Sciences et techniques / Sciences

Handbook of Clay Science

de F. Bergaya & G. Lagaly

The first edition of the Handbook of Clay Science published in 2006 assembled the scattered literature on the varied and diverse aspects that make up the discipline of clay science. The topics covered range...

Elephants In the Volkswagen

de Lindsey Grant

In the last century, the United States has grown from 75 million people to 250 million. Have we gone too far? How can an optimum population be identified and achieved, and how can we confront the problems now...

Miss Leavitt's Stars: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Discovered How to Measure the Universe (Great Discoveries)

de George Johnson

"A short, excellent account of [Leavitt's] extraordinary life and achievements."-Simon Singh, New York Times Book ReviewAt the beginning of the twentieth century, scientists argued over the size of the universe:...

Possibilities in Parallel

de Scientific American Editors

Parallel universes are a staple of science fiction, and it's no wonder. They allow us to explore the question, "what if?" in a way that lets us step completely outside of the world we know, rather than question...

Evolved: Chronicles of a Pleistocene Mind

de Maximilian Werner & John Alcock

With startling insights, Werner explores how our Pleistocene instincts inform our everyday decisions and behaviors in this modern day Walden.

Permanent Present Tense: The Unforgettable Life of the Amnesic Patient, H. M.

de Suzanne Corkin

In 1953, 27-year-old Henry Gustave Molaison underwent an experimental “psychosurgical” procedure—a targeted lobotomy—in an effort to alleviate his debilitating epilepsy. The outcome was unexpected—when...

Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction

de Annalee Newitz

In its 4.5 billion–year history, life on Earth has been almost erased at least half a dozen times: shattered by asteroid impacts, entombed in ice, smothered by methane, and torn apart by unfathomably powerful...

Supersymmetry and Beyond: From the Higgs Boson to the New Physics

de Gordon Kane

The epic story of the quest to uncover a fully unified theory of physics, revised to reflect the possible discovery of the Higgs Boson.

Brilliant Blunders: From Darwin to Einstein - Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe

de Mario Livio

WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES. Nobody’s perfect. Not even some of the greatest geniuses in history, as Mario Livio tells us in this marvelous story of scientific error and breakthrough.

Charles Darwin, William Thomson...

Fossil Mammals of Asia: Neogene Biostratigraphy and Chronology

de Xiaoming Wang

The first textbook devoted to the late Cenozoic (Neogene) mammalian biostratigraphy and geochronology of Asia, this volume deploys cutting edge biostratigraphical and geochemical dating methods to map the emergence...

Schaum's Outline of College Chemistry

de Jerome Rosenberg & Lawrence Epstein

Tough Test Questions? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time?

Fortunately, there's Schaum's.

More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum'sto help them succeed in the classroom and on exams.Schaum's is the key...

Thermo-Hydromechanical and Chemical Coupling in Geomaterials and Applications: Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium GeoProc'2008

de Jian-Fu Shao & Nicolas Burlion

GeoProc2008 collects the proceedings of the International Conference on Coupled T-H-M-C (thermal, hydraulic, mechanical, chemical) Processes in Geosystems.

Energy Storage

de Yves Brunet

Energy storage examines different applications such as electric power generation, transmission and distribution systems, pulsed systems, transportation, buildings and mobile applications. For each of these applications,...

Mechanical and Electromagnetic Vibrations and Waves

de Tamer Bécherrawy

Dealing with vibrations and waves, this text aims to provide understanding of the basic principles and methods of analysing various physical phenomena.

The content includes the general properties of propagation,...

Micro and Nanotechnologies in Engineering Stem Cells and Tissues

de Murugan Ramalingam, Esmaiel Jabbari & Seeram Ramakrishna

A cutting-edge look at the application of micro and nanotechnologies in regenerative medicine

The area at the interface of micro/nanotechnology and stem cells/tissue engineering has seen an explosion of activity...

Volatile Biomarkers: Non-Invasive Diagnosis in Physiology and Medicine

de Anton Amann & David Smith

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in exhaled breath, sweat or urine carry much information on the state of human health. The role of VOCs in clinical diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring is expected to become...

Pattern Formations and Oscillatory Phenomena

de Shuichi Kinoshita

Patterns and their formations appear throughout nature, and are studied to analyze different problems in science and make predictions across a wide range of disciplines including biology, physics, mathematics,...

Schaum's Outline of Biology

de George Fried & George Hademenos

Tough Test Questions? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time?

Fortunately, there's Schaum's.

More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum'sto help them succeed in the classroom and on exams.Schaum's is the key...

Biofuel Crop Sustainability

de Bharat Singh

Biofuel Crop Sustainability brings together the basic principles of agricultural sustainability and special stipulations for biofuels, from the economic and ecological opportunities and challenges of sustainable...

Schaum's Outline of Organic Chemistry

de Herbert Meislich & Howard Nechamkin

Tough Test Questions? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time?

Fortunately, there's Schaum's.

More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum'sto help them succeed in the classroom and on exams.Schaum's is the key...