Books in category Technology

Foundations of Electronics

Author: Russell Meade, Robert Diffenderfer
Publisher : Delmar Pub
ISBN : 9781418005412
The conventional flow version of Foundations of Electronics: Circuits and Devices comprehensively teaches electronics fundamentals for both DC and AC circuits, from Ohm's Law through series and parallel circuits, and features strong coverage of solid-state devices theory and important practical circuits in which diodes, BJT's, FET's, MOSFET's and optoelectronic devices are used. The Second Edition

Fiber Optic Test and Measurement

Author: Dennis Derickson
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN : 9780135343302

The complete, practical guide to testing fiber optic communication components and systems.

Fiber optic networks are evolving rapidly?and so is the technology used to design, measure, and test them. Fiber Optic Test and Measurement is the first authoritative, complete guide to measuring both current optical networks and those on the horizon. It reflects the collective experience of

Food Packaging

Author: Gordon L. Robertson
Publisher : CRC Pr I Llc
ISBN : 9780849337758

Originally published in 1993, Food Packaging: Principles and Practice went on to become a best-selling textbook and industry standard. The second edition continues this tradition, with an integrated approach toward the study of packaging technology that covers chemistry, microbiology, and engineering, but with significant additions. Five brand new chapters along with numerous diagrams have been

Mobile Wireless Security

Author: Praphul Chandra, Tony Bradley, Alan Bensky, Chris Hurley, Steve Rackley
Publisher : Newnes
ISBN : 9781856175296
The Newnes Know It All Series takes the best of what our authors have written to create hard-working desk references that will be an engineer''s first port of call for key information, design techniques and rules of thumb. Guaranteed not to gather dust on a shelf! - A 360-degree view from our best-selling authors- Hot topics covered - The ultimate hard-working desk reference; all the essential inf

Flesh and Machines

Author: Rodney A. Brooks
Publisher : Vintage Books
ISBN : 9780375725272
A robotics and computer science expert from MIT envisions a robot-rich future in which advanced tools assist humans in a variety of tasks.

The Meaning of the 21st Century

Author: James Martin
Publisher : Riverhead Books
ISBN : 9781594482595
A renowned expert on the social and economic impact of technology and author of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated The Wireless Society explains how fast-developing technologies, broadening gaps between economic classes, and global extremism are posing difficult challenges in today`s world, recommending greater environmental responsibility and possible scientific solutions. Reprint.

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Image Processing, Analysis, and Machine Vision

Author: Vaclav Hlavac, Roger Boyle, Milan Sonka
Publisher : Thomson Engineering
ISBN : 9780495082521
This robust text provides deep and wide coverage of the full range of topics encountered in the field of image processing and machine vision. As a result, it can serve undergraduates, graduates, researchers, and professionals looking for a readable reference. The book's encyclopedic coverage of topics is wide, and it can be used in more than one course (both image processing and machine vision cla

Faith& Reason

Author: Ronald H. Nash
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN : 9780310294016
This book gives readers intellectually solid answers to the more important questions that link philosophy and religion. A classic apologetics text, now in soft cover.

In the Belly of the Machine

Author: Steve Talbott
Publisher : Oreilly & Associates Inc
ISBN : 9780596526801
In this deeply thoughtful work, the author reviews our technological dreams of improvement and destruction, finding both possibilities where others see only one or the other. His tour of the technical landscape leads from Odysseus' wonderful technological deceits to the world of the blind and mentally handicapped; from the technical marvels of the Amazonian blow-gun to the wholesale re-engineering

Introduction to Syriac

Author: W. M. Thackston
Publisher : Ibex Pub
ISBN : 9780936347981
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Space Wars

Author: William J. Birnes, Willliam Scott, Michael J. Coumatos
Publisher : Forge
ISBN : 9780765313799
A chilling look at an all-too-real scenario of nuclear warfare explains why World War III will be won or lost in outer space, journeying behind the scenes of America`s top secret Strategic Command to reveal the actual technologies and strategies America must use to protect itself and its allies from terrorists and other enemies. 75,000 first printing.

Mechanics of Terrestrial Locomotion (Hardcover)

Author: Igor Zeidis, Klaus Zimmermann
Publisher : Springer Verlag
ISBN : 9783540888406
This book covers the specific aspects of mechanics and control theory that are applied in terrestrial locomotion systems. In addition to the theoretical basics and applications, exercises are provided. The solutions can be found at www.springer.com/978-3-540-88840-6 as well as on - video files regarding prototypes of wheeled and worm-like locomotion systems; - e-learning software on the mechanical

Residual Media

Author: Charles R. Acland
Publisher : Univ of Minnesota Pr
ISBN : 9780816644728
In a society that breathlessly awaits “ the new” in every medium, what happens to last year’ s new? Ample critical energy has gone into the study of new media, genres, and communities. But what becomes of discarded media? In what manner do the products of technological change reappear as environmental problems, as “ the new” in another part of the world, as collectibl

Online Information Sources for the Construction Industry (Paperback)

Author: Alan Bridges
Publisher : Spon Pr
ISBN : 9780419217800
You are a busy architect/engineer/contractor who has just received an internet connection and are thinking so what! Wish slow connections it is costing you time and money to search for information - and often the information you find is less than useful. This book provides a guide to the use of tools to improve use of the Net and a comprehensive guide to where the best information sources are to b

Today`s Technician Advanced Engine Performance

Author: Mark Schnubel
Publisher : Delmar Pub
ISBN : 9781401877873
This brand new title in the Today?s Technician ? Series covers the advanced topics of drivability, emissions testing, and engine diagnostics in depth. This new book features a thorough study of On-Board-Diagnostic generation II (OBD II) Continuous Monitors and Non-Continuous Monitors strategies, a chapter on Emission Control and Evaporative Systems, OBD II generic Diagnostic Trouble Codes identif

The Computer and the Brain

Author: Paul M. Churchland, Patricia Smith Churchland, John Von Neumann
Publisher : Yale Univ Pr
ISBN : 9780300084733
This book represents the views of one of the greatest mathematicians of the twentieth century on the analogies between computing machines and the living human brain. John von Neumann concludes that the brain operates in part digitally, in part analogically, but uses a peculiar statistical language unlike that employed in the operation of man-made computers. This edition includes a new foreword by

The Taste of Bread

Author: Raymond Calvel, Ronald L. Wirtz, Garfield Peters, James J. Macguire
Publisher : Aspen Pub
ISBN : 9780834216464
At last, Raymond Calvel's Le Gout du Pain is available in English, translated by Ronald Wirtz. Mr. Calvel is known throughout the world for his research on the production of quality French and European hearth breads. Supplemented with dozens of black and white photos, drawings, and color plates, this book provides the basic technical knowledge that is necessary to the development of competence in

Building Automation (Hardcover)

Author: Hermann Merz, Christof Hnbner, Thomas Hansemann
Publisher : Springer Verlag
ISBN : 9783540888284
Modern buildings are increasingly equipped with actuators and sensors, communication, visualization and control systems. This textbook provides an overview of industrial communication systems and stimulates a basic understanding of network and bus systems for the automation of buildings. After an introduction to EIB/KNX, LON und BACnet technologies, the authors illustrate how these systems can be

Quick Selection Guide to Chemical Protective Clothing

Author: Krister Forsberg, S. Z. Mansdorf
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN : 9780470146811
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Managing Innovation

Author: John E. Ettlie
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
ISBN : 9780750678957
Devoted to better understanding and better management of the causes and consequences of change that have technological implications in and around our global organizations, this second edition has all new original cases with a few classics from the first edition based on student feedback. The key subjects that are included have been significantly updated and treated in greater depth.