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This volume offers an innovative and counter-intuitive study of how and why artificial intelligence-infused weapon systems will affect the strategic stability between nuclear-armed states. Johnson demystifies the hype surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) in the context of nuclear weapons and, more broadly, future warfare. The...

Learn how you can create a thriving off-grid lifestyle with the help of this practical guide Are you sick and tired of bustling cities and crowded suburbs? Do you long for a simpler pace in life, one built on the foundations of minimalism, nature,...

Become empowered to build and maintain smarter cities At its core, a smart city is a collection of technological responses to the growing demands, challenges, and complexities of improving the quality of life for billions of people now living in urban centers across the...

Continuous Delivery Blueprint is a comprehensive guide to building a robust and efficient change management process at scale. It focuses on improving organizational structure, architecture, process, and technology to achieve a fast, high-quality delivery without sacrificing control and transparency. The book describes the executable...

Many organizations tell us that work has never been as safe as it is today. They will show the lowest injury figures ever, and the rosiest incident counts in years. They want to be proud of these accomplishments, and perhaps they should be. But...

This book explains why certain feedlines and antennas are used for the various antenna installations all from an engineering perspective. This book takes the guess work out of our VSWR measurements, showing what's important and what's not. This book is based on science and...

Modern power and energy systems are characterized by the wide integration of distributed generation, storage and electric vehicles, adoption of ICT solutions, and interconnection of different energy carriers and consumer engagement, posing new challenges and creating new opportunities. Advanced testing and validation methods are...

Author: H. Frederick DyllaISBN-10: 3030557995ISBN-13: 9783030557997Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/27/2020Pages: 222Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.78lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.53d

Addressing the technological opportunities and challenges of the 21st century, Introduction to Philosophy of Technology offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive overview of philosophy of technology available. It covers several of the classic theories and approaches, but also moves beyond them to explore a...

AWWA�s Water System Operations (WSO) series is the leading operator certification training, aligned with current Association of Boards of Certification (ABC) Need-to-Know criteria and offering training based on experience and certification level. WSO Water Distribution, Grades 1 & 2, is organized into 22 chapters...

This is a book for parents and other educators--both formal and informal, who are curious about the intersections of learning and making. Through stories, research, and data, it builds the case for why it is crucial to encourage today's youth to be makers--to see...

Leadership for a New World, compiled by Professor Pierre Casse is a compendium of different perspectives by a group of nine renowned thought leaders. The aim of the book is to provide readers with the opportunity to reflect on the current evolution of leadership...

In a world addicted to screens if you want to become a trusted leader you have to show up on video... or face becoming invisible.But what if you find video too technical, you don't feel comfortable in front of the camera and you don't...

Are you a beginner looking to raise happy, healthy, and thriving sheep?Do you want to grow your sheep-raising business and earn more for your business's future?Are you looking for a proper beginner's guide that will take the stress and confusion away?You're in the right...

This is the story of the development of remote-controlled railroad distributed motive power. Distributing locomotive power throughout the length of a long, heavy train and controlling those dispersed locomotives remotely, shares the motive force throughout the train rather than concentrating it all conventionally at...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has found many applications in the past decade due to the ever increasing computing power. Artificial Neural Networks are inspired in the brain structure and consist in the interconnection of artificial neurons through artificial synapses. Training these systems requires huge amounts...

In the late 1800s, Indians seemed to be a people left behind by the Industrial Revolution, dismissed as "not a mechanical race." Today Indians are among the world's leaders in engineering and technology. In this international history spanning nearly 150 years, Ross Bassett--drawing on...

Most of America's classic hydronic systems are older than we are, and they've gone through changes over the years, some of them painful changes. Many of these systems went in before we knew as much as we know today about hot-water heating. So let's...

Beginners will find this well-respected introduction to statistics and statistical theory a motivating introduction to important mathematical notions such as set, function, and convexity. Other topics include data processing, probability, and random variables, models, testing hypotheses, and much more. Clearly written, brief, well-indexed, and...

From the bestselling author of The Knowledge Web come fifty mesmerizing journeys into the history of technology, each following a chain of consequential events that ends precisely where it began. Whether exploring electromagnetic fields, the origin of hot chocolate, or DNA fingerprinting, these essays...

Written in honour of its centenary, this history of Caltech explores its contribution to science and technology by providing profiles of its most famous scientists, such as von Karman in aeronautics, Morgan in biology, Gutenberg in seismology, Noyes in physical chemistry and Epstein in...

THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO BUILDING AN APP-BASED BUSINESS 'A must read for anyone who wants to start a mobile app business' Riccardo Zacconi, founder and CEO King Digital (maker of Candy Crush Saga) 'A fascinating deep dive into the world of billion-dollar apps. Essential...

Symmetry and quantum mechanics are two of the most fundamental probes we have of nature. This collection of eleven papers discusses new quantum phenomena in atoms, galaxies, and people (quantum cognition), which is a testimonial to the breadth of the influence of symmetry and...

Tech Trends 24/7 and the Impact of Covid-19 is a game-changing book. During this decade, we will experience the greatest change in technology innovation in history driven by massive technology disruption that has been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. These technology forces will have...

It is generally accepted that people are either left brained or right brained. Engineers are considered left brain creatures, analytical and methodical. That's why we are called propeller heads and wear white socks. Conversely, those that are the "more creative types", like poets are...

This book provides a thorough analysis of terpsichorean lexis in Renaissance drama. Besides considering not only the Shakespearean canon but also the Bard's contemporaries (e.g., dramatists as John Marston and Ben Jonson among the most refined Renaissance dance aficionados), the originality of this volume...

It is well known that 55% of the world's population currently lives in urban areas, and this figure is predicted to grow to 68% by 2050, adding more than 2.5 billion people to urban populations. It is also projected that there will be 43...

The important premise of this book is that the architects, as coordinators of the building design, must know the principles of the HVAC design and how the HVAC systems can be integrated into the building architectural design at minimum cost and without affecting the...

Photovoltaic (PV) and concentrated solar power (CSP) systems for the conversion of solar energy into electricity are technologically robust, scalable, and geographically dispersed, and they possess enormous potential as sustainable energy sources. Systematic planning and design considering various factors and constraints are necessary for...

Women in technology are primed to claim their well-earned seat at the table. We have heard about the glass ceiling and the broken rung. We are prepared to take action and achieve high velocity progress. Join us as we take a step forward to...

The third edition of Cam Design and Manufacturing Handbook brings together the latest cam design technology, proper cam design methods and manufacturing procedures, and cam research results in one volume that is indispensable to the design, analysis, and manufacturing of cam-follower systems. Much of...

The writing is an anthological history of aerial photographic reconnaissance and imagery interpretation in the U. S. Marine Corps in the Twentieth Century. This anthology covers the birth of photographic interpretation in the U.S. Marine Corps, the training evolution of imagery analysts from their...

The concept of remote sensing as a way of capturing information from an object without making contact with it has, until recently, been exclusively focused on the use of Earth observation satellites.The emergence of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) with Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)...

This book presents the paper form of the Special Issue (SI) on Smart Urban Water Networks. The number and topics of the papers in the SI confirm the growing interest of operators and researchers for the new paradigm of smart networks, as part of...

This monograph, as entitled, defines and describes the research field at the interface of Finance, Operations, and Risk Management (iFORM), provides examples where operations and finance overlap in meaningful ways, outlines promising research directions, and reduces the entry cost for anyone who would like...

Learn the Story of the three scientists whose discoveries impact the technology you use every day!Author: Gavin Krebs, Jiangrong JiaISBN-10: 1716061563ISBN-13: 9781716061561Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/12/2021Pages: 34Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.18lbsSize: 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.07d

The increasing demand of processing a higher number of applications and related data on computing platforms has resulted in reliance on multi-/many-core chips as they facilitate parallel processing. However, there is a desire for these platforms to be energy-efficient and reliable, and they need...

Digital dissertations have been a part of academic research for years now, yet there are still many questions surrounding their processes. Are interactive dissertations significantly different from their paper-based counterparts? What are the effects of digital projects on doctoral education? How does one choose...

This book presents collective works published in the recent Special Issue (SI) entitled " Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)". These works address problems of mobility, environmental pollution, and road safety, as well as their related applications. The presented problems are complex and involve a large...

From Sit-Ins to #revolutionsexamines the evolution and growth of digital activism, while at once outlining how scholars theorize and conceptualize the field through new methodologies.As it closely examines the role that social and digital media play in enabling protests, this volume probes the interplay...

A vegetarian cook book, first published in 1898.PREFACEI send this little book out into the world, first, to aid those who, having decided to adopt a bloodless diet, are still asking how they can be nourished without flesh; second, in the hope of gaining...

Flash memory devices have represented a breakthrough in storage since their inception in the mid-1980s, and innovation is still ongoing. The peculiarity of such technology is an inherent flexibility in terms of performance and integration density according to the architecture devised for integration. The...

Computational models provide intelligent environmental decision support systems to understand how human decisions are shaped by, and contribute to changes in, the environment. These models provide essential tools to tackle the important issues raised by climate change, including migrations and conflicts due to resource...

Everyone understands the "WHY" of Digital Transformation, but "HOW" to do it is challenging.Any organization that is thinking of adopting Digital Transformation means their business model is already disrupted. Digital Transformation is the process of shifting the organization from a legacy approach to a...

Renewable fuels and chemicals derived from lignocellulosic biomass offer unprecedented opportunities for replacing fossil fuel derivatives, reducing our overdependence on imported oil, and mitigating current climate change trends. Despite technical developments and considerable efforts, breakthrough technologies are still required to overcome hurdles in developing...

This Special Issue of Polymers is a collection of 11 original high-quality scientific contributions on basic and applied research in the field of wood science and technology, and provides good examples of the recent challenges related to the production and application of wood and...

In recent years, rapid development in robotics, mobile, and communication technologies has encouraged many studies in the field of localization and navigation in indoor environments. An accurate localization system that can operate in an indoor environment has considerable practical value, because it can be...

This book is a printed version of the Special Issue entitled "Power Converters, Electric Drives and Energy Storage Systems for Electrified Transportation and Smart Grid" on MDPI Energies journal. It presents 10 accepted papers from 18 submitted, as well as an Editorial, with authors...

The book that launched the virtual reality debate back in 1986 is back in print - with four additional appendices.It raises the question: Which is most fundamental - matter, energy or information? Are we living in a virtual, information-based reality? Or are we simply...