Technology: general issues books

The objective of this encyclopedia is to introduce a large number of terms, devices, and processes relating to the important research topic of Nanotechnology. For each entry or essay, a brief description is provided by experts in...

Are Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) helpful or detrimental to the process of design? According to Aristotle, the imagination is a mental power that assists logical, sound judgments. Design, therefore,...

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...

The objective of this encyclopedia is to introduce a large number of terms, devices, and processes relating to the important research topic of Nanotechnology. For each entry or essay, a brief description is provided by experts in...

Part of the Sci-Hi series, this title looks at some important uses of science and technology and how they affect our lives. It presents curriculum topics in a variety of interesting ways including forces and motion, energy,...

Human factors and ergonomics have made considerable contributions to the research, design, development, operation and analysis of transportation systems and their complementary infrastructure. This volume focuses on the causations...

This book is dedicated to the great Georgian modern artist David Kakabadze (1889-1952). This book compares the importance of David Kakabadze's creative work against the background of world avant-garde art of the beginning of the...

Nano textiles are those designed and engineered on the nanoscale to create specific functions. These nano functions are very diverse and range from UV protection and antibacterial functions to moisture management. This book...

Covers research in a cross-section of fields centering on engineering applications including research data on rock mass characterization for the design of tunnel supports; carbon nanotubes for aerospace engineering applications;...

A growing number of people worldwide view trading the markets as an attractive part- or even full-time pursuit. This book shows how traditional long positions are giving way to techniques that focus on making money by being on the...

Fully revised and in its second edition, this standard reference on nano-optics is ideal for graduate students and researchers alike.

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 explores sustainable products and processes that conserve energy and natural resources, have minimal negative enviromnental impact and consider the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future...