In the Place of Sound
This book presents thirteen essays and seven graphic works from a conference of artists, researchers, and architects. The chapters explore the fraught relationship between sound and space, presenting a provocative collection of ideas and designs.
Marine Monitoring Platforms
This book presents a comprehensive study of the challenges and technologies for observing the ocean environment. It describes state-of-the-art marine platforms and provides a vision for the future, with recommendations for ocean monitoring in the Irish context.
Mathematical logic is grounded on false assumptions that have impoverished knowledge. This book’s “contrastive theory of rationality” shows a better way to ground logic, resolving its foundational crisis and altering its future, with enormous implications for knowledge.
Software Testing and Global Industry
Testing in a Global Software Development (GSD) environment is not the simple task it’s perceived to be. This work demonstrates the complexities of distributed development and provides practical, industry-based solutions for all those implementing a GSD strategy.
President Jimmy Carter recalls the imminent nuclear threat he faced in the White House. He is joined by experts and a survivor of the Nagasaki atomic bomb in this collection of talks on nuclear disarmament and the ongoing struggle for peace.
Inside Out
This work tackles the age-old mind-body duality, demonstrating the conflict dissolves when we realize the universe is governed by physical laws. Inspired by pop music, the author explores our ties to the cosmos and forecasts our future in time and space.
Atmosphere Aerosol, Phytoplankton and its Influence on Climate Forming in the Pacific Ocean
This collection of new articles presents an overview of current research on atmosphere aerosol and phytoplankton communities. Born from a unique sailing conference, it investigates climate change’s influence and is of interest to specialists in ocean monitoring.
Art, Ethics and Environment
Since the 1960s, new affinities between art and nature have blurred ancient distinctions. This collection of essays explores these changing moods in art and philosophy, discussing nature as an independent source of moral and aesthetic value.
Fuel for the Future
Explore leading research on transforming low-rank coals into affordable, high-quality fuel for clean power generation. This book charts a course toward secure, zero-emissions energy from an abundant global resource, vital for industry and policymakers.
Performing Technology
This book covers design strategies for rich media environments that incorporate user-generated, locative content. Chapters cover areas such as choreography, virtual worlds, music performance, network music and computer games.
The Internet generates a vast, unstructured body of ‘grass-roots’ fictions. This collection explores this uncharted territory, bringing together expertise from linguistic, literary, media and cultural studies for passionate discussions of Internet Fictions.
Agile Development in the Irish Software Industry
This book presents a change management framework for software companies transitioning to agile development. Utilising Kotter’s eight-step technique, it demonstrates how incorporating the Scrum process led to successful changes in a leading global company.
Technical Chemistry
Discover new results in organic chemistry, materials science, and nanotech. A vital guide for developers balancing product innovation with economic, safety, and environmental demands.
Second Generation Mainframes
The IBM 7000 series led the way in many innovative concepts that helped to establish IBM as the foremost manufacturer of computer systems. This study describes IBM’s second generation of mainframe computers, detailing their new technology, new peripherals and advanced software.
Simulation-based Medical Training
This volume explores the user-centred development of a Virtual Reality (VR) and web-based medical training system. It shows how a democratic arrangement between users and developers is beneficial, using prototypes to bridge the knowledge gap.
This volume is a selection of papers sharing knowledge on growth, new technologies, the environment, and the concept of the cognitive city. It will appeal to academics, professionals, governments, and NGOs in urban design, planning, engineering, and the social sciences.
The modern world’s continuous use of energy suspended the natural alternation between light and dark, warmth and cold. In The Culture of Energy, historians, social scientists and architects examine this energy culture, from lighting to nuclear power.
This book helps students and professionals understand the language of architecture and civil engineering and improve their linguistic skills. It includes practical exercises, a compilation of technical terms, and is written in an accessible yet rigorous style.
Developing big information systems is inefficient. This book presents Knowledge Based Automated Software Engineering (KBASE), a method to improve the process by automatically generating the final software product from a verified business model.
This book covers current advances and methods in craniomaxillofacial bone bioengineering. It offers invaluable tools and methodologies for translating research from the bench to the clinic, making it an essential reference for researchers and specialist clinicians.
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