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Steven Vogel (2025)
Life's Devices: The Physical World of Animals and Plants
Princeton : Princeton university press, 2025
"Life on Earth is subject to the pull of gravity, the properties of air and water, and the behavior of diffusing molecules, yet such physical factors are constraints that drive evolution and offer untold opportunities to creatures of all sizes. In this lively introduction to the science of biomechanics, Steven Vogel invites you to wonder about the design of the plants and animals around us. You will learn why a fish swims more rapidly than a duck can paddle, why healthy trees more commonly uproot than break, how sharks manage with such flimsy skeletons, and why a mouse can easily survive a fall onto any surface from any height. With an illuminating foreword by Rob Dunn, this Princeton Science Library edition of Life's Devices includes examples from every major group of animals and plants along with illustrative problems and suggestions for experiments that require only common household materials."
Alivisatos, Paul(2025)
Quantum dot display science and technology
Wiley, 2025
"Quantum Dot Display Science and Technology presents all aspects of quantum dot (QD) based display technologies, divided into four general topic areas: the basic science of quantum dots, QD photoluminescent technologies, QD electroluminescent technologies, and other display related QD technologies. Composed of 14 chapters, this book includes a list of pedagogical features such as tables, illustrations, process flow charts, and more to provide active learning for the reader. This book also includes information on future quantum dot displays and the major milestones in the field."
Nazé, Yaël(2025)
Explorer le ciel, les planètes et la Terre : les grandes expéditions des astronomes
Odile Jacob, 2025
"Cosmos… Un mot qui fait rêver et nous invite au voyage ! Pourtant, pour percer les secrets de l’univers, les astronomes ont parfois dû entreprendre des expéditions aussi périlleuses qu’extraordinaires, quittant le confort de leurs observatoires pour affronter les éléments et les imprévus. De la chaleur écrasante des tropiques aux frissons des régions polaires, en passant par des rivalités scientifiques
et des révolutions inattendues, ces explorateurs du ciel ont défié toutes les adversités.
À travers des moments clés de l’histoire, ces « savantures » cosmiques témoignent de la détermination farouche de l’humain à surmonter les obstacles pour découvrir l’inconnu. Ce livre nous plonge dans des récits fascinants où la science rencontre l’audace humaine, prête à triompher de toutes les épreuves pour satisfaire une curiosité insatiable."
Brochard, Daniel(2023)
Le traité Rustica des arbres fruitiers
Rustica
"Le Traité Rustica des arbres fruitiers constitue une somme complète pour réussir au mieux la culture de vos espèces fruitières. Comment planter un abricotier ? Comment tailler un poirier ou un pommier ? Comment soigner un pied de vigne atteint de mildiou ? Véritable mine d’informations pratiques, Le Traité Rustica des arbres fruitiers vous guide pas à pas, mois après mois, année après année, pour obtenir les plus beaux fruits, le plus régulièrement et le plus abondamment possible."
Howard, Gary(2025)
The biology of us : the living world all around and in us
Oxford university press, 2025
"The Biology of Us describes the common but fascinating examples of biology and nature that are hidden in plain sight in our daily lives. It focuses on human biology, but describes animals and plants all around, on, and in us to put human features into an evolutionary context. Many aspects of ourselves and our normal activities are examples of evolution : breathing, eating, standing up, communicating, telling time, and more."
Waleffe, Fabian(2025)
Vector and complex calculus : a textbook for students of the physical sciences
Oxford university press, 2025
"Vector and complex calculus are essential for applications to electromagnetism, fluid and solid mechanics, and the differential geometry of surfaces. Moving beyond the limits of standard multivariable calculus courses, this comprehensive textbook takes students from the geometry and algebra of vectors, through to the key concepts and tools of vector calculus. Topics explored include the differential geometry of curves and surfaces, curvilinear coordinates, ending with a study of the essential elements of the calculus of functions of one complex variable. Vector and Complex Calculus is richly illustrated to help students develop a solid visual understanding of the material, and the tools and concepts explored are foundational for upper-level engineering and physics courses. Each chapter includes a section of exercises which lead the student to practice key concepts and explore further interesting results."
Heywood, Peter(2022)
The life, extinction, and rebreeding of quagga zebras : significance for conservation
Cambridge university press, 2022
"Quaggas were beautiful pony-sized zebras in southern Africa that had fewer stripes on their bodies and legs, and a browner body coloration than other zebras. Indigenous people hunted quaggas, portrayed them in rock art, and told stories about them. Settlers used quaggas to pull wagons and to protect livestock against predators. Taken to Europe, they were admired, exhibited, harnessed to carriages, illustrated by famous artists and written about by scientists. Excessive hunting led to quaggas' extinction in the 1880s but DNA from museum specimens showed rebreeding was feasible and now zebras resembling quaggas live in their former habitats. This rebreeding is compared with other de-extinction and rewilding ventures and its appropriateness discussed against the backdrop of conservation challenges-including those facing other zebras. In an Anthropocene of species extinction, climate change and habitat loss which organisms and habitats should be saved, and should attempts be made to restore extinct species?"
Tromp, Jeroen(2025)
A geometrical introduction to tensor calculus
Princeton university press, 2025
"An authoritative, self-contained introduction to geometrical tensor calculus for scientists and engineers. Tensors are widely used in physics and engineering to describe physical properties that have multiple dimensions and magnitudes. In recent years, they have become increasingly important for data analytics and machine learning, allowing for the representation and processing of data in neural networks and the modeling of complex relationships in multidimensional spaces. This incisive book provides a geometrical understanding of tensors and their calculus from the point of view of a physicist. With a wealth of examples presented in visually engaging boxes, it takes readers through all aspects of geometrical continuum mechanics and the field and dynamic equations of Einstein, Einstein-Cartan, and metric-affine theories of general relativity. A Geometrical Introduction to Tensor Calculus gives graduate students, advanced undergraduates, and researchers a powerful and mathematically elegant tool for comprehending the behavior and applications of tensors across an array of fields. Offers a physicist's perspective on geometrical tensor calculus. Includes dozens of examples that illustrate the geometrical use of tensors in continuum mechanics and general relativity. Can serve as the basis for a course in tensor calculus for physicists and engineers. Invaluable as a supplementary guide for anyone studying areas of physics that rely on tensor calculus, such as electrodynamics, geophysics, fluid and continuum mechanics, and general relativity."
Clay, David(2024)
Salinity and sodicity : a global challenge to food security, environmental quality, and soil resilience
Wiley, 2024
"In Salinity and Sodicity: A Global Challenge to Food Security, Environmental Quality, and Soil Resilience, a team of distinguished educators delivers an expert discussion of salinity and sodicity management. This book is designed to improve the problem-solving capabilities of students, soil health professionals, certified crop advisors, and other practicing professionals in this area."
Postek, Krzysztof(2025)
Hands-on mathematical optimization with Python
Cambridge university press, 2025
"A hands-on Python-based guide to mathematical optimization for undergraduates and graduates in applied math, industrial engineering and operations research programs, as well as practitioners in related fields. Focuses on practical applications, with over 50 Jupyter notebooks and extensive exercises to test understanding."
Spencer, Hamish G.(2025)
Beyond equilibria : historical approaches to ecology and evolution
Oxford university press, 2025
"Integrating History into Ecology and Evolution argues for the importance of an historical perspective in ecological and evolutionary research. Such a viewpoint, author Hamish Spencer contends, is especially fruitful in theoretical studies. Moreover, he proposes that recognizing the different ways in which history can impact study systems, "flavors" in his terminology, prompts researchers to ask different but insightful questions. Different chapters of the book illustrate the use of various of these flavors in understanding different problems in ecology and evolution. Using appropriate flavors illuminates different aspects of the study systems, which can lead to the resolution of matters previously appearing paradoxical. For instance, taking an historical viewpoint and using the flavour of contingency can explain empirical observations that foraging fish in a patchy environment are found more often than expected at poorer feeding sites. Similarly, the recognition that genetic variation can build up over time - history as construction - shows that several arguments against the role of natural selection in maintaining that variation are erroneous."