This alphabetically organized ten-volume set opens up the entire world of science in clear, nontechnical language. Its 798 entries provide fascinating facts covering the entire spectrum of science, from physical, life, and earth sciences to math, psychology, engineering, technology, and the environment. This edition features 204 new entries and 594 updated entries.

"This book covers different aspects of Internet of Drones (IoD) including fundamentals in drone design, deployment challenges, and development of applications. It starts with a detailed description of concepts and processes in designing an efficient system, and architecture. It details different applications of IoD and its implementations in smart cities, agriculture, healthcare, defense, security, logistics, GIS mapping, and so forth. Recent developments...

Gone are the days when data was interlinked with related data by humans and human interpretation was required. Data is no longer just data. It is now considered a Thing or Entity or Concept with meaning, so that a machine not only understands the concept but also extrapolates the way humans do. Data Science with Semantic Technologies: Deployment and Exploration, the second volume of a two-volume handbook set, provides a roadmap for the deployment...

Wireless network security research is multidisciplinary in nature, including data analysis, economics, mathematics, forensics, information technology, and computer science. This text covers cutting-edge research in computational intelligence systems from diverse fields on the complex subject of wireless communication security. It discusses important topics including computational intelligence in wireless network and communications, artificial intelligence...

"The manufacturing industries remain the foundation of local, regional, and global economies. Manufacturing plants operate in dynamic markets that demand upgrading with transformational technologies for maintaining profitability, competitiveness, and business sustainability. Yet most manufacturing plants currently use technologies that are no longer competitive and industry leaders face an overwhelming array of operational challenges that require...

Unleash Blockchain's Potential and Embrace the Digital Revolution. Are you interested in technology revolutionizing industries and altering how we communicate and conduct business? Look nowhere else! The best resource for comprehending and utilizing the potential of blockchain is "Blockchain: Unlocking the Power of Blockchain- Your Essential Handbook for the Digital Revolution." As you set out on a journey through the fundamental ideas, uses, and...

Get the Summary of Chris Dixon's Read Write Own in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Read Write Own" by Chris Dixon delves into the profound impact of networks on human interaction, wealth, and power, emphasizing the internet's pervasive influence across social and economic spheres. The book explores the evolution of communication through digital advancements like email and videoconferencing, highlighting the growing...

When Art and his friends-Robbie, Jason, and Amy-are having a sleepover, they decide to use Art's telescope for some stargazing. They are shocked to see a purple spaceship hurtling toward Earth. While his parents think his imagination is getting the best of him, Art thinks Earth is at risk of an alien invasion. What should he do? Should Art and his fellow science detectives alert the authorities, or should they take matters into their own hands? When...

Virtual reality is a perceptual experience, achieved using technology. Anyone wishing to develop virtual reality should understand the human perceptual processes with which the technology seeks to interact and control. The book presents state-of-the-art reviews of the current understanding of these human perceptual processes and the implications for virtual reality. It reports research which has tried to make the technology capable of delivering the...

Can the stories of bananas, whales, sea birds, and otters teach us to reconsider the seaport as a place of ecological violence, tied to oil, capital, and trade? San Pedro Bay, which contains the contiguous Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, is a significant site for petroleum shipping and refining as well as one of the largest container shipping ports in the world-some forty percent of containerized imports to the United States pass through...