? 2020 Tantor Audio2020-06-30T07:00:00ZUSA From science and technology to business and education, curiosity is often taken for granted as an unquestioned good. And yet, few people can define curiosity. Curiosity Studies marshals scholars from more than a dozen fields not only to define curiosity but also to grapple with its ethics as well as its role in technologi...[Read More]
920 pages , John Wiley & Sons , 2018-04-23 An overview of the current state of nanotechnology-based devices with applications in environmental science, focusing on nanomaterials and polymer nanocomposites. The handbook pays special attention to those nanotechnology-based approaches that promise easier, faster and cheaper processes in environmental monitoring and remediat...[Read More]
2020 Updated for the revised APES course framework, the Teacher's Edition provides: an overview of chapter goals from the perspective of the AP® course outline, a Pacing Guide, teaching tips for each section including Discussion Prompts and Tapping Prior Knowledge, Illustrate a Concept, Quick Demonstrations, and Interpreting Graphs and Data provide visuals to help students understand s...[Read More]
272 pages , CRC Press , 2011-12-15 Environmental science integrates physical and biological sciences to the study of the environment, with the goal of solving today’s environmental challenges. Many of these challenges tie into a greater concept of using the earth’s resources sustainably. This collection brings together some very important advances in environmental sc...[Read More]
704 pages , Pearson , 2013-11-01 For introductory courses in geology for engineers or engineering geology, offered in departments of geology, earth science, and civil engineering. This text provides an introduction to geology for students of engineering and environmental science - with a focus on applications that they are likely to use in their professional careers. It ...[Read More]
340 pages , Macmillan International Higher Education , 1998-11-11 This well established book examines the science and technology of those provisions and services that are required in the built environment. The main considerations are the effects of heat, light and sound within buildings. In addition other essential requirements such as supplies of electricity and water a...[Read More]
623 pages , The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) , 2005-01-01 Environmental sciences is a vast and multidisciplinary science that involves the study of natural resources of land, water, and air. Introduction to Environmental Sciences comprehensively covers numerous aspects of this vast subject. While some chapters focus the causes of environmental problems, others d...[Read More]
478 pages , Academic Press , 2012 Soil and Environmental Chemistry emphasizes the problem-solving skills students will need when they enter their chosen field. Combining valuable soil chemistry concepts into the “big picture” by discussing how other soil and environmental factors affect the soil chemical concepts being discussed makes the text relevant to today's soi...[Read More]
176 pages , John Wiley & Sons , 2018-05-29 The first comprehensive synthesis of genomic techniques in earth sciences The past 15 years have witnessed an explosion of DNA sequencing technologies that provide unprecedented insights into biology. Although this technological revolution has been driven by the biomedical sciences, it also offers extraordinary opportunities in ...[Read More]
212 pages , Routledge , 2018-02-23 It is increasingly apparent that human activities are not suitable for sustaining a healthy global environment. From energy development to resource extraction to use of land and water, humans are having a devastating effect on the earth’s ability to sustain human societies and quality lives. Many approaches to changing the negative en...[Read More]
288 pages , Cambridge University Press , 2019-02-20 Feeding the world, climate change, biodiversity, antibiotics, plastics - the list of concerns seems endless. But what is most pressing, what are the knock-on effects of our actions, and what should we do first? Do we all need to become vegetarian? How can we fly in a low-carbon world? Should we frack? How can we take co...[Read More]
550 pages , Simon and Schuster , 2020-08-04 Barron's updated AP Environmental Science Study Guide with 2 Practice Tests features practice exams, expert review of all test topics, and additional practice online to help students succeed on the exam. This edition includes: Two full-length practice exams with all questions answered and explained A detailed review of all test...[Read More]
