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Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & National Research Council: Laboratory Design, Construction, and Renovation
Laboratory facilities are complex, technically sophisticated, and mechanically intensive structures that are expensive to build and to maintain. Hundreds of decisions must be made before and during n …
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Committee for Mine Warfare Assessment & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Naval Mine Warfare
Sea mines have been important in naval warfare throughout history and continue to be so today. They have caused major damage to naval forces, slowed or stopped naval actions and commercial shipping, …
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€89.98
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Carbon Management
Considerable international concerns exist about global climate change and its relationship to the growing use of fossil fuels. Carbon dioxide is released by chemical reactions that are employed to ex …
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Committee for Naval Forces’ Capability for Theater Missile Defense & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Naval Forces’ Capability for Theater Missile Defense
At the request of the Chief of Naval Operations, the National Research Council, under the auspices of the Naval Studies Board, established a committee to assess the Department of the Navy’s current a …
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€61.17
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Women in the Chemical Workforce
For a period of history no women worked outside the home. Bust as years have gone by and society has changed, Women are working varying jobs every day. They are, however, underrepresented in some sec …
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€52.30
Committee on Earth Studies & National Research Council: Issues in the Integration of Research and Operational Satellite Systems for Climate Research
Currently, the Departments of Defense (DOD) and Commerce (DOC) acquire and operate separate polarorbiting environmental satellite systems that collect data needed for military and civil weather forec …
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€51.67
Committee on Space Biology and Medicine & National Research Council: Review of NASA’s Biomedical Research Program
The 1998 Committee on Space Biology and Medicine (CSBM) report A Strategy for Research in Space Biology and Medicine in the New Century assessed the known and potential effects of spaceflight on biol …
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€45.75
Committee on an Information Technology Strategy for the Library of Congress & Computer Science and Telecommunications Board: LC21
Digital information and networks challenge the core practices of libraries, archives, and all organizations with intensive information management needs in many respectsnot only in terms of accommodat …
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€56.09
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Graduate Education in the Chemical Sciences
Graduate Education in the Chemical Sciences is a summary of the December 1999 workshop, "Graduate Education in the Chemical Sciences: Issues for the 21st Century." This workshop discussed t …
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Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Computing and Communications Research to Enable Better Use of Information Technology in Government: Summary of a Workshop on Information Technology Research for Federal Statistics (
Part of an in-depth study of how information technology research and development could more effectively support advances in the use of information technology (IT) in government, Summary of a Workshop …
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€30.81
Committee on Network-Centric Naval Forces & National Research Council: Network-Centric Naval Forces
Network-Centric Naval Forces: A Transition Strategy for Enhancing Operational Capabilities is a study to advise the Department of the Navy regarding its transition strategy to achieve a network-centr …
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€142.11
Committee for Undersea Weapons Science and Technology & National Research Council: Assessment of Undersea Weapons Science and Technology
The Department of the Navy strives to maintain, through its Office of Naval Research (ONR), a vigorous science and technology (S&T) program in those areas considered critically important to U.S. nava …
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€48.89
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems: Impact of Selling the Federal Helium Reserve
The Helium Privatization Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-273) directs the Department of the Interior to begin liquidating the U.S. Federal Helium Reserve by 2005 in a manner consistent with "minimum marke …
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€37.12
Committee on the Internet in the Evolving Information Infrastructure & Computer Science and Telecommunications Board: Internet’s Coming of Age
What most of us know as "the Internet" is actually a set of largely autonomous, loosely coordinated communication networks. As the influence of the Internet continues to grow, understanding …
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€50.17
Committee for Naval Hydromechanics Science and Technology & National Research Council: Assessment of Naval Hydromechanics Science and Technology
The Department of the Navy maintains a vigorous science and technology (S&T) research program in those areas that are critically important to ensuring U.S. naval superiority in the maritime environme …
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€48.79
National Research Council & Space Studies Board: Future Biotechnology Research on the International Space Station
Under current NASA plans, investigations in the area of biotechnology will be a significant component of the life sciences research to be conducted on the International Space Station (ISS). They enco …
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€48.64
Chemical Sciences Roundtable & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Research Teams and Partnerships
The third workshop of the Chemical Sciences Roundtable, Research Teams and Partnerships was held in Irvine, California, on May 2-3, 1999. The presentations and discussions at the workshop considered …
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€52.63
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences & National Research Council: Materials in a New Era
The 1999 Solid State Sciences Committee Forum, entitled "Materials in a New Era, " was held at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., on February 16-17, 1999. The forum was d …
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€30.72
Committee on Computing and Communications Research to Enable Better Use of Information Technology in Government & Computer Science and Telecommunications Board: Summary of a Workshop on Information Technology Research for Crisis Management
This workshop summary was produced in the course of a broader study that is exploring how information technology research can foster new and improved government services, operations, and interactions …
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€41.08
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Solar and Space Physics: Radiation and the International Space Station
A major objective of the International Space Station is learning how to cope with the inherent risks of human spaceflighthow to live and work in space for extended periods. The construction of the st …
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€41.33
Committee on Developing a Federal Materials Facilities Strategy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Cooperative Stewardship
The Committee on Developing a Federal Materials Facilities Strategy was appointed by the National Research Council (NRC) in response to a request by the federal agencies involved in funding and opera …
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€48.27
Committee for a Study on Promoting Access to Scientific and Technical Data for the Public Interest & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Question of Balance
New legal approaches, such as the European Union’s 1996 Directive on the Legal Protection of Databases, and other legal initiatives now being considered in the United States at the federal and state …
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€45.65
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems & Committee on R&D Strategies to Improve Surface Transportation Security: Improving Surface Transportation Security
The surface transportation system is vital to our nation’s economy, defense, and quality of life. Because threats against the system have hitherto been perceived as minor, little attention has been p …
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€21.81
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences & National Research Council: Size Limits of Very Small Microorganisms
How small can a free-living organism be? On the surface, this question is straightforward-in principle, the smallest cells can be identified and measured. But understanding what factors determine thi …
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€53.98
Committee on Microgravity Research & National Research Council: Microgravity Research in Support of Technologies for the Human Exploration and Development of Space and Planetary Bodies
The frontier represented by the near solar system confronts humanity with intriguing challenges and opportunities. With the inception of the Human Exploration and Development of Space (HEDS) enterpri …
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€70.17
Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Science Strategy for the Exploration of Europa
Since its discovery in 1610, Europaone of Jupiter’s four large moonshas been an object of interest to astronomers and planetary scientists. Much of this interest stems from observations made by NASA’ …
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€49.08
Committee to Review DOD C4I Plans and Programs & Computer Science and Telecommunications Board: Realizing the Potential of C4I
Rapid progress in information and communications technologies is dramatically enhancing the strategic role of information, positioning effective exploitation of these technology advances as a critica …
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€51.46
Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Scientific Rationale for Mobility in Planetary Environments
For the last several decades, the Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration (COMPLEX) has advocated a systematic approach to exploration of the solar system; that is, the information and understan …
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€48.89
Committee on Naval Expeditionary Logistics & National Research Council: Naval Expeditionary Logistics
At the request of the Chief of Naval Operations, the National Research Council (NRC) conducted a study to determine the technological requirements, operational changes, and combat service support str …
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€55.02
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences & National Research Council: Supporting Research and Data Analysis in NASA’s Science Programs
Effective science, clearly a mandate for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), involves asking significant questions about the physical and biological world and seeking definitive …
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€43.34
Committee on Smokeless and Black Powder & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Black and Smokeless Powders
Some 600 pipe bomb explosions have occurred annually in the United States during the past several years. How can technology help protect the public from these homemade devices?This book, a response t …
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€47.03
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences & National Research Council: Fostering Research on the Economic and Social Impacts of Information Technology
The tremendous growth in use of information technology (IT) has led to an increased interest in understanding its social and economic impacts. This book presents examples of crosscutting research tha …
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€49.93
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Assessing the Value of Research in the Chemical Sciences
This book captures the messages from a workshop that brought together research managers from government, industry, and academia to review and discuss the mechanisms that have been proposed or used to …
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€49.90
Committee on Information Systems Trustworthiness & Computer Science and Telecommunications Board: Trust in Cyberspace
Whether or not you use a computer, you probably use a telephone, electric power, and a bank. Although you may not be aware of their presence, networked computer systems are increasingly becoming an i …
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€89.69
Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Exploration of Near Earth Objects
Comets and asteroids are in some sense the fossils of the solar system. They have avoided most of the drastic physical processing that shaped the planets and thus represent more closely the propertie …
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€48.61
Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Exploring the Trans-Neptunian Solar System
In the last decade, our knowledge of the outer solar system has been transformed as a result of the Voyager 2 encounter with Neptune and its satellite Triton and from Earth-based observations of the …
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€48.82
Computer Science and Telecommunications Board & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Unpredictable Certainty
This book contains a key component of the NII 2000 project of the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, a set of white papers that contributed to and complements the project’s final report, …
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€122.24
Committee on Human Exploration & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Human Exploration of Space
During 1988, the National Research Council’s Space Science Board reorganized itself to more effectively address NASA’s advisory needs. The Board’s scope was broadened: it was renamed the Space Studie …
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€57.65
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences & National Research Council: Containing the Threat from Illegal Bombings
In response to the rising concern of the American public over illegal bombings, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms asked the National Research Council to examine possible mechanisms for red …
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€83.43
Committee on Optical Science and Engineering & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Harnessing Light
Optical science and engineering affect almost every aspect of our lives. Millions of miles of optical fiber carry voice and data signals around the world. Lasers are used in surgery of the retina, ki …
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€61.24
Board on Mathematical Sciences & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Motion, Control, and Geometry
Some of the modem developments described in Motion, Control, and Geometry include the geometric control of robot motion and craft orientation, how high-power precision micromotors are engineered for …
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€48.61
Committee on Maintaining Privacy and Security in Health Care Applications of the National Information Infrastructure & Computer Science and Telecommunications Board: For the Record
When you visit the doctor, information about you may be recorded in an office computer. Your tests may be sent to a laboratory or consulting physician. Relevant information may be transmitted to your …
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€34.66
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences & National Research Council: Mars Sample Return
The Space Studies Board of the National Research Council (NRC) serves as the primary adviser to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on planetary protection policy, the purpose of …
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€48.44
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences & National Research Council: Radiation Hazards to Crews of Interplanetary Missions
NASA’s long-range plans include possible human exploratory missions to the moon and Mars within the next quarter century. Such missions beyond low Earth orbit will expose crews to transient radiation …
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€48.83
Committee on Issues in the Transborder Flow of Scientific Data & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Bits of Power
Since Galileo corresponded with Kepler, the community of scientists has become increasingly international. A DNA sequence is as significant to a researcher in Novosibirsk as it is to one in Pasadena. …
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€77.04
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences & National Research Council: Post-Cold War Conflict Deterrence
Deterrence as a strategic concept evolved during the Cold War. During that period, deterrence strategy was aimed mainly at preventing aggression against the United States and its close allies by the …
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€70.74
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences & National Research Council: Database Needs for Modeling and Simulation of Plasma Processing
In spite of its high cost and technical importance, plasma equipment is still largely designed empirically, with little help from computer simulation. Plasma process control is rudimentary. Optimizat …
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€48.79
Computer Science and Telecommunications Board & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Computing and Communications in the Extreme
This book synthesizes the findings of three workshops on research issues in high-performance computing and communications (HPCC). It focuses on the role that computing and communications can play in …
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€51.46
Committee on the Mathematics and Physics of Emerging Dynamic Biomedical Imaging & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Mathematics and Physics of Emerging Biomedical Imaging
This cross-disciplinary book documents the key research challenges in the mathematical sciences and physics that could enable the economical development of novel biomedical imaging devices. It is hop …
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Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences & National Research Council: Statistical Software Engineering
This book identifies challenges and opportunities in the development and implementation of software that contain significant statistical content. While emphasizing the relevance of using rigorous sta …
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€42.55
Committee for a Pilot Study on Database Interfaces & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Finding the Forest in the Trees
During the last few decades of the 20th century, the development of an array of technologies has made it possible to observe the Earth, collect large quantities of data related to components and proc …
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€60.35
Committee on Mathematical Challenges from Computational Chemistry & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Mathematical Challenges from Theoretical/Computational Chemistry
Computational methods are rapidly becoming major tools of theoretical, pharmaceutical, materials, and biological chemists. Accordingly, the mathematical models and numerical analysis that underlie th …
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€35.93
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences & National Research Council: Preserving Scientific Data on Our Physical Universe
This book advises the National Archives and Records Administration and federal R&D agencies on the long-term retention of scientific and technical data, particularly in electronic formats. It propose …
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€36.01
Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey Committee & Board on Physics and Astronomy: Astronomy and Astrophysics in the New Millennium
In this new book, a distinguished panel makes recommendations for the nation’s programs in astronomy and astrophysics, including a number of new initiatives for observing the universe. With the goal …
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€61.90
Committee on Strengthening the Linkages Between the Sciences and the Mathematical Sciences & National Research Council: Strengthening the Linkages Between the Sciences and the Mathematical Sciences
Over three hundred years ago, Galileo is reported to have said, "The laws of nature are written in the language of mathematics." Often mathematics and science go hand in hand, with one help …
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€47.15
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Electrometallurgical Techniques for DOE Spent Fuel Treatment: Electrometallurgical Techniques for DOE Spent Fuel Treatment
The Committee on Electrometallurgical Techniques for DOE Spent Fuel Treatment was formed in September 1994 in response to a request made to the National Research Council (NRC) by the U.S. Department …
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€46.12
Committee for the Review of ONR’s Marine Corps Science and Technology Program & National Research Council: 2000 Assessment of the Office of Naval Research’s Marine Corps Science and Technology Program
This review of the Science and Technology (S&T) program of the Office of Naval Research’s (ONR’s) Expeditionary Warfare Operations Technology Division, Code 353, comes at a time of considerable chang …
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€46.43
Committee on Earth Studies & National Research Council: Role of Small Satellites in NASA and NOAA Earth Observation Programs
Remote observations of Earth from space serve an extraordinarily broad range of purposes, resulting in extraordinary demands on those at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the …
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€41.15
Ad Hoc Committee on the Assessment of Mission Size Trade-offs for Earth and Space Science Missions & National Research Council: Assessment of Mission Size Trade-offs for NASA’s Earth and Space Science Missions
Assessment of Mission Size Trade-offs for NASA’s Earth and Space Science Missions addresses fundamental issues of mission architecture in the nation’s scientific space program and responds to the FY9 …
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€40.96
Committee on Earth Studies & National Research Council: Issues in the Integration of Research and Operational Satellite Systems for Climate Research
This is the second of two Space Studies Board reports that address the complex issue of incorporating the needs of climate research into the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellit …
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€30.87
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics: Federal Funding of Astronomical Research
The Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics (CAA), at its meeting on September 8, 1997, was briefed on the legislative report accompanying the bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1998 a …
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€30.58
Committee for the Review of ONR’s Uninhabited Combat Air Vehicles Program & National Research Council: Review of ONR’s Uninhabited Combat Air Vehicles Program
Joint Vision 20101 addresses the need for achieving military dominance through the application of new operational concepts. For the Department of the Navy, future operational concepts will hinge on a …
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€30.78
Arthur C. Gossard: Advanced Epitaxy for Future Electronics, Optics, and Quantum Physics
The future development of electronics, optics, and, quite probably, quantum physics is being driven by advances in epitaxial materials. Band gap engineering, wafer bonding techniques, and epitaxial r …
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€21.84
Chemical Sciences Roundtable & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Impact of Advances in Computing and Communications Technologies on Chemical Science and Technology
The Chemical Sciences Roundtable provides a forum for discussing chemically related issues affecting government, industry and government. The goal is to strengthen the chemical sciences by foster com …
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€70.77
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences & National Research Council: Twenty-Second Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics
The Twenty-Second Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics was held in Washington, D.C., from August 9-14, 1998. It coincided with the 100th anniversary of the David Taylor Model Basin. This international sy …
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€205.41
Committee on U.S. Mathematical Sciences Research Institutes & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: U.S. Research Institutes in the Mathematical Sciences
This report is the result of a fast-track study of U.S. mathematical sciences research institutes done in response to a request from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The task of the Committee o …
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€21.95
National Research Council & Naval Studies Board: Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence
The focus of this report is on artificial intelligence (AI) and human-computer interface (HCI) technology. Observations, conclusions, and recommendations regarding AI and HCI are presented in terms o …
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€48.77
Committee on Technology for Future Naval Forces & National Research Council: Technology for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, 2000-2035: Becoming a 21st-Century Force
The future national security environment will present the naval forces with operational challenges that can best be met through the development of military capabilities that effectively leverage rapi …
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€3.84
Committee on International Space Programs & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: U.S.-European Collaboration in Space Science
U.S.-European Collaboration in Space Science reviews the past 30 years of space-based research across the Atlantic. The book, which was prepared jointly with the European Space Science Committee (und …
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€3.85
Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey Committee & Board on Physics and Astronomy: Astronomy and Astrophysics in the New Millennium
In this new book, a distinguished panel makes recommendations for the nation’s programs in astronomy and astrophysics, including a number of new initiatives for observing the universe. With the goal …
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€34.33
Committee for the Review of ONR’s Marine Corps Science and Technology Program & National Research Council: 2000 Assessment of the Office of Naval Research’s Marine Corps Science and Technology Program
This review of the Science and Technology (S&T) program of the Office of Naval Research’s (ONR’s) Expeditionary Warfare Operations Technology Division, Code 353, comes at a time of considerable chang …
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€28.31
Committee on Space Biology and Medicine & National Research Council: Review of NASA’s Biomedical Research Program
The 1998 Committee on Space Biology and Medicine (CSBM) report A Strategy for Research in Space Biology and Medicine in the New Century assessed the known and potential effects of spaceflight on biol …
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€32.10
Committee for Naval Forces’ Capability for Theater Missile Defense & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Naval Forces’ Capability for Theater Missile Defense
At the request of the Chief of Naval Operations, the National Research Council, under the auspices of the Naval Studies Board, established a committee to assess the Department of the Navy’s current a …
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€55.96
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Carbon Management
Considerable international concerns exist about global climate change and its relationship to the growing use of fossil fuels. Carbon dioxide is released by chemical reactions that are employed to ex …
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€66.58
Committee for Mine Warfare Assessment & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Naval Mine Warfare
Sea mines have been important in naval warfare throughout history and continue to be so today. They have caused major damage to naval forces, slowed or stopped naval actions and commercial shipping, …
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€62.92
Committee on the Internet in the Evolving Information Infrastructure & Computer Science and Telecommunications Board: Internet’s Coming of Age
What most of us know as "the Internet" is actually a set of largely autonomous, loosely coordinated communication networks. As the influence of the Internet continues to grow, understanding …
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€34.42
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Women in the Chemical Workforce
For a period of history no women worked outside the home. Bust as years have gone by and society has changed, Women are working varying jobs every day. They are, however, underrepresented in some sec …
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€37.32
Arthur C. Gossard: Advanced Epitaxy for Future Electronics, Optics, and Quantum Physics
The future development of electronics, optics, and, quite probably, quantum physics is being driven by advances in epitaxial materials. Band gap engineering, wafer bonding techniques, and epitaxial r …
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€14.80
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences & National Research Council: Size Limits of Very Small Microorganisms
How small can a free-living organism be? On the surface, this question is straightforward-in principle, the smallest cells can be identified and measured. But understanding what factors determine thi …
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€38.05
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & National Research Council: Laboratory Design, Construction, and Renovation
Laboratory facilities are complex, technically sophisticated, and mechanically intensive structures that are expensive to build and to maintain. Hundreds of decisions must be made before and during n …
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€36.73
Committee on an Information Technology Strategy for the Library of Congress & Computer Science and Telecommunications Board: LC21
Digital information and networks challenge the core practices of libraries, archives, and all organizations with intensive information management needs in many respectsnot only in terms of accommodat …
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€34.81
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Graduate Education in the Chemical Sciences
Graduate Education in the Chemical Sciences is a summary of the December 1999 workshop, "Graduate Education in the Chemical Sciences: Issues for the 21st Century." This workshop discussed t …
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€41.72
Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education & Committee on Computing and Communications Research to Enable Better Use of Information Technology in Government: Summary of a Workshop on Information Technology Research for Federal Statistics (
Part of an in-depth study of how information technology research and development could more effectively support advances in the use of information technology (IT) in government, Summary of a Workshop …
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€21.12
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee on Electrometallurgical Techniques for DOE Spent Fuel Treatment: Electrometallurgical Techniques for DOE Spent Fuel Treatment
The Committee on Electrometallurgical Techniques for DOE Spent Fuel Treatment was formed in September 1994 in response to a request made to the National Research Council (NRC) by the U.S. Department …
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€32.10
Committee on Earth Studies & National Research Council: Issues in the Integration of Research and Operational Satellite Systems for Climate Research
Currently, the Departments of Defense (DOD) and Commerce (DOC) acquire and operate separate polarorbiting environmental satellite systems that collect data needed for military and civil weather forec …
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€48.24
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Solar and Space Physics: Radiation and the International Space Station
A major objective of the International Space Station is learning how to cope with the inherent risks of human spaceflighthow to live and work in space for extended periods. The construction of the st …
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€28.16
Committee on Developing a Federal Materials Facilities Strategy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Cooperative Stewardship
The Committee on Developing a Federal Materials Facilities Strategy was appointed by the National Research Council (NRC) in response to a request by the federal agencies involved in funding and opera …
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€34.68
Chemical Sciences Roundtable & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Research Teams and Partnerships
The third workshop of the Chemical Sciences Roundtable, Research Teams and Partnerships was held in Irvine, California, on May 2-3, 1999. The presentations and discussions at the workshop considered …
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€37.13
Committee for a Study on Promoting Access to Scientific and Technical Data for the Public Interest & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Question of Balance
New legal approaches, such as the European Union’s 1996 Directive on the Legal Protection of Databases, and other legal initiatives now being considered in the United States at the federal and state …
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€31.61
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences & National Research Council: Materials in a New Era
The 1999 Solid State Sciences Committee Forum, entitled "Materials in a New Era, " was held at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., on February 16-17, 1999. The forum was d …
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€21.27
Committee for the Review of ONR’s Uninhabited Combat Air Vehicles Program & National Research Council: Review of ONR’s Uninhabited Combat Air Vehicles Program
Joint Vision 20101 addresses the need for achieving military dominance through the application of new operational concepts. For the Department of the Navy, future operational concepts will hinge on a …
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€21.19
Ad Hoc Committee on the Assessment of Mission Size Trade-offs for Earth and Space Science Missions & National Research Council: Assessment of Mission Size Trade-offs for NASA’s Earth and Space Science Missions
Assessment of Mission Size Trade-offs for NASA’s Earth and Space Science Missions addresses fundamental issues of mission architecture in the nation’s scientific space program and responds to the FY9 …
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€28.31
Committee on Computing and Communications Research to Enable Better Use of Information Technology in Government & Computer Science and Telecommunications Board: Summary of a Workshop on Information Technology Research for Crisis Management
This workshop summary was produced in the course of a broader study that is exploring how information technology research can foster new and improved government services, operations, and interactions …
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€28.24
Committee for Naval Hydromechanics Science and Technology & National Research Council: Assessment of Naval Hydromechanics Science and Technology
The Department of the Navy maintains a vigorous science and technology (S&T) research program in those areas that are critically important to ensuring U.S. naval superiority in the maritime environme …
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€34.74
Committee for Undersea Weapons Science and Technology & National Research Council: Assessment of Undersea Weapons Science and Technology
The Department of the Navy strives to maintain, through its Office of Naval Research (ONR), a vigorous science and technology (S&T) program in those areas considered critically important to U.S. nava …
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€34.56
Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Science Strategy for the Exploration of Europa
Since its discovery in 1610, Europaone of Jupiter’s four large moonshas been an object of interest to astronomers and planetary scientists. Much of this interest stems from observations made by NASA’ …
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€34.42
Committee on Network-Centric Naval Forces & National Research Council: Network-Centric Naval Forces
Network-Centric Naval Forces: A Transition Strategy for Enhancing Operational Capabilities is a study to advise the Department of the Navy regarding its transition strategy to achieve a network-centr …
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€128.39
Committee on Naval Expeditionary Logistics & National Research Council: Naval Expeditionary Logistics
At the request of the Chief of Naval Operations, the National Research Council (NRC) conducted a study to determine the technological requirements, operational changes, and combat service support str …
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€38.25
Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Scientific Rationale for Mobility in Planetary Environments
For the last several decades, the Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration (COMPLEX) has advocated a systematic approach to exploration of the solar system; that is, the information and understan …
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€34.42
Committee on Microgravity Research & National Research Council: Microgravity Research in Support of Technologies for the Human Exploration and Development of Space and Planetary Bodies
The frontier represented by the near solar system confronts humanity with intriguing challenges and opportunities. With the inception of the Human Exploration and Development of Space (HEDS) enterpri …
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€64.35
Committee to Review DOD C4I Plans and Programs & Computer Science and Telecommunications Board: Realizing the Potential of C4I
Rapid progress in information and communications technologies is dramatically enhancing the strategic role of information, positioning effective exploitation of these technology advances as a critica …
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€43.86
Committee on Information Systems Trustworthiness & Computer Science and Telecommunications Board: Trust in Cyberspace
Whether or not you use a computer, you probably use a telephone, electric power, and a bank. Although you may not be aware of their presence, networked computer systems are increasingly becoming an i …
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€88.59
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Assessing the Value of Research in the Chemical Sciences
This book captures the messages from a workshop that brought together research managers from government, industry, and academia to review and discuss the mechanisms that have been proposed or used to …
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€34.66
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences & National Research Council: Preserving Scientific Data on Our Physical Universe
This book advises the National Archives and Records Administration and federal R&D agencies on the long-term retention of scientific and technical data, particularly in electronic formats. It propose …
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€25.04
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences & National Research Council: Fostering Research on the Economic and Social Impacts of Information Technology
The tremendous growth in use of information technology (IT) has led to an increased interest in understanding its social and economic impacts. This book presents examples of crosscutting research tha …
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€34.59
Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Exploring the Trans-Neptunian Solar System
In the last decade, our knowledge of the outer solar system has been transformed as a result of the Voyager 2 encounter with Neptune and its satellite Triton and from Earth-based observations of the …
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€34.42
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences & National Research Council: Containing the Threat from Illegal Bombings
In response to the rising concern of the American public over illegal bombings, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms asked the National Research Council to examine possible mechanisms for red …
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€41.92
Committee on Issues in the Transborder Flow of Scientific Data & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Bits of Power
Since Galileo corresponded with Kepler, the community of scientists has become increasingly international. A DNA sequence is as significant to a researcher in Novosibirsk as it is to one in Pasadena. …
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€54.40
Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Exploration of Near Earth Objects
Comets and asteroids are in some sense the fossils of the solar system. They have avoided most of the drastic physical processing that shaped the planets and thus represent more closely the propertie …
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€34.68
Committee on Maintaining Privacy and Security in Health Care Applications of the National Information Infrastructure & Computer Science and Telecommunications Board: For the Record
When you visit the doctor, information about you may be recorded in an office computer. Your tests may be sent to a laboratory or consulting physician. Relevant information may be transmitted to your …
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€32.74
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences & National Research Council: Radiation Hazards to Crews of Interplanetary Missions
NASA’s long-range plans include possible human exploratory missions to the moon and Mars within the next quarter century. Such missions beyond low Earth orbit will expose crews to transient radiation …
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€34.75
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences & National Research Council: Mars Sample Return
The Space Studies Board of the National Research Council (NRC) serves as the primary adviser to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on planetary protection policy, the purpose of …
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€34.70
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences & National Research Council: Supporting Research and Data Analysis in NASA’s Science Programs
Effective science, clearly a mandate for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), involves asking significant questions about the physical and biological world and seeking definitive …
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€30.93
Committee on Smokeless and Black Powder & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Black and Smokeless Powders
Some 600 pipe bomb explosions have occurred annually in the United States during the past several years. How can technology help protect the public from these homemade devices?This book, a response t …
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€32.52
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Elementary-Particle Physics
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€24.10
National Research Council & Water Science and Technology Board: Hazardous Waste Site Management
Hazardous Waste Site Management addresses current methods used in the regulatory process with respect to water quality cleanup levels. Information and perspectives on the adequacy of these methods ar …
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€27.67
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate & Committee on Global Change: Ozone Depletion, Greenhouse Gases, and Climate Change
Ozone depletion in the stratosphere and increases in greenhouse gases in the troposphere are both subjects of growing concerneven alarmamong scientists, policymakers, and the public. At the same time …
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€40.46
Committee on Geodesy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Geodesy in the Year 2000
Geodesy has undergone technological and theoretical changes of immense proportions since the launching of Sputnik. The accuracy of current satellite geodetic data has approached the centimeter level …
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€19.94
Committee on Optical Science and Engineering & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Harnessing Light
Optical science and engineering affect almost every aspect of our lives. Millions of miles of optical fiber carry voice and data signals around the world. Lasers are used in surgery of the retina, ki …
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€43.12
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Plasmas and Fluids
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€31.44
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Overview
An Overview: Physics Through the 1990’s is part of an eight-volume research assessment of the major fields of physics that reviews the developments that have taken place and highlights research oppor …
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€14.62
Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Mono Basin Ecosystem
Mono Basin is a closed hydrologic basin spanning the border between California and Nevada. Los Angeles has been diverting streams since 1941 that normally would flow into Mono Lake. It has been predi …
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€73.94
Committee on Global Change & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Global Change and Our Common Future
Global Change and Our Common Future includes 22 edited presentations from the Forum on Global Change and Our Common Future. The Forum, sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences, Smithsonian Insti …
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€23.68
Continental Margins Committee & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Margins
Approximately 70 percent of the world’s population is concentrated in the coastal borderlands, which geologists recognize to be the present continental margins. This new book on these continental mar …
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€29.45
Committee on Global Change & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Research Strategies for the U.S. Global Change Research Program
This book recommends research priorities and scientific approaches for global change research. It addresses the scientific approaches for documenting global change, developing integrated earth system …
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€27.61
Committee on the Mathematics and Physics of Emerging Dynamic Biomedical Imaging & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Mathematics and Physics of Emerging Biomedical Imaging
This cross-disciplinary book documents the key research challenges in the mathematical sciences and physics that could enable the economical development of novel biomedical imaging devices. It is hop …
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€36.50
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences & National Research Council: Post-Cold War Conflict Deterrence
Deterrence as a strategic concept evolved during the Cold War. During that period, deterrence strategy was aimed mainly at preventing aggression against the United States and its close allies by the …
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€47.89
Commission on Physical Sciences & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Global Tropospheric Chemistry
In a giant step toward managing today’s pollution problems more effectively, this report lays out a framework to coordinate an interdisciplinary and international investigation of the chemical compos …
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€25.09
Committee on the Atmospheric Effects of Nuclear Explosions & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Effects on the Atmosphere of a Major Nuclear Exchange
Most of the earth’s population would survive the immediate horrors of a nuclear holocaust, but what long-term climatological changes would affect their ability to secure food and shelter? This soberi …
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€53.40
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Nuclear Physics
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€63.56
Committee on Chemical Engineering Frontiers: Research Needs and Opportunities & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Frontiers in Chemical Engineering
In the next 10 to 15 years, chemical engineers have the potential to affect every aspect of American life and promote the scientific and industrial leadership of the United States. Frontiers in Chemi …
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€29.56
Committee on the Mathematical Sciences in Genome and Protein Structure Research & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Calculating the Secrets of Life
As researchers have pursued biology’s secrets to the molecular level, mathematical and computer sciences have played an increasingly important rolein genome mapping, population genetics, and even the …
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€76.24
Committee on Monitoring and Assessment of Trends in Acid Deposition & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Acid Deposition
How damaging is acid rain? Current opinions differ widely, in part because for every proposed link between acid rain and adverse environmental effects an alternative explanation based on other phenom …
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€34.42
Board on Mathematical Sciences & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Spatial Statistics and Digital Image Analysis
Spatial statistics is one of the most rapidly growing areas of statistics, rife with fascinating research opportunities. Yet many statisticians are unaware of those opportunities, and most students i …
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€64.27
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences & Geophysics Research Forum: Groundwater Contamination
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€50.19
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences & National Research Council: Oil in the Sea
This comprehensive volume follows up and expands on an earlier National Academy of Sciences book. It is the result of an intensive multidisciplinary effort to assess the problems relating to petroleu …
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€143.35
Commission on Physical Sciences & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Earth’s Electrical Environment
This latest addition to the Studies in Geophysics series explores in scientific detail the phenomenon of lightning, cloud, and thunderstorm electricity, and global and regional electrical processes. …
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€72.04
Committee on Strengthening the Linkages Between the Sciences and the Mathematical Sciences & National Research Council: Strengthening the Linkages Between the Sciences and the Mathematical Sciences
Over three hundred years ago, Galileo is reported to have said, "The laws of nature are written in the language of mathematics." Often mathematics and science go hand in hand, with one help …
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€34.03
Committee on Earth Studies & National Research Council: Issues in the Integration of Research and Operational Satellite Systems for Climate Research
This is the second of two Space Studies Board reports that address the complex issue of incorporating the needs of climate research into the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellit …
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€21.27
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences & Mathematics, and Applications Commission on Physical Sciences: Biosafety in the Laboratory
Biosafety in the Laboratory is a concise set of practical guidelines for handling and disposing of biohazardous material. The consensus of top experts in laboratory safety, this volume provides the i …
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€63.54
Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey Committee & Board on Physics and Astronomy: Working Papers
This volume contains working papers on astronomy and astrophysics prepared by 15 non-National Research Council panels in areas ranging from radio astronomy to the status of the profession. …
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€34.49
Committee on Mathematical Challenges from Computational Chemistry & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Mathematical Challenges from Theoretical/Computational Chemistry
Computational methods are rapidly becoming major tools of theoretical, pharmaceutical, materials, and biological chemists. Accordingly, the mathematical models and numerical analysis that underlie th …
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€25.04
Board on Mathematical Sciences & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Large-Scale Structures in Acoustics and Electromagnetics
This book focuses on computational methods to determine the dynamics of large-scale electromagnetic, acoustic, and mechanical systems, including those with many substructures and characterized by an …
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€28.82
Computer Science and Telecommunications Board & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Unpredictable Certainty
This book contains a key component of the NII 2000 project of the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, a set of white papers that contributed to and complements the project’s final report, …
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€115.05
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics: Federal Funding of Astronomical Research
The Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics (CAA), at its meeting on September 8, 1997, was briefed on the legislative report accompanying the bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1998 a …
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€21.24
National Research Council & Space Studies Board: Future Biotechnology Research on the International Space Station
Under current NASA plans, investigations in the area of biotechnology will be a significant component of the life sciences research to be conducted on the International Space Station (ISS). They enco …
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€34.74
Committee on Irrigation-Induced Water Quality Problems & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Irrigation-Induced Water Quality Problems
When waterfowl began to die from selenium poisoning at Kesterson National Wildlife Refuge in California’s San Joaquin Valley, considerable alarm arose among environmental and agricultural specialists …
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€36.77
Committee on Polymer Science and Engineering & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Polymer Science and Engineering
Polymers are used in everything from nylon stockings to commercial aircraft to artificial heart valves, and they have a key role in addressing international competitiveness and other national issues. …
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€53.17
Commission on Physical Sciences & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Disposal of Industrial and Domestic Wastes
Can decision makers meaningfully compare land versus sea options for waste disposal? Using available scientific data on waste behavior and new studies from East and West Coast dump sites, this book s …
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€57.27
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology & Committee to Survey Opportunities in the Chemical Sciences: Opportunities in Chemistry
Opportunities in Chemistry is based on the contributions of hundreds of American chemists in academia and industry and should be taken as the best available consensus of the chemical community regard …
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€34.73
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Condensed-Matter Physics
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€83.61
Committee on Risk Perception and Communication & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Improving Risk Communication
Technological risk and the process of explaining risks to the public have become major public issues. The mention of Bhopal or Love Canal can provoke emotional argumentsnot only about the hazards the …
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€88.61
Committee on Ground Water Modeling Assessment & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Ground Water Models
The discovery of toxic pollution at Love Canal brought ground water contamination to the forefront of public attention. Since then, ground water science and modeling have become increasingly importan …
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€82.83
Board on Mathematical Sciences & Classification and Clustering: Discriminant Analysis and Clustering
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€26.77
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Photonics
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€14.72
Committee to Provide Interim Oversight of the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Nuclear Weapons Complex
In this volume, the National Research Council examines problems arising throughout government-owned, contractor-operated facilities in the United States engaged in activities to build nuclear weapons …
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€19.25
Computer Science and Telecommunications Board & National Research Council: Keeping the U.S. Computer Industry Competitive
Systems integrationthe enterprise-wide integration of computer applicationsoffers an enormous opportunity for U.S. firms to capitalize on their strengths in such areas as complex software, networking …
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€19.33
Committee on Institutional Considerations in Reducing the Generation of Hazardous Industrial Wastes & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Reducing Hazardous Waste Generation
This is the first thorough exploration of how industry, government, and the public can use available nontechnical means to reduce significantly the amount of hazardous waste entering the environment. …
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€10.26
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences & National Research Council: Database Needs for Modeling and Simulation of Plasma Processing
In spite of its high cost and technical importance, plasma equipment is still largely designed empirically, with little help from computer simulation. Plasma process control is rudimentary. Optimizat …
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€34.71
Computer Science and Telecommunications Board & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Computers at Risk
Computers at Risk presents a comprehensive agenda for developing nationwide policies and practices for computer security. Specific recommendations are provided for industry and for government agencie …
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€81.26
Computer Science and Telecommunications Board & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Computing and Communications in the Extreme
This book synthesizes the findings of three workshops on research issues in high-performance computing and communications (HPCC). It focuses on the role that computing and communications can play in …
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€49.53
Committee on Solar Physics & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Field of Solar Physics
Exciting new observational and theoretical advances lead today’s solar physicists to challenge many of the predictions of even recent models. This volume summarizes the major questions at the forefro …
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€14.66
Committee on Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Land Use Planning and Oil and Gas Leasing on Onshore Federal Lands
This book reviews the consideration of oil and gas leasing in the land use planning processes of the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service. This volume was required by the Federal Onshore Oil …
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€24.86
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: North American Continent-Ocean Transects Program
This book discusses the results of the transects program, which involves compilations of maps and cross sections showing geological, geophysical, and geochemical data and interpretations along 23 tra …
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€33.46
Board on Mathematical Sciences & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Mathematical Sciences, Technology, and Economic Competitiveness
This book describes the contributions of mathematics to the nation’s advanced technology and to economic competitiveness. Examples from five industriesaircraft, petroleum, automotive, semiconductor, …
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€21.83
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences & National Research Council: Catalysis Looks to the Future
The impact of catalysis on the nation’s economy is evidenced by the fact that catalytic technologies generate U.S. sales in excess of $400 billion per year and a net positive balance of trade of $16 …
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€19.38
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Plasma Processing of Materials
Plasma processing of materials is a critical technology to several of the largest manufacturing industries in the worldelectronics, aerospace, automotive, steel, biomedical, and toxic waste managemen …
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€30.60
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences & National Research Council: Future of Statistical Software
This book presents guidelines for the development and evaluation of statistical software designed to ensure minimum acceptable statistical functionality as well as ease of interpretation and use. It …
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€19.12
Committee on Mathematical Sciences Applied to Materials Science & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Mathematical Research in Materials Science
This book describes fruitful past collaborations between the mathematical and materials sciences and indicates future challenges. It seeks both to encourage mathematical sciences research that will c …
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€23.22
Committee for a Pilot Study on Database Interfaces & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Finding the Forest in the Trees
During the last few decades of the 20th century, the development of an array of technologies has made it possible to observe the Earth, collect large quantities of data related to components and proc …
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€42.56
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences & National Research Council: Rights and Responsibilities of Participants in Networked Communities
This book describes a number of social and legal issues as they relate to various members of electronically networked communities. After a brief introduction to relevant legal precedents and to the m …
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€26.89
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences & National Research Council: Statistical Software Engineering
This book identifies challenges and opportunities in the development and implementation of software that contain significant statistical content. While emphasizing the relevance of using rigorous sta …
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€28.95
Board on Mathematical Sciences & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Motion, Control, and Geometry
Some of the modem developments described in Motion, Control, and Geometry include the geometric control of robot motion and craft orientation, how high-power precision micromotors are engineered for …
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€34.24
National Research Council & Naval Studies Board: Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence
The focus of this report is on artificial intelligence (AI) and human-computer interface (HCI) technology. Observations, conclusions, and recommendations regarding AI and HCI are presented in terms o …
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€34.75
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences & National Research Council: Nonlinear Science
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€34.74
Committee on Human Exploration & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Human Exploration of Space
During 1988, the National Research Council’s Space Science Board reorganized itself to more effectively address NASA’s advisory needs. The Board’s scope was broadened: it was renamed the Space Studie …
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€39.53
Committee on U.S. Mathematical Sciences Research Institutes & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: U.S. Research Institutes in the Mathematical Sciences
This report is the result of a fast-track study of U.S. mathematical sciences research institutes done in response to a request from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The task of the Committee o …
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€14.73
Committee on Earth Studies & National Research Council: Role of Small Satellites in NASA and NOAA Earth Observation Programs
Remote observations of Earth from space serve an extraordinarily broad range of purposes, resulting in extraordinary demands on those at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the …
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€28.38
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems: Impact of Selling the Federal Helium Reserve
The Helium Privatization Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-273) directs the Department of the Interior to begin liquidating the U.S. Federal Helium Reserve by 2005 in a manner consistent with "minimum marke …
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€25.52
Board on Physics and Astronomy & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
The goals of atomic, molecular, and optical physics (AMO physics) are to elucidate the fundamental laws of physics, to understand the structure of matter and how matter evolves at the atomic and mole …
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€65.27
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences & George C. Pimentel: Opportunities in Chemistry
Experts agree that the nation would benefit if more young people "turned on" to the sciences. This book is designed as a tool to do just that. It is based on Opportunities in Chemistry, a N …
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€14.78
Board on Radioactive Waste Management & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Social and Economic Aspects of Radioactive Waste Disposal
To complement the growing body of knowledge on the physical aspects of radioactive waste disposal, this new report identifies the "socioeconomic and institutional" policy issues that must b …
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€19.94
Bernard L. Madison & Committee on the Mathematical Sciences in the Year 2000: Challenge of Numbers
A Challenge of Numbers describes the circumstances and issues centered on people in the mathematical sciences, principally students and teachers at U.S. colleges and universities. A healthy flow of m …
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€10.27
Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey Committee & Board on Physics and Astronomy: Decade of Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomers and astrophysicists are making revolutionary advances in our understanding of planets, stars, galaxies, and even the structure of the universe itself. The Decade of Discovery presents a s …
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€29.45
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences & National Research Council: Probability and Algorithms
Some of the hardest computational problems have been successfully attacked through the use of probabilistic algorithms, which have an element of randomness to them. Concepts from the field of probabi …
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€52.13
Chemical Sciences Roundtable & Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences: Impact of Advances in Computing and Communications Technologies on Chemical Science and Technology
The Chemical Sciences Roundtable provides a forum for discussing chemically related issues affecting government, industry and government. The goal is to strengthen the chemical sciences by foster com …
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€50.07
