Applied science. Technology / editor, Donald R. Franceschetti, Ph.D., The University of Memphis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Franceschetti, Donald R., 1947- editor.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Standardized Title:

Applied science. Selections.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology.

Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 734 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Covers major fields and technologies in all areas, from agriculture to computers to engineering to medical to space sciences.

Contents:

""Applied Science: Technology""; ""Contents""; ""Publisher's Note""; ""Editor's Introduction: Technology""; ""Contributors""; ""Common Units of Measure""; ""Air-Quality monitoring""; ""Air Traffic Control""; ""Anthropology""; ""Apiology""; ""Automated Processes and Servomechanisms""; ""Biochemical Engineering""; ""Bioenergy Technologies""; ""Biofuels and Synthetic Fuels""; ""Camera Technologies""; ""Cinematography""; ""Coastal Engineering""; ""Coating Technology""; ""Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing""; ""Cracking""; ""Cryogenics""; ""Cryonics""; ""Detergents""; ""Diode Technology""

""Distillation"" "Drug Testing""; ""Egg Production""; ""Electromagnet Technologies""; ""Electronic Commerce""; ""Epoxies and Resin Technologies""; ""Erosion Control""; ""Explosives Technologies""; ""Fiber Technologies""; ""Fisheries Science""; ""Flood-Control Technology""; ""Fluidized Bed Processing""; ""Food Preservation""; ""Food Science""; ""Forensic Science""; ""Forestry""; ""Fuel Cell Technologies""; ""Gasoline Processing and Production""; ""Gas Turbine Technology""; ""Genetically Modified Food Production""; ""Glass and Glassmaking""; ""Graphics Technologies""

""Hazardous-Waste Disposal"" "Heat-Exchanger Technologies""; ""Heat Pumps""; ""Herbology""; ""Holographic Technology""; ""Horticulture""; ""Human-Computer Interaction""; ""Hybrid Vehicle Technologies""; ""Hydroponics""; ""Industrial Fermentation""; ""Ion Propulsion""; ""Jet Engine Technology""; ""Laser Interferometry""; ""Laser Technologies""; ""Light-Emitting Diodes""; ""Liquid Crystal Technology""; ""Lithography""; ""Long-Range Artillery""; ""Magnetic Storage""; ""Maps and Mapping""; ""Marine Mining""; ""Microlithography and Nanolithography""; ""Microwave Technology""; ""Music Technology""

""Nanotechnology"" "Navigation""; ""Night Vision Technology""; ""Noise Control""; ""Nuclear Technology""; ""Ocean and Tidal Energy Technologies""; ""Optical Storage""; ""Pasteurization and Irradiation""; ""Photography""; ""Plant Breeding and Propagation""; ""Printing""; ""Recycling Technology""; ""Remote Sensing""; ""Silviculture""; ""Solar Energy""; ""Sonar Technologies""; ""Steam Energy Technology""; ""Steelmaking Technologies""; ""Telecommunications""; ""Telemedicine""; ""Telephone Technology and Networks""; ""Television Technologies""; ""Temperature Measurement""

""Transistor Technologies"" "Vehicular Accident Reconstruction""; ""Vertical Takeoff and Landing Aircraft""; ""Viticulture and Enology""; ""Water-Pollution Control""; ""Water Supply Systems""; ""Weight and Mass Measurement""; ""Wildlife Conservation""; ""Wind Power Technologies""; ""Wireless Technologies and Communication""; ""Zone Refining""; ""Zymology and Zymurgy""; ""Appendixes""; ""Biographical Dictionary of Scientists""; ""Glossary""; ""Timeline""; ""General Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""Subject Index""

Notes:

Comprises articles on technology extracted from the five-volume reference set Applied Science. Salem Press, 2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 1, 2014).

ISBN:

9781587657887

1587657880

9781587657818

1587657813

OCLC:

874932678