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Exploding Superstars
Springer 2009; US$ 23.99Shows how great stellar explosions have become extremely important to cosmologists trying to understand the evolution of our universe since the Big Bang and the scale of that universe. This book describes the very early universe, after the Big Bang, and then how 'the lights came on all over the universe as the very first stars began to shine.' more...
Superstelle in esplosione
Springer 2010; US$ 23.99Le supernovae e i gamma-ray burst, gli eventi più catastrofici che si verificano nell?Universo, sono oggetto di studio nei campi più dinamici della moderna ricerca astronomica. Dei secondi ancora non conosciamo con precisione i meccanismi che li innescano e tuttavia forti indizi suggeriscono che, come nelle supernovae, la causa scatenante sia il collasso... more...
The Artist's Guide to Public Art
Constable & Robinson 2012; US$ 5.82Learn how to find, apply for, compete for, and win a public art commission. First-hand interviews with experienced public artists and arts administrators provide in-the-trenches advice and insight, and a chapter on public art law, written by Barbara Hoffman, the country's leading public art law attorney, answers questions about this complex area.... more...
How Filipino Immigrants in Italy Send Money Back Home
The Edwin Mellen Press 2011; US$ 159.95Focusing on Filipino immigrants to Italy, the book examines the role of remittances sent by Filipino women from Italy to the Philippines. The authors emphasize that the role of Filipino women is important, because there is such a large proportion of them among Italys emigrant community and their remittances have a significant impact upon Filipino... more...
Resilience in Ecology and Urban Design
Springer 2012; US$ 79.95The contributors to this volume propose strategies of urgent and vital importance that aim to make todays urban environments more resilient. Resilience, the ability of complex systems to adapt to changing conditions, is a key frontier in ecological research and is especially relevant in creative urban design, as urban areas exemplify complex... more...
Practical Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Wiley 2011; US$ 103.95A hands-on guide to assist in the planning and execution of synthetic reactions in the laboratory Despite the maturity of organic chemistry, it can still be very challenging to identify optimal methods for synthetic transformations that perform as well in real-world manufacturing processes as they do in the laboratory. This detailed and accessible... more...
Mobile Access Safety
Wiley 2013; US$ 95.00Over the last few years, the use of mobile equipment to remotely connect to the corporate network (such as smartphones and ultra-light laptops) has rapidly grown. Future development perspectives and new trends such as BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) expose business information systems to various threats more than ever, thereby making the safety control... more...
Robotic Micro-Assembly
Wiley 2010; US$ 127.00Discover the latest models and methods for robotic microassembly from around the world This book presents and analyzes new and emerging models and methods developed around the world for robotic microassembly, a new and innovative way to produce better microsystems. By exploring everything from the physics of micromanipulation to microassembly to... more...
Data Mining and Statistics for Decision Making
Wiley 2011; US$ 99.95Data mining is the process of automatically searching large volumes of data for models and patterns using computational techniques from statistics, machine learning and information theory; it is the ideal tool for such an extraction of knowledge. Data mining is usually associated with a business or an organization's need to identify trends and profiles,... more...
Rockfall Engineering
Wiley 2013; US$ 177.00Rockfall Engineering is an up-to-date, international picture of the state of the art in rockfall engineering. The three basic stages of rockfalls are considered: the triggering stage, the motion stage, and the interaction with a structure stage; along with contributions including structural characterization of cliffs, remote monitoring, stability analysis,... more...









