Technology & Engineering
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Autonomous Vehicles Plus
A Critical Analysis of Challenges Delaying AV Nirvana by Chander Dhawan
Autonomous Vehicles Plus: A Critical Analysis of Challenges Delaying AV Nirvana is a valuable compendium of information for autonomous vehicle (AV) industry professionals. The book offers a critical analysis of this emerging technology and business ...
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The End of Fossil Fuel Insanity
Clearing the Air Before Cleaning the Air by Terry Etam
Everyone knows that fossil fuels won’t last forever. Something needs to change at some point, regardless of whether the issue is climate change or because we need a practical replacement for petroleum as cheap supplies run out. But while headlines ...
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Farewell To The Good Old Days
by David R. Greatrix
Farewell to the Good Old Days is a lively and intimate tale by David Greatrix, a man who has lived a dynamic professional life, first as an aerospace engineer and then as a professor of the subject. The book, leaning heavily on the actual life ...
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The Soil Fixers
Land stewards committed to the cause by Harold B. Rudy
Are they human, biological, extraterrestrial? The future of our food, our waterways, our climate, and our civilization depend upon soil. How we conserve, or repair damage to this essential resource is one of the most important commitments of our ...
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Bicycle Snowplow!
Why and How to Plow Pathways by David G. Coldwell
A New Kind of Cycling Advocacy. In Calgary Alberta, bicycle snowplowing was born at a time when pathways weren't plowed at all. Early snowplowing pioneers convinced City Hall that pathways needed to be plowed, not just for cyclists and pedestrians, ...
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Everything I Need to Know About Electricity....Well Almost
An Introduction to the Science and Engineering of Electricity in the Digital Information Age by Gordon Klimenko
The subject of electricity is explored through a young person with a thirst for knowledge. The heart of the digital information age involving computers, Internet, smart phones, jump drives, music, video and cameras is seen through the eyes of a ...
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Beyond The Little Blue Box
The biographical adventures of John T Draper (aka Captain Crunch). Notorious 'Phone Phreak', legendary internet pioneer and ardent privacy advocate. by John T Draper and C Wilson Fraser
Welcome to the world of John T. Draper, better known as Captain Crunch, an eccentric genius who went from being a penniless hacker to a millionaire and back again. Along the way, he developed some of the most significant tools of the computer ...
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Flight Attendants Lost In the Line of Duty
Factual Accounts of Flight Attendant Actions in Life Threatening Incidents by B. Elizabeth Chabot
“The pilots were attempting to return to Honolulu but with the failure of both engines on the right wing of the UAL 747, combined with massive structural damage, there was a very real possibility that they would be required to ditch. The thought of ...
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The 4 Main Welding Techniques
Learning Through Instructions & Projects by James Davies Sr.
This book, through combinations of illustrations and wording, is designed to safely inform any individual interested in acquiring the safest and correct methods in learning how to weld in any of the four methods shown. With over 50 years in the ...
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From The Ground Up
The Weltis In The New World A Pioneer Story by Michaela Welti
Michaela Welti’s story starts as a little girl born in Switzerland just as the Nazi party came to power in Germany, and the whole of Europe was plunged into war when she was six. With the sound of the guns at the front closeby, Michaela’s father ...
