Other technologies and applied sciences

Praise for the first edition:"e;A terrific blend of the science and the history.

By the end of the Napoleonic Wars, the seven home dockyards of the British Royal Navy employed a workforce of nearly 16,000 men and some women.

Did the Universe have a beginning?

Did the Universe have a beginning?

Advances in Extraterrestrial Drilling: Ground, Ice, and Underwater includes the latest advances that have been made in recent years in developing drilling and excavation mechanisms for extraterrestrial bodies.

Advances in Terrestrial Drilling: Ground, Ice, and Underwater includes the latest drilling and excavation principles and processes for terrestrial environments.

Advances in Extraterrestrial Drilling: Ground, Ice, and Underwater includes the latest advances that have been made in recent years in developing drilling and excavation mechanisms for extraterrestrial bodies.

Advances in Terrestrial Drilling: Ground, Ice, and Underwater includes the latest drilling and excavation principles and processes for terrestrial environments.

This book includes original and peer-reviewed research papers presented at 11th International Conference on Coastal and Ocean Engineering, which was held during August 9-11, 2024.

This book addresses the timely subject of systems applications in astrobiology.

This comprehensive handbook gives a fully updated guide to lasers and laser technologies, including the complete range of their technical applications.

This comprehensive handbook gives a fully updated guide to lasers and laser technologies, including the complete range of their technical applications.

"e;This book provides up-to-date knowledge of space debris and valuable insights on how to grapple with this issue from legal, technical, economical and societal aspects.

"e;This book provides up-to-date knowledge of space debris and valuable insights on how to grapple with this issue from legal, technical, economical and societal aspects.

Providing a broad overview of foundational concepts, this second edition of Fundamentals of Astronomy covers topics ranging from spherical astronomy to reference systems, and celestial mechanics to astronomical photometry and spectroscopy.

Providing a broad overview of foundational concepts, this second edition of Fundamentals of Astronomy covers topics ranging from spherical astronomy to reference systems, and celestial mechanics to astronomical photometry and spectroscopy.

This book offers a tour of "e;the known galaxy"e;, here defined as the region of interstellar space closest to Earth.

This book offers a tour of "e;the known galaxy"e;, here defined as the region of interstellar space closest to Earth.

Contemporary organisations proliferate with projects.

Contemporary organisations proliferate with projects.

This book shines a spotlight on the significance and usefulness of nanomaterials for the development of optoelectronic devices and their real-life applications.

This book shines a spotlight on the significance and usefulness of nanomaterials for the development of optoelectronic devices and their real-life applications.

Head, Eye, and Face Personal Protective Equipment: New Trends, Practice, and Applications presents protective equipment in the context of the latest design trends, materials, and technologies.

Head, Eye, and Face Personal Protective Equipment: New Trends, Practice, and Applications presents protective equipment in the context of the latest design trends, materials, and technologies.

Drawing on author's 30+ years of teaching experience, "e;Discrete-Time Signals and Systems: A MATLAB Integrated Approach"e; represents a novel and comprehensive approach to understanding signals and systems theory.

This third edition of The Physics of the Interstellar Medium continues to introduce advanced undergraduates to the fundamental processes and the wide range of disciplines needed to understand observations of the interstellar medium and its role in the Milky Way galaxy.

This third edition of The Physics of the Interstellar Medium continues to introduce advanced undergraduates to the fundamental processes and the wide range of disciplines needed to understand observations of the interstellar medium and its role in the Milky Way galaxy.

Sound insulation is an important aspect of building performance.

This collection of symposium papers covers a wide range of topics on rock fragmentation, from carefully documented case studies to attempts, for example, at fractal representation of the fracture process itself.

This work provides a translation of "e;Modelirovanie deistviya vzriva pri razruzhenii gornikh porod"e; (Moscow, 1990).

Sound insulation is an important aspect of building performance.

The Katana, a symbol of Japanese culture and martial arts, is not merely a simple sword but a reflection of Japan's history, philosophy, and craftsmanship.

This collection of symposium papers covers a wide range of topics on rock fragmentation, from carefully documented case studies to attempts, for example, at fractal representation of the fracture process itself.

This work provides a translation of "e;Modelirovanie deistviya vzriva pri razruzhenii gornikh porod"e; (Moscow, 1990).

Modern noise research and assessment techniques are commonly used in the workplace and our personal living environment.

Modern noise research and assessment techniques are commonly used in the workplace and our personal living environment.

In recent years, optical properties of the unique atomic and molecular structures of materials have drawn great scientific interest.

In recent years, optical properties of the unique atomic and molecular structures of materials have drawn great scientific interest.

This book explores new principles of Self-Initiating Volume Discharge for creating high-energy non-chain HF(DF) lasers, as well as the creation of highly efficient lasers with output energy and radiation power in the spectral region of 2.

This book explores new principles of Self-Initiating Volume Discharge for creating high-energy non-chain HF(DF) lasers, as well as the creation of highly efficient lasers with output energy and radiation power in the spectral region of 2.

Currently, light waves are ready to come into boxes of computers in high-performance computing systems like data centers and super computers to realize intra-box optical interconnects.

The era of Sustainable and Energy Efficient Nanoelectronics and Nanosystems has come.

The era of Sustainable and Energy Efficient Nanoelectronics and Nanosystems has come.

This book is intended as a graduate/post graduate level textbook for courses on high-speed optical networks as well as computer networks.

This book is intended as a graduate/post graduate level textbook for courses on high-speed optical networks as well as computer networks.

This book is intended as an undergraduate/postgraduate level textbook for courses on high-speed optical networks as well as computer networks.

This book is intended as an undergraduate/postgraduate level textbook for courses on high-speed optical networks as well as computer networks.

Currently, light waves are ready to come into boxes of computers in high-performance computing systems like data centers and super computers to realize intra-box optical interconnects.

This book presents the basic principles of optical sensor technology in line with the tremendous development in the concept of optical fibers.

This book presents the basic principles of optical sensor technology in line with the tremendous development in the concept of optical fibers.