Other technologies and applied sciences

The new and revised version of this comprehensive pocket reference guide is ideal for anyone who deals with physics, chemistry, mathematics, finance, and computer systems and needs to review or quickly refresh their memory of what they studied in school.

It's happening nowplans are being formulated under the coordination of NASA to launch a permanent, manned space station by the year 1990.

This peer-reviewed book presents a comprehensive overview of the role space is playing in enabling Latin America to fulfil its developmental aspirations.

Beginning with the chapters on warfare in the first three volumes of the New Cambridge Modern History, Sir John Hale's writings on the subject present an original and rich assessment of war's place in Renaissance life and thought.

This reader provides authoritative and thought-provoking pieces of War Studies scholarship in an accessible form.

This engaging and unprecedented work captures the compelling story of John F.

The race to space between the United States and the Soviet Union captured the popular imagination.

Winner of the Bronze Medal for Science in the 2016 Independent Publisher (IPPY) Book AwardsIn this companion volume to John Bisney and J.

This insider's account, a penetrating view of science policy and politics during two presidencies, captures the euphoria that characterized the space program in the late seventies and early eighties and furnishes an invaluable perspective on the Challenger tragedy and the future of the United States in space.

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MP3: The Meaning of a Format recounts the hundred-year history of the world's most common format for recorded audio.

Laser spectroscopy is a valuable tool for sensing and chemical analysis.

Located at Fort Benning in Columbus, Georgia, the School of the Americas (soa) is a U.

In Aircraft Stories noted sociologist of technoscience John Law tells "e;stories"e; about a British attempt to build a military aircraft-the TSR2.

An understanding of the interaction between light and matter on a quantum level is of fundamental interest and has many applications in optical technologies.

Automatic Control of Atmospheric and Space Flight Vehicles is perhaps the first book on the market to present a unified and straightforward study of the design and analysis of automatic control systems for both atmospheric and space flight vehicles.

A meticulously researched account of how the US Navy evolved between the War of 1812 and the Civil War The 1830s is an overlooked period in American naval history and is usually overshadowed by the more dramatic War of 1812 and the Civil War.

In the Persian Gulf War, Americans of all races fought in integrated units under the leadership of the first African-American to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

A challenge to the prevailing idea that Confederate ironclads were inherently defective The development of steam propulsion machinery in warships during the nineteenth century, in conjunction with iron armor and shell guns, resulted in a technological revolution in the world's navies.

Attempts to answer difficult questions about battle tactics employed by the United States Army Weapons improved rapidly after the Civil War, raising difficult questions about the battle tactics employed by the United States Army.

In the past decade, the United States has rapidly deployed militarized drones in theaters of war for surveillance as well as targeted killing.

Engineering the battlefield-one armored advance at a time.

For much of the nation's history, the participation of blacks in the armed forces was ap-proximately in line with their proportion in the total population.

The recent development of easy-to-use sources and detectors of terahertz radiation has enabled growth in applications of terahertz (Thz) imaging and sensing.

The history of Cleveland-Cliffs, a company that played a key role in iron mining development in the Lake Superior region.

Includes two new chapters!

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According to Robin Higham and Stephen J.

The tank revolutionized the battlefield in World War II.

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The one thing for which this century will be remembered 500 years from now was: This was the century when we began the exploration of space.

A fascinating behind-the-scenes history of a vital component of the space program, this book goes inside the suit that made it possible for human beings to set foot on the Moon.

Neil Armstrong in a space suit on the moon remains an iconic representation of America's technological ingenuity.

The year is 2007, the fiftieth anniversary of the Space Age.

It's happening nowplans are being formulated under the coordination of NASA to launch a permanent, manned space station by the year 1990.

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Intrigued by hints of ';the bigger man' behind the war personality of Gen.

For modelers and WWIl enthusiasts, a collection of scale drawings of German combat vehicles.

Die Entwicklung Autonomer Systeme in der Pflege sollte als partizipative, soziotechnische Innovation betrachtet und vorangetrieben werden.

Technical artist and military historian George Bradford has been producing detailed drawings of armored fighting vehicles for over thirty years.

Filled with fine-scale drawings of Russian armored fighting vehicles including:*; T-34 Model 1940*; BA-64B Model 1943 Light Armored Car*; BT-7 (Model 1937 Fast Tank)*; SU-76i (on Pz.

A top-selling reference now updated and revised to include new and changed terminology of the U.

A military historian analyzes the ingenious WWII tanks known as Hobart's Funnies, detailing their development and their role in the D-Day campaign.

Technical artist and military historian George Bradford has been producing detailed drawings of armored fighting vehicles for over thirty years.