Engineers’ dreams and fossil energy replacement schemes can come true. Man has been tapping the energy of the sea to provide power for his industries for centuries. Tidal energy combined with that of waves and marine winds rank among those most successfully put the work. Large scale plants are capital intensive but smaller ones, particularly built in China, have proven profitable. Since the initiation of the St Malo project in France, similar projects have gone into active service where methods have been devised to cut down on costs, new types of turbines developed and cost competitiveness considerably improved. Tidal power has enormous potential. The book reviews recent progress in extracting power from the ocean, surveys the history of tidal power harnessing and updates a prior publication by the author.
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Chronicles the lives and achievements of pioneering women in medicine, including cardiologist Helen Brook Taussig, pathologist Alice Hamilton, psychoanalyst Anna Freud, and medical researcher Florence Sabin.
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Lucent's Endangered Animals & Habitats titles focus on species and environments that are threatened with extinction. Each book provides a revealing description of the endangered animal or habitat and a critical examination of the methods employed to save it. Part of Lucent's popular Overview Series, Endangered Animals & Habitats impartially assesses the delicate balance between ever-expanding human needs and the desire to maintain an environment rich in biodiversity.
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Great War Memoirs of General Erich von Falkenhayn, Germany?s supreme military commander from September 1914, when he replaced Moltke, to Septmber 1916 when he was replaced by Hindenburg and Ludendorff. This is the military mind that conceived the battle o
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From his column of the same name comes Jon Katz's Media Rants, a collection of essays on the changing nature of media and government and the birth of the online community. Katz is outspoken on a number of wide-ranging topics including the 1996 Presidential election, old media and the threat of the Internet, the life and death of Tupac Shakur, and why The X-Files is the most intelligent show on TV. Engaging and compelling, he is never afraid to provoke fierce responses from his readers or vigorously defend his views under fire--which is not to say that he is unwilling to reevaluate his own views when faced with persuasive arguments to the contrary. It is this continual sense of evolution and transformation that brings Media Rants to life. As a book, it cannot hope to capture the same dynamic as the column, but it is successful in presenting a snapshot of one year in this continually transforming medium. If you're not familiar with Katz's writing, this is a good introduction to one of the more unique and interesting journalistic voices on the Web today.
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Reference pictorial essay book on the Creativity and Evolution of the Automobile; Many color photos by Lucinda Lewis; technology innovations highlighted; automotive styling; Large coffee table type referenced book; good reception area book for car dealers
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