A comprehensive introduction to the techniques of exploitation and creative problem-solving methods commonly referred to as "hacking." It shows how hackers exploit programs and write exploits, instead of just how to run other people's exploits. This book explains the technical aspects of hacking, including stack based overflows, heap based ...
This fully revised and expanded edition of Marine Geology closely examines the interrelationship between water and its life forms and geologic structures. It looks at several ideas for the origin of the Earth, continents and oceans, and how these processes fit into the origin of the universe. From gigantic submarine canyons to ocean volcanoes, ...
Clearly written and well illustrated with black-and-white photographs, illustrations, and helpful tables, Asteroids, Comets, and Meteorites provides students, researchers, and general readers with the most up-to-date information on this fascinating field. From the days of the dinosaurs to our modern environment, this book explores all aspects of ...
The study of fossils, minerals, and gems has played crucial roles in increasing our knowledge about the Earth, the changes the planet has gone through, and the species that have inhabited it. This volume introduces the disciplines of geology, palaeontology, and mineralogy, and how they reveal secrets of the Earth's history. The "Living Earth ...
For students, geologists, or anyone who is interested in the developments in the study of the Earth's structure, Plate Tectonics offers a full understanding of the theory that provides a single guiding principle to the earth's geological history. Beginning with a historical overview of plate tectonic theory in this century, the book describes in ...
This highly illustrated series examines, at introductory and general readership level, the world of geology. The volumes cover everything from the basic building blocks of geological study, fossils and minerals, to the complex workings of plate tectonics. This volume examines rock formations and unusual geological formations.
Species living on Earth today represent a mere fraction of the total amount of life forms that have existed since the planet was first formed. Part of the "Living Earth" series, this resource is designed for anyone requiring information on the latest in historical geology, the study of the evolution of the Earth and its developing life forms. A ...
Examines the effects of population growth on the environment, discussing global pollution, resource depletion, and habitat destruction and their impact on the earth's natural cycles.
This guide provides information on the study of the natural and man-made forces that influence the scope and shape of the planet. Topics covered include glacial landscapes, erosion, coastal geography, arctic geology, continental formation, and desert features.
Clearly written and illustrated, this book will appeal to both teachers and students searching for the latest in the study of Earth's more unusual topographical formations and the processes that shape them. The volume explores erosional effects and features, dating methods for specific geologic structures, fossil formation and fossil beds, plate ...
The papers in this volume illustrate the power of a scientific approach to ecological economics. Good science is a careful blend of theory and empirical testing. Theory without empirical grounding is of no practical value and random case studies without a theoretical context are not generalizable. The back and forth interplay between theory and ...
This highly illustrated series examines, at introductory and general readership level, the world of geology. The volumes cover everything from the basic building blocks of geological study, fossils and minerals, to the complex workings of plate tectonics. This volume examines the causes and effects of natural cataclysms that befall the Earth. Each ...
Part of a series of books on the changing Earth, this detailed volume investigates all aspects of oceanography, revealing a tremendously varied and complex network of related water worlds.
Historical Geology provides up-to-date and expanded coverage of the metamorphic span of Earth's history as told through its fossils, rocks, and species, from the very origins of the planet to the current Holocene interglacial period. An introductory chapter details basic geologic concepts, followed by chapters - organized according to different ...
Throughout history, awesome floods, devastating earthquakes, disastrous volcanoes and other catastrophic activities have demonstrated nature's inexplicable power. This title provides up-to-date coverage of the processes that produce natural catastrophes. An introductory chapter details the dynamic forces at work beneath the Earth's crust, while ...
Helping readers to understand the hopes and the hazards facing humankind by learning more about the causes and the consequences of environmental change, Environmental Geology is a valuable guide to an exciting and relatively new science that deals with the relationship between people and their geologic environment. Chapter by chapter, this volume ...
This series examines the world of geology, covering major aspects ranging from the basic building blocks of geological study, fossils and minerals, to the complex workings of plate tectonics. This volume examines craters, caverns and canyons.
This highly illustrated series examines, at introductory and general readership level, the world of geology. Volumes cover everything from the basic building blocks of geological study, fossils and minerals, to the complex workings of plate tectonics. This volume in the series tells the story of the Earth's early history and how fossils provide ...
This highly illustrated set examines the fascinating world of geology with clarity and precision, from the basic building blocks of geological study -- fossils and minerals -- to more unusual and intriguing phenomena such as petrified forests and natural bridges. This volume explains the relationship between glaciers and the land or sea beneath ...
Ecological economics addresses one of the fundamental flaws in conventional economics--its failure to consider biophysical and social reality in its analyses and equations. Ecological Economics: Principles and Applications is an introductory-level textbook that offers a pedagogically complete examination of this dynamic new field. As a workbook ...
Current trends indicate that temperatures are rising, a development that could drastically alter weather patterns all over the world, causing catastrophic drought and flooding, polar melting, mass plant and animal extinctions and more. "Greenhouse Earth" identifies the many sources of atmospheric carbon dioxide and explains how the gas reacts with ...
Research on the cutting-edge of economics, ecology, and ethics is presented in this timely study. Building from a theoretical critique of the tradition of cost - benefit analysis, the contributors lay the foundation for a macroeconomics of environmental sustainability and distributive justice. Attention is then turned to three of the most critical ...
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