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Valadares, Eduardo de Campos Physics, Fun, and Beyond (Mobipocket) eBook

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 57:10:35 GMT

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“The best magic is that which involves absolutely no sleight-of-hand, only the unexpected yet natural workings of nature. Physics, Fun, and Beyond is chock full of just this kind of magic—simple yet fascinating experiments, easy to follow and colorful drawings, and fun facts. Simply wonderful!”

—Roald Hoffmann, 1981 Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry

Pure Fun, Pure Excitement: You’;ve Never Learned Physics Like This Before!

Physics is pure excitement: nothing’;s more fun than discovering how the world works and exploring its many possibilities! With Physics, Fun, and Beyond, you’;ll grab the universe in your own two hands as you build more than 110 projects that uncover the physics beneath everyday life!

Most of these projects are amazingly easy to build: all you’;ll need are your everyday household tools and cheap (sometimes even free) materials. From wind tunnels to flying saucers, you’;ll learn exactly how to safely build these experiments, why they work, and what they mean. Learn about all this, and more:

Step on eggs without breaking them...and understand the principles of material strength
Build the “Magic Can” that teaches you about the different kinds of energy
Discover why the Earth isn’;t exactly round
Learn more about gravity, with the “Astronaut in the Elevator” experiment
Use pendulums to visualize radio/TV frequencies and broadcasting
Feel pressure by sitting on a bed of nails
Build hydraulic robots to discover how you can transmit and amplify forces
Construct wings and wind tunnels that show why airplanes fly
Learn about optics by making bottles invisible
Recreate the sun and sky to realize why the sky is blue
Demonstrate the “greenhouse effect” with a homemade solar heater
Get water to climb walls—as you understand cohesion and adhesion
Build “wireless phones” that capture sound and make acoustics fun
Create simple motors that display the basics of electromagnetism

Physics, Fun, and Beyond is for kids, teenagers, teachers, parents, homeschoolers...everyone from 10 to 100 with curiosity and a passion for discovery and new challenges!

Goertzel, Ben HIDDEN PATTERN (Adobe Reader) eBook

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 57:10:35 GMT

The Hidden Pattern presents a novel philosophy of mind, intended to form a coherent conceptual framework within which it is possible to understand the diverse aspects of mind and intelligence in a unified way. The central concept of the philosophy presented is the concept of pattern: minds and the world they live in and co-create are viewed as patterned systems of patterns, evolving over time, and various aspects of subjective experience and individual and social intelligence are analyzed in detail in this light. Many of the ideas presented are motivated by recent research in artificial intelligence and cognitive science, and the authors own AI research is discussed in moderate detail in one chapter. However, the scope of the book is broader than this, incorporating insights from sources as diverse as Vedantic philosophy, psychedelic psychotherapy, Nietzschean and Peircean metaphysics and quantum theory. One of the unique aspects of the patternist approach is the way it seamlessly fuses the mechanistic, engineering-oriented approach to intelligence and the introspective, experiential approach to intelligence.

Sambandan, Ekambaram Inorganic Materials Chemistry: General Concept and Research Topics (Portable Document Format (PDF)) eBook

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 57:10:35 GMT

I would like to introduce my book to readers with emphasis on basic and research needed in inorganic materials chemistry. There are two main topics included in the book and these are inorganic and materials chemistry. There are several sub-topics on the two main topics. All the topics consist of basic chemistry, and research topics needed are included as and when required. It is essential to understand what you read and think about it to generate new ideas. Power of understanding the subject, thinking in successful direction and interest to work is required to succeed in these topics. I hope all the readers would certainly get into inorganic and materials chemistry field as a life career after reading this book. My sincere gratitude goes to my wife, Kalyani and my daughter, Nandhini for their encouragement in writing this book. Also, I want to acknowledge my professors, relatives, friends and so on for their support on my career. I can be reached at s_ekambaram69@hotmail.com for your comments and for the improvement of this book.

SCIENCE & LORE OF THE PLANT CE (Adobe Reader) eBook

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 57:10:35 GMT

Plant cell walls are composed of complex carbohydrates, proteins, phenolic compounds, and inorganic ions, all of which play functional roles. Cellulose (1,4-beta-glucan) and callose (1,3-beta-glucan) are synthesized in the plasma membrane, while other polysaccharides are synthesized in the Golgi. Plant cell growth occurs with the loosening of the walls, which may be caused by several enzymatic actions. Plant development is related to the morphological changes of cells and tissue, which is caused by structural changes of the walls. This remarkable collection presents the latest understanding of plant cell walls and cellulose synthesis from some of the world's best and most promising researchers. The book is divided into eight sections describing: Cell Wall Structure, Biosynthesis, Cell Walls in Development, Wall Assembly and Loosening, Cell Wall Genomics, Proteomics and Glycomics, Woody Wall Formation, Defense, and Biotechnologies. Each section contains several essays describing the topic and how it is important to a better understanding of plant biosynthesis. While the authors rely heavily on general models for understanding how the process works, the hope is to enhance "our understanding and ultimate improvement of crops such as cotton, trees, and major cereal or legume crops" writes Deborah Delmer, the author of the book's preface. While her interests have evolved to more practical applications of this research, she agrees that "hard work involving good, serious biochemistry will still be important to provide a final confirmation of the structure of the rosette, the function of each CESA within the rosette, and the role of other accessory proteins." She suggests that "one prediction is that work with enzymes like sucrose synthase may provide new insights into how carbon is partitioned in plant cells." This book is an excellent introduction to the plant cell wall for biochemists trained in this field and those interested in the practical questions that a better understanding of these processes will answer.

Yuryev, Anton Pathway Analysis for Drug Discovery: Computational Infrastructure and Applications (Adobe Reader) eBook

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 57:10:35 GMT

This book introduces drug researchers to the novel computational approaches of pathway analysis and explains the existing applications that can save time and money in the drug discovery process. It covers traditional computational methods and software for pathway analysis microarray, proteomics, and metabolomics. It explains pathway reconstruction of diseases and toxic states, pathway analysis in various phases, dynamic modeling of drug responses, and more. This is a core resource for drug discovery and pharmaceutical industry researchers, chemists, and biologists and for professionals in related fields.

Abhayananda, Swami The Divine Universe: An Alternative To The Scientific Worldview (Portable Document Format (PDF)) eBook

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 57:10:35 GMT

In the great debate between the scientific and the spiritual worldviews, Swami Abhayananda has scored an historical blow for the spiritual worldview in The Divine Universe. Utilizing the very theories of contemporary physics and cosmology, he presents a forceful and persuasive argument for an original and ground-breaking vision of our universe as living and Divine. "For those of us trained in science, [the Divine Universe] is both enlightening and inspiring. Consciousness and energy as the Ground of Being are given a coherent and quite rationally plausible gnostic interpretation that should persuade open-minded readers of the limitiations of scientism." --Howard A. Jones,Ph.D., author of The Thoughtful Guide to God, O Books, 2006. "Anyone who has ever felt frustrated by the limitations of science, opened by the hard reality of mystical/nondual experience, inspired by the nondual teachings of Hindu, Buddhist, and Christian traditions, and skeptical of, or drawn to, astrology, will find the The Divine Universe a revelation to savor." --Jerry Katz,editor of One: Essential Writings on Nonduality, Sentient Publications, 2007; and website host of www.nonduality.com.

McKenna, John D., Turner, James H., McKenna, James P. Jr. Fine Particle (2.5 microns) Emissions: Regulations, Measurement, and Control (Adobe Reader) eBook

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 57:10:35 GMT

Research has shown that inhaling fine particles is a greater health risk than breathing larger particles. Title is ""very timely...needed NOW,"" according to one reviewer
Covers a ""controversial"" but important topic, for which there is a lack of literature and hence guidance for those professionals affected by it
Covers legislative background and gives insight into regulatory and technical matters such as measurement and control of fine particle emissions
Combines the practical, theoretical, and regulatory areas of fine particulate monitoring, with ""reference to the regulated community""
Written by a recognized authority with over 30 years of pollution control experience

Orazem, Mark E., Tribollet, Bernard Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (Adobe Reader) eBook

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 57:10:35 GMT

Using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy in a broad range of applications

This book provides the background and training suitable for application of impedance spectroscopy to varied applications, such as corrosion, biomedical devices, semiconductors and solid-state devices, sensors, batteries, fuel cells, electrochemical capacitors, dielectric measurements, coatings, electrochromic materials, analytical chemistry, and imaging. The emphasis is on generally applicable fundamentals rather than on detailed treatment of applications. With numerous illustrative examples showing how these principles are applied to common impedance problems, Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy is ideal either for course study or for independent self-study, covering:

Essential background, including complex variables, differential equations, statistics, electrical circuits, electrochemistry, and instrumentation
Experimental techniques, including methods used to measure impedance and other transfer functions
Process models, demonstrating how deterministic models of impedance response can be developed from physical and kinetic descriptions
Interpretation strategies, describing methods of interpretating of impedance data, ranging from graphical methods to complex nonlinear regression
Error structure, providing a conceptual understanding of stochastic, bias, and fitting errors in frequency-domain measurements
An overview that provides a philosophy for electrochemical impedance spectroscopy that integrates experimental observation, model development, and error analysis

This is an excellent textbook for graduate students in electrochemistry, materials science, and chemical engineering. It's also a great self-study guide and reference for scientists and engineers who work with electrochemistry, corrosion, and electrochemical technology, including those in the biomedical field, and for users and vendors of impedance-measuring instrumentation.

Richardson, Ken MIND FOR STRUCTURE (Adobe Reader) eBook

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 57:10:35 GMT

The working principles of mind, including their origins and evolution, has long been a difficult and controversial area among psychologists. But it is now also under siege by cognitive scientists, biologists, anthropologists, mathematicians, computer modelers, and even physicists. Yet little has been generally agreed, even about basic, everyday, processes of perception and cognition. Critics now warn us about the overly simple notions of biological adaptation and cognitive processing that have flooded the field in recent years. And they stress the need for new conceptual foundations in the area, stressing work on complex, dynamic systems. With an eye on all these developments, this book is an attempt to establish such foundations. It stresses how the dynamic structure in environmental change has driven the evolution of living systems, from the origins of life to human cognitive functions. The ideas drawn together have many implications for research and theory on the human mind; for the goals and purposes of science itself in such dynamic fields; and for the nature of interventions in many practical domains.

Crawford, David F. CURVATURE COSMOLOGY (Adobe Reader) eBook

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 57:10:35 GMT

Curvature Cosmology proposes a new cosmological model very different from, and more elegant than, the Big-Bang Theory. Curvature Cosmology is based on two major hypotheses that Hubble redshift is due to an interaction of photons with curved spacetime and that there is a pressure that acts to stabilise expansion and provides a static, stable universe. The main focus of this book is to describe these two hypotheses in detail and to examine all relevant cosmological data in the context of this new model of the universe. This model proposes that, though evolution of stars and galaxies is evident, the statistical properties of the universe are the same at all places and at all times. In short, the universe is ageless, has no defined beginning (unlike the Big-Bang model), and carries no evidence of expansion, despite the changeability of its components. Curvature Cosmology calls for a paradigm shift in current cosmology and requires at least basic (if not more complex) knowledge of past and current cosmological models and equations.

Moffat, John W. Reinventing Gravity eBook

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 57:10:35 GMT

Einstein's gravity theory—his general theory of relativity—has served as the basis for a series of astonishing cosmological discoveries. But what if, nonetheless, Einstein got it wrong?

Since the 1930s, physicists have noticed an alarming discrepancy between the universe as we see it and the universe that Einstein's theory of relativity predicts. There just doesn't seem to be enough stuff out there for everything to hang together. Galaxies spin so fast that, based on the amount of visible matter in them, they ought to be flung to pieces, the same way a spinning yo-yo can break its string. Cosmologists tried to solve the problem by positing dark matter—a mysterious, invisible substance that surrounds galaxies, holding the visible matter in place—and particle physicists, attempting to identify the nature of the stuff, have undertaken a slew of experiments to detect it. So far, none have.

Now, John W. Moffat, a physicist at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Canada, offers a different solution to the problem. The capstone to a storybook career—one that began with a correspondence with Einstein and a conversation with Niels Bohr—Moffat's modified gravity theory, or MOG, can model the movements of the universe without recourse to dark matter, and his work challenging the constancy of the speed of light raises a stark challenge to the usual models of the first half-million years of the universe's existence.

This bold new work, presenting the entirety of Moffat's hypothesis to a general readership for the first time, promises to overturn everything we thought we knew about the origins and evolution of the universe.

webdevelopmentplace.com HighonWater (Mobipocket) eBook

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 57:10:35 GMT

HHO gas conversion guide.
Build and install a low-cost alternative method for running your vehicle (internal combustion engine) on tap water, using off-the-shelf components.This is simply an efficient way to convert ordinary tap water into gaseous hydrogen and oxygen, and then burn these vapors in the engine, instead of gasoline. This "minisystem" runs easily from your existing battery and electrical system, and it plugs into your carburetor with simple off-the-shelf fittings.The simplicity comes from its being an "on-demand" system requiring no fancy storage or plumbing. You crank the gas pedal or throttle, and you electrically create more vapor for immediate consumption, on demand; low-high flow rate as needed, from idle to maximum power. The only real change is that you are using tap water as fuel, instead of the traditional petroleum-based fuel. Given a choice, which way would you choose? Some motor mechanics knowlegde needed, to understand this ebook better. Super bonus included, which alone are worth the price you pay for this ebook. Enjoy, have a good read and stay in the lead :)

Ehrlich, Paul R., Ehrlich, Anne H. The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment eBook

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 57:10:35 GMT

In humanity's more than 100,000 year history, we have evolved from vulnerable creatures clawing sustenance from Earth to a sophisticated global society manipulating every inch of it. In short, we have become the dominant animal. Why, then, are we creating a world that threatens our own species? What can we do to change the current trajectory toward more climate change, increased famine, and epidemic disease? Renowned Stanford scientists Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich believe that intelligently addressing those questions depends on a clear understanding of how we evolved and how and why we're changing the planet in ways that darken our descendants' future. The Dominant Animal arms readers with that knowledge, tracing the interplay between environmental change and genetic and cultural evolution since the dawn of humanity. In lucid and engaging prose, they describe how Homo sapiens adapted to their surroundings, eventually developing the vibrant cultures, vast scientific knowledge, and technological wizardry we know today. But the Ehrlichs also explore the flip side of this triumphant story of innovation and conquest. As we clear forests to raise crops and build cities, lace the continents with highways, and create chemicals never before seen in nature, we may be undermining our own supremacy. The threats of environmental damage are clear from the daily headlines, but the outcome is far from destined. Humanity can again adapt-if we learn from our evolutionary past. Those lessons are crystallized in The Dominant Animal. Tackling the fundamental challenge of the human predicament, Paul and Anne Ehrlich offer a vivid and unique exploration of our origins, our evolution, and our future.

Buckley, Patrick The Hungry Scientist Handbook eBook

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 57:10:35 GMT

Inventive, (mostly) edible DIY gadgets and projects guaranteed to captivate

The Hungry Scientist Handbook brings DIY technology into the kitchen and onto the plate. It compiles the most mouthwatering projects created by mechanical engineer Patrick Buckley and his band of intrepid techie friends, whose collaboration on contraptions started at a memorable 2005 Bay Area dinner party and resulted in the formation of the Hungry Scientist Society—a loose confederation of creative minds dedicated to the pursuit of projects possessing varying degrees of whimsy and utility.

Featuring twenty projects ranging from edible origami to glowing lollipops, cryogenic martinis to Tupperware boom boxes, the book draws from the expertise of programmers, professors, and garden-variety geeks and offers something to delight DIYers of all skill levels.

Coony, Jonathan D'Entremont, Avato, Patrick Accelerating Clean Energy Technology Research, Development, and Deployment: Lessons from Non-Energy Sectors eBook

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 57:10:35 GMT

Balancing climate change mitigation and increased energy needs in developing countries poses a serious dilemma that can only be reconciled with new and improved clean energy technologies. Factors, such as relatively low levels of research, development and deployment (RD&D) funding and significant barriers to advancement, must be overcome to accelerate innovation in the energy sector. The paper examines four case studies that provide lessons that can strengthen the development of new technology initiatives, which will address the needed balance between climate mitigation and the growing energy demands of the developing world.

Hooper, Dan Nature's Blueprint eBook

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 57:10:35 GMT

The first accessible book on a theory of physics that explains the relationship between the particles and forces that make up our universe.

For decades, physicists have been fascinated with the possibility that two seemingly independent aspects of our world—matter and force—may in fact be intimately connected and inseparable facets of nature. This idea, known as supersymmetry, is considered by many physicists to be one of the most beautiful and elegant theories ever conceived. According to this theory, however, there is much more to our universe than we have witnessed thus far. In particular, supersymmetry predicts that for each type of particle there must also exist others, called superpartners. To the frustration of many particle physicists, no such superpartner particles have ever been observed. As the world's most powerful particle accelerator—the Large Hadron Collider—begins operating in 2008, this may be about to change. By discovering the forms of matter predicted by supersymmetry, this incredible machine is set to transform our current understanding of the universe's laws and structure, and overturn the way that we think about matter, force, space, and time.

Nature's Blueprint explores the reasons why supersymmetry is so integral to how we understand our world and describes the incredible machines used in the search for it. In an engaging and accessible style, it gives readers a glimpse into the symmetries, patterns, and very structure behind the universe and its laws.

Volakis, John Antenna Engineering Handbook, Fourth Edition eBook

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 57:10:35 GMT

DeRosa, Thomas F. Advances in Polymer Chemistry and Methods Reported in Recent US Patents (Adobe Reader) eBook

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 57:10:35 GMT

The objective of this book is to convey to academic and industrial researchers and students advances in synthetic and characterization methods in 9 selected areas of polymer chemistry reported in 2007-2008 US Patents. It reviews the impact of newer bulk anionic, cationic, and free radical polymerization methods within selected industrial applications. Bulk and surface crosslinking agents using selected bi- and tri-functional reagents, photochemical methods, or free radical agents are also reviewed. Finally, there is a separate section on cationic and cationic ring opening polymerization reactions describing di- and tri-heterocyclic monomers and their use in medical devices.

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: Environmental and Health Impacts (Adobe Reader) eBook

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 57:10:35 GMT

This comprehensive book covers various aspects of nanoscience and nanotechnology and what is known about the potential environmental and health impacts. Divided into three main sections, the book addresses the toxicity of nanomaterials, fate and transport of nanomaterials in the environment, and occupational health aspects of nanotechonology.

Rice, Stuart A. Advances in Chemical Physics, Volume 138 (Adobe Reader) eBook

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 57:10:35 GMT

This series provides the chemical physics field with a forum for critical, authoritative evaluations of advances in every area of the discipline. This stand-alone special topics volume reports recent advances in electron-transfer research with significant, up-to-date chapters by internationally recognized researchers.

Rice, Stuart J. Advances in Chemical Physics, Volume 136 (Adobe Reader) eBook

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 57:10:35 GMT

Advances in Chemical Physics is the only series of references available that explores the cutting edge of research in chemical physics. This series provides the chemical physics field with a forum for critical, authoritative evaluations of advances in every area of the discipline.

Filler, Aaron G. AXIAL CHARACTER SERIATION IN M (Adobe Reader) eBook

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 57:10:35 GMT

Axial Character Seriation in Mammals is an unabridged edition of the 1986 Harvard University PhD Thesis of Aaron G. Filler, MD, PhD that pioneered our modern reassessment of mammalian vertebrae in the light of the new homeotic biology. As Dr. Filler points out in fascinating detail, the leading explanations of similarity among animals before Darwin were arrayed around the vertebrae of the spine in works by Sir Richard Owen, Johann Wolfgang Goethe and Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire. This was the theoretical structure that was overturned and demolished by Darwin's ideas about similarity due to common descent. In a stunning reversal, modern homeotic genetics has shown that repeating structures Most remarkably, Filler shows how this 100 million year old process was dramatically altered in the course of the early evolution of the hominoid apes. Presenting historical, anatomical, embryological and paleontological evidence in support, the case is made that human evolution commenced its progress towards the differentiation between ape and human as a consequence of a reconfiguration of the splitting of the laminapophyis. One major functional consequence of the reconfiguration was a lumbar spine uniquely optimized for upright posture and bipedalism. The appearance of the human lumbar design in a Miocene (21 million year old) fossil attributed to the hominoid ape Proconsul major suggests that the upright posture and bipedalism demonstrated by many existing apes and evidenced by a number of fossil apes all shares a common origin and underlying structural basis.

Rice, Stuart E. Advances in Chemical Physics, Volume 137 (Adobe Reader) eBook

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 57:10:35 GMT

The Advances in Chemical Physics series provides the chemical physics field with a forum for critical, authoritative evaluations of advances in every area of the discipline.
This special volume focuses on atoms and photos near meso- and nanobodies, an important area of nontechnology. Nanoscale particles are those between 1 and 100 nm, and they obey neither the laws of quantum physics nor of classical physics due to an extensive delocalization of the valence electrons, which can vary depending on size. This means that different physical properties can be obtained from the same atoms or molecules existing in a nanoscale particle size due entirely to differing sizes and shapes. Nanostructured materials have unique optical, magnetic, and electronic properties depending on the size and shape of the nanomaterials. A great deal of interest has surfaced in this arena as of late due to the potential technological applications.

Hager, Thomas ALCHEMY OF AIR eBook

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 57:10:35 GMT

A veteran science and medical writer, THOMAS HAGER is the author of The Demon Under the Microscope; Force of Nature: The Life of Linus Pauling; and more than a hundred news and feature articles in Reader’s Digest, Journal of the American Medical Association, and many other publications.

From the Hardcover edition.

Ho, Peng Yoke Explorations in Daoism (Adobe Reader) eBook

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 57:10:35 GMT

The Daoist canon is the definitive fifteenth century compilation of texts concerning ritual, alchemical and meditation practices within Daoist religion. Many of these texts are undated and anonymous, so dating them is essential for a clear understanding of the development of Chinese alchemy, and the place of these texts in history.

Ho Peng Yoke's Explorations in Daoism brings together an extraordinary compendium of data on alchemical knowledge in China, describing the methods used for dating important alchemical texts in the Daoist canon, and reconstructing and translating a number of alchemical texts that exist only in fragments scattered throughout the Daoist canon, pharmacopoeia and other compendia.

This book provides a clear guide for students and scholars about the methods required for dating and reconstituting texts using techniques that can be applied to other areas of traditional Chinese culture also. As such, this book will appeal to those interested in Chinese alchemy, the history of science, Daoism and Chinese history.