Mathematics & Science Books

Today's planet faces several critical problems such as resource depletion, environmental destruction, and climate change that affect all areas of life as we know it. Figuring out how to address these issues and prioritizing Earth's health has been at the...

As orchards are faced with different challenges such as production and the growing global population, there is a need to update and understand the principles and practices for successful orchard management to increase food productivity. The economics of...

With immense consumption of resources, increased global warming, and environmental pollution, the energy sector has inevitably embraced sustainability. Countries are releasing plans and programs to shift their fossil fuel-dependent energy sectors into...

The Cause of Gravity: The Holy Grail of all Scientific RevelationFor over four centuries now, Natural Philosophers and Theoretical Physicists have been desperately searching for the answer to that elusive and intractable question that is still hanging...

This book, Carbonyl Compounds – Chemistry and Synthetic Applications, is meant for M. Sc., Chemistry, M. Sc, Organic Chemistry as well as B. Sc., graduates. The chemistry of the carbonyl compound is virtually the backbone of synthetic organic...

You get to try all three levels of Sudoku in this one awesome book. If you're new to the game, warm up with a set of easy puzzles. Get your heart pumping when doing medium difficulty Sudoku. Feel your blood flowing while trying to crack the brain busting...

This book demystifies the secrets of the working of the most mysterious, little known, less taught as well as read, often neglected with proverbial, “out of sight out of mind”, located away from the eyes of the operating manpower in the open...

A Classic Vintage Handbook on Fur and Skin Tanning and PreservationThis deluxe unabridged reprint Legacy Edition of expert taxidermist and furrier Albert Farnham’s classic manual Home Manufacture of Furs and Skins is full of classic tips and...

Holographic dualities are at the forefront of contemporary physics research, peering into the fundamental nature of our universe and providing best attempt answers to humankind's bold questions about basic physical phenomena.Yet, the concepts, ideas and...

For many years, evidence suggested that all solid materials either possessed a periodic crystal structure as proposed by the Braggs or they were amorphous glasses with no long-range order. In the 1970s, Roger Penrose hypothesized structures (Penrose...

Written in the perspective of an experimental chemist, this book puts together some fundamentals from chemistry, solid state physics and quantum chemistry, to help with understanding and predicting the electronic and optical properties of organic...

In any linear system, the input and the output are connected by means of a linear operator. When the input can be notionally represented by a function that is null valued everywhere except at a specific location in spacetime, the corresponding output is...

The effect which now bears his name, was discovered in 1958 by Rudolf Mössbauer at the Technical University of Munich.At first, this appeared to be a phenomenon related to nuclear energy levels that provided some information about excited state lifetimes...

Each day nature persists in its existence, it survives as flexible to present change and eventual changes.A Brief History of Change richly informs the reader regarding the historical evolution of concepts emanating from physics-based around matter and...

Botany refers to the branch of science that deals with the study of plants. It is an extensive research based study of plant biology. Some of the techniques included in this vast field are live cell imaging, optical microscopy, electron microscopy, etc...

Biochemistry is the branch of science which deals with studying the chemical processes taking place in or related to living organisms. It incorporates studies regarding cells, examining components like proteins, lipids, organelles, etc. The scientists...

This book explores the field of energy and its sustainable use. Energy is an essential requirement of today's world. But this dire requirement results in unstable usage and wastage. Thus, using energy like hydroelectricity, solar energy, wind energy, etc...

Plant Science, also called botany or plant biology, refers to the scientific study of plants. This field includes the study of the smallest of plants like algae, fungi to the largest in this category like trees. The main aim of botany is to improve the...

Energy systems can consist of: electric, bioenergetic and thermodynamic systems whereas power systems are used for the transmission of energy. Power and energy are overlapping fields as they both focus on meeting the current energy demand of the world...

Agroecology studies the processes related to agriculture in an ecological system whereas agroecosystem is the fundamental unit of it. These systems are not limited to farming but also contain surroundings regions affected by these activities for example...

This book primarily deals with bioenergy and biofuels. It also discusses the applications and advancements in these fields. Bioenergy is a form of renewable energy which is produced by the combustion of biofuels. Ethanol, syngas, biogas, charcoal, wood,...

Astrophysics is the discipline that studies all the important aspects related to heavenly bodies, galaxies and universe. These properties are examined by applying the combination of physics and chemistry. Broadly defined characteristics that are mainly...

Heat transfer is the exchange of thermal energy between physical systems. Thermal engineering encompasses mass transfer, fluid mechanisms, heat transfer, and thermodynamics. There has been rapid progress in this field and its applications are finding...

This is a research-focused book which presents theoretical and scientific studies in the field of marine science. It contains many exclusive researches contributed by eminent authors from all parts of the world. Marine science deals with the detailed...

Chemistry is the branch of science which studies the structure, composition and properties of all the matter around us. It is a broad discipline that branches out into various sub-fields like analytical chemistry, physical chemistry, inorganic chemistry,...

Cell biology is based on the concept that cell is the fundamental unit of life. It is a branch of science which gives detailed information about the structure, properties, metabolic processes, life cycle, signalling pathways and interactions of the cell...

Organic chemistry refers to the scientific study of the compounds which have carbon bonds. Organic compounds also have oxygen, nitrogen, chlorine, bromine or sulphur. Their study incorporates examining their structure, composition, properties, bonding...

Physical chemistry refers to that branch of chemistry which combines physical and chemical studies to deduce the physical properties of molecules and how these affect their chemical properties and bonding characteristics. It collaborates many branches...

Medicinal and natural product chemistry is generally considered as a discipline concerned with biological molecules but it is essentially the chemistry of carbon compounds. A large number of organic compounds are either derived or completely synthesized...

This book elucidates the concepts and innovative models around prospective developments with respect to combustion science and engineering. Combustion refers to a series of exothermic redox chemical reactions between fuel and oxidant which results in...

This book traces the progress of the field of heat transfer engineering and highlights some of its key concepts and applications. Heat transfer refers to the study and applications of engineering practices used to transfer and exchange thermal energy and...

Crop production and horticulture are interrelated disciplines focused on harvesting plants or crops for food, fuel, medicine, or other commercial uses. Recent advances in the field of agriculture have resulted in advancement and expansion of these fields...

Forestry is the practice of managing, planning, using, conserving and preserving the forests. Forestry management deals with administrating all the legal, social, scientific and technological aspects of forest regulation. It also includes managing urban...

Marine science studies the fauna and flora present in water bodies and their interaction with others. It includes marine and coastal management, oceanography, marine biology and marine ecology. This book discusses a wide array of topics in the light of...

This book aims to understand the field of animal genetics. It has gained prominence due to the recent advances in this area. Animal genetics is predominantly a branch of biology although it borrows its elements from several disciplines such as life...

Combustion engineering applies the concept of using fuel to produce heat energy. It has applications in diverse areas such as home heating systems, car engines and manufacturing, etc. This discipline deals with evaluation of energy burning systems,...

Extensive trails within Larimer County's foothills natural areas provide year-round access to scenic landscapes harboring a wide diversity of plant and animal life. The landscape is a reflection of the underlying geology revealed by widespread rock...

Comets have not only blazed across the celestial vault throughout human history, they have embellished the night sky since the Earth itself formed some 4.5 billion years ago. Comets were among the first-born solid bodies in the solar system, and their...

Cell and molecular biology are becoming increasingly data driven. Technological advances and increased computing power mean that researchers now increasingly quantify experimental results, rather than simply report qualitative, representative...

This hugely influential book, published in 1966 as a 60th birthday tribute to Max Delbrück, is now republished as The Centennial Edition. On first publication, the book was hailed as "[introducing] into the literature of science, for the first time, a...

The idea of a paradigm shift was initially presented in Thomas Kuhn's influential book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962). Kuhn used this concept-the creation of a new world-view-to explain how scientific progress develops, specifically in...

Methods in Yeast Genetics is a course that has been offered annually at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory for the last 45 years. This is an updated edition of the course manual, which provides a set of teaching experiments, along with protocols and recipes...

A second edition of the classic handbook has become a standard in the Drosophila field. This edition is expanded to include topics in which classical genetic strategies have been augmented with new molecular tools. Included are such new techniques as...

Combined here in one volume are two books, The Crisis of Religious Symbolism and Symbolism and Reality. Although published seven years apart, these two works are integral to one another. Symbolism and Reality represents a kind of sabbath rest--its...

Social computing has seen exponential growth in various application areas, enabling new digital contexts for almost any type of interaction. This growth is expected to continue in various domains as social computing becomes a new paradigm for the next...

Since interactions may occur between animals, humans, or computational agents, an interdisciplinary approach which investigates foundations of affective communication in a variety of platforms is indispensable. In the field of affective computing, a...