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The Seven Measures of the World

de Piero Martin ...

The fascinating stories behind the essential seven units of measurement that allow us to understand the physical world"Entertaining popular science and a literate tale of why things are as they are."—Kirkus ReviewsFrom the beginning of history, measurement has been interwoven into the human experience, shaping our understanding of nature, personal relationships, and the supernatural. We measure ... Leer más

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The fascinating stories behind the essential seven units of measurement that allow us to understand the physical world"Entertaining popular science and a literate tale of why things are as they are."—Kirkus ReviewsFrom the beginning of history, measurement has been interwoven into the human experience, shaping our understanding of nature, personal relationships, and the supernatural. We measure
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World in the Balance

The Historic Quest for an Absolute System of Measurement

de Robert P. Crease ...

“Shows that the story of metrology . . . can in the right hands make for a riveting read.”—The EconomistMillions of transactions each day depend on a reliable network of weights and measures. But achieving such a network was anything but easy, as Robert P. Crease, physicist and philosopher, demonstrates in this endlessly fascinating, always entertaining look at just how this international system ... Leer más

$12.29 USD

“Shows that the story of metrology . . . can in the right hands make for a riveting read.”—The EconomistMillions of transactions each day depend on a reliable network of weights and measures. But achieving such a network was anything but easy, as Robert P. Crease, physicist and philosopher, demonstrates in this endlessly fascinating, always entertaining look at just how this international system
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Not Even Trying

The Corruption of Real Science

de Bruce Charlton ...

Real science is dead.Researchers are no longer trying to seek and speak the truth. Scientists no longer believe in the truth. They no longer believe that there is an eternal unchanging reality beyond our human organisation which they have a duty to discover and disseminate. Hence, the vast structures of personnel and resources that constitute modern science are not real science but merely a ... Leer más

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Real science is dead.Researchers are no longer trying to seek and speak the truth. Scientists no longer believe in the truth. They no longer believe that there is an eternal unchanging reality beyond our human organisation which they have a duty to discover and disseminate. Hence, the vast structures of personnel and resources that constitute modern science are not real science but merely a
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Community Data

Creative Approaches to Empowering People with Information

de Rahul Bhargava ...

Community Data offers a new toolkit for data storytelling in community settings, one purpose-built for goals like inclusion, empowerment, and impact. Data science and visualization has spread into new domains it was designed for - community organizing, education, journalism, civic governance, and more. The dominant computational methods and processes, which have not changed in response, are ... Leer más

$35.99 USD

Community Data offers a new toolkit for data storytelling in community settings, one purpose-built for goals like inclusion, empowerment, and impact. Data science and visualization has spread into new domains it was designed for - community organizing, education, journalism, civic governance, and more. The dominant computational methods and processes, which have not changed in response, are
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Head First Physics

A learner's companion to mechanics and practical physics (AP Physics B - Advanced Placement)

de Heather Lang ...

Wouldn't it be great if there were a physics book that showed you how things work instead of telling you how? Finally, with Head First Physics, there is. This comprehensive book takes the stress out of learning mechanics and practical physics by providing a fun and engaging experience, especially for students who "just don't get it."Head First Physics offers a format that's rich in visuals and ... Leer más

$20.19 USD

Wouldn't it be great if there were a physics book that showed you how things work instead of telling you how? Finally, with Head First Physics, there is. This comprehensive book takes the stress out of learning mechanics and practical physics by providing a fun and engaging experience, especially for students who "just don't get it."Head First Physics offers a format that's rich in visuals and
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Standards

de Jeffrey Pomerantz, Jason Griffey ...

Series series The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series
An engaging introduction to standards, the invisible infrastructure that shapes the built and digital environments of the modern world.Standards are the DNA of the built environment, encoded in nearly all objects that surround us in the modern world. In Standards, Jeffrey Pomerantz and Jason Griffey provide an essential introduction to this invisible but critical form of infrastructure—the rules ... Leer más

$14.99 USD

An engaging introduction to standards, the invisible infrastructure that shapes the built and digital environments of the modern world.Standards are the DNA of the built environment, encoded in nearly all objects that surround us in the modern world. In Standards, Jeffrey Pomerantz and Jason Griffey provide an essential introduction to this invisible but critical form of infrastructure—the rules
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The New ABCs of Research

Achieving Breakthrough Collaborations

de Ben Shneiderman ...

The problems we face in the 21st century require innovative thinking from all of us. Be it students, academics, business researchers of government policy makers. Hopes for improving our healthcare, food supply, community safety and environmental sustainability depend on the pervasive application of research solutions. The research heroes who take on the immense problems of our time face bigger ... Leer más

$23.79 USD

The problems we face in the 21st century require innovative thinking from all of us. Be it students, academics, business researchers of government policy makers. Hopes for improving our healthcare, food supply, community safety and environmental sustainability depend on the pervasive application of research solutions. The research heroes who take on the immense problems of our time face bigger
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The Perfect Fitness Routine

Push, Pull, and Legs Split (Push Edition)

de Cameron Ballard ...

The Perfect Routine to get the Dream Body you have always desired. This ebook just incorporates the Push Day exercises. We all have potential in term of our physique, but very few will ever reach it. ... Leer más

$10.99 USD

The Perfect Routine to get the Dream Body you have always desired. This ebook just incorporates the Push Day exercises. We all have potential in term of our physique, but very few will ever reach it.
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¡No más Comer por Comer!: Destruye el hambre emocional y pasajero y cambia por completo la manera que ves la comida para bajar de peso de manera saludable y permanente

de Shaun Aguilar ...

¿Alguna vez te has preguntado porqué la mayoría de las personas no obtienen los resultados que después de intentar una dieta tras otra? ¿Porqué algunas personas tienen facilidad para perder peso, mientras que otras luchan con ello constantemente? ¿Acaso existe una manera de perder peso permanentemente para aquellas personas que lo han intentado todo? Entonces necesitas seguir leyendo."No importa ... Leer más

$2.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

¿Alguna vez te has preguntado porqué la mayoría de las personas no obtienen los resultados que después de intentar una dieta tras otra? ¿Porqué algunas personas tienen facilidad para perder peso, mientras que otras luchan con ello constantemente? ¿Acaso existe una manera de perder peso permanentemente para aquellas personas que lo han intentado todo? Entonces necesitas seguir leyendo."No importa
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Seasons of Recovery: My Journey Through Staying

de Lucy Cicero ...

Recovery doesn't always begin with a clear decision.Sometimes, it begins with staying.Seasons of Recovery: My Journey Through Staying is a lived account of recovering from drug addiction—not as a single moment of change, but as a gradual return to yourself over time.This is not a guide or a set of instructions. It is a personal narrative shaped by the internal shifts that come after the chaos ... Leer más

$9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Recovery doesn't always begin with a clear decision.Sometimes, it begins with staying.Seasons of Recovery: My Journey Through Staying is a lived account of recovering from drug addiction—not as a single moment of change, but as a gradual return to yourself over time.This is not a guide or a set of instructions. It is a personal narrative shaped by the internal shifts that come after the chaos
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Mechanics of Biological Systems

Introduction to mechanobiology and experimental techniques

de Seungman Park, Yun Chen ...

Series series IOP Concise Physics
This book is an introduction to the mechanical properties, the force generating capacity, and the sensitivity to mechanical cues, of the biological system. To understand how these qualities govern many essential biological processes, we also discuss how to measure them. However, before delving into the details and the techniques, we first learn the operational definitions in mechanics, such as ... Leer más

$28.79 USD

This book is an introduction to the mechanical properties, the force generating capacity, and the sensitivity to mechanical cues, of the biological system. To understand how these qualities govern many essential biological processes, we also discuss how to measure them. However, before delving into the details and the techniques, we first learn the operational definitions in mechanics, such as
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Fast Easy Solutions To Eat More Yet Remain In Good Shape Permanently

(Compilation of Obesity Code That Guarantees Weight Loss And Recommends Good Dietaries)

de MELODY RAY ...

Newest in town!The days are over when you place yourself on fasting because you need to have good shape.Many times, obesity is not the outcome of more consumption of food, but an outcome of the wrong selection of diets into the meal.How do you feel when you fully understand how to regulate your weight because there were major root causes in your palms?I know you will have a say!How about when you ... Leer más

Antes $4.99 USD Ahora $2.99 USD

Newest in town!The days are over when you place yourself on fasting because you need to have good shape.Many times, obesity is not the outcome of more consumption of food, but an outcome of the wrong selection of diets into the meal.How do you feel when you fully understand how to regulate your weight because there were major root causes in your palms?I know you will have a say!How about when you
... Leer más
Key to Lose weight: Keto Diet with 52 Fast & Apple Cider Vinegar

de Green leatherr ...

This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to maintain the ketogenic way of eating and enjoy your favorite sweet treats sans the guilt.This book will show you that even though the keto diet involves controlling the amount of carbohydrates you consume, it does not mean having to give up your beloved cakes and other sweet treats.In this book, you will learn plenty of recipes for keto ... Leer más

$6.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to maintain the ketogenic way of eating and enjoy your favorite sweet treats sans the guilt.This book will show you that even though the keto diet involves controlling the amount of carbohydrates you consume, it does not mean having to give up your beloved cakes and other sweet treats.In this book, you will learn plenty of recipes for keto
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Reasoning in Measurement

Edición de Nicola Mößner, Alfred Nordmann ...

Series series History and Philosophy of Technoscience
This collection offers a new understanding of the epistemology of measurement. The interdisciplinary volume explores how measurements are produced, for example, in astronomy and seismology, in studies of human sexuality and ecology, in brain imaging and intelligence testing. It considers photography as a measurement technology and Henry David Thoreau's poetic measures as closing the gap between ... Leer más

$82.99 USD

This collection offers a new understanding of the epistemology of measurement. The interdisciplinary volume explores how measurements are produced, for example, in astronomy and seismology, in studies of human sexuality and ecology, in brain imaging and intelligence testing. It considers photography as a measurement technology and Henry David Thoreau's poetic measures as closing the gap between
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El Entrenamiento Completo del Peso Corporal En Español: Cómo Usar la Calistenia Para Estar en Forma y más Fuerte

de Charlie Mason ...

¿Cree que necesita ir al gimnasio y trabajar hasta que le duela para perder peso y mejorar su estado físico y sus niveles de fuerza?Piense otra vez. ¡Podría hacer todo eso y más y todo lo que necesita es su propio peso corporal para hacerlo!Su cuerpo es una máquina increíble, más fuerte y más capaz de lo que usted sabe y es en este libro donde aprenderá cómo mejorar y adaptar sus rutinas de ... Leer más

$3.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

¿Cree que necesita ir al gimnasio y trabajar hasta que le duela para perder peso y mejorar su estado físico y sus niveles de fuerza?Piense otra vez. ¡Podría hacer todo eso y más y todo lo que necesita es su propio peso corporal para hacerlo!Su cuerpo es una máquina increíble, más fuerte y más capaz de lo que usted sabe y es en este libro donde aprenderá cómo mejorar y adaptar sus rutinas de
... Leer más
Truth and Traceability in Physics and Metrology

de Michael Grabe ...

Series series IOP Concise Physics
Metrological data is known to be blurred by the imperfections of the measuring process. For about two centuries, regular or constant errors were not the focal point of experimental activities, only irregular or random errors were. To address this here, Truth and Traceability in Physics and Metrology discusses a new error concept that dispenses with the common practice to randomize unknown ... Leer más

$23.09 USD

Metrological data is known to be blurred by the imperfections of the measuring process. For about two centuries, regular or constant errors were not the focal point of experimental activities, only irregular or random errors were. To address this here, Truth and Traceability in Physics and Metrology discusses a new error concept that dispenses with the common practice to randomize unknown
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Tai Chi Suave Para Perder Grasa Abdominal Para Principiantes

Un programa de ejercicios de bajo impacto de 28 días con prácticas diarias sencillas, guía paso a paso, movimientos guiados y técnicas ilustradas para una cintura más saludable.

de Mae M. Silberman ...

¿Qué pasaría si lograr una cintura más saludable no requiriera entrenamientos agotadores, programas de ejercicios complicados ni rutinas extremas difíciles de mantener?A muchos principiantes les cuesta seguir los planes de ejercicio tradicionales porque los perciben como demasiado intensos, confusos o poco realistas para la vida cotidiana. Es posible que hayas probado rutinas que exigían demasiado ... Leer más

$10.99 USD

¿Qué pasaría si lograr una cintura más saludable no requiriera entrenamientos agotadores, programas de ejercicios complicados ni rutinas extremas difíciles de mantener?A muchos principiantes les cuesta seguir los planes de ejercicio tradicionales porque los perciben como demasiado intensos, confusos o poco realistas para la vida cotidiana. Es posible que hayas probado rutinas que exigían demasiado
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La ciencia en la encrucijada

Entre pasión intelectual y mercado

de Gianfranco Pacchioni ...

Traducido por Flavia Andrea Galmarini Saavedra ...

Series series El libro de bolsillo - Ciencias
La vertiginosa aceleración que en la vida del hombre ha supuesto la generalización de las nuevas formas de comunicación global, especialmente internet, no ha podido dejar de verse reflejada también en el ámbito de la ciencia. Pero si este cambio ha supuesto ventajas innegables, también es cierto que ha llevado aparejada en el mundo de la investigación científica una distorsión preocupante y ... Leer más

$7.55 USD

La vertiginosa aceleración que en la vida del hombre ha supuesto la generalización de las nuevas formas de comunicación global, especialmente internet, no ha podido dejar de verse reflejada también en el ámbito de la ciencia. Pero si este cambio ha supuesto ventajas innegables, también es cierto que ha llevado aparejada en el mundo de la investigación científica una distorsión preocupante y
... Leer más
Data Integrity and Data Governance

Practical Implementation in Regulated Laboratories

de Robert D McDowall ...

Data integrity is the hottest topic in the pharmaceutical industry. Global regulatory agencies have issued guidance, after guidance after guidance in the past few years, most of which does not offer practical advice on how to implement policies, procedures and processes to ensure integrity. These guidances state what but not how. Additionally, key stages of analysis that impact data integrity are ... Leer más

$157.99 USD

Data integrity is the hottest topic in the pharmaceutical industry. Global regulatory agencies have issued guidance, after guidance after guidance in the past few years, most of which does not offer practical advice on how to implement policies, procedures and processes to ensure integrity. These guidances state what but not how. Additionally, key stages of analysis that impact data integrity are
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Defining and Measuring Nature (Second Edition)

The make of all things

de Jeffrey H Williams ...

Series series IOP ebooks
Measurement forms an essential part of our view of the world. Our world is measured and calibrated, and we are all subject to the tyranny of these numbers. In this updated and extended edition, Jeffrey Huw Williams outlines the history of measurement; particularly of the International System of units (SI). Since the previous edition, the base units of the SI have been redefined; realizing a 150 ... Leer más

$28.99 USD

Measurement forms an essential part of our view of the world. Our world is measured and calibrated, and we are all subject to the tyranny of these numbers. In this updated and extended edition, Jeffrey Huw Williams outlines the history of measurement; particularly of the International System of units (SI). Since the previous edition, the base units of the SI have been redefined; realizing a 150
... Leer más
Photodetectors

Materials, Devices and Applications

Edición de Bahram Nabet ...

Series series Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials
Every bit of information that circulates the internet across the globe is a pulse of light, that at some point will need to be converted to an electric signal in order to be processed by the electronic circuitry in our data centers, computers, and cell phones. Photodetectors (PD's) perform this conversion with ultra high speed and efficiency, in addition to being ubiquitously present in many other ... Leer más

$256.99 USD

Every bit of information that circulates the internet across the globe is a pulse of light, that at some point will need to be converted to an electric signal in order to be processed by the electronic circuitry in our data centers, computers, and cell phones. Photodetectors (PD's) perform this conversion with ultra high speed and efficiency, in addition to being ubiquitously present in many other
... Leer más
Gravity, Magnetic and Electromagnetic Gradiometry (Second Edition)

Strategic technologies in the 21st century

de Alexey V Veryaskin ...

Series series IOP ebooks
Gradiometry is a multidisciplinary area that combines theoretical and applied physics, ultra-low noise electronics, precision engineering, and advanced signal processing. Applications include the search for oil, gas, and mineral resources, GPS-free navigation, defence, space missions, and medical research. This book provides readers with a comprehensive and updated overview of the history, ... Leer más

$114.99 USD

Gradiometry is a multidisciplinary area that combines theoretical and applied physics, ultra-low noise electronics, precision engineering, and advanced signal processing. Applications include the search for oil, gas, and mineral resources, GPS-free navigation, defence, space missions, and medical research. This book provides readers with a comprehensive and updated overview of the history,
... Leer más
Prontuario di Cinometria

de Mario Canton ...

Series Libro 5 - Cinotecnia
La necessità di classificare un insieme di elementi nasce ogni qualvolta ci si trovi a gestire gruppi costituiti da numerosi elementi. Si rende allora evidente l’esigenza di suddividere gli elementi in gruppi più piccoli per migliorarne la gestione.In questo testo si parla – prevalentemente – di misure e proporzioni rilevabili nei cani e di come utilizzarle ai fini della descrizione e della ... Leer más

$10.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

La necessità di classificare un insieme di elementi nasce ogni qualvolta ci si trovi a gestire gruppi costituiti da numerosi elementi. Si rende allora evidente l’esigenza di suddividere gli elementi in gruppi più piccoli per migliorarne la gestione.In questo testo si parla – prevalentemente – di misure e proporzioni rilevabili nei cani e di come utilizzarle ai fini della descrizione e della
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Neutron Stars, Black Holes and Gravitational Waves

de James J Kolata ...

Series series IOP Concise Physics
Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity made a remarkable prediction: gravitational radiation. Just like light, gravity could travel through space as a wave and affect any objects it encounters by alternately compressing and expanding them. However, these waves were so difficult to detect that astronomers didn’t even try for more than 50 years. Then, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, two ... Leer más

$20.19 USD

Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity made a remarkable prediction: gravitational radiation. Just like light, gravity could travel through space as a wave and affect any objects it encounters by alternately compressing and expanding them. However, these waves were so difficult to detect that astronomers didn’t even try for more than 50 years. Then, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, two
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