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This book is an easy to use instructional aide. Explore sustainability issues in contemporary society through a transdisciplinary approach. Chapters include ethics, public resources, public policy, combustion, heat exchangers, nuclear, solar, water, and wind energy. A short summary is presented for each topic, followed by additional topics for research, assignments, and references. The complex assignments require students to grow in their prof...

Uncle Doc, a recent widower, is invited to accompany his nephew Howard on his annual fishing trip to Rainy Lake. Howard has a brand new boat and more than enough gear. They enjoy a week of camping and fishing before the weather turns ugly. When a storm damages the trolling motor, they head back to town to pick up the spare. Instead of returning to camp, they find themselves shipwrecked on the southern coast of Canada. This is a light-hearted t...

Whether abilities are congenital or acquired, the theory of Universal Design focuses on the customer. The accessibility movement seeks public accommodations for persons with disabilities. Not surprising, wider doorways, ramps and stair railings also benefit people without disabilities. The speaker phone is used in automobiles, homes and conference rooms for three different reasons. Pocket-sized electronic devices may be useless for older perso...

Although thirty years of research has concluded that aquatic life forms contain mercury, the impact of gaseous mercury emissions from industrial and mobile sources on terrestrial life forms has been largely ignored. An analysis of Magicicada septendecium, Magicicada cassinii, and Magicicada septendecula revealed a mercury concentration in the adult cicada comparable to that in herbivorous fish. Soil samples from three habitats were examined. M...