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Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, and the Modern Revolution, explores the myriad ways in which social media has influenced, created, and exposed some of the 21st century's most pivotal moments. From the early days of social networking to the Arab Spring and its winter, the idea of the technoself and the ways that technology has helped both individuals and groups shape their own identities to the issues of privacy and permanency in a digital world, Social Media evaluates everything from...

Mars: Science Fiction to Colonization, explores how science fiction has emerged into scientific fact as the prospect of colonizing Mars grows ever more tangible. From modern technology borne straight from the pages of classic novels to the Space Race, the first orbiter missions to the hypothesized underground hot houses that might provide fresh vegetables to the first colonizers, Mars illuminates the possibility of establishing an extraterrestrial human settlement. Mars covers rovers, orbiters,...

Voices of Black America: Martin Luther King Jr. to Jay Z, explores African-American resistance and revolutionary practice from the Civil Rights Movement to #BlackLivesMatter. Exploring a diversity of issues from the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to the Nation of Islam, African liberation struggles to Black Feminism, Rodney King to Ferguson, Voices explores and illuminates some of America’s most talented and provocative black voices.

Secret Societies: Unmasking the Illuminati, Freemasons, & Knights Templar, explores the fascinating history of groups that operate slightly outside of the mainstream—and just how far their influence extends. From Middle Ages and the formation of the Knights Templar to the Skull & Bones society and its list of presidential members, to the much speculated Illuminati influence over American politics and culture, Secret Societies delves into the myths, the common...

Bridging theory and practice, this book contains over 200 practical exercises and their solutions, to develop the problem-solving abilities of process engineers. The problems were developed by the author during his many years of teaching at university and are kept brief, taken from the fields of instrumentation, modelling, plant control, control strategy design and stability of control. The algorithm flows and codes, which are mostly based on MATLAB?, are given in many cases and allow for easy...

Bridging theory and practice, this book contains over 200 practical exercises and their solutions, to develop the problem-solving abilities of process engineers. The problems were developed by the author during his many years of teaching at university and are kept brief, taken from the fields of instrumentation, modelling, plant control, control strategy design and stability of control. The algorithm flows and codes, which are mostly based on MATLAB?, are given in many cases and allow for easy...

Nachdem sich die Vorgängerauflage des Kommentars von 2012 zur unverzichtbaren Arbeitshilfe für alle mit dem Stahlbau befassten Fachleute entwickelt hat, wird nun eine überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage vorgelegt, die die zwischenzeitlichen Änderungen an den kommentierten Normen berücksichtigt. Dieser Kommentar enthält Erläuterungen zu den technischen Regeln für die Ausführung von Stahlbauten in DIN EN 1090-2 «Ausführung von Stahltragwerken und Aluminiumtragwerken – Teil 2: Technische Regeln...

Nachdem sich die Vorgängerauflage des Kommentars von 2012 zur unverzichtbaren Arbeitshilfe für alle mit dem Stahlbau befassten Fachleute entwickelt hat, wird nun eine überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage vorgelegt, die die zwischenzeitlichen Änderungen an den kommentierten Normen berücksichtigt. Dieser Kommentar enthält Erläuterungen zu den technischen Regeln für die Ausführung von Stahlbauten in DIN EN 1090-2 «Ausführung von Stahltragwerken und Aluminiumtragwerken – Teil 2: Technische Regeln...