Other technologies & applied sciences books

Weapons and defense research tackles some of the most serious threats to human safety and security in the world. Such work is designed to not only develop more potent weaponry for use in war and against terrorists but to find the...

Offers unparalleled insight into how we can best deal with the forces of aggression. Sun Tzu's philosophy of non aggression, whereby victory can be obtained without fighting is applicable to all realms of human conflict.

Nanostructured materials offer an unprecedented degree of control of the optical and electronic properties of semiconductor materials and enable new approaches to the challenge of achieving efficient but low cost approaches to...

Tells the history of the race to build and the decision to drop the first atomic bomb, and the ethical debates that followed. The author sets the stage with early research in Europe, which began prior to World War I and...

Historically, the commercial space launch industry focused primarily on putting payloads, such as satellites, into orbit, using launch vehicles that did not return to earth. This book examines the commercial spaceflight industry...

This book examines aspects of plasmonics: basics, applications and advanced developments. Covers fundamentals and theory, applications and advanced topics such as plasmonics band gap, extraordinary transmission of light, spasers,...

This book describes the design and implementation of the frequency synthesizer, with new design techniques for such a subsystem including usage modes of the wireless device, and its support for several leading-edge wireless...

A collection of articles on the physics of electron devices, particle optics at high and low energies, microlithography, image science and digital image processing, electromagnetic wave propagation, electron microscopy, and the...

Based on a case study of the RAND Corporation, this shows how the uncertainties of US defense policies since the fall of the USSR can be understood and illustrated through an analysis of the evolution of the think tank community,...

Definitive and compulsively-readable--an illustrated guide to the use of contemporary knives by long-time Blade columnist and master weaponsmith, Hank Reinhardt. Deadlier than the club, more ubiquitous than the sword, the knife...