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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

    $69.41 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 FRANKOPA... ... Read more

    $98.19 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

    $87.99 HKD

  • ¿Qué es el litio?

    Transición energética y reservas sudamericanas

    by Federico Nacif ...
    Series Book 1 - ¿Qué es?
    Las disputas geopolíticas por el liderazgo tecnológico de la transición energética presionan sobre las grandes reservas sudamericanas de litio, un factor clave para el desarrollo de las baterías recargables que demanda la electrónica portátil, los vehículos eléctricos y las energías renovables. La forma en que se explotan los salares de Argentina, Bolivia y Chile, sin embargo, no es el resultado ... Read more

    $48.99 HKD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Deep-Sea Mining and the Water Column

    Advances, Monitoring and Related Issues

    Edited by Rahul Sharma ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book focuses on general issues of deep-sea mining for seafloor mineral deposits, as well as the scientific, technical, legal and policy issues related to impacts on the water column. The topic is a growing area of significance due to the ongoing conversations on this issue in the world community, in view of the large-scale consequences resulting from operations of different components of deep ... Read more

    $1,313.69 HKD

  • Il rimosso della miniera

    La nuova febbre dell'oro nell'Europa in guerra

    by Collettivo Escombrera ...
    In seguito alle grandi decisioni prese riguardo alla transizione ecologica globale si è risvegliata una vera e proprio corsa alle risorse strategiche, a cominciare dall'attività estrattiva richiesta a tutti i paesi della comunità europea. Non a caso tutto questo accade in un contesto di escalation bellica e di economia di guerra.Questo testo è stato scritto da due persone, ma non sarebbe stato ... Read more

    $63.99 HKD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cryptocurrency Digital Revolution

    by Edward Becker ...
    The cryptocurrency revolution is here to stay, but why?Are you tired of trusting different middlemen with your hard-earned money?Tired of paying over expensive third-party services?Would you prefer instant payments over several days without asking for permission?How about a system that is completely backed by mathematics?Maybe you'd just like to earn some additional inco... ... Read more

    $22.99 HKD

  • 100 Years of the Mines Rescue Service

    by Malcolm Davies ...
    This book is to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Mines Rescue Service in the Rhondda Valleys and South Wales Based at the Dinas Mines Rescue Station, Rhondda many thousands of volunteer miners were trained to become members of their colliery rescue team; to deal with the many hundreds of varied underground emergencies, sadly many resulting in loss of life. All coalfields in Britain and ... Read more

    $33.00 HKD

  • The High Seas

    Ambition, Power and Greed on the Unclaimed Ocean

    by Olive Heffernan ...
    THE IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER'A comprehensive investigation of the staggering damage we have done to the world's oceans and its life forms' Observer'A vital, fascinating, deeply researched exploration of Earth's last wilderness... Shocking and starkly 'illuminating - a must-read' Gaia VinceThe ocean covers seventy per cent of the surface of our planet, and two thirds of this lie beyond national ... Read more

    $87.79 HKD

  • Underground

    Stories to Understand Past, Present, and Future of Mining

    by Adrián Godás ...
    Translated by Sergio Lorenzi ...
    The thrilling history of the extraction and economic control of the world's major minerals – from Antiquity to the present day: gold, copper, iron, lithium, rare earths, and more.Why should you read this book? Mining is on the verge of regaining a central role on the global stage. As the world gradually shifts toward deglobalization and an indirect confrontation between the United States and China ... Read more

    $128.00 HKD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Steam in the British Coalfields

    by Mick Pope ...
    Being a lover of steam locomotives is a bit like chasing a setting sun - with the real diehards searching out survivors further and further from their home territory. Many enthusiasts would mark August 1968 as the end of ‘proper’ steam locomotives in the United Kingdom, the date when British Rail withdrew their final examples. However, for those in the know, steam continued to contribute to the ... Read more

    $84.89 HKD

  • Combler le décalage en innovation : évaluation des asymétries en investissement R&D et stratégies pour l'autonomie dans les matières premières critiques

    by BOBE ENGUELEGUELE STEPHANE ...
    Les transitions vertes et numériques de l'Europe reposent sur des matières premières critiques et stratégiques, dont l'extraction et la transformation sont fortement concentrées géographiquement et intégrées verticalement en dehors de l'Union européenne. Ce rapport met en lumière une asymétrie structurelle de l'innovation par rapport à la Chine : un écart annuel estimé en R&D&I d'environ 6,6 ... Read more

    $124.99 HKD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • THE HUMAN SHOCK ABSORBER

    A Survival Guide for Community Relations Practitioners

    by Thomas Gaultier ...
    Series series Social Accord Architecture
    You stand between a grieving elder who just lost her home and a project team frustrated by delays. You translate between two worlds that cannot hear each other. By evening, you are hollowed out, and tomorrow you will do it again.This is the life of the social performance practitioner: the person companies send to the front line when mining or energy projects collide with the communities that live ... Read more

    $74.39 HKD

  • Proceedings of the Sixth International Technical Symposium on Deepwater Oil and Gas Engineering

    Edited by Baojiang Sun, Jinsheng Sun, Zhiyuan Wang, Litao Chen ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book is a compilation of selected papers from the Sixth International Technical Symposium on Deepwater Oil and Gas Engineering & the Fifth International Youth Forum on Gas Hydrate, held in Zhuhai, China in November 2025. 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 exploring ... Read more

    $2,044.59 HKD

  • Guidelines for Green Mine Construction and Management

    by Yong Wang, Suping Peng, Liang Wang ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book comprehensively covers many aspects of green mine, including the basic situation of green mines, mine facilities, extraction management, ecological environment, scientific and technological innovation, standardized management, environmental protection inspectors, and special tools in response to the needs of green mine construction, assessment, and management. It is highly informative ... Read more

    $1,395.89 HKD

  • The Pretoria Pit Disaster

    A Centenary Account

    by Alan Davies ...
    On the morning of Wednesday 21 December 1910, 889 men and boys travelled the two 434- yard-deep shafts at Hulton Colliery, also known as Pretoria Pit, situated in Over Hulton, north of Atherton, Lancashire. Sunk in 1900, the colliery was plagued with emissions of gas, particularly after roof falls. By 7.50 a.m., the day shift was below ground, motivated to put extra effort into their work in the ... Read more

    $84.89 HKD

  • Perspectives on Deep-Sea Mining

    Sustainability, Technology, Environmental Policy and Management

    Edited by Rahul Sharma ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book is a sequel to ’Deep-Sea Mining: Resource Potential, Technical and Environmental Considerations’ (2017) and ‘Environmental Issues of Deep-Sea Mining: Impacts, Consequences and Policy Perspectives’ (2019), and aims to provide a comprehensive volume on different perspectives of deep-sea mining from specialists around the world. The work is timely, as deep-sea minerals continue to enthuse ... Read more

    $1,231.59 HKD

  • MEDIATING EXTRACTIVE CONFLICTS

    A Practitioner's Handbook for Company-Community Disputes.

    by Thomas Gaultier ...
    Series series Social Accord Architecture
    When a mining project lands on a community's doorstep, the conflicts that follow are never simple. Generic mediation training does not prepare you for this.Power imbalances, cultural divides, historical grievances, and livelihoods at stake: company-community disputes in the extractive sector demand a fundamentally different approach to mediation. This handbook delivers it.Built from over fifteen ... Read more

    $211.39 HKD

  • Tungsten Investing Outlook

    Why Tungsten Is Gaining Value and How To Invest for the Future

    by Roggie Clark, Raj Clark ...
    Series series The Metal Investor Outlook: Emerging Metal Markets
    Tungsten is not just a metal used for paper weights or fishing weights, it is quickly becoming a serious investment opportunity. Once a material tightly controlled by a few regions, new mining operations are now opening in the United States and abroad, creating new interest among investors, collectors, and metallurgists. With the tungsten market expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of ... Read more

    $74.39 HKD

  • Seismic Wave Theory

    by Edward S. Krebes ...
    Perfect for senior undergraduates and first-year graduate students in geophysics, physics, mathematics, geology and engineering, this book is devoted exclusively to seismic wave theory. The result is an invaluable teaching tool, with its detailed derivations of formulas, clear explanations of topics, exercises along with selected answers, and an additional set of exercises with derived answers on ... Read more

    $391.69 HKD

  • Advanced Mine Ventilation

    Respirable Coal Dust, Combustible Gas and Mine Fire Control

    by Pramod Thakur ...
    Advanced Mine Ventilation presents the reader with a unique book providing the theory and applications for designing mine ventilation with computers, controlling respirable coal dust and diesel particulate matter, combustible gas control and, mine fire management. The book summarizes the latest knowledge created in the past 40 years in these areas. Authored by an expert in the field with 50 years' ... Read more

    $1,162.19 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

    $168.89 HKD

  • Managing Our World

    GIS for Natural Resources

    Edited by Geoff Wade, Matt Artz ...
    Series Book 13 - Applying GIS
    Discover The Geographic Approach to managing natural resources for efficiency and sustainability.Managing Our World: GIS for Natural Resources explores a collection of real-life stories about agriculture, forestry, mining, energy, pipeline, and renewable energy organizations successfully using GIS to streamline workflows, gain competitive insight, improve sustainability efforts, and more.Learn how ... Read more

    $135.29 HKD