(Part 2) Best engineering & transportation books according to redditors
We found 8,895 Reddit comments discussing the best engineering & transportation books. We ranked the 3,617 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
One probably does not need to store vast quantities of data to get civilization restarted. For example, this book purports to be a good start: https://www.amazon.com/Knowledge-Rebuild-Civilization-Aftermath-Cataclysm/dp/0143127047
I've seen it suggested that Gray's Anatomy would provide a huge amount of medical knowledge. A handful of statements like "sickness is caused by living creatures too small to see," "everything is made from tiny indivisible parts too small to see individually," something about basic physics (at the F=ma level), something about the scientific method, something about fertilizer, and then evolution and genetics, etc might save people huge amounts of effort rediscovering technology, medicine, and so on. There was an interview circuit a few decades ago where they asked dozens of famous scientists what one (or three?) books they would want to survive nuclear war, and they all made quite a bit of sense.
You could probably kickstart the industrial revolution with one 10x10x10 room full of well-preserved textbooks.
Continued carbon emissions are putting humanity on an irreversible course for planetary devastation. If you want to get an idea of what the real world implications we may see from the 2, 3, 4+ ... degrees C of warming we are headed for in the coming decades barring radical action, check out Mark Lynas' book Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet
This webpage summarizes some of the key points from Lynas' book:
A degree by degree explanation of what will happen when the earth warms
https://www.amazon.com/How-Lie-Maps-Mark-Monmonier/dp/0226534219
Something every GIS professional should read, and this is a shining example of techniques used, like the ramp used on the CDC data.
If you move the decimal over. This is about 1,000 in books...
(If I had to pick a few for 100 bucks: encyclopedia of country living, survival medicine, wilderness medicine, ball preservation, art of fermentation, a few mushroom and foraging books.)
Medical:
Where there is no doctor
Where there is no dentist
Emergency War Surgery
The survival medicine handbook
Auerbach’s Wilderness Medicine
Special Operations Medical Handbook
Food Production
Mini Farming
encyclopedia of country living
square foot gardening
Seed Saving
Storey’s Raising Rabbits
Meat Rabbits
Aquaponics Gardening: Step By Step
Storey’s Chicken Book
Storey Dairy Goat
Storey Meat Goat
Storey Ducks
Storey’s Bees
Beekeepers Bible
bio-integrated farm
soil and water engineering
Organic Mushroom Farming and Mycoremediation
Food Preservation and Cooking
Steve Rinella’s Large Game Processing
Steve Rinella’s Small Game
Ball Home Preservation
Charcuterie
Root Cellaring
Art of Natural Cheesemaking
Mastering Artesian Cheese Making
American Farmstead Cheesemaking
Joe Beef: Surviving Apocalypse
Wild Fermentation
Art of Fermentation
Nose to Tail
Artisan Sourdough
Designing Great Beers
The Joy of Home Distilling
Foraging
Southeast Foraging
Boletes
Mushrooms of Carolinas
Mushrooms of Southeastern United States
Mushrooms of the Gulf Coast
Tech
farm and workshop Welding
ultimate guide: plumbing
ultimate guide: wiring
ultimate guide: home repair
off grid solar
Woodworking
Timberframe Construction
Basic Lathework
How to Run A Lathe
Backyard Foundry
Sand Casting
Practical Casting
The Complete Metalsmith
Gears and Cutting Gears
Hardening Tempering and Heat Treatment
Machinery’s Handbook
How to Diagnose and Fix Everything Electronic
Electronics For Inventors
Basic Science
Chemistry
Organic Chem
Understanding Basic Chemistry Through Problem Solving
Ham Radio
AARL Antenna Book
General Class Manual
Tech Class Manual
MISC
Ray Mears Essential Bushcraft
Contact!
Nuclear War Survival Skills
The Knowledge: How to rebuild civilization in the aftermath of a cataclysm
The Electrodynamics book by Griffiths is a standard textbook for a reason. He explains topics well and has good examples. This is the link to it.
Read all of his books.
The Demon Haunted World
Cosmos
Varieties of the Scientific Experience
Pale Blue Dot
The Dragons of Eden
Billions and Billions
His novel:
Contact
The first Muslim astronaut, Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, from Malaysia had the problem of not knowing what direction to face when praying in orbit. A conference of scientists and scholars determined that facing the earth's surface would suffice.
I learned about this while reading Packing for Mars by Mary Roach. A rather interesting book about the difficulties and funny peculiarities of manned space exploration.
Since I read this for physics coursework, I've been convinced that we should colonise Mars and as soon as possible.
There are a few like this already but the one that sounds closest to what you're talking about is The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Civilization in the Aftermath of a Cataclysm by Lewis Dartnell. I'd start there for market research and ensure you're offering something in addition to this one.
There are lots of resources available for learning/improvement:
• DrivingFast.net
• TurnFast.com
• Skip Barber - Going Faster (YouTube video)
• iRacing Racing School (YouTube video playlist)
• Simpit Driving School - Weight Transfer (YouTube video)
• Driver61 - Driver's University (YouTube video playlist)
• Safe is Fast (YouTube channel)
• "Performance Driving Illustrated" by Ross Bentley (PDF e-book)
• "Ultimate Speed Secrets: The Complete Guide to High-Performance and Race Driving" by Ross Bentley (book)
Also consider doing some recon for the particular track(s) & car(s) you're practicing: searching YouTube for a track name (like "Brands Hatch") along with keywords like "track guide" or "hot lap" or "world record," plus maybe the name of the car or class you're practicing with (like "GT3"), and possibly even the name of a game/sim (like "Project CARS 2") will often provide a list of videos showing how faster drivers attack the track. If you observe those videos closely & pay attention to things like when they brake, when they turn in, where they apex, etc., you will likely pick up some clues on how to improve your own lap times.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22Project+CARS+2%22+%22Brands+Hatch%22+GT3+%22hot+lap%22+OR+%22world+record%22+OR+%22track+guide%22
Coordinating the timing between inputs requires awareness & precision, and it can all happen so fast at every turn:
• when/if to brake
• how hard to brake
• how long to brake
• when to turn in
• where to apex
• where to track-out
• when to get back on the throttle
• how much throttle
...etc. Those are the types of variables to experiment with to improve lap times, and all of those variables can change depending on which car you're driving, what conditions you're driving in, how other cars around you affect your line, etc.
...And, of course, there's no shortcut or substitute for lots of quality practice.
Good luck & have fun!
That is advanced physics for you. If it were easy, there would be as many people in physics lectures as something like business administration. Most topics won't stick the first, second, or even third time around.
As for electromagnetics, I could recommend: https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Electrodynamics-4th-David-Griffiths/dp/0321856562
Feel free to get an older addition.
If I recall correctly, in Pale Blue Dot, this question is answered in this way: It is very expensive and somewhat dangerous to send a person to the moon/space. You have to have a ton of life supporting equipment, and also have to have the equipment to return the person home. It is much safer and less costly to send robots out into space for scientific research, and leave them there - they can stay out there for years.
Climate scientist Michael Mann criticizes several of the claims in the article as overstated in this facebook post, though like most scientists he agrees with the general point that the consequences of climate change will be dire unless we take serious action (he has a book for non-scientists outlining the dangers and the politicization of the issue, The Madhouse Effect). And if anyone's interested in a book focused specifically on the best scientific predictions about the consequences of various amounts of warming, you could check out Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet (see this post from one of the climate scientists on the realclimate.org blog, which gives it a positive review and says it accurately reflects the scientific literature on future scenarios).
I think our best chance of avoiding disaster lies in some combination of moving over to renewables and/or nuclear within the next few decades combined with massive production of carbon capture devices in the second half of the century, which could allow us to keep the warming to around 2 degrees or less. One important point is that without such massive deployment of carbon capture we don't really stand a chance of keeping it that low--check out the graphs here where the first two graphs show how fast carbon emissions would have to go to zero without any carbon capture if we want to keep warming to 1.5 degrees or less, along with a third graph showing how the decline can be more gradual if we have negative emissions later. The graphs are based on the "carbon quotas" for different amounts of warming on p. 64 of this IPCC report, and the quota for 2 degrees is not that much larger than 1.5 degrees (2900 gigatons vs. 2250 gigatons, only 29% larger) so the corresponding graphs for keeping it under 2 degrees wouldn't look too different.
The cause for hope here is that prototypes for carbon capture devices that remove CO2 much more efficiently than trees have already been built, see this article and this one, along with this interview with a physicist involved in the research where he makes the following point:
>My hope would be that we then would have a device that can take out a ton a day of carbon from the atmosphere. If you take out a ton a day, you would need 100 million air capture devices to take out all the C02 that we putting into the atmosphere today. And I would argue that it would be a lot less than that because we would also be capturing carbon at the flue stack, and not making the C02 in the first place by developing solar and wind technologies. ... There are about 1 billion cars out there. We are building 70 million cars and light trucks a year. So that kind of industrial production is quite possible. Eventually we should be able to produce an air capture device for roughly what it costs to manufacture a car.
I also think that another reason to be hopeful is that we may in the not-too-distant future achieve full automation of the production process for most mass-produced goods, leading to the possibility of self-replicating robot factories (what Eric Drexler calls clanking replicators), and I think the effect of this would tend to drive down the prices of all mass-produced goods--including things like carbon capture devices and solar panels--down to barely more than the cost of the raw materials and energy that went into them, so large-scale production of any good would be much cheaper. I talked more about this idea here.
BBC made an hour long documentary about this project and it's well worth the watch. It's available on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYoLcJuBtOw
There's also a book written by Dyson's son, although I have not yet read it so I can't attest to how good it is. This is it here: http://www.amazon.com/Project-Orion-Story-Atomic-Spaceship/dp/0805059857
I recommend Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design.
Your missing that bicycle spokes are loaded purely in tension. Section modulous and moment of area aren't terms I know (am bike mechanic and motorcycle customizer, not engineer) but i suspect the apply in resisting twist, flex, and buckling. None of those can happen to a spoke in a properly built wheel, they are all under tension.
One good reason to use many thin spokes is it minimizes the span of rim between spokes. This helps spread shock, instead of putting it all on one section of the rim.
Another good reason is that when a rim deflects under load or impact, you do NOT want the spoke to go slack. So ideally you want all the spokes loaded with enough tension that they stretch more than the rim can safely deflect. With fewer but heavier spokes, this tension would be very high, requiring a thick spoke bed to avoidpulling the nipple though the rim, and unless deap in section the rim would get flat spots under the nipples. Many deep section rims are in fact built into wheels that use fewer spokes with thicker cross section than normal- not because it is stronger, but because it is more aerodynamic.
For a really good explanation of bicycle wheel design, check out Jobst Brandt's book on the subject. He even includes finite element analysis. Using his principles, I've built 26 inch wheels that survive flat landings from loading docks under my grace less 200 lb ass, and stay within .25 mm of build true. They aren't light, but they use MUCH thinner spokes than conventionally used on such wheels, since i aimed for optimal spoke elongation, not maximum spoke strength.
Edit - this is the book I mentioned - http://www.amazon.com/The-Bicycle-Wheel-3rd-Edition/dp/0960723668
This book is pretty good too and touches on data manipulation using maps.
TRIGGER WARNING: CANADIAN AMAZON
Most engineers have this on their desk
https://www.amazon.com/Shigleys-Mechanical-Engineering-Design-McGraw-Hill/dp/0073398209
I mean Dragon with a Second stage is on the cover of Rocket Propulsion Elements in the eighth edition
and a F9 Dance Floor on the ninth
that's a kind of big one already
Understanding Engineering Mathematics by John bird. It's available for free download on gen.lib.rus.ec. It has tons and tons of fully worked examples and covers just about everything from 1+1 to laplace transforms.
You will probably want to develop a more conceptual approach to mathematical problem solving after you are done with it, but you will cross that bridge when you get there. Just in case you are curious about what that even means you can find Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering for free on genlib too. This is not the book you're looking for right now though.
It doesn't come over night and there are no simple tricks. Practice, Practice, Practice. Here are two really good resources:
Book: Ultimate Speed Secrets by Ross Bentley
Video: Skip Barber Going Faster
Enjoy and have fun :)
https://www.amazon.com.au/Machinerys-Handbook-Toolbox-Franklin-Holbrook/dp/0831130911
It's up to 30
Why I don't give a shit about coffee machine expenses, office furniture, etc:
Firstly, and this is important, Star Citizen is an extraordinarily challenging game to write from a technical perspective (even Derek says that they
can't builddon't have the tech for it). Extraordinary tech requires extraordinary engineers.There is a long history of how various companies and colleges try to attract the best and the brightest. The first company that I know of which had to attract extraordinary engineers was General Atomic after WWII, which started working on Project Orion. Remember how your parents would give you pushes on the swing to make you go higher/further? Project Orion was basically that, except you're a spaceship and the push is really a nuclear explosion. Do you think I'm kidding? I'm not. So you're detonating hundreds of the most dangerous kind of bomb known at the time with specific timing in sequence: things have to go right. Therefore, you need the best engineers to work on it.
The facilities at the General Atomic campus were extensive, featuring an enormous library in the center that was shaped to be the same size of the spaceship they were trying to build. Other details can be found in George Dyson's book, but suffice it to say that General Atomic was able to recruit many of the Project Manhattan veterans because of some of these benefits and amenities: not all decisions come down to salary.
Google is a much more recent example; like General Atomic, Google wants the best. How does Google attract and retain the best engineers? Perks are a big, and well-documented, part of that. Just look at all these articles about the perks that Google employees get: https://www.google.com/search?q=general+atomic&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=google+perks.
Colleges do the same thing to try to get the best students to attend: they have large campuses with beautiful architecture. A state-of-the-art athletic center with more racketball and squash courts than would ever be used. A program to allow you to rent Picassos to hang in your dorm room. Hell, the school I work at has a parents association whose sole job is to bring the teachers lunch/breakfast once a month. I'd have left to be closer to friends/family long ago if it weren't for this (and other similar perks).
It's really clear to me that CIG is trying to do exactly this. I'm really surprised Derek hasn't mentioned this, but they have a full kitchen in the new California studio. Producers constantly talk about how they're working to make the engineer's lives better, sometimes that involves running errands or getting dinner. The mural on the wall helps people to take pride in their work (and is beautiful besides). A nice coffee machine and elegant furniture are ways to retain the amazing employees you have. That's part of the cost of hiring the best. Can you go overboard with it? Of course. Have they? Consider that this $20,000 coffee machine is less than 0.02% of their total crowdfunded number. They can afford it. And the employees deserve it.
Welcome to the real world, Derek. You can't just throw money at people and expect them to be inspired and give you their best. And you certainly can't do it when you're paying these people less than what they would get paid at other companies, no matter how awesome your project is.
When you graduate beyond Sheldon, you can spend months reading Jobst's bike.wreck postings, much of which would inform Sheldon's thinking. He was a brilliant engineer who understood bicycles, possibly better than nearly anyone else who ever lived, and literally wrote the book on bicycle wheels.
A few degrees warmer is about how much we can stand. So, with that few degrees comes at least a few feet of sea level rise, likely more. So coastal areas that tend to be the highest populated, are going to need to retreat from the coast. That's going to be a huge economic burden. How is that burden born? Best left to economists I suppose....
Also, California and the west will tend to get drier, which will affect agriculture and I would venture agricultural costs. The mid-west is also slated to become drier, this is at a time when the Ogallala aquifer is being sucked dry, so we are going to be running out of a pretty precious resource in large chunks of the US. Further abroad, with melting glaciers hundreds of millions may be left without water. The middle east is supposed to also dry up. This is likely to create a humanitarian crisis.
There could be significant changes in disease distributions as well. With things like malaria, Zika, etc. becoming more prevalent in the US because of a spread of their vektors (e.g., certain tropical mosquito species).
Depending on the severity, much of the Amazon rain forest may dry out, though there is some good debate around that topic. Coral reefs laregly won't be able to keep up, which could crash some fisheries and ecosystems. Forest diseases may be more prevalent (e.g., emerald ash borer in the eastern US that is wiping out ash trees), and extinction rates are thought to spike, with 20-30% of species at risk of extinction.
Check out a book 6 degrees. I haven't read it yet, but it's on my wish list - supposed to be a good run down of the catastrphe that 6 degrees of warming will bring - basically an end of civilization as we know it. Some respected scientists think that the population will end up crashing to 1 billion in the next century..... that will cause some chaos...
Six Degrees by Mark Lynas. Great book, he read 3000 papers on the effects of climate change and summarized them, with extensive references. One chapter per degree C.
At 3C it just looks disastrous. At 4C the survival of modern civilization starts to look doubtful. At 6C it's hard to imagine our species surviving to any meaningful extent.
Introduction to Electrodynamics
I recently read Packing for Mars which is a great read for anyone interested in the nitty gritty parts of human space travel you normally don't hear about.
In the end she states that with ~$500B NASA could take a manned mission to Mars. I'm all for it. I feel like there's a major brain drain in this country with the sciences taking a back seat to defense.
Rocket Propulsion Elements
Machinery's Handbook - 30th Edition. It's commonly referred to as the "Machinist's Bible". It's not so much an instructional book as it is a reference; however, I've learned so much from it. It's got detailed information on taps and dies, milling, turning, welding, heat treating, machine shop economics, mechanics and physics, measuring, properties of materials, and I could go on. It's kind of expensive, but it really is worth every dime. Look around online for good deals, I got mine (30th Ed - Toolbox Edition) for about $65 new on Jet.com. The only differences between the Large-Print and the Toolbox-Edition are the size of the book and the size of the print. The full size book is 7"x10" with larger print, and the toolbox is 7"x4.5" with fairly small print. They both have the exact same content. If you have poor vision, buy the full size for sure. If you're going to be a metalworker for a living, or even just a weekend machinist, you'll keep this book for the rest of your life.
Fun times. High heat + low octane + compression = predetonation.
The absolute best education I got on the subject (other than having to rebuild a turbo race engine after a summer race in California) was from a book by Corky Bell, called Maximum Boost
Very, very informative for learning how octane and compression and air/fuel work in an engine, regardless of it being normally aspirated or turbo/super charged.
If you want a textbook Introduction to Elementary Particles by Griffiths has quite a bit in it and has some nice examples worked out. Should be in a university library.
I would recommend Introduction to "Elementary Particle Physics" by David Griffiths
Its generally considered a higher-level undergrad book, but as a PhD student I still look at it from time to time, especially if I want to teach a specific subject. He will review the SR and Quantum for you, but at a level that you'd want to have seen it before. There's calc and a little bit of linear algebra, but at such a level that you could learn them for the first time through this text (assuming you've had SOME Calc before)
From there, the next level is sort of "Quarks and Leptons" by Halzen and Martin, which people are generally less excited about, but I enjoyed it.
After that, the top standard that even theorists seem to love is "High Energy Hadron Physics" by Martin Perl, where there are parts of that text that I still struggle with.
Don't read Feynman. While it's extremely dense and good, it's also very unconventional and hard to understand if you don't know where it's going already.
I'd suggest Griffiths or Zee's Nutshell. While both are technically textbooks, i think you can read them very well without necessarily understanding all calculations.
Of course, those are damn expensive so you should better look for them in a library.
Here you go:
Between those texts, you will have everything you need to know about stress analysis and design in products.
David J. Griffiths: E+M book, QM book.
Chances are you recognize him now?
Old retired guy here......
On my bucket list, I thought I'd take a shot at learning some physics from the bottom up. Here are some observations from someone who tried to learn it without any worries about needing it for a major or trying to get into grad school.
First, elementary physics labs stink. Sometimes you get stuck with a bad lab partner. Other times the equipment is in really bad shape and simply will not work so that the experiment will do what it is supposed to do. If you get a lab assistant who does not know what he/she is doing - and there are quite a few of those - you can forget about a decent lab experience.
Second, intermediate physics labs can be great. I was teamed with an undergraduate I still refer to as Mr. GoldenHands. He could make any piece of lab equipment do what he wanted it to do and what it was supposed to do. I would do calculations and draw graphs while he got the data out with only a little help from me. Furthermore, the lab assistant we had was actually a full professor of physics who was an experienced experimentalist. What my partner did not know about the equipment, he did. Great course.
Physics exams are unnecessarily hard. In a Mathematics exam, students are usually asked about material they have some shot at solving. They will be asked for definitions or statements of theorems that they have seen. They will be asked to answer questions about material they already have seen. In a physics exam, you will get a question completely out of left field that seems to have no relation to anything you have studied previously. No wonder average grades on exams sometimes in the thirties or forties.
Physics professors in undergraduate classes frequently have curricular tunnel vision. "This is the mechanics book. I will go through the book chapter by chapter frequently skipping chapters I do not like. If somebody ask me a question I can not answer such as 'What is the difference between the Lagrangian and Newtonian formulations of mechanics and why is one preferable to the other?' I will brush it off."
(I actually asked this question and got brushed off.) Don't do that!
SLOW DOWN!!!! Physicists seem to be very interested in moving through a course at a breakneck pace that does not allow for any time for internalizing a subject. I'll give an example. Look at Introduction to Electrodynamics by David Griffiths. On page ix of the third edition, Griffith's says that the book can be covered "comfortably in two semesters." A little later, he talks about one semester courses finishing chapter seven. OK. I took a one semester course from that book. The professor skipped chapter one - it was only mathematics, so that was ok by me - and then went like a house-afire and ended the first semester at the end of chapter 10. He did not make any attempt to make the material intuitive. (I had a terrible time with current density.) He just motored through it symbol by symbol and expected everybody to understand. We didn't. (I am going to take another course in electrodynamics at another university some day just so I can understand Maxwell's equations. For me there is nothing riding on this except intellectual curiosity. For other undergraduates, the type of course I just described was a killer.)
I'll stop now but I am sure there are other who could chime in with other problems.
Bottom Line: I like physics and I intend to learn more, but physics teaching should change.
These:
How to Read the Solar System: A Guide to the Stars and Planets by Christ North and Paul Abel.
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson.
A Universe from Nothing: Why There is Something Rather than Nothing by Lawrence Krauss.
Cosmos by Carl Sagan.
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space by Carl Sagan.
Foundations of Astrophysics by Barbara Ryden and Bradley Peterson.
Final Countdown: NASA and the End of the Space Shuttle Program by Pat Duggins.
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything by Chris Hadfield.
You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes: Photographs from the International Space Station by Chris Hadfield.
Space Shuttle: The History of Developing the Space Transportation System by Dennis Jenkins.
Wings in Orbit: Scientific and Engineering Legacies of the Space Shuttle, 1971-2010 by Chapline, Hale, Lane, and Lula.
No Downlink: A Dramatic Narrative About the Challenger Accident and Our Time by Claus Jensen.
Voices from the Moon: Apollo Astronauts Describe Their Lunar Experiences by Andrew Chaikin.
A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts by Andrew Chaikin.
Breaking the Chains of Gravity: The Story of Spaceflight before NASA by Amy Teitel.
Moon Lander: How We Developed the Apollo Lunar Module by Thomas Kelly.
The Scientific Exploration of Venus by Fredric Taylor.
The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe.
Into the Black: The Extraordinary Untold Story of the First Flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia and the Astronauts Who Flew Her by Rowland White and Richard Truly.
An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics by Bradley Carroll and Dale Ostlie.
Rockets, Missiles, and Men in Space by Willy Ley.
Ignition!: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants by John Clark.
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking.
Russia in Space by Anatoly Zak.
Rain Of Iron And Ice: The Very Real Threat Of Comet And Asteroid Bombardment by John Lewis.
Mining the Sky: Untold Riches From The Asteroids, Comets, And Planets by John Lewis.
Asteroid Mining: Wealth for the New Space Economy by John Lewis.
Coming of Age in the Milky Way by Timothy Ferris.
The Whole Shebang: A State of the Universe Report by Timothy Ferris.
Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandries by Neil deGrasse Tyson.
Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution by Neil deGrasse Tyson.
Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon by Craig Nelson.
The Martian by Andy Weir.
Packing for Mars:The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach.
The Overview Effect: Space Exploration and Human Evolution by Frank White.
Gravitation by Misner, Thorne, and Wheeler.
The Science of Interstellar by Kip Thorne.
Entering Space: An Astronaut’s Oddyssey by Joseph Allen.
International Reference Guide to Space Launch Systems by Hopkins, Hopkins, and Isakowitz.
The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality by Brian Greene.
How the Universe Got Its Spots: Diary of a Finite Time in a Finite Space by Janna Levin.
This New Ocean: The Story of the First Space Age by William Burrows.
The Last Man on the Moon by Eugene Cernan.
Failure is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond by Gene Kranz.
Apollo 13 by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger.
The end
You miss the implications.
I used to do acoustical engineering for wastewater treatment plants. Human feces has "about" the same density of water for large variations in "about." There's actually a fair amount of science to this that the OP simply ignored; one of those "you know you're an engineer if..." jokes that ends with "you've ever modeled a horse as a sphere" and this is along the same lines.
The density of human feces depends an awful lot on water and gas content. Considering approximately 70% of human feces is e.coli^1, and considering the density of e.coli has actually been the subject of some study^2, saying "the density of this is 1" is a gross approximation that pretty much demonstrates that your source doesn't, well, know his shit.
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https://www.youtube.com/user/TacticalCardboard/playlists?view=1&sort=dd - Empty box's simracing 101 series is about how to drive, some stuff about simracing (fov,ffb), and racing etiquette.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQRmYMlmdqM
http://www.drivingfast.net/ - lots of info about track racing, some info about cars, offroad racing, road driving etc.
http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Speed-Secrets-Complete-High-Performance/dp/0760340501
If you're going to race casually, then the book would be an overkill. But if you're going to race seriosly then the book is almost a must.
The Bicycle Wheel 3rd Edition
THE definitive source for wheel building IMO
Available used for <$10
Earlier editions perfectly OK for 99% of wheel builders
Sheldon Browns page on this is also very good, just not to the depth Jobst Brandts book goes to
My Books
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Here are the books I have:
Beekeeping
History and Biology
Gardening
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The Wiki
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Here is the recommended list linked to in the wiki:
If you had to just pick one I would choose between The Backyard Beekeeper and The Beekeeper's Bible.
I also highly suggest doing the following:
Good choice for a first bike. But its important to understand that you need to respect the machine and what its capable of.
There are plenty of resources here that can help you. First thing first, take the MSF course. This will give you the best start on riding a motorcycle. They will teach you a lot of the very basic fundamental principles that you need to know to ride safely. Dont skimp on this detail. It will definitely help you in the long run.
Second, start reading. I recommend "Proficient Motorcycling: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Wello" by David Hough. This is a good book to start with.
After that, - and once you've read through the first book at least twice - look into "Total Control: High Performance Street Riding Techniques". This is a good second book to pick up and commit to memory.
As for gear, I wouldnt trust a $50 helmet. It may work perfectly for you. It may even be comfortable. But in a crash, when you need it to perform at its absolute best, you get what you pay for. Im not saying you should go out and buy an $800 Shoei or something, but the helmet is not somewhere you should be skimping on protection.
The jacket and gloves look fine. As for the boots, I've been using cheap Chinese knock-offs of American combat boots. They are all leather, go up mid calf and with tall socks, I fold the top of the sock over the top of the boot to keep the laces tied. Definitely not something you want to get caught in the gears.
And read this forum (and all motorcycle forums) with a grain of salt. In other words. There are plenty of opinions out there. Some of them good, some of them bad.
And then, practice, practice practice!
You can find formulas for gear force/strength in Shigley's. You kind of need to know the material properties to find out the max torque but you can just use a general steel.
150NM (110ft*lbs) isn't a massive amount, so if you keep the RPM down low so friction isn't a major concern I wouldn't assume there would be an issue.
Author of two widely used undergratuate physics texts: one for Electricity and Magnetism and one for Quantum Mechanics. He also authored the somewhat-less-widely used (perhaps mainly because it's a specialist subject in most undergrad programs) Introduction to Elementary Particles.
https://www.amazon.com/Knowledge-Rebuild-Civilization-Aftermath-Cataclysm/dp/0143127047
What if it was this instead
My moment was after reading How to lie with maps https://www.amazon.com/How-Lie-Maps-Mark-Monmonier/dp/0226534219
I'd like to give you my two cents as well on how to proceed here. If nothing else, this will be a second opinion. If I could redo my physics education, this is how I'd want it done.
If you are truly wanting to learn these fields in depth I cannot stress how important it is to actually work problems out of these books, not just read them. There is a certain understanding that comes from struggling with problems that you just can't get by reading the material. On that note, I would recommend getting the Schaum's outline to whatever subject you are studying if you can find one. They are great books with hundreds of solved problems and sample problems for you to try with the answers in the back. When you get to the point you can't find Schaums anymore, I would recommend getting as many solutions manuals as possible. The problems will get very tough, and it's nice to verify that you did the problem correctly or are on the right track, or even just look over solutions to problems you decide not to try.
Basics
I second Stewart's Calculus cover to cover (except the final chapter on differential equations) and Halliday, Resnick and Walker's Fundamentals of Physics. Not all sections from HRW are necessary, but be sure you have the fundamentals of mechanics, electromagnetism, optics, and thermal physics down at the level of HRW.
Once you're done with this move on to studying differential equations. Many physics theorems are stated in terms of differential equations so really getting the hang of these is key to moving on. Differential equations are often taught as two separate classes, one covering ordinary differential equations and one covering partial differential equations. In my opinion, a good introductory textbook to ODEs is one by Morris Tenenbaum and Harry Pollard. That said, there is another book by V. I. Arnold that I would recommend you get as well. The Arnold book may be a bit more mathematical than you are looking for, but it was written as an introductory text to ODEs and you will have a deeper understanding of ODEs after reading it than your typical introductory textbook. This deeper understanding will be useful if you delve into the nitty-gritty parts of classical mechanics. For partial differential equations I recommend the book by Haberman. It will give you a good understanding of different methods you can use to solve PDEs, and is very much geared towards problem-solving.
From there, I would get a decent book on Linear Algebra. I used the one by Leon. I can't guarantee that it's the best book out there, but I think it will get the job done.
This should cover most of the mathematical training you need to move onto the intermediate level physics textbooks. There will be some things that are missing, but those are usually covered explicitly in the intermediate texts that use them (i.e. the Delta function). Still, if you're looking for a good mathematical reference, my recommendation is Lua. It may be a good idea to go over some basic complex analysis from this book, though it is not necessary to move on.
Intermediate
At this stage you need to do intermediate level classical mechanics, electromagnetism, quantum mechanics, and thermal physics at the very least. For electromagnetism, Griffiths hands down. In my opinion, the best pedagogical book for intermediate classical mechanics is Fowles and Cassidy. Once you've read these two books you will have a much deeper understanding of the stuff you learned in HRW. When you're going through the mechanics book pay particular attention to generalized coordinates and Lagrangians. Those become pretty central later on. There is also a very old book by Robert Becker that I think is great. It's problems are tough, and it goes into concepts that aren't typically covered much in depth in other intermediate mechanics books such as statics. I don't think you'll find a torrent for this, but it is 5 bucks on Amazon. That said, I don't think Becker is necessary. For quantum, I cannot recommend Zettili highly enough. Get this book. Tons of worked out examples. In my opinion, Zettili is the best quantum book out there at this level. Finally for thermal physics I would use Mandl. This book is merely sufficient, but I don't know of a book that I liked better.
This is the bare minimum. However, if you find a particular subject interesting, delve into it at this point. If you want to learn Solid State physics there's Kittel. Want to do more Optics? How about Hecht. General relativity? Even that should be accessible with Schutz. Play around here before moving on. A lot of very fascinating things should be accessible to you, at least to a degree, at this point.
Advanced
Before moving on to physics, it is once again time to take up the mathematics. Pick up Arfken and Weber. It covers a great many topics. However, at times it is not the best pedagogical book so you may need some supplemental material on whatever it is you are studying. I would at least read the sections on coordinate transformations, vector analysis, tensors, complex analysis, Green's functions, and the various special functions. Some of this may be a bit of a review, but there are some things Arfken and Weber go into that I didn't see during my undergraduate education even with the topics that I was reviewing. Hell, it may be a good idea to go through the differential equations material in there as well. Again, you may need some supplemental material while doing this. For special functions, a great little book to go along with this is Lebedev.
Beyond this, I think every physicist at the bare minimum needs to take graduate level quantum mechanics, classical mechanics, electromagnetism, and statistical mechanics. For quantum, I recommend Cohen-Tannoudji. This is a great book. It's easy to understand, has many supplemental sections to help further your understanding, is pretty comprehensive, and has more worked examples than a vast majority of graduate text-books. That said, the problems in this book are LONG. Not horrendously hard, mind you, but they do take a long time.
Unfortunately, Cohen-Tannoudji is the only great graduate-level text I can think of. The textbooks in other subjects just don't measure up in my opinion. When you take Classical mechanics I would get Goldstein as a reference but a better book in my opinion is Jose/Saletan as it takes a geometrical approach to the subject from the very beginning. At some point I also think it's worth going through Arnold's treatise on Classical. It's very mathematical and very difficult, but I think once you make it through you will have as deep an understanding as you could hope for in the subject.
Pale Blue Dot
And Pale Blue Dot.
I'm taking E&M now and we're using Griffiths. I'm not totally for sure, but I think it's the standard text for E&M.
Eu encontrei um livro tão interessante nesses últimos dias:
https://www.amazon.com.br/Knowledge-Rebuild-Civilization-Aftermath-Cataclysm/dp/0143127047/ref=sr_1_1
É um guia para "reconstruir a civilização" em caso de cataclisma. Desde que começou aquela moda de zumbis, essa questão me deixou pensando, mas nunca encontrei material adequado sobre o assunto
que tratasse tanto de sobrevivência prática como sobre como refazer uma sociedade funcional[edit: nope, trata mais de como coletar e produzir o mínimo de conforto, a civilização parece ser considerada consequência disso pelo autor.] Até pensei em fazer um tópico aqui para discussão. Esse tipo de assunto não é tão "viagem" como muita gente pode pensar, pois desastres naturais e fim de civilizações acontecem desde sempre, o nosso período atual é que é anormalmente pacífico. Nos nossos tempos, futuro do meio ambiente promete insegurança, os países desenvolvidos estão sendo tomados por políticos fascistas, e, aqui, no Brasil, o contrato social está por um fio, ameaçado pela desigualdade e o apartheid social. Acho que todo mundo devia ler um pouco sobre o assunto.Se você estiver como eu, latindo no quintal para economizar cachorro, pode encontrar o livro no libgen.io
How to lie with maps, great book
https://www.amazon.com/How-Lie-Maps-Mark-Monmonier/dp/0226534219 actually after reading this book, I'm more aware of how to visualize data more objectively
There are many reasons:
tl;dr: Working with liquid hydrogen is actually pretty awful. (We'd use kerosene if we could find it on Mars, but CH4 is manufacturable in situ.)
Source: I had to double check lots of this stuff with my copy of Sutton and Biblarz. The inert gas layer thing for the tanks is actually me paraphrasing one of my former professors though; it's not in the book from what I can tell.
you should read the book; http://www.amazon.com/Case-Mars-Plan-Settle-Planet/dp/0684835509/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1421005661&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=the+case+for+mars
or at least watch the video; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm34Muv6Lsg
This seems like a fine time to share this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8Sv5y6iHUM
It doesn't answer your question, but that was already answered.
Also there is book on the topic:
https://www.amazon.com/Project-Orion-Story-Atomic-Spaceship/dp/0805059857
Machinery's Handbook, Toolbox Edition https://www.amazon.com/dp/0831130911/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_QoQUCbWJWC3CN
This one is good but a bit expensive. It gives VERY detailed dimensions of the geometry of screws and what not.
This is more of a refrence than a teach you how.
Maximum boost. Read it when I was 16 wanting to get in to turbochargers. Has a ton of info and explanations.
Maximum Boost: Designing, Testing, and Installing Turbocharger Systems (Engineering and Performance) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0837601606/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_9wvRBbB192Y57
Honestly after you really understand turbocharging the only difficult part is tuning.
There are a ton of forces that act on a wheel. To fully understand the implications of how these forces act on the wheels you've got a lot of reading. Basically, the difference in 4 spokes on the wheel is not the only significant factor among the other differences like rim profile, spoke type, type of brake (rim brake, disc brake) and hub diameter.
Edit: Found this while I was looking for some more info, it's a great article. I also own a copy of this book, which is full of information.
https://www.amazon.com/Six-Degrees-Future-Hotter-Planet/dp/1426203853
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/ng-interactive/2017/nov/03/three-degree-world-cities-drowned-global-warming
>tl;dr recommend me a book
https://www.amazon.com/Six-Degrees-Future-Hotter-Planet/dp/1426203853/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
I'm about half-way through reading Proficient Motorcycling by David Hough. He spends a great deal of time discussing risks, safety, and rider responsiblity. I would recommend that you purchase a copy, or see if your local library has one available.
I purchased Proficient Motorcycling by David Hough at the recommendation of my MSF instructor and read it cover to cover. I credit it and the course for me not having died yet.
Honda Superhawk rider here, and as others have said, helmet. Always. Armored jacket and denim. Always. No excuses. The front brake supplies 90% of your braking force during emergency braking. You can always lean the bike further than you think you can (depending on the size of your balls).
Countersteer. If you don't know what that is yet, learn right now.
A book that gets mentioned a lot is Shigley's. It covers the basics of design for a wide variety of mechanical components including gears, shafts, bearings, etc. It also covers stuff like material stress, fatigue, and failure theory. I don't know what you're printing or what is it for, but this should help for anything that's not too complicated.
That map is a prime example of "How to lie with maps".
Maybe try applied math programs. Some of them seem to have astrophysics faculty https://www.princeton.edu/gradschool/about/catalog/fields/applied_mathematics/. You'll probably have an easier time getting in with your background and can take the math GREs. In a physics BS you would at least have the knowledge of these books:
http://www.amazon.com/Classical-Mechanics-John-R-Taylor/dp/189138922X,
http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Electrodynamics-4th-David-Griffiths/dp/0321856562/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1396384599&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=griffiths,
http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Quantum-Mechanics-David-Griffiths/dp/0131118927/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1396384599&amp;sr=1-2&amp;keywords=griffiths,
http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Thermal-Physics-Daniel-Schroeder/dp/0201380277/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1396384625&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=schroeder+statistical+physics.
The more you know from those books, the better. Although an applied math program, probably wouldn't expect you to have read all of them. Also try x-posting to /r/askacademia. I'm sure someone there could be more helpful.
John Taylor's Classical Mechanics and David Griffith's Introduction to Electrodynamics might be more your speed. They've been the texts for my Classical Mechanics and E&M courses.
This should keep you busy, but I can suggest books in other areas if you want.
Math books:
Algebra: http://www.amazon.com/Algebra-I-M-Gelfand/dp/0817636773/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1251516690&amp;sr=8
Calc: http://www.amazon.com/Calculus-4th-Michael-Spivak/dp/0914098918/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1356152827&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=spivak+calculus
Calc: http://www.amazon.com/Linear-Algebra-Dover-Books-Mathematics/dp/048663518X
Linear algebra: http://www.amazon.com/Linear-Algebra-Modern-Introduction-CD-ROM/dp/0534998453/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1255703167&amp;sr=8-4
Linear algebra: http://www.amazon.com/Linear-Algebra-Dover-Mathematics-ebook/dp/B00A73IXRC/ref=zg_bs_158739011_2
Beginning physics:
http://www.amazon.com/Feynman-Lectures-Physics-boxed-set/dp/0465023827
Advanced stuff, if you make it through the beginning books:
E&M: http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Electrodynamics-Edition-David-Griffiths/dp/0321856562/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1375653392&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=griffiths+electrodynamics
Mechanics: http://www.amazon.com/Classical-Dynamics-Particles-Systems-Thornton/dp/0534408966/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1375653415&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=marion+thornton
Quantum: http://www.amazon.com/Principles-Quantum-Mechanics-2nd-Edition/dp/0306447908/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1375653438&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=shankar
Cosmology -- these are both low level and low math, and you can probably handle them now:
http://www.amazon.com/Spacetime-Physics-Edwin-F-Taylor/dp/0716723271
http://www.amazon.com/The-First-Three-Minutes-Universe/dp/0465024378/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1356155850&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=the+first+three+minutes
The textbook Introduction to Electrodynamics is a fantastic book. We used it for a couple of our E&M courses. See if you can find a pdf online of it somewhere and have a look through it. The previous edition (3rd) is also fantastic, if you can find it online as a pdf or on the cheap somewhere.
Understanding vector fields very well was key, in my experience.
I read about it in Packing for mars - very interesting book, and full of information about space travel/exploration just like this.
She's probably wishing she had a gravity-based toilet.
... damn you, Mary Roach, you've skewed my worldview towards the weird once again.
5.Amazon
>Self as illusion is a central view in Buddhism, for example. I know Sam Harris has studied Eastern religions, so why not just admit that some religions, at least, have something to offer?
Here is an old essay by him on the subject of Buddhism having things to offer: Killing The Buddha - Sam Harris, Shambhala Sun
Also, speaking on the matter of the self being an illusion, Thomas Metzinger's Self-model theory is pretty interesting. There are several lectures on youtube... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFjY1fAcESs
FullFrontalNoodly guessed that you're trying to calculate a trajectory of a rocket launch. I'm going to assume he's right, but for the record, this book:
https://www.amazon.com/Rocket-Propulsion-Elements-George-Sutton/dp/0470080248
is a great resource if you want to learn about rocket performance.
Griffiths is the go-to for advanced undergraduate level texts, so you might consider his Introduction to Quantum Mechanics and Introduction to Particle Physics. I used Townsend's A Modern Approach to Quantum Mechanics to teach myself and I thought that was a pretty good book.
I'm not sure if you mean special or general relativity. For special, /u/Ragall's suggestion of Taylor is good but is aimed an more of an intermediate undergraduate; still worth checking out I think. I've heard Taylor (different Taylor) and Wheeler's Spacetime Physics is good but I don't know much more about it. For general relativity, I think Hartle's Gravity: An Introduction to Einstein's General Relativity and Carroll's Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity are what you want to look for. Hartle is slightly lower level but both are close. Carroll is probably better if you want one book and want a bit more of the math.
Online resources are improving, and you might find luck in opencourseware type websites. I'm not too knowledgeable in these, and I think books, while expensive, are a great investment if you are planning to spend a long time in the field.
One note: teaching yourself is great, but a grad program will be concerned if it doesn't show up on a transcript. This being said, the big four in US institutions are Classical Mechanics, E&M, Thermodynamics/Stat Mech, and QM. You should have all four but you can sometimes get away with three. Expectations of other courses vary by school, which is why programs don't always expect things like GR, fluid mechanics, etc.
I hope that helps!
Warning long post.
It sounds blasphemous on a Motorcycle thread to suggest getting a car first, but I completely agree that a cage will help in learning street and vehicle laws which is the foundation of any good driver or rider. An automatic car is simple to drive. You push the pedal and the car goes forward. I understand you're a bit terrified of driving a car but on a motorcycle you have to deal with staying in the proper gear, utilizing the clutch lever, balancing your bike at low speeds, while avoid crashing with blind drivers that say they didn't see you. Also bike theft is pretty common if you live in a city. Learning in a car first removes all the stress factors you will encounter on a bike to fully understand road and safety laws.
Can I suggest a motorized scooter? They are easy to handle and forgiving in power and they will still get you from point A to B while removing the clutch and gear factor. It will also prepare you for when you do upgrade to a motorbike because you will have had experience dealing with cars on the road. It was a scary experience when I transitioned from car to motorcycle because I no longer felt protected by several feet of steel.
If you're dead set on getting a motorized bike read below:
Buy the book Proficient Motorcycling by David Hough. Take an MSF class, usually $250 USD but since you're under 21 you can take it for $150. I also believe MSF is mandatory for those under 18 in several states and even if it wasn't, it's a 100x easier than taking the behind the wheel test at the DMV. Completing the MSF course is your behind the wheel test. Not only do you get to ride for two days, it will help you decide whether you want a bike or not. I knew biking was for me because I was practically speeding with a grin on my face during the bike exam. It was during the quick-stop test but I really wanted to know how fast I could brake since we were in a controlled environment.
For your first bike, please please please buy it used, don't be stupid like me, I didn't drop my bike but it is very possible and I had a few close encounters (at low speeds no less). Also I outgrew the power, I commute on highway a lot and half the time I couldn't keep up with traffic. You maybe lighter than me so a 250 could definitely serve your needs. I'm not sure of your height but if you want to be able to flatfoot a bike (which does give confidence to new riders) a Honda Rebel 250 cruiser could good. For sportbikes I suggest a CBR250R or Ninja 250. If you like the cafe racer/standard look try to find a Suzuki TU250X if it's legal in your state.
TL;DR: You should get a car first otherwise read Proficient Motorcycling and take MSF.
For Calculus:
Calculus Early Transcendentals by James Stewart
^ Link to Amazon
Khan Academy Calculus Youtube Playlist
For Physics:
Introductory Physics by Giancoli
^ Link to Amazon
Crash Course Physics Youtube Playlist
Here are additional reading materials when you're a bit farther along:
Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences by Mary Boas
Modern Physics by Randy Harris
Classical Mechanics by John Taylor
Introduction to Electrodynamics by Griffiths
Introduction to Quantum Mechanics by Griffiths
Introduction to Particle Physics by Griffiths
The Feynman Lectures
With most of these you will be able to find PDFs of the book and the solutions. Otherwise if you prefer hardcopies you can get them on Amazon. I used to be adigital guy but have switched to physical copies because they are easier to reference in my opinion. Let me know if this helps and if you need more.
Griffiths has a book on it
David Griffiths,
Introduction to Elementary Particles
https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Elementary-Particles-David-Griffiths/dp/3527406018
You should read this book. It goes into every aspect of Mars settlement in detail.
It wasn't well worded. His point is that a great argument can be made that we have had both the technological and financial capability to start sending humans to Mars on the regular since the 1980's. What we've lacked is only the political and social will to do so.
NASA often comes up with fantastic new excuses for this, some more valid than others. "We need to learn more about the long term physiological effects" is valid, but is mostly invalidated by the tremendous amount of research that has already been done. When do we have, "enough"?
Saying we need this hibernation technology to do it is a lot like saying we need a better propulsion system to do it. We don't. Would it be nice? Sure. Is it an excuse for not going? Hell no.
For a much more in-depth analysis of this, and for a look at what is in many opinions a vastly superior way to do approach this, check out that book.
Amazon link.
Edit: As an added note, Elon Musk has a similar outlook. The implementation he's seeking is significantly different, but it has the same attitude. But unlike Zubrin, Musk had the capital to say, "screw it, I'll do it myself".
Sure thing! I realized I forgot to answer the book question, the driving books that I learned a lot from were Ross Bentley's Speed Secrets books - less so on raw technique and moreso on thought processes and way to approach things. Back when I read them the first time (I was probably 11 ish so... 2006 I guess?) They came as a series of books but they're now all compiled into one book: it's on Amazon here and is absolutely worth the money. Plus it's way cheaper than it used to be. It helps understand how to break down corners and think about what's going on which then applies the knowledge you have of the vehicle to apply it. It takes longer than reading a simple how to but as a result you'll be a more complete driver after - and potentially get yourself the skill set to drive the fsae car or other cars more quickly and easily.
A good way to practice is iRacing or rfactor or pcars - something with a more real tire model than say Forza or Grand Turismo. Obviously this isn't cheap, sim racing on a college budget can be tough but it's something to look into. It's much more forgiving than real life.
I've included Amazon links as I could find them. The three reference guides I have are:
I also think reference books for the FE and PE exams would be helpful.
OK, the first and most important book by a mile is The Machinery's Handbook
This is the standard reference for all things machining. You cannot live without this book. It is pricy, but it is worth its weight in gold.
The next is any of the Audel books - like this one
Cool build, and I hope it lasts for you.
A couple notes to anyone thinking they want to slap a turbo on their car to get more power:
You could read for years on bikeforums.net and not get bored.
My favorite hardcopy bike books:
I seem to recall from a different context that it is the serial retrogrouch and über-curmudgeon known as Jobst Brandt.
EDIT: confirmed
> Basically that things aren't great, but they aren't catastrophic either, and that we actually are kind of on the right path, or at least a path good enough that we'd 'only' heat the planet up another 2-3deg in the next 50 years instead of the near fatal ~8deg statistics I've seen. We could be doing a much better job as a species, but we'll still be OK.
There's a book on global warming, Six degrees. It has six chapters, one for each degree of warming. There's no need for a seventh chapter because there won't be any humans left in that scenario. According to the book, if we exceed +3°C, industrial agriculture will collapse (more or less quickly, depending on the region), and billions will starve.
We're currently on the trajectory for a warming of roughly +3.4°C. I imagine that the despair that comes with the early consequences will push down this path down to something like +2.8°C. Still, the lives of roughly five billion people are very insecure on that path. That's apocaplyptic enough for me.
Based off your comments, you are better off buying a book or two before buying a bike. Believing the guy saying a 300cc would be too small for you is a big indicator that you haven't done any research.
Good old Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design
What level do you want it pitched at? The Wikipedia article is pretty good, and there's always Griffiths Electrodynamics.
Maybe [this book](
http://www.amazon.com/The-Knowledge-Civilization-Aftermath-Cataclysm/dp/0143127047) would help?
This is a really good book you might like! It goes from the basics, like finding food and building shelter, to essentially rebuilding most of civilization! Its really good. https://www.amazon.ca/Knowledge-Rebuild-Civilization-Aftermath-Cataclysm/dp/0143127047
Recommended reading: "How to lie with maps" by Mark Monmonier.
http://www.amazon.com/How-Lie-Maps-Mark-Monmonier/dp/0226534219
It's a great read... I think a lot of people look at maps and don't consider the cartographer (and his/her training, biases, etc.). If you guys like this article, you'll enjoy this book.
David Griffiths' textbooks on E&M and quantum mechanics were easily the best textbooks I had as an undergrad. Clear, concise, refreshingly informal, and even a dash of humor.
I recommend Griffiths' Introduction to Electrodynamics.
You will find it difficult to escape vector calculus in understanding electromagnetics, but Griffiths begins with a quite clear refresher of what you need to know. He continues into electrostatics and magnetostatics, then to electrodynamics, EM waves and radiation, and finishes with relativistic electrodynamics. He also has an informal, conversational style. The text suffers a bit from putting necessary concepts in the exercises, some of which can be quite difficult.
The Amazon reviews will say much more than I have - also look at the reviews for the 3rd edition (which I have, and which has been out for longer).
I highly recommend David Griffith's Introduction to Electrodynamics. It is a classic undergraduate text in electrodynamics. His style is a bit wordy, but I feel it complements all of the mathematics well. It begins with a good overview of vector calculus which is necessary to do college level E&M, so the text is manageable even if you haven't been exposed to calc 3 yet.
I work in the lab that is cited in your [3] reference. They actually cite the paper incorrectly. It should be Alberts, not Alperts. Check here for more and newer references. Be sure to check out the Ronca papers and the awesome NASA patch as well. The experiment found that the rat pups' vestibular systems did not develop properly. Once returned to earth, pups would not right themselves when dropped on their backs into an aquarium whereas pups not gestated in microgravity will roll before hitting the bottom. Mothers showed atrophy in muscles that are used to hold them off of the ground but, interestingly, had more muscle growth in areas that allowed them to turn at the core. Since every surface of the cage is essentially a floor they rotated along their longitudinal axis repeatedly. There were also neurological changes but I don't remember the details well enough to be able to elaborate without reading the papers again.
EDIT: This book is a pretty great read on a variety of "people in space" topics including, in part, the above experiments.
The Ego Tunnel: The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self. Thomas Metzinger.
Who's in Charge?: Free Will and the Brain. Michael Gazzaniga (neuroscientist)
Neuroexistentialism: Meaning, Morals, and Purpose in the Age of Neuroscience. Gregg Caruso and Owen Flanagan, Eds. (Part 3: Free Will, Moral Responsibility, and Meaning in Life has 6 essays by Derk Pereboom, Caruso, Gazzaniga, and others, and other essays scattered throughout the book are also pertinent)
Read "The Ego Tunnel" by Thomas Metzinger.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Ego-Tunnel-Science-Mind/dp/0465020690
Then read "Being No One" by Thomas Metzinger.
http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/being-no-one
The Ego Tunnel is a pretty easy to digest book on the subject matter, Being No One is a pretty heavy book (literally) with lots of complicated formulations that might be very difficult to comprehend without at least some education about the concepts discussed, in it he discusses the self-model theory of subjectivity. Being No One is standard reading for any student of philosophy of the mind.
Study cognitive science.
Metzinger is a German philosopher of the mind and pretty much the leading export on these issues.
Just found a .pdf of Being No One:
http://skepdic.ru/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/BeingNoOne-SelfModelTheoryOfSubjectivity-Metzinger.pdf
Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design (McGraw-Hill Series in Mechanical Engineering) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0073398209/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_j2lvDb8VCN7D4
I believe this is what you need
I took this test (well, I took the paper one, so YMMV). Get the MERM, along with the practice problems/solutions by the same publisher. Get the NCEES practice exam. Get an old edition of Shigley's. Get a thermo book for the tables. Get some sort of HVAC book, and learn how to read those ASHRAE charts.
I went through the MERM, marking useful pages with flags. After each chapter, I went through the sample questions, and flagged the pages in my references that had useful info. The weekend before the test, I barricaded myself in my office to do the practice exam, exam-style; with proper timing and breaks.
Don't forget snacks and earplugs. If the snacks are crinkly, repackage them into a sandwich bag.
I used Griffiths for my upper level Electro & Magnetostatics class.
http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Electrodynamics-3rd-David-Griffiths/dp/013805326X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1314035153&amp;sr=8-1
Also I know the university I'm at uses the Griffiths book for Quantum Mechanics, however I have not taken the class.
http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Quantum-Mechanics-David-Griffiths/dp/0131118927/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1314035153&amp;sr=8-2
Disclaimer: I am a math major.
The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Civilization in the Aftermath of a Cataclysm
This book is Amazing, and works hard to get the reader to understand many of the many technologies that make our world function, and has guides on how to short-cut our way through technologies to be able to use the most impressive tools we have now.
There is some amazing stuff in here, like how to build a wood gassifying engine to run motors, and other really great stuff. Plus, if people look at you funny, you can just tell them you're just reading it for the science or whatever.
You'd probably enjoy this book: "The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Civilization in the Aftermath of a Cataclysm"
"The Knowledge: How to Rebuild the Civilization in the Aftermath of the Cataclysm" explains most of that, and then some. You can buy it in Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Knowledge-Rebuild-Civilization-Aftermath-Cataclysm/dp/0143127047
Lewis Dartnell's The Knowledge probably has a lot of what you're looking for. Everything from water filtration systems to weaving clothes to building an arc furnace and more.
I can also recommend this one
Bad Science by Ben Goldacre, Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan for general science.
Stuff by James Randi, Michael Shermer for general stuff about new age crap.
The Panic Virus by Seth Mnookin and Deadly Choices by Paul Offit on the Anti-Vaccination movement.
Damned Lies and Statistics by Joel Best and How to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff (Also see How to Lie with Maps by Mark Monomonier for a similar subject) for questioning stats and graphics used in the news.
Is there anything specifically you're interested in?
Hey, good luck on this! I made the opposite swap: studied physics as an undergraduate, then studied mathematics in grad school. I'm now a professor in a math department, though I still do some (mildly) physics-related work. Since nobody else has answered yet, I'll say what I can:
The amazon page also suggests a quantum book and a mechanics book; those seem pretty reasonable choices as well. With respect to the math, the background for doing physics research is quite different from what most math majors get. Physicists do a lot of PDEs, ODEs, calculus of variations, and differential geometry. This is pretty serious stuff.
I would say start with Griffiths Electrodynamics, and maybe a calc book, then go from there.
Griffith's EM book is one the undergrad classics. His book was designed for physics majors mainly but the basics are the same regardless of the major.
http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Electrodynamics-Edition-David-Griffiths/dp/0321856562
If you prefer books, the standard University book on the topic is David J. Griffiths "Introduction to Electrodynamics", which also takes you through vectors and vector calculus. Very readable. As it is probably one of the most widely used books it should be easy to find used for almost no money.
I'm assuming you're looking for things geared toward a layman audience, and not textbooks. Here's a few of my personal favorites:
Sagan
Cosmos: You probably know what this is. If not, it is at once a history of science, an overview of the major paradigms of scientific investigation (with some considerable detail), and a discussion of the role of science in the development of human society and the role of humanity in the larger cosmos.
Pale Blue Dot: Similar themes, but with a more specifically astronomical focus.
Dawkins
The Greatest Show on Earth: Dawkins steers (mostly) clear of religious talk here, and sticks to what he really does best: lays out the ideas behind evolution in a manner that is easily digestible, but also highly detailed with a plethora of real-world evidence, and convincing to anyone with even a modicum of willingness to listen.
Hofstadter
Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid: It seems like I find myself recommending this book at least once a month, but it really does deserve it. It not only lays out an excruciatingly complex argument (Godel's Incompleteness Theorem) in as accessible a way as can be imagined, and explores its consequences in mathematics, computer science, and neuroscience, but is also probably the most entertainingly and clearly written work of non-fiction I've ever encountered.
Feynman
The Feynman Lectures on Physics: It's everything. Probably the most detailed discussion of physics concepts that you'll find on this list.
Burke
Connections: Not exactly what you were asking for, but I love it, so you might too. James Burke traces the history of a dozen or so modern inventions, from ancient times all the way up to the present. Focuses on the unpredictability of technological advancement, and how new developments in one area often unlock advancements in a seemingly separate discipline. There is also a documentary series that goes along with it, which I'd probably recommend over the book. James Burke is a tremendously charismatic narrator and it's one of the best few documentary series I've ever watched. It's available semi-officially on Youtube.
Try Pale Blue Dot. It's where that quote I posted up above came from. For a non-science person, the writing can be a bit dense at times, but it's workable for the most part. Even if it's still too dense, the book is filled with high-resolution pictures of space, so it's still decent if read as nothing but a picture book.
Yes you can. $11.56 and worth every penny. Check out Pale Blue Dot by Sagan as well. Here is an audiobook sample of Pale Blue Dot, read by Carl himself.
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by
Mary Roach is quite good. It follows the history of the manned space program, and the challenges to overcome before we send a mission to Mars.
In interviews with Mary Roach they most likely did not. There isn't enough privacy (or room for privacy in the shuttle).
The Ego Tunnel: The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self by Thomas Metzinger
https://www.amazon.com/Ego-Tunnel-Science-Mind-Myth/dp/0465020690
There's actually a strain of philosophy of mind and neuroscience dealing with this question right now:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Ego-Tunnel-Science-Mind/dp/0465020690
is a good example. While you might feel like "yourself" has a unifying central intelligence, and it is most certainly true from a subjective personal standpoint, analysis of the actual neural substrates and cognitive processes that generate of that sense of selfhood shows that it might actually be a very powerful illusion.
Good summary.
I'd add one more point, related to this quote. I've encountered this in another piece of fiction, and the author actually credited this in part to Metzinger's book called The Ego Tunnel. I'm guessing there's other works that touch on this too. Anyway, the gist is that the conscious self is the content of a model created by our brain—an internal image, but one we cannot experience as an image. Everything we experience is "a virtual self in a virtual reality." But this isn't philosophy not informed by science; Metzinger draws on a whole lot of studies and experiments into human cognition. Worth checking out, although it's a big honking work.
Currently reading, and would like to finish:
Started in 2014, put down, would like to finish in 2015:
Would like to re-read in 2015:
Would like to read in 2015:
In that case, the general bible for rocketry is Rocket Propulsion Elements, and it's the best place to start working these things out. https://www.amazon.com/Rocket-Propulsion-Elements-George-Sutton/dp/0470080248
Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering is an excellent book that covers most topics you will ever need for your undergrad degree.
Riley Hobson and Bence, also Riley Hobson and Bence and maybe Riley Hobson and Bence...
this book has been my bible for the last few years and contains every single piece of maths I have needed for the last few years and, from what I've heard from those further into the course, will last a long time.
There's Griffiths and Halzen and Martin which are suitable for undergraduates. They'll teach you how to calculate scattering amplitudes and some phenomenology and stuff like that. Anything more complicated than that would probably require a QFT book, in which case I would recommend Peskin and Schroeder. Ironically, I feel like you would learn QED way better with P&S than any other typical standard model book.
Griffiths' particle physics book is a great intro imo and one of the few (possibly the only one?) that approaches the subject without requiring qft as a prerequisite.
My number 1 recommended reading is Griffith's introduction to particle physics. If you have done undergraduate level physics, you'll be familiar with his E&M and quantum mechanics textbooks, which are well known for being relatively painless introductions to these two subjects. The book is written at such a level so that you could start understanding particle physics with only basic physics knowledge (although knowing some qualitative facts about quantum mechanics may help).
Hm... I would have to say Griffiths' particle physics book and Halzen and Martin begin to cover the transition between undergrad-level knowledge and the general area I work in. Although for what I actually work on, I don't know if there are any textbooks. It's a pretty niche field.
Try learning calculus-based intro physics here. If you're feeling ambitious you probably can jump into the relativity course there, which will have a few things related to particle physics. To keep yourself motivated you might want to read the first three chapters of Griffiths particle physics.
I don't know what's going on in this thread. One poster is giving you useless advice about just "trying hard and keeping at it" (as if that's at the root of this issue), one poster saw an opportunity to vent about his personal frustrations and project them onto you (your supervisors are tools, they only care about promotions!), and yet another one decided to pitch in with a useless comment about some random exam they have tomorrow.
So let me give you a level-headed comment that might actually prove useful to you.
First off, you took zero math courses during your undergrad. There's your first problem. Geophysics is what happens when the concept of an inverse problem takes on the shape of an academic discipline. It's a very mathematical and physical subject.
Ideally, you should have completed all of single- and multi-variable calculus. You should have completed a course in linear algebra. You should have completed a course on differential equations (both ordinary and partial), and you should have a solid "signals and systems" course under your belt. Additionally, it'd be very useful if you had a (mathematically-oriented) course on probability and statistics, though this isn't strictly necessary at all, the preceding courses should suffice for 95% of the stuff you need to know.
That about concludes the mathematical side of things. Now let's be real. I just listed about 2 years worth of mathematical coursework, split over at least 5 quarter or semester courses. You're not going to be able to catch up with that.
My solution: get a "Mathematical Methods for Physics/Engineering"-style textbook. There's a few on the market, such as Boas' famous book. That one doesn't start at your current level though, so I don't recommend purchasing it.
The one book that fits the bill for you, and that I'd strongly recommend you purchase is Riley, Hobson and Bence's "Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering", Cambridge University Press. Get the latest edition (the 3rd). If you're in the US, the book will set you back about $60 on Amazon, or $50 on Bookdepository. Don't buy the cheap, crappy international edition. This book is massive (1300+ pages). Skip the chapters on quantum operators, group theory and representation theory. Work through the rest. Alternatively, an equally good book, though more concise, is "Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering", the 2nd edition by Weltner, Weber and other authors (it's a Springer book). This one really builds you up from scratch, which is great for a beginner like yourself, but hardly has any exercises. If you're really, really short on time, get Weltner et al. If you think you can put in the work and time, definitely go for the Riley/Hobson/Bence book. Also, definitely think about getting a Schaum Outline on Precalculus to quickly get up to speed on some fundamentals (a physical copy will only set you back $14 on Amazon). Seriously, this might prove very useful to you. Don't get the e-book editions,though. They're badly formatted.
That's at least 1000 pages of dense mathematics. If you're confident you're determined enough to get through it, that should be a good stepping stone to start from.
Next up is the physics. Get a University Physics textbook. I'm a big fan of Young and Freedman's University Physics, though you could consider Manfield's Understanding Physics as well as it might be more accessible to you. Study through the sections on mechanics (statics, dynamics, mechanics of materials), electromagnetism and waves (especially the waves section).
At this point you should really consider getting up to speed on signals and systems. Especially seeing as you're working with stuff like SEISAN (which is basically applied signals & systems theory). The one book that stands out, big time, is Lathi's "Linear Systems and Signals, 3rd edition". This text is amazing for self-study. It's incredibly expensive though. If you can't spare the money, there's a pretty cool little book that's freely available and unlicensed, written by prof. Chi-Tsong Chen from Stony Brooks. You will find it here, titled Signals & Systems: a Fresh Look. It even has a brief section on seismometers.
From here on out, ask your supervisors etc what books they'd suggest that specifically deal with geophysics/seismic stuff. I could recommend you a few if you're still interested after reading this daunting wall of text.
Let me know!
The Case for Mars lays out a long term plan for terraforming Mars. Arguments can (and have) been made on if it will work, but someone has a plan.
And there has been a time in the past when argumentative, incorrectly informed, conservative douches were right although it doesn't mean that we aren't all screwed this time and it really is the doom of all life.
In this book, Ultimate Speed Secrets, he basically says to brake hard with ABS because that's the whole point. I still can't let myself do that completely but I mainly drive GTE.
Read this book, seriously. I've been sim racing for almost a decade and have been reading it recently and even though I know the vast majority of stuff in it I'm still picking up helpful tidbits, or finding new ways to think about stuff. I wish I had read it when I got started. Even though I got fairly good very quickly, I would have reached my current level much faster if I had read the book back then.
If you like books I would get Ben Collins: How To Drive. There are a lot of techniques that he goes over regarding how to brake, how to corner. All of these will apply to you driving on the street as well as on the track.
Ben Collin's
Alternatively, if you like very black and white instruction then I would suggest Ultimate Speed Secrets. It is not as entertaining as Ben Collins's book but it touches on the same material as well as a little more in depth analysis.
Ultimate Speed Secrets
This question has been asked a bunch of times, but the one post I've found the most helpful was /u/that_video_art_guy's response in this post. For quick reference, here's the copy/paste:
I've read many of these books, I'm partial to the mechanics and team member books but find all of them to be very enjoyable.
The Super Collective Super list of Super Good F1 Books:
Mechanics/Team Members
[Life in the Pit Lane: Mechanic's Story of the Benetton Grand Prix Year](
http://www.amazon.com/Life-Pit-Lane-Mechanics-Benetton/dp/0760300267/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1356716346&amp;sr=1-5&amp;keywords=steve+matchett) - Steve Matchett
[The Mechanic's Tale: Life in the Pit-Lanes of Formula One](
http://www.amazon.com/Mechanics-Tale-Life-Pit-Lanes-Formula/dp/0752827839/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1356716346&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=steve+matchett) - Steve Matchett
The Chariot Makers: Assembling the Perfect Formula 1 Car - Steve Matchett
Team Lotus: My View From the Pitwall - Peter Warr
Jo Ramirez: Memoirs of a Racing Man - Jo Ramirez
Art of War - Five Years in Formula One - Max Mosley, Adam Parr, Paul Tinker
Tales from the Toolbox: A Collection of Behind-the-Scenes Tales from Grand Prix Mechanics - Michael Oliver, Jackie Stewart
Technical Books
Red Bull Racing F1 Car: Haynes Owners' Workshop Manual
McLaren M23: 1973 Haynes Owners' Workshop Manual
Lotus 72: 1970 Haynes Owners' Workshop Manual
Tune to Win: The art and science of race car development and tuning - Carroll Smith
Engineer to Win - Carroll Smith
Nuts, Bolts, Fasteners and Plumbing Handbook AKA: Screw to Win - Carroll Smith
Race Car Vehicle Dynamics: Problems, Answers and Experiments - Doug Milliken
Chassis Design: Principles and Analysis - William F. Milliken, Douglas L. Milliken, Maurice Olley
The Racing & High-Performance Tire: Using Tires to Tune for Grip & Balance - Paul Haney
Technical Driving
Ultimate Speed Secrets: The Complete Guide to High-Performance and Race Driving - Ross Bentley
Going Faster! Mastering the Art of Race Driving - Carl Lopez
Working the Wheel - Martin Brundle
Drivers and Rivalry's
Senna Versus Prost: The Story of the Most Deadly Rivalry in Formula One - Malcolm Folley
The Limit: Life and Death on the 1961 Grand Prix Circuit - Michael Cannell
Winning Is Not Enough: The Autobiography - Sir Jackie Stewart
Shunt: The Story of James Hunt - Tom Rubython
Alex Zanardi: My Sweetest Victory: A Memoir of Racing Success, Adversity, and Courage - Alex Zanardi, Gianluca Gasparini, Mario Andretti.
It Is What It Is: The Autobiography - David Coulthard
Flat Out, Flat Broke: Formula 1 the Hard Way! - Perry McCarthy The Black Stig, Damon Hill
F1 Through the Eyes of Damon Hill: Inside the World of Formula 1 - Damon Hill, Photography: Sutton Images
People Of F1
Life at the Limit: Triumph and Tragedy in Formula One - Professor Sid Watkins
Beyond the Limit - Professor Sid Watkins
I Just Made The Tea: Tales from 30 years inside Formula 1 - Di Spires
Bernie: The Biography of Bernie Ecclestone - Susan Watkins
Picture Books
McLaren The Cars: Updated 2011 Edition
Art of the Formula 1 Race Car - Stuart Codling, James Mann, Peter Windsor, Gordon Murray
Check out some documentaries, it will give you stuff to think about. Vanishing of the Bees, Queen of the Sun...I believe both of those are on Netflix.
One of my favorites is Nova's Tales from the Hive...check on YouTube, there was a high-res version in three 20-ish minute parts. These crazy film makers put surgical cameras on bees! It gives you a great perspective of things from the bees' POV.
Edit...Here are links to the best version!
Part one: http://youtu.be/SjfJVYC_TJg
Part two: http://youtu.be/8Qx_f3ZIrwo
Part three: http://youtu.be/fM_fcVCRKew
Another great book, although very scientific, is the Beekeeper's Handbook (http://www.amazon.com/The-Beekeepers-Handbook-Diana-Sammataro/dp/0801476941).
I've been meaning to read Honeybee Democracy but haven't gotten around to it. In fact, I'm going to get on Amazon and see if there is a Kindle version right now. (Edit: yay, there is! There wasn't the last time I looked: http://www.amazon.com/Honeybee-Democracy-Thomas-D-Seeley-ebook/dp/B0046A9M68/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;amp;qid=1405486484&amp;amp;amp;sr=1-1&amp;amp;amp;keywords=Honeybee+democracy)
I'm also going to come back and edit with links...edited to add, I did 😊
I'm new - I don't have my bees yet, they're on order - but I've been studying like mad. I'm an IT consultant who swings between tons of typewritten and moderate amounts of handwritten notes, and that's likely to translate into my beekeeping life.
I've written all of one beekeeping post so far: The waiting is the hardest part (Beekeeping part 1), and it's just a status update and a bare few notes.
BUT I'm underlining my copy of The Beekeeper's Handbook like crazy, and I'll probably go back and make notes out of that!
Some of the books on my shelf:
The Beekeeper' Bible, How to Keep Bees and Sell Honey, Beekeeping for Dummies, Natural Beekeeping, The Backyard Beekeeper, The Beekeeper's Handbook.
I think the best bang for your buck, and certainly the one that helped me most, is The Beekeeper's Handbook, 4th Edition. It includes the most recent available data on pests and diseases (although I think I noticed that microscopic images of 2 diseases were reversed... I have to check that again). It discusses, in a really straightforward, textbook-like style, castes and life cycles of bees and their pests, 4-season best practices for management, all the way up to honey extraction and marketing. It mainly deals with Langstroth hives, which is typical. Other styles are introduced, however, and people who are interested can find additional resources.
Natural Beekeeping is a good complement, as it deals strictly with organic beekeeping. Even if you can't go totally organic (I live near non-organic orchards, so it's a joke for me), it's wise to know what options exist so you can do what you can.
Beekeeper's Bible has some great info about early beekeeping and bee symbolism, along with some recipes for foods and salves - but most of that is pretty easily researched online.
I hate anything "For Dummies", How to Keep Bees is pretty outdated, Backyard has good info but feels like it's shilling for a certain supplier and I don't think the math works out for using 8-frame hives instead of 10-frame.
tl;dr This: [http://www.amazon.com/The-Beekeepers-Handbook-Fourth-Edition/dp/0801476941/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1334286109&amp;sr=8-1]
There are TONS of extremely useful references out there, so many in fact that you will probably end up collecting more and more if you stay in the trade. for a start though, here's the shortlist of what you should probably have on hand:
The Machinists Handbook - A must have, doesn't matter what version they all pretty much have the same info - https://www.amazon.com/Machinerys-Handbook-Toolbox-Erik-Oberg/dp/0831130911/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1492269975&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=the+machinist+handbook
Technology of Machine Tools - this is the main text that i use in the precision machining technology course that i'm currently taking; it is a hell of a reference - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0073510831/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1
Blue Print Reading - If you are not well versed in drafting/design, then pick up a copy of this as well as you will find it very useful - https://www.amazon.com/Blueprint-Reading-Machine-Russell-Schultz/dp/0132172208/ref=pd_sim_14_5?_encoding=UTF8&amp;pd_rd_i=0132172208&amp;pd_rd_r=AE88BSK23EA606Z0QTCR&amp;pd_rd_w=CxgNZ&amp;pd_rd_wg=FWPUL&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=AE88BSK23EA606Z0QTCR
the turbo piece get the book
maximum boost
https://www.amazon.com/Maximum-Boost-Turbocharger-Engineering-Performance/dp/0837601606/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1500339982&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=maximum+boost
the rebuild piece plenty of rebuild books out there, check this one out since its very similar (import 4 cylinder)
https://www.amazon.com/High-Performance-Honda-Builders-Handbook/dp/1884089216/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1500339882&amp;sr=1-3&amp;keywords=high+performance+engine+build
to do it right you will need some new tools to your collection.
borescope (plasti gauge), ring files, piston ring compressors, torque wrench, feeler gauges, straight edge, to name a few
a great machine shop (more than just the head resurface, line hone, bore and hone, valve guides/seats/angle cuts)
a factory service manual is key (torque specs and specific details on your engine vs a basic covers it all book).
Research your cars engine and see what have worked well for others. let them teach you what parts to stay away from.
good luck
The bible is right here:
https://www.amazon.com/Maximum-Boost-Turbocharger-Engineering-Performance/dp/0837601606
Probably the first upgrade any turbo car owner should be is buying this book: http://www.amazon.com/Maximum-Boost-Turbocharger-Engineering-Performance/dp/0837601606/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1342897180&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=corky+bell
Corky Bell is a damn smart man, and he even runs BEGi, who specializes in turbo systems for Miatas mostly, but they make a bunch of universal parts as well.
There are some good comments here already so I'll just recommend Maximum Boost if you want to read up on turbocharging.
It's an OK placement. You really want the BOV as close to the throttle body as possible... this gives the fastest release of the pressure from the system.
For anyone interested... there's a great book called Maximum Boost on designing and building turbo systems... LOTS of good information in there.
I've built many wheels over the years and find each new build is easier than the one before. The hardest part is choosing the components and getting the spoke length right. Components can be researched on the web (manufacturers' web sites, reviews & opinions) and the LBS can work out the right spoke length for you.
When I'm building a wheel, my attitude is that my time is valuable and I won't waste it by using sub-standard parts (or previously used spokes) and hoping that nothing breaks.
The process of building a wheel can be broken into three parts:
1: Getting all the bits (the fun part);
2: Spoking the wheel (the basket weaving part);
3: Truing the wheel (the tedious but rewarding part).
I have used and can recommend The Bicycle Wheel by Jobst Brandt as a book to get started with. I have also read Building Bicycle Wheels by Robert Wright. It got me enthused, but was a little simplistic for me.
You will also need some tools: a spoke key and a truing stand.
I've been building my own wheels since the 90's. I use this book, it's my bible.
Post your results!
The Bicycle Wheel by Jobst Brandt
I can't give you numbers, although others have made such attempts. There is a book available called Six Degrees that attempts to describe the impacts of climate change over 100 years at different levels (1 degree C change; 2 degree C change; etc.). It has numbers, although I can't suggest how accurate they are (those kinds of numerical forecasting exercises are virtually impossible to do with accuracy in complex systems).
Another pop-science but seemingly sound exploration of likely effects (and current conditions) is Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Friedman. It definitely has a "position," but it is a good qualitative place to start if you want an entryway into global environmental change dynamics.
I'm a climate change natalist - I recognize that civilization is over and humanity might be too. Our grandkids won't have electricity and may not have agriculture. Our great-gradkids may not have enough oxygen. Anyways given the coming crash I had a kid that I'm raising to make it through the bottleneck with good wholesome values intact. I'm raising her competent and co-operative.
If you're feeling down about working retail you should read this book. It's about the expected results of each degree of climate warming. It's 10 years old. The changes predicted here are actually mild compared to the changes we've seen, suggesting that we may be on track for a 4° warmer world (mass extinction, complete desertion of the mid-latitudes, the amazon first burning then drying to a desert, human fight toward the poles, endemic drought throughout asia, most crop-land blowing away as dust). Capitalism can't survive that!!
Climate change is a matter of degrees, literally, and the big unknown is at what point do we really start to suffer negative consequences.
Scientists and world leaders so far have a consensus that 2 degrees Celsius is safe. Some scientists say it should be even lower, but that's what most of the negotiations are assuming. 3-4 degrees Celsius is likely what's going to happen unless we make some real aggressive moves soon, which will most likely exacerbate some of the things we see already, which are sea level rises, ocean acidification (leading to fish extinctions), melting of the ice caps and glaciers, and weather changes (drought, desertification, melting tundra). 6 degrees is where most people think we're headed if we can't get our act together and there are a whole bunch of hypotheses about what may happen then: http://www.amazon.com/Six-Degrees-Future-Hotter-Planet/dp/1426203853 . Of course, then there's always the risk of runaway climate change, where we reach a point where warming begets more warming: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaway_climate_change and we eventually end up like Venus, although that particular outcome is still up for debate.
So to your point, is this all a futile exercise? I'm not sure we can hit 2 degrees, honestly, at this point. But if we hit 3, the earth our grand children (speaking as someone without kids yet) will live most of their lives in will most likely be similar to the one we live in and the one our parents live in. If we let it get to 5 or 6, then all bets are off. You might be right that they'll come up with some kind of Manhattan project to solve it, but there's no guarantee.
I second Proficient motorcycling, here's a link:
http://www.amazon.com/Proficient-Motorcycling-Ultimate-Guide-Riding/dp/1933958359/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1323207838&amp;sr=8-1
Space does not permit all the tips I've learned by reading this, this, this, this, and this.
But, briefly:
Don't be so hard on yourself, everyone makes mistakes. But who the hell told you there were no books about motorcycle riding?
>I should have tried harder.
If you Google "Books about motorcycle riding" the first result is an Amazon link for Proficient Motorcycling. Total Control is a good one as well as Twist of the Wrist II .
Crazy.
I've found Riley, Hobson and Bence and Boas to be really good applied textbooks. The Bence is more of an introduction and the Boas goes more in-depth. If your morals are less than scrupulous then you can easily find a pdf of both online for free
Riley Hobson and Bence similarly has intro chapters on mostly all of that.
Universities tend to accommodate not having dedicated the summer before first year to preparation: don't worry. They're not going to drop you in at the deep end and watch you struggle.
Being good with maths will never hurt in a physics degree, though. If you're desperate to do something, in your position I'd skim parts of the PH300 course in a book like RHB if you have one available. I wouldn't buy a copy just for that, personally, but your mileage my vary.
If computing is a large part of the course and you've never programmed before, another option would be to get ahead on that. I've never dealt with FORTRAN but a quick Google pointed out a lot of tutorials that might help.
Beyond that I'm not sure what to say: unless something else on (or off) the course really stands out to you, I'd peek at the maths and/or programming.
I feel the need to plug Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering by Riley, Hobson, and Bence. It covers a vast range of everything you're going to need with good examples.
you might want to look into books in the category of "math methods for physics". This would help you learn/review the math you need for physics, with the mindset of understanding it from a physical perspective. I've heard Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering by Riley, Hobson, and Bence is good, though I haven't personally read it.
Try Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering: A Comprehensive Guide. There is also a neat student's solutions manual available. It has all of the material you will need, although problem difficulty is not really its strong point.
A bit longer, but all are solid suggestions, and although I could add two dozen more, I'm sure others will take up the cause.
God is Not Great, by Christopher Hitchens
> we're so far from an awesome Mars colony....
> I won't see it in my lifetime
You should read The Case For Mars next.
http://www.amazon.com/Case-Mars-Plan-Settle-Planet/dp/0684835509/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1266988147&amp;sr=8-1
I did an ethics report on terraforming using this book:
The Case For Mars by Robert Zubrin
Some of the detail went a little over me, but his research makes it sound very possible.
There are excellent books on this. If you have a kindle, one book worth getting is Ultimate Speed Secrets by Ross Bentley. He knows his shit, and this book will give you a boatload of information. Best $12 I ever spent. The general knowledge stuff will help you be a much better driver on the street as well, especially in adverse conditions.
https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Speed-Secrets-Complete-High-Performance/dp/0760340501
I can't recommend "Ross Bentley's speed secrets" enough as a resource for learning to drive well. It's succinct and a good resource to read and re-read picking up new hints as you go. The author is a ex indycar racer who is pretty well known as one of the best driving coaches around these days (for the west coast US at least).
https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Speed-Secrets-Complete-High-Performance/dp/0760340501
Aside from that as mentioned above these are sims more than games and you can't expect to jump in and go. New tracks will take a hour or more to really learn, for each one. You have to enjoy the challenge to enjoy this sport.
With my experience I can say that everything above 100 feels good but is decent. The question is how consistent are you driving? And can you hold this difficulty on more then 2 tracks?
How good are you in overtaking this AI? How good are you managing your tyres etc etc etc.
This is just a bunch of question to dertemine your skill. As you see it is hard to define a good driver.
But with my experience: (I am very consistent, having troubles with tyre usage and I am a strong fighter) I can tell you you should be able to feel good in online races with this perfomance. Depends on your opponent you should be able to become 5th to 10th in a race with 16th to 18th ppl.
But keep on praticing every inch of the difficulty gives you a huge boost. So for instance 104 to 108 means you are twice as good as you are now. Really good ppl are driving 120 and the ppl right below are going 115.
I am using, depending on car I drive, 106 to 110 and competing in online leagues. ;)
I hope I could help you a bit. If you are struggling with your perfomance:
http://www.amazon.de/Ultimate-Speed-Secrets-Complete-High-Performance/dp/0760340501/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1457359706&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=ross+bentley
I can highly recommend this book. Its a summary of 40 years racing coach experience. And will boost your mindset in between the first few pages :)
Pyrometer
Low profile jack stands (flat feet, safe for tarmac)
Racing gloves
RaceQuip Helmet Support
A GoPro off-brand accessory kit To help mounting that GoPro to whatever you want to mount it to.
Some Mechanix gloves lots of options
Paint markers various colors.
F4 self-sealing silicone tape
Going Faster
Speed Secrets
High-Performance Handling for Street or Track
Another few things would be to find out what the driver uses for brake pads, brake fluid, rotors, oil filter, etc., as those can be pricey and nice gifts. (I use Hawk DTC-60 front, HP+ rear pads, Motul RBF-600 fluid)
Portable battery powered air pump for tires I have one very similar to this. It's cheap and great to use for adjusting pressures before sessions.
A decent tire pressure gauge This is the one I have and have used for several years and I have been very happy with it.
A subscription to Grassroots Motorsports
Torque wrench, +200 ft/lbs This is the one I have been using for a few years and it works well.
I've got lots of other ideas for tools and such; specific socket sets, impact gun & sockets, special bits for your car, magnet, flash lights/head lamp/stick light, channel locks, stubby sockets, various wrenches, extensions, breaker bar, bits, allen wrenches, vice grips, pry bars, adapters, pliers, cutters, etc that would be good to put on your list if you don't have them in your kit.
Happy holidays!
If you'd like to learn to be a better driver and gain some knowledge about the fastest way to get around a track, I recommend reading something like this book, it made me aware of mistakes I was making and is very easy to read. it shows diagrams of lines to take into corners etc. It doesn't have to be that one, there are many like it, that's just the one I personally used.
Read Ultimate Speed Secrets
https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Speed-Secrets-Complete-High-Performance/dp/0760340501
Understand the concept of the traction circle.
Learn how your vehicle behaves, as another poster suggested, utilize an empty parking lot in the rain or the snow.
Smooth is fast, don't be a ham fisted dolt.
Driving is like a dance, use your current maneuver to set up your next.
Never push your car on public roads. Keep it on the track, or where you can't hurt someone else.
This was $3 on cyber monday.
http://www.thebeeyard.org/ebooks/ has several free books including the penn st one that was mentioned.
i have this one:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Beekeepers-Handbook-Diana-Sammataro/dp/0801476941/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1395340884&amp;sr=8-4&amp;keywords=beekeeping
Seems to be very detailed but not to the point that it is hard to read/understand.
Probably want to wait until spring for the bees. In the meantime, do some reading. This is a pretty good book for beekeeping in general. http://www.amazon.com/Beekeepers-Handbook-Fourth-Diana-Sammataro/dp/0801476941
As a noob, I've been reading and acquiring a lot of beekeeping books lately. Here are my thoughts:
"Homegrown Honey Bees" by Alethea Morrison is a nice introductory book that is loaded with photos. It's definitely a gentle intro book more than a reference book.
I really love "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Beekeeping" by Dean Stiglitz and Laurie Herboldsheimer. It covers all the basics and teaches a treatment-free approach. I was put off by the Beekeeping for Dummies book, which repeatedly recommends prophylactic use of chemical treatments.
After that I'd recommend a good reference book that has hive management diagrams, such as "The Beekeeper's Handbook" by Diana Sammataro and Alphonse Avitabile.
If you're interested in top-bar hives, I would get "Top-Bar Beekeeping: Organic Practices for Honeybee Health" by Les Crowder and Heather Harrell, and "The Thinking Beekeeper: A Guide to Natural Beekeeping in Top Bar Hives" by Christy Hemenway. Backyardhive.com has a great DVD on top-bar hive management.
If you want to geek out on beekeeping history, "The Archaeology of Beekeeping" by Eva Crane is legendary. It's sadly out of print and very expensive to buy. I found it at the library.
I would always recommend people start with 'The Compleat Meadmaker, by Ken Schramm'. This has been the meadmaking bible for a very long time. You can find supplementary information about staggered nutrient additions, pH buffering compounds, new sanitizers, etc online in various articles and forum sites. Of course, understanding your ingredients can also be very good for any brewer, and water is a huge ingredient. So besides the other element series book 'Yeast' by Christ White and Jamil Zainasheff I highly recommend 'Water' by John Palmer and Colin Kaminski. For those of us making mead in Ferndale, our water is a very key ingredient which comes to us from an underground aquifer treated by the city of Ferndale, and is of very high quality (even compared with the high quality water from the City of Detroit). Understanding honey is a huge area of study. There are many classic textbooks on honey and honey-hunting by Eva Crane that are considered primary sources (but these can be prohibitively expensive for most mazers, and honestly, Ken's book does an awesome job of summarizing her contributions, as well as other historical information about meadmaking, honey, etc). I feel a basic understanding of beekeeping can be highly instructive for meadmakers, and so I recommend that you get your hands on some beginner beekeeping books, e.g. 'Beesentials' by L.J. Connor and Robert Muir and/or the 'Beekeeper's Handbook'. A solid background in wine or beer-making doesn't hurt, either, and there are multitudes of books I can recommend to you on the subject of beer specifically (this is my homebrewing background). My two absolute must-haves for beer brewing are 'Designing Great Beers' by Ray Daniels and 'Brewing Classic Styles' by John Palmer and Jamil Zainasheff. Learning to brew beer can help you if you decide you want to try your hand at braggots.
remember, in lots of ways it's an art. there's a science to it too, but also an art. Get this book, it's really good: http://www.amazon.com/The-Beekeepers-Handbook-Fourth-Edition/dp/0801476941/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1345733249&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=beekeeping
I don't think there's a consensus on the "best" book. I'm reading The Beekeeper's Handbook at the moment, and it's very good.
Natural Beekeeping is also quite good, if you want to try a more natural approach.
When I got back into beekeeping, a professional beekeeper insisted I read The Beekeeper's Handbook by Sammataro and Avitabile (https://www.amazon.com/Beekeepers-Handbook-Diana-Sammataro/dp/0801476941). It's an excellent, no nonsense textbook for keeping bees, and one that I now recommend to people that need a resource. Edit: hyperlink
Thank you! In Pennsylvania last winter there was roughly a 50% die off for hobbyists, so I figured I’d start with 1 hive to focus on and learn as much as I can from and hope for the best. I was ecstatic to find they did well.
You can do it! You just have to take the leap. Find a location, buy materials for 2 supers, buy your necessities, buy your bees, and, most importantly, buy a good bee book (I highly recommend The Beekeeper’s Handbook by Diana Sammataro) and start learning as much as you can as soon as possible. My father-in-law has been farming for almost 2 decades, and he jokingly commented last summer that I know more about bees after a few months than he knows about cows after X number of years. It was funny and a compliment, but you need to know bee behavior and be able to recognize what this buzzing super organism of thousands of bees is trying to tell you.
Just do it! Get started! It’s a highly rewarding hobby, and the tangible fruits of your labors are delicious haha.
Oh, and never let your smoker go out when the bees are starting to get pissy. Just trust me on that one.
There is also a very good book about it by George Dyson who is Freeman Dyson's son.
https://www.amazon.com/Project-Orion-Story-Atomic-Spaceship/dp/0805059857
It is actually a plausible way to travel to another Star quickly.
The Case for Mars is a good plan for how to settle Mars.
Project Orion by George Dyson is about the nuclear rocket program.
He's a neat guy. I really enjoyed Project Orion.
George Dyson talks about his Dad, Freeman's work on the Orion also His book on project Orion
Freeman Dyson's 1968 paper detailing the Orion Nuclear Ramjet
"Our plan was to send [manned] ships to Mars and Venus at a fraction of the cost of the Apollo program".
There would have been 150 people in a project Orion ship.
If we had utilised this technology we would have colonised Mars and the Moon by 1980.
Interview with Freeman Dyson about the Orion
Humanity will not become a space-faring species with chemical rockets alone.
This could have been the gateway to a real extra-terrestrial future for humanity
You can get a copy of Machinery's Handbook. It's got everything.
I shop at BoltDepot.com, and they have tons of reference material.
After reading your description, I finally remembered the black book by that title that people have recommended. Don't have it, but I've got several different machinist's handbooks, such as this one. I collect old editions (50s and 60s), and they all fit into the "handbook drawer" of Kennedy toolboxes.
I agree with the other posters in that you should use a hose clamp or a tube clamp.
I also agree that you should spend a few hours perusing McMaster and reading the info; same with Misumi. That's how I learned about lots of different hardware.
As far as books: Machinery's Handbook is the gold standard for mechanical design. It contains tons of information you use day-to-day in design and gives your references if you need to research further. I suggest you procure a copy and keep it forever.
Coming from someone who is very into cars and hungry to learn about them, this book was recently referred to me.
Spend $20 and buy this book...it will be your bible! Seriously!
Maximum Boost
If you want to learn about boost and are serious about learning then you must buy the bible of boost
More than you ever wanted to know about creating a good FI setup.
Huge learning curve and I agree the site is pretty difficult to get used to. Here are some bookmarks i saved from when i was researching. Hopefully it'll help you out. Happy boosting!
Turbo parts suggestions and advice:
http://www.miataturbo.net/diy-turbo-discussion-14/any-advice-building-turbo-kit-comparable-fm-ii-hydra-scratch-83155/
Feul inj. conversion:
http://www.rceng.com/technical.aspx
Book to read before tackling the project (basics of tuning and etc.):
http://www.amazon.com/Maximum-Boost-Turbocharger-Engineering-Performance/dp/0837601606
Please don't quote wikipedia. It makes my mind hurt how much incorrect information on turbo systems is spread. If you want to go read something useful go read Corky Bell's Maximum Boost. http://www.amazon.com/Maximum-Boost-Turbocharger-Engineering-Performance/dp/0837601606
The ONLY reason for a BOV/Recirc valve is to allow the turbocharger to remain at speed between shifts. It does nothing to reduce wear on the engine (the throttle plate is closed), and again, "surge loading" against the compressor shaft, which is really only just minor overpressure, only occurs when there is no intercooler present. The reason they become useful then is wear on the pressurized tubing/joints from popping off the fittings. A lot of non-intercooled low pressure systems (< 1bar) don't even have recirc valves (84-89 300ZX Turbo)
Maximum Boost: Designing, Testing and Installing Turbocharging Systems
All I could find is this: http://powerhouse411.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=1_5
There are much cheaper eBay kits, but I think it goes without saying that if you know anything about turbocharging a vehicle you don't want to get an entire kit off of eBay.
You can do it for cheaper if you're handy and want to DIY, I recommend reading both http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1932494294?pc_redir=1410935474&amp;robot_redir=1
And: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0837601606?pc_redir=1410868060&amp;robot_redir=1
The first deals heavily into understanding how it all works and makes you more comfortable with the process. The second will teach you everything you need to know about adding a turbo to a (your) vehicle.
Reading these will save you a lot of money if you end up deciding not to turbo your car, or they will build your confidence in it. I think a turbo V6 would be unique instead of the "V8 cop out".
After that do as much research as you can into your vehicle and read up on some v6 turbo builds, I'm sure it's been done. A turbo v6 can end up putting down some serious power (Note: GNX). Reading other builds will give you an idea of the overall cost. If you can part together a decent kit for pretty cheap, you still have to see if the trans and supporting parts can handle it.
http://www.mustangevolution.com/forum/f133/t10565/
If you're still interested after all of that, don't rule out superchargers! Larger engines tend to accept them better and you won't experience any lag.
Right now i have a mazda 3 2008 2.0l but i don't plan on modding it. I'm not a muscle car guy myself and one day(when i'll have my own garage) i might try to get an old bmw e46(still efi because i don't want a carb) and get started with that. I've already read a book about turbo and it was very interesting and now i think i have a decent knowledge about them. The problem is that even if i know everything about turbo but not a single thing about how to make my engine support it i won't go far away from my future garage and that is why i need a book to learn about the engine(how it works, parts and their pros/cons of material, machining, efi even if i know it'll certainly not be in the same book, etc...)
Here's the book about turbo if you were wondering: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/0837601606/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1
Read this
There are some far better resources:
Seriously, spend time digesting these sources before you even start to build. Think about the differences each source shows in technique or engineering choices.
I would urge you to focus less on part weight and more on part quality for your goals.
You should buy a used copy of this book and follow the procedure described in the book. Trial and error is going to get very frustrating.
>I'll definitely be doing butted spokes!
Please do. The best wheelbuilders in the world will tell you to use butted spokes in their books and on their websites. We're talking about guys like Jobst Brandt, Sheldon Brown, and Peter White. I'll leave it up to you to confirm what I'm saying, but, butted spokes make stronger wheels.
Put simply: the thin middle section of a butted spoke can expand and contract to take stress off the rim. It also takes stress off the J-Bend of the spoke. I'm a fat-as-fuck rider and 100% of the spokes I've broken (and I've broken a lot) happen at the J-Bend.
If you want to research further you can read https://www.amazon.com/Bicycle-Wheel-3rd-Jobst-Brandt/dp/0960723668
If you do you'll understand why I had a rear wheel built 3-cross instead of 4-cross.
There's an interesting book out about the structural mechanics of bicycle wheels: "The Bicycle Wheel" by Jobst Brandt http://www.amazon.com/The-Bicycle-Wheel-3rd-Edition/dp/0960723668
Under all but the most extreme conditions, the pretension in the spokes allows the spokes under the hub to carry most of the gravity load (by reducing the pretension). In plane torsion from acceleration is more evenly distributed.
I have the [Wheel Building Book] (http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Bicycle-Wheel-Jobst-Brandt/dp/0960723668) and live near Leeds. If you borrow it, its a good excuse for me to get some miles on a Sunday. PM me if you want to borrow it.
The Bicycle Wheel is generally billed as the book on bicycle wheels. If you really wanted to understand the nuts and bolts (nipples and eyelets?), that should get you started. I've found Sheldon's page on the matter plenty for my limited aspirations. Don't be afraid to hit up r/wheelbuild too.
Please pick up and read:
http://www.amazon.com/Six-Degrees-Future-Hotter-Planet/dp/1426203853
Or watch it. Goodness... they made it into film:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1224519/
The cool thing about this book is that the focus is on what we can tell happened at these temps at various points in the past. This doesn't give us a clear picture of the future. Indeed, the rate of change today is practically unprecedented. But this look into the past is rather illuminating.
4 degrees is BAD! As others have stated, it's not a simple thing of every part of the world just magically being 4 degrees warmer all the time. It won't be that uniform. There will be parts that get larger average temp increases than others.
There are simply far too many people who think they've stopped being Climate Change Deniers while remaining in incredible ignorance of the related facts. Getting more informed will address the confusion, if not necessarily the fear. I'm not trying to advocate anything here related to vegetarianism, tap water or whatever. It just will be more conducive overall the more people have a better grasp of the issues/data here.
READ Proficient Motorcycling by David L Hough. It teaches the best braking methods for every condition... http://www.amazon.com/Proficient-Motorcycling-Ultimate-Guide-Riding/dp/1933958359
You'll thank me for this ;)
I was going to type up some wizard-level science but think the pros do it best. Check Twist of the Wrist 2 (as howheelswork mentioned) and Proficient Motorcycling.
Personally I rode about 300 miles on the street before the MSF BRC course and I found it helpful to go in with some experience. But it's critical that you stay humble enough that you can still approach the BRC as a learning tool, and not go in with the attitude that you know everything.
The first thing I would do in your case is read this: http://www.amazon.com/Proficient-Motorcycling-Ultimate-Guide-Riding/dp/1933958359/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1344173140&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=proficient+motorcycling
It's really well-written and you should be able to really visualize yourself doing the exercises properly. After reading that, I'd consider buying a bike and doing some practicing.
[Design of Machinery] (http://www.amazon.com/Machinery-Resource-McGraw-Hill-Mechanical-Engineering/dp/007742171X)
Shigley's Design
As far as I can tell you sit in a room and look stuff up in this
See this wiki page to get an idea of what engineers do for work on a daily basis: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskEngineers/wiki/workexperience#wiki_work_experience
> I don't want to get as specific as individual circuits or servos, I'd rather find and source those systems and then add them together to make a larger project.
Broadly speaking, this is called electromechanical design, which is simply combining electrical design and machine design. Often when a vehicle gets complex enough, the electrical design and mechanical design are split off into two teams (with sub-teams for each subsystem in those categories), and a third team is created to integrate the two together. The people who make sure all the different subsystems play together nicely are sometimes called Systems Engineers or Integration Engineers, or more jokingly "Engineering Engineers".
I don't know much about the electrical side, but for machine design most people including myself are going to recommend Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design. I suggest getting the 9th Edition or newer just for the introduction chapter, which is one of the best overviews of engineering I've read. You will also want to learn Statics and Dynamics which is a 2nd year course for a wide range of engineering disciplines.
UAVs (commonly called 'drones') are an electromechanical system as most modern vehicles today are, but being an airborne system you will also need some understanding of aerodynamics. Most aerospace engineering undergrads learn this at the beginning of their 3rd year because you need an understanding of vector Calculus and dynamics before grasping concepts in aerodynamics.
The big one was Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design. All the NCEES test development is done at Clemson and living in SC, a lot of those professors teach prep classes. This one was recommended far and above any other textbook for Machine Design stuff.
I think, in total, I brought in the MERM (heavily marked and noted), the MERM problem guide, the two practice exams, the Machinery's Handbook, Shigley's book, the conversion guide, a couple of the guides given to me at the prep classes (which were mostly focused on HVAC and fluids as my weak points).
The most use came out of the MERM obviously, but there were some questions on the tests that were verbatim out of the problem sets. It was all the right amount of stuff to bring without getting too bogged down in the materials (like the CEs I saw that brought in rolling carts worth of materials).
You might take a look at this video, its a 1953 training film from the US Navy that covers the basics of a mechanical fire control computer. It includes information on a large number of mechanisms that would be helpful in making a mechanical computer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1i-dnAH9Y4
EDIT: You might also grab an older edition of Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design: http://www.amazon.com/Shigleys-Mechanical-Engineering-Design-McGraw-Hill/dp/0073398209
The stock answers are Roark's if it was full of equations, or Shigley's if it was full of diagrams.
Maybe Machinery Handbook, but it doesn't sound like it.
I am using Conquering the Physics GRE as an overview, but I really enjoy anything from David Morin and David J. Griffiths for the level of questions and explanations (and in-book/online solutions manuals that go a long way towards showing you how to think like a physicist). But my "library" for preparing for the physics GRE is:
CM: Morin, Problems and Solutions in Introductory Mechanics and Introduction to Classical Mechanics
Gregory, Classical Mechanics for extra explanations and problems
EM: Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics 3e
QM: Griffiths, Introduction to Quantum Mechanics 3e
Thermo/Stat.Mech: Schroeder, An Introduction to Thermal Physics
Kittel and Kroemer, Thermal Physics
Waves: Morin, on his website are ten chapters to what appears to be a Waves book in the making
http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~djmorin/waves/
Atomic, Lab Methods: Conquering the Physics GRE and any online resources I can find.
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If you email Case Western, they send a link to some amazing flash cards!
Well, let's go back to your analogy with throwing a ball to your sister. Here, you and your sister would represent both positive (or both negative) charges. Now imagine that you're both standing on ice. When you throw the ball, you'll recoil a bit, and when the ball hit's your sister, she'll go backwards as well. The analogy breaks down for attractive charges. If you really want to understand how these forces work, I highly suggest getting a copy of Griffith's Intro to Electrodynamics. I'm not sure where you live, but I know in many countries this book comes in an "international edition" which has the same content, but is phenomenally cheaper.
I've been writing for over an our... and then everything was lost because I pressed a wrong button. FML
Sorry but I won't write it all again. I will just say the main points and some links I had. Here is one regarding the whole point of the conversation.
> pμ = mvμ (this is the ratio of four-momentum to four-velocity) and is also the ratio of four-acceleration to four-force when the rest mass is constant, or, Fμ = mAμ.
There are some misconceptions here which I had all worked out... I will just say this so that you know. Basically any book about special relativity can explain this quite well. I think that Griffiths has a pretty good explanation of all that (although it's a electromagnetism book). You can look up the chapter 12.
There are some misconceptions like "So an object with zero mass means that it has no resistance to being accelerated by a force,". I won't explain all that again...
I'm really sorry and really pissed that I lost my comment, but this will have to do.
Brush up on mathematical methods for physics. Learn Linear Algebra, Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations, Multivariable Calculus, Complex Analysis, and Tensor Analysis. A good book would be this: http://www.amazon.com/Mathematical-Methods-Physical-Sciences-Mary/dp/0471198269/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_1
Classical Mechanics: http://www.amazon.com/Mechanics-Third-Course-Theoretical-Physics/dp/0750628960/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1291625026&amp;sr=1-7
E&M: http://www.amazon.com/Electromagnetic-Fields-Roald-K-Wangsness/dp/0471811866/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_1
or http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Electrodynamics-3rd-David-Griffiths/dp/013805326X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1291625100&amp;sr=1-1
Statistical Mechanics: http://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Statistical-Thermal-Physics-Frederick/dp/1577666127/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1291625184&amp;sr=1-1
Quantum Mechanics: http://www.amazon.com/Principles-Quantum-Mechanics-R-Shankar/dp/0306447908/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1291625261&amp;sr=1-4
Do you know what textbooks you'll be needing next year? It might be a good idea to get a hold of them early and familiarize yourself with the material.
The go to undergraduate E&M book is Griffith's, Introduction to Electrodynamics. E&M is tough for a lot of people, so it'd be nice to have a leg up by reading through some of this book before the semester starts. Griffith's writing style is really easy to follow and he tries to guide you threw important derivations without skipping around too much. There's a reason this book is so ubiquitous in undergraduate physics.
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Griffiths Electrodynamics would be a good thing to look at. It's surprisingly readable, and it could possibly wind up being your E&M textbook. In my undergrad, E&M was the "weed out" course, where those who weren't up to scratch lost interest in the physics degree, so it's good to get a head start. I wish I had started on it sooner. Maybe I'd have gotten more out of E&M as an undergrad and then Jackson in grad school wouldn't have been so hard.
https://www.amazon.com/Knowledge-Rebuild-Civilization-Aftermath-Cataclysm/dp/0143127047 This book is pretty useful, shows the scientific basis for a lot of essential daily things, as well as more general essentials like crop rotation and animal husbandry. couple it with a homesteading book, or the foxfire series, and you'll have a pretty good library for rebuilding civilization
https://www.amazon.com/Knowledge-Rebuild-Civilization-Aftermath-Cataclysm/dp/0143127047/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1525084544&amp;sr=8-2&amp;pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&amp;keywords=the+knowledge&amp;dpPl=1&amp;dpID=51xaSc0Jz6L&amp;ref=plSrch
>The monks of the Albertian Order of Leibowitz preserve the surviving remnants of man's scientific knowledge until the world is again ready for it.
https://www.amazon.com/Knowledge-Rebuild-Civilization-Aftermath-Cataclysm/dp/0143127047
Considering the clarifications made already, there has been something similar made already
https://www.wired.com/2009/04/ff-guidestones/
Though I imagine that would be incomplete.
Depending on the type of collapse, we could and would lose a lot of information, all cutting edge research (since that's mostly preserved digitally), though that would be less important, since we'd have to rebuild the machinery in order to use it.
As someone else mentioned, seed banks are a good start as well. As far as knowledge itself goes, there are two books I'd recommend, The Knowledge: How to rebuild civilization (linkhttps://www.amazon.com/Knowledge-Rebuild-Civilization-Aftermath-Cataclysm/dp/0143127047) which I have read and is interesting in an entertaining way, and even somewhat useful; and How to Invent Everything (link https://www.amazon.com/How-Invent-Everything-Survival-Stranded-ebook/dp/B07B2LNVBY/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1543607051&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=how+to+invent+everything) which I haven't read yet, but is a similar idea. This one I have read, and it's kinda cool.
To get an idea for how difficult it will be to restart manufacturing at our current level, you may want to also check out The Toaster Project (link https://www.amazon.com/Toaster-Project-Attempt-Electric-Appliance-ebook/dp/B007N209P4/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1543607108&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=toaster+project) where someone tries to build a cheap toaster from scratch, and how impossible it is.
https://www.amazon.com/Knowledge-Rebuild-Civilization-Aftermath-Cataclysm/dp/0143127047/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1482084654&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=the+knowledge
i have this one. if i ever get my life right and come over i'll bring it for you
http://www.amazon.com/The-Knowledge-Civilization-Aftermath-Cataclysm/dp/0143127047
Some books I can recommend for map nerds: Strange Maps: An Atlas of Cartographic Curiosities, How to Lie With Maps, and a related book that's a bit more useful for data visualization - Visualize This: The FlowingData Guide to Design, Visualization, and Statistics.
The typographic maps from Axis Maps are pretty awesome and there's all kinds of map-related stuff on Etsy.
You've already had some good suggestions, which I'd suggest following. I have a BA in geography and even after school found these interesting reads.
Cultural and Historical Geography
Eratosthenes' "Geography"
The World of Gerard Mercator: The Mapmaker Who Revolutionized Geography
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Race And Culture: A World View
Technical, GIS, Cartography
How to Lie with Maps
Thinking About GIS: Geographic Information System Planning for Managers
An Introduction to Geographical Information Systems
I know most of these won't be of much use with a BS degree, but gives you a good foundation for thinking geographically. For the more science aspects; a good understanding of physics, chemistry, and to a lesser extent biology, will really give you a leg up when starting out.
Hot to lie with maps.
Ich finde übrigens Goode homolosine projection recht spannend.
The continents are all connected right now. Every map you see is a lie.
Maps are all lies.
there are other ways too http://www.amazon.com/How-Lie-Maps-2nd-Edition/dp/0226534219
(No this doesn't involve sleeping with maps)
1st year super keen physics student here. I'm particularly passionate about plasma physics and I'm doing a research project this semester as well as an extension to my physics course in that field. I've already ordered a copy of Chen's 3rd edition, and have a hard copy of Fusion Physics as well as a library copy of Griffith's Electromagnetism (only 2nd edition though; worth getting the new one?)
Anyone have suggestions for texts/resources for physics along the same lines?
Cheers!
I thought of some books suggestions. If you're going all in, go to the library and find a book on vector calculus. You're going to need it if you don't already know spherical coordinates, divergence, gradient, and curl. Try this one if your library has it. Lots of good books on this though. Just look for vector calculus.
Griffiths has a good intro to E&M. I'm sure you can find an old copy on a bookshelf. Doesn't need to be the new one.
Shankar has a quantum book written for an upper level undergrad. The first chapter does an excellent job explaining the basic math behind quantum mechanics .
https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Electrodynamics-4th-David-Griffiths/dp/0321856562
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See here (start on Pg. 9)
https://courses.cit.cornell.edu/ece303/Lectures/lecture28.pdf
Also here:
http://whites.sdsmt.edu/classes/ee382/notes/382Lecture32.pdf
If you want to google more, your keywords are "hertzian dipole field solution"
The gist of it is that for an oscillating current I(r), you immediatley know the auxiliary fields A and Phi (they follow the wave equation, with I as the source). From the auxilliary fields, you can immediately know E and H. (This is on Pg 8 of that second link). Actually just follow through those slides, you'll notice how the near-field terms you circled in red pops out from the equations.
The original Cosmos book by Sagan might be good here. If your friend likes that, follow up with The Pale Blue Dot.
If you want to to give your friend a taste, direct him to the Sagan Series, specifically, part 3: A reassuring Fable.
Your friend might also benefit from seeing Science Saved My Soul.
Totally get it. I have had these moments myself. The world IS huge but more important, we are tiny. Very very tiny. Read Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan. If you think you’re tiny compared to the Pacific, just imagine how tiny we are compared to the rest of our galaxy... or our universe!
Once we come to acceptance of our existence, we can come back down and live our life with a purpose to love and help each other. Think about how insignificant every war ever fought on earth is to the rest of the universe. But if we can help make each other’s lives better, that’s pretty cool.
If you'd like to learn more, I highly recommend Carl Sagan's second book Pale Blue Dot. He goes over this topic in some detail. Its a fascinating read.
EDIT: Added link.
by Martyn J. Fogg
Google will get you the rest. Enjoy!
The Case for God and The Bible: A Biography by Karen Armstrong are both good. The God Delusion is a simple breakdown and explanation of most major religious claims. Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World by the Dalai Llama is an interesting book on ethics. The Koran: A Very Short Introduction by Michael Cook is 150 funny and insightful pages on Islam. Under the Banner of Heaven is a shocking and fascinating account of fundamentalist Mormonism. The Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan discusses religion, and Cosmos and Pale Blue Dot are my secular versions of holy books. And of course given the occasion, I can't leave out God is Not Great.
I recommend avoiding authors like Lee Strobel and Deepak Chopra. Both are essentially liars for their causes, either inventing evidence, or deliberately being incredibly misleading in how they use terms. Popularity in those cases definitely doesn't indicate quality.
Audio Books are your friend, like seriously pick up something to listen to.
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character) by Richard P. Feynman
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman
"What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory by Brian Greene
The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality by Brian Greene
The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos by Brian Greene
Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration by Michio Kaku
Einstein's Cosmos: How Albert Einstein's Vision Transformed Our Understanding of Space and Time: Great Discoveries by Michio Kaku
The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics by Leonard Susskind (This one I recommend on the highest degree, personally I have read it 3 times)
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
The Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the Universe by Stephen W. Hawking
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space by Carl Sagan
Contact by Carl Sagan
Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium by Carl Sagan
All these books I've listened to or read, and I recommend all of them some more then others, I have tons more about Quantum Mechanics, Physics, Biology, Cosmology, Astronomy, Math etc. But I'm to lazy to list all of them here.
...and honestly, this looks kinda idiotic when I spell it out like that... I'm not sure I want that kind of insight into my psyche.:-/
Not sure which version of the TV series you are getting, but on my DVD copy, at the end of each episode they have either Carl or Anne Druyan (his wife) giving an "Update Since Cosmos Was Aired". These were filmed somewhere close to 94 when he passed, so they're still a bit out of date from today, but still nice to see him realize some of the fascinating discoveries since.
Edit: If you enjoyed Cosmos, I'd highly recommend Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space. It's pretty much a sequel to Cosmos, where Sagan contemplates the far future, and some of the possible means for mankind to explore the universe.
Yes, Mary Roach actually wrote a book called [Packing For Mars] (http://www.amazon.com/Packing-Mars-Curious-Science-Life/dp/0393068471) where she interviewed a few astronauts and it turns out it's actually very possible. Let's say you are working on something and not really paying attention and your body will kind of reassess where "down" is. So when you turn around and don't see yourself oriented the way you thought you were it makes you feel like you are up-sidedown.
A book I'm reading. http://www.amazon.com/Packing-Mars-Curious-Science-Life/dp/0393068471
Full of fascinating tidbits.
Read Packing for Mars by Mary Roach. She does a great job explaining the difficulty of surviving space flight, including the lessons learned from the Challenger explosion.
Radiation is the largest concern. The Earth's magnetic field shielded the Apollo astronauts from the worst of the solar radiation, but in between the Earth and Mars no such protection exists. And interesting book on the theory behind space travel and how hard it can be to put it into practice is Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void. You should check it out.
http://www.amazon.com/Packing-Mars-Curious-Science-Life/dp/0393068471
I haven't read too many that would fit the bill, but the first ones that come to mind are:
If anything else comes to mind, I'll make sure to post it.
We. Me. I.
What is an I? Where is the "thing" that is the stuff of a separate entity somewhere under your skin, behind your eyes?
The reality is that there is no center to one's experience. No separate long-lasting "me" that experiences. Only experience itself. The ego arises out of thought, and a "me" is just a concept that the thinking mind conjures up. No agent means no agency. No chooser.
While on first glance this may sounds either incredibly stupid, confusing or woo-woo. But take a look and see.
I suggest you check out this video by Sam Harris that explores the concept of "illusion of self."
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/wakingup
Or a book by Bruce Hood that scientifically explains this illusion:
http://www.amazon.com/Self-Illusion-Social-Creates-Identity/dp/0199988781
Or others:
http://www.amazon.com/Ego-Tunnel-Science-Mind-Myth/dp/0465020690/ref=pd_sim_14_1?ie=UTF8&amp;dpID=61R1WPTGL%2BL&amp;dpSrc=sims&amp;preST=_AC_UL320_SR216%2C320_&amp;refRID=0DKBDNE0ZCT2P7423FK2
http://www.amazon.com/Ego-Trick-Julian-Baggini/dp/1847082734/ref=pd_sim_14_5?ie=UTF8&amp;dpID=41AJedx6m9L&amp;dpSrc=sims&amp;preST=_AC_UL160_SR101%2C160_&amp;refRID=1A6QPVE3CNXPPJFX84Z9
Once you break the spell of "self-identity", unity arises.
there is no self there ! Aaaaaaaah !
Read The Ego Tunnel by Thomas Metzinger
http://www.amazon.com/The-Ego-Tunnel-Science-Mind/dp/0465020690
Two contemporary books, by western scientists, pretty much confirm the position about "self" found in Buddhist philosophy.
The Self Illusion by Bruce Hood (https://www.amazon.com/Self-Illusion-Social-Creates-Identity/dp/0199988781)
The Ego Tunnel by Thomas Metzinger (https://www.amazon.com/Ego-Tunnel-Science-Mind-Myth/dp/0465020690)
> Or are you saying that it must be the case that anything which can do these tasks must have a first person experience?
Closer to this, but I'm not saying that it would have to be to the level of an "experience," much less that it would necessarily entail the capacity to reflect on it or slice and dice its meaning. Even a Roomba needs some sense or internal modeling of a first-person perspective, emphasis on "some." The unit has to know where it is in relation to a ledge, for example. But even at this rudimentary level there is still the kernel of a self, because something has to be differentiated from the other somethings around which the first something must navigate.
> But why not 'we'?
Because it doesn't mean the same thing. If I lock you in a cell and don't bring you food, you'll starve. "We" (the royal we) could be well-fed and comfortable, but one of us will starve to death. This doesn't hinge on verbiage. You can use other labels if you like, but the underlying facts remain the same. A sandwich being eaten and you getting to eat the sandwich are not the same things. Only one nourishes you.
>Or perhaps there are many different experiences occuring that provide a perception as if there is one entity doing all of it and experiencing all of it.
Perhaps I'm just a Boltzmann brain and I'm imagining all of this. Perhaps this, perhaps that. I focus on how I and others actually engage the world. There is a vast sea of possibilities that we can't prove false. But I want to know how people actually think the world is, and why they think so.
>It's not clear to me what you mean when you refer to yourself.
When you cross the road, do you take care to avoid getting hit by cars? Do you pause in the middle of a busy street to parse what the "I" is you're trying to preserve from being hit by a car?
If you call the police and say someone is trying to kill you, would it make sense for them to say that it's not clear to them what you mean when you refer to yourself? I'm not asking merely if it would be appropriate in that emergency situation, rather I'm saying it would look like a silly and facile question. The question does not seem deep to me. Are you arguing for something, or trying to coax me towards an idea?
Sure, our sense of self can be looked at more closely. I particularly enjoyed Metzinger's The Ego Tunnel, and I've read a number of other books on the neuroscience underlying our sense of self. And there are indeed interesting philosophical conundrums, like the teletransportation problem for one example. But in everyday life we know what "I" and "you" mean. When we ask the waiter to bring us a salad, they know to whom we're referring. I'm using these terms in that colloquial, dictionary sense.
While the above is nice, if you are at all interested in rockets, get Rocket Propulsion Elements. Read it and love it, it is pretty much the bible of rocket engines and serves as a good foundation
It's a big topic, and rocket engineering can't be summed in a reddit post. Buy yourself some books.
If you want more knowledge on the design and analysis of rockets, get a copy of Rocket Propulsion Elements By Sutton. (http://www.amazon.com/Rocket-Propulsion-Elements-George-Sutton/dp/0470080248/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1462063371&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=rocket+propulsion+elements) - You don't have to buy the newest edition, thermodynamics hasn't changed.
I believe for vehicle design the best reference is SPAD (Space Propulsion Analysis and Design) (http://www.amazon.com/Space-Propulsion-Analysis-Design-Website/dp/0077230299/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1462063423&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=space+propulsion+analysis+and+design) - Wow, that's more expensive than I thought.
Both books are intended for upper level college courses so you will need to learn other stuff too - like thermodynamics. But if you are interested in the subject then It will keep you motivated to learn the prerequisites as you go.
To start, learn the rocket equation, if you don't know it already. It is easy to do your first order analysis with just that, and add ~1km/s for air + gravity drag. Also, Wikipedia has an astounding amount of information. /u/danielravennest Wrote this wikibook, I haven't read it myself but he is always raving about it so you might find it useful.
Feel free to PM me. I am currently the lead engineer on a small bipropellant in-space propulsion system which is in early development.
The list provided by david is good, and I'm just going to point out two that are really good for understanding rockets and spaceflight:
One is Rocket Propulsion Elements, which I hear is great if you actually want to build your own engine. The other is Fundamentals of Astrodynamics, which helps to explain orbital mechanics, controls, and some other important facets of spaceflight like how we track a satellite from the ground.
Well the best place would be to start from technical side of things.
RPE by Sutton
https://www.amazon.com/Rocket-Propulsion-Elements-George-Sutton/dp/0470080248
And Taming liquid hydrogen shows the problems of hydrolox that had to be solved to make lunar flight possible with rocket as small as SaturnV
https://www.history.nasa.gov/SP-4230.pdf
Russian N1 relied on kerosine and had only 1/2 the power of Saturn for TLI trajectory and that forced the design of their single person lander.
The historical perspective on the race is well shown in here https://www.amazon.com/Soviet-Space-Race-Apollo/dp/0813026288
It's intended to be a textbook for the next generation of space systems engineers. The old books like Sutton mostly cover how to design conventional rockets. I felt like a more comprehensive book was needed.
Maybe not in the redesign but the old sidebar got the bibles:
Another great ressource is Nakka Rocketry webiste (http://www.nakka-rocketry.net/) for actual data.
Whatever you do please do not blindly follow popular youtube videos. At best they document decade old techniques that everyone has abandoned because they are unreliable, at worst plain dangerous.
Well, you pretty much summed up how I learned to ride. There's not much more to it than that. Knowing what I know now, I would add in "Buy the Proficient Motorcycling book."
It's not expressly legal in California.
> In California no law explicitly and clearly prohibits lane splitting, and significantly, it has become the traditional policy of law enforcement, the courts, and the public in California to tolerate it when it is done safely. However, those engaged in unsafe behavior, including unsafe lane splitting, can still be cited for violating certain sections of the vehicle code.
-Proficient Motorcycling
There's a lot of things taught in the MSF course that veteran riders don't think about or do subconsciously. You'll miss out on all this information by learning from your experienced friend in a parking lot. MSF gives you a sound foundation to learn on for years to come. There's plenty of advanced courses that come after that like the MSF Experienced Rider Course and Lee Park's Advanced Riding Clinic. I also think David Hough's book Proficient Motorcycling is a must read for every street rider. His book saved my life countless times. There's also track schools that teach you high speed riding skills. 14 years and I'm still learning something new everyday!
I'm no physicist. My degree is in computer science, but I'm in a somewhat similar boat. I read all these pop-science books that got me pumped (same ones you've read), so I decided to actually dive into the math.
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Luckily I already had training in electromagnetics and calculus, differential equations, and linear algebra so I was not going in totally blind, though tbh i had forgotten most of it by the time I had this itch.
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I've been at it for about a year now and I'm still nowhere close to where I want to be, but I'll share the books I've read and recommend them:
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I'm available if you want to PM me directly. I love talking to others about this stuff.
You sound like a great audience for the series I recommend to everyone in your position: Lenny Susskind's Theoretical Minimum. He's got free lectures and accompanying books which are designed with the sole purpose of getting you from zero to sixty as fast as possible. I'm sure others will have valuable suggestions, but that's mine.
The series is designed for people who took some math classes in college, and maybe an intro physics class, but never had the chance to go further. However, it does assume that you are comfortable with calculus, and more doesn't hurt. What's your math background like?
As to the LHC and other bleeding-edge physics: unfortunately, this stuff takes a lot of investment to really get at, if you want to be at the level where you can do the actual derivations—well beyond where an undergrad quantum course would land you. If you're okay with a more heuristic picture, you could read popular-science books on particle physics and combine that with a more quantitative experience from other sources.
But if you are thinking of doing this over a very long period of time, I would suggest that you could pretty easily attain an advanced-undergraduate understanding of particle physics through self-study—enough to do some calculations, though the actual how and why may not be apparent. If you're willing to put in a little cash and more than a little time for this project, here's what I suggest:
Note that this is sort of the fastest way to get into particle physics. If you want to take this route, you should still be prepared to spread it out over a couple years—and it will leave a whole smattering of gaps in your knowledge. But hey, if you enjoy it, you could legitimately come to understand a lot about the universe through self-study!
In my opinion the best way to learn and understand the chaos of sub-atomic particle and their place is to start with the trying to understand the standard model. It is the model in which everything is supposed to fit. It's the big picture.
If you have time to spare, consider watching these video lectures
http://www.cosmolearning.com/courses/particle-physics-the-standard-model-416/video-lectures/
Or pick up this book meant for people not well versed in math http://www.amazon.com/The-Theory-Almost-Everything-Standard/dp/0452287863
Or if you're a masochist and feel you're upto the task of really understand this stuff take a look at http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Elementary-Particles-David-Griffiths/dp/3527406018/ref=pd_sim_b_1
That book tries to see the physics beyond the standard model, marching towards and inching closer towards the ultimate goal of physics.
Get David Hough's Proficient Motorcycling. Lots of good tips there.
http://www.amazon.com/Proficient-Motorcycling-Ultimate-Guide-Riding/dp/1933958359/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1374332064&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=proficient+motorcycling
EDIT: The hard part is getting the bike to go forward, it's knowing all the situations to be aware of.
Oh I thought we were talking about poetry. Try this one then.
Introduction to Elementary Particles by David Griffiths
https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Elementary-Particles-David-Griffiths/dp/3527406018/
Well, I don't mind reading a few equations. My former institute would be ashamed of me if I couldn't even do that.
Let me clarify. By "non-mathematical", I don't want to read pages and pages of derivations, justifications, and proofs. I want to get a book with excellent qualitative descriptions of the particles, their functions, the stories behind their discoveries, experimental descriptions of the verification of each one, and how they interact with each other.
I've been looking at these few titles:
http://www.amazon.com/Standard-Model-Primer-Cliff-Burgess/dp/0521860369
http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Standard-Model-Particle-Physics/dp/0521852498/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1342797161&amp;sr=1-2&amp;keywords=standard+model
http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Elementary-Particles-David-Griffiths/dp/3527406018/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b
Do you any experience with these few?
I up-voted just for the title. I would also agree in that Griffith's book Introduction to Elementary Particle Physics is a good choice. I did an REU in Nuclear Physics, and this book was really helpful to me. Here is a link.
http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Elementary-Particles-David-Griffiths/dp/3527406018/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1304069903&amp;sr=1-1
By the way, if you want to read up on particle physics, give this book a try. It's very accessible; Griffiths is a great author of physics texts.
http://www.amazon.ca/Proficient-Motorcycling-Ultimate-Guide-Riding/dp/1933958359
Best book on the subject that I've ever read.
Introduction to Elementary Particles by David Griffiths is a common standard introductory book that is self-contained (up to a reasonable degree) and fairly basic still covering most of the important topics for an intro.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/3527406018/ref=redir_mdp_mobile/182-8847591-2278642
How does Roark's compare to Shigley's?
There's two textbooks that are commonly used to teach material behavior and mechanical component design (such as springs, bearings, etc). Both these textbooks are what I had to learn with.
http://www.amazon.com/Mechanical-Behavior-Materials-4th-Edition/dp/0131395068
http://www.amazon.com/Shigleys-Mechanical-Engineering-Design-McGraw-Hill/dp/0073398209
Both these textbooks are easily to obtain if yer a pirate, as well as the solution manuals. They start fairly basic, however, they quickly go quite in depth. Shigley will probably be most useful for you, but definitely flip through them both. There will be a lot of over-lap content wise. I doubt you will find any textbook material on starter springs specifically because they are a specialty spring, however, mechanics of springs still apply to them.
Have fun :p Component design can get very complicated and convoluted so try and not get frustrated if things don't make sense. Let me know if you have any more questions, and feel free to PM at anytime. I can't promise I'll have a good or correct answer for you all the time, but I can try. Component design was actually one of my least favorite classes so it's definitely not my strong suit, but I understand the majority of what is taught in Shigley's and Dowling's.
Shigley's Mechanical engineering and Design seems to be the standard for mechanical engineering.
Oh crap yeah u right I found this book to be helpful as well https://www.amazon.com/Shigleys-Mechanical-Engineering-Design-McGraw-Hill/dp/0073398209
halliday and resnick for general physics
1 - goldstein
2 - griffith
3 -
4 - griffith or jackson
Talking about one universal electric field is counterintuitive. While RRC is technically correct, (EM fields do obey superposition, and are defined throughout all space), this is semantics and detrimental to learning if you are not an expert. Unfortunately, this is reddit, where semantics are the most important aspect of a post. There ARE individual electromagnetic fields. If you want, you can say that these all add together to form one giant universal field, but why would you (considering most drop off to ~zero in a relatively short distance)? When it comes to the universal aspect, think of the electromagnetic force as being universal.
To get to the questions.
I can't actually DEFINE a GENERAL electromagnetic field in a common definition. I can only tell you that there are a set of partial differential equations that define how EM fields behave (Maxwell's equations, Lorentz force law), and solutions to these equations are electromagnetic fields.
Also, light does not propagate THROUGH electromagnetic fields. Light IS propagating electromagnetic fields. Light is known more generally as electromagnetic radiation, and it is simply energy that propagates in a wavelike fashion out to infinity, generated from the motion of charged particles.
We use Griffith's Electrodynamics in my physics program. He's very clear and conversational.
You should probably start by cracking open a copy of a good E&M book, like this one, and learning the science, rather than relying on Einstein quotations.
Of course, that assumes you've already learned integral and differential calculus (which any 19-year-old science or engineering student has).
He means this
http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Electrodynamics-Edition-David-Griffiths/dp/013805326X
I do highly recommend Genome by Matt Ridley and A History of God by Karen Armstrong. It looks like Before the Big Bang might be a great idea too.
However, I'm noticing a bit of redundancy in your stacks and don't want you to get bored! In the presence of the other books, I would recommend Dawkins' The Ancestor's Tale in lieu of The Greatest Show on Earth. (Although, if you're actually not going to read all the other books, I would actually go the other way.) Similarly, I would probably choose either to read the God Delusion or a few of the other books there.
Other recommendations: how about The Red Queen by Matt Ridley, and The Seven Daughters of Eve by Bryan Sykes? These occupy niches not covered by the others.
The popular expositions on cosmology all look supremely awesome, but you should probably choose half of them. Another idea: read just The Fabric of the Cosmos by Greene, and if you love it, go ahead and learn mechanics, vector calculus, Electrodynamics, linear algebra, and Quantum Mechanics! Hmm...on second thought, that might actually take longer than just reading those books :)
Clearly anyone not using Griffiths is a masochist! :)
http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Electrodynamics-3rd-David-Griffiths/dp/013805326X
Sweet. I think the best curriculum to approach this with, assuming you're in this for the long haul, would be to start with building a good understanding of calculus, cover basic classical mechanics, then cover electricity and magnetism, and finally quantum mechanics. I'm going to leave math and mechanics mostly for someone else, because no textbooks come to mind at the moment. I'll leave you with three books though:
For Math, unless someone else comes up with something better, the bible is Stewart's Calculus
The other two are by the same author:
Griffith's Introduction to Electrodynamics
Griffith's Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
I think these are entirely reasonable to read cover to cover, work through problems in, and come out with somewhere near an undergraduate level understanding. Be careful not to rush things. One of the biggest barriers I've run into trying to learn physics independently is to try and approach subjects I don't have the background for yet: it can be a massive waste of time. If you really want to learn physics in its true mathematical form, read the books chapter by chapter, make sure you understand things before moving on, and do problems from the books. I'd recommend buying a copy of the solutions manuals for these books as well. It can also be helpful to look up the website for various courses from any university and reference their problem sets/solutions.
Good luck!
I think PHYS 3007 uses Griffiths Introduction to Electrodynamics but I'm not entirely sure. Also I'm not sure which edition.
Hard to say. There's a massive number of steps necessary to reach our current technological level -- I could easily see setting up the smelting and manufacturing and mining needed to create a modern smartphone taking lifetimes. And that's not even taking into account the basics of agriculture and agricultural technology -- that, more than anything, determines whether or not civilization is possible.
Edit: At the same time, though, having the knowledge of base principles available might speed things up in some ways. Knowing that an airplane or space travel is even possible, for instance, might ease up or help focus research in those areas.
If you're looking for a good book to read on this subject, I'd suggest The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Civilization in the Aftermath of a Cataclysm by Lewis Dartnell.
These books are written specifically looking at that question (links included).
https://www.amazon.com/Knowledge-Rebuild-Civilization-Aftermath-Cataclysm/dp/0143127047
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rebooting-civilization-survivorse28099-how-to-guide-for-restoring-technology-after-the-apocalypse-excerpt/
https://www.amazon.com/Disaster-Diaries-Everything-Necessary-Apocalypse/dp/0143124501/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=EZHSA3SQ06AJPAEBV7M0
My list:
If we're actually in an apocalypse type situation, swap out Lord of the Rings for The Knowledge.
https://www.amazon.ca/Knowledge-Rebuild-Civilization-Aftermath-Cataclysm/dp/0143127047
Idk if this is what your looking for, but its something.
https://www.amazon.com/Knowledge-Rebuild-Civilization-Aftermath-Cataclysm/dp/0143127047/ref=pd_bxgy_14_2?_encoding=UTF8&amp;pd_rd_i=0143127047&amp;pd_rd_r=YFA6KVFCT20V9PGWBS19&amp;pd_rd_w=a7KFM&amp;pd_rd_wg=80XiO&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=YFA6KVFCT20V9PGWBS19
I studied it in college. My school had a whole Geography Department.
I didn't go to school for it originally, I found my way there via agriculture and forestry (both use a lot of geographic information systems (GIS)), but since then have done a lot with it.
If you want to learn the basics of geography, I can recommend this book, I view it as the authority on cartography.
Cartography is a science all its own, it's the marriage of design and geography. The mission is to convey information to the reader. It really is a mix of art and science. If you are interested in cartography, you GOTTA read this book.
Any real cartography nerd is also a design nerd, and if they're anything like me, could teach a college course on, say, how typefaces affect a reader's mood. Most great cartographers are also students of graphic design, because, that's a big part of the job. Designers want things to either A) accomplish something specific or B) just plain look beautiful. These are the same charges of the cartographer. I'd love to go on and on about good carto vs. bad; but it would take a decade.
If you want to get into GIS, the software most people use to make maps, and the software I use now as a goespatial analytics pro to do a whole lot more than making maps, I'd recommend using this amazing free online textbook and starting out with a program called Quantum GIS, commonly referred to as QGIS. QGIS runs on PC, Mac, and Linux, it's open source and free, plus that course / textbook is customized for it, and it's highly extensible and flexible.
The industry standard is a program called ArcGIS, which can be had for as little as $100 / year for home use.
If you have any follow up questions, I'm super glad to hear them and answer. Geography is a passion of mine.
One bit of advice: I recommend learning the fundamentals of geography with a beginner's mind - don't approach it like you already learned all you need to know about it in kindergarten. It's a science just like anything else, with a lot of the iceberg below the surface of the water. It also coincidentally shares a name with what most people call memorizing state capitals. Approach it like it's called neural hyperbiomechanics or something; meaning, something you don't think you learned when you were 6.
The basics are usually always covered, just no in the same depth. The course is more about building a mathematical frame work that works for E&M. Maxwells equations should be introduced and a bit of derivations. Conceptually its a tough course, but is been a few years since ive taken it. If you want to practice look up the Griffiths book on electricity and magnetism.
Amazon link:https://www.amazon.ca/Introduction-Electrodynamics-4th-David-Griffiths/dp/0321856562
(Look for some free downloads)
Serious question: what makes you say these are the "standard route"?
[Griffith on electromagnitism] (http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Electrodynamics-Edition-David-Griffiths/dp/0321856562/ref=sr_sp-atf_title_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1407283809&amp;sr=8-1-fkmr0&amp;keywords=Griffith+electromagnism)
[Griffith on quantum mechanics] (http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Quantum-Mechanics-2nd-Edition/dp/0131118927/ref=sr_sp-atf_title_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1407283809&amp;sr=8-2-fkmr0&amp;keywords=Griffith+electromagnism)
[Jackson on electromagnetism] (http://www.amazon.com/Classical-Electrodynamics-Third-Edition-Jackson/dp/047130932X/ref=sr_sp-atf_title_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1407283929&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=jackson+electromagnetism)
[Sakurai on quantum mechanics] (http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Quantum-Mechanics-2nd-Edition/dp/0805382917/ref=pd_sim_b_2?ie=UTF8&amp;refRID=081X3T6SB9XHEZWNTVNB)
This? http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Electrodynamics-4th-David-Griffiths/dp/0321856562/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1417536834&amp;sr=1-1
Probably some combination of Griffiths, Jackson, and Zangwill
Intro. to electrodynamics by Griffiths has a very good chapter on vector calc
http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Electrodynamics-Edition-David-Griffiths/dp/0321856562
Le invito a que se lea este libro:
http://www.amazon.com/Lightning-Protection-Iet-Power-Energy/dp/0863417442
Aunque, para entenderlo, va a tener que leerse este:
http://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Electric-Circuits-Charles-Alexander/dp/0073380571
Y este:
http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Electrodynamics-4th-David-Griffiths/dp/0321856562
Si le parece que la inversion de tiempo es demasiada, y si me da por un momento el beneficio de la duda, dejeme decirle que no hay rayo en el mundo que pueda causar un incendo cuando el sistema de pararrayos esta bien diseñado y el mantenimiento es adecuado.
Es lo mismo de la red electrica nacional. Un desastre producto de la falta de mantenimiento y planificacion propia de la 5ta republica.
Ningun sistema aguanta la combinacion de incapacidad mas corrupcion.
Si no me cree a mi, preguntele a un ingeniero amigo suyo. Eso si, si no es chavista es preferible. Las posibilidades de que no sea un pirata son mejores.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bible_and_slavery
Are you sure about that?
Also have a read of this:
https://www.amazon.com/Pale-Blue-Dot-Vision-Future/dp/0345376595
I was raised Christian and went to a fundamentalist highschool. I started questioning things when I realized my faith required me to suspend my rationality. Read some books on the historical accuracy of religious claims. My thought was always, "Well if what all these people say is true, it should hold up to rational scientific inquiry." The more I dug, the more I realized that it never could. I fought and fought with myself. Christianity (especially of the fundamentalist flavor) has this built in mechanism to dissuade disbelief. You are constantly indoctrinated to see any doubt that enters your mind as evil, sinful and to simply "pray the doubt away". I'm sure you know of this. Keep fighting, let reason and logic be your guide.
Some books that helped me on my way to breaking free:
A History of God by Karen Armstrong
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan
I also recommend this youtube series by user Evid3nc3.
Those should give you alot to think about.
Remember the most important thing is to decide for yourself. Question everything and never take something as truth from authority simply because they are an authority. See if it makes sense, find the documented evidence that backs up the claims. The light may hurt at first.
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." -Carl Sagan
Excellent choice. Might I also recommend Pale Blue Dot, also by Sagan. It's my personal favorite of his.
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Amazon link
> No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.
Source
If you read Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot you would have known that Triton will eventually be destroyed in some way similarly to what is described in that article.
After looking through the Q&A on this thread, I noticed a trend in the type of questions asked. If the weird and often unspoken trivia of space travel interests you, I highly recommend reading Mary Roach's "Packing For Mars".
It is very nicely researched and you will probably find answers to many of the unanswered questions here. It is a New York Times best seller, and it is am amazing and amusing book.
If this it the type of question you have, then I highly recommend Packing For Mars which answers a lot of the simple human question of going to space.
On the subject of the self, check out the well-researched book Ego Tunnel. It proposes, convincingly, that the self is categorically not some kind of substantial, essential invariant like a spirit or homunculus, but an experiential, transient and brittle construct (it disintegrates when you sleep, for eg) within the broader process of consciousness. There's too much to explain, so check it out.
>whether the self has an objective basis
The self is an illusion; per Metzinger’s Ego Tunnel:
"the conscious self is the content of a model created by our brain—an internal image, but one we cannot experience as an image. Everything we experience is 'a virtual self in a virtual reality.'"
This book will help you understand the neurological foundation for the sensation of self.
>and if so, life itself would not be individual existence in itself? What is biological life and why is it created?
Life is a series of complex chemical reactions driven by the energy of the sun and the earth, existing only to maximize entropy.
Very nice. Its nice to see this particular school of philosophy-of-mind getting out there. If you enjoyed this, I would also recommend the fantastic Out of our Heads by Alva Noe, and The Ego Tunnel by Thomas Metzinger.
Um, to be honest I haven't read much from neuroscience other than Libet's Experiment and the clinical neuropsychologist Paul Broks saying, “We have this deep intuition that there is a core… But neuroscience shows that there is no center in that brain where things do all come together.”
There are some articles and books I have in my reading list, but once you get that this can be easily confirmed in DIRECT EXPERIENCE, the other materials are just superfluous, IMO. Here, I'll share them anyway.
“Who’s There?” Is The Self A Convenient Fiction?
Ego Trick: In Search of the Self
The Self Illusion: How the Social Brain Creates Identity
What Exactly Is the Self? Insights from Neuroscience
Neuroscience of Self and Self-Regulation
The Ego Tunnel: The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self
Who's in Charge?: Free Will and the Science of the Brain
And check out The Ascent of Humanity for a thorough discussion of the implications of the separate self on lots of aspects of our (collective) lives. Eisenstein traces all of the converging crises of our age to a common source, which he calls Separation. It is the ideology of the discrete and separate self that has generated these crises; therefore, he argues, nothing less than a "revolution in human beingness" will be sufficient to transform our relationship to each other and the planet.
The Ego Tunnel, Thomas Metzinger.
Reading this book liberated me from the lingering doubts I had about the supernatural. It shows that even when an experience is vivid, compelling, or even hyper-real that it is not necessary to take it as confirmation of vitalism, dualism or any other variety of supernatural thinking. Supernature is superfluous.
Our explanations of such experiences are usually wrong because they are based on cultural assumptions and an inability to really think analytically. It turns out that human's are really bad at solo reasoning and, more often than not, fall into fallacies and biases. We extrapolate our private experiences into ontological conclusions and we are almost always just wrong. Liberated from the mill stone of pre-scientific thinking about experience, we can begin to pay attention to what is actually happening in experience without all the overlays from culture and tradition.
Most of us are so loaded up with half-understood doctrine that we have no possibility of having an experience without unconsciously and automatically overlaying it with interpretations drawn from our existing beliefs. Thus we never really pay attention to the qualities of the experience itself. We're always dealing at one layer of abstraction remove. Most of the Buddhism we've learned just gets in the way of experience in the end.
I spent the first 10 years of being a Buddhist reading dozens of books, and the second 10 years discovering that most of what I read was useless or wrong or both. Metzinger's book might help others take a shorter route. He's completely wrong about Buddhism, but it's still the most important book on how the mind words that I've read because of how it make me reconsider my own conclusions.
> Rocket Propulsion Elements
https://www.amazon.com/Rocket-Propulsion-Elements-George-Sutton/dp/0470080248
This book?
I hope you have a background in basic calculus and physics, at the very least.
Obtain this book and read it cover to cover before you even think about it. It's expensive but should be available at an engineering library.
https://www.amazon.com/Rocket-Propulsion-Elements-George-Sutton/dp/0470080248
If you're okay with PDF, here you go:
http://www.ewp.rpi.edu/hartford/~ernesto/S2013/EP/MaterialsforStudents/Lee/Sutton-Biblarz-Rocket_Propulsion_Elements.pdf
i think thats actually not possible. I believe thats because you need to expand the flow to derive thrust and making the "bell" long enough to align the (now atmospheric pressure) flow exactly with the slipstream is impractical (it weighs too much). It might be possible if you were building a test article (ie. a rocket that didnt actually go anywhere, so it had no thrust/weight requirement). In any other configuration, whatever bell size you choose will be suboptimal in some regime. (ie. underexpanded at sea level, or overexpanded at altitude, etc.)
(there are variable geometry nozzles, and in fact thats what the aerospike is supposedly "better" at), but doing that in metal is quite expensive in weight.
I remember working this out for myself while reading Sutton about 10 years ago, but i cant remember why now.
Another fun little thought exercise is the "ice rocket" (the one that actually produces ice in the exhaust becuase of the expansion). This apparently can actually occur.
tl;dr: Yes. You gain additional velocity from a spinny Earth by launching east from the equator versus launching from Cape Canaveral, which either means you can use a rocket with less propellant (cheaper) or put more mass in orbit.
Yes. Dig this latitude map. I'm not sure when what we're talking about becomes actual Rocket Science, but we're close.
Check out this link regarding the Delta V (that's delta vee and not delta five, which makes googling for this stuff suck beyond imagination). The idea is that by launching east at the equator you get more of a velocity boost from the rotaty Earth than you do elsewhere. I compared the numbers I linked to in my (Sutton)[http://www.amazon.com/Rocket-Propulsion-Elements-George-Sutton/dp/0470080248/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1303169914&amp;sr=8-1] and they disagreed, so I won't quote them. You can feed the difference in velocity gained launching east from the equator versus Cape Canaveral back into the Tsiolkovsky equation (and you can google that shit all day long) and eventually work out how much more mass you could've put into orbit if you launched from the equator versus Cape Canaveral.
You might also check out Wikipedia's article on Delta Vee and work to gain your own understanding of this, since I am absolutely not a rocket scientist.
What you seem to be not understanding is that using a simulator is far and away the quickest, easiest, and because it is completely free, the cheapest way to learn how rocket science really works. Using a simulator will save you countless hours when it comes to making a rocket over just shoving some chemicals into a tube and crossing your fingers. And speaking of fingers, it just might save you some of them, too. Because people do lose fingers playing with rockets.
Since you seem to be familiar with electronics, I'll make a comparison with LTSpice. Instead of spending hundreds (if not thousands) of dollars on a parts library and expensive test gear you test all of your designs on a tool that is completely free.
This isn't gatekeeping. It is exactly the opposite. It is enabling.
As to sources to learn, one of the best resources is linked right in the sidebar:
https://www.amazon.com/Rocket-Propulsion-Elements-George-Sutton/dp/0470080248
There is even a copy available on archive.org:
https://archive.org/details/RocketPropulsionElements8thEditionByOscarBiblarzGeorgeP.Sutton
This is also something that gets mentioned almost daily in discussions here. Pretty much any thread on motor construction has referenced it.
And has already been mentioned numerous times in this thread, Nakka's website is
pretty much the de-facto standard when it comes to sugar propellants. But seriously, any google search on sugar propellants should bring that up so it really shouldn't even need to be said in the first place.
Establish the properties you know and those you care about finding - Viscosity, thermal conductivity, molecular diffusion coefficient, fuel/oxidiser requirements (i.e. mass conservation) for example.
Here's a few things to think about:
I've just added a Reference Library with a few books on rocket engines.
I can surely suggest you some books which cover a vast field of rocket science.
These are the same books which Elon musk used for self learning Rocket science.
source: http://qr.ae/TUGfdA
They learn at least the rudiments, if Riley, Hobson, & Bence is anything to go by.
It's great that you want to study particle physics and String Theory! It's a really interesting subject. Getting a degree in physics can often make you a useful person so long as you make sure you get some transferable skills (like programming and whatnot). I'll reiterate the standard advice for going further in physics, and in particular in theoretical physics, in the hope that you will take it to heart. Only go into theoretical physics if you really enjoy it. Do it for no other reason. If you want to become a professor, there are other areas of physics which are far easier to accomplish that in. If you want to be famous, become an actor or a writer or go into science communication and become the new Bill Nye. I'm not saying the only reason to do it is if you're obsessed with it, but you've got to really enjoy it and find it fulfilling for it's own sake as the likelihood of becoming a professor in it is so slim. Then, if your academic dreams don't work out, you won't regret the time you spent, and you'll always have the drive to keep learning and doing more, whatever happens to you academically.
With that out of the way, the biggest chunk of learning you'll do as a theorist is math. A decent book (which I used in my undergraduate degree) which covers the majority of the math you need to understand basic physics, e.g. Classical Mechanics, Quantum Mechanics, Special Relativity, Thermodynamics, Statistical Mechanics and Electromagnetism. Is this guy: Maths It's not a textbook you can read cover to cover, but it's a really good reference, and undoubtably, should you go and do a physics degree, you'll end up owning something like it. If you like maths now and want to learn more of it, then it's a good book to do it with.
The rest of the books I'll recommend to you have a minimal number of equations, but explain a lot of concepts and other interesting goodies. To really understand the subjects you need textbooks, but you need the math to understand them first and it's unlikely you're there yet. If you want textbook suggestions let me know, but if you haven't read the books below they're good anyway.
First, particle physics. This book Deep Down Things is a really great book about the history and ideas behind modern particles physics and the standard model. I can't recommend it enough.
Next, General Relativity. If you're interested in String Theory you're going to need to become an expert in General Relativity. This book: General Relativity from A to B explains the ideas behind GR without a lot of math, but it does so in a precise way. It's a really good book.
Next, Quantum Mechanics. This book: In Search of Schrodinger's Cat is a great introduction to the people and ideas of Quantum Mechanics. I like it a lot.
For general physics knowledge. Lots of people really like the
Feynman Lectures They cover everything and so have quite a bit of math in them. As a taster you can get a couple of books: Six Easy Pieces and Six Not So Easy Pieces, though the not so easy pieces are a bit more mathematically minded.
Now I'll take the opportunity to recommend my own pet favourite book. The Road to Reality. Roger Penrose wrote this to prove that anyone could understand all of theoretical physics, as such it's one of the hardest books you can read, but it is fascinating and tells you about concepts all the way up to String Theory. If you've got time to think and work on the exercises I found it well worth the time. All the math that's needed is explained in the book, which is good, but it's certainly not easy!
Lastly, for understanding more of the ideas which underlie theoretical physics, this is a good book: Philsophy of Physics: Space and Time It's not the best, but the ideas behind theoretical physics thought are important and this is an interesting and subtle book. I'd put it last on the reading list though.
Anyway, I hope that helps, keep learning about physics and asking questions! If there's anything else you want to know, feel free to ask.
I think it depends what kind of PDEs you're going to be doing really. If you're just looking at physicsy things like Laplaces equation, the heat equation and the wave equation then a methods book might be good. My personal choice would be this one but there is a lot of choice out there.
If it's a slightly higher level PDEs course (doing stuff like method of characteristics and conservation laws) then either this dover book or this book were the two recommended texts for my upper undergrad course on PDEs. The second is also recommended on a grad course I'm doing come september, and has loads of material in the book.
If you could give some more details of the course I could probably help you pick one of these easier. :)
Second year UK undergrad here.
In my first year our maths course covered:
These mainly prepare you for thermodynamics and quantum mechanics. Out of all of it I would say the calculus is by far the most important.
If you can get your hands on it, I found this book greatly useful (you only need bits of it): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mathematical-Methods-Physics-Engineering-Comprehensive/dp/0521679710
Feel free to reply if you have any questions.
A book am using is Thomas Cala and it looks like a good book on it https://www.amazon.com/s?k=thomas%27+calculus+12th+edition&i=stripbooks&crid=348T2AR8JCUJA&sprefix=Thomas%27+Calculus+12%2Cstripbooks%2C187&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_19 .
Also try https://www.amazon.com/Mathematical-Methods-Physics-Engineering-Comprehensive/dp/0521679710/ref=pd_ybh_a_19?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=AH70YHCXP3QJKG2560EF
Certainly this book:
https://www.amazon.com/Mathematical-Methods-Physics-Engineering-Comprehensive/dp/0521679710
I have received recommendations for this book from several physics majors and alumni from several different universities. It is a rather thick textbook, but I think most of the chapters can be addressed independently at your current level, especially after this first year of yours. Write it down somewhere in a Google Doc, including the authors and that it's the third edition.
This seems like an unauthorized pirate distribution of https://amzn.com/0521679710 ?
This kind of thing is not the purpose of this forum (for one thing, I assume anyone who really wants to get pirate textbooks can figure out how). Please don’t spam here.
> Meanwhile, we could be researching a technology right in front of us quickly that can benefit us now, help us better exploit resources we do have, help us get to that distant technology faster, and utilize that distant technology once it's time.
Arghh, this is indicitive of such a broken ideology. We can do both. America, alone, could do ALL OF IT if we cut the DoD budget by as little as 20%. And I'm not even suggesting that America does this alone.
I want those other things too, I want research on solutions to global warming and cancer and AIDS and dead puppies, but there's no reason we can't also colonize space.
Please, I'm begging you in solidarity as a fellow human being, do some reading.
Start here but keep following the references and allusions to other sources and, if you've got the fortitude for it, to hard research studies. I can point you in other directions if you like, but that's my personal favorite starting point when suggesting education.
And if you're too lazy to do that, at least look at the goddamn numbers.
I recommend you read this:
A case for mars
Basically, it will become feasible once the classic excuses are out of the way or overcome (money, risk/protection from radiation exposure, bone/muscle deterioration during the trip). Zubrin (the author) is THE dude.
I loved his book: The Case for Mars
http://www.amazon.com/Case-Mars-Plan-Settle-Planet/dp/0684835509
A little old, but this might be what you are looking for: The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must
hijacking top comment to put in a shameless plug for Robert Zubrin's The Case for Mars, an awesome discussion of why we need to go to Mars.
as /u/deanoyj says, it has all the things we need for an industrial civilisation, and also, due to a quirk of interplanetary mechanics, it doesn't cost much more fuel to go to Mars compared to going to the moon, just more time.
Mars has everything we need, is (relatively) easy to get to, and can act as a halfway station to the asteroid belt, a vast untapped wealth of raw metals and resources. Bonus: colonising mars will force the settlers to recycle everything, which will give them a strong incentive to invent things that would be very useful down here on earth.
Seriously, go buy the book, Zubrin explains all the issues in detail and so much better than I ever could. I went in thinking we should go to the moon, and came out convinced we need to go to Mars, and we can do it fairly cheaply, if we accept some modest risks.
'Distances' in space are odd, even though the distance between two points may be further than another trip, it may not take that much more effort to get there. The Moon is far closer than Mars, and takes a few days rather than a few months to arrive, but I hear you need about the same size of rocket. Distances can be measured in required Delta-V, or change in velocity. Heinlein, a mid 20th century science fiction author (Starship Troopers, Stranger in a Strange Land) said, “Reach low orbit and you’re halfway to anywhere in the Solar System.”
'The point of Heinlein’s maxim is that the same amount of energy it takes to go from Earth’s surface to Earth orbit is roughly equivalent to the energy required to travel from Earth orbit to the planets. The point is that if you can get to orbit, you have the capacity to also reach most of the solar system.' Source
So, the Moon isn't necessary any easier to get to than Mars is, barring problems with months of radiation exposure, low gravity exposure, and additional effort required to launch from a planet with a larger gravity well and atmosphere.
In The Case for Mars the author explains a few resources that Mars has which allow synthesis of fuel for both rockets and internal combustion engines, growth of food, and with a not-insignificant amount of planning/science/care, become self sustaining far easier than a moon colony could.
Also on the technical side, if you want some of the inspiration for the mission architecture, try The Case For Mars by Robert Zubrin. For an insightful critique of TCFM from 18 years later, try The International Mars Research Station by Shaun Moss.
Read "The Case For Mars." We totally have the tech, just politically can't get the budget. And the most expensive part of the budget is bringing someone back, nearly as healthy as they left. If you don't need to bring someone back, or even live very long once they're there, it's a lot cheaper.
Mars One is a company that is dedicated to doing just that. Also be sure to check out The Case For Mars.
This was the one I meant. Brilliant book.
You can mix some of your hobbies into one, fellow simracer. Your desire for car knowledge can lead you at being a better driver. Using myself as a example, I have read this book to understand more about race techniques and this one to have a better general understanding of racing. I read them while I was bored at home or in a bus going/coming from college and at home I practiced those techniques.
Not the solution for all of your problems (I cant see a way to mix 3D modelling with anything else), but I hope that it helps a bit.
$25 with shipping.... or $0.10 a page
edit: shit, forgot the link
http://www.amazon.com/Beekeepers-Handbook-Fourth-Diana-Sammataro/dp/0801476941
(I haven't read it yet, just ran across the review/article, just thought it applicable to the reddit)
Here's a list I composed a couple months back. Hope it helps.
Beekeeping - Getting Started
--Video and Channels--
University of Guelph Beekeeping Channel- A digestible lesson style format for beekeeping of all levels. Very logically made and of high quality.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3mjpM6Av4bxbxps_Gh5YPw
Devan Rawn
https://www.youtube.com/user/devanwatchesvlogs
Jason Chrisman
https://www.youtube.com/user/creekroad1
Michael Palmer
https://www.frenchhillapiaries.com/videos/
NY Bee Wellness Group (many visiting speakers of all types. Tons of great material)-
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7iM0M1_IwQPIKSpdMnCLjQ
David Haught (Barnyard Bees)
https://www.youtube.com/user/davidhaught84
Alcohol mite wash-
https://youtu.be/oiu_dIZu7Uk
--Book Resources--
Honey Bee Biology and Beekeeping, 2013, Revised
[Book was written before United States approval of Oxalic Acid as a pesticide in 2015]. An essential text used in college for the "why's" and "how's" of beekeeping-
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1878075292/
The Beekeeper's Handbook- https://www.amazon.com/dp/0801476941/
Wicwas Press Bee Books-
http://wicwas.com/
--Educational Beekeeping Websites--
Honey Bee Health Coalition
https://honeybeehealthcoalition.org/
Bee Informed Partnership
https://beeinformed.org
Bee Culture Blog
http://www.beeculture.com
Bee Culture Recommended Resources and Papers
https://www.beeculture.com/approved-website-resources/
Randy Oliver's Scientific beekeeping! I think the site needs some format polishing, but the content is great. The resource here are invaluable.
http://scientificbeekeeping.com
Eastern Apicultural Society-
A wealth of previous years conference presentations as well as Master Beekeeper training/certification
http://easternapiculture.org/conferences/eas-2018.html
Michigan State University Pollinators-
Do you live in the northern US? You may find a lot of helpful info here:
https://pollinators.msu.edu/resources/beekeepers/
--Equipment--
Mann Lake
Kelley
Dadant
Pierco
Aacorn
Shastina Millwork
Blue Sky Bee Supply
Maxant
Betterbee
To become a beekeeper just buy the hives and bees (all that other stuff is really optional). Most states require you to register them.
To become a good beekeeper you should look for your local Beekeeping Assoc or Agricultural extension office and see what classes they offer and start taking them before buying anything. They will help you determine what you need, what works for your area and how to do things in a manner that you hopefully don't lose the bees.
There are no certifications required but there are some out there. The University of Florida has a 5 years Master Beekeeper Program is one. UF also offers 3 different Bee Colleges during the year in two places in the state, and the Caribbean. Local associations hold day courses and Ag offices have done longer multiple session training courses at least in Florida. Look in your area.
You can also start learning on your own. Start with something like The Beekeepers Handbook.
The best advice I can give you is find that local association and start there. They will have experienced beekeepers and be able to point you at local resources.
I haven't priced stuff in a long time, but it's not too bad to get one hive up and running. Extracting and bottling the honey is another expense unless you find someone with the equipment. I got my hives and bees from these folks- https://gabees.com/ and most of my other equipment from Mann Lake or Dadant.
For anyone looking to start, this book is a great first purchase-
https://www.amazon.com/Beekeepers-Handbook-Diana-Sammataro/dp/0801476941/ref=sr_1_13?keywords=beekeeping&amp;qid=1574217328&amp;sr=8-13
You might be interested in Project Orion and this book about it.
Some of the scientists who invented the atomic bomb, after that was done, worked on some wild ideas at General Atomics in San Diego. One of those ideas was for a spacecraft propelled by a series of small nuclear explosions. Seriously. A bunch of little atomic bombs going off in sequence in the back of the craft. They had the shielding all worked out, the required thrust, etc, in some detail. Could actually work for spacecraft leaving from earth orbit and provide a way to get to, say, Mars, and back in a relatively short time. George Dyson, the son of one of the scientists, wrote an interesting book (still available) about the project if you want to follow up on the details.
reading Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship by George Dyson this week.
>The improbable story of the wildest idea-a space craft powered by hydrogen bombs-to come out of the space race.
Fly Me to the Moon, about non standard spacecraft trajectories has been sitting on my shelf, think thats gonna be the next book I read.
Mary Roach writes great nonfiction, but it tends to be more biology/anthropology.
Project Orion, a book about proposed nuclear powered space craft was excellent as well.
Lunar Base Handbook is more just a collection of papers, but its fascinating.
Have you read George Dyson's book, Project Orion? They were serious. From what I read there, they demonstrated some of the important functions of making it work. Including having the blast pusher plate surviving the nuke blast. I believe it had become an engineering problem and no longer a "will it work case".
As others have pointed out, it won't work in space. But that doesn't mean they hadn't considered nuclear engines in space. Project Orion was a concept where atomic bomb explosions would be used to propel a spacecraft at incredible speeds. Famed physicist Freeman Dyson was a co-leader of the project. His son, George Dyson (a friend of mine) wrote a fascinating book about it called Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship.
Some crazy shit, man.
I thought it was around 20% c from the book for the Orion Project max speed. Did you read the book?
http://www.amazon.com/Project-Orion-Story-Atomic-Spaceship/dp/0805059857/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1449250466&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=orion+project
Looks like most websites reference 10% of c as the max speed. Wish I still had the book to look up what the scientists calculations were.
You will have to take my word for it. My library is a mess and I can't find my copy of "Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship"
Freeman Dyson explained how this result was exciting and started the line of research that started the design of this system. He indicated it created a stagnation layer that prevented the plasma from directly touching the metal. The only issue was radiative heat transfer and that was solved by making the plate a large heatsink and lowering the duty cycle of the impinging plasma.
I forgot to mention, but I live in Belgium. Even used, the cheapest I can find is over $100 :(
(That's amazon.de, they ship to Belgium too.)
I'm thinking a copy of machinery's handbook and a calculator?
Link b/c mobile: Machinery's Handbook, Toolbox Edition https://www.amazon.com/dp/0831130911/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_jqgCybRCR9HDD
Well the best answer is definitely what Tigrinus posted. To add my two cents here are a couple of books I've read that are super interesting, without being textbooks:
The essential engineer
Why things break
Machinery's handbook
Machinery's handbook is pretty much the bible for Mechanical Engineers. It covers everything from materials sciences to types of measurements to machining and component sizing.
If you want to learn the theory then check out this book. You can probably find an older edition with most of the content for cheaper. Just know that most mechanical engineering literature is going to run you through a bunch of complicated equations and complex theory as opposed to just explaining how something works.
Try this, great hydraulics book
https://www.amazon.com/Lightning-Reference-Handbook-Engineering-Designers/dp/B000RI8DB8
Welding...
https://www.amazon.com/Metals-How-Weld-Them-Jefferson/dp/B0007DVQEE/ref=asc_df_B0007DVQEE/?tag=hyprod-20&amp;linkCode=df0&amp;hvadid=312400961658&amp;hvpos=1o3&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvrand=6409473804414846933&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvqmt=&amp;hvdev=m&amp;hvdvcmdl=&amp;hvlocint=&amp;hvlocphy=9033029&amp;hvtargid=aud-799727667774:pla-569400578544&amp;psc=1
And this.....
https://www.amazon.com/Machinerys-Handbook-Toolbox-Erik-Oberg/dp/0831130911/ref=asc_df_0831130911/?tag=hyprod-20&amp;linkCode=df0&amp;hvadid=312031082787&amp;hvpos=1o1&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvrand=10037741331668863948&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvqmt=&amp;hvdev=m&amp;hvdvcmdl=&amp;hvlocint=&amp;hvlocphy=9033029&amp;hvtargid=aud-799727667774:pla-434669343809&amp;psc=1
Look around for cheaper options but these three books are a good start
Old Reliable, the Machinery's Handbook should have a good deal of information for speeds/feeds on generic cutting operations and materials.
https://www.amazon.com/Machinerys-Handbook-Toolbox-Erik-Oberg/dp/0831130911
https://www.amazon.com/Machinerys-Handbook-Toolbox-Erik-Oberg/dp/0831130911/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1549374177&sr=8-1&keywords=machinery%27+handbook like the actual machinery handbook?
There are thousands of design standards. Which ones are important heavily depends on what you're actually doing.
Luckily, in 1914 someone started writing them down. They're up to version 30 now.
Pick up the Machinerys Hand Book or machinists bible as its known. It has detailed breakdown of the SAE/AISI numbers and their makeup.
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0831130911/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1527444719&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=machinist+handbook+30th+edition&dpPl=1&dpID=51d74LVeK7L&ref=plSrch
Maximum Boost by Corky Bell is an excellent resource for understanding turbos. I loved it. http://www.amazon.com/Maximum-Boost-Turbocharger-Engineering-Performance/dp/0837601606
[As far as I'm concerned this is the holy bible of turbo applications.] (https://www.amazon.com/Maximum-Boost-Turbocharger-Engineering-Performance/dp/0837601606)
Once you get through the basics and start looking into performance, I would suggest "Maximum Boost" by Corky Bell. It is pretty much the gospel of turbocharging. Amazon link
Check this book out:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0837601606/?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1
Excellent resource. You'll learn quite a bit. Volumetric Efficiency, sizing turbos, proper air/fuel ratios, etc.
Well, you have some decisions to make. The constants will be the dimensions of the hub and the inner diameter of the rim. The variables will be the lacing pattern -- how many times the the spokes cross each other on the way from the hub to the rim -- and the gauge / type of spoke.
Since you're building a 36 spoke wheel, I assume that you're building this for heavy duty road riding or touring, where most riders will select a 3X pattern. (For example, radial laced spokes don't cross each other at all -- like a wagon wheel -- resulting in shorter, lighter spokes. A 3X wheel requires longer spokes but allows softer riding characteristics.)
I couldn't get the drop-down menu's to work on the Wheelbuilder link, but another calculator can be found here. But unless you can find a reliable database of measurements, you will need to learn how to make the proper measurements yourself.
One book you might want to read can be found here. It's a start but not gospel.
One option: Go to an intelligent LBS and have them make the measurements and order the spokes for you. You can save the labor and build them yourself.
Good luck!
Read The Bicycle Wheel.
http://www.amazon.com/Bicycle-Wheel-3rd-Jobst-Brandt/dp/0960723668
Nope, I do this. Wish I was him though. If you're similarly physics and cycling inclined, you should check this book out. It's a really great treatment of the physics on bike wheels.
Jobst Brandt is on my side. Last I checked, he's a wheelbuilder around the world somewhere.
Radially laced wheels are stiffer both laterally (side to side) and radially (weight straight down at the axle) than crossed lacing patterns. The shock absorption is nice for mtb wheels, but not on the road. Look at every high end weight-conscious (Road) front wheel out there, Enve, Zipp, HED. All use radial lacing. If 3x were stronger, then they would be 3x, with fewer spokes to reduce weight further.
Man, I miss Captain Bike (Sheldon Brown) and rec.bicycles.tech.
In a similar vein, Jobst Brandt on why bikes don't hydroplane. Brandt is the engineer behind the book, The Bicycle Wheel ---and one of the sources for Sheldon's comment.
This is generally considered a good place to start: http://www.amazon.com/Bicycle-Wheel-Jobst-Brandt/dp/0960723668
Give a man a match and he'll be warm for a second; set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
Dude, building wheels is some of the most frustration I've ever felt. Totally possible but the learning curve is steep. I've used this book. Good luck.
That feeling when your fully laced spokes cross over the valve hole
Edit: the right link to the book
This is somewhat related to the article Experimental bike with reverse-spinning wheel shows that gyroscopic forces are not important for the stability of a bicycle: So what is?. Jobst Brandt is a legend in cycling: he wrote The Bicycle Wheel, which includes finite element analysis data on various standard wheels.
Great info, thanks so much. I will be getting this book in the mail tomorrow, and I intend to read through it before I go to town. Much appreciated.
The Bicycle Wheel
I strongly recommend this book as well: http://www.amazon.com/Bicycle-Wheel-3rd-Jobst-Brandt/dp/0960723668
> You seem to be forgetting the minor point of agriculture failing -- or is that no longer "your point"?
How is this not willfully obtuse, if not an outright misrepresentation?
I was the one suggesting that more northerly locations would be better situated to avoid temperatures driven to 45°C+, and you responded by pointing out that even Moscow "gets heatwaves" too.
I then demonstrated that Moscow has never experienced temperatures in the 40s. Ever.
A perfectly relevant refutation of your generalised exaggeration. That's all.
> water is going to vanish, everywhere?
Obviously not what I'm saying.
Some won't get enough, and some will get far too much. And some will even get just the right amount for some time - but at some point in a collapsing biosphere, not reliably enough in any one place to ensure sufficient crop survival and reliable harvesting to make agriculture viable.
No, I don't have a crystal ball, and can't tell you exactly where that point will be, but this extinction event is unfolding with unprecedented speed, and we are still accelerating it, so I really don't believe that ignoring uncomfortably pessimistic sources is a wise strategy.
> You're now blaming me for not engaging in threads I wasn't involved in?
Sorry, I was getting it confused with the other thread we're discussing similar matters in. I have to do all this on a crappy, broken smartphone since I don't use a computer, so no split-screen windows/advanced clipboard functionality/fancy keyboard for me.
It was referenced in this thread, not the other one.
> On the contrary, I've pointed out the "links" (really one link posted multiple times)
Since /u/Goochymayn posted the link to the projected effects here, I have posted a dozen different links that weren't this one in this thread.
> Man, you people are obsessed with this one website
Far from it, though a little stubborn in trying to encourage some sort of engagement with it on your part - it's sort of the opposite of cherry picking, to go on blithely claiming that it doesn't say what it does, and that the whole thing's just too silly to even acknowledge.
I read many websites, have read the book this summarises by Mark Lunas (FWIW, it won the 2008 Royal Society Book Prize and was turned into a National Geographic TV series, so it's not just some crappy little blog.)
And I agree it would be better if the summary had hyperlinked references. I don't post it here much/ever myself, precisely because of the lack of easy to follow hyperlinks to make it easier for people to check sources online. The book is better (books are always better than this internet rubbish.)
OK, you don't recognise it or any of its sources (though they've been bandied around here often enough,) - I will add some more links tomorrow when I've had some sleep, though it will be at the expense of speedily responding to your other posts (lots of busy-ness ATM.) I will come to them when time allows.
I accept that the descriptions of the effects at each temperature band may not be accurate. Which is why it would be interesting and useful to discuss what it actually predicts, and how much, if any merit there is to their arguments (it would be even better to discuss the book, but that's less feasible online in the temporary conversation cloud that is Reddit, given how few people have probably read it.)
It's less productive in the extreme, to only ever see it analysed by McPhersonite fanboys, too busy obsessing about the doom to look at it with a critical eye. But if they are accurate, then farming will self-evidently NOT be possible, because we will all be too extinct to practice it.
Other interesting topics exist of course, but they're pretty academic if we're looking anything like +7°C by the end of the century.
That too is an interesting topic in itself, and one I would like to see more people engaging in disputing, rather than just avoiding having to consider it at all on the one hand, or obsessively and unproductively doom-mongering about on the other.
They both seem like less productive (if understandably human) approaches.
I find it convincing enough to have committed to taking the measures I have anyway, though I try to keep an open mind.
> doesn't say what they claim it does. It literally doesn't say it.
It doesn't say exactly QUOTE farming will not be possible UNQUOTE, but FFS, it's predicting the sky effectively catching fire because of the methane content, superstorms at least as extreme as the ones that caused the Permian-Triassic extinction, with ""super-hurricanes” hitting the coasts [that] would have triggered flash floods that no living thing could have survived."
It says: "That episode was the worst ever endured by life on Earth, the closest the planet has come to ending up a dead and desolate rock in space.” On land, the only winners were fungi that flourished on dying trees and shrubs."
And you think agriculture will be possible in this?
It is true, this is at 5+°C, but they also state "Chance of avoiding five degrees of global warming: negligible if the rise reaches four degrees and releases trapped methane from the sea bed."
You've made no effort to refute any of this - you just refuse to engage with this source.
It explains the inexorable runaway temperature effect that will be (possibly has already been,) initiated, and so 4°/5°/6°/7°/+ is largely irrelevant - it's going up, up, up.
And the methane is already being released in observably huge quantities already at <1.5°C, so this does not look so unlikely that it's sensible to simply dismiss it to me, considering the fucktons of the stuff there is down there.
But hey, you've got potatoes and trees, so you'll be fine.
I (and probably other less optimistically- inclined folk here,) would be really interested in knowing why you, or other more optimistic folk, think this is not going to happen.
IF (and I freely admit that is not certain, but if) we're looking at anything like these projections coming to pass this century, then at some point this century, agriculture WILL fail.
And IF the runaway effect from all these tipping points we're burning through is real, then over some timespan, that's inevitable.
> A little emotional, aren’t we? The part where "the world" = "modern civilization"?
No. The part where everything bigger than a lystrosaur, including very probably humanity, is rendered extinct.
And actually I don't get emotional about it - I'm past that.
I get stubborn, and start building an Ark.
> The article they keep linking to doesn't say what they claim it does.
It claims unsurvivable, extinction-level conditions are coming, so yes - it does say what they claim (whether or not it's well-founded - that is a different argument. One you seem unwilling to engage in.)
> I've said that multiple times to them. They have no response for me. And neither will you, I expect. Read the goddamn article.
I have. And I can understand what it's saying. I'd like a reason to disbelieve it, but you're evidently unable to provide one.
I recommend reading the book (I ought to buy another one - lent it out, and never got it back.)
I haven't read it yet, but Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet by Mark Lynas is on my wish list.
> The global temperature is increasing wildly
Define wildly. Since 1975 it's increased by an average of about .15 to .2 ^o C per decade and it's increased about 0.8^o C overall since 1880, with about 2/3 of that coming since 1975. It's probably increasing by a bit more than that now because global emissions keep increasing.
> in a few years many heavily populated areas will exceed "wet bulb" temperature, meaning they will become so hot that it would be impossible for human life to exist there
That doesn't seem to fit Wikipedia's definition of wet-bulb temperature, although I'll admit to being very unfamiliar with the term; do you know in what context McPherson used it?
It would help to know exactly what McPherson's temperature projections are. To me, the notion that the usual projections could render places currently supporting hundreds of millions of people uninhabitable within the next few years, or even decades, is tough to believe without hard numbers to back it up.
If you're curious for other sources, my impressions are based roughly on Six Degrees, by Mark Lynas and Introduction to Modern Climate Change, by Andrew Dessler. I think climate change is definitely capable of causing our extinction eventually, but it would require a lot of inaction on our part, and it would still take several centuries at least.
It's a book.
Read a book like that a few years ago. Six Degrees. It's about global warming and its likely effects.
Watch this video clip, based on actual facts.
My top book recommendation:
Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet by Mark Lynas
It paints a picture in a real nice way and serves as a good guide for thinking about various degrees.
As mentioned by /u/extinction6 watch Kevin Anderson.
Here are a few links that I've found interesting or useful.
this one is an animation of the decline of arctic sea ice over the last couple decades:
Ice Dream by Andy Robinson
The Representative Concentration Pathways- possible future greenhouse gas concentrations depending on what emissions path humanity takes, adopted for the IPCC 5th assesment report in 2014.
How the global average temperature is expected to rise based on the chosen RCP's.
global temperature rise projections for different emissions scenarios
Here is what those temperature rises translate into in the real world-
a degree by degree explanation of what will happen when the earth warms a very short synopsis of some of the effects we may expect in the coming yeara as global average temperatures rise. More detail can be found in the book,
Six Degrees- Our Future on a Hotter Planet by Mark Lynas
Antarctic sea ice has also begun to collapse in the last few months:
global sea ice area
From Climate Code Red, an article that contends there is no "carbon budget" left to limit warming to 1.5C under sensible assumptions of risk and potential damage-
Unravelling the myth of a "carbon budget" for 1.5C
Kevin Anderson argues in this presentationthat limiting warming to below 2C consistent with global fairness requires immediate and deep cuts in emissions in the developed world consistent with a revolutionary energy transformation.
Australians for Coal a insightful look at their corporate climate policy update.
If you have a chance, checkout the book Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet takes an interesting look not only at what happens at four degrees, but also temperatures lower and higher. Essentially the book starts low and grows to the scenario of what would happen when we've reached six degrees by looking at evidence published in respectable journals such as Science and Nature
The safest time to ride according to stats in Proficient Motorcycling is 3-6am. The worst is 11pm-3am on Friday and Saturday, followed by 3-6pm on weekdays.
> The techniques I have learned and shared were taught to me in the MSF Beginner course. I think your advanced techniques and concepts might certainly be confusing and "over the head" to many beginners .. such as the OP.
I encourage others to think, and -- as I keep stating -- I fight misinformation. If you have a problem with one or the other, I really don't give a shit.
The MSF course teaches you the fundamental mechanics of riding and very little more. In retrospect, I'm horrified that they put people on the street with so little training. If you want to swaddle people in a nest of MSF generalities, go ahead. I may well be there, too, to point them in the right direction.
> Oh, and disagreeing with others does not have to equal calling them idiots.
I call it like I see it. Not an idiot? Demonstrate it by reading and writing carefully. Your post was poorly constructed, contained tangential information, and was simply wrong. Further, you were defending someone who has been going around spreading some dangerous misinformation.
Seek out information and learn.
Total Control
Proficient Motorcycling
More Proficient Motorcyclig
Twist of the Wrist
Twist of the Wrist Vol 2
Pick up a copy of this.
http://www.amazon.com/Proficient-Motorcycling-Ultimate-Guide-Riding/dp/1933958359
You can do that with the Ninja 250. It's all practice. Like V_Glaz_Dam mentioned you should watch the Twist of Wrist 2 series.
Here's something I wrote for one of my friends.
For books, I personally like this one the most. I feel like Nick took a lot information from the Twist of the Wrist books and made it more modern.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1893618072/ref=oh_o02_s01_i00_details
But I also learned a lot from Lee Park's book. Lee Park hosts a rider school where he runs over all the drills in his book and helps with rider technique. You have to google the class schedules but he comes around California at least once or twice a year.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0760314039/ref=oh_o04_s00_i00_details
The there is the Twist of the Wrist series
http://www.amazon.com/Twist-Wrist-Motorcycle-Roadracers-Handbook/dp/0965045013/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1330372612&amp;sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.com/Twist-Wrist-Basics-High-Performance-Motorcycle/dp/0965045021/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1330372612&amp;sr=8-2
I haven't read those books but the Twist of Wrist II videos are on youtube so you can check them out.
The last book I would recommend is Proficient Motorcycling. I highly recommended reading that one because it focuses a lot on general riding. Techniques that everyone should learn just to stay alive riding on the road. The book can be found at some libraries so you can save some money by just loaning it.
http://www.amazon.com/Proficient-Motorcycling-Ultimate-Guide-Riding/dp/1933958359/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1330372534&amp;sr=1-1-spell
The rest is all practice.
Also youtube "ninja 250 track" and you'll see a bunch of videos of guys racing their 250s on the track.
I wouldn't get on a track until you are at least familiar with your motorcycle. Get some miles under your belt before you decide to do it. After you are comfortable on your bike I would try to hook up with some local riders who are better than you. That way you can talk to them and learn from their experience. But remember to take most advice with a grain of salt. I personally use meetup.com to meet a lot of other guys to ride with.
Dude, the book is only $16.47. Just buy it.
How to Lie with Maps.
How to lie with maps on reddit once more
https://www.amazon.com/How-Lie-Maps-Mark-Monmonier/dp/0226534219
If you haven't yet y'all should read this.
Read Packing For Mars
I'll have to check that book out, and highly recommend Metzinger's The Ego Tunnel in turn.
In the context of #2 I often think about Hoftadter's I Am a Strange Loop and tangled hiearchies.
It seems like awareness arises when systems that integrate internal and external processing reach a certain amount of complexity.
As far as I can
tell you sit in a room and
look stuff up in this
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How to lie with maps
Bernie going down the Trump way of using a map with more of his color to show that he's winning.
Pretty despicable, but I don't expect less of that gutter rat Sirota and more importantly Bronard himself.
Old man Socialist gonna fuck us all again.