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  • 技术创新简史

    戴吾三著张纪勇主编的《技术创新简史/北京开放大学科学教育丛书》以蒸汽机的发明和应用为理论框架的起点,以简明的形式呈现工8世纪以来时代演变的特征和重大领域的技术变革,划分蒸汽时代、电力时代、电子时代和计算机时代四个部分,分別描述引领时代的技术创新,引领产业(行业)的技术创新,以及导致产业细分的技术创新和商业模式创新,同时也重点介绍有影响的发明家、企业家,以及因技术创新而兴盛的知名企业和工业实验室。本书定位于理工科大学生的通识教育教材,也适合对创新历史感兴趣的青年科技人员学习。 ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • 打火哥的30堂烈焰求生課:第一線熱血消防員親授關鍵保命絕招,破解火場迷思

    by 蔡宗翰 ...
    Series Book 77 - 綠蠹魚YLNA
    家中失火,躲浴室就對了?樓下失火,往上跑為上策?遭遇濃煙,溼毛巾摀口鼻準沒錯?別讓迷思成為你命運的殺手!熱血推薦水精靈│PTT八卦板科普作家侯友宜│新北市市長張賢龢│美國災害應變專家許毓仁│立法委員/TEDxTaipei共同創辦人陳 寧│八仙塵燃事件傷者/作家黃江祥│高雄市政府消防局局長歐陽立中│作家/Super教師鄭國威│泛科知識公司知識長鄭錦桐│興創知能股份有限公司總經理蕭俊傑│科學X博士謝松善│李昌鈺博士物證科學教育基金會副執行長捫心自問,你腦中的防災觀念是否已經更新?面對火場,你仍堅持「躲浴室、往上逃與沾溼毛巾」?如果你對上述問題的答案存有一絲絲的猶... ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Übergang von der Jugendfeuerwehr in die Einsatzabteilung

    Die Jugendfeuerwehr ist das Organ der Nachwuchsgewinnung der Freiwilligen Feuerwehr. Problematisch ist allerdings vielfach der Übergang von der Jugendfeuerwehr in die Einsatzabteilung. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt treten viele Jugendliche aus der Feuerwehr aus. Die Gründe dafür sind sehr unterschiedlich und reichen von veränderten Lebensumständen bis zum völligen Verlust des Interesses an der Feuerwehr. ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Zählverfahren und Lastannahme in der Betriebsfestigkeit

    Betriebsfestigkeit bedeutet die sichere Bemessung von Bauteilen unter realistischen Umgebungsbedingungen mit dem Ziel Leichtbau. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Schwingbeanspruchung. Bei der Bemessung wird die zu erwartende Beanspruchung (Belastung) mit der Beanspruchbarkeit (Festigkeit) verglichen, wobei die für den Anwendungsfall notwendige Sicherheit gewährleistet werden muss. Voraussetzung für die ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Zuverlässigkeit und Verfügbarkeit technischer Systeme

    Eine Einführung in die Praxis

    Diese Einführung in die Praxis für die Berechnung von Zuverlässigkeit und Verfügbarkeit von technischen Systemen legt besonderen Wert auf den technischen und wirtschaftlichen Nutzen der Ergebnisse. Ein Gerät oder System ist dann zuverlässig, wenn es über einen bestimmten Zeitraum seine definierte Funktion erbringt. Verfügbarkeit ist definiert als die Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass ein System zu einem ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Young Men and Fire

    National Book Critics Circle Award Winner: “The terrifying story of the worst disaster in the history of the US Forest Service’s elite Smokejumpers.” —Kirkus ReviewsA devastating and lyrical work of nonfiction, Young Men and Fire describes the events of August 5, 1949, when a crew of fifteen of the US Forest Service’s elite airborne firefighters, the Smokejumpers, stepped into the sky above a ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wooden Façades and Fire Safety

    Effects of Joint Type on Ignition Behaviour

    Series series SpringerBriefs in Fire
    This book presents the results of an experiment assessing the impact of spruce wood joints on the creation and development of fire when these joints are applied within a façade. The book includes an extensive analysis of wooden cladding, which is a flammable material in which the elements are connected lengthwise using various types of joint. The parameters of the experiment, as well as the ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Wood & Fire Safety

    Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Wood & Fire Safety 2020

    This proceedings volume presents new scientific works of the research workers and experts from the field of Wood Science & Fire.It looks into the properties of various tree species across the continents affecting the fire-technical properties of wood and wood-based materials, its modifications, fire-retardant methods and other technological processes that have an impact on wood ignition and ... Read more

    $242.99 USD

  • Women in Security

    Changing the Face of Technology and Innovation

    Edited by Debra A. Christofferson ...
    Series series Women in Engineering and Science
    This volume examines core areas of development in security, emphasizing the pivotal contributions of women to the field’s evolution. The author first covers a broad spectrum of key topics, including how security is created, where innovation occurs, what the underpinnings are, and who supports it and how. After an overview of the field, female security professionals share their own stories of ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Women in Industrial and Systems Engineering

    Key Advances and Perspectives on Emerging Topics

    Edited by Alice E. Smith ...
    Series series Women in Engineering and Science
    This bookpresents a diversity of innovative and impactful research in the field of industrial and systems engineering (ISE) led by women investigators. After a Foreword by Margaret L. Brandeau, an eminent woman scholar in the field, the book is divided into the following sections: Analytics, Education, Health, Logistics, and Production. Also included is a comprehensive biography on the historic ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Wildland Fire: Federal Agencies' Efforts to Reduce Wildland Fuels and Lower Risk to Communities and Ecosystems, and Climate Change: Potential Economic Costs and Opportunities to Reduce Federal Fiscal Exposure

    Two reports are reproduced in this compilation: Wildland Fire: Federal Agencies' Efforts to Reduce Wildland Fuels and Lower Risk to Communities and Ecosystems, and Climate Change: Potential Economic Costs and Opportunities to Reduce Federal Fiscal Exposure.Wildland Fire: Wildfires have been increasing in size and severity, exacerbated by abnormally dense vegetation, drought, and other climate ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Fire and Nonnative Invasive Plants (Rainbow Series) Part 2 - Invasion Ecology, Use of Fire to Control Plants, Northeast, Southeast, Central, West Bioregions

    This state-of-knowledge review of information on relationships between wildland fire and nonnative invasive plants can assist fire managers and other land managers concerned with prevention, detection, and eradication or control of nonnative invasive plants. The 16 chapters in this volume synthesize ecological and botanical principles regarding relationships between wildland fire and nonnative ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Fire and Nonnative Invasive Plants (Rainbow Series) Part 1 - Invasion Ecology, Use of Fire to Control Plants, Northeast, Southeast, Central, West Bioregions

    This state-of-knowledge review of information on relationships between wildland fire and nonnative invasive plants can assist fire managers and other land managers concerned with prevention, detection, and eradication or control of nonnative invasive plants. The 16 chapters in this volume synthesize ecological and botanical principles regarding relationships between wildland fire and nonnative ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Effects of Fire on Soil and Water (Rainbow Series) - Wildfires and Ecosystems, Soil Chemistry, Biology, Hydrologic Cycle, Watersheds, Streamflows, Aquatic Biota, Wetlands

    This state-of-knowledge review about the effects of fire on soils and water can assist land and fire managers with information on the physical, chemical, and biological effects of fire needed to successfully conduct ecosystem management, and effectively inform others about the role and impacts of wildland fire. Chapter topics include the soil resource, soil physical properties and fire, soil ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Effects of Fire on Flora (Rainbow Series) - Wildfires and Ecosystems, Fire Regime Classification, Autecological Effects of Fire, Climate Change, Postfire Plant Community

    This state-of-knowledge review about the effects of fire on flora and fuels can assist land managers with ecosystem and fire management planning and in their efforts to inform others about the ecological role of fire. Chapter topics include fire regime classification, autecological effects of fire, fire regime characteristics and postfire plant community developments in ecosystems throughout the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Effects of Fire on Fauna (Rainbow Series) - Wildfires and Wildlife, Habitat, Succession, Regional Variation in Fire Regimes, Direct Effects of Fire and Animal Responses

    In 1978, a national workshop on fire effects in Denver, Colorado, provided the impetus for the "Effects of Wildland Fire on Ecosystems" series. Recognizing that knowledge of fire was needed for land management planning, state-of-the-knowledge reviews were produced that became known as the "Rainbow Series." The series consisted of six publications, each with a different colored cover, describing ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Effects of Fire on Cultural Resources and Archaeology (Rainbow Series) Part 3 - Effects on Prehistoric Ceramics, Stone Artifacts, Rock Images, Fire Behavior and Effects

    This state-of-knowledge review provides a synthesis of the effects of fire on cultural resources, which can be used by fire managers, cultural resource (CR) specialists, and archaeologists to more effectively manage wildland vegetation, fuels, and fire. The goal of the volume is twofold: (1) to provide cultural resource/archaeological professionals and policy makers with a primer on fuels, fire ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Effects of Fire on Cultural Resources and Archaeology (Rainbow Series) Part 2 - Effects on Prehistoric Ceramics, Stone Artifacts, Rock Images, Fire Behavior and Effects

    This state-of-knowledge review provides a synthesis of the effects of fire on cultural resources, which can be used by fire managers, cultural resource (CR) specialists, and archaeologists to more effectively manage wildland vegetation, fuels, and fire. The goal of the volume is twofold: (1) to provide cultural resource/archaeological professionals and policy makers with a primer on fuels, fire ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Effects of Fire on Cultural Resources and Archaeology (Rainbow Series) Part 1 - Effects on Prehistoric Ceramics, Stone Artifacts, Rock Images, Fire Behavior and Effects

    This state-of-knowledge review provides a synthesis of the effects of fire on cultural resources, which can be used by fire managers, cultural resource (CR) specialists, and archaeologists to more effectively manage wildland vegetation, fuels, and fire. The goal of the volume is twofold: (1) to provide cultural resource/archaeological professionals and policy makers with a primer on fuels, fire ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Effects of Fire on Air (Rainbow Series) - Smoke Management, Air Quality, Visibility, Haze, Hazardous Air Pollutants, Emissions from Fires, Atmospheric and Plume Chemistry

    This state-of-knowledge review about the effects of fire on air quality can assist land, fire, and air resource managers with fire and smoke planning, and their efforts to explain to others the science behind fire-related program policies and practices to improve air quality. Chapter topics include air quality regulations and fire; characterization of emissions from fire; the transport, dispersion ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wildfire and Americans

    How to Save Lives, Property, and Your Tax Dollars

    Three years after Roger Kennedy retired as director of the National Park Service, from his Santa Fe home he watched as the Cerro Grande Fire moved across the Pajarito Plateau and into Los Alamos. Two hundred and thirty-five homes were destroyed, more than 45,000 acres of forest were burned, and the nation's nuclear laboratories were threatened; even before the embers had died a blame game erupted. ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Wideband Radar

    Wideband Radar focuses on system theories and signal processing techniques for wideband radar systems. Author Professor Teng Long and his fellows present a comprehensive introduction to the fundamental theory, latest technology developments in signal processing and recent progresses in civil applications of wideband radar. Each chapter begins with an introduction describing what a reader will find ... Read more

    $107.99 USD $80.99 USD

  • Wide Area Power Systems Stability, Protection, and Security

    Series series Power Systems
    This book proposes new control and protection schemes to improve the overall stability and security of future wide-area power systems. It focuses on the high penetration levels of renewable energy sources and distributed generation, particularly with the trend towards smart grids.The control methods discussed can improve the overall stability in normal and abnormal operation conditions, while the ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

  • Why Cryptography Should Not Rely on Physical Attack Complexity

    Series series T-Labs Series in Telecommunication Services
    This book presents two practical physical attacks. It shows how attackers can reveal the secret key of symmetric as well as asymmetric cryptographic algorithms based on these attacks, and presents countermeasures on the software and the hardware level that can help to prevent them in the future. Though their theory has been known for several years now, since neither attack has yet been ... Read more

    $89.99 USD