Mars, the most habitable of our sister planets, holds a special place in our imaginations and in our space exploration program. Answers to these questions lie in determining the... Læs mere
If the first industrial revolution was the substitution of steam power for human and animal muscles, the present revolution is the... Læs mere
That which seems appropriate, fundable, official and achievable is just that: the essays of Stoddart (Chapter 8) and Hewitt (Chapter 9) both neatly illustrate, in their different ways, the distinction between 'official' and 'scientific' approaches to the same problem.
Yeasts are the active agents responsible for three of our most important foods - bread, wine, and beer - and for the almost universally used mind/ personality-altering drug, ethanol.... Læs mere
The success of the previous volumes in this series attests to the buoyancy of the current expansion of the aquaculture industry, and the importance which it is beginning to achieve in the rural economies of many developed countries as well as those less favoured.
A long and varied experience in many areas of electronic circuit design has convinced me that capacitors are the most misunderstood and misused electronic component. .' ix Preface... Læs mere