Book Description
With revised material and new exercises based on ArcGIS version 9, this updated work acquaints geographers and GIS professionals with the principles of GIS as it teaches the mechanics of using ArcGIS software. Conceptual material is followed by scripted software exercises. Necessary GIS skills are presented in a variety of areas--map symbology, data overlay, map projection, and data conversion--as the making of maps and the analysis of geographic data is conceptualized. Spatial modeling exercises using the Model Builder technology of ArcGIS version 9 are also provided. Other topics covered include organizing data, planning a GIS project, creating derived data, and presenting results.
Customer Reviews:
Vista incompatability........2007-10-11
I purchased the software for a class and found out the software doesn't work on Vista. Not anyones fault but my own. So although the book is required and provides reading the ability for me to do software excercises is nil on my computer.
The purchase process was fast and I was pleased with the quickness of delivery. The book is new and overall I am happy with the outcome.
Good book.......2007-10-10
The book is good for working with GIS, I especially like the CDs that come with it that allows you to practice at home...any college taking GIS would be lucky to have this book!!
ArcGIS.......2007-09-28
The Book is perfect. I received activation and registration from the publisher the next business day for starting use the software. I am perfectly satisfy with the product.
Worthwhile.......2007-09-14
Very through tutorial. Successfully completing the lessons in this book would probably be worth 4 semester units if it were a college level course.
It can be a little obtuse at times therefore 4 stars not 5.
The perfect guide to learn ArcGIS.......2007-08-27
Complete, easy to use and with a lot of color illustration step by step, the best guide for a software i have ever read...
Average customer rating:
- Explanation of the Google Api
- GOOGLE HACKS comes packed with usage tips not to be found elsewhere.
- "Google Hacks" is highly technical
- A SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH!!
- A Must-Have
|
Google Hacks: Tips & Tools for Finding and Using the World's Information (Hacks)
Rael Dornfest ,
Paul Bausch , and
Tara Calishain
Manufacturer: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
 Privacy
| Business & Culture
| Computers & Internet
| Subjects
| Books
Blogging & Blogs
| Business & Culture
| Computers & Internet
| Subjects
| Books
Network Security
| Networking
| Computers & Internet
| Subjects
| Books
Online Searching
| Internet
| Home Computing
| Computers & Internet
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Programming
| Computers & Internet
| Subjects
| Books
Web Browsers
| Microsoft
| Computers & Internet
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Computers & Internet
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Software
| Computers & Internet
| Subjects
| Books
Web Programming
| Programming
| O'Reilly
| By Publisher
| Books
General
| Programming
| O'Reilly
| By Publisher
| Books
Internet Security
| O'Reilly
| By Publisher
| Books
Similar Items:
-
Google Pocket Guide
-
Google: The Missing Manual
-
Spidering Hacks
-
Google Hacking for Penetration Testers, Volume 1
-
Google Maps Hacks
ASIN: 0596527063 |
Amazon.com
Everyone loves Google, and it's the first place many people turn to locate information on the Internet. There's a big gap, though, between knowing that you can use Google to get advance information on your blind date and having a handle on the considerable roster of fact-finding tools that the site makes available. Google Hacks reveals--and documents in considerable detail--a large collection of Google capabilities that many readers won't have even been aware of. Want to find the best price on a pair of leg warmers? Try the Froogle price-searcher that's hidden within the Google site. Interested in finding weblog commentary about a particular subject? Tara Calishain and Rael Dornfest call your attention to the special Google syntaxes for that purpose. This book makes it clear that there's lots more to the Google site than typing in a few keywords and trusting the search engine to yield useful results.
If you're a programmer--or even just familiar with a HTML or a scripting language--Google opens up even further. A large part of Google Hacks concerns itself with the Google API (the collection of capabilities that Google exposes for use by software) and other programmers' resources. For example, the authors include a simple Perl application that queries the Google engine with terms specified by the user. They also document XooMLe, which delivers Google results in XML form. In brief, this is the best compendium of Google's lesser-known capabilities available anywhere, including the Google site itself. --David Wall
Topics covered: How to get the most from the Google search engine by using its Web-accessible features (including product searches, image searches, news searches, and newsgroup searches) and the large collection of desktop-resident toolbars available, as well as its advanced search syntax. Other sections have to do with programming with the Google API and simple "scrapes" of results pages, while further coverage addresses how to get your Web page to feature prominently in Google keyword searches.
Book Description
Everyone knows that Google lets you search billions of web pages. But few people realize that Google also gives you hundreds of cool ways to organize and play with information.
Since we released the last edition of this bestselling book, Google has added many new features and services to its expanding universe: Google Earth, Google Talk, Google Maps, Google Blog Search, Video Search, Music Search, Google Base, Google Reader, and Google Desktop among them. We've found ways to get these new services to do even more.
The expanded third edition of
Google Hacks is a brand-new and infinitely more useful book for this powerful search engine. You'll not only find dozens of hacks for the new Google services, but plenty of updated tips, tricks and scripts for hacking the old ones. Now you can make a Google Earth movie, visualize your web site traffic with Google Analytics, post pictures to your blog with Picasa, or access Gmail in your favorite email client. Industrial strength and real-world tested, this new collection enables you to mine a ton of information within Google's reach. And have a lot of fun while doing it:
- Search Google over IM with a Google Talk bot
- Build a customized Google Map and add it to your own web site
- Cover your searching tracks and take back your browsing privacy
- Turn any Google query into an RSS feed that you can monitor in Google Reader or the newsreader of your choice
- Keep tabs on blogs in new, useful ways
- Turn Gmail into an external hard drive for Windows, Mac, or Linux
- Beef up your web pages with search, ads, news feeds, and more
- Program Google with the Google API and language of your choice
For those of you concerned about Google as an emerging Big Brother, this new edition also offers advice and concrete tips for protecting your privacy. Get into the world of Google and bend it to your will!
Customer Reviews:
Explanation of the Google Api.......2007-03-30
1. Word order matters
2. repetition of words ignores the repeating words with no search results
3. inanchor, inurl, intitle, site
inanchor:oreilly -inurl: oreilly -site: edu
oreilly in anchor text
oreilly not in the url
site is not edu (limits to a certain domain)
intitle:OSTEOPOROSIS inurl:links
OSTEOPORSIS in the title
links in the url
OSTEOPOROSIS in the anchor text
intitle:biology inurl:help
Takes you to a manageable size of 602 for help in biology.
4. Google does not support stemming (moon, moonlight, moonshot)
Google does support wild card pattern *
Google does have a ten word limit
three * mice
returns
three Blind mice
three white mice
5. daterange:startdate-enddate
[...]
6. Phonebook searchs:
phonebook: searches the entire google phonebook
rphonebook: searches residental listings only
bphonebook: search business listings only
phonebook:nelson id
7: Finding articles
[...] "ADO" or "ODBC"
Searches the site www.listensoftware for all articles about ADO
"ODBC"
8. Searchable directorys
"what's new" "what's cool" directory SAUERKRAUT
"what's new" categories sauerkraut (recipe)
"what's new" listings sauerkraut (links to recipes)
9. GAPIS
[...]
Standalone application that takes advantage of the Google API search component.
GOOGLE HACKS comes packed with usage tips not to be found elsewhere........2006-11-07
Almost anyone who uses a computer knows that Google is a superior search engine - but do you know it also offers ways to organize and manipulate that information? The updated third edition of GOOGLE HACKS: TIPS & TOOLS FOR FINDING AND USING THE WORLD'S INFORMATION tells how, with chapters covering not just search techniques or advanced search strategies, but what to do with the information once it's found. From building a customized Google map for your web site to handling RSS feeds, news listings, blogs, and even using Gmail as an external hard drive, GOOGLE HACKS comes packed with usage tips not to be found elsewhere.
Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch
"Google Hacks" is highly technical.......2006-11-05
This book is an excellent reference for someone with special research needs. However, it is not for the average user as it requires above average technical knowledge. This should be pointed out more directly in the description.
A SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH!!.......2006-09-19
Do you want to make your Google searching experience more fruitful? If you do, then this book is for you! Authors Rael Dornfest, Paul Bausch and Tara Calishain, have done an outstanding job of writing a third edition of a book that goes beyond the instruction page to the idea of hacks.
Dornfest, Bausch and Calishain, begin by describing the fundamentals of how Google's search works. Then, the authors show you how to measure Google Mindshare, range farther across the Web, twist and recombine your queries, squeeze the last drop of results out of every search, and even go beyond the bounds of Google's index. Next, they show you how to use a combination of Google tools to gather the latest news and opinions from across the Web. The authors continue by showing you how to integrate Google into your toolbar, desktop, and browser. They also show you how you can use Google Maps to learn about your neighborhood and your world. Then, the authors discuss the proper and improper uses of Gmail. Next, they show you how to use Google's infamous PageRank, how to clean up for a Google visit, how to make money with your pages, and how to make sure your pages aren't indexed by Google if you don't want them to be. Finally, the authors introduce you to the wonders of the Google Search Application Programming Interface (API), which underlies many of the hacks in this book.
This most excellent book is not an exhaustive manual on how every command in the Google syntax works. But, rather, this book shows you some tricks for making the best use of a search.
A Must-Have.......2006-09-01
Nobody browses the web anymore - we all search for whatever we want. This book helps you understand the dark secrets of Google and makes your time on the web more valuable. I only wish I'd bought it sooner!
Bill Dyszel, Author, Microsoft Outlook for Dummies
Book Description
Over seventy percent of Americans cannot afford to own a code-enforced, contractor-built home. This has led to widespread interest in using natural materials -- straw, cob, and earth -- for building homes and other buildings that are inexpensive, and that rely largely on labor rather than expensive and often environmentally-damaging outsourced materials.
Earthbag Building is the first comprehensive guide to all the tools, tricks, and techniques for building with bags filled with earth - or earthbags. Having been introduced to sandbag construction by the renowned Nader Khalili in 1993, the authors developed this "Flexible Form Rammed Earth Technique" over the last decade. A reliable method for constructing homes, outbuildings, garden walls and much more, this enduring, tree-free architecture can also be used to create arched and domed structures of great beauty -- in any region, and at home, in developing countries, or in emergency relief work.
This profusely illustrated guide first discusses the many merits of earthbag construction, and then leads the reader through the key elements of an earthbag building:
- Special design considerations
- Foundations, walls, and floors
- Electrical, plumbing, and shelving
- Lintels, windows and door installations
- Roofs, arches and domes
- Exterior and interior plasters.
With dedicated sections on costs, making your own specialized tools, and building code considerations, as well as a complete resources guide, Earthbag Building is the long-awaited, definitive guide to this uniquely pleasing construction style.
Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series
Customer Reviews:
An exciting new building method.......2007-06-01
Earthbag building, a method developped by Nader Khalili, is a wonderful innovation in building. It means that a building be built from materials found on site, even if those materials are too poor for rammed earth or mud brick. I've already used the techniques in this book to detail two public buildings! The trick is now to convince the structural engineer and councils...
Detailed, and well-written........2007-05-21
This book makes a good gift to those who are planning or are fascinated by alternative house building.
Build Your Home of Earthbags.......2007-04-04
The authors' love for their craft is contagious, and the step-by-step instructions are extremely easy to follow.
Six Stars!.......2007-03-15
What a great book! The authors show, step by step, exactly how to make an earthbag building, from dirt to plastered structure. The wall system described here in is neat, precise, clean, durable and strong. This book is the best book on the subject, and the authors write with humour and an obvious love of their craft.
Great Book for Superadobe.......2007-01-06
If you plan to build a house with agricultural bags... This is the book for you. Great information on how to build domes.
Book Description
Demonstrating how rock physics can be applied to predict reservoir parameters, such as lithologies and pore fluids, from seismically derived attributes, this volume provides an integrated methodology and practical tools for quantitative interpretation, uncertainty assessment, and characterization of subsurface reservoirs. Including problem sets and a case-study for which seismic and well-log data and Matlab codes are provided on the Internet (http://publishing.cambridge.org/resources/0521816017), the book is intended for students of petroleum geoscience as well as professionals in the field.
Average customer rating:
- Book Review by John Lucey, Exec Vice President, USFilter
- Excellent GIS book
- Chapter List
- Abstract
|
GIS Tools for Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Systems
Uzair M. Shamsi
Manufacturer: American Society of Civil Engineers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
General
| Civil
| Engineering
| Professional & Technical
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Environmental
| Civil
| Engineering
| Professional & Technical
| Subjects
| Books
Water Quality & Treatment
| Environmental
| Civil
| Engineering
| Professional & Technical
| Subjects
| Books
Sewage Disposal & Treatment
| Environmental
| Civil
| Engineering
| Professional & Technical
| Subjects
| Books
Surveying & Photogrammetry
| Civil
| Engineering
| Professional & Technical
| Subjects
| Books
Geography
| Earth Sciences
| Professional Science
| Professional & Technical
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Science
| Subjects
| Books
Information Systems
| Geography
| Earth Sciences
| Science
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Geography
| Earth Sciences
| Science
| Subjects
| Books
Water Supply
| Environment
| Outdoors & Nature
| Subjects
| Books
All Titles
| Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007
| Stores
| Books
Similar Items:
-
GIS Applications for Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Systems
-
Designing Geodatabases: Case Studies in GIS Data Modeling
-
Getting to Know ArcObjects (With CD-ROM)
ASIN: 0784405735 |
Book Description
Data and software are the two most important tools for developing GIS applications. GIS Tools for Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Systems presents a step-by-step approach covering GIS application case studies, examples, and costs associated with hardware, software, data conversion, and implementation. It addresses a broad range of GIS issues, from basic definitions to specific applications, teaching how to utilize GIS tools and implement them in a practical and cost-effective manner in the fields of water, wastewater, and stormwater management. Written in textbook format with stylistic focus on the inductive presentation of examples before principles, this book provides state-of-the-art information about the tools required to develop GIS applications for water, wastewater, and stormwater systems. This book is geared for any professional involved in the management and operation of water, wastewater, and stormwater systems, as well as civil and environmental project engineers and project managers. With a substantial amount of pictures, diagrams, graphs, and illustrations, this book is also suitable for use in the classroom. Each chapter begins with learning objectives, and ends with a chapter summary and practice problems that can be used as assignments for the student.
Customer Reviews:
Book Review by John Lucey, Exec Vice President, USFilter.......2002-12-23
The back cover of the book has the following book review statement from John Lucey, Executive Vice President & General Manager, USFilter Engineering & Construction.
This book is a "must read" for anyone involved in implementing a GIS for a water or wastewater utility. Being the first published reference book on this topic, it would be a valuable addition to your reference library. I like the "cookbook" style of the book which is quite appropriate for utility professionals. The book is filled with numerous examples of GIS applications in the water industry that are both current and practical. The extensive listings of GIS data, software, and the Internet resources will help you to build the right kind of GIS for your system.
John Lucey, P.E.
Executive Vice President & General Manager, USFilter Engineering & Construction
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Excellent GIS book.......2002-12-11
Arguably, this is the best introductory GIS and water, wastewater, stormwater book around. The material is very readable and well organized, making the book an excellent foundation for additional detailed study. The selection and organization of topics, style of presentation, emphasis and writing are excellent. Examples to reinforce concepts are also provided. For example, GIS data and software examples are presented before their applications and GIS case studies are presented before the methods are explained.
This book provides a wealth of information and resources. In addition to the examples and practical case studies, the book also provides links to web sites that offer articles, tutorials and more samples, as well as organizations that have an interest in all aspects of the GIS and water resources and water distribution networks. The book also includes an introduction to Internet GIS, GeoSpatial database tools for water resources, integration of hydrologic and hydraulic models with GIS, and several other resources. For anyone who wants a solid introduction to these topics, these chapters are a must read.
This book provides exhaustive coverage of everything you need to know in order to master the GIS applications for water related fields. The book is designed for readers of all levels from experienced GIS users to those with little or no GIS experience. It does so by providing beginners with basic underlying GIS topics, while at the same time offering experienced GIS developers detailed and exhaustive coverage of the GIS tools for water, wastewater and stormwater systems.
By simply flipping through the pages of this book, it becomes evident that an enormous amount of time and effort went into it. It offers the same high quality and detailed coverage that you would find in most college level academic books. In fact, this book is written using the recommendations of the Accreditation of the American Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) and ASCE's Excellence in Civil Engineering program.
The book is so diverse to cover many topics and yet all written comprehensively for each topics. You get real-world experience with the tools and case studies presented in this book, such that you might use in a job somewhere.
I recommend this book to any water professional or civil engineer that deals with everyday GIS. An excellent job of expository writing and worth every nickel you pay for it.
Chapter List.......2002-12-05
Chapter 1. GIS Basics
Chapter 2. GIS Development Software
Chapter 3. GIS Applications Software
Chapter 4. GIS Data
Chapter 5. Internet GIS
Chapter 6. GIS Database Design
Chapter 7. Modeling Integration
Chapter 8. Water System Applications
Chapter 9. Wastewater System Applications
Chapter 10. Stormwater System Applications
Chapter 11. Case Studies
Chapter 12. GIS Resources
Appendix A. Acronyms
Appendix B. Glossary
Appendix C. Conversion Factors
Appendix D. Notations
References
Index
Abstract.......2002-10-25
GIS Tools for Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Systems
By U.M.Shamsi
Abstract
Data and software are the two most important tools for developing GIS applications. GIS Tools for Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Systems presents a step-by-step approach covering GIS application case studies, examples, and costs associated with hardware, software, data conversion, and implementation. It addresses a broad range of GIS issues, from basic definitions to specific applications, teaching how to utilize GIS tools and implement them in a practical and cost-effective manner in the fields of water, wastewater, and stormwater management. Written in textbook format with stylistic focus on the inductive presentation of examples before principles, this book provides state-of-the-art information about the tools required to develop GIS applications for water, wastewater, and stormwater systems. This book is geared for any professional involved in the management and operation of water, wastewater, and stormwater systems, as well as civil and environmental project engineers and project managers. With a substantial amount of pictures, diagrams, graphs, and illustrations, this book is also suitable for use in the classroom. Each chapter begins with learning objectives, and ends with a chapter summary and practice problems that can be used as assignments for the student.
Average customer rating:
|
Tools for the Geographer: 176 Reproducible Explorations
Richard S. Jones
Manufacturer: Zephyr Press (AZ)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
GIS
| Graphics & Multimedia
| Programming
| Computers & Internet
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Education
| Nonfiction
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Instruction Method
| Education
| Nonfiction
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Science
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Geography
| Earth Sciences
| Science
| Subjects
| Books
Geography
| Earth Sciences
| Professional Science
| Professional & Technical
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Reference
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Travel
| Subjects
| Books
ASIN: 1569760284 |
Book Description
Reproducible explorations-over 170 of them-give students the resources to learn about the world, from Afghanistan to Zanzibar. Each activity includes a teacher guide, making it simple to teach geography and global awareness. Themes include historical periods and events and world explorations. A fun approach to incorporating geography into social studies, math, and language arts.
Average customer rating:
- Neat To Read But Probably Not That Useful In Real Life
- if possible, I'd get this book less than one star
- If you enjoy browsing the WEB for interesting IDEAS,then..
|
The Millennium Whole Earth Catalog: Access to Tools and Ideas for the Twenty-First Century
Howard Rheingold
Manufacturer: HarperOne
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
Shopping & Commerce
| Reference
| Business & Investing
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Sociology
| Social Sciences
| Nonfiction
| Subjects
| Books
Economics
| Transportation
| Nonfiction
| Subjects
| Books
Industrial, Manufacturing & Operational Systems
| Engineering
| Professional & Technical
| Subjects
| Books
| Engineering Economics
| Ergonomics
| General
| Industrial Design
| Industrial Technology
| Machinery
| Manufacturing
| Packaging
| Production, Operation & Management
| Productivity
| Quality Control
| Safety & Health
| Systems
General
| Reference
| Subjects
| Books
ASIN: 0062511416 |
Amazon.com
"If you want to maintain independence in the era of large institutions, you are going to need good tools." So begins Rheingold's introduction to The Millenium Whole Earth Catalog, a compendium of reviews of books, magazines, tools, software, video- and audiotapes, organizations, and services plus ideas on whole systems, sustainability, community, health, sex, household, family, technology, politics, communications, travel, livelihood, and learning. Items are listed in the catalog if they are deemed: "useful as a tool, relevant to independent education, high-quality or low-cost, and easily available--preferably by mail order." Highly recommended.
Customer Reviews:
Neat To Read But Probably Not That Useful In Real Life.......2005-12-16
I don't know how useful this book actually is to anyone, but it makes for interesting reading, if for no other reason than because it shows that an organized grass roots countercultural "underground" is as alive and well in America today as it was when the first of these books came out back in the days of hippiedom's original flowering two generations ago.
if possible, I'd get this book less than one star.......2003-02-03
In comparison to "Whole Earth Catalog:Access to Tools" the Millenium Edition was - at least to my tastes - horrifyingly bad. "Access to Tools" presented information to solve problems. The Millenium Edition seemed to be more about winning arguments, and how to repair your local
Reading about how aging yuppies want to fix a neighborhood block to their tastes isn't worth 1 dime of my money. I feel disappointed and deeply cheated that I bought this tawdry book.
If you enjoy browsing the WEB for interesting IDEAS,then.........1997-02-10
If you enjoy browsing the WEB for interesting IDEAS,then..
you will love this catalog. Why ? Because it's the only
BOOK I know that gave me the same *magical* feeling, as if
I am ONLINE. It gives you the FEELING that YOU could CHANGE
SOMETHING in this WORLD.. and this just be reading descriptions of TOOLS and BOOKS for the 21st Century.
Book Description
Concepts, methods and techniques of statistical physics in the study of correlated, as well as uncorrelated, phenomena are being applied ever increasingly in the natural sciences, biology and economics in an attempt to understand and model the large variability and risks of phenomena. The emphasis of the book is on a clear understanding of concepts and methods, while it also provides the tools that can be of immediate use in applications. The second edition is a significant expansion over the first one which meanwhile has become a standard reference in complex system research and teaching: Probability concepts are presented more in-depth and the sections on Lévy laws and the mechanisms for power laws have been greatly enlarged. Much material has been added to the chapter on renormalisation group ideas. Further improvements can be found in the applications to earthquake or rupture models.
Customer Reviews:
very complete.......2005-08-11
As I am teaching the statistical mechanics part of a graduate class in mathematics,I was looking for a textbook on complex systems & statistical physics with derivations, intuitions, and some physical examples. I did not realize that I was looking too far --Sornette, with hom I correspond regularly, is well known for his contributions and his prolific output (actually some physicists make fun of the quantity of papers he writes). So his book did not come to mind. I once stumbled on a problem with the derivation of preferential attachments;he recommended his book, which I took with a grain a salt. After spending some time working the derivations on scalable laws, extreme value theory, renormalization groups in this book, I elected to use it as my textbook. There is no equivalent. I have a dozen such yellow manuals; this one is complete and ultimately clearest.
I do not know of a better textbook.
One of the best textbooks ever written for graduate students.......2004-04-09
Didier Sornette who is potentialy nobelisable realises with this book a great present for everybody interested to the recent progresses toward the physics of critical phenomena.
Particularly, it shows the way that some seismologists follow toward the ultimate goal to predict the event of large earthquakes. If this task was impossible yesterday,Didier Sornette shows that it is now became realisable.
A must for understanding complexity.......2001-09-06
Sornette's book is quite an achievement both in quantity and
quality. The presentation remains informal and quite readable; it reads like a physics textbook, not a math textbook. The references are very extensive (a total of 832! altogether) and they are a very valuable component of the book. In fact much of the book is about the reference material. You might choose to read the book instead of the 832 references... I think this is
the point...
There's probably nothing wrong with this book besides the fact that it throws it all at you at a high degree of sophistication and in as terse a way as possible, it seems. It's a unique and beautiful achievement but because it is so dense with information and insight, it seems every word counts for ten and you'll want to read several chapters again and again. Also, even though there is a clear unifying theme from chapter to chapter, the book simply ends almost like in the middle of a sentence. After machinegunning out 392 pages of material at research level spanning quite a few scientific fields, there is absolutely no attempt to put it all together. It's up to you to do it and it almost seems like the author is indirectly suggesting you start reading it all over again to "get it"... So, for the second edition, perhaps the author will be bold and add ten pages of wrap up material at the end so that this will read less like an atlas. Apart from that, it's the best!
Book Description
The Rock Physics Handbook conveniently brings together the theoretical and empirical relations that form the foundations of rock physics, with particular emphasis on seismic properties. It also includes commonly used models and relations for electrical and dielectric rock properties. Seventy-six articles concisely summarize a wide range of topics, including wave propagation, AVO-AVOZ, effective media, poroelasticity, pore fluid flow and diffusion. The book contains overviews of dispersion mechanisms, fluid substitution, and Vp-Vs relations. Useful empirical results on reservoir rocks and sediments, granular media, tables of mineral data, and an atlas of reservoir rock properties complete the text. This distillation of an otherwise scattered and eclectic mass of knowledge is presented in a form that can be immediately applied to solve real problems. Geophysics professionals, researchers and students as well as petroleum engineers, well log analysts, and environmental geoscientists will value The Rock Physics Handbook as a unique resource.
Customer Reviews:
The Rock Physics Handbook.......2000-11-18
Excellent reference. Improvements would be more explanation of the variables in the equations. The index at the back is off, for example a reference on page 60 (Greenberg et al)is actually on page 64 and another topic that is supposed to be on page 235 is actually on page 246 (Smith and Gidlow).
The Rock Physics Handbook Review.......2000-01-28
The book works well as a reference, but contains only cursory examinations of some topics. Governing and consistutive equtions are comprehensively included in the text. Worth the expense.
Books:
- Great Gardens of the World: In Search of Paradise
- His Little Princess: Treasured Letters from Your King (His Princess)
- His Princess: Love Letters from Your King (His Princess)
- History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
- Hortus Eystettensis
- How to Grow More Vegetables and Fruits: (And Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops)
- Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants in Wild (and Not So Wild) Places
- Inspirations
- International Building Code 2003 (International Building Code)
- Keepers of Life: Discovering Plants Through Native American Stories and Earth Activities Forchildren (Keepers of the Earth)
Books Index
Books Home
Recommended Books
- The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying Foreclosures
- Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children
- An Unspeakable Betrayal: Selected Writings of Luis Buñuel
- CCEL Classics CD: works by Saint Augustine, John Calvin, John Donne, Julian of Norwich, Brother Lawr
- Edie: Girl on Fire
- Lost Girls
- Maize for biological research
- Advanced Accounting w/2004 FARS CD
- Down to Earth: Applying Business Principles to Environmental Management
- The Great Exotic Novels and Short Stories of Somerset Maugham
GIS Tutorial: Workbook for ArcView 9.0 (GIS Tutorial series)
Geographic Information Systems and Science
The ESRI Guide to GIS Analysis Volume 1: Geographic Patterns & Relationships
The ESRI Guide to GIS Analysis: Volume 2: Spatial Measurements and Statistics
