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Green Revolutions Books

Planet Earth 2011 - Global Warming Challenges and Opportunities for Policy and Practice

Author: Elias Carayannis

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Administration, Social and Management science

Course Code: INR261

Topics: Global Warming Challenges, Climate Change, Global Warming Induced Climate Changes.Global Warming.Environmental Stability, Convective Precipitation, Melting of Major Glaciers in Himalayas, Modeling the Monsoons, Greenhouse Gases Clusterization, California Coastal-Cooling, Tropical Dry Forests, Cirrus Clouds, Climate Engineering, Destruction of Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases, Nonthermal Plasma Process, Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Properties and Management of Soils in the Tropics, 2nd edition

Author: Pedro Sanchez

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Course Code: SLM501

Topics: soil properties, soil management, tropical environment, temperature, solar radiation, rainfall, tropical climates, vegetation, physiography, Anthropocene, biodiversity, climate change, demographics, Green Revolutions, Tropical Agroecosystems, land use, land-use change, Pedology, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Laterite Paradigm, tropical soils, tropical soil research, Soil Taxonomy, soil classification systems, soil physical properties, soil temperature, soil structure, soil compaction, soil water, soil erosion, conservation, conservation agriculture, water, rainfed agriculture, irrigated agriculture, irrigation, mineralogy, clay minerals, mineralogy families, Anion Exchange Capacity, soil acidity capacity, Acid Soil Infertility, Liming, overliming, subsoil acidity, secondary acidity, soil biology, soil biodiversity, comminution, decomposition, nutrient elements transformation, soil structure regulation, organic carbon, carbon pools, carbon fractions, animal manures, composts, biochars, organic farming, soil fertility, nutrient cycling, nutrient uptake, determining fertilizer needs, nitrogen cycle, nitrogen pools, atmospheric deposition, biological nitrogen fixation, mineral fertilizers, organic nitrogen mineralization, soil nitrogen fertilizer reactions, Phosphorus Cycle, Phosphorus, Total Soil Phosphorus, inorganic Phosphorus, Phosphorus sorption, Phosphorus release, plant Phosphorus requirements, Phosphorus fertilization, sulfur cycle, sulfur sorption, Sulphur fertilization, Forest–Soil Nutrient Cycles, land clearing, Mechanized Land Clearing, Crop Yield Declines, Field Abandonment, Secondary Forest Fallows, puddling, flooding, rice cultivation systems, Nutrient Management, Yield Stagnation, Nitrogen Sequestration, Livestock-Based Tropical Systems, tropical pastures, Tropical Livestock Management Systems, pastoralism, Smallholder Mixed Crop–Livestock Systems, Extensive Pasture-Based Beef Production, Pasture Degradation, Crop–Pasture Integration, Tropical Tree-Based Systems, Plantation Forestry, Plantation Forestry Species, Agroforestry, Agroforestry Tree Species, Agroforestry Systems, Simultaneous Agroforestry, Sequential Agroforestry, tree crops

Topics in World History Since 1914

Author: Monsuru Olalekan Muritala

School: University of Ibadan

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: HDS105

Topics: First world war, Peace Treaty of Versailles, Russian Revolutions, Bolshevik Revolution, League of Nations, Great Depression, Global Economy, Second World War, United Nations Organisation, Cold War, Global Tension, Decolonisation of Africa, Fall of Soviet Empire, Rise of Communist China, globalisation, terrorism, global security, Information Technology, Global Village

Islam in West Africa

Author: HIS UNN

School: University of Nigeria, Nsukka

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: HIS322

Topics: Spread of Islam in West Africa, Islam in West Africa, Islamic revolutions, Almoravid Conquest, Sokoto caliphate

Introduction to Political Science

Author: Derin Ologbenla

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Administration, Social and Management science

Course Code: CSS131

Topics: Political Science, Modern State, Sovereignty, Power, Authority, Legitimacy, Influence, Political Ideas, Political Movements, Constitution, Constitutionalism, Politics, Social Change, Reforms, Revolutions, Military Coups, African Armies, Public Administration, International Relations, International Organizations

The nature of technology

Author: Brian Arthur

School: National Open University of Nigeria

Department: Administration, Social and Management science

Course Code: DES222

Topics: Structural Deepening, revolution, evolution, Revolutions, Redomaining

The Complete Film Production Handbook, Fourth Edition

Author: Eve Light Honthaner

School: Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria

Department: Arts and Humanities

Course Code: MCOM209

Topics: Film production, film production office, accounting, insurance, film pre-production, cast insurance, production media, deal memos, Screen Actors Guild, safety, travelling, housing, locations, shipping, Domestic Shipping, international shipping, Independent Filmmaking, Practical Low-Budget Filmmaking, New media, reality TV, Commercial Production, Greener Filmmaking, film Industry Survival Tips

Advanced engineering mathematics

Author: Ken Stroud, Dexter Booth

School: Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Department: Engineering

Course Code: ENG307, ENG308

Topics: Advanced engineering mathematics, numerical solution, Newton-Raphson iterative method, numerical methods, linear interpolation, graphical interpolation, Lagrange interpolation, Laplace transform, convolution theorem, periodic functions, Z transform, difference equations, Invariant linear systems, Differential equations, Fourier series, harmonics, Dirichlet conditions, Gibbs’ phenomenon, Complex Fourier series, complex spectra, Fourier’s integral theorem, Leibnitz-Maclaurin method, power series, Cauchy-Euler equi-dimensional equations, Leibnitz theorem, Bessel’s equation, Gamma functions, Bessel functions, Legendre’s equation, Legendre polynomials, Rodrigue’s formula, Sturm-Liouville systems, Orthogonality, Taylor’s series, First-order differential equations, Euler's method, Runge-Kutta method, Matrix algebra, Matrix transformation, Eigenvalues, direction fields, phase plane analysis, nonlinear systems, dynamical systems, Bifurcation, partial differentiation, Elliptic equations, Hyperbolic equations, Parabolic equations, multiple integration, Green’s theorem, integral functions, error function, elliptic functions, vector analysis, Curvilinear coordinates, complex analysis, complex mapping, Maclaurin series, optimization, linear programming, Linear inequalities

Organic Chemistry

Author: Robert thornton morrison, Robert Neilson Boyd

School: University of Ibadan

Department: Science and Technology

Course Code: CHE276

Topics: Organic Chemistry, chemical bond, quantum mechanics, atomic orbitals, electronic configuration, Pauli exclusion principle, molecular orbitals, covalent bond, hybrid orbitals, intramolecular forces, bond dissociation energy, homolysis, heterolysis, bonds polarity, melting point, intermolecular force, boiling point, solubility, acids, bases, isomerism, activation energy, hydrocarbons, methane structure, oxidation, heat of combustion, chlorination control, relative reactivity, reaction mechanisms, chlorination, free radicals, chain reactions inhibitors, transition state, molecular formula, chlorofluorocarbons, qualitative elemental analysis, quantitative elemental analysis, Alkene, free-radical substitution, ethane structure, Higher alkanes, alkyl groups, industrial source, Grignard reagent, halogenation, free radical stability, combustion, greenhouse effect, pyrolysis, cracking, alkane analysis, stereochemistry, stereoisomers, isomer number, tetrahedral carbon, optical activity, plane-polarized light, polarimeter, specific rotation, enantiomerism, chirality, chiral center, enantiomers, racemic modification, Diastereomers, meso structures, conformational isomers, optical purity, Alkyl halides, Nucleophilic aliphatic substitution, homolytic chemistry, heterolytic chemistry, Carbocations, Carbocations structure, alkyl halides analysis, alcohols, ethers, alcohol nomenclature, carbohydrates fermentation, Ethanol, alcohol preparation, alcohol reaction, alcohol oxidation, ethers preparation, Secondary Bonding, carbon-carbon double bond, Unsaturated hydrocarbon, ethylene structure, Propylene, Hybridization, orbital size, butylene, Geometric isomerism, alcohol dehydration, alkene reaction, hydrogen bromide addition, Hydrogenation, Electrophilic addition, Oxymercuration-demercuration, Hydroboration-oxidation, Alkene Free-radical polymerization, allylic Nucleophilic substitution, dienes, isoprene, isoprene rule, acetylene, Cyclic Aliphatic Compounds, cyclic compound stereoisomerism, cyclic ether, crown ethers, aromaticity, Benzene, aliphatic compounds, aromatic compounds, benzene structure, Kekule structure, Benzene ring, aromatic character, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, Naphthalene, Quantitative elemental analysis, Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution, Friedel-Crafts alkylation mechanism, naphthalene electrophilic substitution, Aromatic-Aliphatic Compounds, Arenes, Spectroscopy, mass spectrum, electromagnetic spectrum, nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum, coupling consonants, chemical shift, aldehydes, ketones, Cannizaro reaction, Grignard reagents addition, Tetrahydropyranyl ethers, Iodoform test, Carboxylic Acids, Grignard synthesis, Dicarboxylic acids, acid chlorides, acid anhydrides, amides, esters, Transesterification, Aldol condensation, Wittig reaction, Crossed Claisen condensation, halides, ammonolysis, amide Hofmann degradation, Heterocyclic amines

Systematics of Seedless Plants

Author: PLB204

School: University of Ilorin

Department: Science and Technology

Course Code: PLB204

Topics: algae, Palmaria palmata, Chlamydomonas sp, Coccoid cyanophytes, blue-green algae, Parmelia sulcate, foliose lichen, Lecanora sp, Usnea sp, fruticose lichen

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