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Seismic Design for ArchitectsEssential visual guide to successful architecture in earthquake zones
Architects across the world have to design buildings that need to comply with strict seismic codes. All too often the need to comply with the code is put ahead of the design of the building, resulting in dull and functional architecture.
Andrew... | | | | The Management of Construction: A Project Lifecycle ApproachAn understanding of the construction project life cycle is essential for all who are associated with the construction industry. The materials in this book have been prepared primarily for use as a textbook for students in the design professions, construction management programmes and facility development and management curricula. The topics covered... |
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Disasters at Sea (Disasters Up Close)For thousands of years, the perils of the sea have claimed uncountable numbers of victims. Bad weather, rocks and icebergs, equipment failures, human error, and many more types of tragedies have all sent ships to watery graves. While modern technology has made sea-going vessels safer and rescues easier, there still are terrible disasters that... | | CRC Materials Science and Engineering Handbook, Third Edition"This is a classic work for two reasons. First, it continues the long tradition of CRC handbooks and their commitment to excellence. Second, it establishes a new standard for handbooks in terms of layout and design. There is not much to say about this work other than 'Well done!' Highly recommended for any organization dealing with materials... | | Materials Science and Engineering Serving SocietyThe goal of this symposium is to encourage collaboration in international science and engineering communities for the benefit of human kind.
The first Okinaga Symposium was held professors between the Pennsylvania State University and the Teikyo University group in Tokyo in 1993. The title was "Intelligent Engineering of Materials;... |
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Processing Fruits: Science and Technology, Second EditionThe 2nd edition of this book provides comprehensive and current information on a wide variety of fruits and processing techniques plus advances in scientific research and regulatory requirements. - Food Science and Technology Abstracts, Vol. 37 (1), 2005
This thorough and well-documented work deserves a place in the library of any... | | Information Warfare: How to Survive Cyber Attacks"Computers don't attack computers, people do. With Erbschloe's capability taxonomy, we see that there are plenty of new adversaries out there with increasingly powerful cyberweapons and intentions. But most importantly, the greatest threat still comes from "trusted" insiders we so desperately need to, but perhaps shouldn't, trust... | | Fast Transforms Algorithms, Analyses, ApplicationsThis book has grown from notes used by the authors to instruct fast transform classes. One class was sponsored by the Training Department of Rockwell International, and another was sponsored by the Department of Electrical Engineering of The University of Texas at Arlington. Some of the material was also used in a short course sponsored by the... |
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| | Games And Simulations in Online Learning: Research And Development FrameworksNearly all early learning happens during play, and new technology has added video games to the list of ways children learn interaction and new concepts. Although video games are everywhere, on Web sites, in stores, streamed to the desktop, on television, they are absent from the classroom. Computer-based simulations, a form of computer games, have... | | From Erdos to Kiev: Problems of Olympiad Caliber (Dolciani Mathematical Expositions)'The publication of every new volume in The Dolciani Mathematical Expositions of the Mathematical Association of America is an important event ... This book is recommended to teachers, students and everyone, who enjoy the fun and games of problem solving and have the opinion that asking and answering problems is what keeps a mathematician young in... |
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