Climate change is an issue that has taken on great urgency in recent years, but it is not an isolated problem. Hans Tammemagi argues that climate change is but one of the many problems associated with the changing character of one of the most basic components of life: the air we breathe. Tammemagi's fascinating exploration of air illustrates that it is far from being an empty void; rather, it is a vast ocean of gases that are layered, constantly mixing, generating weather, and providing the basis of life itself. While illustrating the beauty and mystery of air, Tammemagi also examines its declining quality in chapters that discuss smog over cities (and elsewhere), acid rain, the depletion of stratospheric ozone layer, and, of course, global warming. As a scientist, writer, and activist, Tammemagi explains the key issues associated with air in a clear, lucid, and compelling style. Air is a vital piece of reading on an issue of rapidly growing urgency. Containing a wealth of information such as the history and evolution of our atmosphere, biographical notes about key scientists, descriptions of significant inventions, and color photography, this book presents the great aerial ocean like we have never seen it before.

Air: Our Planet's Ailing Atmosphere

Science & Math

Tammemagi, Hans

Earth Sciences

Oxford University Press

In the face of climate change and oil shortages, nuclear technology offers many important possibilities. Half-Lives evaluates the promise of nuclear technology as a source of clean energy, as well as the wide range of applications in medicine and industry it offers in a uniquely Canadian context. Half-Lives explains the fundamentals of nuclear reactions and radioactivity with deftly crafted prose that precludes the need for a deep background in mathematics or science. The uses of nuclear technology in Canada are explored in clear, accessible language, from uranium mining to electricity-producing nuclear power reactors (including the Canadian-designed CANDU reactor), to nuclear medicine and industrial applications. First published in 2002, Half-Lives remains the only book to consider nuclear technology from a Canadian perspective; this new edition updates the issues in light of industry developments, politics, and environmental crisis.

Half-Lives: The Canadian Guide to Nuclear Technology in Canada

Engineering & Transportation

Jackson, David

Engineering

It all begins, or ends, with the proposal. This book teaches readers how to prepare a proposal that will impress, persuade, and get results. This is the essential guide for all those who seek to win support, from salespeople to businesspeople, from fundraisers to researchers pursuing grant money.Including the basic components of a winning proposal from introduction to budget as demonstrated in a sample proposal, this guide also covers: -- Accepting a request for a proposal-- Bidding for a contract-- Adding unique selling points-- Effective packaging-- Ins and outs of negotiating-- Using the powers of persuasion-- Getting your ideas across-- Adapting to your client's needs-- Offering unsolicited and verbal proposals

Winning Proposals: How to Write Them and Get Results (Self-Counsel Business Series)

Reference

Self Counsel Press Inc

As one of the Seven Wonders of the World - not to mention the honeymoon capital of North America - Niagara Falls is indisputably one of this continent's most important tourist destinations. For the millions of visitors - year-in, year-out - and for residents of the area, author Hans Tammemagi's Exploring Niagara turns a wide-angle lens on one of the most diverse and fascinating corners of Canada and in so doing opens our eyes to the fact that as wondrous as it is, there is a great deal more to the Niagara region than the Falls. Covering both sides of the Canada-U.S. border, and all within about a 30-minute drive of the Falls, the book unveils more than 50 tours and day trips to and through places of interest in the Niagara region. Descriptions of the trips themselves - varying from under an hour to several days - detail the historical and geographical highlights of each destination, and offer up a variety, suggesting tours that can be taken by car, by bicycle, or on foot. Indices and appendixes steer the reader to a wide variety of special interests guaranteed to satisfy all tastes. Geographical phenomenon, theatre and arts festivals, wine tours, conservation areas, bird watching, hiking, re-enactments of the War of 1812 - they're all here and more. Visit Niagara Falls, the Welland and Erie Canals, Niagara-on-the-Lake, the Niagara Escarpment, Queenston Heights and everything in between. More than 18 maps round out this text making it the perfect companion for real or armchair adventure.

Exploring Niagara: The Complete Guide to Niagara Falls and Vicinity

Travel

Tammemagi, Allyson

Canada

Fitzhenry-Whiteside

Winning Proposals teaches the fundamentals how to prepare a proposal and outlines the strategies and methods for turning an ordinary proposal into a winning proposal.

Literature & Fiction

UNKNO

Proposals are vital tools of modern business -  and the need to win proposals for funding, venture capital, or grants increases in a tough economy. In this updated edition, Winning Proposals explains  the secrets of successful proposals, taking you from outline, to delivery. Author Hans Tammemagi explains the powerful art of persuasion, taking you far beyond formulas and recipes. He reveals the psychology needed to give proposal that special edge for success!   

Winning Proposals (Small Business Series)

Business & Money

Business Development & Entrepreneurship

Self-Counsel Press

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