Industrial Engineering

Interweaving a grand historical narrative with cutting-edge climate science and genetic discoveries, Kyle Harper traces how the fate of Rome was decided not just by emperors, soldiers, and barbarians but also by volcanic eruptions, solar cycles, climate instability, and devastating viruses and bacteria. He takes listeners from Rome's pinnacle in the second century, when the empire seemed an invincible superpower, to its unraveling by the seventh century, when Rome was politically fragmented and materially depleted.

Cannabis for Dummies presents the science behind the use of this amazingly therapeutic plant. In this book, you'll find the hands-on knowledge and education you need to make an informed decision about your cannabis purchase, as a patient and a consumer.

In 2018, the first genetically modified babies were reportedly born in China, made possible by the invention of CRISPR technology in 2012. This controversial advancement overturned the preexisting moral consensus, which had held for over 50 years before: While gene editing an adult person was morally acceptable, modifying babies, and thus subsequent generations, crossed a significant moral line. John H. Evans here provides a meta-level guide to how these debates move forward and their significance to society.

Conquer the Industrial Engineering Field: Your Guide to a Career as an Industrial Engineering Technologist and Technician Helping Engineers Solve Problems Affecting Manufacturing Layout or Production is an essential resource for those aspiring to work in industrial engineering technology. This guide delves into the versatile role of technologists and technicians who collaborate with engineers to optimize workflows, enhance production efficiency, and ensure product quality. The book provides a comprehensive overview of industrial engineering concepts, from conducting time and motion studies ...

Want to create more meaning, growth, impact, and joy in your engineering or technical career? Want to get clarity on the next steps in your career path? Wish you could better align your career and life…while getting paid more and utilizing your greatest strengths? The key is to live your life with greater intentionality, which is what the book, The Intentional Engineer: A Guide to a Purpose-Driven Life and Career For Engineers and Technical Professionals, is all about.

Drawing from his own experiences, Grammy-awarded mix engineer Thomas Juth shares practical advice and firsthand insights on navigating the music industry. From building a successful career to fostering key relationships, overcoming obstacles, and seizing opportunities, this book is a comprehensive guide for aspiring musicians and industry professionals alike. Through stories and real-life lessons, Thomas shares his journey from starting as a tea boy in London's top studios to winning Latin Grammys. But this isn’t just a memoir—it's packed with timeless advice and valuable strategies to ...

One hundred years after a milestone medical discovery, Insulin: The Crooked Timber tells the story of how insulin was transformed from what one clinician called "thick brown muck" into the very first drug to be produced using genetic engineering, one which would earn the founders of the US biotech company Genentech a small fortune. Taking the listener on a fascinating journey, starting with the discovery of insulin in the 1920s through to the present day, the book reveals a story of monstrous egos, toxic career rivalries, and a few unsung heroes.

Jacobson provides a comprehensive overview of the space industry, allowing everyone to understand the role space plays in our lives and how it will continue to transform the world. Over 100 industry experts and leaders share insights, presenting a 360-degree view of the wide-ranging space industry, its emerging opportunities, investment potential, and benefits.

From one of our leading technology thinkers and writers, a guide through the 12 technological imperatives that will shape the next 30 years and transform our lives. Much of what will happen in the next 30 years is inevitable, driven by technological trends that are already in motion. In this fascinating, provocative new book, Kevin Kelly provides an optimistic road map for the future, showing how the coming changes in our lives - from virtual reality in the home to an on-demand economy to artificial intelligence embedded in everything we manufacture.

Now published in five languages, Strange Medicine casts a gimlet eye on the practice of medicine through the ages that highlights the most dubious ideas, bizarre treatments, and biggest blunders. From bad science and oafish behavior to stomach-turning procedures that hurt more than helped, Strange Medicine presents strange but true facts and an honor roll of doctors, scientists, and dreamers who inadvertently turned the clock of medicine backward.

Industrial DevOps: Build Better Systems Faster shows listeners how applying Agile and DevOps ways of working into cyber-physical systems presents the opportunity to reap huge rewards, including increased adaptability, shorter delivery schedules, reduced development cost, increased quality, and higher transparency into delivery.

This book explains engineering practice, what engineers actually do in their work. The first part explains how to find paid engineering work and prepare for an engineering career. The second part explains the fundamentals of engineering practice, including how to gain access to technical knowledge, how to gain the willing collaboration of other people to make things happen, and how to work safely in hazardous environments.