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James Clear, an expert on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. He draws on proven ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible.-- Publisher's description."No matter your goals, 'Atomic habits' offers a proven framework for improving--every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. Here, you'll get a proven system that can take you to new heights. Clear is known for his ability to distill complex topics into simple behaviors that can be easily applied to daily life and work. Here, he draws on the most proven ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible. Along the way, readers will be inspired and entertained with true stories from Olympic gold medalists, award-winning artists, business leaders, life-saving physicians, and star comedians who have used the science of small habits to master their craft and vault to the top of their field. Learn how to: make time for new habits (even when life gets crazy); overcome a lack of motivation and willpower; design your environment to make success easier; get back on track when you fall off course; and much more. 'Atomic habits' will reshape the way you think about progress and success, and give you the tools and strategies you need to transform your habits--whether you are a team looking to win a championship, an organization hoping to redefine an industry, or simply an individual who wishes to quit smoking, lose weight, reduce stress, or achieve any other goal.

In The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense at Work, nationally recognized linguistics expert and author Suzette Haden Elgin applies her techniques for combating verbal attacks to common workplace situations. Powerful yet unthreatening, her proven strategies will help you recognize and defend yourself from verbal abuse - everything from causal obscenities and racist or sexist language to sarcasm, cutting jokes, and subtle put-downs.

The book has introduced tens of thousands of students to the fundamentals of collecting, analyzing, and interpreting remotely sensed images. It presents cutting-edge tools and practical applications to land and water use analysis, natural resource management, climate change adaptation, and more. Each concise chapter is designed as an independent unit that instructors can use in any sequence. Pedagogical features include over 400 figures, chapter-opening lists of topics, case studies, end-of-chapter review questions, and links to recommended online videos and tutorials. New to This Edition *Discussions of Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2; the growth of unmanned aerial systems; mobile data collection; current directions in climate change detection, fire monitoring, and disaster response; and other timely topics.

his third edition covers the most recent advances incorporated since the publication of the previous book, relating to the acquisition and interpretation of remotely-sensed data. It includes updated EO missions, such as the third generations of geostationary meteorological satellites, the new polar orbiting platforms (Suomi), the ESA Sentinels program, and high-resolution commercial systems. Low-altitude sensing systems and improved coverage of digital techniques used to extract environmental information from remote sensing will be included as well; particularly, new machine learning classification techniques. Extended coverage of radar and LIDAR processing methods will also be included.

This revised and updated edition integrates the latest in modern technology with traditional cartographic principles. While providing a solid conceptual foundation in cartographic methodology, the text also introduces advances that have greatly altered cartographic techniques.

The scientific study aimed at understanding the origin and evolution of various landforms present on Earth is known as geomorphology. It includes the study of topographic and bathymetric features of the landforms. Climatic geomorphology focuses on climate's role in shaping the landforms and related processes. Biogeomorphology is an interdisciplinary field which studies the interactions between development of landforms and organisms. The study that focuses on interaction and relation of water and hydrologic processes with landforms is called hydrogeomorphology. There are diverse processes related to geomorphology. These include aeolian, biological, fluvial, glacial, hillslope, igneous, marine and tectonic processes. This book is a valuable compilation of topics, ranging from the basic to the most complex theories and principles in the field of geomorphology. Such selected concepts that redefine this field have been presented in it. For all those who are interested in geomorphology, this book can prove to be an essential guide.

A User's Guide for Planet Earth: Fundamentals of Environmental Science provides students with an exploration of the fundamental components of Earth's environmental systems, their interactions, and the way society affects and is affected by alterations in climate, ecosystems, hydrology, and various additional factors. The text distills essential environmental science concepts into an easy-to-understand and highly digestible textbook. The book begins by exploring several key background issues that lay the foundation for understanding the processes and drivers that control the behavior of the environment. It then delves into the main environmental systems of ecosystems, biogeochemical cycles, water, agriculture, oceans, human health, energy, and climate, culminating in a discussion of the Earth system. Students develop a fundamental understanding of how environmental processes are influenced by and can influence humans and broader society. In the revised second edition, population statistics, figures, captions, and research regarding global warming temperatures and carbon dioxide have been updated to reflect 2020 data. Additionally, COVID-19 within the context of environmental science is addressed. A User's Guide for Planet Earth is written for introductory environmental science courses. The clear, concise style of the text helps students grasp critical concepts without any prerequisite requirements.

From one of the most influential scientists of our time, a dazzling exploration of the hidden laws that govern the life cycle of everything from plants and animals to the cities we live in. The former head of the Sante Fe Institute, visionary physicist Geoffrey West is a pioneer in the field of complexity science, the science of emergent systems and networks. The term "complexity" can be misleading, however, because what makes West's discoveries so beautiful is that he has found an underlying simplicity that unites the seemingly complex and diverse phenomena of living systems, including our bodies, our cities and our businesses. Fascinated by issues of aging and mortality, West applied the rigor of a physicist to the biological question of why we live as long as we do and no longer. The result was astonishing, and changed science, creating a new understanding of energy use and metabolism: West found that despite the riotous diversity in the sizes of mammals, they are all, to a large degree, scaled versions of each other. If you know the size of a mammal, you can use scaling laws to learn everything from how much food it eats per day, what its heart-rate is, how long it will take to mature, its lifespan, and so on. Furthermore, the efficiency of the mammal's circulatory systems scales up precisely based on weight: if you compare a mouse, a human and an elephant on a logarithmic graph, you find with every doubling of average weight, a species gets 25% more efficient--and lives 25% longer. This speaks to everything from how long we can expect to live to how many hours of sleep we need. Fundamentally, he has proven, the issue has to do with the fractal geometry of the networks that supply energy and remove waste from the organism's body.

As we round the first quarter turn of the twenty-first century in the Common Era, Earth teems with over eight billion human souls-more than at any other epoch in our history. Yet there is no safety in numbers to be found in this burgeoning population; no shield against the myriad threats that loom. At the pinnacle of technological prowess, humanity is uniquely empowered to bring about its own collapse. Yet, while a seemingly silent universe may foretell near-certain doom, Earth's cleverest innovators are already devising the means to an unlimited future in the cosmos. In a fascinating narrative, Jonathan Jiang and Philip Rosen leverage their broad professional experiences in science, research, and engineering to open a dialogue exploring pathways that transcend basic survival to arrive at a thriving advanced technological society extending into the vast, mysterious universe. The solutions presented herein, conceived through pragmatically framed stewardship of our planet, bold technological innovation, and achievable interplanetary expansion, point the way to a prosperous multi-world future. Avoiding the Great Filter offers a compelling and realistic approach for how to use the powerful tools at hand to construct a comprehensive roadmap for humanity to overcome existential threats and flourish on Earth and beyond.

Tools from macroeconomics and finance to incorporate the central role that data plays in the economy. The most valuable firms in the global economy are valued largely for their data. Amazon, Apple, Google, and others have proven the competitive advantage of a good data set. And yet despite the growing importance of data as a strategic asset, modern economic theory neglects its role. In this book, Isaac Baley and Laura Veldkamp draw on a range of theoretical frameworks at the research frontier in macroeconomics and finance to model and measure data economies. Starting from the premise that data is digitized information that facilitates prediction and reduces uncertainty, Baley and Veldkamp uncover the ways that firm-level data choices resonate throughout the broader macroeconomic and financial landscapes.With The Data Economy, Baley and Veldkamp put forward a broad research agenda with a formal yet accessible approach, offering an analysis of the data economy and its welfare effects that will be of interest to practitioners, researchers, and graduate students. The tools presented, many of them information-related methods from macroeconomics and finance, are theoretical but introduced with careful attention to how they can inform or enable measurement. Applications include assessing the economic worth of data and unraveling its influence on the structure of production, inflation, and pricing dynamics; firm and investor behavior; advertising; market power; and asset pricing. Baley and Veldkamp bring readers to the cutting edge of this novel research area, equipping them to formulate their own theoretical advances and policy analysis.

In 'The AI-Driven Leader,' you'll learn how to: escape operational overwhelm and lead with strategic clarity, collapse the time it takes to turn data into decisions, transform your decision-making with AI for strategic advantage, 10x the impact of every employee, and apply real-world examples and prompts to get immediate results. Your company can adopt AI now and see immediate returns. 'The AI-Driven Leader' provides clear guidance on where to begin, helping you achieve rapid results. With this book, you'll learn how to harness AI as your strategic Thought Partner, enabling you to grow your business, outpace the competition, and get more done in less time.

Strategy requires an ability to conceive the future, see and create possibilities, and focus to choose a direction. Successful strategy is a mental discipline consisting of broad ranging, flexible, and creative thinking. Choosing the Future will help you achieve this success by studying fundamentals such as effective group thinking, knowing when to delay a decision for more information, balancing contrasting modes of thought, and transforming thought into action.

Larry distills the secrets and internal processes of Ware Malcomb's "whole brain leadership" culture and its fearless Strategic Growth strategy. An accessible handbook featuring illustrations by Larry, also an accomplished artist, Layered Leadership is an evidence-based guide to raising leaders who will prove instrumental to all kinds of companies' success.

Boost your confidence, inspire others, become a better leader! Whether you are new to a leadership role or want to take your existing leadership competencies to a higher level-here's the most practical guide for you. This book provides a fast track to learning the 50 key leadership skills that will really make a difference for your success as a leader. Based on state-of-the-art leadership knowledge, learn how to: get into the right leadership mindset and become a confident leader effectively communicate with others (including handlingtough conversations)set the right priorities to focus yourself and your team on the things that build and lead a winning team (including leading a virtual or agile team) help other people grow and achieve outstanding performance levels No leadership blah blah! Just clearand actionable advice on how to master the challenge of becoming a successful leader. With 50 practical exercises that will help you grow as a leader right away ... and with heartwarming illustrations that will allow you to 'feel' what effective leadership really means.

Project Management for Engineering, Business and Technology is a highly regarded textbook that addresses project management across all industries. First covering the essential background, from origins and philosophy to methodology, the bulk of the book is dedicated to concepts and techniques for practical application. The systems development cycle is used as a framework to discuss project management in a variety of situations, making this the go-to book for managing virtually any kind of project, program, or task force. It focuses on the ultimate purpose of project management-to unify and integrate the interests, resources and work efforts of many stakeholders, as well as the planning, scheduling, and budgeting needed to accomplish overall project goals. The seventh edition features: - Updates to cover the latest developments in project management methodologies: including new material on applications of visual management, agile and hybrid methodologies, PM 2.0, and artificial intelligence to project management, the "dark side" of projects, third-world projects and megaprojects. -Sixty-two end-of-chapter case studies that apply concepts and practices from the book to real life project situations. - Updated support materials, including an Instructor's Manual, PowerPoints, answers to chapter Review Questions and a test bank of questions. Taking a technical yet accessible approach, this book is an ideal resource and reference for all advanced undergraduate and graduate students in project management courses, as well as for practicing project managers across all industry sectors.

From a top risk analyst on major NASA and DoD projects-the concepts, information, and approaches you need to dramatically reduce financial risk on any project, in any industry Even when a quantitative approach to risk management is taken, the process is fraught with obstacles, including a lack of understanding of uncertainty and ignorance of actual risk levels, peoples' inherent biases that cause them to underestimate risk, and disconnection of staff and teams involved in the process. Ideal for project managers, business analysts, and senior decision makers in both the public and private sectors, Solving for Project Risk Management explains why standard cost and schedule management practices are sub-par and offers practical guidance on how to fix them. With heavy emphasis on risk management and understanding the role of uncertainty, this comprehensive guide provides everything readers need to ensure project success by conducting risk management the right way. Whatever the size or complexity of a project, the failure to manage it with diligence and know-how can-and often does-lead to devastating consequences for an organization. Chapters include: The Enduring Problem of Cost and Schedule Growth The Quantitative Cost and Schedule Risk Imperative Incorporating Realism in Risk Analysis Considering the Right Tail in Risk Management The Need for Portfolio Management Smart lays out common problems and explains how to solve them for positive outcomes, including how to use uncertainty to make better decisions, and employs narrative and personal experience to illustrate key concepts. Whatever the size or complexity of a project, the failure to manage its inherent risk with diligence and know-how can-and often does-lead to devastating consequences for an organization. Solving for Project Risk Management delivers everything you need to ensure your projects run smoothly and deliver the expected value to your organization.

Three things you need to know about space: 1. Space as an industry is notoriously complex - which means it's misunderstood. 2. Space influences and benefits nearly every other industry non the planet. 3. Accessing space has never been easier. Space investor and entrepreneur Robert C. Jacobson provides a comprehensive overview of this spectacular industry, allowing everyone on Earth to understand the integral role space plays in our lives and how it will continue to transform the world.

TRANSFORM YOUR NOTE-TAKING AND IMPRESS AT WORK! Are you tired of scattered notes and missed details? Do you struggle with keeping track of tasks and project updates during meetings? Do you wish to enhance your professional documentation in a way that wows clients and colleagues alike? If these challenges resonate with you, continue reading to elevate your note-taking to the next level! Many professionals struggle with organizing information efficiently. The fear of forgetting critical details can cause unnecessary stress. It's frustrating to feel behind or unprepared, especially when you know it could impact your career progression. But there's a better way to capture and manage your information! Step into the world of digital note-taking with a guide crafted to enhance your professional life: No more forgotten details or messy, incoherent notes. Say goodbye to feeling unprepared for meetings and presentations. Eliminate the overwhelm of managing numerous tasks and project details. This isn't just a book; it's your pathway to becoming a master of efficiency and organization. This guide offers step-by-step instructions, from the basics to the most advanced functionalities, ensuring nothing is overlooked. Inside, you'll discover: DIGITAL NOTE-TAKING EXCELLENCE: Master the art of capturing everything important with precision and ease. OPTIMIZE YOUR MEETINGS: Learn how to prepare, execute, and follow up on meetings like a seasoned professional. PROJECT MANAGEMENT SIMPLIFIED: Streamline your workflows to enhance productivity and impress your stakeholders. TASK TRACKING MADE EASY: Techniques to keep track of tasks effectively, ensuring you never miss a deadline. COLLABORATE & SHARE: Master collaboration features that make sharing your notes and projects effortless and secure. This guide will transform your approach to note-taking, task management, and project tracking, setting you up for remarkable success.

To actually solve problems and advance your academic career, you have to become one of those lucky scientists whose research ideas get funded.
Whether you're a graduate student or a seasoned academic, this book will show you how to:
Generate powerful research ideas even if you feel stuck; and crucially - select the best idea for writing a grant proposal
Develop a strong research concept that fulfills all of the funder’s requirements using the “Research Project Canvas”
Add that elusive X factor to your written proposal which persuades reviewers to recognize the value of your research
Instead of dreading grant writing, this guide will have you enjoying the process through first identifying real-world problems and then obtaining the funding to solve them.

This book is your roadmap to utilizing Figma, the industry’s fastest growing collaborative design tool for building meaningful products.
What You Will Learn:
Create interactive prototypes
Test and submit designs for team review
Understand the collaborative workflow involved in an UX project
Prepare common UX documentation
Who This Book Is For:
Designers, developers, and UX specialists with little-to-no Figma experience who are looking to integrate it within their workflows, and intermediate Figma users who are just starting to become involved in the collaborative UX workflow.

Space is the next great, untapped market opportunity, and it's undergoing a commercial revolution right now. No, it's not hotels on Mars or day trips to orbit (yet), but it's still an awe-inspiring transformation driven by innovation, creativity, and new technology. A wave of companies led by gutsy entrepreneurs with big dreams about our opportunities beyond the atmosphere is the driving force for creating humanity's space future. But it's not happening through dreams alone. The space economy is just that-an economy-impelled by the same laws of supply and demand as any business. The authors, who teach a wildly popular course on the topic at Harvard Business School, explain how this market is forming, why it's forming so quickly (as access to space becomes dramatically more affordable and routine), and how it's fast becoming an increasingly important source of value for businesses across industries, and for society as a whole, propelling us once more toward the moon and beyond. Weinzierl and Rosseau bring to life this revolution through the players you've heard of-Musk's SpaceX and Bezos' Blue Origin-and many you haven't, like Astroscale, founded by an IT executive who quit his job to start a company to clean up space junk. With clarity and rigor, Weinzierl and Rosseau get past the breathless hype to explain what's real, what's not, what comes next, and how you can be part of the burgeoning market in the endless black ocean of space.

This collection explores the evolution of the commercial space industry from the beginning of the space age through the early twenty-first century. Today, the space industry is taking on an increased leadership and innovation role in both space access and exploration. The growth of commercial space over the past decades offers a potential new paradigm for space exploration - one in which industry transitions from supplier to partner. However, many questions remain. This book seeks to bring to light these questions, which span from the most seemingly consequential: how will humanity explore the Moon and Mars? - to the most basic: what is commercial space? To further develop the historical context of commercial space, and thereby better inform decision-making at NASA in the future, this volume examines a broad range of questions related to the history of commercial space operations, including but not limited to: how has the concept of 'commercial space' evolved in different fields and disciplines? What have been the major events and milestones in the emergence and evolution of commercial space activities in the USA and internationally? How has the US Government assisted or impeded the emergence and evolution of commercial space activities? Providing contributions from a range of different disciplines and backgrounds, the authors of this volume offer valuable insights for scholars researching the history of space and space policy, as well as decision-makers working at NASA or within the wider space industry. Brian C. Odom is the Chief Historian at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) where he leads the program responsible for capturing, preserving, and disseminating the agency's history. Based in the USA, he is co-editor of NASA and the 'Long' Civil Rights Movement (2019) which was awarded the 2019 Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award by the American Astronautical Society (AAS) and NASA and the American South (2024).

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math education has been described as, "drinking from a firehose." STEM students are required to absorb an overwhelming amount of technical information before they can earn their undergraduate degrees. But it takes more than a thorough understanding of math, science, and engineering concepts to become successful in today's job market. NASA's former Chief Knowledge Officer, Roger Forsgren, was responsible for training the agency's technical workforce and provides critical lessons learned for STEM students and graduates to build successful careers as they compete in today's workplace. Case studies have proven to be valuable learning tools and Roger Forsgren includes twelve compelling historical case studies that demonstrate the critical knowledge needed for STEM students as they progress through their careers.

You need to hear the bad news first: the results of STEM outreach to girls haven't improved in twenty years. The good news? This book will tell you why, and how to fix it. Currently, dated narratives push girls away in fear, and blind spots result in missed opportunities to pull them in. While efforts to increase diversity in science and mathematics have succeeded, outreach has largely ignored engineering--where there is still only one woman for every five men. This is especially troubling because engineering offers vastly more jobs than other STEM fields. Plus, girls are telling us they're eager for the kind of work engineering offers--yet we fail to help them connect the dots. As a woman enjoying a career in STEM, author Julie Newman is committed to changing this. With extensive research and actionable steps, Pull Don't Push clarifies the challenges facing STEM outreach and will help you create a new framework for your efforts. Following the guidelines in this book could literally put a million women into STEM jobs within the next decade. Learn how to stop pushing girls away and instead pull them toward unexplored paths to fulfillment.

Scientific Writing and Communication: Papers, Proposals, and Presentations, Fourth Edition, covers all the areas of scientific communication that a scientist needs to know and master in order to successfully promote his or her research and career. This unique "all-in-one" handbook begins with a discussion of the basic principles of scientific writing style and composition and then applies these principles to writing research papers, review articles, grant proposals, research statements, and résumés, as well as to preparing academic presentations and posters.

In today's rapidly evolving world, integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into your systems is no longer optional. Engineering AI Systems: Architecture and DevOps Essentials is a comprehensive guide to mastering the complexities of AI systems engineering. This book combines robust software architecture with cutting-edge DevOps practices to deliver high-quality, reliable, and scalable AI solutions. Experts Len Bass, Qinghua Lu, Ingo Weber, and Liming Zhu demystify the complexities of engineering AI systems, providing practical strategies and tools for seamlessly incorporating AI in your systems. You will gain a comprehensive understanding of the fundamentals of AI and software engineering and how to combine them to create powerful AI systems. Through real-world case studies, the authors illustrate practical applications and successful implementations of AI in small- to medium-sized enterprises across various industries, and offer actionable strategies for designing, building, and operating AI systems that deliver real business value.

The theory of computation aims to distill and analyze basic principles governing computation to understand both the capabilities and limitations of computation.

The book is designed to provide a broad perspective of spectral estimation techniques and their implementation. Prerequisites are some knowledge of discrete-time linear system and transform theory, introductory probability and statistics, and linear algebra. The text provides the theoretical background and review material in linear systems, Fourier transforms, matrix algebra, random processes, and statistics. Topics covered include classical spectral estimation, Prony's method, parametric methods, the minimum variance method, eigenanalysis-based estimators, multichannel methods, and two-dimensional methods"-- Provided by publisher.

This book has two main objectives:• to provide a concise introduction to nonlinear optimization methods, which can be used as a textbook at a graduate or upper undergraduate level;• to collect and organize selected important topics on optimization algorithms, not easily found in textbooks, which can provide material for advanced courses or can serve as a reference text for self-study and research.The basic material on unconstrained and constrained optimization is organized into two blocks of chapters: • basic theory and optimality conditions• unconstrained and constrained algorithms.These topics are treated in short chapters that contain the most important results in theory and algorithms, in a way that, in the authors' experience, is suitable for introductory courses. A third block of chapters addresses methods that are of increasing interest for solving difficult optimization problems. Difficulty can be typically due to the high nonlinearity of the objective function, ill-conditioning of the Hessian matrix, lack of information on first-order derivatives, the need to solve large-scale problems. In the book various key subjects are addressed, including: exact penalty functions and exact augmented Lagrangian functions, non monotone methods, decomposition algorithms, derivative free methods for nonlinear equations and optimization problems.The appendices at the end of the book offer a review of the essential mathematical background, including an introduction to convex analysis that can make part of an introductory course.

An insider's take on what interviewers are really looking for and why including: a 4-step framework for solving any system design interview question and 16 real system design interview questions with detailed solutions.

Fortran remains one of the principal programming languages used in high-performance scientific, numerical, and engineering computing. A series of significant revisions to the standard versions of the language have progressively enhanced its capabilities, and the current standard - Fortran 2023 - brings with it further additions and improvements. The language as defined by its most recent standards, with their introduction of object-oriented programming and of coarrays, is often referred to generically as 'Modern Fortran', and this term is increasingly used in the literature. Thus, we see that Fortran's particular advantages as a high-end numerical language, especially where arrays are the main form of data object and/or where complex arithmetic is involved, are still to the fore. It is able to attain the highest achievable optimization, mainly because multi-dimensional arrays are 'natural' objects and because its pointers are highly constrained. There is every sign that Modern Fortran will continue to be used to tackle major scientific computing problems in the next decade and beyond and will long remain a living tribute to its early pioneers. This third edition of Modern Fortran Explained expands on the second. The material contained in the four final chapters of the second edition have been merged into the main text, thereby offering, in 20 chapters, a comprehensive and uniform description of Fortran 2018. The additional features now brought by the 2023 standard, which are mostly relatively minor in nature, are described in two final chapters, the first on generic programming and the second on the other features. This structure enables the reader to distinguish clearly between what is old and what is new. This new edition, written by experts in the field, three of whom have actively contributed to Fortran 2023, is thus a complete and authoritative description of Fortran in its latest form, with the intention that it remain the main reference work in the field.

This book provides a framework for adapting foundation models, which include both large language models (LLMs) and large multimodel models (LMMs), to specific applications"--page xii."Foundation models have enabled many new AI use cases while lowering the barriers to entry for building AI products. This has transformed AI from an esoteric discipline into a powerful development tool that anyone can use -- including those with no prior AI experience. In this accessible guide, author Chip Huyen discusses AI engineering: the process of building applications with readily available foundation models, datasets, evaluation benchmarks, and the seemingly infinite number of application patterns. The book also introduces a practical framework for developing an AI application and efficiently deploying it.

This book covers both classical and modern models in deep learning. The primary focus is on the theory and algorithms of deep learning. The theory and algorithms of neural networks are particularly important for understanding important concepts, so that one can understand the important design concepts of neural architectures in different applications. Why do neural networks work? When do they work better than off-the-shelf machine-learning models? When is depth useful? Why is training neural networks so hard? What are the pitfalls? The book is also rich in discussing different applications in order to give the practitioner a flavor of how neural architectures are designed for different types of problems. Deep learning methods for various data domains, such as text, images, and graphs are presented in detail. The chapters of this book span three categories: The basics of neural networks: The backpropagation algorithm is discussed in Chapter 2. Many traditional machine learning models can be understood as special cases of neural networks. Chapter 3 explores the connections between traditional machine learning and neural networks. Support vector machines, linear/logistic regression, singular value decomposition, matrix factorization, and recommender systems are shown to be special cases of neural networks. Fundamentals of neural networks: A detailed discussion of training and regularization is provided in Chapters 4 and 5. Chapters 6 and 7 present radial-basis function (RBF) networks and restricted Boltzmann machines. Advanced topics in neural networks: Chapters 8, 9, and 10 discuss recurrent neural networks, convolutional neural networks, and graph neural networks. Several advanced topics like deep reinforcement learning, attention mechanisms, transformer networks, Kohonen self-organizing maps, and generative adversarial networks are introduced in Chapters 11 and 12. The textbook is written for graduate students and upper under graduate level students. Researchers and practitioners working within this related field will want to purchase this as well. Where possible, an application-centric view is highlighted in order to provide an understanding of the practical uses of each class of techniques.The second edition is substantially reorganized and expanded with separate chapters on backpropagation and graph neural networks. Many chapters have been significantly revised over the first edition. Greater focus is placed on modern deep learning ideas such as attention mechanisms, transformers, and pre-trained language models.

This book provides an introduction to quantum information science, the science at the basis of the new quantum revolution of this century. It teaches the reader to build and program a quantum computer and leverage its potential. Aimed at quantum physicists and computer scientists, the book covers several topics, including quantum algorithms, quantum chemistry, and quantum engineering of superconducting qubits.

Covers the inner workings of the computer, from the transistor level up to complete CPUs, memory, and beyond, as well as more recent developments, like parallel and quantum architectures. Each chapter includes hands-on exercises and additional resources for exploring topics further.

D3.js in Action, Third Edition is a roadmap for creating brilliant and beautiful visualizations with D3.js. Like a gentle mentor, it guides you from basic charts all the way to advanced interactive visualizations like networks and maps. You'll learn to build graphics, create animations, and set up mobile-friendly responsiveness. Each chapter contains a complete data visualization project to put your new skills into action.

This textbook provides a broad introduction to continuous and discrete dynamical systems. With its hands-on approach, the text leads the reader from basic theory to recently published research material in nonlinear ordinary differential equations, nonlinear optics, multifractals, neural networks, and binary oscillator computing. Dynamical Systems with Applications Using Python takes advantage of Python's extensive visualization, simulation, and algorithmic tools to study those topics in nonlinear dynamical systems through numerical algorithms and generated diagrams. After a tutorial introduction to Python, the first part of the book deals with continuous systems using differential equations, including both ordinary and delay differential equations. The second part of the book deals with discrete dynamical systems and progresses to the study of both continuous and discrete systems in contexts like chaos control and synchronization, neural networks, and binary oscillator computing. These later sections are useful reference material for undergraduate student projects. The book is rounded off with example coursework to challenge students' programming abilities and Python-based exam questions. This book will appeal to advanced undergraduate and graduate students, applied mathematicians, engineers, and researchers in a range of disciplines, such as biology, chemistry, computing, economics, and physics. Since it provides a survey of dynamical systems, a familiarity with linear algebra, real and complex analysis, calculus, and ordinary differential equations is necessary, and knowledge of a programming language like C or Java is beneficial but not essential.

The fifth edition of this textbook has been completely revised and significantly extended in order to reflect the revolution of geodetic technologies, methods and applications during the last decade. The Global Geodetic Observing System established by the IAG utilizes a variety of techniques to determine the geometric shape of the earth and its kinematics, the variations of earth rotation, and the earth's gravity field. The societal importance of geodetic products was highlighted by the UN resolution on the Global Geodetic Reference Frame. In this context, both space and terrestrial techniques play a fundamental role. Recent space missions are monitoring climate-relevant processes such as mass transport in the Earth system and sea level changes. The analysis of the time variation of the geodetic products provides the link to neighboring geosciences and contributes to proper modelling of geodynamic processes. New satellite mission concepts and novel technologies such as quantum gravimetry and optical clocks show great potential to further improve the geodetic observing system in the future. The book especially addresses graduate students in the fields of geodesy, geophysics, surveying engineering, geomatics, and space navigation. It should also serve as a reference for geoscientists and engineers facing geodetic problems in their professional work. The book follows the principal directions of geodesy, providing the theoretical background as well as the principles of measurement and evaluation methods, which is enriched with numerous figures. An extensive reference list supports further studies.

A memoir from a world-renowned planetary scientist explores her remarkable life story, the struggles she faced as a woman in the field, and her work as the leader of NASA's Psyche mission to explore the largest known metal-rich asteroid.Lindy Elkins-Tanton is the Principal Investigator of NASA's $800 million Psyche mission, and the second woman ever to be awarded a major NASA space exploration contract. Here she tells how, amid a childhood of terrible trauma, she fell in love with science as a means of healing and consolation. In telling her story-- and that of a massive asteroid called (16) Psyche, which has the potential to unlock the story of how planets form, and how our planet formed-- she takes us from the wilds of the Siberian tundra, to the furthest reaches of outer space, and to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where her team brought the Psyche mission to life. -- adapted from jacket.

With ESA's upcoming JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE) mission to Jupiter and Ganymede, this book provides a fascinating and timely summary of our current knowledge about Ganymede: the largest moon inthe Solar System and the only one with an intrinsic magnetic field.Written by a team of multidisciplinary experts spanning geology, space physics and habitability, it provides up-todate knowledge about Ganymede. The history of its discovery, formation, surface, atmosphere and space environment are discussed in accessible language and supported by the enormous amount of data obtained by Galileo, the Hubble Space Telescope and earlier missions. The latest surface maps of Ganymede are also presented, providing an invaluable reference for graduate students and researchers working in planetary science.

This concise textbook, designed specifically for a one-semester course in astrophysics, introduces astrophysical concepts to undergraduate science and engineering students with a background in college-level, calculus-based physics. The text is organized into five parts covering: stellar properties; stellar structure and evolution; the interstellar medium and star/planet formation; the MilkyWay and other galaxies; and cosmology. Structured around short easily digestible chapters, instructors have flexibility to adjust their course's emphasis as it suits them. Exposition drawn from the author's decade of teaching his course guides students toward a basic but quantitative understanding, with "quick questions" to spur practice in basic computations, together with more challenging multipart exercises at the end of each chapter. Advanced concepts such as the quantum nature of energy and radiation are developed as needed. The text's approach and level bridges the wide gap between introductory astronomy texts for nonscience majors and advanced undergraduate texts for astrophysics majors.

If you are curious to enjoy complex astrophysics concepts and want to skip math in between and rather enjoy physical illustrations then you are at the right place. Don't let complex differential calculus, tensors, coordinate transformations, etc. hinder your curiosity to know our universe (at least at some scale!). The book will fulfill your non-physicist level of curiosity to learn astrophysics concepts like black holes, wormholes, gravitational lensing, spacetime cutoffs, and many more.

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is a grand vision project to build the most sensitive radio telescope in the world. This open access book tells the story of its development – a story of transformational science, innovative engineering, and global collaboration. Its journey has been long and complex, reflecting the many issues faced in creating an affordable design, choosing a site, and developing a viable global organisation starting from a simple working group of far-sighted and persistent astronomers in 1993.

For millennia, people have studied the heavens and wondered about the nature and origins of the Sun, Moon and planets. Indeed, Solar System studies dominated the field of astronomy until the introduction of powerful telescopes and advanced instruments in the 19th century. In the last 50 years, spacecraft have flown past or orbited all of the major planets and two dwarf planets, landed on the Moon, Mars, Titan, a comet and an asteroid. They have also brought back samples of Moon rock, comet and asteroid dust, as well as the solar wind. This era of robotic and human exploration has revolutionized scientists' knowledge of our corner of the Galaxy, and further astounding revelations are expected in the decades to come.

Based on a series of NASA-funded summer schools for early-career researchers, this textbook is intended for students in physical sciences in later years of their university training and for beginning graduate students in fields of solar, stellar, (exo-)planetary, and planetary-system sciences. The book emphasizes universal processes from a perspective that draws attention to what provides Earth (and similar (exo-)planets) with a relatively stable setting in which life as we know it could thrive. The text includes 200 "Activities" in the form of exercises, explorations, literature readings, "what if" challenges, and group discussion topics; many of the Activities provide additional information complementing the main text. Solutions and discussions are included in an Appendix for a selection of the exercises.

Guide to observing and understanding the Moon.

Since Galileo first observed Mars in 1610, the Red Planet has been an endless source of fascination, inspiring human imagination and scientific inquiry. Explore its polar ice caps, windswept dunes, and more unique landscapes through the eyes of NASA's orbiters, probes, and rovers, from the first flyby in 1965 to today's Perseverance mission.

Meteor showers are among the most spectacular celestial events that may be observed by the naked eye, and have been the object of fascination throughout human history. In "Meteor Showers: An Annotated Catalog," the interested observer can access detailed research on over 100 annual and periodic meteor streams in order to capitalize on these majestic spectacles. Each meteor shower entry includes details of their discovery, important observations and orbits, and gives a full picture of duration, location in the sky, and expected hourly rates. Armed with a fuller understanding, the amateur observer can better view and appreciate the shower of their choice. The original book, published in 1988, has been updated with over 25 years of research in this new and improved edition. Almost every meteor shower study is expanded, with some original minor showers being dropped while new ones are added. The book also includes breakthroughs in the study of meteor showers, such as accurate predictions of outbursts as well as comet and meteor observations from the 6th century to the 17th century that were not published in the first edition. It holds all of the information needed to inspire a new observer or provide deeper knowledge to the long-time enthusiast.

Although meteors are isolated and unpredictable, it is possible to predict when meteor showers - usually associated with old comets - are due; they last a couple of days, during which many meteors can be observed in a single night. Equipment for watching, counting and even measuring meteors can range from the simplest (a chair) to sophisticated all-sky cameras.

What is unique about meteors in astronomical observation is that many survive entry into the Earth's atmosphere and impact the ground - the only easily-analysed extraterrestrial material available to science.

What is unique about Richard Norton's book is that it is both a field guide to observing meteors, and also a field guide to locating, preparing and analysing meteorites. In addition to giving the reader information about observing techniques for meteors, this book also provides a fully detailed account of the types of meteorites, how and where to find them, how to prepare and analyse them. It is thus the only complete book on the subject available at present.

In Thunderstones and Shooting Stars, Robert T. Dodd gives us an up-to-date report on these questions. He summarizes the evidence that leads scientists to believe that most meteorites come from asteroids, although a few come from the moon and a few more from a planet, probably Mars. He explains how chondrites--the most numerous and primitive of meteorites--contribute to our evolving picture of the early solar system, and how some of them may tell us of events that took place beyond the sun and before its birth. Finally, he examines the controversial hypothesis that impacts by asteroids or comets have interrupted the evolution of life on Earth, accounting for such geological puzzles as the rapid demise of the dinosaurs.

Written by one of its former Directors, this book presents a historical account of the famous Arecibo Observatory and its 305-meter radio astronomical telescope, widely known for its groundbreaking scientific discoveries and starring role in the James Bond movie, Golden Eye. The story details the planning, funding and construction of the telescope; the people who masterminded and contributed to the project; and the involvement of the US Department of Defense in funding the construction. It also includes the seminal scientific achievements in the three research areas to which the telescope contributed, ionospheric physics, planetary science and radio astronomy. The book continues through later upgrades made to the facility, showing how the Arecibo telescope was arguably the worlds most versatile and productive radio science instrument for over 50 years. This historical account will fascinate astronomers and historians of science, serving as a valuable contribution to the history of 20th century astronomy.

This open access textbook introduces beginning undergraduate students and high school students to the world of quantum mechanics and atomic spectroscopy. Requiring no previous knowledge of physics and no math beyond basic algebra and sines and cosines, this book focuses on concepts to make the excitement of atomic physics more accessible for learners than ever before. It comes replete with learning goals, exercises and solutions, and an optional experimental component, making this text readily adoptable for both the classroom and the undergraduate lab.
The book takes the reader on a lively and engaging tour through topics at the forefront of current science, including photons, quantum numbers, atomic energy levels, some different spectroscopy techniques, electronic structure, atomic notation, angular momentum, hyperfine structure, isotope shifts, the strong force, an introduction to the Standard Model of Particle Physics, and more.

This open access book explains geometric quantization from a physicist’s perspective. After presenting the general formalism, it delves into several examples reflecting current research interests in high-energy physics and condensed matter physics. Applications explore Chern-Simons theory, theta vacuum, the Hall effect, fluid dynamics, and elements of noncommutative geometry.

The content is tailored to appeal to researchers, graduate students, and advanced undergraduates in high-energy physics, particle physics, and mathematical physics. A background in differential geometry and group theory is beneficial for a comprehensive understanding of the discussions.

Unlike other standard textbooks in mathematical methods, this second Volume covers topics in mathematical techniques needed in advanced upper-level courses in theoretical physics that include General relativity, electromagnetism, fluid dynamics, quantum information theory and quantum field theory, solid mechanics, crystallography, continuum mechanics, plasma physics, and thermodynamics. The topics are divided into four chapters: The first chapter introduces manifolds, and the second chapter focuses on vector calculus on Manifolds with several application examples from the special theory of relativity. The third chapter discusses tensor calculus on manifolds, followed by the application of tensor calculus, specifically to relativistic electrodynamics in the four-dimensional Minkowski space-time manifold in chapter four. These topics are built upon and related vector calculus (in three dimensions) covered in the first volume.

Anyone who truly wants to understand general relativity, quantum field theory or any other area of modern physics first needs to master Lagrangian mechanics.

Reprinted from the original journals and transactions, with additional notes by the author.

The latest analyses on interferometry and its applications in science and technology are discussed in this profound book. It is a structural analysis of experimental as well as theoretical aspects of interferometry and their applications. The book covers a description of particular interferometry applications ranging from interferometry for magnetic fusion plasmas to interferometry in wireless networks. It is a valuable reference of present interferometry applications in science and technology. This book offers the chance to enhance our knowledge regarding interferometry and it also encourages researchers to develop novel applications.

Plasma Science and Engineering is a multidisciplinary area encompassing some of the most exciting fundamental applied research themes in today's scientific landscape, having an extraordinarily broad impact on science, technology and industry. The measurement of the parameters of plasmas, usually termed as plasma diagnostics, is a key challenge in all of these applications, both for understanding the basic principles and, in many cases, for the optimization and control of processes. The aim of this Special Issue is to provide the reader a view of some of the wide variety of available plama diagnostics approaches. This reprint covers several methods, instruments, and experimental techniques used to measure the properties of plasma, such as diagnostics for magnetic confinement fusion, beam plasmas and inertial fusion, low-temperature and industrial plasmas, and basic and astrophysical plasmas. In some fields of plasma research, e.g, future fusion reactors, such as ITER and DEMO, there will be a need to measure a wide range of plasma parameters in extreme temperature, neutron, and gamma flux conditions while providing mesurements with adequate reliability and long-term stability. The articles in this Special Issue will address some of the challenges faced and the multidisciplinary approaches required while designing such diagnostics.

Earth System geophysics is not just geophysics with the atmosphere and oceans included, neither is it just geophysics with topics common to multiple components of the Earth System, such as isostasy involving the atmosphere and oceans instead of the solid earth, or low seismic velocity zones in the oceans and atmosphere instead of the solid earth included. Earth System geophysics most fundamentally recognizes that the natural world is characterized by a different, more universal paradigm than plate tectonics: convection, which every component of the Earth system exhibits, and which is sure to exist beyond our planet and beyond our Solar System. This book discusses the geophysics of the Earth System rather than just the solid earth with an introduction to Solar System. Topics include the solar system, atmosphere, climate, gravity, seismology, Interior and Convection, heat flow, and Earth's core, with Geomagnetism concluding the book.

Data Assimilation methods are now applied to many areas of prediction and forecasting. This second edition introduces readers to applications across Earth systems and coupled Earth-Human Systems. It's indispensable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and practitioners working in weather forecasting and climate prediction"-- Provided by publisher.

Introduction to Earth Science is an open textbook designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to Earth Science that can be freely accessed online, read offline, printed, or purchased as a print-on-demand book. It is intended for a typical 1000-level university introductory course in the Geosciences, although its contents could be applied to many other related courses. This text includes various important features designed to enhance the student learning experience in introductory Earth Science courses. These include a multitude of high-quality figures and images within each chapter that help to clarify key concepts. Self-test assessment questions are embedded in each online chapter that help students focus their learning. QR codes are provided for each assessment to allow students using print or PDF versions to easily access the quiz from an internet-capable device of their choice.

This book summarizes recent impressive improvements in the application of Quantum Mechanics, coupled with the significant increase in both speed and storage capabilities of modern computers, that allow to depict the energy and reactive properties of chemically complex materials through first principles and destroy the dogmatic assumption that the natural complexity cannot be modeled. It presents methods of Quantum Chemistry applied to various fields of geoscience. The book aims to convey to the audience, methods and procedures apt to obtain sound thermodynamic and thermo-physical data for earth's materials under various aggregation states. The attention of this book focusses on the applicative aspects of the various procedures, with reference to the underlying theory.

The world's leading student text on physical volcanology offers an unmatched introduction to the field. In the revised second edition of Fundamentals of Physical Volcanology, the authors provide a comprehensive introduction to the processes that control when and how volcanoes erupt. Understanding these processes involves bringing together ideas from a number of disciplines, including branches of geology, such as petrology and geochemistry, and aspects of physics, such as fluid dynamics and thermodynamics. With the help of new and improved illustrations, this new edition explains eruption types and mechanisms, subsurface processes, volcanic eruption products, and how volcanoes affect their surrounding environment.

Different physical or geophysical methods provide information about distinctive physical properties of the objects, e.g., rock formations and mineralization. In many cases, this information is mutually complementary, which makes it natural for consideration in a joint inversion of the multiphysics data. Inversion of the observed data for a particular experiment is subject to considerable uncertainty and ambiguity. One productive approach to reducing uncertainty is to invert several types of data jointly. Nonuniqueness can also be reduced by incorporating additional information derived from available a priori knowledge about the target to reduce the search space for the solution. This additional information can be incorporated in the form of a joint inversion of multiphysics data. Generally established joint inversion methods, however, are inadequate for incorporating typical physical or geological complexity. For example, analytic, empirical, or statistical correlations between different physical properties may exist for only part of the model, and their specific form may be unknown. Features or structures that are present in the data of one physical method may not be present in the data generated by another physical method or may not be equally resolvable. This book presents and illustrates several advanced, new approaches to joint inversion and data fusion, which do not require a priori knowledge of specific empirical or statistical relationships between the different model parameters or their attributes. These approaches include the following novel methods, among others: 1) the Gramian method, which enforces the correlation between different parameters; 2) joint total variation functional or joint focusing stabilizers, e.g., minimum support and minimum gradient support constraints; 3) data fusion employing a joint minimum entropy stabilizer, which yields the simplest multiphysics solution that fits the multi-modal data. In addition, the book describes the principles of using artificial intelligence (AI) in solving multiphysics inverse problems. The book also presents in detail both the mathematical principles of these advanced approaches to joint inversion of multiphysics data and successful case histories of regional-scale and deposit-scale geophysical studies to illustrate their indicated advantages.

The next decade of planetary science and astrobiology holds tremendous promise. New research will expand our understanding of our solar system's origins, how planets form and evolve, under what conditions life can survive, and where to find potentially habitable environments in our solar system and beyond. Origins, Worlds, and Life: A Decadal Strategy for Planetary Science and Astrobiology 2023-2032 highlights key science questions, identifies priority missions, and presents a comprehensive research strategy that includes both planetary defense and human exploration. This report also recommends ways to support the profession as well as the technologies and infrastructure needed to carry out the science.

Geometry for Programmers guides you through the math behind graphics and modeling tools. It's full of practical examples and clear explanations that make sense even if you don't have a background in advanced math. You'll learn how basic geometry can help you avoid code layering and repetition, and even how to drive down cloud hosting costs with more efficient runtimes. Cheerful language, charts, illustrations, equations, and Python code help make geometry instantly relevant to your daily work as a developer. Geometry is at the heart of game engines, robotics, computer-aided design, GIS, and image processing. This book draws back what is for some a mathematical curtain, giving them insight and control over this central tool. You'll quickly see how a little geometry can help you design realistic simulations, translate the physical world into code, and even reduce your cloud services bill by improving the efficiency of graphics-intensive applications. Geometry for Programmers is both practical and entertaining. Fun illustrations and engaging examples show you how to apply geometry to real programming problems, like changing a scan into a CAD model or developing 3D printing contours from a parametric function. And don't worry if you aren't a math expert. There's no heavy theory, and you'll learn how to offload most equations to the SymPy computer algebra system.

Optical Holography: Materials, Theory and Applications provides researchers the fundamentals of holography through diffraction optics and an overview of the most relevant materials and applications, ranging from computer holograms to holographic data storage. Dr. Pierre Blanche leads a team of thought leaders in academia and industry in this practical reference for researchers and engineers in the field of holography. This book presents all the information readers need in order to understand how holographic techniques can be applied to a variety of applications, the benefits of those techniques, and the materials that enable these technologies.

Researchers and engineers will gain comprehensive knowledge on how to select the best holographic techniques for their needs.

Covers current applications of holographic techniques in areas such as 3D television, solar concentration, non-destructive testing and data storage
Describes holographic recording materials and their most relevant applications
Provides the fundamentals of holography and diffraction optics

Chapters in this text include material on modelling and simulation of nonlinear systems, with a complementary section on related measurement techniques, channel modelling and three new case studies. A consolidated set of problems is provided at the end of the book.

Focusing on qualitative descriptions and realistic explanations of relationships between wireless systems and performance parameters, INTRODUCTION TO WIRELESS AND MOBILE SYSTEMS, 4e explains the general principles of how wireless systems work, how mobility is supported, what the underlying infrastructure is, and what interactions are needed among different functional components.

This book discusses link-state routing protocols (OSPF and IS-IS), and the path-vector routing protocol (BGP). It covers their most identifying characteristics, operations, and the databases they maintain. Material is presented from a practicing engineer’s perspective, linking theory and fundamental concepts to common practices and real-world examples. Every aspect of the book is written to reflect current best practices using real-world examples. The book begins with a detailed description of the OSPF area types and hierarchical routing, and the different types of routers used in an OSPF autonomous system. The author goes on to describe in detail the different OSPF packet types, and inbound and outbound processing of OSPF link-state advertisements (LSAs). Next, the book gives an overview of the main features of IS-IS. The author then discusses the two-level routing hierarchy for controlling the distribution of intra-domain (Level 1) and inter-domain (Level 2) routing information within an IS-IS routing domain. He then describes in detail IS-IS network address formats, IS-IS routing metrics, IS-IS packet types, IS-IS network types and adjacency formation, IS-IS LSDB and synchronization, and IS-IS authentication. The book then reviews the main concepts of path-vector routing protocols, and describes BGP packet types, BGP session states and Finite State Machine, BGP path attributes types, and BGP Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs).

Focuses solely on link-state routing protocols (OSPF and IS-IS), and the only path-vector routing protocol in use today (BGP).
Reviews the basic concepts underlying the design of IS-IS and provides a detailed description of IS-IS area types and hierarchical routing, and the different types of routers used by IS-IS.
Discusses the two-level routing hierarchy for controlling the distribution of intra-domain (Level 1) and inter-domain (Level 2) routing information within an IS-IS routing domain.
Describes in detail BGP packet types, BGP session states and Finite State Machine, BGP path attributes types, and BGP ASNs, includes a high-level view of the typical BGP router and its components, and inbound and outbound message processing.
James Aweya, PhD, is a chief research scientist at the Etisalat British Telecom Innovation Center (EBTIC), Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE. He has authored four books including this book and is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

The definitive antenna reference thoroughly revised and expanded to cover the latest technologies! This fully updated handbook lays out complex antenna fundamentals in simple terms for ham and short wave radio hobbyists and electronics technicians. The book begins with quick explanations of present day antenna theories and practices before providing start-to-finish instruction on the fabrication and installation of real antennas. You will explore every type of antenna system from VHF/UHF to mobile/wireless and everything in between, Practical Antenna Handbook, Sixth Edition bridges the gap between the highly theoretical mathematics of antenna engineers and the "hands-on" focus of radio amateurs and experimenters. The book covers key areas such as multiple antenna families, inexpensive or free software modeling tools, and "near-professional" network analyzers. You will get coverage of new antenna types for low-frequency applications only now being opened to radio amateurs. -- Provided by publisher."Fully revised and updated, the sixth edition of this classic antenna resource includes new information on wireless devices, radio frequency interference (RFI), and the latest antenna modeling software.

The first edition of this ground-breaking and widely used book introduced a comprehensive textbook on radar systems analysis and design providing hands-on experience facilitated by its companion MATLAB® software. The book very quickly turned into a bestseller. Based on feedback provided by several users and drawing from the author's own teaching experience, the 4th edition adopts a new approach.

The presentation in this edition takes the reader on a scientific journey whose major landmarks comprise the different radar sub-systems and components. Along the way, the different relevant radar subsystems are analyzed and discussed in great level of detail. Understanding the radar signal types and their associated radar signal processing techniques are key to understating how radar systems function.

Each chapter provides the necessary mathematical and analytical coverage required for a sound understanding of radar theory. Additionally, dedicated MATLAB® functions/programs enhance the understanding of the theory and establish a means to perform radar system analysis and design trades.

The software provides users with numerous varieties of graphical outputs. Additionally, a complete set of MATLAB® code that generates all plot and graphs found within the pages of this textbook are also available. All companion MATLAB® code can be downloaded from the book’s web page.

The 4th Edition:

Takes advantage of the new features offered by MATLAB® 2021 release
Brings the text to a current state of the art
Incorporates much of the feedback received from users using this book as a text and from practicing engineers; accordingly, several chapters have been rewritten
Presents unique topics not found in other books
Maintains a comprehensive and exhaustive presentation
Restructures the presentation to be more convenient for course use
Provides a post-course reference for engineering students as they enter the field
Offers a companion solutions manual for instructors
The 4th edition will serve as a valuable tool to students and radar engineers by helping them better analyze and understand the many topics of radar systems. This book is written primarily as a graduate-level textbook, although parts of it can be used as a senior level course. A companion solutions manual has been developed for use by instructors.

This comprehensive introduction to synthetic aperture radar (SAR) is a practical guide to the analysis, simulation, and design of SAR systems. The video eBook uses constructive examples and real-world collected datasets to demonstrate image registration and autofocus methods. Both two- and three-dimensional image formation algorithms are presented. Hardware, software, and environmental parameters are used to estimate performance limits for SAR operation and utilization. A set of Python and MATLAB software tools is included and provides you with an effective mechanism to analyze and predict SAR performance for various imaging scenarios and applications. Examples which use the software tools are provided at the end of each chapter to reinforce critical SAR imaging topics such as clutter-to-noise ratio, mapping rate, spatial resolution, Doppler bandwidth, pulse repetition frequency, and coherency. This is an excellent resource for engineering professionals working in areas of radar signal processing and imaging as well as students interested in studying SAR.

Antennas as Transmission Lines: Linear Antenna Analysis and Design Requiring Only Algebra and Trigonometry The models presented in this book treat antennas as transmission lines. The antenna as transmission line models in this book will help you learn about antennas in a way that does not require advanced mathematics. The chapters are arranged in sections to apply transmission line models to examples of real life antennas, which are then compared to computer software models. Some examples in this book are validated by measurement of full size physical models. Treating linear antennas as transmission lines, using trig and log functions, with some Algebra, makes it possible to calculate circuit models of feed point impedance as would be measured with an antenna analyzer or VNA (vector network analyzer). Through the use of the transmission line model, linear antennas in this book are reduced to basic AC circuit components - resistors, inductors and capacitors. The insight into antennas from using transmission line models can transform your ability to visualize, analyze and synthesize antennas to your benefit. Over the years of using and teaching this method my understanding of antennas has been improved and expanded. Yours can too using examples within the pages of this book.

The book is packed with physical insights and design tips, and it includes a historical overview that sets the whole field in context. It contains hundreds of circuit diagrams and many homework problems. This is an ideal textbook for students taking course on RF design and a valuable reference for practicing engineers.

A thoroughly updated third edition of a classic and widely adopted text, perfect for practical transistor design and in the classroom. Covering a variety of recent developments, the internationally renowned authors discuss in detail the basic properties and designs of modern VLSI devices, as well as factors affecting performance. Containing around 25% new material, coverage has been expanded to include high-k gate dielectrics, metal gate technology, strained silicon mobility, non-GCA (Gradual Channel Approximation) modelling of MOSFETs, shortchannel FinFETS, and symmetric lateral bipolar transistors on SOI. Chapters have been reorganized to integrate the appendices into the main text to enable a smoother learning experience, and numerous additional end-of-chapter homework exercises (+30%) are included to engage students with real-world problems and test their understanding. A perfect text for senior undergraduate and graduate students taking advanced semiconductor devices courses, and for practicing silicon device professionals in the semiconductor industry.

Real-time testing and simulation of open- and closed-loop radio frequency (RF) systems for signal generation, signal analysis and digital signal processing require deterministic, low-latency, high-throughput capabilities afforded by user reconfigurable field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). This comprehensive book introduces LabVIEW FPGA, provides best practices for multi-FPGA solutions, and guidance for developing high-throughput, low-latency FPGA based RF systems. Written by a recognized expert with a wealth of real-world experience in the field, this is the first book written on the subject of FPGAs for radar and other RF applications.

Satellite Orbits -Models, Methods, and Applications has been written as a compre­ hensive textbook that guides the reader through the theory and practice of satellite orbit prediction and determination. Starting from the basic principles of orbital mechanics, it covers elaborate force models as weH as precise methods of satellite tracking and their mathematical treatment. A multitude of numerical algorithms used in present-day satellite trajectory computation is described in detail, with proper focus on numerical integration and parameter estimation. The wide range of levels provided renders the book suitable for an advanced undergraduate or gradu­ ate course on spaceflight mechanics, up to a professional reference in navigation, geodesy and space science. Furthermore, we hope that it is considered useful by the increasing number of satellite engineers and operators trying to obtain a deeper understanding of flight dynamics. The idea for this book emerged when we realized that documentation on the methods, models and tools of orbit determination was either spread over numerous technical and scientific publications, or hidden in software descriptions that are not, in general, accessible to a wider community. Having worked for many years in the field of spaceflight dynamics and satellite operations, we tried to keep in c10se touch with questions and problems that arise during daily work, and to stress the practical aspects of orbit determination. Nevertheless, our interest in the underlying physics motivated us to present topics from first principles, and make the book much more than just a cookbook on spacecraft trajectory computation.

This book uses the entire flying process, starting from ground launching of the orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) to injecting payload into earth synchronous orbit, as an example for real-world engineering practices. It discusses in detail the analysis design and integrated OTV navigation and guidance system technologies in combination with the engineering experiences of the authors in analysis, design and integrated OTV navigation and guidance system applications, and the research on navigation and guidance theories. It focuses on establishing motion of air vehicle equations, control system hardware components, orbit prediction technology, inertial navigation and initial alignment technologies, INS/GNSS integrated navigation technologies, INS/CNS integrated navigation technologies, redundant fault tolerance and failure reconfiguration technology of inertial sensors, guidance and midcourse correction technologies and orbit control strategies.

Derivative-Free Adaptive Control serves as a compendium of the authors’ scholarship on the development of and theory for adaptive control, referred to herein as Derivative-Free Model Reference Adaptive Control (DF-MRAC). Previous methods of Model Reference Adaptive Control (MRAC) were based on the underlying assumption that plant model uncertainty can be approximated by a set of state dependent basis functions that are parameterized by an unknown but constant set of weights. In DF-MRAC, the viewpoint taken is that ideal weights may be time varying and, in fact, one can do away with the need for choosing a set of basis functions. The book presents a set of reproducible examples that illustrate the important features and advantages of DF-MRAC over conventional MRAC methods, and points out the many circumstances that exist for which a constant parameterization of uncertainty may be difficult or impossible to achieve, particularly in the case of unmodeled dynamics, time varying uncertainties, and exogenous disturbances that may be acting on the system being controlled. Geared toward graduate students, scholars, and experienced designers in the industry, the book clearly illustrates the benefits offered by DF-MRAC by contrasting it with Derivative-Based MRAC. It includes easy to follow and implementable examples, and collects existing results on this subject in one volume.

Optimal Trajectory Estimation for Missile Defense Applications is concerned with the application of modern estimation theory to aerospace trajectory estimation. It begins with a historical perspective on classical and modern estimation, followed by discussion of primary design challenges for trajectory estimation and real-world considerations that can complicate straightforward application of modern estimation theory to trajectory estimation. Subsequent chapters cover topics including: Modern estimation theory, Nonlinear measurement models, Closed-form solutions for nonlinear state and covariance predictions for two-body orbits, Bias characterization filter, Real-time orbit determination and bias estimation, Radar trilateration and its comparison with more conventional techniques such as triangulation and fused triangulation, Nonlinear recursive algorithm for estimation and prediction of boost trajectories, New models for maneuvering reentry vehicle (MaRV) acceleration dynamics, New acceleration characterization filter for reentry orbit determination with unmodeled maneuvers, Precise reentry maneuver estimation using radar trilateration, Application of optimal guidance and nonlinear estimation algorithms to the interception of an accelerating target during boost or a decelerating target during reentry, A linear, minimum-variance filter for fast frequency estimation, and Estimation and correction of tropospheric biases in radar tracks using bending angle measurements, determined using GPS radio occultation (GPS-RO) techniques. Well-suited for scholarly, professional, and industry audiences, this book provides a comprehensive and methodical examination of the subject matter, with robust examples, explanations, equations, graphs and diagrams, appendices, and references included within the text.

Clearance of Flight Control Laws: Optimal Control Approach is intended to provide domain experts with the required background for an appropriate application of clearance methods and interpretation of numerical results. The content is divided into three main parts: fundamentals, methods, and tools. These parts build on each other in the sense that the clearance methods depend on the underlying theoretical fundamentals, and clearance tools provide implementations of the clearance methods at a suitable level of abstraction. Part I introduces the building blocks of the direct discretization approach for optimal control problems: optimization (Chapter 1) and simulation (Chapter 2). Furthermore, Chapter 3 discusses optimal control problems in continuous time. Part II, which focuses on clearance analysis methods, contains the core topics of this book. The following types of analysis are covered for linear and linear-parametric systems (Chapter 4 and Chapter 5) as well as nonlinear-parametric systems (Chapter 6): Nominal Analysis: Are there worst-case inputs violating a clearance criterion? Sensitivity Analysis: What is the influence of parameters on (optimal) worst-case solutions? Combined Analysis: Is there a worst-case combination of parameters and inputs violating a clearance criterion? Additionally, Chapter 7 covers set-based approaches regarding the joint consideration of multiple criteria for linear and nonlinear systems. Part III illustrates the use of software for the application of clearance methods in practice. The COLIBRY framework, which can be used to implement the presented methods for linear and nonlinear systems, is covered in Chapter 8; the FALCON.m toolbox described in Chapter 9 is useful for modeling general nonlinear-parametric optimal control-based clearance problems using direct methods. Designed for practitioners, particularly flight dynamics and control engineers without a strong theoretical background in the fields of optimization and optimal control, this book facilitates the adoption of these methods by domain experts facing practical clearance tasks.

Gas Turbine Compressors and Fans: Fundamentals, Design, and Analysis focuses on the compression system of modern aircraft gas turbine engines, which includes the inlet, the fan, and the compressor. The content provided on the compressor is also relevant to ground-based gas turbine engines for power generation. This comprehensive volume provides the fundamentals of fan and compressor design and associated analyses. The book is divided into three parts. Part 1 provides a general overview of compression systems used across the industry. The integrated design, build, and test process, from requirements gathering to verification, is reviewed, with interdisciplinary approaches highlighted. Part 2 provides the basis of the mathematical and numerical models used in the design and analysis. Part 3 dives into the underlying physical processes and mechanisms in compressors and fans, including aerodynamics, acoustics, sealing, aeromechanics, erosion, corrosion, and icing. The gas turbine engine is an engineering marvel that continues to advance in efficiency, reliability, sustainability, and how it impacts humankind's activities by providing power to make things happen. Today, gas turbine engines directly or indirectly drive many of our world's engineered systems on land, air, and sea, from mining and manufacturing to electric-power generation and aircraft propulsion. The complex interactions among the physical processes coupled with the stringent requirements needed to design and optimize fans and compressors for a gas turbine engine motivated the compilation of the chapters in this book and make it an essential and invaluable reference for students, researchers, designers, and managers.

Interplanetary Spacecraft Navigation and Guidance examines a vast field that was developed to enable the exploration of the Moon and planets in the solar system by increasingly sophisticated spacecraft, flying-by, landing, or orbiting the inner and outer planets and releasing probes to enter their atmosphere. The book starts with the theoretical analysis of the information content of radiometric and optical data during planetary encounters. Then, in Chapter 2, an orbit determination accuracy assessment for an asteroid flyby is carried out to show how the dominant error in the determination of the spacecraft orbit relative to the asteroid due to the latter's a priori ephemeris uncertainty is dramatically reduced by the contribution of the spacecraft-based optical data, allowing for accurate targeting and instrument pointing requirements. Chapter 3 derives analytic expressions for the sensitivity of the hyperbolic planetary flyby and probe entry parameters, such as the longitude of the entry as well as the inertial entry angle, the rotation of the line of apsides, and the time of the entry, to errors in the incoming velocity and B-plane aim vector. In Chapter 4, the mathematical description of two key computer programs used in conjunction with the JPL Orbit Determination Program (ODP) to carry out probe delivery error analyses based on simulated data schedule is exposed in great detail. The Galileo probe trajectory reconstruction accuracy analysis is shown in Chapter 5, with an extensive analysis of the sensitivity of the probe entry angle to various error sources, as well as to different combinations of radiometric data types and data coverage strategies. The second part of this book is devoted to the generation of Lagrange point L1 halo orbits, and transfers from Earth orbit to the halo orbits. Chapter 6 shows the mechanics of the three-body problem, as well as Richardson's third-order approximate analytic solution for periodic halo orbits around the Sun-Earth L1 point within the context of the circular restricted three-body problem, which is used to generate the initial guess for the initial conditions that are iterated on in an exact sense to arrive at a desired bounded periodic halo orbit. Chapter 7 shows how to compute ballistic transfer trajectories from Low Earth Orbits (LEO) to the L1 halo orbits generated in the previous chapter. Chapter 8 discusses transfer trajectories from Low Earth Orbit to a Large L1 -centered class I halo orbit in the Sun-Earth circular problem using a constrained insertion mode. In Chapter 9, the local regularization technique is applied to the more accurate restricted elliptic three-body problem in rotating coordinates, resulting in a system of ten first-order differential equations in terms of the Levi-Civita-Kustaanheimo-Stiefel regularized u-variables. The last chapter consists of an application of the regularized system of differential equations to the case in which picosatellites are released at regular intervals of time from halo and also from distant retrograde orbits to ensure that a solar surveillance zone centered on the Sun-Earth axis is always populated by these satellites for solar weather forecasting from impending solar storms.

The saga of SpaceX is the story of a diverse cadre of true believers in the limitless potential of space travel. For the first time, Reentry relates the definitive chronicle of how this daring team of risk-takers was able to redefine what it takes to reach the stars.

This conference attracts GN&C specialists from across the globe. The 2022 Conference was the 44th Annual GN&C conference with more than 230 attendees from six different countries with 44 companies and 28 universities represented. The conference presented more than 100 presentations and 16 posters across 18 topics. This year, the planning committee wanted to continue a focus on networking and collaboration hoping to inspire innovation through the intersection of diverse ideas. These proceedings present the relevant topics of the day while keeping our more popular and well-attended sessions as cornerstones from year to year. Several new topics including "Autonomous Control of Multiple Vehicles" and "Results and Experiences from OSIRIS-REx" were directly influenced by advancements in our industry. In the end, the 44th Annual GN&C conference became a timely reflection of the current state of the GN&C ins the space industry. The annual American Astronautical Society Rocky Mountain Guidance, Navigation and Control (GN&C) Conference began 1977 as an informal exchange of ideas and reports of achievements among guidance and control specialists local to the Colorado area. Bud Gates, Don Parsons, and Bob Culp organized the first conference, and began the annual series of meetings the following winter. In March 1978, the First Annual Rocky Mountain Guidance and Control Conference met at Keystone, Colorado. It met there for eighteen years, moving to Breckenridge in 1996 where it has been for over 25 years.

Topics include orbital and attitude maneuvers, orbit establishment and orbit transfer, plane rotation, interplanetary transfer and hyperbolic passage, lunar transfer, reorientation with constant momentum, attitude determination, and more. Answers to selected exercises.

The present volume contains in one binding the whole contents of Volume I, first published in May, 1941, and the whole contents of Volume II which was published in March, 1943. The book was primarily for chemists. The writing of it was commenced in order that a textbook might be available for the use of students in the course in powder and explosives which the author gave for about twenty years (nearly every year since the first World War) to fourth-year and graduate students of chemistry and of chemical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.... The aim of the book has been too described as clearly and interestingly as possible and as fully as seemed profitable the modes of behavior, both physical and chemical, of explosive substances, whether these modes find practical application or not. Historical material has been included where it was thought that it contributed to this end, and has not been included elsewhere or for any other reason. It is a fact that a knowledge of the history of ideas, of persons, or of things produces something of the same sympathetic understanding of them that living with them and working with them does.

This book provides chemists with insight on pyrotechnics and explosives. It emphasizes basic chemical principles and practical, hands-on knowledge in the preparation of energetic materials. The updated third edition discusses chemical and pyrotechnic principles, components of high-energy materials, elements of ignition, propagation, and sensitivity.

This book provides chemists with insight on pyrotechnics and explosives. It emphasizes basic chemical principles and practical, hands-on knowledge in the preparation of energetic materials. The updated third edition discusses chemical and pyrotechnic principles, components of high-energy materials, elements of ignition, propagation, and sensitivity.

The venerable, time-tested guide to style, usage, and grammar--an indispensable reference informing the editorial canon with sound, definitive advice. Much has happened in the years since the publication of the seventeenth edition of The Chicago Manual of Style. The world has transformed, and the Manual has risen to meet the moment. The eighteenth edition of this classic guide for writers, editors, and publishers is the most extensive revision in two decades. Every chapter has been reexamined with diversity and accessibility in mind, and major changes include updated and expanded coverage of pronoun use and inclusive language, revised guidelines on capitalization, and broader range of examples, new coverage of Indigenous languages, and expanded advice on making publications accessible to people with disabilities. The Manual's traditional focus on nonfiction has been expanded to encompass fiction and other creative genres, and the needs of self-published authors also receive wider attention. The citation chapters have been thoroughly reorganized for the benefit of new and experienced users alike, and key concepts for editing mathematics have been integrated into the chapters where they will be most useful to generalists. Evolving technologies--including open-access publishing models and AI--are covered throughout. And naturally, there are some well-considered updates to familiar rules, including changes intended to align the Manual's recommendations more closely with real-world usage. As with every new edition, devotees of the Manual will find much to discover and ponder.

This benchmark text is back in a new edition thoroughly updated to incorporate developments and changes in metadata and related domains. Zeng and Qin provide a solid grounding in the variety and interrelationships among different metadata types, offering a comprehensive look at the metadata schemas that exist in the world of library and information science and beyond.

This volume covers digital design techniques, exercises and applications. The book discusses digital design and implementation in the context of VLSI and embedded system design. It covers basic digital design techniques to high speed design techniques. The contents also cover performance improvement, optimization concepts and design case studies. It includes pedagogical features such as design examples and illustrations. This book will be a useful guide for hardware engineers, logic design engineers, professionals and hobbyists looking to learn and use the digital design to develop VLSI based algorithms, architectures and products.

Physics and Chemistry of the Solar System, Revised Edition is a comprehensive survey of the planetary physics and physical chemistry of the part of the universe that is best understood--our own solar system. Although many fundamental questions remain unanswered, or even unasked, research in these areas has advanced quickly, and the planetary sciences have benefited from both earth-based and spacecraft-based experimentation. These experiments form the basis of thisencyclopedic reference, which skillfully fuses synthesis and explanation. Detailed chapters review each of the major planetary bodies as well as asteroids, comets, and other small orbitals. With this reference, astronomers, physicists, and planetary scientists will have a state-of-the-art book whose uses include both teaching and research. This new version, featuring approximately 10% new material, will also prove an invaluable addition to any library in astronomy, planetary physics, and astrophysics.

Earth and Mars formed from the same stuff swirling around our infant Sun. These planetary siblings may have been alike in their early days. But their different positions in the Solar System family and different histories led one to become a water world smothered in life and the other a cold, dry desert. Earth’s geology is our template to understand—and sometimes misunderstand—our planetary sibling. This book unpacks decades of scientific exploration of Earth and Mars to tell the story of how we figured out what we know about Mars. It sets the stage to consider the biggest question of all: Is there or was there ever life on Mars?

The book explores Mars through the lens of planetary geology with chapters on:
Solar System formation
Minerals
Plate tectonics
Sedimentary rocks and environments
Magma and volcanoes
Marsquakes
Mars' internal structure
Ice
Water
Atmosphere and weather
The possibility of life
All of these discoveries come together to reveal a history for Mars, including humankind's attempts to unlock its secrets.