Technology & Engineering

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ROBERT MACFARLANEDuring the Second World War, John Stewart Collis volunteered to leave his comfortable life as an academic to work on the land for the war effort. His account of this time perfectly captures the soft-handed,...

Provides a practical design guide to the structural use of aluminium. The first chapters outline basic aluminium technology and the advantages of using aluminium in many structural applications. The major part of the book deals with structural design and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590300541Author Thomas ClearyFormat PaperbackPage Count 474Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781527287969Author Mathew Hampshire-WaughFormat PaperbackPage Count 428Imprint Crowstone PublishingPublisher Crowstone PublishingWeight(grams)...

The Smart Building Advantage introduces and explores the fascinating world of cutting-edge technology, sustainable design, and the incredible potential of smart buildings. This book is a roadmap to understanding the transformative power of smart building...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781774591406Author Gaurav VermaFormat PaperbackPage Count 508Imprint Cadcamcae WorksPublisher Cadcamcae WorksWeight(grams) 1166gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm...

A scientist’s journey from observation to discovery is anything but straightforward. It is littered with failure, unexpected diversions and joyous realizations. Science helps us to understand ourselves – but what we know about the world around us, what...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838808846Author Dalyse Toledo CastanheiraFormat HardbackPage Count 170Imprint IntechOpenPublisher IntechOpen

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781846831232Author Thomas G. QuinlanFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Woodfield Publishing LtdPublisher Woodfield Publishing LtdWeight(grams)...

Sunday Times bestsellerGrowing up on the Wirral, Hannah Jackson had no idea she wanted to work on a farm until a life-changing family visit to the Lake District in her late teens. It was there where she first saw a lamb being born, giving her the drive...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400078196Author Alan LightmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 147gDimensions(mm)...

Dan Lyons was Technology Editor at Newsweek Magazine for years, a magazine writer at the top of his profession. One Friday morning he received a phone call: his job no longer existed. Fifty years old and with a wife and two young kids, Dan was unemployed...

There has been a recent renaissance in our relationship and interaction with textiles in interior design. Playful Peg Loom Weaving breathes new life into an ancient traditional craft form with a choice of contemporary projects presented for a modern...

Communications technology is advancing at such speed, heralding a world of choice and opportunity, that we sometimes struggle to navigate each new turn. And yet, with technology, as with life, we need to equip our children to make good choices and to...

Control Engineering "An Introductory Course" is aimed at second or third year courses in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, and provides for the needs of these courses without being over-burdened with detail.The authors work in one of the foremost...

With a Haynes Manual, you can do it yourself, from simple maintenance to full repairs. Every Manual is based on a complete stripdown of the bike. Our authors and technicians work out the best methods to do a job and present this with the home mechanic in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorGiancarlo Cravotto, University of Turin, Italy Diego Carnaroglio, Milestone Srl, Italy Book InformationISBN 9783110479928Author Giancarlo CravottoFormat...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780884023395Author George T. DennisFormat PaperbackPage Count 396Imprint Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & CollectionPublisher Dumbarton Oaks Research...

A student-friendly introduction to core mechanical engineering topics.This book introduces mechanical principles and technology through examples and applications, enabling students to develop a sound understanding of both engineering principles and their...

For anyone already practicing, or turning to, biodynamic gardening and farming methods, numerous detailed questions arise, such as:* How do you make and use the key preparations, such as horn manure and horn silica?* How do you develop living, fertile...

Mapping Medieval Geographies explores the ways in which geographical knowledge, ideas and traditions were formed in Europe during the Middle Ages. Leading scholars reveal the connections between Islamic, Christian, Biblical and Classical geographical...

The earth is in great peril, due to the corporatization of agriculture, the rising climate crisis, and the ever-increasing levels of global poverty, starvation, and desertification on a massive scale. This present condition of global trauma is not...

Sometime in the future the intelligence of machines will exceed that of human brain power. So are we on the edge of an AI-pocalypse, with superintelligent devices superseding humanity, as predicted by Stephen Hawking? Or will this herald a kind of...

Is a baby whose personality has been chosen from a gene supermarket still a human? If we choose what we create what happens to morality? Is this the end of human nature? The dramatic advances in DNA technology over the last few years are the stuff of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780872883659Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint Clymer PublicationsPublisher Haynes Publishing GroupWeight(grams)...

One dead body. One witness. One answer.Early one morning, DS Robin Butler is summoned to a crime scene. Not as a policeman, but as best friend to renowned meteorologist, Dr Finn Mason. The morning after studying an enormous storm, Finn has locked himself...

Until a few thousand years ago, creatures-"megafauna"-that could have been from a sci-fi thriller roamed the earth. With a handful of exceptions, all are now gone. Ross MacPhee explores the question of what caused the disappearance of these prehistoric...

The world of the 2020s is one where instability, war and societal breakup seem close. But, surely, we have learnt the lessons of the past? Surely, peace will continue? Are you sure? Do you even know what causes wars? Mike Martin argues that we don't...

In this eye-opening and engaging book, founder and chief executive of REAL Success, Paul Harris, examines some of the hard truths and challenges behind why so many farm owners and managers struggle to maintain a thriving, happy and loyal workforce. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783033089921Author Edgar IacolennaFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Edgar IacolennaPublisher Edgar IacolennaWeight(grams) 349gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Humanity now stands at a crossroads between a world of unimaginable wonders and one of unprecedented terrors. The choices we make now will determine not only the shape of our future, but whether there will be, for us as a species, a future at all. But,...

The consumer guide to small-scale wind electricity production! Maybe you're not T. Boone Pickens, but you can build your own home-sized wind-power empire right in your back yard. Wind Power For Dummies supplies all the guidance you need to install and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734844504Author John KempfFormat PaperbackPage Count 298Imprint Regenerative Agriculture PublishingPublisher Regenerative Agriculture...

Everything an amateur pigkeeper needs for successGet Started in Pig Keeping offers amateur pigkeepers everything they need to make a success of this increasingly popular pursuit. Whether you are interested in breeding pigs, in meat production, or just...

This highly-readable account of the nature of the hazards presented by ionizing radiation and the methods of protection is an ideal introductory text for those new to the field, and for the non-specialist. The seventh edition continues to cover the...

Reconnect with a more mindful enjoyment of cooking, spark your creativity and unleash your potential like never before with The Artisan Kitchen. DK brings you an all-encompassing cookbook to help you rediscover traditional much-loved culinary skills for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486411811Author Hughes HughesFormat PaperbackPage Count 672Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

21 February 1989. Three men fly into Moscow, representing software giants from Britain, America, and Japan. Each of them is determined to undercut the others in order to secure a technology so powerfully addictive it has brought the government department...

This book presents Industry 4.0 enabler technologies and tools. It also highlights some of the existing empirical applications in the context of manufacturing. The book elucidates innovative thematic concepts of Industry 4.0 and its perspectives. It...

Maurice O'Sullivan was born on the Great Blasket in 1904, and 'Twenty Years A-Growing' tells the story of his youth and of a way of life which belonged to the Middle Ages. He wrote for his own pleasure and for the entertainment of his friends, without...