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Early Computing in Britain: Ferranti Ltd. and Government Funding, 1948 ? 1958 (History of Computing)

Springer, 2019

This unique book presents the story of the pioneering manufacturing company Ferranti Ltd. – producer of the first commercially-available computers – and of the nine end-user organisations who purchased these machines with government help in the period 1951 to 1957. The text presents personal reminiscences from many of the...

Afghanistan: A History from 1260 to the Present

Reaktion Books, 2019

Located at the intersection of Asia and the Middle East, Afghanistan has been strategically important for thousands of years. Its ancient routes and strategic position between India, Inner Asia, China, Persia, and beyond has meant the region has been subject to frequent invasions, both peaceful and military. As a result, modern...

Studio Photography: Essential Skills, Third Edition (Photography Essential Skills)

Focal Press, 2005

Now beautifully illustrated in full colour with brand new full colour student and author work, Studio Photography has been updated and improved to cover all the latest techniques. With the refreshed images and illustrations you will clearly be able to see how to use a wide range of photographic effects to their full advantage.

In this...

Engineering Science, Fifth Edition

Newnes, 2006

The most comprehensive engineering science text available - fully in line with the latest pre-degree course requirements

. Generic topic-based approach - ensures suitability for all vocational and pre-degree level students
. Coverage of all the mechanical, electrical and electronic principles...

Beer: Tap Into the Art and Science of Brewing

Oxford University Press, 2003

"Brilliant! There has been an unfilled market for this type of book. . . . Happily, this book . . .is by a wide margin the best reference now available . . . The book is very well written. It has a light, almost breezy style that is mixed with a subtle yet attractively understated British wit. It is above all a great read that is hard to...

Place and Identity: The Performance of Home (Routledge Focus on Housing and Philosophy)

Routledge, 2018

The UK is experiencing a housing crisis unlike any other. Homelessness is on the increase and more people are at the mercy of landlords due to unaffordable housing. Place and Identity: Home as Performance highlights that the meaning of home is not just found within the bricks and mortar; it is constructed from the network of...

The Oxford Guide to English Usage

Oxford University Press, 1984

Have you ever had doubts about when to hyphenate two words? Confused over whether you should disassociate or dissociate yourself from something? Do you know when to spell doggie as doggy? Is it really a rule that a preposition should never fall at the end of a sentence? Now there is a single
convenient source you can turn to with all your...

Next-Generation Big Data: A Practical Guide to Apache Kudu, Impala, and Spark

Apress, 2018

Utilize this practical and easy-to-follow guide to modernize traditional enterprise data warehouse and business intelligence environments with next-generation big data technologies.

Next-Generation Big Data takes a holistic approach, covering the most important aspects of modern enterprise big data. The book...

Coherent Flow Structures at Earth's Surface

John Wiley & Sons, 2013

An expert review of recent progress in the study of turbulent flows with a focus on recently identified organized structures.

This book reviews the recent progress in the study of the turbulent flows that sculpt the Earth’s surface, focusing in particular on the organized structures that have been...

The Rise and Decline of the State

Cambridge University Press, 1999

The state, which since the middle of the seventeenth century has been the most important and most characteristic of all moderninstitutions, is in decline. From Western Europe to Africa, either voluntarily or involuntarily, many existing states are either combining into larger communities or falling apart. Regardless of whether they fall apart or...

Visual Effects in A Digital World: A Comprehensive Glossary of over 7,000 Visual Effects Terms

Morgan Kaufmann, 2001

"Extensive, exhaustive, complete...Half the terms I didn't know! Every studio exec, director, producer, student and journalist should read this book cover to cover!"
Scott Ross, Co-Founder/CEO, Digital Domain

"An indispensable tool for anyone working in the visual effects medium today."
Marty Cohen, Post...

British Logic in the Nineteenth Century, Volume 4 (Handbook of the History of Logic)

North Holland, 2008

The present volume of the Handbook of the History of Logic is designed to establish 19th century Britain as a substantial force in logic, developing new ideas, some of which would be overtaken by, and other that would anticipate, the century's later capitulation to the mathematization of logic.

British Logic in...

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