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Wind Loading of Structures
Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 200.00This book will assist the practising engineer in understanding the principles of wind engineering, and provide guidance on the successful design of structures to counteract wind loading problems. more...
Darwin's Bards
Edinburgh University Press 2009; US$ 114.00Darwin's Bards is the first comprehensive study of how poets have responded to the ideas of Charles Darwin in over fifty years. John Holmes argues that poetry can have a profound impact on how we think and feel about the Darwinian condition. Is a Darwinian universe necessarily a godless one? If not, what might Darwinism tell us about the nature... more...
Science in Modern Poetry
Liverpool University Press 2012; US$ 60.00This is the first collection of essays to focus specifically on what poets in the 20th and 21st centuries have made of the scientific developments going on around them. Leading experts on modern poetry and on literature and science explore how poets have used scientific language in their poems, how poetry can offer new perspectives on science, and... more...
Exploitation of a Ship's Magnetic Field Signatures
Morgan & Claypool Publishers 2006; US$ 40.00Surface ship and submarine magnetic field signatures have been exploited for over 80 years by naval influence mines, and both underwater and airborne surveillance systems. The generating mechanism of the four major shipboard sources of magnetic fields is explained, along with a detailed description of the induced and permanent ferromagnetic signature... more...
Reduction of a Ship's Magnetic Field Signatures
Morgan & Claypool Publishers 2008; US$ 35.00Decreasing the magnetic field signature of a naval vessel will reduce its susceptibility to detonating naval influence mines and the probability of a submarine being detected by underwater barriers and maritime patrol aircraft. Both passive and active techniques for reducing the magnetic signatures produced by a vessel's ferromagnetism, roll-induced... more...
The Politics Of Humanity
Head of Zeus 2013; US$ 14.57John Holmes was the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs from 2007 until 2010. His work took him to some of the most troubled areas of the world: to Sri Lanka, Darfur, Somalia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, among other places, and exposed him to the harsh realities of humanitarian aid. Frequently he found that the UN's... more...
Wind Loading of Structures
Spon Press 2001; US$ 210.00This book will assist the practising engineer in understanding the principles of wind engineering, and provide guidance on the successful esign of structures to counteract wind loading problems. more...
Speech Synthesis and Recognition
CRC Press 2001; US$ 59.95This new edition of Speech Synthesis and Recognition is an easy-to-read introduction to current speech technology. It is ideal as an introduction before tackling more advanced texts. more...
Stardom in Postwar France
Berghahn Books 2008; US$ 75.00The 1950s and 1960s were a key moment in the development of postwar France. The period was one of rapid change, derived from post-World War II economic and social modernization; yet many traditional characteristics were retained. By analyzing the eruption of the new postwar world in the context of a France that was both modern and traditional, we can... more...
Go
Penguin Books Ltd 2006; Not AvailableThe novel that launched the beat generation's literary legacy describes the world of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and Neal Cassady. Published two months before Kerouac began ON THE ROAD, GO is the first and most accurate chronicle of the private lives the Beats lived before they became public figures. In lucid fictional prose designed to capture the... more...









