"Learn about satellites that affect us every day, how they work, and how we can place and keep them on orbit.""Satellite Basics for Everyone" presents an introduction and overview to satellites. It's
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"It's About Time" presents an introduction to theoretical physics as well as challenges to some of the concepts put forward by theoretical physicists of our time. These scientists have presented such
Introduction For some people, there will be an instant meaning in many of my sentences. I hope that throughout my book, many readers will be able to relate to each passion I have personally encountere
Introduction For some people, there will be an instant meaning in many of my sentences. I hope that throughout my book, many readers will be able to relate to each passion I have personally encountere
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Engineers and scientists need to have an introduction to the basics of linear algebra in a context they understand. Computer algebra systems make the manipulation of matrices and the determination of
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An up-to-date introduction for the uninitiated into the various "flavors" of chemical genomics with a series of readily reproducible techniques for applications in organic chemistry, protein chemistry
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Edited and with an Introduction by Linda LearThis trove of previously uncollected writings by the author of Silent Spring is a priceless addition to our knowledge of the great environmentalist and her
Drawing on such topics as stress and immune function, the author offers a scientific and up-to-date introduction to the interaction of mind and body in health and illness
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An introduction to a widespread celestial belief describes what angels are, provides lore, and offers advice on recognizing, communicating with, and obtaining spiritual benefits from angels
This elementary textbook provides a succinct step-by-step account of all the most important and central English construction and categories. Rodney Huddleston's earlier work,An Introduction to the Gra
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The title of this book says it all: a carefully documented journey that took place over the course of forty years being horribly addicted to pornography. This book describes in detail the introduction
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INTRODUCTION Leadership, the word alone inspires thoughts of Caesar, Richard the Lion Hearted, Washington, Churchill, Eisenhower, Kennedy and Regan. Where and how did they learn leadership? Think abou
INTRODUCTION Leadership, the word alone inspires thoughts of Caesar, Richard the Lion Hearted, Washington, Churchill, Eisenhower, Kennedy and Regan. Where and how did they learn leadership? Think abou
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This is a sound textbook for Information Technology and MIS undergraduate students, and MBA graduate students and all professionals looking to grasp a fundamental understanding of information quality.
This is a sound textbook for Information Technology and MIS undergraduate students, and MBA graduate students and all professionals looking to grasp a fundamental understanding of information quality.
A concise but self-contained introduction of the central concepts of modern topology and differential geometry on a mathematical level is given specifically with applications in physics in mind. All b
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As Brenda Hillman notes in her Introduction, Larissa Szporluk "creates an animate new universe out of cryptic original speech" in these poems. Exploring how the mind orders experience—and how disorder
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