An urgent study of the history, science and existential dangers of Artificial Intelligence, named by Elon Musk as one of the five books everyone should read about the future.

This latest edition of the most internationally respected reference in food chemistry for more than 30 years, Fennema’s Food Chemistry, 5th Edition once again meets and surpasses the standards of quality and comprehensive information set by its predecessors. All chapters reflect recent scientific advances and, where appropriate, have expanded and evolved their focus to provide readers with the current state-of-the-science of chemistry for the food industry. This edition introduces new ...

Learn to use ArcGIS Pro confidently, quickly, and effectively with the newest edition in this best-selling series. Getting to Know ArcGIS Pro 3.2 introduces readers to ArcGIS Pro, the world’s most powerful desktop GIS. Geographic information system (GIS) software provides mapping and analytic capabilities that give people and organizations powerful location intelligence.

Getting to Know ArcGIS Pro 3.2 walks readers through exploring ArcGIS Online, using 3D GIS, building a geodatabase, creat...

This new edition of the classic text has been extensively rewritten to bring it right up to date and enzymes has been introduced as a new topic. Its accessible style makes it invaluable to students and teachers of food science and nutrition.

Dit handboek is het eerste werk dat de onderwerpen pompen en compressoren bundelt en op encyclopedische manier benadert. In samenwerking met bedrijven, ingenieurs en technici geeft de auteur een helder overzicht van alle toestellen die op de markt zijn. De talloze kleurenfoto’s en figuren werpen een duidelijk licht op hun toepassingen en eigenschappen. Ten slotte komen ook de correcte terminologie en het wiskundige luik van de werking op overzichtelijke wijze aan bod. Pompen & compresso...

Nowadays we know much more about the working of the brain, especially how it perceives things, how it decides and how it prepares and performs actions. This book uses that new understanding. It focuses on the question what the brain teaches us about safe work behaviour and which opportunities we have to influence that behaviour. The author offers the reader an innovative insight in the psychology behind the success or failure of many work-related safety measures.

One of the key messages is th...

Pinch Analysis for Energy and Carbon Footprint Reduction is the only dedicated pinch analysis and process integration guide, covering a breadth of material from foundational knowledge to in-depth processes. Readers are introduced to the main concepts of pinch analysis, the calculation of energy targets for a given process, the pinch temperature, and the golden rules of pinch-based design to meet energy targets. More advanced topics include the extraction of stream data necessary for a pinch a...

Acoustics and Noise Control provides a detailed and comprehensive introduction to the principles and practice of acoustics and noise control. Since the last edition was published in 1996 there have been many changes and additions to standards, laws and regulations, codes of practice relating to noise, and in noise measurement techniques and noise control technology so this new edition has been fully revised and updated throughout. The book assumes no previous knowledge of the subject and requ...