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Robots: What Everyone Needs to Know®

£55.00

Phil Husbands

9780198845386
Hardback
28 October 2021

What Everyone Needs To Know®

Phil Husbands introduces the field of robotics, where it has come from, and where it might go in the future. Explaining the technology underlying robots and their capabilities today, he also considers both the ethical problems of robots with increasing intelligence, and the wider socio-political challenges they create.

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Robots: What Everyone Needs to Know®

£12.99

Phil Husbands

9780198845393
Paperback
28 October 2021

What Everyone Needs To Know®

Phil Husbands introduces the field of robotics, where it has come from, and where it might go in the future. Explaining the technology underlying robots and their capabilities today, he also considers both the ethical problems of robots with increasing intelligence, and the wider socio-political challenges they create.

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Principles of Materials Characterization and Metrology

£75.00

Kannan M. Krishnan

9780198830252
Hardback
07 May 2021

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the principles of materials characterization and metrology. Based on several decades of teaching experience, it includes many worked examples, questions and exercises, suitable for students at the undergraduate or beginning graduate level.

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Principles of Materials Characterization and Metrology

£35.00

Kannan M. Krishnan

9780198830269
Paperback
07 May 2021

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the principles of materials characterization and metrology. Based on several decades of teaching experience, it includes many worked examples, questions and exercises, suitable for students at the undergraduate or beginning graduate level.

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Introduction to Quantum Nanotechnology: A Problem Focused Approach

£29.99

Duncan G. Steel

9780192895080
Paperback
30 April 2021

This book serves as introduction to quantum theory with emphasis on dynamical behaviour and applications of quantum mechanics, with minimal discussion of formalism. The goal is to help engineering and physics students begin to learn the tools for a quantum toolbox they will need to work in this area.

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Introduction to Quantum Nanotechnology: A Problem Focused Approach

£65.00

Duncan G. Steel

9780192895073
Hardback
30 April 2021

This book serves as introduction to quantum theory with emphasis on dynamical behaviour and applications of quantum mechanics, with minimal discussion of formalism. The goal is to help engineering and physics students begin to learn the tools for a quantum toolbox they will need to work in this area.

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Exploring Classical Mechanics: A Collection of 350+ Solved Problems for Students, Lecturers, and Researchers - Second Revised and Enlarged English Edition

£32.99

G. L. Kotkin, V. G. Serbo

9780198853794
Paperback
10 August 2020

This widly used text teaches analytical mechanics, the first chapter in the study of theoretical physics. Its methods and ideas are crucially important as they form the basis of all other branches of theoretical physics including quantum mechanics, statistical physics, and field theory. Most of the problems are original to this book.

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Exploring Classical Mechanics: A Collection of 350+ Solved Problems for Students, Lecturers, and Researchers - Second Revised and Enlarged English Edition

£66.00

G. L. Kotkin, V. G. Serbo

9780198853787
Hardback
10 August 2020

This widly used text teaches analytical mechanics, the first chapter in the study of theoretical physics. Its methods and ideas are crucially important as they form the basis of all other branches of theoretical physics including quantum mechanics, statistical physics, and field theory. Most of the problems are original to this book.

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Biomedical Fluid Dynamics: Flow and Form

£40.99

Troy Shinbrot

9780198812593
Paperback
30 April 2019

This is a readable and attractively presented overview of fluid flow in biological systems. Examples include flow through blood vessels, pulsatile flow, and pattern formation. The book includes popular vignettes and historical anecdotes and it offers a first-principles introduction to modern mathematical methods needed to solve complex problems.

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Biomedical Fluid Dynamics: Flow and Form

£82.00

Troy Shinbrot

9780198812586
Hardback
30 April 2019

This is a readable and attractively presented overview of fluid flow in biological systems. Examples include flow through blood vessels, pulsatile flow, and pattern formation. The book includes popular vignettes and historical anecdotes and it offers a first-principles introduction to modern mathematical methods needed to solve complex problems.

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Biometrics: A Very Short Introduction

£8.99

Michael Fairhurst

9780198809104
Paperback
20 November 2018

Very Short Introductions

With the rise of digital technologies the need for effective means of identification has grown enormously. Biometrics is the rapidly growing science of identifying individuals through biological characteristics, from iris patterning to voice recognition. This book introduces biometrics, what it can do today, and future possibilities.

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Hands-On Introduction to LabVIEW for Scientists and Engineers

Fourth Edition

£57.99

John Essick

9780190853068
Paperback
12 July 2018

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Measurement: A Very Short Introduction

£8.99

David J. Hand

9780198779568
Paperback
06 October 2016

Very Short Introductions

This Very Short Introduction explores the concept of measurement, its mathematical underpinnings, and its wide range of application from the sciences and social sciences to economics and commerce.

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Engineering Economic Analysis

Twelfth edition

£64.99

Don Newnan, Jerome Lavelle, Ted Eschenbach

9780199339280
Paperback
19 February 2015

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Structural Engineering: A Very Short Introduction

£8.99

David Blockley

9780199671939
Paperback
25 September 2014

Very Short Introductions

Using examples from around the world, including the Shard in London and jumbo jets like the A380, David Blockley explores the world of structural engineering. This Very Short Introduction considers the crucial role structural engineering has on issues such as cost and energy efficiency to long-term sustainability and safety.

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Engineering: A Very Short Introduction

£8.99

David Blockley

9780199578696
Paperback
22 March 2012

Very Short Introductions

Engineering is part of almost everything we do - from the water we drink and the food we eat, to the buildings we live in and the roads and railways we travel on. In this Very Short Introduction, David Blockley explores the nature and practice of engineering, its history, its scope, and its relationship with art, science, and technology.

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Mathematical Techniques: An Introduction for the Engineering, Physical, and Mathematical Sciences

Fourth Edition

£57.99

Dominic Jordan, Peter Smith

9780199282012
Paperback
13 March 2008

Mathematical Techniques provides a complete course in mathematics, covering all the essential topics with which a physical sciences or engineering student should be familiar. It introduces and builds on concepts in a progressive, carefully-layered way, and features over 2000 end of chapter problems, plus additional self-check questions.

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