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Humanity has long been fascinated by the planet Mars. Was its
climate ever conducive to life? What is the atmosphere like today
and why did it change so dramatically over time? Eleven spacecraft
have successfully flown to Mars since the Viking mission of the
1970s and early 1980s. These orbiters, landers and rovers have
generated vast amounts of data that now span a Martian decade
(roughly eighteen years). This new volume brings together the many
new ideas about the atmosphere and climate system that have
emerged, including the complex interplay of the volatile and dust
cycles, the atmosphere-surface interactions that connect them over
time, and the diversity of the planet's environment and its complex
history. Including tutorials and explanations of complicated ideas,
students, researchers and non-specialists alike are able to use
this resource to gain a thorough and up-to-date understanding of
this most Earth-like of planetary neighbours.
Astrophysical jets are spectacular displays of gas or dust ejected
from a range of cosmic bodies; they are seemingly ubiquitous on
scales from comets to black holes. This volume reviews our
understanding of jet processes and provides a modern guide to their
observation and the role they play in many long-standing problems
in astrophysics. It covers the major discoveries in gamma-ray
bursts, solar and stellar jets and cometary jets. Specific physical
processes for all classes of jet are illustrated and discussed in
depth, as a backdrop to explaining spectacular jet images. Current
jet models raise as many issues as they solve, so the final chapter
looks at the new questions to be answered. Written at an entry
level for postgraduate students, this volume incorporates
introductions to all the governing physics, providing a
comprehensive and insightful guide to the study of jets for
researchers across all branches of astrophysics.
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Asylum and Mirage
Michael D. Smith
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R368
Discovery Miles 3 680
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How big data is transforming the creative industries, and how those
industries can use lessons from Netflix, Amazon, and Apple to fight
back. "[The authors explain] gently yet firmly exactly how the
internet threatens established ways and what can and cannot be done
about it. Their book should be required for anyone who wishes to
believe that nothing much has changed." -The Wall Street Journal
"Packed with examples, from the nimble-footed who reacted quickly
to adapt their businesses, to laggards who lost empires."
-Financial Times Traditional network television programming has
always followed the same script: executives approve a pilot, order
a trial number of episodes, and broadcast them, expecting viewers
to watch a given show on their television sets at the same time
every week. But then came Netflix's House of Cards. Netflix gauged
the show's potential from data it had gathered about subscribers'
preferences, ordered two seasons without seeing a pilot, and
uploaded the first thirteen episodes all at once for viewers to
watch whenever they wanted on the devices of their choice. In this
book, Michael Smith and Rahul Telang, experts on entertainment
analytics, show how the success of House of Cards upended the film
and TV industries-and how companies like Amazon and Apple are
changing the rules in other entertainment industries, notably
publishing and music. We're living through a period of
unprecedented technological disruption in the entertainment
industries. Just about everything is affected: pricing, production,
distribution, piracy. Smith and Telang discuss niche products and
the long tail, product differentiation, price discrimination, and
incentives for users not to steal content. To survive and succeed,
businesses have to adapt rapidly and creatively. Smith and Telang
explain how. How can companies discover who their customers are,
what they want, and how much they are willing to pay for it? Data.
The entertainment industries, must learn to play a little
"moneyball." The bottom line: follow the data.
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Thank You God (Paperback)
Michele D Smith; Illustrated by Aaron Davis
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R319
R257
Discovery Miles 2 570
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Thank You God #2 (Paperback)
Michele D Smith; Illustrated by Aaron Davis
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R319
R257
Discovery Miles 2 570
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Thank You God (Paperback)
Michele D Smith; Illustrated by Aaron Davis
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R319
R257
Discovery Miles 2 570
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James M. Dean was just a normal American citizen until the outbreak
of the Civil War. He is then thrown into the unfamiliar world of
battle and must defend his honor and his country. James spends four
years battling other soldiers and his own demons, but he soon finds
that nothing is clear in a battle between brother and brother.
Young James finds himself in the midst of the most tumultuous time
in American history. He grows to become a man on the battlefield,
schooled by older soldiers who teach him compassion along with
cynicism. In the midst of the bloodshed, James finds romance but
also death and the daily struggle to stay alive. Rich with accurate
historical detail, Hidden Memories is one man's journey to find his
purpose and discover how much he can endure. There is more to
James's war than north versus south; there is bravery versus
cowardice and honor versus deprivation. In the end, James must
question his place in society. Can he rejoin a world at peace after
the horrors he has seen?
James M. Dean was just a normal American citizen until the outbreak
of the Civil War. He is then thrown into the unfamiliar world of
battle and must defend his honor and his country. James spends four
years battling other soldiers and his own demons, but he soon finds
that nothing is clear in a battle between brother and brother.
Young James finds himself in the midst of the most tumultuous time
in American history. He grows to become a man on the battlefield,
schooled by older soldiers who teach him compassion along with
cynicism. In the midst of the bloodshed, James finds romance but
also death and the daily struggle to stay alive. Rich with accurate
historical detail, Hidden Memories is one man's journey to find his
purpose and discover how much he can endure. There is more to
James's war than north versus south; there is bravery versus
cowardice and honor versus deprivation. In the end, James must
question his place in society. Can he rejoin a world at peace after
the horrors he has seen?
When random killings start happening around Centerville, Marvin
(Marv) Henderson, Centerville's retired large-animal vet, now
cowboy coroner, begins to see links that point to a serial killer
with an unknown motive. With his friend, an elderly lady named
Annemarie Smith, being one of the victims, nothing will stop Marv
in his efforts to bring her murderer to justice, even when his own
life is danger.
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