The Design and Engineering of Curiosity


Book Description

This book describes the most complex machine ever sent to another planet: Curiosity. It is a one-ton robot with two brains, seventeen cameras, six wheels, nuclear power, and a laser beam on its head. No one human understands how all of its systems and instruments work. This essential reference to the Curiosity mission explains the engineering behind every system on the rover, from its rocket-powered jetpack to its radioisotope thermoelectric generator to its fiendishly complex sample handling system. Its lavishly illustrated text explains how all the instruments work -- its cameras, spectrometers, sample-cooking oven, and weather station -- and describes the instruments' abilities and limitations. It tells you how the systems have functioned on Mars, and how scientists and engineers have worked around problems developed on a faraway planet: holey wheels and broken focus lasers. And it explains the grueling mission operations schedule that keeps the rover working day in and day out.







Precision Manufacturing


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Precision Manufacturing provides an introduction to precision engineering for manufacturing. With an emphasis on design and performance of precision machinery for manufacturing – machine tool elements and structure, sources of error, precision machining processes and process models sensors for process monitoring and control, metrology, actuators, and machine design. This book will be of interest to design engineers, quality engineers and manufacturing engineers, academics and those who may or may not have previous experience with precision manufacturing, but want to learn more.




Serious Leisure and Nature


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Leisure activities undertaken in nature are immensely popular. This book examines the new serious leisure concept of nature challenge activity (NCA), exploring how NCA unfolds in an aesthetically appealing natural environment with implications for consumption and environmental sustainability.




Graph Paper Notebook


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Graph Paper Notebook | 4X4 Quad Ruled | 16 Squares Per Inch | 108 Pages A blank, quad ruled graph paper notebook is very useful. Straightforward, sturdy and versatile. Encourage creativity. Create graph art - make patterns, geometric shapes, and symmetrical pictures. A minimalistic and classic design notebook. A great multi-purpose journal for: Mathematical Graphing Art Projects Practicing Hand Lettering Craft Project Planning Plot Graphs... duh! Journal or Planner Writing Notes And so much more! Product Details: 8.5 x 11 inches - 21.59 x 27.94 cm - large size 108 4X4 Quad Ruled - 16 squares per inch High Quality White Paper Acid-Free Paper Perfect Bound - pages are not removeable Durable Matte Finish Cover Our notebooks are available in a variety of colors and styles - unlined, dot grid, and graph paper interiors. Be sure to check out our complete book catalog by clicking on our author name at the top of this page.




Scientific Detectors for Astronomy


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Dear Friends, It seems like it was only yesterday that we drove the last of you to the airport. The memories and the spirit of the Scientific Detectors for Astronomy Workshop (SDW2002) remain fresh and strong. For us, this was a very special event, a great gathering of what may be one of the friendliest and most cooperative technical communities on our little planet. We have tried to capture the spirit of the Workshop in these Proceedings and we hope you are able to relive your week in Hawaii. For those readers who did not attend, we invite you into this community. As you probably noticed, there is a new name on the cover: Jenna Beletic was the ace up our sleeve for these Proceedings. As a summer intern at Keck, she took up the task of organizing, proofreading, editing and formatting the papers. She also made the graphics (her artistic talents shine on pages xxxiii and xxxv), contacted authors and prepared the mountain of paperwork which goes with producing a book. Jenna’s enthusiasm at learning, her passion for the job and creativity (e. g. find 100 ways to get Paola and Jim to do their jobs) have been a motivating addition to our team of “old workshop foxes”...... and a source for a good deal of paternal pride. We are honoured to have her as a fellow editor.




Graph Paper Notebook 8. 5 X 11 - 1/4 Inch Squares


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Professional Graph Paper Notebook, 1/4 Inch Squares (4x4), 8.5 x 11, Letter Sized, Blue, Quad Ruled Graph paper notebook is great and becomes more and more popular. It isn't used just for creating graphs anymore. With grids in each page, the notebook is perfect for neatly sectioning what we write, draw and doodle. In short, if you want a notebook that keep your notes neat and clean, this notebook is an excellent choice for you. Suitable usage for 1/4-Inch-Squares Graph Notebook Unlike graph notebooks with 1-inch and 1/2-inch squares, which are popular for practicing kids' handwriting skill, this 1/4-inch-squares graph notebook is popular in math and science. Also, many people use this 4x4 graph notebook as a lined one too, because the height of grids is almost equivalent to college ruled (the grid just a bit smaller). Basically, if you are after a notebook that can help you keep your notes neat and tidy. This 4-squares-per-inch notebook work better than a normal lined notebook. This notebook offers both vertical lines and horizontal lines. With the vertical lines added, these are examples of benefits you can get: You can always start your notes at the same column (regardless, how many lines they are apart from) You can easier create your tables You can tidy make sections for special notes. and so on. Description for this notebook The size of this graph notebook is 8.5" x 11", letter sized notebook, which suits those who are looking for a big notebook with 1/4-inch grids in each page. The notebook comes with smart classic design, but professional looking. You can use it anywhere you prefer - your workplace, your home, school or cafe. The cover is matte laminated softcover, which in general looks more professional and elegant. The paper weight is 60 lb, most popular quality office copy paper, so it can prevent ink leakage for a certain level. There are 108 graph paper pages / 54 paper sheets in this notebook. As grids can be seen as a lined paper guide and area drawing guide, the book can freely be used as either bullet journal, lined notebook journal or sketchbook. To make sure that grids will not make you unpleasant to look at each paper page, the grids are presented in light gray color. Every page in this graph notebook also comes with bottom page number with little art style. The page number is created for you to organize your ideas in the book more easily. It can help you find things easier also. Summarized Specifications Design: professional look with smart design Dimension: 8.5 x 11 inches Notebook Type: perfect binding, soft cover with matte-lamination style Layout: no bleed, 1/4-inch-squares graph notebook, with stylish bottom numbered on every page Color: blue color cover and white paper sheets Number of Pages: 108 pages / 54 sheets Paper Weight: 60 lb, most common quality office copy paper Made-In: USA Note*: Non-Perforated Pages, Double Sided Pages




Computer-Related Risks


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"This sobering description of many computer-related failures throughout our world deflates the hype and hubris of the industry. Peter Neumann analyzes the failure modes, recommends sequences for prevention and ends his unique book with some broadening reflections on the future." —Ralph Nader, Consumer Advocate This book is much more than a collection of computer mishaps; it is a serious, technically oriented book written by one of the world's leading experts on computer risks. The book summarizes many real events involving computer technologies and the people who depend on those technologies, with widely ranging causes and effects. It considers problems attributable to hardware, software, people, and natural causes. Examples include disasters (such as the Black Hawk helicopter and Iranian Airbus shootdowns, the Exxon Valdez, and various transportation accidents); malicious hacker attacks; outages of telephone systems and computer networks; financial losses; and many other strange happenstances (squirrels downing power grids, and April Fool's Day pranks). Computer-Related Risks addresses problems involving reliability, safety, security, privacy, and human well-being. It includes analyses of why these cases happened and discussions of what might be done to avoid recurrences of similar events. It is readable by technologists as well as by people merely interested in the uses and limits of technology. It is must reading for anyone with even a remote involvement with computers and communications—which today means almost everyone. Computer-Related Risks: Presents comprehensive coverage of many different types of risks Provides an essential system-oriented perspective Shows how technology can affect your life—whether you like it or not!




Graph Paper Notebook 8. 5 X 11 - 1/4 Inch Squares


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Professional Graph Paper Notebook, 1/4 Inch Squares (4x4), 8.5 x 11, Letter Sized, Marble Blue Black, Quad Ruled Graph paper notebook is great and becomes more and more popular. It isn't used just for creating graphs anymore. With grids in each page, the notebook is perfect for neatly sectioning what we write, draw and doodle. In short, if you want a notebook that keep your notes neat and clean, this notebook is an excellent choice for you. Suitable usage for 1/4-Inch-Squares Graph Notebook Unlike graph notebooks with 1-inch and 1/2-inch squares, which are popular for practicing kids' handwriting skill, this 1/4-inch-squares graph notebook is popular in math and science. Also, many people use this 4x4 graph notebook as a lined one too, because the height of grids is almost equivalent to college ruled (the grid just a bit smaller). Basically, if you are after a notebook that can help you keep your notes neat and tidy. This 4-squares-per-inch notebook work better than a normal lined notebook. This notebook offers both vertical lines and horizontal lines. With the vertical lines added, these are examples of benefits you can get: You can always start your notes at the same column (regardless, how many lines they are apart from) You can easier create your tables You can tidy make sections for special notes. and so on. Description for this notebook The size of this graph notebook is 8.5" x 11", letter sized notebook, which suits those who are looking for a big notebook with 1/4-inch grids in each page. The notebook comes with smart classic design, but professional looking. You can use it anywhere you prefer - your workplace, your home, school or cafe. The cover is matte laminated softcover, which in general looks more professional and elegant. The paper weight is 60 lb, most popular quality office copy paper, so it can prevent ink leakage for a certain level. There are 108 graph paper pages / 54 paper sheets in this notebook. As grids can be seen as a lined paper guide and area drawing guide, the book can freely be used as either bullet journal, lined notebook journal or sketchbook. To make sure that grids will not make you unpleasant to look at each paper page, the grids are presented in light gray color. Every page in this graph notebook also comes with bottom page number with little art style. The page number is created for you to organize your ideas in the book more easily. It can help you find things easier also. Summarized Specifications Design: professional look with smart design Dimension: 8.5 x 11 inches Notebook Type: perfect binding, soft cover with matte-lamination style Layout: no bleed, 1/4-inch-squares graph notebook, with stylish bottom numbered on every page Color: marble-blue-black cover and white paper sheets Number of Pages: 108 pages / 54 sheets Paper Weight: 60 lb, most common quality office copy paper Made-In: USA Note*: Non-Perforated Pages, Double Sided Pages




Haines V. Kerner


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