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1	Conquering Gotham: A Gilded Age Epic: The Construction of Penn Station and Its Tunnels more books like this by Dr. Jill Jonnes add to wishlist In this gripping narrative, Jonnes tells the fascinating story of the struggle to connect New York City to the rest of the nation and the high-stakes drama that pitted the money and will of the nation's mightiest railroad against the machinations of labor agitators. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £5.57! \| first editions
2	Tunnel Engineering Handbook more books like this by John O Bickel (Photographer), Thomas R Kuesel (Editor) add to wishlist Presents the state of the art in the design, construction, and rehabilitation of tunnels. The text brings together information on all the principal classifications of tunnels, including soft ground, hard rock, immersed tube and cut-and-cover, with comparisons of their relative advantages and suitability. It should enable engineers to address such ... see all copies from £74.89! new only from £97.17! \| first editions
3	Heavy Equipment more books like this by Erik Bruun, Buzz Keith add to wishlist A brief history of 5,000 years of heavy machinery, from medieval battering rams and catapults to tires, trucks, cranes, and the NASA space shuttle. see all copies from £5.88! new only from £6.55! \| first editions
4	Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling of the Magnetic Moment more books like this by Eugene M Chudnovsky, Javier Tejada, David Edwards (Editor) add to wishlist This is the first book presenting a coherent theoretical and experimental treatment of the rapidly developing field of macroscopic quantum tunneling of the magnetic moment. The theory is based on the concept of the magnetic instanton and its renormalization by the dissipative environment. The book includes discussions of the tunneling of magnetic ... see all copies from £21.95! new only from £21.95!
5	Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Its Application more books like this by Chunli Bai add to wishlist Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and its Application presents a unified view of the rapidly growing field of STM,and its many derivatives. A thorough discussion of the various principles provides the background to tunneling phenomena and leads to the many novel scanning-probe techniques, such as AFM, MFM, BEEM, PSTM, etc. After having examined the ... see all copies from £52.61! new only from £52.61!
6	Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling more books like this by Shin Takagi add to wishlist Macroscopic quantum phenomena are particularly important when considering the problem of Schrodinger's cat. This book contains a coherent and self-contained account of such phenomena, focusing on the central role played by macroscopic quantum tunneling. Beginning with an explanation of the nature and significance of the cat problem, Shin Takagi ... see all copies from £24.81! new only from £24.81!
7	Hazardous Gases Underground: Applications to Tunnel Engineering more books like this by Barry R Doyle, Doyle Doyle add to wishlist Applies detailed knowledge toward the design and construction of underground civil works projects. Develops critical skills for managing risk and designing reliable gas control measures within project time and cost constraints. see all copies from £12.91! new only from £54.12!
8	Tunneling Systems in Amorphous and Crystalline Solids more books like this by Pablo Esquinazi (Editor) add to wishlist The book contains the contributions from research scientists (experimentalists and theoreticians) who have recently made outstanding systematic investigations with low-temperature properties of solids that are sensitive to quantum tunneling processes. Low-temperature thermodynamic and acoustic properties, optical hole burning, and dielectric ... see all copies from £16.71! new only from £31.26! \| first editions
9	Scanning Tunneling Microscopy I: General Principles and Applications to Clean and Adsorbate-Covered Surfaces more books like this by H -J Guntherodt add to wishlist This second edition of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy I, updated with a guide to recent literature, is a unique introduction into a novel and fascinating technique that produces beautiful images of nature on an atomic scale, offering a comprehensive treatment of scanning tunneling microscopy, its diverse applications and its theoretical treatment. ... see all copies from £23.52! new only from £27.24!
10	Tunnels more books like this by Elaine Landau add to wishlist Animals. American History. Earth Science. Geography. Health. Space. True Books covers all this and more in photo-filled chapter books that provide a basic introduction to curriculum-relevant topics. Ideal for today's young investigative reader, each True Book includes lively sidebars, a glossary and an index, plus a comprehensive "To Find Out More ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £6.90!
11	Introduction to scanning tunneling microscopy more books like this by C Julian Chen add to wishlist The scanning tunneling microscope and the atomic force microscope, both capable of imaging and manipulating individual atoms, were crowned with the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1986, and are the cornerstones of nanotechnology today. The first edition of this book has nurtured numerous beginners and experts since 1993. The second edition is a ... see all copies from £59.42! new only from £71.75! \| first editions
12 view cover	Mono-Cycle Photonics and Optical Scanning Tunneling Microscopy: Route to Femtosecond Angstrom Technology more books like this by Mikio Yamashita, H Shigekawa (Editor), R Morita (Editor) add to wishlist Mono-Cycle Photonics and Optical Scanning Tunneling Microscopy deals with both the ultrashort laser-pulse technology in the few- to mono-cycle region and the laser-surface-controlled scanning-tunneling microscopy (STM) extending into the spatiotemporal extreme technology. The former covers the theory of nonlinear pulse propagation beyond the ... see all copies from £37.47! new only from £48.52! \| first editions
13 view cover	Quantum Theory of Tunneling more books like this by Mohsen Razavy add to wishlist A comprehensive introduction to the theoretical foundations of quantum tunnelling, stressing the basic physics underlying the applications. The topics addressed include exponential and non-exponential decay processes and the application of scattering theory to tunnelling problems. In addition to the Schrodinger equation approach, the path integral ... see all copies from £27.24! new only from £49.00!
14 view cover	Hidden Worlds: Amazing Tunnel Stories more books like this by Debora Pearson, Tina Holdcroft (Illustrator) add to wishlist A picture book with eleven features on extraorindary tunnels, past and present, and from around the world. Includes resources and index. see all copies from £1.72! new only from £6.32!
15 view cover	Design and Construction of Tunnels: Analysis of Controlled Deformations in Rock and Soils (Adeco-RS) more books like this by Pietro Lunardi add to wishlist This work illustrates how the Analysis of Controlled Deformation in Rocks and Soils (ADECO-RS) is used in the design and the construction of tunnels. The ADECO-RS approach makes a clear distinction between the design and the construction stages and allows reliable forecasts of construction times and costs to be made. It uses the advance core (the ... see all copies from £64.13! new only from £64.13!
16	Strong, Weak, and Electromagnetic Interaction in Nuclei and Astrophysics more books like this by H Kumar Wickramasinghe (Editor), Mathews (Editor) add to wishlist Researchers in microscopy, practitioners in biology, materials science, engineering and physics. see all copies from £31.26! new only from £45.20! \| first editions
17 view cover	Atom Tunneling Phenomena in Physics, Chemistry and Biology more books like this by Tetsuo Miyazaki add to wishlist Atom tunneling phenomena are a new paradigm in the science of materials. This book provides a wealth of interesting information about atom tunneling phenomena in physics, chemistry and biology. Topics include the theory of atom tunneling reactions, conclusive evidence and controlling factors for such reactions in solid hydrogen, tunneling ... see all copies from £39.26! new only from £81.33! \| first editions
18 view cover	Innovation and the Rise of the Tunnelling Industry more books like this by Graham West add to wishlist This book studies the historical development of the tunnelling industry, with emphasis on the technical innovations on which advances in that industry have depended. The main part of the book comprises a detailed examination of the major technical advances in both hard rock and soft ground tunnelling, discussing established methods such as ... see all copies from £35.03! new only from £35.03! \| first editions
19 view cover	Tunnelling in Weak Rocks more books like this by Bhawani Singh, Rajnish K Goel add to wishlist Vast knowledge has been developed in the area of tunnelling in weak rocks over the years, and this book bridges an important gap by bringing all the information together for the benefit of the tunnelling Industry. In particular, tunnelling in poor conditions is a huge challenge for engineers and designers, and this book tackles all typical ... see all copies from £97.17! new only from £118.74!
20 view cover	Zero Time Space: How Quantum Tunneling Broke the Light Speed Barrier more books like this by Gunter Nimtz, Astrid Haibel, Ulrich Walter (Foreword by) add to wishlist "Zero Time Space: How Quantum Tunneling Broke the Light Speed Barrier" provides a sound scientific background, while allowing a popular presentation of the physics behind the strange and mysterious tunneling process. Based on his groundbreaking experiments, Professor Nimtz places the topic in a broader context by showing connections with other ... see all copies from £17.57! new only from £19.67!
21 view cover	Modern Trends in Tunneling and Blast Design more books like this by John Johansen, C F Mathiesen add to wishlist A review of modern blasting techniques used in tunnelling, chamber excavations and lake-tap blasting. The approach considers geological implications, cut design and smooth blasting techniques in addition to chamber blasting. This book also includes detailed examples of outlining the design consideration and techniques used in blasting lake-tap ... see all copies from £40.33! new only from £40.33!
22 view cover	Dig a Tunnel more books like this by Ryan Ann Hunter add to wishlist A basic introduction to how and why tunnels are built. Color illustrations accompany the text. see all copies from £5.54! new only from £7.44!
23 view cover	The Story of America's Tunnels more books like this by Ray Spangenburg, Diane K Moser add to wishlist Traces the history of tunnel-building in America, from the earliest days of the Schuylkill Navigation Tunnel to the complex technology of today's immersed-tube tunnels. see all copies from £4.95! new only from £9.91! \| first editions
24 view cover	Highlights in Condensed Matter Physics and Future Prospects more books like this by Leo Esaki (Editor), Reona Esaki add to wishlist see all copies from £34.35! new only from £112.00! \| first editions
25 view cover	High speed heterostructure devices more books like this by Richard A Kiehl (Editor), Willardson, Gerhard Sollner (Editor) add to wishlist Volume 41 includes an in-depth review of the most important, high-speed switches made with heterojunction technology. This volume is aimed at the graduate student or working researcher who needs a broad overview and an introduction to current literature. It includes the first complete review of InP-based HFETs and complementary HFETs, which ... see all copies from £34.97! new only from £137.65!

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