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Worm (Book)

Mark Bowden (Author)

"Dass Cyberverbrechen und Cyberwar keine bloß virtuellen Gefahren mehr sind, sickert erst allmählich ins öffentliche und politische Bewusstsein. Als der Computerwurm "Conficker" im November 2008 auf die Welt losgelassen wurde, infizierte er binnen weniger Wochen Millionen [...]

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Sustainable Urban Neighbourhood (Book)

Nicholas Falk (Author), David Rudlin (Author), David Falk Rudlin (Author)

Now in its second edition, this title explores and explains the trends and issues that underlie the renaissance of UK towns and cities and describes the sustainable urban neighbourhood as a model for rebuilding urban areas.

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The Long Evolution of Brains and Minds (Book)

Gerhard Roth (Author)

The main topic of the book is a reconstruction of the evolution of nervous systems and brains as well as of mental-cognitive abilities, in short intelligence from simplest organisms to humans. It investigates to which extent the two are correlated. One central topic is the [...]

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John Gould - The Family of Toucans (Book)

Jonathan Elphick (Author), John Gould (Author)

Les illustrations de la Monographie sur les Ramphastidae, ou Famille des toucans, de Gould sont considérées comme ses oeuvres les plus spectaculaires et les plus belles. L'incroyable palette de couleurs vives - noir brillant, rouge, jaune et orange éclatants - crée une [...]

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Nikola Tesla Gesamtausgabe 1 (Book)

Nikola Tesla (Author)

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Lasers (Book)

Ladan Arissian (Author), Jean-Claude Diels (Author)

Die Photonik ist aus immer mehr Bereichen des täglichen Lebens nicht wegzudenken: Medizin und Chirurgie, Telekommunikation, Datenverkehr und Datenspeicherung, superschnelle Scanner, Laserpointer, Bildverarbeitung, Lithographie, Messtechnik, Materialverarbeitung, [...]

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Biomanagement of Metal-Contaminated Soils (Book)

Reeta Goel (Editor), Mohammad S. Khan (Editor), Mohammad Saghir Khan (Editor), Javed Musarrat (Editor), Almas Zaidi (Editor)

Heavy-metal contamination is one of the world's major environmental problems, posing significant risks to agro-ecosystems. Conventional technologies employed for heavy-metal remediation have often been expensive and disruptive. This book provides comprehensive, [...]

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Remarkable Biologists (Book)

James Ioan (Author), Ioan James (Author)

Profiles 38 eminent biologists from the last 400 years, focusing on their varied life-stories rather than their achievements.

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Number-Crunching (Book)

Paul Nahin (Author), Paul J. Nahin (Author)

How do technicians repair broken communications cables at the bottom of the ocean without actually seeing them? What's the likelihood of plucking a needle out of a haystack the size of the Earth? And is it possible to use computers to create a universal library of [...]

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Experimental and Theoretical Advances in Fluid Dynamics (Book)

Anne Cros (Editor), Jaime Klapp (Editor), Mario Alberto Rodriguez Meza (Editor), Catalina Stern (Editor), Oscar Velasco (Editor)

The book is comprised of lectures and selected contributions presented at the Enzo Levi and XVI Annual Meeting of the Fluid Dynamic Division of the Mexican Physical Society in 2010. It is aimed at fourth year undergraduate and graduate students, as well as scientists in the [...]

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The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry - Vol.20: Emerging Organic Contaminants and Human Health (Book)

Damià Barceló (Editor)

This volume provides an overview of the occurrence and fate of emerging contaminants, discusses advanced chemical analysis methods, toxicological and ecotoxicological effects as well as human exposure. One focus is on pharmaceuticals, in particular antibiotics, and the [...]

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Da Vinci's Ghost (Book)

Toby Lester (Author)

Toby Lester, author of the award-winning The Fourth Part of the World, masterfully crafts yet another century-spanning saga of people and ideas in this epic story of Vitruvian Man, Leonardo da Vinci's iconic drawing of a man inscribed in a circle and a square. Over time, [...]

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Saturn (Book)

Garry E. Hunt (Author), Patrick Moore (Author)

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Space (Book)

H.J.P Arnold (Author), Patrick Moore (Author), Sir Patrick Arnold Moore (Author)

Chronicles the advances and discoveries, including the first manned spaceflight and first man in orbit, the first unmanned landing on the moon, the first craft to leave the Earth's orbit, the manned moon landings, the advent of the Space Shuttle, and the first probes to [...]

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The Earth Book (Book)

David Baker (Author)

This book is a user's guide to our planet. How did we begin and how shall we end? Can we predict major catastrophes, and, if so, how? What have their frequencies been in the past and what is their likelihood of recurrence and magnitude in the future? We cannot prevent them [...]

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