The ocean teems with life that thrives under difficult situations in unusual environments. The Extreme Life of the Sea takes readers to the absolute limits of the ocean world--the fastest and deepest, the hottest and oldest creatures of the oceans. It dives into the icy Arctic and boiling hydrotherm[...]

Infectious diseases can be caused by bacteria, parasites, viruses, and other microbes such as fungus. This book provides a picture of the global burden of infectious disease, and covers the mechanisms for spread of disease, immune response, and recovery. It is suitable as a course text for graduate [...]

Guides naval architects from the first principles of the physics of control surface operation, to the use of experimental and empirical data and applied computational fluid dynamic modelling of rudders and control surfaces. This book describes and explains the use of empirical and theoretical method[...]