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Practical Applications of Radioactivity and Nuclear Radiations

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Report copyright infringementby Gerhart Lowenthal (Author), Peter Airey (Author), G. C. Lowenthal (Author)This book shows how to use radioisotopes and the emitted ionizing radiations effectively and safely. It describes decay and stability criteria, necessary precautions to ensure radiation protection and the detection of alpha, beta and gamma rays including spectrometry. Chapters cover calorimetry, liquid scintillation counting, how to use secondary standard instruments, high resolution dete...

Linear Electric Actuators and Generators

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Report copyright infringementby I. Boldea (Author), Syed A. Nasar (Author)This book deals with LEAs that convert electric energy into controlled mechanical motion of limited travel and LEGs that transform mechanical energy into electric energy. Examples range from loudspeakers and microphones to magnetically levitated material transfer in ultraclean rooms. Much of the literature on linear actuators and generators covers the principles of operation and performance calculations of these devices...

Airplane Stability and Control: A History of the Technologies That Made Aviation Possible

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Report copyright infringementby Malcolm J. Abzug (Author), E. Eugene Larrabee (Author), Michael J. Rycroft (Editor)The authors, widely known for their contributions to airplane design and development, have captured both the technological progress and the excitement of this important facet of aviation. This updated edition includes new developments in propulsion-controlled aircraft, fly-by-wire technology, redundancy management, applications, and safety. It is profusely illustrated with photog...

The Trail of Time: Time Measurement with Incense in East Asia

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Report copyright infringementby Silvio A. Bedini (Author)This book is a scholarly study of a virtually unknown aspect of the history of horology (timekeeping), compiled from Chinese and Japanese historical and literary records, some of which are translated and published here for the first time. Incense timekeepers played an important role in early Chinese social and technological history, in addition to their use for time measurement. They were used in temples for religious rites, in agricult...

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Report copyright infringementby Frontinus (Author), Frontinus Frontinus (Author), R. H. Rodgers (Editor)Julius Frontinus was appointed by the Emperor Nerva to the post of water commissioner for the city of Rome in 97 CE. In On the Water-Rights of the City of Rome he documents his duties, responsibilities and accomplishments during his first year in office. He also sketches the history of the aqueducts and furnishes a wealth of technical data. This is the most authoritative edition of this wor...

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Report copyright infringementby W. R. III Cox (Author), Charles H. III Cox (Author)Unlike books that focus on the devices used in links, such as lasers and photodiodes, among others, this text focuses on the next level. It covers the collection of devices that form a link, how the individual device performance affects the link performance, or the reverse. Analog links are used for the distribution of cable TV signals, and in conveying the signals to and from antennas (so called antenna remoti...

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Report copyright infringementby A. Walther (Author), Walther A (Author), P. L. Knight (Editor)This book describes techniques used to predict the quality of images formed by optical systems, such as telescopes, camera lenses, and microscope objectives. It covers in detail how the ray and wave pictures of lens behavior can be combined and developed to produce a theory capable of dealing with the large angles encountered in real optical systems. Several applications are considered, including the...

The Wild and the Sown: Botany and Agriculture in Western Europe, 1350 1850

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Report copyright infringementby Mauro Ambrosoli (Author)This book describes the spread of new agricultural practice in the half millennium after 1350, and reconstructs a neglected part of Europe's agricultural past: the introduction of fodder crops, and the continuous reorganization of traditional botanical inputs within a new system of farming. It breaks entirely new ground by showing the distant historical origins of a major transformation in land potential and farm productivity. A vast ran...

Hunters in Transition: Mesolithic Societies of Temperate Eurasia and Their Transition to Farming

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Report copyright infringementby Zvelebil Marek (Author), Marek Zvelebil (Editor)Hunters in Transition analyses one of the crucial events in human cultural evolution: the emergence of post-glacial hunter-gatherer communities and the development of farming. Traditionally, the advantages of settled agriculture have been assumed and the transition to farming has been viewed in terms of the simple dispersal of early farming communities northwards across Europe. The contributors to this volume adop...

CMOS Analog Design Using All-Region MOSFET Modeling

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Report copyright infringementby Márcio Cherem Schneider (Author), Carlos Galup-Montoro (Author)Covering the essentials of analog circuit design, this book takes a unique design approach based on a MOSFET model valid for all operating regions, rather than the standard square-law model. Opening chapters focus on device modeling, integrated circuit technology, and layout, whilst later chapters go on to cover noise and mismatch, and analysis and design of the basic building blocks of analog circu...

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Report copyright infringementby Glegg (Author), Gordon L. Glegg (Author)How does an inventor set about designing a piece of machinery to make a particular product? Are they any basic principles to guide him? Glegg believes that there are and, in his short book, draws on his own wide-ranging experience as an inventor, consulting engineer, company director and university lecturer, to define them. Most books on engineering design are concerned with either mathematical analysis or some individual...

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Report copyright infringementby Jacques Heyman (Author)A good grasp of the theory of structures--the basis by which the strength, stiffness and stability of a building can be understood--is fundamental to structural engineers and architects. Yet most modern structural analysis and design is carried out by computer, with the user isolated from the processes in action. This book provides a broad introduction to the mathematics behind a range of structural processes--to help today's structural e...

Frame by Frame: A Materialist Aesthetics of Animated Cartoons

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Report copyright infringementby Hannah Frank (Author), Daniel Morgan (Editor), Tom Gunning (Foreword by)At publication date, a free ebook version of this title will be available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. In this beautifully written and deeply researched study, Hannah Frank provides an original way to understand American animated cartoons from the Golden Age of animation (1920-1960). In the pre-digi...

Semiotics in Information Systems Engineering

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Report copyright infringementby Kecheng Liu (Author)Semiotics, a well established discipline of signs and their use in human and computer communications, is increasingly recognized as important to understanding information systems and computing in general. This important new resource examines a set of semiotic methods for information systems development. Kecheng Liu offers well balanced coverage of recent theoretical investigations and practical applications. He introduces the MEASUR approach...

A Student's Guide to Data and Error Analysis

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Report copyright infringementby Herman J. C. Berendsen (Author)All students taking laboratory courses within the physical sciences and engineering will benefit from this book, whilst researchers will find it an invaluable reference. This concise, practical guide brings the reader up-to-speed on the proper handling and presentation of scientific data and its inaccuracies. It covers all the vital topics with practical guidelines, computer programs (in Python), and recipes for handling experimen...

Mathematical Foundations of Imaging, Tomography and Wavefield Inversion

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Report copyright infringementby Anthony J. Devaney (Author)Inverse problems are of interest and importance across many branches of physics, mathematics, engineering and medical imaging. In this text, the foundations of imaging and wavefield inversion are presented in a clear and systematic way. The necessary theory is gradually developed throughout the book, progressing from simple wave equation based models to vector wave models. By combining theory with numerous MATLAB based examples, the a...

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Report copyright infringementby Alain Bouquet (Author), Larry E. Williams (Author), Michael G. Mullins (Author)This book aims to provide for the first time in the English language a concise but comprehensive overview of the biology and cultivation of the grapevine, accessible to all concerned with viticulture. After a description of the essential features of viticulture, including a concise history from antiquity to modern times, the authors consider the taxonomy of the grapevine and the evol...

Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology

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Report copyright infringementby Paul T. Nicholson (Editor), Ian Shaw (Editor), Nicholson Paul T. (Editor)Aimed primarily at Egyptologists and archaeologists, this book covers all aspects of craftwork in ancient Egypt, from the construction of the pyramids and the carving of statues to techniques of mummification, boat-building, jewelery making, ancient brewing, carpentry, hairstyling, tailoring and basket weaving. Drawing on archaeological, experimental, ethnographic and laboratory work, it i...

Structural Analysis: A Historical Approach

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Report copyright infringementby Jacques Heyman (Author)This volume provides a concise, historical review of the methods of structural analysis and design--from Galileo in the seventeenth century, to the present day. Through it, students in structural engineering and professional engineers will gain a deeper understanding of the theory behind the modern software packages they use daily in structural design. This book also offers the reader a lucid examination of the process of structural analy...

The Mathematical Papers of Isaac Newton: Volume 5, 1683 1684

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Report copyright infringementby Isaac Newton (Author), D. T. Whiteside (Editor)The fifth volume of this definitive edition centres around Newton's Lucasian lectures on algebra, purportedly delivered during 1673-83, and subsequently prepared for publication under the title Arithmetica Universalis many years later. Dr Whiteside first reproduces the text of the lectures deposited by Newton in the Cambridge University Library about 1684. In these much reworked, not quite finished, professional le...

The Mathematical Papers of Isaac Newton: Volume 2, 1667-1670

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Report copyright infringementby Isaac Newton (Author), D. T. Whiteside (Editor), M. a. Hoskin (With)The second volume of Dr Whiteside's annotated edition of all the known mathematical papers of Isaac Newton covers the period 1667-70. It is divided into three parts: Part 1 contains the first drafts of an attempted classification of cubics, together with more general studies on the properties of higher algebraic curves and researches into the 'organic' construction of curves. Part 2 comprises p...

The Mathematical Papers of Isaac Newton: Volume 8

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Report copyright infringementby Isaac Newton (Author), D. T. Whiteside (Editor)When Newton left Cambridge in April 1696 to take up, at the age of 53, a new career at the London Mint, he did not entirely 'leave off Mathematicks' as he so often publicly declared. This last volume of his mathematical papers presents the extant record of the investigations which for one reason and another he pursued during the last quarter of his life. In January 1697 Newton was tempted to respond to two challeng...

Kinematic Analysis of Robot Manipulators

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Report copyright infringementby Joseph Duffy (Author), Carl D. III Crane (Author)A robot manipulator is a movable chain of links interconnected by joints. One end is fixed to the ground, and a hand or end effector that can move freely in space is attached at the other end. This book begins with an introduction to the subject of robot manipulators. Next, it describes in detail a forward and reverse analysis for serial robot arms. Most of the text focuses on closed form solution techniques appl...

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Report copyright infringementby Richard J. Reid (Author)This book examines the role of war in shaping the African state, society, and economy. Richard J. Reid helps students understand different patterns of military organization through Africa's history; the evolution of weaponry, tactics, and strategy; and the increasing prevalence of warfare and militarism in African political and economic systems. He traces shifts in the culture and practice of war from the first millennium into the era of...

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Report copyright infringementby Edward Reiss (Author)This history of the Strategic Defense Initiative shows how political, economic, strategic and cultural factors have interacted to shape SDI. It examines new research into the SDI interest groups, the distribution of contracts, and the politics of influence, and explores SDI in terms of alliance management, popular culture and military spin-offs. Throughout, the author tests the theoretical literature on the dynamics of the arms race against...

From Polaris to Trident: The Development of Us Fleet Ballistic Missile Technology

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Report copyright infringementby Graham Spinardi (Author)This book provides a historical account of one of the key weapons developments of the nuclear age. By examining the United States Fleet Ballistic Missile program from Polaris in the 1950s to Trident II in the 1990s, Graham Spinardi is able to examine in detail the complex relationship between the advance of technology and the pace of the arms race. Did technology "drive" the arms race or were these weapons simply the product of political...

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Report copyright infringementby Pinhas Spiegel-Roy (Author), Eliezer E. Goldschmidt (Author), Spiegel-Roy Pinhas (Author)This book provides a concise and comprehensive discussion of all major developmental, genetic and horticultural aspects of citriculture in an easily readable text. It covers the history, distribution and climatic adaptation of the crop, followed by taxonomy and systematics, including a horticultural classification of edible citrus species. Subsequent chapters cover tree str...

The Soviet-East German Military Alliance

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Report copyright infringementby Douglas A. MacGregor (Author), MacGregor Douglas a. (Author)Drawing on East German, Soviet, and Western sources as well as years of study, travel, and military service in Germany and Eastern Europe, Major Macgregor examines East Germany's critical political-military role in the Soviet strategy to maintain control of Eastern Europe. He offers an analysis of the trends that have shaped Soviet-East German military collaboration; traces its origins in much earlier ...

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Report copyright infringementby G. K. Batchelor (Author), George K. Batchelor (Author)G.I. Taylor, one of the most distinguished physical scientists of this century, used his deep insight and originality to increase our understanding of phenomena such as the turbulent flow of fluids. His interest in the science of fluid flow was not confined to theory; he was one of the early pioneers of aeronautics, and designed a new type of anchor that was inspired by his passion for sailing. Taylor spent ...

Process Control: A First Course with MATLAB

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Report copyright infringementby Pao C. Chau (Author)Process Control covers the most essential aspects of process control suitable for a one-semester introductory course. While classical techniques are discussed, Chau also covers state space modeling and control, a modern control topic lacking in most introductory texts. MATLAB, a popular engineering software package, is employed as a powerful yet approachable computational tool. Each chapter concludes with problem sets, to which hints or solu...

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Report copyright infringementby William J. Dally (Author), John W. Poulton (Author)What makes some computers slow? What makes some digital systems operate reliably for years while others fail mysteriously every few hours? Why do some systems dissipate kilowatts while others operate off batteries? These questions of speed, reliability, and power are all determined by the system-level electrical design of a digital system. Digital Systems Engineering presents a comprehensive treatment of these ...

Introduction to Space-Time Wireless Communications

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Report copyright infringementby Arogyaswami Paulraj (Author), Rohit Nabar (Author), Dhananjay Gore (Author)Wireless networks are under constant pressure to provide ever-higher data rates to increasing numbers of users with greater reliability. This book is an accessible introduction to every fundamental aspect of space-time wireless communications. Space-time processing technology is a powerful tool for improving system performance that already features in the UMTS and CDMA2000 mobile standar...