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  • Mechanics of Impression Evidence

    by David S. Pierce ...
    Presenting the hard science increasingly required by courts to back up expert opinion in cases that hinge on impression evidence comparison, this book applies the methods of physics, chemistry, and engineering to analysis and interpretation of fingerprints, footwear and tire tread impressions, and bloodstains. Using easily accessible language, it shows the scientific method behind each of these ... Read more

    $224.99 USD

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  • Materials Selection in Mechanical Design

    by Michael F. Ashby ...
    Understanding materials, their properties and behavior is fundamental to engineering design, and a key application of materials science. Written for all students of engineering, materials science and design, Materials Selection in Mechanical Design describes the procedures for material selection in mechanical design in order to ensure that the most suitable materials for a given application are ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • The Life of a Leaf

    by Steven Vogel ...
    In its essence, science is a way of looking at and thinking about the world. In The Life of a Leaf, Steven Vogel illuminates this approach, using the humble leaf as a model. Whether plant or person, every organism must contend with its immediate physical environment, a world that both limits what organisms can do and offers innumerable opportunities for evolving fascinating ways of challenging ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Engineering for Industrial Designers and Inventors

    Fundamentals for Designers of Wonderful Things

    by Thomas Ask ...
    If you have designs for wonderful machines in mind, but aren’t sure how to turn your ideas into real, engineered products that can be manufactured, marketed, and used, this book is for you. Engineering professor and veteran maker Tom Ask helps you integrate mechanical engineering concepts into your creative design process by presenting them in a rigorous but largely nonmathematical format.Through ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • Nanomaterials, Nanotechnologies and Design

    An Introduction for Engineers and Architects

    by Paulo Ferreira, Daniel L. Schodek, Michael F. Ashby ...
    How could nanotechnology not perk the interest of any designer, engineer or architect? Exploring the intriguing new approaches to design that nanotechnologies offer, Nanomaterials, Nanotechnologies and Design is set against the sometimes fantastic sounding potential of this technology. Nanotechnology offers product engineers, designers, architects and consumers a vastly enhanced palette of ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • The Mapping of Geological Structures

    by K. R. McClay ...
    Series series Geological Society of London Handbook Series
    Detailed mapping and analysis of the structural features of rocks enable the 3D geometry of their structures to be reconstructed. The resulting evidence of the stresses and movement patterns which rocks have undergone indicates the processes by which they were formed, and allows evaluation of past deformations of the earth's crust. Written to show how one actually describes, measures and records ... Read more

    $128.00 USD

  • Smart Materials and Technologies

    For the Architecture and Design Professions

    by Daniel Schodek, D. Michelle Addington ...
    Today, architects and designers are beginning to look toward developments in new "smart" or "intelligent" materials and technologies for solutions to long-standing problems in building design. However, these new materials have so far been applied in a diverse but largely idiosyncratic nature, because relatively few architects have access to information about the types or properties of these new ... Read more

    $110.99 USD

  • Geotechnical Problem Solving

    by John C. Lommler ...
    Devised with a focus on problem solving, Geotechnical Problem Solving bridges the gap between geotechnical and soil mechanics material covered in university Civil Engineering courses and the advanced topics required for practicing Civil, Structural and Geotechnical engineers. By giving newly qualified engineers the information needed to apply their extensive theoretical knowledge, and informing ... Read more

    $134.00 USD

  • Understanding Primary Science

    by Peter Ovens, Martin W Wenham ...
    Now in its Third Edition, this text provides the background knowledge primary teachers need to plan effective programmes of work and answer children′s questions with confidence. The new edition links explanations of scientific concepts with children′s everyday experiences to help teachers and trainees foresee how they will present the subject knowledge to their pupils.Shaped by the National ... Read more

    $70.19 USD

  • Quantitative Seismic Interpretation

    Applying Rock Physics Tools to Reduce Interpretation Risk

    by Per Avseth, Tapan Mukerji, Gary Mavko ...
    Quantitative Seismic Interpretation demonstrates how rock physics can be applied to predict reservoir parameters, such as lithologies and pore fluids, from seismically derived attributes. The authors provide an integrated methodology and practical tools for quantitative interpretation, uncertainty assessment, and characterization of subsurface reservoirs using well-log and seismic data. They ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Petrophysics

    A Practical Guide

    by Steve Cannon ...
    Petrophysics is the science of evaluating the rock and fluid properties of oil, gas and water reservoirs through the acquisition of physical samples, electrical, chemical, nuclear and magnetic data acquired by surface logging, downhole coring, and drilling and wireline sondes. The evaluation, analysis and interpretation of this data is as much an art as a science as it requires an understanding of ... Read more

    $57.00 USD

  • Colour Technology of Coatings

    by Wilhelm Kettler, Manfred Binder, Walter Franz, Peter Gabel, Stephan Gauss, Uwe Hempelmann, Rainer Henning, Hans-Jörg Kremitzl, Sandra Weixel, Gerhard Wilker ...
    Series series European Coatings LIBRARY
    Gain the latest knowledge about the colour technology of coatings in a single book - from the fundamentals of colour perception, to colour measurement and colour-order systems, through to the characterisation and practical application of pigments. The authors provide a comprehensive state-of-the-art survey of relevant industrial colour applications and illustrate the different methods of ... Read more

    $249.99 USD