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Fundamentals of thermal-fluid sciences.
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ISBN: 0071181520 Year: 2001 Publisher: Boston McGraw-Hill

Terrestrial global productivity
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ISBN: 0125052901 9780080518725 0080518729 9786611033361 1281033367 9781281033369 9780125052900 Year: 2001 Publisher: San Diego, Calif. : Academic Press,

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As the global climate changes, there are concomitant changes in global biological productivity. This book is devoted to the assessment of terrestrial Net Primary Productivity (""the total amount of energy acquired by green plants during photosynthesis, minus the energy lost through respiration""--APDS&T, pp. 1457). The book is comprised of three major sections. The first section is a review of the processes that operate globally to influence productivity--these are the initial conditions of any model of primary productivity. The second section is comprised of chapters that assess the contribut

Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics.
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ISBN: 0854046321 Year: 2001 Volume: 10 Publisher: Cambridge Royal Society of Chemistry

Characterization of amorphous and crystalline rough surface : principles and application
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ISBN: 012475984X 9780124759848 9786611033293 1281033294 0080531385 9780080531380 9781281033291 Year: 2001 Volume: 37 Publisher: San Diego : Academic Press,

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The structure of a growth or an etch front on a surface is not only a subject of great interest from the practical point of view but also is of fundamental scientific interest. Very often surfaces are created under non-equilibrium conditions such that the morphology is not always smooth. In addition to a detailed description of the characteristics of random rough surfaces, Experimental Methods in the Physical Sciences, Volume 37, Characterization of Amorphous and Crystalline Rough Surface-Principles and Applications will focus on the basic principles of real and diffraction tech

The energy of nature
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ISBN: 1281966207 9786611966201 0226668053 9780226668055 0226668061 9780226668062 9781281966209 661196620X Year: 2001 Publisher: Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press,

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Energy is crucial for events of every kind, in this world or any other. Without energy, nothing would ever happen. Nothing would move and there would be no life. The sun wouldn't shine, winds wouldn't blow, rivers wouldn't flow, trees wouldn't grow, birds wouldn't fly, and fish wouldn't swim; indeed no material object, living or dead, could even exist. In spite of all this, energy is seldom considered a part of what we call "nature." In The Energy of Nature, E. C. Pielou explores energy's role in nature-how and where it originates, what it does, and what becomes of it. Drawing on a wide range of scientific disciplines, from physics, chemistry, and biology to all the earth sciences, as well as on her own lifelong experience as a naturalist, Pielou opens our eyes to the myriad ways energy and its transfer affect the earth and its inhabitants. Along the way we learn how energy is delivered to the earth from the sun; how it causes weather, winds, and tides; how it shapes the earth through mountain building and erosion; how it is captured and used by living things; how it is stored in chemical bonds; how nuclear energy is released; how it heats the unseen depths of the planet and is explosively revealed in the turmoil of earthquakes and volcanoes; how energy manifests itself in magnetism and electromagnetic waves; how we harness it to fuel human societies; and much more. Filled with fascinating information and helpful illustrations (hand drawn by the author), The Energy of Nature is fun, readable, and instructive. Science buffs of all ages will be delighted. "A luminous, inquiring, and thoughtful exploration of Earth's energetics."-Jocylyn McDowell, Discovery


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Toegepaste energietechniek.
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ISBN: 9039516812 Year: 2001 Publisher: Schoonhoven Academic Service

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