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Addressing its technical evolution as well as its military and social impact, this comprehensive reference shows how historic leaders such as Dionysus of Syracuse, the Ottoman sultan Mohammad II, Oliver Cromwell, and Napoleon Bonaparte were successful in battle because of their innovative use of artillery.

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Wunder collectively expose the domestic and technological details of American pioneer life on the High Plains. The final chapter, a speech made in 1890 by a Scottish traveller, contains a contemporary observation of the real and mythical qualities of life on the frontier.

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The description for this book, Automata Studies. (AM-34), will be forthcoming.

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Many industries use control systems to insure that parameters such as temperature or altitude behave in a desirable way over time. This book offers an alternative failure detection approach that addresses two of the fundamental problems in the safe and efficient operation of modern control systems: failure detection and model identification.

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Traces the advantages and dangers of mankind's inventions.

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The beam engine became the most used form of steam engine in factories, mines and waterworks until well into the second half of the nineteenth century. This book outlines the development of the beam engine and gives some explanation of why it was so successful.

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Modern consumers are well aware that the food they eat is tainted by pesticidal residues; they are less aware that their great-grandparents faced the same hazard. James C. Whorton's history of this public health menace emphasizes that insecticides have been contaminating produce since the introduction of chemical pesticides in the 1860s. The book

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Best Science Writing features 12 award-winning and compelling examples of science journalism. This anthology offers a variety of styles, methods, and techniques that work for the science writer.

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This volume is designed to provide a framework for studying the public policy implications of a broad range of biomedical technologies. Contributors address such issues as new reproductive technologies, animal experimentation, contraceptive drugs, genetic markers and technology and the aging society.

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An overview of the first ten years of the industrial revolution in applied molecular genetics, this work discusses the birth and expectations of the biotechnology industry, the response to products of genetic engineering and the social and political discourse on the direction of biotechnology.

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An overview of the first ten years of the industrial revolution in applied molecular genetics, this work discusses the birth and expectations of the biotechnology industry, the response to products of genetic engineering and the social and political discourse on the direction of biotechnology.

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Provides an introduction to various areas of biotechnology, covering such topics as: a history of the science behind biotechnology; the tools of biotechnology; innovations; biotechnology in everyday life; and ethical issues of biotechnology. This book helps understand the basics of one of the most important scientific fields of endeavour.

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The final section is devoted to a presentation of public policy responses to biotechnology and includes four chapters that center on issue development and responsibilities, economic development and public policy as they relate to biotechnology, and a challenge to congressional policy makers and policy analysts.

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At the age of 17, Samuel L Broadnax was enlisted as a pilot at the Tuskegee Army Air Base. Although he left the Air Corps at the end of the WWII, his experiences inspired him to talk with other pilots and black pioneers of aviation. This book presents an account of the history of African Americans in the skies from the beginnings of manned flight.

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A paperback edition of the original text first published in 1977.

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Beekeepers keep bees for three reasons: bees are pollinators and their presence increases a garden's productivity; there is a fascination with how they live, collect food and colonise; and they produce honey. This book offers 35 building projects for everything from hive components to frames to swarm catchers.

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