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Against the Tides
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 316

Against the Tides

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2021-11-15
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  • Publisher: UBC Press

For four centuries, dykes held back the largest tides in the world, in the Bay of Fundy region of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. These dykes turned salt marsh into arable land and made farming possible, but by the 1940s they had fallen into disrepair. Against the Tides is the never-before-told story of the Maritime Marshland Rehabilitation Administration (MMRA), a federal agency created in 1948 to reshape the landscape. Although agency engineers often borrowed from long-standing dykeland practices, they were so convinced of their own expertise that they sometimes disregarded local conditions, marginalizing farmers in the process. The engineers’ hubris resulted in tidal dams that compromised some of the region’s rivers, leaving behind environmental damage. This book is a vivid, richly detailed account of a distinctive landscape and its occupants, revealing the push–pull of local and expert knowledge and the role of the state in the postwar era.

The Monastic Landscape of Late Antique Egypt
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 455

The Monastic Landscape of Late Antique Egypt

This book traces changing perceptions of Egypt's monastic landscape through an analysis of archaeological and documentary evidence from late antiquity.

Non-destructive Micro Analysis of Cultural Heritage Materials
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 850

Non-destructive Micro Analysis of Cultural Heritage Materials

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2004-11-26
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  • Publisher: Elsevier

This book provides the scientific and technical background materials of non-destructive methods of microscopic analysis that are suitable for analysing works of art, museum pieces and archeaological artefacts. Written by experts in the field, this multi-author volume contains a number of case studies, illustrating the value of these methods. The book is suited to natural scientists and analysts looking to increase their knowledge of the various methods that are currently available for non-destructive analysis. It is also the perfect resource for museum curators, archaeologists and art-historians seeking to identify one or more suitable methods of analysis that could solve material-related problems.

Astrobiology
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 415

Astrobiology

This book bridges a gap in the literature by bringing together leading specialists from different backgrounds. It addresses the specific need for a readable book on this very interdisciplinary and new topic at research level.

Frontiers of Molecular Spectroscopy
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 741

Frontiers of Molecular Spectroscopy

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2011-08-11
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  • Publisher: Elsevier

Much of what we know about atoms, molecules, and the nature of matter has been obtained using spectroscopy over the last one hundred years or so. In this book we have collected together twenty chapters by eminent scientists from around the world to describe their work at the cutting edge of molecular spectroscopy. These chapters describe new methodology and applications, instrumental developments, and theory which is taking spectroscopy into new frontiers. The range of topics is broad. Lasers are utilized in much of the research, but their applications range from sub-femtosecond spectroscopy to the study of viruses and also to the investigation of art and archeological artifacts. Three chapt...

Handbook of Near-Infrared Analysis
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 836

Handbook of Near-Infrared Analysis

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2007-09-07
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  • Publisher: CRC Press

Fast, inexpensive, and easy-to-use, near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy can be used to analyze small samples of virtually any composition. The Handbook of Near Infrared Analysis, Third Edition explains how to perform accurate as well as time- and cost-effective analyses across a growing spectrum of disciplines. Presenting nearly 50% new and re

Archaeological Chemistry
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 519

Archaeological Chemistry

Highlighting its broad, multidisciplinary nature, this volume presents new research and applications in the field of archaeological chemistry, which focuses on the application of chemical techniques to the study of the material remains of the cultures of historical or prehistorical peoples. Consisting of 18 chapters written by a diverse collection of international authors, this volume highlights new research in archaeological chemistry, and shows how the field combines aspects of analytical chemistry, history, archaeology, and materials science. Current efforts to include archaeological chemistry in science education are also presented. As this book utilizes current scientific advances to better understand our past, it will be of broad general interest to the chemical, archaeological, and historical communities.

Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy of Biological Materials
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 602

Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy of Biological Materials

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2000-09-25
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  • Publisher: CRC Press

Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy of Biological Materials facilitates a comprehensive and through understanding of the latest developments in vibrational spectroscopy. It contains explains key breakthroughs in the methodologies and techniques for infrared, near-infrared, and Raman spectroscopy. Topics include qualitative and quantitative analysis, bi

Models, Mysteries, and Magic of Molecules
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 515

Models, Mysteries, and Magic of Molecules

The Indaba 5 meeting, held in South Africa during August 2006, examined the progress being made to achieve first-principle understanding of molecular science and confirmed the need to better understand the mysteries and magic of molecules. This book explores the common ground to guide chemists, biologists, crystallographers, spectroscopists and theorists towards painting a holistic picture of scientific endeavor.