Extreme Weather Forecasting reviews current knowledge about extreme weather events, including key elements and less well-known variables to accurately forecast them. The book covers multiple temporal scales as well as components of current weather...
The following important aspects have been addressed: Importance of biodiversity in maintaining ecosystem balance for sustainability. Emerging role of biodiversity as source of important materials, pharmaceuticals, food etc. as such or through gene...
A Modern Introduction to Classical Electrodynamics is suitable for undergraduate students with some background knowledge of the subject and for graduate students, while more advanced topics make it a useful resource for PhD students and researcher...
This volume, originally published in China and translated into four other languages, presents a fascinating and unique account of the history of mathematics, divided into eight chronologically organized chapters. Tracing the development of mathema...
Islands are special because they promote unique forms of life, and large proportions of the species they hold are found nowhere else on Earth. The mammals of the South-west Pacific are no exception, with many distributed only across single islands...
This is the long-awaited pocket text on risk assessment for students and professionals in all health and safety fields. Risk assessment and risk-based decision-making are essential skills in today's health and safety fields, but a convenient pocke...
What is driving climate change? What impact does it have on the Earth's ecosystems, our environment, and us? What can I do? This book explains in a clear and understandable way the interrelationships, influencing factors and effects of the greates...
Written by a team of recognized experts, this thoroughly revised guide offers comprehensive coverage of all major renewable energy sources, including solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal, and biomass. This new edition keeps up to date with the rapi...
Featuring two hundred colour plates, this history of the craft of scientific inquiry is as exquisite as the experiments it documents. This illustrated history of experimental science is more than just a celebration of the ingenuity that scientists...
This book is a self-contained treatment of all the mathematics needed by undergraduate and masters-level students of economics, econometrics and finance. Building up gently from a very low level, the authors provide a clear, systematic coverage of...
Work your way through Calc 2 with crystal clear explanations and tons of practice Calculus II Workbook For Dummies is a hands-on guide to help you practice your way to a greater understanding of Calculus II. You'll get tons of chances to work on i...
Wildlife Ethics is the first systematic, book-length discussion of the ethics of wildlife conservation and management, and examines the key ethical questions and controversies. Tackling both theory and practice, the text is divided into two parts....
The Classical Greek sophists - Protagoras, Gorgias, Prodicus, Hippias, and Antiphon, among others - are some of the most important figures in the flourishing of linguistic, historical, and philosophical reflection at the time of Socrates. They are...
The ideal text for a two-semester graduate course on quantum mechanics. Fresh, comprehensive, and clear, it strikes the optimal balance between covering traditional material and exploring contemporary topics. Focusing on the probabilistic structur...
The year is 1933. Hannah Arendt escapes Berlin, seeking refuge among the stateless gathering in Paris. Simone de Beauvoir reimagines the dance between consciousness and the world outside in a Rouen cafe. Ayn Rand labours in Hollywood exile on t...
Covers the principles behind when to cut and why, exploring concepts like transitions, editing for continuity, selecting the best shots, editing sound, colour correction, and more, providing a highly-illustrated and easy-to-use reference guide for...
This classic and authoritative textbook contains material that is not over-simplified and can be used to solve real-world noise control engineering problems. Engineering Noise Control, 6th edition covers theoretical concepts, and practical applica...
The Routledge International Handbook of Creative Cognition is an authoritative reference work that offers a well-balanced overview of current scholarship across the full breadth of the rapidly expanding field of creative cognition. It contains 43 ...
Welcome to the Korean language-learning kit that is designed to make learning fun!The Let's Learn Korean Kit is an introductory language learning tool specially designed to help children from preschool through elementary level acquire Korean words...
Published:5 Apr 2023 A poetry collection that playfully questions the meanings of words. Walter Ancarrow's collection Etymologies considers language as a process, rather than as a singular fixed history. These poems build imaginative worlds with a...
Published:5 Apr 2023 1) Provides the-state-of-the art of wind turbines 2) Includes detail analysis of the control schemes of DFIG and PMSG wind turbines 3) Addresses the various fault conditions in the power grid 4) Explains the dynamics of the pr...
Published:4 Apr 2023 Welcome to Social Theory is exactly what students want: a lucid and engaging introduction to social theory that carefully uses images, examples and quotations to illustrate new ways of examining contemporary social life. Tom B...
Published:4 Apr 2023 An outstanding anthology in which notable musicians, artists, scientists, thinkers, poets, and more-from Gustavo Dudamel and Carrie Mae Weems to Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Paul Muldoon-explore the influence of music on their live...
Developed in partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company, this Complete Works of William Shakespeare combines exemplary textual scholarship with beautiful design. Curated by expert editors Sir Jonathan Bate and Professor Eric Rasmussen, the tex...
