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Mechanical Behaviour of Engineering Materials: Metals, Ceramics, Polymers, and Composites

Springer, 2007

Components used in mechanical engineering usually have to bear high mechanical loads. It is, thus, of considerable importance for students of mechanical engineering and materials science to thoroughly study the mechanical behaviour of materials. There are different approaches to this subject: The engineer is mainly interested in design rules to...

The Evolution Deceit

Ta-Ha Publisher, 1999

For some people the theory of evolution or Darwinism has only scientific connotations, with seemingly no direct implication in their daily lives. This is, of course, a common misunderstanding. Far beyond just being an issue within the framework of the biological sciences, the theory of evolution constitutes the underpinning of a deceptive...

A Combinatorial Introduction to Topology

Dover Publications, 1994

Topology is remarkable for its contributions to the popular culture of mathematics. Euler's formula for polyhedra, the four color theorem, the Mobius strip, the Klein bottle, and the general notion of a rubber sheet geometry are all part of the folklore of current mathematics. The student in a first course in topology, however, must often wonder...

Manager's Guide to Business Planning (Briefcase Books)

McGraw-Hill, 2009

Get the business results you want by creating and executing a solid plan!

One simple thing usually makes the difference between business success and failure: a well-laid plan. Whether you want to enact a long-term strategic initiative or set short-term revenue targets, Manager’s Guide to Business...

Soft Real-Time Systems: Predictability vs. Efficiency (Series in Computer Science)

Springer, 2005

Real-time systems technology, traditionally developed for safety-critical systems, has recently been extended to support novel application domains, including multimedia systems, monitoring apparatuses, telecommunication networks, mobile robotics, virtual reality, and interactive computer games. Such systems are referred to as mft real-time systems,...

The Secret History of the World: And How to Get Out Alive

Limitless Corporation, 2005

I suspected something was wrong with the “facts of life” as they were presented to me when I was a kid. Sure, I then spent a little over thirty years trying to be “normal” and make that square peg fit the round hole, “looking for a reason to believe.” But then there was a memorable day when I finally grew up and...

Smarter Outsourcing: An executive guide to understanding, planning and exploiting successful outsourcing relationships

FT Press, 2009

Experience around the world shows that roughly two-thirds of outsourcing agreements fail to deliver the targeted benefits or create the hoped-for value for shareholders. The reason often given for this level of failure is that outsourcing is an ‘immature’ activity – a rationale that neatly absolves the senior management involved...

The Western European Loess Belt: Agrarian History, 5300 BC - AD 1000

Springer, 2009

Many books on the agrarian history ofWestern Europe begin with the Middle Ages, which is quite understandable, because they are mostly based on written sources. But everybody who is interested in agriculture knows that agriculture started much earlier and also that information on that millennia-long period is provided by archaeology. Admittedly,...

A Dictionary of Hallucinations

Springer, 2009

A Dictionary of Hallucinations is designed to serve as a reference manual for neuroscientists, psychiatrists, psychiatric residents, psychologists, neurologists, historians of psychiatry, general practitioners, and academics dealing professionally with concepts of hallucinations and other sensory deceptions.

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Benjamin Graham on Investing: Enduring Lessons from the Father of Value Investing

McGraw-Hill, 2009

“They laid out a road map for investing that I have now been following for 57 years. There’s been no reason to look for another.”
—Warren Buffett, on the writings of Benjamin Graham

Legendary investing author and philosopher Benjamin Graham lived through interesting times. Soon...

CompTIA Security+ 2008 In Depth

Course Technology PTR, 2008

Security continues to be the number-one concern of computer professionals today, and with good reason. Consider the evidence: as many as 150 million computers worldwide may be remotely controlled by attackers. Over 94 million credit and debit cards were compromised in one data security breach, with losses totaling over $140 million. On average,...

Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja

Manning Publications, 2010

There is nothing simple about creating effective, cross-browser, JavaScript code. In addition to the normal challenge of writing clean code you have the added complexity of dealing with obtuse browser complexities. To counter-act this JavaScript developers frequently construct some set of common, reusable, functionality in the form of...

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