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  • A Sixth Sense

    The Life and Science of Henri-Georges Doll: Oilfield Pioneer and Inventor

    The true story of the French engineer and inventor who developed a mine detector for the US Army during WWII—and then went on to transform the oil industry.In March 1940, with Europe at war, French army lieutenant Henri-Georges Doll came to the U.S. embassy in Paris to give a deposition. Doll was an artillery commander, a graduate of France's grandes écoles of science, engineering, and service. He ... Leer más

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  • Principles of Electromagnetic Methods in Surface Geophysics

    Series Libro 45 - Methods in Geochemistry and Geophysics
    Principles of Electromagnetic Methods in Surface Geophysics contains information about the theory of electromagnetic fields in a conducting media. It describes the theoretical and physical principles of the main geophysical methods using electromagnetic fields, including frequency and transient soundings, electromagnetic profiling, and magnetotelluric soundings. Special attention is paid to models ... Leer más

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  • Atomic Awakening

    “Persuasive and based on deep research. Atomic Awakening taught me a great deal." —NatureThe American public's introduction to nuclear technology was manifested in destruction and death. With Hiroshima and the Cold War still ringing in our ears, our perception of all things nuclear is seen through the lens of weapons development. Nuclear power is full of mind-bending theories, deep secrets, and ... Leer más

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  • E=mc2

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  • The Apocalypse Factory

    Plutonium and the Making of the Atomic Age

    de Steve Olson ...
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  • Invention and Innovation

    A Brief History of Hype and Failure

    de Vaclav Smil ...
    Tour the history of human invention—and its attendant breakthroughs and busts—in this history book from the New York Times-bestselling author of How the World Really Works.A BILL GATES RECOMMENDED BOOK: “Every Smil book that I own is marked up with lots of notes that I take while reading. Invention and Innovation is no exception.”The world is never finished catching up with Vaclav Smil, author of ... Leer más

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    The Epic Rise and Dramatic Fall of the Atomic Era

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    The Quest for Fusion Energy

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    The devastating accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union, occurred on April 26, 1986. On April 29, Alexander A. Borovoi, an atomic physicist with the Kurchatov Institute in Moscow, was ordered to Chernobyl to help measure and control the release of lethal radioactive materials. He stayed for twenty-three years. In My Chernobyl, first published in 1996 ... Leer más

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    Einstein's Fridge, Dewar's Flask, Mach's Speed, and 362 Other Inventions and Discoveries That Made Our World

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