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  • Cities Alive

    Cities are experiencing a renaissance today, because we'e begun to understand how they really work -- and we've begun to make them work better for people.This book is a lively, readable account of two revealing figures in the history of that renaissance: the urban economist Jane Jacobs and the architect Christopher Alexander. Their key insights have shaped several generations of scholars, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Design for a Living Planet

    In this brief, accessible volume, the authors — an urban philosopher and a mathematician-physicist — explain the surprising new findings from the sciences that are beginning to transform environmental design in the modern era. Authors Michael Mehaffy and Nikos Salingaros explore fractals, networks, self-organization, dynamical systems and other revolutionary ideas, describing them to non-science ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Trash Backwards

    Innovating Our Way to Zero Waste

    by David Naylor ...
    Series series Island Press E-ssentials
    Trash Backwards: Innovating Our Way to Zero Waste examines the various kinds of trash Americans are producing in staggering quantities, and profiles a range of innovative processes, people, and companies who are thinking creatively about how to not just reduce pressure on landfills, but redefine what’s possible in the realm of recycling. This E-ssential offers insights into the motivations and ... Read more

    $8.09 USD

  • Soonish

    Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything

    **The instant New York Times bestseller!A Wall Street Journal Best Science Book of the Year!A Popular Science Best Science Book of the Year!From a top scientist and the creator of the hugely popular web comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, a hilariously illustrated investigation into future technologies -- from how to fling a ship into deep space on the cheap to 3D organ printing**What will ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Asphalt Nation

    How the Automobile Took Over America and How We Can Take It Back

    Asphalt Nation is a major work of urban studies that examines how the automobile has ravaged America’s cities and landscape, and how we can fight back.The automobile was once seen as a boon to American life, eradicating the pollution caused by horses and granting citizens new levels of personal freedom and mobility. But it was not long before the servant became the master—public spaces were ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Essential Engineer

    From the acclaimed author of The Pencil and To Engineer Is Human, The Essential Engineer is an eye-opening exploration of the ways in which science and engineering must work together to address our world’s most pressing issues, from dealing with climate change and the prevention of natural disasters to the development of efficient automobiles and the search for renewable energy sources. While the ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Beyond Compliance

    This book offers refineries a practical guide for implementing environmental management systems (EMS).The author, who has implemented hundreds of successful EMS programs throughout North America, Europe, Russia and the Middle East, provides a detailed explanation of what an EMS is and how it can benefit refinery operations in complying with environmental laws and improving the overall efficiency ... Read more

    $157.49 USD

  • Air Pollution and Health

    Concern about the impact of air pollution has led governments and local authorities across the world to regulate, among other things, the burning of fossil fuels, industrial effluence, cigarette smoke, and aerosols. This legislation has often followed dramatic findings about the impact of pollution on human health. At the same time there have been significant developments in our ability to detect ... Read more

    $247.49 USD

  • Turned Out Nice

    How the British Isles will Change as the World Heats Up

    by Marek Kohn ...
    Marek Kohn - 'one of the best science writers we have' (AC Grayling) - paints an important and eye-opening portrait of Britain and Ireland after a century of global warming.Author of A Reason for Everything and Four Words for Friend Marek Kohn projects one hundred years into the future when, based on the climate change evidence we have now, some parts of Britain will be like regions of today's ... Read more

    $11.89 USD

  • The European Union REACH Regulation for Chemicals

    Law and Practice

    Edited by Lucas Bergkamp ...
    This book discusses the law and practice of the European Union's new chemical regulatory programmes known under the acronym ''REACH'. REACH is intended to ensure the safe management of risks associated with chemical substances throughout the supply chain. Its scope is very broad; subject to limited exceptions, REACH applies to all bulk chemicals used in industrial processes and to chemicals ... Read more

    $256.49 USD

  • The True Wireless

    by Nikola Tesla ...
    Paphos Publishers offers a wide catalog of rare classic titles, published for a new generation.The True Wireless is a short piece by Tesla, including illustrations. ... Read more

    $2.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide

    Fundamentals and Technologies

    Edited by Jinli Qiao, Yuyu Liu, Jiujun Zhang ...
    Series series Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion
    For Researchers, Students, Industrial Professionals, and ManufacturersElectrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide: Fundamentals and Technologies is your guide to improved catalytic performance in the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2). Written by electrochemical energy scientists actively involved in environmental research and develo ... Read more

    $94.99 USD