Wiley-VCH - General Science & Engineering

Qualitative Research

Lapan, Stephen D. / Quartaroli, MaryLynn T. / Riemer, Frances J. — 30 Jan 2012 08:17:25 +0100

The authors--noted scholars and researchers--provide an up-to-date guide to qualitative study design, data collection, analysis, and reporting. Step by step, the authors explain a range of methodologies and methods for conducting qualitative research focusing on how they are applied when conducting an actual study. The book includes methods of data collection, specific approaches to qualitative research, and current issues in the field. Specifically, chapters cover the methods, designs, and analyses related to the methodologies of history, case study, program evaluation, ethnography, autoethnography, narrative, life histories, emancipatory discourses, feminist perspectives, African American inquiry, indigenous studies, and practitioner qualitative research. [560 Pages, Softcover]

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Shaping Our World

Tryggvason, Gretar / Apelian, Diran — 5 Dec 2011 08:19:38 +0100

Engineering education is currently on the verge of a major transformation. However, while the need has been much discussed and several proposals for change have been put forward, relatively little focus has been put on actual implementation of the proposed changes. This book examines a program that has a long history of experimentation in engineering education. Written by experts on the subject, it describes specific topics with each chapter focusing on a specific innovation that has been carried out and explaining the educational pedagogy the learning benefit, as well as the transferability of the approach. [320 Pages, Softcover]

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My People

Noonuccal, Oodgeroo — 28 Nov 2011 08:18:30 +0100

[120 Pages, Softcover]

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Research Ethics for Scientists

Stewart, C. Neal (Jr) — 3 Oct 2011 08:17:44 +0200

This book will be about best practices in all the major common areas of research management and practice that are common to scientific researchers, especially those in academia. Aimed toward the younger scientist, it will critically examine the key areas that continue to plague scientists, even relatively mature and honest scientists, who continually deal with those who choose to misbehave or those who unintentionally slip into misbehaviour. [224 Pages, Softcover]

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Energy Audits

Al-Shemmeri, Tarik — 26 Sep 2011 08:17:37 +0200

Energy efficiency is today a crucial topic in the built environment - for both designers and managers of buildings. This increased interest is driven by a combination of new regulations and directives within the EU and worldwide to combat global warming. All buildings now must now acquire and display an EPC (energy performance certificate), a rating similar to the A-G rating given to white goods. But in order to understand how to be more efficient in energy use, you need first to understand the mechanisms of both energy requirements and how energy is used in buildings. Energy Audits: a workbook for energy management in buildings tackles the fundamental principles of thermodynamics through day-to-day engineering concepts and helps students understand why energy losses occur and how they can be reduced. It provides the tools to measure process efficiency and sustainability in power and heating applications, helping engineers to recognize why energy losses occur and how they can be reduced utilizing familiar thermodynamic principles. The author describes the sources of energy available today; explains how energy is used in buildings - and how energy is lost - and how this can be controlled and reduced. Investments in energy efficiency are considered for a number of case studies conducted on real buildings The book explains the theory; illustrates it with case studies and worked examples; and then tests students' understanding with tutorial problems. This is an invaluable resource for students on engineering and building courses where energy management is now a core topic. [320 Pages, Softcover]

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Schreiben in technischen Berufen

Weissgerber, Monika — 25 Aug 2011 08:17:25 +0200

Das Buch ist klar formuliert und leicht zu lesen. Es zeigt, wie man Fehler vermeidet, bietet Selbsttests und Übungen, erklärt Fachbegriffe und behandelt Bestandteile von Publikationen wie Überschriften, Inhalts- oder Stichwortverzeichnis. Geeignet für Praktiker und Ausbildung! [376 Pages, Hardcover]

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Dictionary of Scientific Principles and Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia Set

Marvin, Stephen / Considine, Douglas M. / Considine, Glenn D. — 1 Aug 2011 08:18:58 +0200

[Hardcover]

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Optics For Dummies

Duree, Galen C. — 28 Jul 2011 08:17:39 +0200

The easy way to shed light on Optics In general terms, optics is the science of light. More specifically, optics is a branch of physics that describes the behavior and properties of light-including visible, infrared, and ultraviolet-and the interaction of light with matter. Optics For Dummies gives you an approachable introduction to optical science, methods, and applications. You'll get plain-English explanations of the nature of light and optical effects; reflection, refraction, and diffraction; color dispersion; optical devices, industrial, medical, and military applications; as well as laser light fundamentals. * Tracks a typical undergraduate optics course * Detailed explanations of concepts and summaries of equations * Valuable tips for study from college professors If you're taking an optics course for your major in physics or engineering, let Optics For Dummies shed light on the subject and help you succeed! [360 Pages, Softcover]

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Thermodynamics For Dummies

Pauken, Mike — 28 Jul 2011 08:17:34 +0200

Thermodynamics For Dummies tracks to a typical thermodynamics course offered at the undergraduate level and assists readers in understanding the fundamental concepts of the subject and helps to develop problem-solving skills through practice in solving energy-related problems. Specific coverage includes: * General balance principle (open systems, closed systems, rate balances, increment balances) * Mass balances (specific volume, system mass, mass-flow rate) * Zeroth law (thermodynamic equilibrium and temperature) * First-law balances (internal energy, enthalpy) * Second-law balances (availability, entropy) * Cycles (Rankine, Brayton, vapor-compression) * Non-reacting mixtures of ideal gases * Reacting mixtures (mass balances, energy balances, heating values, standardized enthalpy) [384 Pages, Softcover]

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Physik II für Dummies

Holzner, Steven — 14 Jul 2011 08:18:17 +0200

Manchmal ist es zu wenig, die Grundlagen der Physik zu verstehen, und in Schule, Studium oder Beruf muss es ein wenig mehr sein: Dann ist »Physik II für Dummies« das richtige Buch für Sie. [399 Pages, Softcover]

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Mechanics of Materials For Dummies

Allen, James H. — 11 Jul 2011 08:17:36 +0200

Your ticket to excelling in mechanics of materials With roots in physics and mathematics, engineering mechanics is the basis of all the mechanical sciences: civil engineering, materials science and engineering, mechanical engineering, and aeronautical and aerospace engineering. Tracking a typical undergraduate course, Mechanics of Materials For Dummies gives you a thorough introduction to this foundational subject. You'll get clear, plain-English explanations of all the topics covered, including principles of equilibrium, geometric compatibility, and material behavior; stress and its relation to force and movement; strain and its relation to displacement; elasticity and plasticity; fatigue and fracture; failure modes; application to simple engineering structures, and more. * Tracks to a course that is a prerequisite for most engineering majors * Covers key mechanics concepts, summaries of useful equations, and helpful tips From geometric principles to solving complex equations, Mechanics of Materials For Dummies is an invaluable resource for engineering students! [384 Pages, Softcover]

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Ideenfindung, Problemlösen, Innovation

Müller, Michael — 9 Jun 2011 08:17:27 +0200

Die in diesem Buch beschriebene Methodik funktioniert allein und im Team und mit erheblich geringerem Aufwand als andere Methoden. Sie richtet sich an alle Personen, die an der Entwicklung und Optimierung von Produkten, Strukturen, Systemen oder Strategien beteiligt sind. [282 Pages, Hardcover]

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Annoying

Palca, Joe / Lichtman, Flora — 11 Apr 2011 08:17:30 +0200

Two crackerjack science journalists from NPR look at why some things (and some people!) drive us crazy It happens everywhere-offices, schools, even your own backyard. Plus, seemingly anything can trigger it-cell phones, sirens, bad music, constant distractions, your boss, or even your spouse. We all know certain things get under our skin. Can science explain why? Palca and Lichtman take you on a scientific quest through psychology, evolutionary biology, anthropology, and other disciplines to uncover the truth about being annoyed. What is the recipe for annoyance? For starters, it should be temporary, unpleasant, and unpredictable, like a boring meeting or mosquito bites * Gives fascinating, surprising explanations for why people react the way they do to everything from chili peppers to fingernails on a blackboard * Explains why irrational behavior (like tearing your hair out in traffic) is connected to worthwhile behavior (like staying on task) * Includes tips for identifying your own irritating habits! How often can you say you're happily reading a really Annoying book? The insights are fascinating, the exploration is fun, and the knowledge you gain, if you act like you know everything, can be really annoying. [272 Pages, Hardcover]

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Friendly Fire

Friscolanti, Mike — 2 Mar 2011 08:19:35 +0100

The text below is an excerpt from Friendly Fire. it is the early morning of April 18, 2002, following the mayhem of a bomb attack on a section of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, outside Kandahar, Afghanistan. the Edmonton-based soldiers were conducting a live-fire training exercise at a former al-Qaeda compound when a U.S. fighter pilot mistook them for the enemy. At Tarnak Farm, A Company begins to board the trucks that will take them back to camp. Out of habit , Lt. Luft conducts a roll call of his platoon. 1 Section. Here. 2 Section. here 3 Section. Alastair stops himself. there is no 3 section. Except for Cpl. Chris Oliver, the troops are either dead or in the medical tent. The guys left behind watch the trucks drive away. For nearly two hours, everyone has been operating on instinct, on training. but now, all the noise, all the adrenaline, are gone. It's suddenly real. Four men are dead. Outside the ambulance, Wilson and Speirs are chain-smoking Korea 88s, replaying the chaos and confusion of those first few minutes. could we have been faster? Did we save everyone who could be saved? there will always be doubts... By now, there is little doubt about what happened. Some of the guys heard the jet. Some even saw it. They don't know the details yet. Nobody really does. but the Taliban doesn't have any F-16s. that was a U.S. bomb. How could this happen to us? Sgt. Favasoli asks Cpl. Filis. how could this happen to coalition forces? [608 Pages, Softcover]

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The Dose Makes the Poison

Frank, Patricia / Ottoboni, M. Alice — 2 Mar 2011 08:18:16 +0100

The toxicity of a chemical depends on the dose--the amount of exposure to the substance. The Dose Makes the Poison, Third Edition broadens the scope of its predecessors from a heavy focus on industrial chemicals as toxicants to include drugs, food additives, cosmetics, and other compounds that people are exposed to daily. Also new to this edition are newer hot button issues such as nanoparticle toxicants, secondhand smoke, food contamination, and lead in toys. Written in an easy-to-understand manner, this book is ideal for anyone interested in toxicology. [288 Pages, Softcover]

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Sniper

Wells, Jon — 2 Mar 2011 08:17:39 +0100

The True Story of Anti-Abortion Killer James Kopp Sniper opens in October 1998 near Buffalo, NY. A man is alone in the dark in a forest. He clutches an assault rifle and is thinking about his mission. You can cut holes in the fences around the death camps, he thinks. A trickle of relief in the abortion holocaust. It is your duty to do it. He nestles the rifle into his shoulder and shoots at his target through the back window of a house, then flees. Barnett Sepia, a doctor who provides abortions, is fatally wounded. The shooter is James Kopp, the son of a Marine, who came to embrace the pro-life cause and ultimately the notion of justifiable homicide: against abortion providers. Kopp fancies himself a lone wolf in the movement; a celibate man driven to defend the unborn. He is nicknamed Atomic Dog in the movement and helps orchestrate assaults on abortion clinics. As the story unfolds, he becomes the central figure in an international manhunt for multiple shootings in Canada. On the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted list, Kopp flees to Mexico, Ireland, and France. Award-winning journalist Jon wells followed Kopp's footsteps, traveled to his hometown, and interviewed investigators in the U.S., Canada, Ireland, and France to tell this gripping detective story and dark psychological drama. [312 Pages, Softcover]

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The Donnellys Must Die

Miller, Orlo — 23 Feb 2011 08:17:28 +0100

[256 Pages, Softcover]

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Who Killed the Grand Banks?

Rose, Alex — 8 Feb 2011 08:17:11 +0100

While John Cabot's landfall may be in dispute, what he discovered is not: cod-and lots of them... Historic accounts say that Cabot lowered a basket weighted with stones into the North Atlantic, then hauled it back up brimming with cod. The discovery of these fertile fishing grounds set of a centuries-long struggle among Basque, Portuguese, French, and English fishermen, and established a pattern of far-flung coastal settlements, called outports by Newfoundlanders, that ring the island. And so the legend fits today: the Grand Banks became Valhalla, a miraculous, self-sustaining Eight Wonder of the world, feeding the known world for 500 years. The catastrophic collapse of the fisheries, circa 1992, was unprecedente4d. An ecological disaster to rival any other-the destruction of the Amazonian rainforest notwithstanding-in modern history. This made-in-Canada plunder was part human greed, part stupidity, and part rapacity. Tarnishing Canada's standing within the international community, it holds the reputation of Canada's once-vaunted fisheries scientists up to ridicule. Sixteen years later, no one has taken accountability or apologized for the ruination of a centuries-old way of life and, taken accountability or apologized for the ruination of a centuries-old way of life and, more shocking, a stock recovery plan has yet to be produced... There can be no forgetting-or forgiving-such catastrophic pillaging, Sparked by a second wave of environmentalism focusing on the state of the world's oceans, the Grand Banks cod collapse became a talking point, a sujet noir, now studied at universities and fisheries research centres, wherein students from around the world repeat this mantra: we must never allow our fisheries to go the way of the Grand Banks cod. [320 Pages, Hardcover]

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Dictionary of Scientific Principles

Marvin, Stephen (ed.) — 21 Dec 2010 08:17:13 +0100

Dictionary of Scientific Principles presents a unique and timeless collection of (almost) all known rules or laws commonly called principles, identified throughout the history of scientific development, their definition, and use. Exploring a broad range of disciplines, the book first lists more than 2,000 principles organized in a standard alphabetical order, then provides a list of subject headings for which related principles are identified. A staple addition to every library, the dictionary will also be of interest to scientists and general readers. [632 Pages, Hardcover]

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Von der Idee zum Produkt für Dummies

Rapp, Alexander — 19 Nov 2010 08:17:11 +0100

Mit ein wenig Kretivität, Wissen und Forschungsdrang kann man schnell ein kleines Vermögen machen. Alexander Rapp erklärt Ihnen in diesem Buch, wie Sie systematisch arbeiten und Ihre Erfindung auch zu Geld machen. [350 Pages, Softcover]

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