Vol. 1 : A - E. - 468 p.

Vol. 1 : Basin, Canyon, Cave, Coast and shore, Continental margin, Coral reef, Delta, Dune and other desert features. - 147 p.

Vol. 1-10. - 2111 p.

This resource provides clear, nontechnical information on more than 600 scientific theories, life forms, inventions, controversies and discoveries - written in language that makes sense to all students. This new edition includes approximately 50 new essays and more than 250 fully updated entries. Covering the physical, life and earth sciences as well as engineering, technology, math, environmental science, anthropology and psychology, the Encyclopedia is sure to address all the topics that students and younger researchers want to know about. Includes approximately 600 color and black-and-white photographs.

Vol. 1. - 272 p.

No modern astronomer made a more profound contribution to our understanding of the cosmos than did Edwin Hubble, who first conclusively demonstrated that the universe is expanding. Basing his theory on the observation of the change in distanct galaxies, called red shift, Hubble showed that this is a Doppler effect, or alteration in the wavelength of light, resulting from the rapid motion of celestial objects away from Earth. In 1935, Hubble described his principal observations and conclusions in the Silliman lectures at Yale University. These lectures were published the following year as "The Realm of the Nebulae," which quickly became a classic work.

All aspects of space plasmas in the Solar System are introduced and explored in this text for senior undergraduate and graduate students. Introduction to Space Physics provides a broad, yet selective, treatment of the complex interactions of the ionized gases of the solar terrestrial environment. The book includes extensive discussion of the Sun and solar wind, the magnetized and unmagnetized planets, and the fundamental processes of space plasmas including shocks, plasma waves, ULF waves, wave particle interactions, and auroral processes. The text devotes particular attention to space plasma observations and integrates these with phenomenological and theoretical interpretations. Highly coordinated chapters, written by experts in their fields, combine to provide a comprehensive introduction to space physics. Based on an advanced undergraduate and graduate course presented in the Department of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles, the text will be valuable to both students and professionals in the field.

This book is a venture in contemporary history, an effort to place in perspective developments that in some respects are not yet fully resolved. Its subject is u.s. foreign policy during the administrations of George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton, with a coda encompassing George W. Bush's first year as president. During this period, members of the foreign policy elite, breathing deeply the intoxicating vapors released during the annus mirabilis of 1989, concluded that history stood poised at a turning point. Bill Clinton interpreted the end of the Cold War as signifying "the fullness of time" - a scriptural allusion to the moment when God chose to transform history. The collapse of communism and the triumph of liberal democratic capitalism offered similar prospects for transformation, this time through human rather than divine agency. As the bloody twentieth century drew to a close, God's promise of peace on earth remained unfulfilled; it was now incumbent upon the United States, having ascended to the status of sole superpower, to complete God's work-or, as members of a largely secularized elite preferred it, to guide history toward its intended destination.

These days, nobody really wants to learn everything there is about a product like Google Tools. And even if you did, who has the time to endlessly tinker and play with it until you figure everything out? You just want a book that will quickly show you how to do things with Google Tools, like perform power searches, find pictures with Google Images, find online bargains with Froogle, use the Google Toolbar, and discover the world with Google Earth. Google Search and Tools in a Snap does just that. Organized into a series of well-organized, bite-sized, quickly accomplished tasks, the book lets you zero right in on the one particular task you want to accomplish, quickly figure out what to do, do it, and then get back to using the plethora of Google Tools.

Learn how to make free phone calls to more than 75 million people, and dirt-cheap phone calls to practically everyone else, anywhere on Earth! You can do it with Skype. This book will help you get started fast, with any computer: Windows, Mac, Linux, even Pocket PC. Then, take Skype to the limit, with SkypeIn, SkypeOut, instant messaging, secure file transfer, even video calling.

Metallurgy Fundamentals provides instruction and information on the basic principles of metallurgy. A knowledge of these principles is invaluable to any person who plans to deal with metals as a future vocation. Metallurgy Fundamentals emphasizes the practical aspects of metallurgy. It explores the behavior of metals subjected to metallurgical processes. It explains why certain material properties are desired and how these properties are attained. Metallurgy Fundamentals describes common industrial processes, so that you can confidently discuss the processing of metals with others in the field. These processes are explained in dear, simple terms for easier understanding. Metallurgy Fundamentals speaks to the reader in down-ta-earth language, rather than highly theoretical terms. In many cases, diagrams are used instead of lengthy word descriptions and practical examples are given instead of abstract theories. A section on nonferrous metallurgy has been added for this edition of Metallurgy Fundamentals. This new section discusses the processes used to create nonferrous metals and their alloys. Aluminum, copper, magnesium, zinc, and other nonferrous metals are discussed. Metallurgy Fundamentals is written for those who want to learn the "basics," for those who want to explore the behavior of metals, and for those who want a broad knowledge of the entire field of metallurgy.

A New Yorker cartoon depicts a pair of Puritans in stiff collars, doublets, and cloaks leaning over the rail of the Arbella as it made landfall in the New World. One says, “My immediate goal is to worship God and celebrate His Creation, but long-term, I plan to get into real estate.”

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