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  • A History of Ancient Chinese Geoscience

    by Wenheng Yang, Qinye Yang, Jie Fei, Xiuying Wen ...
    Translated by Jiqing Dong, Christine WL Wilson ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This book studies the history of geoscience in ancient China. Building on a comprehensive review of the historical development of Chinese geoscience, the authors map out the trends and patterns in the development of geoscience, thereby filling a research gap in this field and laying the groundwork for a systematic study of the history of Chinese geoscience. The Chinese version of this book was ... Read more

    $179.09 USD

  • Chiral Drugs

    Chemistry and Biological Action

    Edited by Guo-Qiang Lin, Qi-Dong You, Jie-Fei Cheng ...
    An integrated view of chiral drugs-from concept and synthesisto pharmaceutical propertiesChirality greatly influences a drug's biological and pharmacological properties. In an effort to achieve more predictable results from chiral drugs, the Food and Drug Administration now requires that these medicines be as pure as possible, which places great demands on drug synthesis, purification, analysis, ... Read more

    $158.00 USD

  • Cloud Computing

    Data-Intensive Computing and Scheduling

    by Frederic Magoules, Jie Pan, Fei Teng ...
    As more and more data is generated at a faster-than-ever rate, processing large volumes of data is becoming a challenge for data analysis software. Addressing performance issues, Cloud Computing: Data-Intensive Computing and Scheduling explores the evolution of classical techniques and describes completely new methods and innovative algorithms. The ... Read more

    $94.99 USD

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  • The Early Chinese Empires

    Qin and Han

    by Mark Edward Lewis, Timothy Brook ...
    Series Book 1 - History of Imperial China
    In 221 BC, the First Emperor of Qin unified the lands that would become the heart of a Chinese empire. Though forged by conquest, this vast domain depended for its political survival on a fundamental reshaping of Chinese culture. With this informative book, we are present at the creation of an ancient imperial order whose major features would endure for two millennia.The Qin and Han constitute the ... Read more

    $24.69 USD

  • The Retreat of the Elephants

    An Environmental History of China

    by Mark Elvin ...
    The eminent China scholar delivers a landmark study of Chinese culture's relationship to the natural environment across thousands of years of history.Spanning the three millennia for which there are written records, The Retreat of the Elephants is the first comprehensive environmental history of China. It is also a treasure trove of literary, political, aesthetic, scientific, and religious sources ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Balancing Coupling in Software Design

    Universal Design Principles for Architecting Modular Software Systems

    by Vlad Khononov ...
    Series series Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Vernon)
    Learn How Coupling Impacts Every Software Design Decision You Make--and How to Control ItIf you want to build modular, evolvable, and resilient software systems, you have to get coupling right. Every design decision you make influences coupling, which in turn shapes the design options available to you. Despite its importance, coupling often doesn't receive the attention it deserves--until now ... Read more

    $38.69 USD

  • China

    Empire of Living Symbols

    by Cecilia Lindqvist ...
    "An evocative, compelling celebration of language as a carrier of culture." — GuardianThe origins of Chinese ideographs were not known until 1899, when a scholar went to an apothecary for some medicine made of "dragon bone." To his surprise, the bone, which had not yet been ground into powder, contained a number of carved inscriptions. Thus began the exploration of the 3000-year-old sources of the ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

  • The Water Kingdom

    A Secret History of China

    by Philip Ball ...
    "A rewarding read" this political, social and cultural history of water management in China "puts water beautifully back at the heart of China's story" ( Economist).From the Yangtze to the Yellow River, China is traversed by great waterways, which have defined its politics and ways of life for centuries. In The Water Kingdom, renowned writer Philip Ball opens that window to offer an epic and ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Early China

    A Social and Cultural History

    by Li Feng ...
    Series series New Approaches to Asian History
    'Early China' refers to the period from the beginning of human history in China to the end of the Han Dynasty in AD 220. The roots of modern Chinese society and culture are all to be found in this formative period of Chinese civilization. Li Feng's new critical interpretation draws on the most recent scholarship and archaeological discoveries from the past thirty years. This fluent and engaging ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • The Art of Capacity Planning

    Scaling Web Resources in the Cloud

    by Arun Kejariwal, John Allspaw ...
    In their early days, Twitter, Flickr, Etsy, and many other companies experienced sudden spikes in activity that took their web services down in minutes. Today, determining how much capacity you need for handling traffic surges is still a common frustration of operations engineers and software developers. This hands-on guide provides the knowledge and tools you need to measure, deploy, and manage ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • Life in Early China

    by J A G Roberts ...
    Imagine that you found 'dragon bones' once used to predict the future, or wrote a poem in the Book of Songs, or uncovered the terracotta army guarding the tomb of the First Emperor. Read more about life in this fascinating culture in this pocket-sized introduction. ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Transaction Processing

    Concepts and Techniques

    by Jim Gray, Andreas Reuter ...
    Series series The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems
    The key to client/server computing.Transaction processing techniques are deeply ingrained in the fields ofdatabases and operating systems and are used to monitor, control and updateinformation in modern computer systems. This book will show you how large,distributed, heterogeneous computer systems can be made to work reliably.Using transactions as a unifying conceptual framework, the authors show ... Read more

    $65.69 USD