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More than just a collection of factual entries, this rich resource explores the difference between scientific and pseudoscientific pursuits in a way that spurs readers to ask questions and formulate answers.

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Identifying a form of government intervention in social and economic affairs called public service liberalism, Alan Stone looks to that ideology to confront the problems of the 1990s and beyond. He shows in this fascinating case study that the policy has been effective in the past: the American telephone industry from its inception until 1934 is an

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Introduces quaternions for scientists and engineers, and shows how they can be used in a variety of practical situations. This book is primarily an exposition of the quaternion, a 4-tuple, and its primary application in a rotation operator. It also presents the conventional and familiar 3 x 3 (9-element) matrix rotation operator.

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In the years ahead, Wernher von Braun and his German rocket team, nearly all of whom became naturalized citizens of the United States, collaborated with American scientists to overcome enormous space achievements by the Soviets--and bungling by Washington politicians--to send Neil Armstrong scampering about on the moon in 1969.

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This book chronicles the history of radio as technology and as media. all of whom strove to make radio into what they thought it should be.

In addition, Radio: The Life Story of a Technology looks at the technology as a cultural phenomenon, including the corporate aspects and history of the business of radio.

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Reaching for the High Frontier tells the story of the pro-space movement from the end of the moon landing program to the beginning of the space station program. It describes the origins, constituencies, and goals of the various groups in the movement, and reviews their tactics, successes, and the opportunities they may have missed.

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This fascinating book is the definitive account of the development and management of the astronaut training program, via a review of the significant written material and also through interviews with those who were major contributors to the program--including the astronauts themselves.

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A view of the collective fields of ecology, sociology, demography, and waste management.

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Molecular nanotechnology involves the manipulation of individual atoms and molecules to produce materials and devices with very precise, predictable properties. This volume discusses the nature of nanotechnology and explains the differences between "top-down" and "bottom-up" approaches to research.

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The subjects covered in this book are those commonly required in mechanical and marine engineering, including naval architecture.

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Exploring the full extent of threats to warships and thus the transformational change in naval architecture to incorporate modern stealth technologies in all of a naval platform's design parameters.

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Essential text for all marine engineers and ETO officers, covering advanced electrotechnology theory.

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This unique ready-reference source is the first to cover hundreds of achievements in civil engineering that literally altered the course of history. The book describes a wide variety of engineering feats such as the Alaska Highway, the English Chunnel, and the Grosbois Dam in France.

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Investigations into the interplay of biological and legal conceptions of life, from government policies on cloning to DNA profiling by law enforcement.

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This volume outlines the foundational principles of a range of methodologies in technical communication, reflecting on the process of importing and employing these methodologies into technical communication research.

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The chapters comprising Part I outline larger theoretical perspectives from which to examine techical communication: humanistic approaches to technical communication, the history of technical communication, communication theory and technical writing, and the teaching of technical writing.

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A roboticist imagines life with robots that sell us products, drive our cars, even allow us to assume new physical form, and more.

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State-of-the-art robotics research on topics including manipulation, locomotion, machine learning, localization, visual SLAM, haptics, and biologically inspired design.

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An accessible and engaging account of robots, covering the current state of the field, the fantasies of popular culture, and implications for life and work.