This edition is now available in three stand-alone volumes. As a whole they cover the depth and breadth of the field, drawing on an international pool of respected academics and industrial engineers.
This edition is now available in three stand-alone volumes. As a whole they cover the depth and breadth of the field, drawing on an international pool of respected academics and industrial engineers.
Completely revised and updated, the second edition of the Handbook of Superconducting Materials is now available in three stand-alone volumes. As a whole they cover the depth and breadth of the field,
This book analyses the implications of the new UN Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty. Most of the chapters were originally published in a special issue of Global Change, Peace and Security, but the book also i
This book will present the best practices for designing, implementing, and deploying cyber-physical systems tailored to the needs of smart water grids.
This covers developments in energy efficient water production, management, wastewater treatment, social and political aspects of water management and reuse of treated water. It disucsses dev
This book makes the study of digital cultures central to understanding contemporary leisure practices, experiences, institutions and subjectivities and the place of (digitised) leisure in understandin
This book presents the fundamental principles that underline DTNs. It explains the state-of-the-art on DTNs, their architecture, protocols, and applications. It also explores DTN’s future technologica
From such cult hits as Raising Arizona (1987) and The Big Lebowski (1998) to major critical darlings Fargo (1996), No Country for Old Men (2007), and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), Ethan and Joel Coen ha
A critical exploration of deliberative systems as a viable and legitimate approach to democracy in theory and practice. The chapters originally published as a special issue in Critical Policy Studies.
Going beyond conventional definitions of ‘the long term’, this book locates the social practice of walling and encirclement in the broadest context of human history, integrating insights from archaeol
The new edition provides a broader insight into modern electric energy systems, shown by increasing levels of renewables penetration, smarter grids and active consumers. It covers current issues in th
This book expands on the long-standing debates about whether Christianity is a collaborator in or a liberating force against the oppressive patriarchal culture for women in Asia. Women have played an
While migration and population settlement have always been an important feature of political life around the world, the dramatic changes in the pace, direction, and complexity of contemporary mig
The book is a collection of scientific and technical papers presented at RocDyn-3. The papers reflect the recent developments in experiment, theory and engineering applications of in rock dynamics. Th
This comprehensive volume shows the normative limits of a strict non-discriminatory approach to European Union citizens’ access to national welfare, and analyses how the European Court of Justice deve
This book provides an insight to the world of smart materials defining the mechanisms of shape changing, responding to various stimuli. The processes of fabrication, characterization, testing of the p
Human factors play a critical role in the design and interpretation of remotely sensed imagery for all Earth sciences. This book will bring together current topics widely recognized and addressed rega
Academically complex and challenging to apply, development and planning are increasingly relevant to the growing tourism industry. This collection contains critical studies on tourism development and
In 2017, the new journal Internet Histories was founded. As part of the process of defining a new field, the journal editors approached leading scholars in this dynamic, interdisciplinary area. T
The IAVSD is the leading international gathering of scientists and engineers from academia and industry in the field of ground vehicle dynamics to present and exchange their latest ideas and breakthro
Amongst the civilizations to participate in the dynamic processes of contact and interchange that gave rise to complex societies in the ancient Near East, Elam has remained one of the most obscure, at
With a business baseline focused on the impact of embedded systems in the years ahead, the book investigates the SPD requirements raised from existing and future IoT and M2M systems. On this baseline,
Building on the success of the first edition of this book, the winner of the 2004 British Medical Association Radiology Medical Book Competition, Quantitative MRI of the Brain: Principles of Physical
Inferentialism is a philosophical approach premised on the claim that an item of language (or thought) acquires meaning (or content) in virtue of being embedded in an intricate set of social practices
Biomaterials are materials of natural or man-made origin that are used in different fields of science and technology. Biocomposites: Biomedical and Environmental Applications comprehensively covers al
Smart grids are linked with smart homes and smart meters. These smart grids are the new topology for generating, distributing, and consuming energy. If these smart devices are not connected in a smart
For many decades, race and racism have been common areas of study in departments of sociology, history, political science, English, and anthropology. Much more recently, as the historical concept of r
In the past two decades, conflict archaeology has become firmly established as a promising field of research, as reflected in publications, symposia, conference sessions and fieldwork projects. It has
Spencer-Bower: The Law Relating to Estoppel by Representation, Fifth Edition is a highly regarded text covering: Introduction, definition and treatment; Representation of Fact; How a representation ma
The second edition of Secret Intelligence: A Reader brings together key essays from the field of intelligence studies, blending classic works on concepts and approaches with more recent essays dealing
In collaboration with Miami’s Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, a rediscovery of a lost figure of American modernism—the early-twentieth-century American painter born into the Astor family, whose imaginatio
Features the official current list of the "100 Tallest Buildings in the World", as the CTBUH is the internationally recognised official arbiter of tall building heights. Readers will gain a better and
Take a tour of the universe with this breathtaking collection of photographs from the archives of NASA. Astonishing images of Earth from above, the phenomena of our solar system, and the celestial bod
