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Full color publication. The Coastal Engineering Manual (CEM)
assembles in a single source the current state-of-the-art in
coastal engineering to provide appropriate guidance for application
of techniques and methods to the solution of most coastal
engineering problems. The CEM provides a standard for the
formulation, design, and expected performance of a broad variety of
coastal projects. These projects are undertaken to provide or
improve navigation at commercial harbors, harbor works for
commercial fish handling and service facilities, and recreational
boating facilities. As an adjunct to navigation improvements, shore
protection projects are often required to mitigate the impacts of
navigation projects. Beach erosion control and hurricane or coastal
storm protection projects provide wave damage reduction and flood
protection to valuable coastal commercial, urban, and tourist
communities. Environmental restoration projects provide a rational
layout and proven approach to restoring the coastal and tidal
environs where such action may be justified, or required as
mitigation to a coastal project's impacts, or as mitigation for the
impact of some previous coastal activity, incident, or neglect. As
the much expanded replacement document for the Shore Protection
Manual (1984) and several other U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(USACE) manuals, the CEM provides a much broader field of guidance.
Part V "Coastal Project Planning and Design" starts with chapters
discussing the planning and design process and site
characterization. Following these general chapters are ones
discussing the planning and design of shore protection projects
(including coastal armoring, beach restoration, beach stabilization
and coastal flood protection projects), beach fill, navigation
projects (including defining the fleet, entrance channel, inner
harbor elements, structures, sedimentation, maintenance, and
management), and environmental enhancement projects (including
laws, regulations, and authorities, issues, alternative approaches,
planning, and design). A final chapter outlines conditions and
regulations unique to USACE projects in the United States.
New York Times best-selling author and renowned science journalist
Ed Yong compiles the best science and nature writing published in
2020. "The stories I have chosen reflect where I feel the field of
science and nature writing has landed, and where it could go," Ed
Yong writes in his introduction. "They are often full of tragedy,
sometimes laced with wonder, but always deeply aware that science
does not exist in a social vacuum. They are beautiful, whether in
their clarity of ideas, the elegance of their prose, or often
both." The essays in this year's Best American Science and Nature
Writing brought clarity to the complexity and bewilderment of 2020
and delivered us necessary information during a global pandemic.
From an in-depth look at the moment of the virus's outbreak, to a
harrowing personal account of lingering Covid symptoms, to a
thoughtful analysis on how the pandemic will impact the
environment, these essays, as Yong says, "synthesize, evaluate,
dig, unveil, and challenge," imbuing a pivotal moment in history
with lucidity and elegance. THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE AND NATURE
WRITING 2021 INCLUDES - SUSAN ORLEAN - EMILY RABOTEAU - ZEYNEP
TUFEKCI - HELEN OUYANG - HEATHER HOGAN BROOKE JARVIS - SARAH ZHANG
and others
The research into how students' attitudes affect learning of
science related subjects have been one of the core areas of
interest by science educators. The development in science education
records various attempts in measuring attitudes and determining the
correlations between behaviour, achievements, career aspirations,
gender identity and cultural inclination. Some researchers noted
that attitudes can be learned and teachers can encourage students
to like science subjects through persuasion. But some view that
attitude is situated in context and it is much to do with
upbringing and environment. The critical role of attitude is well
recognized in advancing science education, in particular designing
curriculum and choosing powerful pedagogies and nurturing students.
Since Noll' (1935) seminal work on measuring the scientific
attitudes, a steady stream of research papers that describe
development and validation of scales appear in scholarly
publications. Despite these efforts the progress in this area has
been stagnated by limited understanding of the conception about
attitude, dimensionality and inability to determine the multitude
of variables that made up such concept. This book makes an attempt
to take stock and critically examine the classical views on science
attitudes and explore the contemporary attempts in measuring
science related attitudes. The chapters in this book are reflection
of researchers who work tirelessly in promoting science education
and will illuminate the current trends and future scenarios in
attitude measurement.
Hardcover field notebook, perfect for palaeontology students and
earth scientists in general. Includes geological time scale,
logging sheets and vertical mapping sheets. Save 30% when purchased
through lulu.com
This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
"Success in Innovation" tackles its subject from a novel
perspective: instead of focusing on factors for success, it
specifically examines the factors for failure. Similar books often
attempt to stimulate more effort on innovation with success stories
and methods. But innovation is risky business and most innovative
ideas fail. By understanding the typical pitfalls and hurdles in
the process, and how to avoid or manage them, readers can
significantly improve their chances of success.
"Success in Innovation" is broad in scope and useful to
managers, consultants, entrepreneurs, tech start-ups - anyone with
a stake in new and powerful ideas, products, businesses, or
methods. This book helps readers work smarter, not simply
more.
Provides guidelines for assessing innovative ideasIncludes methods
for valuing innovationDiscusses the danger points in the innovation
processExplains the planning and development processesIncludes
innovation modelsDiscusses the methods for risk assessment
What to Read on Love, not Sex examines Sigmund Freud's career-long
reliance on tragedy, myth, scripture, and art to articulate a
psychology of love. The author, a neurologist and psychiatrist at
Harvard, rethinks Freud's relevance for modern psychology.
This book examines the discourse on 'primitive thinking' in early
twentieth century Germany. It explores texts from the social
sciences, writings on art and language and - most centrally -
literary works by Robert Musil, Walter Benjamin, Gottfried Benn and
Robert Muller, focusing on three figurations of alterity prominent
in European primitivism: indigenous cultures, children, and the
mentally ill.
Full color publication. The Coastal Engineering Manual (CEM)
assembles in a single source the current state-of-the-art in
coastal engineering to provide appropriate guidance for application
of techniques and methods to the solution of most coastal
engineering problems. The CEM provides a standard for the
formulation, design, and expected performance of a broad variety of
coastal projects. These projects are undertaken to provide or
improve navigation at commercial harbors, harbor works for
commercial fish handling and service facilities, and recreational
boating facilities. As an adjunct to navigation improvements, shore
protection projects are often required to mitigate the impacts of
navigation projects. Beach erosion control and hurricane or coastal
storm protection projects provide wave damage reduction and flood
protection to valuable coastal commercial, urban, and tourist
communities. Environmental restoration projects provide a rational
layout and proven approach to restoring the coastal and tidal
environs where such action may be justified, or required as
mitigation to a coastal project's impacts, or as mitigation for the
impact of some previous coastal activity, incident, or neglect. As
the much expanded replacement document for the Shore Protection
Manual (1984) and several other U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(USACE) manuals, the CEM provides a much broader field of guidance.
Part IV "Coastal Geology" includes chapters on terminology,
geomorphology, and morphodynamics.
Most diets fail because they rely on willpower alone. In this book
surgeon and expert on metabolism Dr Andrew Jenkinson shows you how to
unlock the secret to lasting weight loss through a better understanding
of your brain, body and environment, allowing you to eat well and lose
weight, forever.
Using a combination of cutting-edge metabolic science, together with
strategies like aversion, habit creation and mental reprogramming,
expert in the science of appetite Dr Andrew Jenkinson will show you how
your body and brain work when it comes to what you eat, and how to arm
yourself against the malicious presence of food marketing, junk food
and the harmful effects of the Western diet.
You will learn:
· Why exercise is of secondary importance to energy balance
· How we can learn to 'crave surf', being more mindful of hunger
cravings when they arise
· How junk foods affect our brains, influencing our behaviour and
creating bad habits
· How to maintain a good metabolic rate when losing weight
· The science behind popular weight loss techniques and why they work,
including hot water and lemon; raw foods; time restricted eating; keto
diets and high intensity training
Filled with science-backed tips and techniques, this book will help you
implement lasting changes, eat well and feel good.
Samuel Birley Rowbotham advances the Flat Earth theory, which holds
that Earth is not in fact an oblate spheroid planet, but an
enclosed plane above which the astronomical bodies are situated.
This premium edition contains all of Rowbotham's original graphs,
charts and drawings. This book began as a pamphlet in the 1840s,
explaining the theory with a few sketches alongside. Rowbotham was
already an inventor and author, and over time theories of Zetetic
Astronomy - in which the Earth is flat - became popular. In 1881
the author expanded and published this book, in part to meet public
and scientific scrutiny. Experiments and demonstrations are
conducted in support of the Earth being flat, with the astronomical
bodies situated above, rather than around it. Most of these are
framed with illustrations and diagrams, that the reader understands
Rowbotham's notions. Various chapters concern motion of the
heavenly bodies, sunrises, sunsets, the tidal movements, and
distances of the Sun and Moon from Earth.
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