The monograph contains the results of the author's long-term research on improving the thermal preparation of construction machines in the winter period. A review and analysis of devices promising for use in thermal preparation systems is given. It is proposed to divide the winter period into time periods, each of which is characterized by its own preparation means. A comprehensive preparation...

Modern English-Russian technical dictionary. Contains about 125 000 entries!

Latin-Russian part contains about 13 000 entries, Russian-Latin part contains about 15 000 entries. Easy to use nice edition for everyone who encounters Latin and needs translations.

Reference dictionary consists of the three parts: the first provides historical background of the words that come into Russian from Latin, the second part contains Latin words and roots that exist in Russian, and the third part contains the list of Russian words and their reference in Latin literary pieces.

Texts, dictionaries, explanations, comments - all for easy comprehension and self-study.

A wonderful field guidebook to wild plants of Russia. Color illustrations of the plants.

Over 24 000 entries on oil and gas. Over 4 000 abbreviations. Dictionary contains all the major lexicon used in this industry.

In recent years, a remarkable flourishing of works on the postwar history of social science and humanities disciplines led to the growing configuration of a field of “Cold War social science” research. Yet in spite of its thematic diversity, and with few exceptions, the geography of the field remains overwhelmingly North American and Western European. This volume brings in the perspective of...

In Bonk, the best-selling author of Stiff turns her outrageous curiosity and insight on the most alluring scientific subject of all: sex. Can a person think herself to orgasm? Why doesn't Viagra help women-or, for that matter, pandas? Can a dead man get an erection? Is vaginal orgasm a myth? Mary Roach shows us how and why sexual arousal and orgasm-two of the most complex, delightful, and...

«Мир, полный демонов» — последняя книга Карла Сагана, астронома, астрофизика и выдающегося популяризатора науки, вышедшая уже после его смерти. Эта книга, посвященная одной из его любимых тем — человеческому разуму и борьбе с псевдонаучной глупостью, — своего рода итог всей его работы. Мифы об Атлантиде и Лемурии, лица на Марсе и встречи с инопланетянами, магия и реинкарнация, ясновидение и...

Richard P. Feynman, winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, thrived on outrageous adventures. In this lively work that 'can shatter the stereotype of the stuffy scientist' (Detroit Free Press), Feynman recounts his experiences trading ideas on atomic physics with Einstein and cracking the uncrackable safes guarding the most deeply held nuclear secrets?and much more of an eyebrow-raising nature....