'LOEB IS AN ASTRONOMICAL SHERLOCK HOLMES' Washington Post

'A JOY IN CONJECTURE AND AN OMNIVOROUS SPIRIT OF INQUIRY. . . CARL SAGAN WOULD HAVE LIKED THIS BOOK' The Times

In 2017, Avi Loeb, Chair of Harvard's Astronomy Department, went public with a theory that shook the scientific community - our solar system has been visited by advanced alien technology. His provocative and persuasive argument (and internationally bestselling book Extraterrestrial) has opened thousands of minds to the existen...

Pull up what you need to know. Pumps and hydraulic equipment are now used in more facets of industry than ever before. Whether you are a pump operator or you encounter pumps and hydraulic systems through your work in another skilled trade, a basic knowledge of the practical features, principles, installation, and maintenance of such systems is essential.

You'll find it all here, fully updated with real-world examples and 21st-century applications.This title helps to: learn to install and serv...

Recently, there have been a number of advances in technology, including in mobile devices, globalization of companies, display technologies and healthcare, which require significant input and evaluation from human factors specialists. This textbook has been completely updated, with some chapters folded into other chapters and new chapters added.

Written by an excellent, highly experienced and motivated team of lecturers, this textbook is based on one of the most successful courses in catalysis and as such is tried-and-tested by generations of graduate and PhD students. It covers all essential aspects of this important topic, including homogeneous, heterogeneous and biocatalysis, but also kinetics, reactor design and engineering. The perfect source of information for graduate and PhD students in chemistry and chemical engineering, as ...

Separation processes on an industrial scale account for well over half of the capital and operating costs in the chemical industry. Knowledge of these processes is key for every student of chemical or process engineering. This book is ideally suited to university teaching, thanks to its wealth of exercises and solutions. The second edition boasts an even greater number of applied examples and case studies as well as references for further reading.

De GTS 2013 (Grafieken en tabellen voor staal en staalconstructies voor gebouwen gebaseerd op Eurocode 0, 1 en 3) bevat praktische ontwerptabellen en -grafieken gebaseerd op de uitgangspunten, tabellen, figuren en formules in NEN-EN 1990 (Eurocode 0), NEN-EN 1991 (Eurocode 1) en NEN-EN 1993 (Eurocode 3) in combinatie met de Nationale Bijlagen uit 2011.

Hoofdstuk 1 is het algemeen gedeelte met informatie over grootheden en eenheden, wiskundige basisformules, doorsnedegrootheden en mechanicafor...

De reeks Betonbouw is uitgegroeid tot een standaardwerk.

Deze editie van deel 2 houdt rekening met de meest courante wijzigingen. De cd-rom met rekenprogramma geeft de student of de professionele gebruiker beter inzicht in de materie.

Tevens kan men met dit gebruiksvriendelijk programma snel rekenresultaten bekomen, bewaren en afdrukken. Dit boek en het rekenprogramma sluiten perfect aan op deel 1.

Geoengineering en Transhumanisme is het derde boek van Elana Freeland

en completeert het volledige beeld van waarvoor geoengineering vanaf het allereerste

begin, nu zo'n 30 jaar geleden, is bedoeld, namelijk het beheersen van de ionosfeer met

gepulseerde straling om zo een geïoniseerde atmosfeer te handhaven waarin

chemische stoffen en nanotechnologie voortdurend kunnen worden uitgestrooid door

straalvliegtuigen, drones en raketten met als excuus 'de strijd tegen

klimaatverandering'.

Daarnaa...

With emphasis on practical aspects of engineering, this bestseller has gained worldwide recognition through progressive editions as the essential reliability textbook. This fifth edition retains the unique balanced mixture of reliability theory and applications, thoroughly updated with the latest industry best practices. Practical Reliability Engineering fulfils the requirements of the Certified Reliability Engineer curriculum of the American Society for Quality (ASQ).

Each chapter is support...