洁技术发展脉络。新一代核能用材部分从不同系别、反应堆内外不同服役位置等分类方法，对多种类型的核电用钢进行了介绍，分析了国内核电用钢技术特点。通过梳理核电站一回路主管道、压力容器、蒸汽发生器、堆内构件等关键部件用钢的国产化进展情况，分析了国内新一代核电用材的发展现状和趋势。 ... Read more

    $69.66 HKD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Operational Flood Forecasting, Warning and Response for Multi-Scale Flood Risks in Developing Cities

    by María Carolina Rogelis ...
    Series series IHE Delft PhD Thesis Series
    The aim of this book is to contribute to understanding risk knowledge and to forecasting components of early flood warning, particularly in the environment of tropical high mountains in developing cities. This research covers a challenge, taking into account the persistent lack of data, limited resources and often complex climatic, hydrologic and hydraulic conditions. In this research, a regional ... Read more

    $828.62 HKD

  • The Nisselinka Claims

    by Robert Longe ...
    In the early years of the 20th century Edward Wickford, a settler in northern British Columbia, lays claim to a rich vein of copper and gold. But events outside his control wreak havoc with his plans and dreams of wealth. Two world wars and two generations later, his grandson’s ownership of the same mineral rights is threatened by a hard-driving promoter of a public company listed on the junior ... Read more

    $44.52 HKD

  • Die Eroberung des Weltraums

    Wissen kompakt, #11

    by Dominik Wörner ...
    Series Book 11 - Wissen kompakt
    Seit der Mensch zum ersten Mal den Nachthimmel betrachtete, fragte er sich, was dort oben liegt. Sterne, Planeten, Dunkelheit – und vielleicht Antworten. Jahrtausende lang blieb der Himmel ein Reich der Mythen, bis Neugier und Mathematik begannen, ihn zu enträtseln. Mit jedem Teleskop, jeder Rechnung, jedem mutigen Traum kam der Mensch seinem uralten Wunsch näher: den Himmel zu erreichen."Wissen ... Read more

    $23.99 HKD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Farndale Reservoir Twice Derailed

    by Bernie Eccleston ...
    Hull Corporation bought the upper portion of North Yorkshire's renowned daffodil valley in 1935 in order to submerge the valley bottom under a giant reservoir. Parliament had already authorised plans for Hull to follow the example of other cities like Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester and deliver water through a long-distance pipeline. As elsewhere, Upper Farndale's farming families were to be ... Read more

    $40.02 HKD

  • British Opencast Coal: A Photographic History 1942-1985

    by Keith Haddock ...
    British Opencast Coal is an illustrated history of coal mining by surface methods from 1942 to 1985. Written by Keith Haddock, a leading authority on the subject, this book details the origins of the industry and documents the types of earthmoving machines employed during the first 40 years. The book highlights the importance of surface coal mining operations and site restoration and their ... Read more

    $77.73 HKD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Yearbook of Sustainable Smart Mining and Energy 2022

    Technical, Economic and Legal Framework

    Edited by Walter Frenz, Axel Preuße ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book covers several aspects of the application of Sustainable Development Goals to mining related subjects. The included works range from methods to assess and implement sustainability to discussions of legal impacts and relations as well as technological developments and outlooks. First, the challenges and opportunities of clean energy transition in the African mining sector are described. ... Read more

    $1,337.59 HKD

  • The Great American Turquoise Rush, 1890-1910

    by Philip Chambless, Mike Ryan ...
    The Great American Turquoise Rush was the period of the largest concerted effort to mine, process and market turquoise in the history of the United States. It started when traditional markets for the clear sky blue Persian turquoise closed and the east coast jewelers, who controlled the jewelry trade in the United States, were forced from necessity to reappraise the quality of turquoise from the ... Read more

    $112.59 HKD

  • Southeastern Arizona Mining Towns

    by William Ascarza ...
    Series series Images of America
    Southeastern Arizona has one of the most diverse mining localities in the state. Towns such as Bisbee, Clifton, Globe, Miami, Ray, Silverbell, and Superior have earned reputations as premier metal producers that are most notably known for their copper. Other mining towns that have made their marks in the region include Dos Cabezas, Gleeson, Harshaw District, Helvetia, Patagonia District, Pearce, ... Read more

    $101.59 HKD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Melhoria contínua aplicada para carregamento e transporte na operação de mina a céu aberto

    by Heitor Lobo Coutinho ...
    "Melhoria contínua aplicada para carregamento e transporte na operação de mina a céu aberto" é um livro muito importante para todos os profissionais da mineração, entre eles engenheiro de minas, técnicos e estudantes, que tenham interesse em conhecer como são aplicadas as metodologias de melhoria contínua nas operações de carregamento e transporte de uma mina. Heitor Lobo Coutinho é um renomado ... Read more

    $98.00 HKD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mining and Sustainable Development

    Current Issues

    Edited by Sumit. K. Lodhia ...
    Series series Routledge Studies of the Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development
    Mining is a transformative activity which has numerous economic, social and environmental impacts. These impacts can be both positive and adverse, enhancing as well as disrupting economies, ecosystems and communities. The extractive industries have been criticised heavily for their adverse impacts and involvement in significant social and environmental scandals. More recently, these industries ... Read more

    $468.99 HKD