1.

Record Nr.

UNICAMPANIASUN0123978

Titolo

Modeling, dynamics, optimization and bioeconomics 2. : contributions DGS III, Porto, Portugal, February 2014, and Bioeconomy VII, Berkeley, USA, March 2014 - Selected Contributions / Alberto Adrego Pinto, David Zilberman editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

xiii, 532 p., : ill. ; 24 cm

Edizione

[Cham : Springer, 2017]

Descrizione fisica

Pubblicazione in formato elettronico

Soggetti

00B25 - Proceedings of conferences of miscellaneous specific interest [MSC 2020]

92-XX - Biology and other natural sciences [MSC 2020]

91-XX - Game theory, economics, finance, and other social and behavioral sciences [MSC 2020]

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910700379103321

Autore

Hillberg S

Titolo

An assessment of TRACE V5 RC1 code against UPTF counter current flow tests [[electronic resource] /] / prepared by S. Hillberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, , [2010]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (59 unnumbered pages) : illustrations

Collana

International agreement report ; ; NUREG/IA-0230

Soggetti

Pressurized water reactors - Loss of coolant - Computer simulation

Nuclear power plants - Accidents - Computer simulation

Nuclear power plants - Computer programs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"April 2010."

Title from title screen (viewed on May 25, 2011).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784556103321

Autore

Worster Donald <1941->

Titolo

A river running west [[electronic resource] ] : the life of John Wesley Powell / / Donald Worster

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001

ISBN

1-280-45165-3

0-19-535664-0

1-4237-6074-3

1-60256-075-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (688 p.)

Disciplina

333.7/2/092

B

Soggetti

Explorers - United States

Conservationists - United States

Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) Discovery and exploration

Grand Canyon (Ariz.) Discovery and exploration

West (U.S.) Discovery and exploration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [611]-644) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: Part One: Northern Days -- 1 A MISSION TO AMERICA -- 2 RISING ON THE PRAIRIE -- 3 THE HORNETS' NEST OF WAR -- Part Two: Canyons of the Colorado -- 4 WESTWARD THE NATURALIST -- 5 DOWN THE GREAT UNKNOWN -- 6 SURVEYING THE HIGH PLATEAUS -- 7 KAPURATS -- 8 THE SUBLIMEST THING ON EARTH -- 9 DEMOCRACY ENCOUNTERS THE DESERT -- 10 MYTHS AND MAPS -- 11 REDEEMING THE EARTH -- 12 THE PROBLEM OF THE WEST -- 13 JOURNEY'S END -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

If the word ""hero"" still belonged in the historian's lexicon, it would certainly be applied to John Wesley Powell. Intrepid explorer, careful scientist, talented writer, and dedicated conservationist, Powell led the expedition that put the Colorado River on American maps and revealed the Grand Canyon to the world. Now comes the first biography of this



towering figure in almost fifty years--a book that captures his life in all its heroism, idealism, and ambivalent, ambiguous humanity. In A River Running West, Donald Worster, one of our leading Western historians, tells the story of Powell's g