Wiley imprint: 16403 books
Contested Knowledge
Social Theory Today
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2012
In the fifth edition Contested Knowledge, social theorist Steven Seidman presents the latest topics in social theory and addresses the current shift of 'universalist theorists' to networks of clustered debates.
Responds to current issues, debates, and new social movements
Reviews sociological...
Theory of Lift
Introductory Computational Aerodynamics in MATLAB/Octave
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
Starting from a basic knowledge of mathematics and mechanics gained in standard foundation classes, Theory of Lift: Introductory Computational Aerodynamics in MATLAB/Octave takes the reader conceptually through from the fundamental mechanics of lift to the stage of actually being able to make practical...
Advanced Kalman Filtering, Least-Squares and Modeling
A Practical Handbook
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2011
This book is intended primarily as a handbook for engineers who must design practical systems.
Its primary goal is to discuss model development in sufficient detail so that the reader may design an estimator that meets all application requirements and is robust to modeling assumptions. Since...
Chaos in Electric Drive Systems
Analysis, Control and Application
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2011
In Chaos in Electric Drive Systems: Analysis, Control and Application authors Chau and Wang systematically introduce an emerging technology of electrical engineering that bridges abstract chaos theory and practical electric drives. The authors consolidate all important information in this interdisciplinary...
Noise and Vibration Analysis
Signal Analysis and Experimental Procedures
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2011
Noise and Vibration Analysis is a complete and practical guide that combines both signal processing and modal analysis theory with their practical application in noise and vibration analysis. It provides an invaluable, integrated guide for practicing engineers as well as a suitable introduction for...
by Xin-Qing Sheng, Wei Song
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
Essentials of Computational Electromagnetics provides an in-depth introduction of the three main full-wave numerical methods in computational electromagnetics (CEM); namely, the method of moment (MoM), the finite element method (FEM), and the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. Numerous monographs...
Economic Geology
Principles and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011
Humanity’s ever-increasing hunger for mineral raw materials, caused by a growing global population and ever increasing standards of living, has resulted in economic geology becoming a subject of urgent importance.
This book provides a broad panorama of mineral deposits, covering their origin...
by Douglas W. Burbank, Robert S. Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2011
Tectonic geomorphology is the study of the interplay between tectonic and surface processes that shape the landscape in regions of active deformation and at time scales ranging from days to millions of years. Over the past decade, recent advances in the quantification of both rates and the physical...
Basin Analysis
Principles and Application to Petroleum Play Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2013
Basin Analysis is an advanced undergraduate and postgraduate text aimed at understanding sedimentary basins as geodynamic entities. The rationale of the book is that knowledge of the basic principles of the thermo-mechanical behaviour of the lithosphere, the dynamics of the mantle, and the functioning...
Basin Analysis
Principles and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
Basin Analysis is an up-to-date overview of the essential processes of the formation and evolution of sedimentary basins, and their implications for the development of hydrocarbon resources. The new edition features:
A consideration of the fundamental physical state of the lithosphere.
A...
by Sam J. Purkis, Victor V. Klemas
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011
Remote Sensing plays a key role in monitoring the various manifestations of global climate change. It is used routinely in the assessment and mapping of biodiversity over large areas, in the monitoring of changes to the physical environment, in assessing threats to various components of natural systems,...
The Human Impact on the Natural Environment
Past, Present, and Future
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
The seventh edition of this classic student text explores the multitude of impacts that humans have had over time upon vegetation, animals, soils, water, landforms and the atmosphere. It also looks into the future and considers the ways in which climate changes and modifications in land cover may...
Bio-Based Plastics
Materials and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2013
The field of bio-based plastics has developed significantly in the last 10 years and there is increasing pressure on industries to shift existing materials production from petrochemicals to renewables.
Bio-based Plastics presents an up-to-date overview of the basic and applied aspects of bioplastics,...
Geomorphic Analysis of River Systems
An Approach to Reading the Landscape
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
Filling a niche in the geomorphology teaching market, this introductory book is built around a 12 week course in fluvial geomorphology.
‘Reading the landscape’ entails making sense of what a riverscape looks like, how it works, how it has evolved over time, and how alterations to one part...