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Hardback. Includes a collection of essays by a Nobel Prize Laureate on a wide range of problems facing the world, and the role of scientists in solving them. This title represents both the successes and failures of science to impact public policy, and offers guidelines for involvement in science policy. Series: Masters of Modern Physics. Num Pages: 318 pages, 66 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHM; JPQB; PDK; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387988337
- ISBN
- 9780387988337
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.63
€ 53.63
While conventional ASR systems perform miserably for speech captured with far-field sensors, there are a number of techniques developed in other areas of signal processing that can mitigate the deleterious effects of noise and reverberation, as well as separating speech from overlapping speakers. Num Pages: 594 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: TJK; UYQS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 175 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1148.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 594
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470517048
- ISBN
- 9780470517048
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.42
€ 147.42
paperback. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGS; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Copernicus United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2002
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441928726
- ISBN
- 9781441928726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.86
€ 35.99
€ 32.86
Hardback. In this fascinating narrative, Peter Bond provides an overview of key twentieth century unmanned missions to nearly every corner of our solar system, telling the story of the mission planners and engineers who made possible these unprecedented achievements in scientific exploration. Num Pages: 324 pages, 241 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGS; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 203 x 23. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387402123
- ISBN
- 9780387402123
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 37.82
€ 43.99
€ 37.82
Hardcover. A practical reference guide to the design and operations of hydrocarbon processing plants (refineries, petrochemical and gas processing plants). A practical guide for engineering students, or practicing engineers to understand the inner workings at these complex facilities. Num Pages: 600 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: THFP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1021.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Pennwell Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781593703431
- ISBN
- 9781593703431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.27
€ 180.27
Hardcover. Today, distillation is by far the most common separation technique used in the chemical and petroleum industries. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: TDCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 27. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470381946
- ISBN
- 9780470381946
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.67
€ 112.67
Hardcover. Providing coverage of design principles for distillation processes, this text contains a presentation of process and equipment design procedures. It also highlights limitations of some design methods, and offers guidance on how to overcome them. Num Pages: 710 pages, 150 illustrations, references. BIC Classification: PNRW; TD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1122.
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Education - Europe United States
- Number of pages
- 710
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780070349094
- ISBN
- 9780070349094
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.27
€ 151.27
Hardcover. The new edition of this book greatly updates and expands the previous edition. It boasts new chapters on the divided wall column and carbon dioxide capture from stack gas, revises the design and control of distillation systems, and explains the use of dynamic simulation to study safety issues in the event of operating failures. Num Pages: 510 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: TDCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 258 x 184 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1056.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Wiley-AIChE
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 510
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118411438
- ISBN
- 9781118411438
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.27
€ 157.27
Hardcover. Discussing distillation, this book gives readers guidelines for operation, troubleshooting and control. It offers a compendium of Do's and Don'ts, good practices, and guidelines for trouble-free design; operation and troubleshooting for inlets and outlets; avoiding tray damage; installation; commissioning and startup techniques; and more. Num Pages: 752 pages, illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: TDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1096.
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Education - Europe United States
- Number of pages
- 729
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780070349100
- ISBN
- 9780070349100
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.79
€ 166.79
Hardcover. THE FIRST BOOK OF ITS KIND ON DISTILLATION TECHNOLOGY The last half-century of research on distillation has tremendously improved our understanding and design of industrial distillation equipment and systems. High-speed computers have taken over the design, control, and operation of towers. Num Pages: 752 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1192.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 752
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471467441
- ISBN
- 9780471467441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.88
€ 169.88
Paperback. Looks past contemporary assumptions and prejudices to determine what alchemists were actually doing in the context of early modern science. This book examines the ways alchemy and chemistry were studied and practiced between 1400 and 1700. It shows how these approaches influenced their respective practitioners' ideas about nature and the world. Series: New Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 203 x 14. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674022492
- ISBN
- 9780674022492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.03
€ 34.99
€ 30.03
Paperback. Editor(s): Cigola, Michela. Series: History of Mechanism and Machine Science. Num Pages: 255 pages, 165 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AMA; PBW; PDX; TGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 397.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319356587
- ISBN
- 9783319356587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.16
€ 127.16
Hardback. Distinguished Figures in Descriptive Geometry and Its Applications for Mechanism Science Editor(s): Cigola, Michela. Series: History of Mechanism and Machine Science. Num Pages: 255 pages, 165 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; TG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319201962
- ISBN
- 9783319201962
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.31
€ 128.31
Paperback. The book develops a new model of individual choice under risk within the general framework of rank-dependent utility theory. The new approach captures simultaneously an optimistic attitude towards gambling and risk averse behavior. The model is then applied to some of the observed behavioral patterns contradicting the expected utility hypothesis. Series: Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems. Num Pages: 108 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 148. Series: Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems. 108 pages, black & white illustrations. The book develops a new model of individual choice under risk within the general framework of rank-dependent utility theory. The new approach captures simultaneously an optimistic attitude towards gambling and risk averse behavior. The model is then applied to some of the observed behavioral patterns contradicting the expected utility hypothesis. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: KCA; PBT. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 8. Weight: 148.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540542476
- ISBN
- 9783540542476
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
paperback. Contributes to the economic discounting debate by examining the welfare and policy implications of distorted time preferences for private investments. Series: Sustainability and Innovation. Num Pages: 166 pages, 12 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KCN; KJMV6; RNPG; TH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Physica Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783790825848
- ISBN
- 9783790825848
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Hardback. Series: Computational Biology. Num Pages: 370 pages, 157 black & white illustrations, 7 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PSA; UMB; UYAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 244 x 26. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319249643
- ISBN
- 9783319249643
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.71
€ 68.71
Hardback. This volume of proceedings presents a broad coverage of the technical issues in distributed multirobot systems. Technologies, algorithms, and system architectures for distributed autonomous robotic systems are discussed. Editor(s): Parker, L.E.; Bekey, George A.; Barhen, J. Num Pages: 486 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TGB; TJFM1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1940.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag, Japan Japan
- Number of pages
- 486
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784431702955
- ISBN
- 9784431702955
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.62
€ 143.62
Hardback. DARS is a well-established conference, that gathers every two years, the main researchers in Distributed Robotics systems. This book constitutes the proceedings of this conference. Editor(s): Alami, Richard; Chatila, Raja; Asama, Hajime. Num Pages: 484 pages, 220 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: TJFM1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 873.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag, Japan Japan
- Number of pages
- 484
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784431358695
- ISBN
- 9784431358695
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 252.34
€ 252.34
Paperback. Editor(s): Alami, Richard; Chatila, Raja; Asama, Hajime. Num Pages: 484 pages, 220 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: TJFM1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 759.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag, Japan Japan
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 484
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784431998198
- ISBN
- 9784431998198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 251.32
€ 251.32
Hardback. The 9th DARS symposium was held during November 17-19 in Tsukuba, Japan. This volume not only offers readers the latest research results related to DARS from theoretical studies to application-oriented ones, it also describes the present trends of this field. Editor(s): Asama, Hajime; Kurokawa, Haruhisa; Ota, Jun; Sekiyama, Kosuke (University of Fukui, Japan). Num Pages: 587 pages, 41 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBW; TGBN; TJFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1012.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 587
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642006432
- ISBN
- 9783642006432
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 261.21
€ 261.21
Hardback. Taken from the tenth International Symposium on a key interdisciplinary research topic, this selection of papers aims to disseminate the latest findings and stimulate fresh research in DARS, which combines cutting-edge techniques in computing and engineering. Editor(s): Martinoli, Alcherio; Mondada, Francesco; Correll, Nikolaus; Mermoud, Gregory; Egerstedt, Magnus; Hsieh, M. Ani; Parker, Lynne E.; Stoy, Kasper. Series: Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics. Num Pages: 636 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TJFM1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1112.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 636
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642327223
- ISBN
- 9783642327223
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.14
€ 132.14
Paperback. Taken from the tenth International Symposium on a key interdisciplinary research topic, this selection of papers aims to disseminate the latest findings and stimulate fresh research in DARS, which combines cutting-edge techniques in computing and engineering. Editor(s): Martinoli, Alcherio; Mondada, Francesco; Correll, Nikolaus; Mermoud, Gregory; Egerstedt, Magnus; Hsieh, M. Ani; Parker, Lynne E.; Stoy, Kasper. Series: Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics. Num Pages: 636 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TJFM1; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 961.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 636
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642434570
- ISBN
- 9783642434570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 130.55
€ 130.55
Hardback. Editor(s): Hsieh, M. Ani; Chirikjian, Gregory S. Series: Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics. Num Pages: 472 pages, 112 black & white illustrations, 95 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: TJFM1; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 865.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642551451
- ISBN
- 9783642551451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.56
€ 196.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 21 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: GPFC; TGXT; TJFM; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642722004
- ISBN
- 9783642722004
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 129.05
€ 129.05