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Software Reflected: The Socially Responsible Programming of Our Computers

Elsevier Limited, 1982

In 2480 B.C. a development occurred which was to have a tremendous impact on Mocsian society. A small group of civil engineerine teachers at the most advanced institution worked out a new techniLlue for designing a building. Key elements of this technique were several new structural geometries and the application of a newly developed mathematical...

Modern Business Process Automation: YAWL and its Support Environment

Springer, 2009

The held of Business Process Management (BPM) is marred by a seemingly end- less sequence of (proposed) industry standards. Contrary to other fields (e.g.. civil or electronic engineering), these standards are not the result of a v\ idelj supported consolidation of well-understood and well-established concepts and practices. In the...

Causes of War

John Wiley & Sons, 2010

Written by leading scholars in the field, Causes of War provides the first comprehensive analysis of the leading theories relating to the origins of both interstate and civil wars.

Utilizes historical examples to illustrate individual theories throughout

Includes an analysis of theories of civil wars...

Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering: A Comprehensive Guide

Cambridge University Press, 2006

From reviews of previous editions: '...a great scientific textbook. It is a tour de force ... to write mathematical sections that are both complete and at an appropriate academic level. The authors have clearly succeeded in this challenge, making this a remarkable pedagogical book ... The choice of exercises is excellent and possibly the best...

Great Events From History: The 20th Century, 1941-1970

Salem Press, 2007

This is a unique resource: Nothing is comparable with this much depth or numbers that covers so many 20th century events.??AAGreat Events from History: The Twentieth Century, 1941-1970??AA, is the ninth installment in Salem Press' ongoing ??AAGreat Events from History??AA series. This six-volume set contains 1,112 essays on more than 1,100...

Mining Machines and Earth-Moving Equipment: Problems of Design, Research and Maintenance

Springer, 2019

This book presents central problems in the design, research and maintenance of large-size mining machines for open pits, mobile earth-moving machinery, hydraulic hammers for mining and civil engineering, and screening processes for bulk materials. It brings together the insights of numerous respected academics to offer a thorough and...

Health Monitoring of Bridges

John Wiley & Sons, 2009

Health Monitoring of Bridges prepares the bridge engineering community for the exciting new technological developments happening in the industry, offering the benefit of much research carried out in the aerospace and other industrial sectors and discussing the latest methodologies available for the management of bridge stock.

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Global E-government Readiness Report 2005: From E-government to E-inclusion

United Nations Publications, 2006

In reaffirming the vision of a peaceful, prosperous and just world, leaders at the United Nations World Summit in 2005 outlined a vision of ‘…building a people-centred and inclusive information society, putting the potential of information and communication technologies at the service of development and addressing new challenges of the...

Reconstruction Era: Almanac Edition 1. (U X L Reconstruction Era Reference Library)

Gale, 2004

Doody Enterprises : "One insert box in this volume contains a "Letter from a Former Slave" that appeared in a Cincinnati newspaper on Aug. 7, 1865. It would be interesting to have students consider if this is a real letter dictated by a former slave or the creation of a journalist trying to sell newspapers who may have...

Building Design and Construction Handbook, 6th Edition

McGraw-Hill, 2000

A where-would-you-be-without-it handbook covering every single important step in building design and construction, now updated to include key changes in design and construction practices. Surveys materials, structures, soil mechanics and foundations, building types, hardware, insulation, acoustics, plumbing, and more--all the material that will...

Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks

Louisiana State University Press, 2008

On the evening of February 2, 1864, Confederate Commander John Taylor Wood led 250 sailors in two launches and twelve boats to capture the USS Underwriter, a side-wheel steam gunboat anchored on the Neuse River near New Bern, North Carolina. During the ensuing fifteen-minute battle, nine Union crewmen lost their lives, twenty were wounded,...

Provincial Life and the Military in Imperial Japan: The Phantom Samurai (Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia)

Routledge, 2009

In contrast to the enduring stereotype of a ‘nation of samurai’, this book uses provincial newspapers and local records to hear the voices of ordinary people living in imperial Japan through several decades of war and peace. These voices reveal the authentic experiences, opinions and emotions of men, women and children. They show...

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