Science : Earth Sciences

Vertebrate Palaeontology is a complete, up-to-date history of the evolution of vertebrates. The third edition of this popular text has been extensively revised to incorporate the latest research, including new material from North and South America, Australia, Europe, China, Africa and Russia. The third edition: * highlights astonishing new discoveries including new dinosaurs and Mesozoic birds from China * features an expanded chapter on how to study fossil vertebrates * provides an increased emphasis on the cladistic framework, with cladograms set apart from the body of the text and full lists of diagnostic characters * includes new molecular evidence on early mammal diversification * presents new features to aid study, including new functional and developmental feature spreads, key questions and extensive references to useful web sites The book has a strong phylogenetic focus making it an up-to-date source of the latest broad-scale systematic data on vertebrate evolution. This book will be essential reading for vertebrate palaeontology students in biology and earth science and biology departments. more...

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This book examines the differences between an ideal and a real description of wave propagation, where ideal means an elastic (lossless), isotropic and single-phase medium, and real means an anelastic, anisotropic and multi-phase medium. The analysis starts by introducing the relevant stress-strain relation. more...

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Using an interdisciplinary approach, this book focuses on important ecological impacts of acid deposition, the transboundary nature of the pollutants that cause acid rain, and domestic and international policies designed to reduce the emission of these pollutants. It is aimed at researchers, students, citizens, policy analysts, and others. more...

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When dealing with environmental concerns such as climate change or pollution, accurate environmental monitoring is a prerequisite for undertaking any course of action. This book deals with recent developments and applications of environmental monitoring technologies, with emphasis on rapidly progressing optical and biological methods. Written by worldwide experts, this book will be of interest to environmental scientists in academia, research institutes, industry and the government. more...

Price: $199.00

Describes how various combinations of different cutting-edge process systems can be arranged to solve air, noise, and thermal pollution problems. This work discusses in detail the three basic forms in which pollutants and waste are manifested: gas, solid, and liquid. more...

Price: $175.00