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The Things We Make

The Unknown History of Invention from Cathedrals to Soda Cans

de Bill Hammack ...

Discover the secret method used to build the world…For millennia, humans have used one simple method to solve problems. Whether it's planting crops, building skyscrapers, developing photographs, or designing the first microchip, all creators follow the same steps to engineer progress. But this powerful method, the "engineering method", is an all but hidden process that few of us have heard of—let ... Leer más

$13.99 USD

Discover the secret method used to build the world…For millennia, humans have used one simple method to solve problems. Whether it's planting crops, building skyscrapers, developing photographs, or designing the first microchip, all creators follow the same steps to engineer progress. But this powerful method, the "engineering method", is an all but hidden process that few of us have heard of—let
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Co-habiting with Ghosts

Knowledge, Experience, Belief and the Domestic Uncanny

de Caron Lipman ...

How does it feel to live in a ’haunted home’? How do people negotiate their everyday lives with the experience of uncanny, anomalous or strange events within the domestic interior? What do such experiences reveal of the intersection between the material, immaterial and temporal within the home? How do people interpret, share and narrate experiences which are uncertain and unpredictable? What does ... Leer más

$72.99 USD

How does it feel to live in a ’haunted home’? How do people negotiate their everyday lives with the experience of uncanny, anomalous or strange events within the domestic interior? What do such experiences reveal of the intersection between the material, immaterial and temporal within the home? How do people interpret, share and narrate experiences which are uncertain and unpredictable? What does
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Fundamentals and Practical Aspects of Gas Injection

Edición de Reza Azin, Amin Izadpanahi ...

Series series Petroleum Engineering
This book covers different aspects of gas injection, from the classic pressure maintenance operation to enhanced oil recovery (EOR), underground gas storage (UGS), and carbon capture and storage (CCS). The authors detail the unique characteristics and specific criteria of each application, including:material balance equationsphase behaviourreservoir engineeringwell designoperating aspects</li... ... Leer más

$116.09 USD

This book covers different aspects of gas injection, from the classic pressure maintenance operation to enhanced oil recovery (EOR), underground gas storage (UGS), and carbon capture and storage (CCS). The authors detail the unique characteristics and specific criteria of each application, including:material balance equationsphase behaviourreservoir engineeringwell designoperating aspects</li...
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Solar PV Engineering and Installation

Preparation for the NABCEP PV Installation Professional, Specialist and Inspector Certification Exams

de Sean White ...

The NABCEP PV Installation Professional (PVIP) Exam is the gold standard certification exam for PV professionals and is famously difficult to pass. As the industry grows and jobs have become more specialized, the Board has responded to this with NABCEP Specialist Certification Exams.As well as the content of the PVIP, this book also covers the material in the Design, Installer and Commissioning & ... Leer más

$48.99 USD

The NABCEP PV Installation Professional (PVIP) Exam is the gold standard certification exam for PV professionals and is famously difficult to pass. As the industry grows and jobs have become more specialized, the Board has responded to this with NABCEP Specialist Certification Exams.As well as the content of the PVIP, this book also covers the material in the Design, Installer and Commissioning &
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Ike's Road Trip

How Eisenhower's 1919 Convoy Paved the Way for the Roads We Travel

de Brian C. Black ...

All roads begin somewhere and today’s U. S. highway system began with an exploratory, cross-country ride, led by 28-year-old Army lieutenant colonel, Dwight Eisenhower. This is the story of that coast-to-coast journey and how the dream of connecting America with roads began.Before he led the liberation of Europe, before he became our nation’s 34th President, Dwight D. Eisenhower’s made a road trip ... Leer más

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All roads begin somewhere and today’s U. S. highway system began with an exploratory, cross-country ride, led by 28-year-old Army lieutenant colonel, Dwight Eisenhower. This is the story of that coast-to-coast journey and how the dream of connecting America with roads began.Before he led the liberation of Europe, before he became our nation’s 34th President, Dwight D. Eisenhower’s made a road trip
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Forensic Structural Engineering Handbook

de Robert Ratay ...

The Most Complete and Up-to-Date Resource on Forensic Structural EngineeringThoroughly revised and featuring contributions from leading experts, this definitive handbook offers comprehensive treatment of forensic structural engineering and expert witness delivery. From exploring the possible origins of errors, through investigating and analyzing failures, to working with the legal profession for ... Leer más

$144.89 USD

The Most Complete and Up-to-Date Resource on Forensic Structural EngineeringThoroughly revised and featuring contributions from leading experts, this definitive handbook offers comprehensive treatment of forensic structural engineering and expert witness delivery. From exploring the possible origins of errors, through investigating and analyzing failures, to working with the legal profession for
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Museum Space

Where Architecture Meets Museology

de Kali Tzortzi ...

Museums are among the iconic buildings of the twenty-first century, as remarkable for their architectural diversity as for the variety of collections they display. But how does the architecture of museums affect our experience as visitors? This book proposes that by seeing space as common ground between architecture and museology, and so between the museum building and its display, we can ... Leer más

$55.99 USD

Museums are among the iconic buildings of the twenty-first century, as remarkable for their architectural diversity as for the variety of collections they display. But how does the architecture of museums affect our experience as visitors? This book proposes that by seeing space as common ground between architecture and museology, and so between the museum building and its display, we can
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Design Thinking

A Guide to Creative Problem Solving for Everyone

de Andrew Pressman ...

Design thinking is a powerful process that facilitates understanding and framing of problems, enables creative solutions, and may provide fresh perspectives on our physical and social landscapes. Not just for architects or product developers, design thinking can be applied across many disciplines to solve real-world problems and reconcile dilemmas. It is a tool that may trigger inspiration and the ... Leer más

$48.99 USD

Design thinking is a powerful process that facilitates understanding and framing of problems, enables creative solutions, and may provide fresh perspectives on our physical and social landscapes. Not just for architects or product developers, design thinking can be applied across many disciplines to solve real-world problems and reconcile dilemmas. It is a tool that may trigger inspiration and the
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Urban Theory

New critical perspectives

Edición de Mark Jayne, Kevin Ward ...

Urban Theory: New Critical Perspectives provides an introduction to innovative critical contributions to the field of urban studies. Chapters offer easily accessible and digestible reviews, and as a reference text Urban Theory is a comprehensive and integrated primer which covers topics necessary for a full understanding of recent theoretical engagements with cities.The introduction outlines the ... Leer más

$75.99 USD

Urban Theory: New Critical Perspectives provides an introduction to innovative critical contributions to the field of urban studies. Chapters offer easily accessible and digestible reviews, and as a reference text Urban Theory is a comprehensive and integrated primer which covers topics necessary for a full understanding of recent theoretical engagements with cities.The introduction outlines the
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Remaking the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

A Case of Shadowboxing with Nature

de Karen Trapenberg Frick ...

Series series Planning, History and Environment Series
Winner of TransportiCA’s September Book Club Award 2018On 17 October 1989 one the largest earthquakes to occur in California since the San Francisco earthquake of April 1906 struck Northern California. Damage was extensive, none more so than the partial collapse of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge’s eastern span, a vital link used by hundreds of thousands of Californians every day.The bridge ... Leer más

$65.99 USD

Winner of TransportiCA’s September Book Club Award 2018On 17 October 1989 one the largest earthquakes to occur in California since the San Francisco earthquake of April 1906 struck Northern California. Damage was extensive, none more so than the partial collapse of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge’s eastern span, a vital link used by hundreds of thousands of Californians every day.The bridge
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Spanning the Gilded Age

James Eads and the Great Steel Bridge

de John K. Brown ...

Series series Hagley Library Studies in Business, Technology, and Politics
The fascinating history of the St. Louis Bridge, the first steel structure in the world.Winner of the 2025 Captain Donald T. Wright Award for Maritime Journalism and Literature by the Herman T. Pott National Inland Waterways LibraryIn Spanning the Gilded Age, John K. Brown tells the daring, improbable story of the construction of the St. Louis Bridge, known popularly as the Eads Bridge. Completed ... Leer más

$28.69 USD

The fascinating history of the St. Louis Bridge, the first steel structure in the world.Winner of the 2025 Captain Donald T. Wright Award for Maritime Journalism and Literature by the Herman T. Pott National Inland Waterways LibraryIn Spanning the Gilded Age, John K. Brown tells the daring, improbable story of the construction of the St. Louis Bridge, known popularly as the Eads Bridge. Completed
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More Urban Less Poor

An Introduction to Urban Development and Management

de Goran Tannerfeldt, Per Ljung ...

A world more urban...The world is undergoing massive urbanization, and is projected to increase from three to over four billion city dwellers, mostly in the developing world, within 15 years. This historic shift is producing dramatic effects on human well-being and the environment....but less poorUnplanned shanty-towns without basic services are not an inevitable consequence of urbanization and ... Leer más

$34.99 USD

A world more urban...The world is undergoing massive urbanization, and is projected to increase from three to over four billion city dwellers, mostly in the developing world, within 15 years. This historic shift is producing dramatic effects on human well-being and the environment....but less poorUnplanned shanty-towns without basic services are not an inevitable consequence of urbanization and
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Railroad Tycoon

A Biography of E.H. Harriman

de George Kennan ...

This edition contains Vol. I & II, Abridged, AnnotatedBy any account, Edward Henry Harriman was a fascinating individual and a titan of the railroad industry. What Rockefeller was to oil, Harriman was to railroads.By his death Harriman controlled the Union Pacific, the Southern Pacific, the Saint Joseph and Grand Island, the Illinois Central, the Central of Georgia, the Pacific Mail Steamship ... Leer más

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This edition contains Vol. I & II, Abridged, AnnotatedBy any account, Edward Henry Harriman was a fascinating individual and a titan of the railroad industry. What Rockefeller was to oil, Harriman was to railroads.By his death Harriman controlled the Union Pacific, the Southern Pacific, the Saint Joseph and Grand Island, the Illinois Central, the Central of Georgia, the Pacific Mail Steamship
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A Blue Carbon Primer

The State of Coastal Wetland Carbon Science, Practice and Policy

Edición de Lisamarie Windham-Myers, Stephen Crooks, Tiffany G. Troxler ...

Series series CRC Marine Science
Key features:Captures the historic context and recent developments in science and policy arenas that address the potential for coastal wetlands to be considered as significant contributors to carbon sequestrationLinks multiple levels of science (biogeochemistry, geomorphology, paleoclimate, etc.) with blue carbon concepts (science, policy, mapping, operationalization, economics) in a single ... Leer más

$87.99 USD

Key features:Captures the historic context and recent developments in science and policy arenas that address the potential for coastal wetlands to be considered as significant contributors to carbon sequestrationLinks multiple levels of science (biogeochemistry, geomorphology, paleoclimate, etc.) with blue carbon concepts (science, policy, mapping, operationalization, economics) in a single
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Language Learning Online: Towards Best Practice

Edición de Uschi Felix ...

This important and accessible book identifies the key elements in the quest for best practice in online language teaching. The authors, all of them international experts who have made significant contributions to the debate about how to exploit the new technologies, consider online language teaching from three crucial perspectives: design, tools and pedagogy. Their recommendations are such that ... Leer más

$73.99 USD

This important and accessible book identifies the key elements in the quest for best practice in online language teaching. The authors, all of them international experts who have made significant contributions to the debate about how to exploit the new technologies, consider online language teaching from three crucial perspectives: design, tools and pedagogy. Their recommendations are such that
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The Thames Tideway Tunnel

Preventing Another Great Stink

de Phil Stride ...

Underneath the River Thames, one of the UK's largest-ever underground engineering projects is taking shape. In 1858 the 'Great Stink of London' made much of the city along the River Thames uninhabitable. Between 1848 and 1854 nearly 25,000 Londoners died of cholera, a disease borne by foul water. Joseph Bazalgette saved the city, building sewers that would serve 4 million people and stop waste ... Leer más

$19.49 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Underneath the River Thames, one of the UK's largest-ever underground engineering projects is taking shape. In 1858 the 'Great Stink of London' made much of the city along the River Thames uninhabitable. Between 1848 and 1854 nearly 25,000 Londoners died of cholera, a disease borne by foul water. Joseph Bazalgette saved the city, building sewers that would serve 4 million people and stop waste
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Digital Archetypes

Adaptations of Early Temple Architecture in South and Southeast Asia

de Sambit Datta, David Beynon ...

Series series Digital Research in the Arts and Humanities
This unique book presents a broad multi-disciplinary examination of early temple architecture in Asia, written by two experts in digital reconstruction and the history and theory of Asian architecture. The authors examine the archetypes of Early Brahmanic, Hindu and Buddhist temple architecture from their origins in north western India to their subsequent spread and adaptation eastwards into ... Leer más

$73.99 USD

This unique book presents a broad multi-disciplinary examination of early temple architecture in Asia, written by two experts in digital reconstruction and the history and theory of Asian architecture. The authors examine the archetypes of Early Brahmanic, Hindu and Buddhist temple architecture from their origins in north western India to their subsequent spread and adaptation eastwards into
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Architecture in Words

Theatre, Language and the Sensuous Space of Architecture

de Louise Pelletier ...

What if the house you are about to enter was built with the confessed purpose of seducing you, of creating various sensations destined to touch your soul and make you reflect on who you are? Could architecture have such power? This was the assumption of generations of architects at the beginning of modernity.Exploring the role of theatre and fiction in defining character in architecture, Louise ... Leer más

$110.99 USD

What if the house you are about to enter was built with the confessed purpose of seducing you, of creating various sensations destined to touch your soul and make you reflect on who you are? Could architecture have such power? This was the assumption of generations of architects at the beginning of modernity.Exploring the role of theatre and fiction in defining character in architecture, Louise
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Local and Regional Development

de Andy Pike, Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, John Tomaney ...

Actors and institutions in localities and regions across the world are seeking prosperity and well-being amidst tumultuous and disruptive shifts and transitions generated by: an increasingly globalised, knowledge-intensive capitalism; global financial instability, volatility and crisis; concerns about economic, social and ecological sustainability, climate change and resource shortages; new multi ... Leer más

$91.99 USD

Actors and institutions in localities and regions across the world are seeking prosperity and well-being amidst tumultuous and disruptive shifts and transitions generated by: an increasingly globalised, knowledge-intensive capitalism; global financial instability, volatility and crisis; concerns about economic, social and ecological sustainability, climate change and resource shortages; new multi
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Life After Dead Pool

Lake Powell's Last Days and the Rebirth of the Colorado River

de Zak Podmore ...

•A lot of conversation surrounding Glen Canyon and one of our previous books has contributed largely (The Path of Light) to this conversation opening it up to futher discussion •Conservation •This is a hopeful look different from a lot of the news surrounding Glen Canyon that focuses on the death, Podmore focuses on the revival •The author has connections in the Salt Lake Tribune •The author has ... Leer más

$9.89 USD

•A lot of conversation surrounding Glen Canyon and one of our previous books has contributed largely (The Path of Light) to this conversation opening it up to futher discussion •Conservation •This is a hopeful look different from a lot of the news surrounding Glen Canyon that focuses on the death, Podmore focuses on the revival •The author has connections in the Salt Lake Tribune •The author has
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Managing the Risks of Organizational Accidents

de James Reason ...

Major accidents are rare events due to the many barriers, safeguards and defences developed by modern technologies. But they continue to happen with saddening regularity and their human and financial consequences are all too often unacceptably catastrophic. One of the greatest challenges we face is to develop more effective ways of both understanding and limiting their occurrence. This lucid book ... Leer más

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Major accidents are rare events due to the many barriers, safeguards and defences developed by modern technologies. But they continue to happen with saddening regularity and their human and financial consequences are all too often unacceptably catastrophic. One of the greatest challenges we face is to develop more effective ways of both understanding and limiting their occurrence. This lucid book
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Hospital Airborne Infection Control

de Wladyslaw Kowalski ...

Although nosocomial, or hospital-acquired, infections have been well cataloged and are fairly well understood, traditional solutions have failed to completely eliminate the problem. Even the most modern hospitals find themselves stymied by the persistence of these pathogens in hospital wards and operating rooms. The degree to which most of these infections are airborne is not known, but a growing ... Leer más

$115.99 USD

Although nosocomial, or hospital-acquired, infections have been well cataloged and are fairly well understood, traditional solutions have failed to completely eliminate the problem. Even the most modern hospitals find themselves stymied by the persistence of these pathogens in hospital wards and operating rooms. The degree to which most of these infections are airborne is not known, but a growing
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Barracoon

The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

de Zora Neale Hurston ...

One of the New York Times' Most Memorable Literary Moments of the Last 25 Years! • New York Times Bestseller • TIME Magazine’s Best Nonfiction Book of 2018 • New York Public Library’s Best Book of 2018 • NPR’s Book Concierge Best Book of 2018 • Economist Book of the Year • SELF.com’s Best Books of 2018 • Audible’s Best of the Year • BookRiot’s Best Audio Books of 2018 • The Atlantic’s Books ... Leer más

$11.99 USD

One of the New York Times' Most Memorable Literary Moments of the Last 25 Years! • New York Times Bestseller • TIME Magazine’s Best Nonfiction Book of 2018 • New York Public Library’s Best Book of 2018 • NPR’s Book Concierge Best Book of 2018 • Economist Book of the Year • SELF.com’s Best Books of 2018 • Audible’s Best of the Year • BookRiot’s Best Audio Books of 2018 • The Atlantic’s Books
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Liquefaction Around Marine Structures (With Cd-rom)

de B Mutlu Sumer ...

Series Libro 39 - Advanced Series On Ocean Engineering
This book, whose primary aim is to describe liquefaction processes and their implications for marine structures such as pipelines, sea outfalls, quay walls and caisson breakwaters, discusses the subject of soil liqeufaction in the marine environment.In addition, the physics of liquefaction (including examples illustrating the catastrophic consequences of soil liquefaction with regard to marine ... Leer más

$49.49 USD

This book, whose primary aim is to describe liquefaction processes and their implications for marine structures such as pipelines, sea outfalls, quay walls and caisson breakwaters, discusses the subject of soil liqeufaction in the marine environment.In addition, the physics of liquefaction (including examples illustrating the catastrophic consequences of soil liquefaction with regard to marine
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