Water has many avatars. It can be likened to the holy trinity of creator, preserver, and destroyer. Water is also timeless. Nature has been recycling it since the Earth took its first breath. This book takes an in-depth look into the different aspects of water on Earth, as well as underneath and above it. It features some of the innovative technologies associated with water, and highlights what each of us can do to save this precious resource. The book also makes us ponder by asking some relevant questions. For instance, is it a good thing that India is among the top 10 bottled water consumers in the world? Or that according to UN estimates, India is on the list of 48 countries that will face water scarcity by 2025? Slake your thirst of knowledge about this “liquid of life†by diving into these pages full of wonderful images, thought-provoking facts, and astonishing trivia.
This book helps readers bridge the gap between school-level mathematical skills and the quantitative and analytical skills required at the professional level. It presents basic mathematical concepts in an everyday context, enabling readers to pick up skills with ease. Mathematics for Social Scientists: • Focuses on building foundational skills in reasoning, data analysis and quantitative methods that are a requisite for progressing to higher levels; • Helps readers express mathematical ideas in the form of sets, analyse arguments and their validity mathematically, interpret and handle data, and understand the concept and use of probability; • Includes a dedicated chapter on symmetry, perspective and art to encourage readers to reason, model and objectively evaluate everyday situations. The volume will be useful to students of various disciplines in Social Sciences and Liberal Arts. It will also be an invaluable companion to practitioners of social sciences, humanities and life sciences, as well as schoolteachers at the middle and higher secondary level.
Sybase 15 Replication Server Administration addresses the needs of a wide range of database professionals, explaining to both beginners and experts how to administer Sybase’s newest Replication Server release. This book examines all the knowledge, background information, and conceptual frameworks needed in order to get started on installing and administering Sybase Replication Server, and explores the world of contemporary cross-platform compatible Sybase Replication Server administration. Learn how to replicate business-critical data; configure database connections and routes; manage replicated tables, stored procedures, and subscriptions; set up a warm standby system; monitor replication performance and tune the database system; provide up-to-the-minute high availability of data; recover from failures and prevent data loss; troubleshoot the replication system.
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