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  • Principles of Transaction Processing

    de Eric Newcomer, Philip A. Bernstein ...
    Series series The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems
    Principles of Transaction Processing is a comprehensive guide to developing applications, designing systems, and evaluating engineering products. The book provides detailed discussions of the internal workings of transaction processing systems, and it discusses how these systems work and how best to utilize them. It covers the architecture of Web Application Servers and transactional communication ... Leer más

    $57.99 USD

  • Navigating Nuclear Energy Lawmaking for Newcomers

    An Asian Perspective

    de Ridoan Karim, Eric Yong Joong Lee ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book provides a comprehensive overview of the legal and regulatory framework for the nuclear industry from an Asian perspective. It includes information on the history of nuclear lawmaking, the key international treaties and agreements that govern the use of nuclear energy, the role of national and regional regulatory bodies, and the legal and policy issues that arise in the development and ... Leer más

    $143.99 USD

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  • A Bright Future

    How Some Countries Have Solved Climate Change and the Rest Can Follow

    de Joshua S. Goldstein, Staffan A. Qvist ...
    The inspiration for Nuclear Now, the new Oliver Stone film, co-written by Joshua GoldsteinAs climate change quickly approaches a series of turning points that guarantee disastrous outcomes, a solution is hiding in plain sight. Several countries have already replaced fossil fuels with low-carbon energy sources, and done so rapidly, in one to two decades. By following their methods, we could ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • Seeing the Light: The Case for Nuclear Power in the 21st Century

    de Scott L. Montgomery, Thomas Graham, Jr ...
    Nuclear power is not an option for the future but an absolute necessity. Global threats of climate change and lethal air pollution, killing millions each year, make it clear that nuclear and renewable energy must work together, as non-carbon sources of energy. Fortunately, a new era of growth in this energy source is underway in developing nations, though not yet in the West. Seeing the Light is ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD

  • China and the Geopolitics of Rare Earths

    de Sophia Kalantzakos ...
    Featuring a new foreword that brings the book up to date Rare earths are elements that are found in the Earth's crust, and are vital ingredients for the production of a wide variety of high tech, defense, and green technologies-everything from iPhones and medical technologies to wind turbines, efficiency lighting, smart bombs, and submarines. While they are not particularly "rare" in availability, ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD

  • The Doomsday Machine

    The High Price of Nuclear Energy, the World's Most Dangerous Fuel

    de Martin Cohen, Andrew McKillop ...
    Today, there are over one hundred nuclear reactors operating in our backyards, from Indian Point in New York to Diablo Canyon in California. Proponents claim that nuclear power is the only viable alternative to fossil fuels, and due to rising energy consumption and the looming threat of global warming, they are pushing for an even greater investment. Here, energy economist Andrew McKillop and ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Being Nuclear

    Africans and the Global Uranium Trade

    de Gabrielle Hecht ...
    The hidden history of African uranium and what it means—for a state, an object, an industry, a workplace—to be “nuclear.”Uranium from Africa has long been a major source of fuel for nuclear power and atomic weapons, including the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. In 2003, after the infamous “yellow cake from Niger,” Africa suddenly became notorious as a source of uranium, a component of nuclear weapons. ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD

  • Energy Transition and Energy Democracy in East Asia

    Edición de Jusen Asuka, Dan Jin ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    This is an open access book.The subject of this book is to provide down-to-earth information on what kind of actions are being taken by the Government, Local community, Businesses, Researchers, NGOs on the energy transition in this region. It gives an updated picture of the energy transition in the East Asian countries, where the economic growth, as well as CO2 emission growth, is significant.This ... Leer más

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  • The Geopolitics of the Global Energy Transition

    Edición de Manfred Hafner, Simone Tagliapietra ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    The world is currently undergoing an historic energy transition, driven by increasingly stringent decarbonisation policies and rapid advances in low-carbon technologies. The large-scale shift to low-carbon energy is disrupting the global energy system, impacting whole economies, and changing the political dynamics within and between countries.This open access book, written by leading energy ... Leer más

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  • Beyond Sputnik

    U.S. Science Policy in the Twenty-First Century

    de Homer Alfred Neal, Tobin Smith, Jennifer McCormick ...
    Science and technology are responsible for almost every advance in our modern quality of life. Yet science isn't just about laboratories, telescopes and particle accelerators. Public policy exerts a huge impact on how the scientific community conducts its work. Beyond Sputnik is a comprehensive survey of the field for use as an introductory textbook in courses and a reference guide for legislators ... Leer más

    $26.99 USD

  • Conversations about Energy

    How the Experts See America's Energy Choices

    Edición de Jeremy Carl, James E. Goodby ...
    Drawn from the Hoover Institution's Shultz-Stephenson Task Force on Energy Policy January 2010 conference, this book discusses critical energy issues including, energy and synthetic biology, cap and trade and carbon tax policies, energy efficiency, international energy relationships, and other key topics. The contributors present a range of ideas and recommendations that might improve the ... Leer más

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  • International Cooperation for Enhancing Nuclear Safety, Security, Safeguards and Non-proliferation–60 Years of IAEA and EURATOM

    Proceedings of the XX Edoardo Amaldi Conference, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome, Italy, October 9-10, 2017

    Edición de Luciano Maiani, Said Abousahl, Wolfango Plastino ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This open access book examines key aspects of international cooperation to enhance nuclear safety, security, safeguards, and non-proliferation, thereby assisting in development and maintenance of the verification regime and fostering progress toward a nuclear weapon-free world. The book opens by addressing important political, institutional, and legal dimensions. Current challenges are discussed ... Leer más

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