This book is a summary, and it is not intended to act as a straight replacement for the book that it summarizes. It is an independent publication that gives readers insights, provides a comprehensive analysis, and evaluates the author's artwork in a critical manner.The following information is included in this book's summary:• A concise summary of the chapter's most important contents.• A rapid and uncomplicated comprehension of the content analysis.• Conten...

A practical guide to the basic physics that radiation protection professionals needA much-needed working resource for health physicists and other radiation protection professionals, this volume presents clear, thorough, up-to-date explanations of the basic physics necessary to address real-world problems in radiation protection. Designed for readers with limited as well as basic science backgrounds, Physics for Radiation Protection emphasizes applied concepts and c...

This book features five peer-reviewed reviews on controlled environment agriculture.The first chapter summarises rapid improvements in the technology used for plant factories with artificial lighting (PFALs), including developments in automation, lighting, climate control, sensors and algorithms.The second chapter briefly discusses the sustainability of indoor vertical farms (IVF) and details best practices for conducting an environmental sustainability assessment of IVFs u...

Do our lives have meaning? Should we create more people? Is death bad? Should we commit suicide? Would it be better to be immortal? Should we be optimistic or pessimistic? Since Life, Death, and Meaning: Key Philosophical Readings on the Big Questions first appeared, David Benatar's distinctive anthology designed to introduce students to the key existential questions of philosophy has won a devoted following among users in a variety of upper-level and even introductory courses.

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.A rich and insightful overview of the Christian belief in Jesus, his life, his teaching and the meaning of Jesus today.

Am 300. Todestag von Galileo Galilei kam er auf die Welt, am Geburtstag von Albert Einstein, dem 139., verließ er sie wieder. Stephen Hawking ist zweifellos der berühmteste Wissenschaftler unserer Zeit gewesen. Kein Wissenschaftler, Einstein vielleicht ausgenommen, hat die Menschheit in den letzten hundert Jahren und bis heute so fasziniert. Nie zuvor hat ein Mensch die Phantasie von Millionen über die Entstehung des Universums und unseren Platz darin derart entflammt. Er stellte die große...

The Regency Scandal Collection from Mills & BoonIncluding the titles:Regency Scandal: Outrageous PropositionsRegency Scandal: Dangerous GamesRegency Scandal: Dissolute WaysRegency Scandal: Disreputable Secrets

King Alfonso VIII of Castile: Government, Family and War brings together a diverse group of scholars whose work concerns the reign of Alfonso VIII (1158–1215). This was a critical period in the history of the Iberian peninsula, when the conflict between the Christian north and the Moroccan empire of the Almohads was at its most intense, while the political divisions between the five Christian kingdoms reached their high-water mark. From his troubled ascension as a child to his vic...

While grasslands face a number of challenges, such as land-use competition and the impact of climate change, there is a growing recognition of the critical role they play in supporting the transition to more resilient, sustainable and circular agricultural systems.Advances in temperate grassland science and management reviews the wealth of research addressing these challenges and opportunities. The book highlights the potential of grasslands to deliver multiple benefits to...

On September 11, 2001, AT&T's traffic was 40 percent greater than its previous busiest day. Wireless calls were made from the besieged airplanes and buildings, with the human voice having a calming influence. E-mail was used to overcome distance and time zones. And storytelling played an important role both in conveying information and in coping with the disaster. Building on such events and lessons, Crisis Communications features an international cast of top contributors exploring emergen...

Governance, security, and development are three critical components of a dialectical nexus that is both dominant and determinant for any objective and fruitful quest for the understanding of the trajectory of a country, a region or, in the case of Africa, a continent from a colonial past to a neocolonial and meta-colonial present, and toward a future of strategic optimal independence and self-reliance. That colonial past and the ensuing neocolonial and meta-colonial present have made these...

The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. The result is judicious and balanced insight into the meanings of the text in the framework of biblical theology. These widely acclaimed commentaries serve as exceptional resources for the professional theologian and instr...