Technology: general issues

This volume features essays that detail the distinctive ways authors and researchers in Spanish speaking countries express their thoughts on contemporary philosophy of technology.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

This book focuses on the calculus of variations, including fundamental theories and applications.

Ernst Cassirer's thought-provoking essay Form and Technology (1930) ascribes to technology a new dignity as a genuine tool of the mind in equal company with language and art.

Making Hands: The Design and Use of Upper Extremity Prosthetics provides a historical account of the development of upper extremity prostheses.

Se ha diseñado para ser usado como libro de texto de un curso formal de Cálculo en Bachillerato Científico y de cualquier Ingeniería, presenta las herramientas básicas del Cálculo de manera absolutamente clara, ofrece al estudiante la manera de apropiarse de los conocimientos que le permitirán profundizar en cualquier rama de las ciencias con una solvencia asegurada.

This book summarizes the principles, protocols, and applications of enzyme-based biosensors in healthcare.

A Course of Mathematics for Engineers and Scientists, Volume 4 focuses on mathematical methods required in the more advanced parts of physics and engineering.

This book presents the basic and fundamental aspects of nanomaterials, its types, and classifications with respect to different factors.

This book aims to address how nanotechnology risks are being addressed  by scientists, particularly in the areas of human health and the environment and how these risks can be measured in financial terms for insurers and regulators.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Mathematics and Computation in Music, MCM 2009, held in New Haven, CT, USA, in June 2009.

Student-Friendly Coverage of Probability, Statistical Methods, Simulation, and Modeling ToolsIncorporating feedback from instructors and researchers who used the previous edition, Probability and Statistics for Computer Scientists, Second Edition helps students understand general methods of stochastic modeling, simulation, and data analysis; make o

Model-Based Enterprise describes Model-Based Enterprise (MBE) and Model-Based Definition (MBD) in detail, focusing on how to obtain significant business value from MBE.

This proceedings book presents outcomes of the Innovative Economic Symposium - 2020 organized by the Institute of Technology and Business in Ceske Budejovice (VSTE) in Russia in collaboration with two universities: Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation (Moscow) and Samara State University of Economics (Samara).

This book compiles cutting-edge research and innovative practices in the field of naval architecture and marine engineering, presented during the IV Iberoamerican Congress of Naval Engineering and 27th Pan-American Congress of Naval Engineering, Maritime Transportation and Port Engineering (COPINAVAL).

The purpose of this book is to develop capacity building in strategic and non-strategic machine tool technology.

Following two successful editions, the third edition of GIS: A Computing Perspective has been completely revised and updated, with extensive new content reflecting the significant progress that has been made in the realm of GIS within the last 20 years.

Hydrogenation is a key reaction in both the food and petrochemical industries, where it is used to reduce carbon-carbon double bonds.

Microfluidics-based biochips combine electronics with biochemistry, providing access to new application areas in a wide variety of fields.

Odour in Textiles: Generation and Control presents the essential science and mechanisms behind the formation of odours in textiles.

This book introduces the systematic design process for product and engineering design projects by adopting a design model and the use of several design methods.

Model-Based Systems Engineering explains the fundamental theories behind model-based systems and the considerations involved in applying theory to the design of real systems.

This book provides a series of methods for flexibly and actively manipulating thermal emission and photoluminance by advanced nanostructures-metamaterials.

This book provides the reader with a comprehensive knowledge of all the tools provided in the software SOLIDWORKS for a variety of engineering areas.

Transitioning new engineers into professionals who can blend in and contribute to the technical organization is, at best, doubtful.

Ship Magnetism and the Magnetic Compass deals with the magnetism of ships and the deviation of the magnetic compass produced by this magnetism.

Mixed Reality is moving out of the research-labs into our daily lives.

Die Mathematik als Werkzeug und Hilfsmittel für Ingenieure und Naturwissenschaftler erfordert eine auf deren Bedürfnisse und Anwendungen abgestimmte Darstellung.

In recent years, various technologies dedicated to the formation of micro- and nanostructures have been intensively developed.

This is the second book in a three-part series that traces the development of the GPU, which is defined as a single chip with an integrated transform and lighting (T&L) capability.

The Oxford Handbooks of Political Science is a ten-volume set of reference books offering authoritative and engaging critical overviews of the state of political science.

This book reports on cutting-edge theories and methods for analyzing complex systems, such as transportation and communication networks and discusses multi-disciplinary approaches to dependability problems encountered when dealing with complex systems in practice.

Neurophotonics and Biomedical Spectroscopy addresses the novel state-of-the-art work in non-invasive optical spectroscopic methods that detect the onset and progression of diseases and other conditions, including pre-malignancy, cancer, Alzheimer's disease, tissue and cell response to therapeutic intervention, unintended injury and laser energy deposition.

This book is devoted to the examination of emerging practical issues related to automated and autonomous systems.

This book is to presents and evaluates a way of modelling and optimizing nonlinear RFID Network Planning (RNP) problems using artificial intelligence techniques.

The technology involved in lubrication by nanoparticles is a rapidly developing scientific area and one that has been watched with interest for the past ten years.

Project Management covers the full range of issues of vital concern to IT managers working in today's hurry-up, budget-conscious business environment.

This book describes the geotechnical aspects for correcting the geometry of Mexico City's Metropolitan Cathedral and of the adjoining Sagrario Church.

Starting Electronics is a nine-chapter introductory text to electronics based on feature articles previously published as magazine articles.

Uncertainty is an inherent feature of both properties of physical systems and the inputs to these systems that needs to be quantified for cost effective and reliable designs.

This study by the National Research Council (NRC) was requested by DOE's Office of Advanced Automotive Technologies.

Der Roloff/Matek Bauteilkatalog bietet eine nach ecl@ss strukturierte Übersicht der wesentlichen Sachmerkmale, die bei Maschinen- und Antriebselementen von Bedeutung sind.

This book gathers extended versions of the best papers presented at the Global Joint Conference on Industrial Engineering and Its Application Areas (GJCIE), held on September 2-3, 2019, in Gazimagusa, North Cyprus, Turkey.