The essential, cornerstone book of modern environmentalism is now offered in a handsome 40th anniversary edition which features a new Introduction by activist Terry Tempest Williams and a new Afterword by Carson biographer Linda Lear.

Providing an overview of the nature, manufacture, structure, properties, processing and applications of commercially available plastics materials, this book includes chapters on material selection and special polymers.

Finally, the book forecasts the sulfur industry's future and potential supply sources, such as worldwide oil sands. If you need a single, comprehensive book on sulfur, this is a book for your library.

Known for its comprehensive coverage and up-to-date literature citations, this classic text provides students and instructors with the most complete coverage available of radiation detection and measurement.

Proudly serving the scientific community for over a century, this 97th edition of the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics is an update of a classic reference, mirroring the growth and direction of science.

This handbook provides a comprehensive but concise reference resource for the vast field of petroleum technology.

Citric acid chemistry - syntheses of citric acid, neutralization, degradation, oxidation, esterification, formation of anhydrides, amides and citrate-based siderophores is reviewed.

The book offers a concise yet thorough introduction to the process of papermaking from the production of wood chips to the final testing and use of the paper product.

The Chemistry and Technology of Petroleum, Fourth Edition offers a 21st century perspective

Bringing together the classic and the contemporary aspects of the field, this comprehensive introduction to network flows provides an integrative view of theory, algorithms, and applications.It offers in-depth and self-contained treatments ...