As the true costs of fossil fuels are revealed, the ancient art of windpower is making a steady comeback, and many countries are promoting wind energy generation as part of a drive toward a sustainable future. Yet many environmental enthusiasts prefer a more do-it-yourself approach. Windpower Workshop provides all the essential...

We have been very pleased, beyond our expectations, with the reception of the first edition of this book. Bioinformatics, however, continues to evolve very rapidly, hence the need for a new edition. In the past three years, fullgenome sequencing has blossomed with the completion of the sequence of the fly and the first draft of the...

There are strong indications that, in the 21st century, computational chemistry will be a prime research tool not only for the basic sciences but also for the life and materials sciences. Recent developments in nanotechnology allow us to detect a layer of single atoms. Researchers are able not only to image but also to manipulate molecules...

"Manipulation" refers to a variety of physical changes made to the world around us. Mechanics of Robotic Manipulation addresses one form of robotic manipulation, moving objects, and the various processes involved -- grasping, carrying, pushing, dropping, throwing, and so on. Unlike most books on the subject, it focuses on...

In a market saturated with entry-level information, this book provides valuable, high-level, to-the-point...

When I wrote MySQL for New Riders a year and a half ago, I wondered whether it would receive much of a response, because it wasn’t apparent whether the MySQL community was very sizable. I should have known better! MySQL is a very good database, it’s easy to use, it’s fast, and it’s free—all characteristics...

The author provides a complete overview of data warehousing together with in-depth explanations...

The twentieth century began with the rediscovery of Mendel’s rules of inheritance and ended with the complete sequence of the human genome, one of the most monumental scientific accomplishments of all time. What lies in the future? What will the twenty-first century, the century of genomics, bring? Will geneticists a hundred years from...

This book is a short, focused introduction to MATLAB, a comprehensive
software system for mathematics and technical computing. It will
be useful to bothbeginning and experienced users. It contains concise
explanations of essential MATLAB commands, as well as easily understood
instructions for using...