Ebooks Review

Landscape Architectural Research: Inquiry, Strategy, Design /by M. Elen Deming and Simon Swaffield. As the scope of landscape architecture expands to engage with other disciplines, and streams of information directing this field continue to grow and diversify, it becomes increasingly important fo ... Read more »

Cu(In1-xGax)Se2 Based Thin Film Solar Cells, Volume 35 (Thin Films and Nanostructures) /by Subba Ramaiah Kodigala. This book provides valuable content, particularly on the fabrication of chalcopyrite based thin film solar cells. The characterization of the layers in the solar cells, mainly absorbers (CuInGaSe2), buffers, ... Read more »

Soil Mechanics Lab Manual /by Michael E. Kalinski. It is critical to quantify the various properties of soil in order to predict how it will behave under field loading for the safe design of soil structures. Quantification of these properties is performed using standardized laboratory tests. This lab man ... Read more »

Television Sports Production /By Jim Owens. Television sports production is difficult, and producing a remote sports event is arguably the most complicated to orchestrate. Many factors can adversely affect your production, including weather, li ... Read more »

Fundamentals of Civil Engineering: An Introduction to the ASCE Body of Knowledge /by Richard H. McCuen, Edna Z. Ezzell and Melanie K. Wong. develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes suggested and implied by the BOK2.
Written as a resource for all of the non-technical outcomes not specif ... Read more »

21st Century Security and CPTED: Designing for Critical Infrastructure Protection and Crime Prevention /by Randall I. Atlas. Once overlooked as a minor and ineffective tactic in the mitigation and prevention of terrorism and violent crime, Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) has undergone dramatic changes since the ... Read more »

Environmental Design of Urban Buildings: An Integrated Approach /by Mat Santamouris. The importance of an integrated approach in urban design is becoming increasingly apparent. This book explains how to overcome related challenges in environmental design of urban buildings and offers guidance on the ... Read more »

"Metallurgical Process Engineering" discusses large-scale integrated theory on the level of manufacturing production processes, putting forward concepts for exploring non-equilibrium and irreversible complex sy ... Read more »

LabVIEW for Engineers /by Ronald W. Larsen. In the past, LabVIEW was just a graphical programming language that was developed to make it easier to collect data from laboratory instruments using data acquisition systems. LabVIEW was always easy to use once you got used to wiring connectors to write ... Read more »

An Invitation to Biomathematics /by Raina Stefanova Robeva, James R. Kirkwood, Robin Lee Davies and Leon Farhy. Essential for all biology and biomathematics courses, this textbook provides students with a fresh perspective of quantitative techniques in biology in a field where virtually any advance in the life sciences r ... Read more »

Advances in Silicon Carbide Processing and Applications /by Stephen E. Saddow and Anant Agarwal. Today sensors are found in everything from consumer goods such as cars and washing machines, to specialized hi-tech equipment used in medicine, aeronautics, and defense. Silicon carbide (SiC) is the materia ... Read more »

On the Achievable Rate of Stationary Fading Channels (Foundations in Signal Processing, Communications and Networking) /by Meik Dörpinghaus. This volumes discusses various aspects regarding the capacity/achievable data rate of stationary Rayleigh fading channels. First, it analyses bounds on the achievable ... Read more »

Computer Science: An Overview (11th Edition) /by J. Glenn Brookshear. Computer Science: An Overview uses broad coverage and clear exposition to present a complete picture of the dynamic computer science field. Accessible to students from all backgrounds, Glenn Brookshear uses a lang ... Read more »

Monolithic Materials: Preparation, Properties and Applications /by F. Svec, T.B. Tennikova and Z. Deyl. Monolithic materials are a variety of shapes (discs, rolled sheets, tubes, irregular chunks) prepared from a wide variety of materials (cellulose, silica, synthetic polymers). During the ... Read more »

Advances in Face Image Analysis: Techniques and Technologies /by Yu-Jin Zhang. Video and image analysis of the human face provides a wealth of information about the individual, , including age, behavior, health and profession. With research continually being conducted into multiple applications of this field, a comprehensive a ... Read more »