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Core Concepts of Nanotechnology with Application Spectrum

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Disaster management aims to reduce human suffering and economic losses caused by natural and man-made technological disasters. An important part of...

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In 1903 E L Thorndike described educational psychologists as middlemen mediating between the science of psychology is deceptively simple; it is the...

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Conservation of the environment and coping with different problems faced by nations both developed and developing is a worldwide issue. This encycl...

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This Encyclopaedia on Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering presents a comprehensive list of terms used in the field of Electronics and Tel...

3-Volume Set. Polymers are materials composed of long molecular chains that are well-accepted for a wide variety of applications. This unit explore...

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