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Inventions    by Robert Smith
Price: $2.99 USD. 3410 words. Language: English. Published on March 27, 2013. Nonfiction » Engineering, trades, and technology » General.

This book wil describe some of the inventions that changed the world. Pictures and text are provided about inventions that improved our lives or made our lives easier.
Coasters 101: An Engineer's Guide to Roller Coaster Design    by Nick Weisenberger
Price: $9.99 USD. 23260 words. Language: English. Published on December 7, 2012. Nonfiction » Travel » Amusement & theme parks.

Have you ever wondered what it takes to design and build a roller coaster? At last, there’s a book that shows you! A mix of engineering and art, roller coasters are complex three-dimensional puzzles consisting of thousands of individual parts. Designers spend countless hours creating and tweaking ride paths to push the envelope of exhilaration, all while maintaining the highest safety standards.
Chaos Theory Simply Explained (Basic Fractals/Chaos Series)    by Peter Kattan
Price: $7.00 USD. 2810 words. Language: English. Published on October 16, 2012. Nonfiction » Engineering, trades, and technology » General.

This is a concise article detailing mathematical equations showing when and where chaos occurs in linear algebraic equations and systems of linear simultaneous algebraic equations. The approach used is very simple and easy to understand by students.
Solving Equations with MATLAB (Taken from the Book "MATLAB for Beginners: A Gentle Approach")    by Peter Kattan
Price: $4.95 USD. 3310 words. Language: English. Published on October 7, 2012. Nonfiction » Engineering, trades, and technology » General.

This concise article of twenty pages takes you on a short tour on how to solve algebraic equations using MATLAB. The presentation covers both numerical and symbolic (analytical) solution of equations. This article is taken form the bestselling book “MATLAB for Beginners: A Gentle Approach."
Matrices with MATLAB (Taken from "MATLAB for Beginners: A Gentle Approach")    by Peter Kattan
Price: $4.95 USD. 7590 words. Language: English. Published on October 7, 2012. Nonfiction » Engineering, trades, and technology » General.

This concise article of forty pages takes you on a short tour on how to handle matrices using MATLAB. Topics covered include how to generate matrices in MATLAB, different operations on matrices, and how to handle matrix, vector, and scalar quantities. Various MATLAB functions associated with matrices are also explored.
Graphs with MATLAB (Taken from "MATLAB for Beginners: A Gentle Approach")    by Peter Kattan
Price: $4.95 USD. 4010 words. Language: English. Published on October 7, 2012. Nonfiction » Engineering, trades, and technology » General.

This concise article takes you on a short tour on how to plot graphs using MATLAB. The presentation covers both two-dimensional and three-dimensional graphs. This article is taken form the bestselling book “MATLAB for Beginners: A Gentle Approach.”
Ice Bullets and Killer Pennies: Fourteen Myths Get the Scientific Shakedown    by Jason Carey
Price: $27.99 USD. 31920 words. Language: English. Published on August 24, 2012. Nonfiction » Engineering, trades, and technology » General.

Ice Bullets and Killer Pennies uses science and engineering concepts to provide complete answers to popular myths. Without resorting to lab experiments, this book deconstructs fourteen myths and uses scientific concepts to bust or confirm each myth.
A Primer on Electronic Security for Schools, Universities, and Institutions Second Edition    by Aella Consulting Group
Price: $9.99 USD. 33650 words. Language: English. Published on April 3, 2012. Nonfiction » Engineering, trades, and technology » General.

This book provides institutional leaders with a straightforward introduction to developing a security plan which involves electronic physical security technology. It acquaints them with the many considerations and resources available with regard to deliberations concerning planning, selection, budgeting, bidding, installing, training/operating and managing the security process in schools.