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The Riddle of the Image: The Secret Science of Medieval Art

Reaktion Books, 2014

From monumental church mosaics to fresco wall-paintings, the medieval period produced some of the most impressive art in history. But how, in a world without the array of technology and access to materials that we now have, did artists produce such incredible works, often on an unbelievably large scale? In The Riddle of the...

Century of Graphic Design, A: Graphic Design Pioneers of the 20th Century

Mitchell Beazley, 2001

The twentieth century was a landmark era in graphic design, the art that combines words with graphic images on posters, book and magazine covers, record jackets, billboards, and other print advertising and publicity media. This visually magnificent and factually informative volume tells the story of graphic design, then gives separate illustrated...

IMS: A New Model for Blending Applications (Informa Telecoms & Media)

Auerbach Publications, 2009

For over a hundred years of modern telecommunication history, public telephone communication has taken place over some form of a circuit switch transmission, which has evolved in its own right from analog to digital and from fixed to mobile networks. Now with the coming of IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) technology, which merges the Internet world...

Robot Manipulator Control: Theory and Practice (Control Engineering, 15)

CRC Press, 2003

Discloses the elements of control theory and robot dynamics. Surveys computed-torque control, robust control of robotic manipulators, adaptive control of robotic manipulators, neural network control of robots, force control, and advanced control techniques. Includes information on designing and operating robotic platforms in discussing robot...

Raspberry Pi A Quick-Start Guide

Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2012

Over the past decades computers have gotten cheaper and cheaper, so today you can find them not only beneath your desk but in nearly every consumer electronics device such as smartphones or DVD players. Still, computers aren’t so cheap that you spontaneously buy one when shopping for your groceries. Usually, you carefully...

Travel Medicine: Tales Behind the Science (Advances in Tourism Research)

Routledge, 2007

Travel to exotic places is fascinating, and equally so are infections and other dangers of exotic travel. Moreover, one need not be traveling to suffer these maladies; sometimes they travel to you. The enormous global mobility demands a public health response. The result is the concept of ‘travel medicine’ as a separate...

Epistenology: Wine as Experience (Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History)

Columbia University Press, 2020

We think we know how to appreciate wine?trained connoisseurs take dainty sips in sterile rooms and provide ratings based on objective knowledge and technical expertise. In Epistenology, Nicola Perullo vigorously challenges this approach, arguing that it is the enjoyment of drinking wine as an active and participatory experience...

Drupal: Creating Blogs, Forums, Portals, And Community Websites

Packt Publishing, 2006

The Internet is arguably one of the most profound achievements in human history. It has become so pervasive in our lives that we hardly even notice it—except when it happens to be unavailable! It's one of those things that make you sit back and wonder how people got along without it in the old days. Without the ability to surf the Internet to...

The The Wills Eye Hospital Atlas of Clinical Ophthalmology

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001

As this second edition goes to press, Wills is moving to its fourth home during its 168-year history. Thus, it is an exciting time and perhaps fitting that this second edition is being published as this transition is being made. In the first edition, we pointed out how many artists have focused on the eye as almost a theme in many of...

Solitons in Optical Fibers, First Edition : Fundamentals and Applications

Academic Press, 2006

Based on over 20 years of research, Drs. Mollenauer and Gordon have written an indispensable reference on solitons for the engineering and applied physics communities. Covering the soliton from both the theoretical and practical side, this book is at once a fundamental text and an extensive handbook of contemporary engineering practice.
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Occult Science in India and Among the Ancients: With an Account of Their Mystic Initiations and the History of Spiritism (1884)

Cornell University Library, 2009

Originally published in 1884. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume.

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Expert Oracle GoldenGate

Apress, 2011

Oracle Corporation acquired GoldenGate in 2009 as part of future strategy to implement advanced replication technologies within the product suite of data warehousing and real-time transaction management. Before the advent of Oracle GoldenGate technology, data replication was performed using Oracle Streams and third-party replication...

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