Technology & Engineering

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Report copyright infringementby William Goldman (Author)Now available as an ebook for the first time! No one knows the writer's Hollywood more intimately than William Goldman. Two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter and the bestselling author of Marathon Man, Tinsel, Boys and Girls Together, and other novels, Goldman now takes you into Hollywood's inner sanctums...on and behind the scenes for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President's Men, and other films...into the plush off...

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Report copyright infringementby John Kolyer (Author)This cost-effective approach to ESD-control situations provides a detailed and logical system that codifies control methods into specific model specifications that can be adapted to any program. By emphasizing the essentials of handling technique, it minimizes the need for expensive equipment beyond Number of Pages: 250 Dimensions: 0.8 x 9.28 x 6.31 IN Publication Date: August 02, 1990

Digital Integrated Circuit Testing from a Quality Perspective

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Report copyright infringementby Eugene R. Hnatek (Author)Applies the methods of modern quality to the testing of digital integrated circuits. Explains new paradigms and techniques ranging from SSI to high-level VLSI, and how to match testing methods to the design and physical layout of the device. Accounts for the change in the electronics industry from a Number of Pages: 180 Dimensions: 0.65 x 9.72 x 6.24 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Dat...

Micromechanics: Overall Properties of Heterogeneous Materials

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Report copyright infringementby Sia Nemat-Nasser (Author), Muneo Hori (Author)In this second edition several new topics of technological interest have been added. These include: coupled mechanical and nonmechanical overall properties of heterogeneous piezoelectric materials, new upper and lower bounds for these coupled properties, a systematic comparison between the average-field theory and the results obtained using multi-scale perturbation theory, an account of the uniform-field theory, imp...

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Report copyright infringementby Kohei Ogawa (Author)Chemical engineering has often been referred to as a study in methodology. Approaches in chemical engineering are determined by individual phenomena/processes, and each of these are studied individually. The phenomena that are treated in chemical engineering can be classified into two groups: (1) phenomena that are definite and can be expressed by formulas such as differential equations (2) phenomena that can be expressed only by probability...

The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution

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Report copyright infringementby Ayn Rand (Author), Peter Schwartz (Introduction by)In the tumultuous late 60s and early 70s, a social movement known as the "New Left" emerged as a major cultural influence, especially on the youth of America. It was a movement that embraced "flower-power" and psychedelic "consciousness-expansion," that lionized Ho Chi Minh and Fidel Castro and launched the Black Panthers and the Theater of the Absurd.In Return Of The Primitive (originally published in 1971 as ...

Home Performance Diagnostics: the Guide to Advanced Testing

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Report copyright infringementby Corbett Lunsford (Author)NOW AT YOUR FINGERTIPS: Every performance test for completing a home energy audit. If you're a professional in today's fast-evolving industry of high performance construction and retrofits, then you've probably found yourself wondering a few things: Who can show me how to run that test? How do I get the most out of the equipment I own? Why do the tests work, and how do I explain them? What quality control methods should I use? Which too...

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Report copyright infringementby Shawn Coyle (Author)Possibly the most complete book written to date on helicopters and helicopter flying. Covers subjects not covered by other manuals such as turbine engines, performance, flight manuals, automatic flight controls, legal aspects, introductory stability and control and multi-engine helicopters. Number of Pages: 538 Dimensions: 1.09 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: August 03, 2009

An Intimate History of Killing: Face to Face Killing in Twentieth Century Warfare

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Report copyright infringementby Joanna Bourke (Author)The characteristic act of men at war is not dying, but killing. Politicians and military historians may gloss over human slaughter, emphasizing the defense of national honor, but for men in active service, warfare means being - or becoming - efficient killers. In An Intimate History of Killing, historian Joanna Bourke asks: What are the social and psychological dynamics of becoming the best "citizen soldiers?" What kind of men become the b...

The Clock of the Long Now: Time and Responsibility

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Report copyright infringementby Stewart Brand (Author)Using the designing and building of the Clock of the Long Now as a framework, this is a book about the practical use of long time perspective: how to get it, how to use it, how to keep it in and out of sight. Here are the central questions it inspires: How do we make long-term thinking automatic and common instead of difficult and rare? Discipline in thought allows freedom. One needs the space and reliability to predict continuity to have ...

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Report copyright infringementby Nicholas Walliman (Author)Creating your dream home is an exciting idea, but it's also a major project. This title takes you through every step of the process, from choosing and buying a plot of land, through to the building's design and on to the actual build - plus all the financial and legal aspects. Number of Pages: 394 Dimensions: 0.81 x 9.25 x 7.5 IN Publication Date: October 27, 2006

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Report copyright infringementby Earl Boysen (Author), Nancy C. Muir (Author)These projects are fun to build and fun to use Make lights dance to music, play with radio remote control, or build your own metal detector Who says the Science Fair has to end? If you love building gadgets, this book belongs on your radar. Here are complete directions for building ten cool creations that involve light, sound, or vibrations -- a weird microphone, remote control gizmos, talking toys, and more, with ...

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Report copyright infringementby Sigurd Skogestad (Author), Ian Postlethwaite (Author)Multivariable Feedback Control: Analysis and Design, Second Edition presents a rigorous, yet easily readable, introduction to the analysis and design of robust multivariable control systems. Focusing on practical feedback control and not on system theory in general, this book provides the reader with insights into the opportunities and limitations of feedback control. Taking into account the latest developme...

Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other

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Report copyright infringementby Sherry Turkle (Author)A groundbreaking book by one of the most important thinkers of our time shows how technology is warping our social lives and our inner ones Technology has become the architect of our intimacies. Online, we fall prey to the illusion of companionship, gathering thousands of Twitter and Facebook friends, and confusing tweets and wall posts with authentic communication. But this relentless connection leads to a deep solitude. MIT professor Sh...

Gunpowder: Alchemy, Bombards, and Pyrotechnics: The History of the Explosive That Changed the World

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Report copyright infringementby Jack Kelly (Author)"When Chinese alchemists fashioned the first manmade explosion sometime during the tenth century, no one could have foreseen its full revolutionary potential. Invented to frighten evil spirits rather t"Author BiographyJack Kelly is both an accomplished novelist and an experienced author of popular history. He writes regularly for American Heritage, and has also written features about the DuPont family's involvement in the gunpowder industry a...

The Biology and Troubleshooting of Facultative Lagoons

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Report copyright infringementby Michael H. Gerardi (Author), Brittany Lytle (Illustrator)Provides personnel a new understanding of how lagoon and fixed film sewage treatment systems work Tested in short-course situations by the author over the last 20 years Directs the material in a practical manner at operators who are responsible for process control and troubleshooting Reduces the jargon, chemical equations, and kinetics that overwhelm most operators and laboratory technicians Provides nec...

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Report copyright infringementby David McMahon (Author)A self-contained treatment of the fundamentals of quantum computing This clear, practical book takes quantum computing out of the realm of theoretical physics and teaches the fundamentals of the field to students and professionals who have not had training in quantum computing or quantum information theory, including computer scientists, programmers, electrical engineers, mathematicians, physics students, and chemists. The author cuts thr...

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Report copyright infringementby Stephen P. Olejniczak (Author), Brady Kirby (Author), Mark Spencer (Foreword by)Your company can save tons of money by taking advantage of Asterisk, an open-source PBX that allows you to bridge data and voice communications. Asterisk for Dummies saves you all the worries and confusion with its easy-to-use, step-by-step walkthrough of the entire program that will have you set up in no time! Asterisk takes the data side of telecom and applies it to the handling a...

Forensic Procedures for Boundary and Title Investigation

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Report copyright infringementby Donald A. Wilson (Author)Learn to be a good investigator and a successful retracement surveyor In the era of CSI, forensic science has taken on an unaccustomed glamor. The fact is, forensic science plays as crucial a role in the field of land surveying and title investigation as it does in flesh-and-blood criminology. Land location, the stability of property lines, and the sanctity of title documents are of utmost interest to the legal system in general, and t...

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Report copyright infringementby Gary Steffy (Author)Get the definitive, holistic guide to transforming space with light. There are no shortcuts to designing beautiful and effective architectural lighting. Lighting is both an art and a science that impacts occupants' health and well-being, the Earth's resources, a project's cost, and user satisfaction in the built environment. If you are serious about lighting, Architectural Lighting Design, Third Edition is the one source for all the technica...

The Comsoc Guide to Managing Telecommunications Projects

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Report copyright infringementby Celia Desmond (Author)This pocket guide provides an overview of the telecommunications environment as it has evolved over the past few years, illustrating the need for project management, the significance of project success to the companies, and the application of key project management processes within the telecom environment. Topics covered include: scope management, time management, cost management, procurement management, risk management, communications, qu...

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Report copyright infringementby Dev G. Raheja (Editor), Louis J. Gullo (Editor)"The aim of Design for Reliability (DFR) is to design for zero failures of critical system functions, which results in enormous savings in life cycle costs for producers and users. This practical guide helps readers to understand the best-of-breed methods, technologies, and tools for incorporating reliability into the complex systems design process. A significant feature of the book is the integration of ideas from...

Practical Approaches to Method Validation and Essential Instrument Qualification

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Report copyright infringementby Chung Chow Chan (Editor), Herman Lam (Editor), Xue-Ming Zhang (Editor)Complement to: Method validation and instrument performance verification / edited by Chung Chow Chan ... [et al.]. c2004.Front JacketPractical approaches to ensure that analytical methods and instruments meet GMP standards and requirements Complementing the authors' first book, Analytical Method Validation and Instrument Performance Verification, this new volume provides coverage of more adva...

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Report copyright infringementby Liming Xiu (Author)This book was written to arm engineers qualified and knowledgeable in the area of VLSI circuits with the essential knowledge they need to get into this exciting field and to help those already in it achieve a higher level of proficiency. Few people truly understand how a large chip is developed, but an understanding of the whole process is necessary to appreciate the importance of each part of it and to understand the process from concept to ...

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Report copyright infringementby Harold Kerzner (Author), Frank P. Saladis (Author), International Institute for Learning (Author)Front JacketIn the traditional view of project management, if a project manager completed a project and had adhered to the triple constraints of time, cost, and performance, the project was considered a success. Today, in the eyes of the customer and the parent or sponsoring company, if a completed project did not deliver its anticipated value, it would be seen as a...

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Report copyright infringementby M. J. Nunney (Author)Light and Heavy Vehicle Technology, Fourth Edition, provides a complete text and reference to the design, construction and operation of the many and varied components of modern motor vehicles, including the knowledge needed to service and repair them. This book provides incomparable coverage of both cars and heavier vehicles, featuring over 1000 illustrations. This new edition has been brought fully up to date with modern practices and des...

Statistics for Imaging, Optics, and Photonics

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Report copyright infringementby Peter Bajorski (Author)"This important resource bridges the gap between imaging, optics, and photonics, and statistics and data analysis. The text contains a wide range of relevant statistical methods including a review of the fundamentals of statistics and expanding into multivariate techniques. The techniques are explained in the context of real examples from remote sensing, multispectral and hyperspectral imaging, signal processing, color science, and other ...

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Report copyright infringementby Joel McNamara (Author)Need directions? Are you good at getting lost? Then GPS is just the technology you've dreamed of, and GPS For Dummies is what you need to help you make the most of it. If you have a GPS unit or plan to buy one, GPS For Dummies, 2nd Edition helps you compare GPS technologies, units, and uses. You'll find out how to create and use digital maps and learn about waypoints, tracks, coordinate systems, and other key point to using GPS technology....

Advanced Process Control: Beyond Single Loop Control

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Report copyright infringementby Cecil L. Smith (Author)This book fills the gap between basic control configurations (Practical Process Control) and model predictive control (MPC). For those loops whose performance has a direct impact on plant economics or product quality, going beyond simple feedback or cascade can improve control performance, or specifically, reduce the variance about the target. However, the effort required to implement such control technology must be offset by increased ec...

Distillation Control: An Engineering Perspective

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Report copyright infringementby Cecil L. Smith (Author)"Today, distillation is by far the most common separation technique used in the chemical and petroleum industries. Distillation Control approaches this subject from a process engineering perspective to explain the use of steady-state simulations to develop, to analyze, and to troubleshoot all aspects of column controls, including their practical application and cost benefits. Practicing engineers and other professionals working in process...

If War Comes Tomorrow?: The Contours of Future Armed Conflict

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Report copyright infringementby General Makhmut Akhmetovich Gareev (Author), Jacob W. Kipp (Editor)Military affairs have been affected by major changes in recent years. The bipolar world of two superpowers has gone. The Cold War and the global military confrontation that accompanied it have ended. A new military and political order has emerged in the world, but the world has not become more stable; indeed, wars and armed conflict have become much more common. Forecasting the contours of futur...

Light Scattering, Size Exclusion Chromatography and Asymmetric Flow Field Flow Fractionation: Powerful Tools for the Characterization of Polymers, Pro

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Report copyright infringementby Stepan Podzimek (Author)A comprehensive, practical approach to three powerful methods of polymer analysis and characterization This book serves as a complete compendium of three important methods widely used for the characterization of synthetic and natural polymers--light scattering, size exclusion chromatography (SEC), and asymmetric flow field flow fractionation (A4F). Featuring numerous up-to-date examples of experimental results obtained by light scatteri...