Probability and Statistics are studied by most science students. Many current texts in the area are just cookbooks and, as a result, students do not know why they perform the methods they are taught, or why the methods work. The strength of this book ..

From the raucous mantled howler monkeys and the charismatic white-nosed coatis to the elusive jaguar, The Mammals of Costa Rica offers authoritative accounts of the fascinating creatures of the neotropics. With more than four hundred spectacular…

This educational and highly useful book shows the hacker and maker communities how to bring science into the kitchen. Cooking for Geeks will appeal to a broad audience of scientists, cooks, and programmers who want to experiment with food the way the ..

Originally published in 1911. HISTORY of BRIDGE ENGINEERING. PREFACE :- PROFICIENCY in any art or science is not attained until its history is known. . Many a student and a designer finds, after weary hours of thought, that the problems over which he studied were considered …

This book presents a unified hierarchical formulation of theories for three-dimensional continua, two-dimensional shells, one-dimensional rods, and zero-dimensional points. Moreover, it is shown that a Cosserat point can be used like a finite element ..

The most up-to-date and authoritative resource on the biology and evolution of solitary beesWhile social bees such as honey bees and bumble bees are familiar to most people, they comprise less than 10 percent of all bee species in the worl