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Fires in Silos: Hazards, Prevention, and Fire Fighting

John Wiley & Sons, 2009

Storage of chemicals in silos is ubiquitous in the chemical, pharmaceutical and other producing industries, and some 80 % of all bulk materials are inflammable. It is here that the risk of large fires arises due to self-ignition or the intrusion of different ignition sources. For firefighters, most silo fires are very difficult to handle due to the...

Fat Manifolds and Linear Connections

World Scientific Publishing, 2008

The theory of connections is central not only in pure mathematics (differential and algebraic geometry), but also in mathematical and theoretical physics (general relativity, gauge fields, mechanics of continuum media). The now-standard approach to this subject was proposed by Ch. Ehresmann 60 years ago, attracting first mathematicians and...

Paranoia: The 21st Century Fear

Oxford University Press, 2008

"An absorbing, entertaining, and illuminating examination of one of the defining topics of our time."--Professor Aaron T. Beck, University of Philadelphia and President of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy, USA

Terrorists, child abductors, muggers, delinquent teenagers, malicious colleagues . . . Who wouldnt be...

An Introduction to Fronts in Random Media (Surveys and Tutorials in the Applied Mathematical Sciences)

Springer, 2009

The aim of this book is to give a user friendly tutorial of an interdisciplinary research topic (fronts in random media) to senior undergraduates and beginning graduate students with basic knowledge of partial differential equations (PDE) and probability. The approach taken is semi-formal, using elementary methods to introduce ideas and motivate...

Oracle General Ledger Guide: Implement a Highly Automated Financial Processing System (Osborne ORACLE Press Series)

McGraw-Hill, 2009

From being a user to an implementer, an executive to a clerk, I am a firm believer in utilizing business systems to achieve the wealth of information required to run businesses today. The systems that support corporations today are not the columnar ledgers of our ancestors. They are robust and provide in-depth insight into an...

Handyman's Handbook : The Complete Guide to Starting and Running a Successful Business

McGraw-Hill, 2003

This is the only book available that provides a blueprint for running a successful handyman business. Filled with hands-on, how-to information and dozens of time-saving tips, this resource is valuable to anyone who enjoys working with their hands and wants to be happily-and profitably-self-employed. It includes: where and how to learn what you need...

Component-Based Software Development: Case Studies (Series on Component-Based Software Development - Vol. 1)

World Scientific Publishing, 2004

Component-based software development (CBD) is an emerging discipline that promises to take software engineering into a new era. Building on the achievements of object-oriented software construction, CBD aims to deliver software engineering from a cottage industry into an industrial age for Information Technology, wherein software can be assembled...

Dictionary of Pure and Applied Physics (Comprehensive Dictionary of Physics)

CRC Press, 2000

Clear, precise definitions of scientific terms are crucial to good scientific and technical writing-and to understanding the writings of others. Whether you are a physicist, engineer, mathematician, or technical writer, whether you work in a research, academic, or industrial setting, we all have the occasional need for comprehensible, working...

The Geek Atlas: 128 Places Where Science and Technology Come Alive

O'Reilly, 2009

The history of science is all around us, if you know where to look. With this unique traveler's guide, you'll learn about 128 destinations around the world where discoveries in science, mathematics, or technology occurred or is happening now. Travel to Munich to see the world's largest science museum, watch Foucault's pendulum swinging in Paris,...

MODx Web Development

Packt Publishing, 2009

This book teaches you how to use MODx for creating powerful dynamic web sites, even without the knowledge of a programming language as a prerequisite. It leads the reader step by step in a logical pattern to build a complete web site. Each chapter covers certain concepts with simple examples. All the examples if you follow along, aggregate to a...

Beginning Illustration and Storyboarding for Games (Premier Press Game Development)

Course Technology PTR, 2004

The creative work involved in creating concept art for games is one of the most rewarding jobs that an artist can have. In fact, it is possibly the most creative job in the entire game industry. Concept artists have the opportunity to visualize things that have never been seen before. They create the visual design of games. It is a huge...

Masters of the Mind: Exploring the Story of Mental Illness from Ancient Times to the New Millennium

John Wiley & Sons, 2004

The mind is unique in its interest to people from all walks of life. This interest is not new; throughout written history people have observed, described, and pondered strange behaviors and thoughts within themselves and their neighbors. The questions that people have posed about these experiences seem so simple and basic. Why do we seek to...

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