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Beginning T-SQL with Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and 2008 (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)

Wrox Press, 2008

Welcome to the world of Transact - Structured Query Language programming with SQL Server 2005 and 2008. Transact - SQL, or T - SQL, is Microsoft Corporation ’ s powerful implementation of the ANSI standard SQL database query language, which was designed to retrieve, manipulate, and add data to relational database management systems...

Encyclopedia of Infectious Diseases: Modern Methodologies

John Wiley & Sons, 2007

New multidisciplinary approaches that are changing our understanding of infectious diseases

Discover how the application of novel multidisciplinary, integrative approaches and technologies are dramatically changing our understanding of the pathogenesis of infectious diseases and their treatments. Each article...

The Florentine Villa: Architecture History Society (The Classical Tradition in Architecture )

Routledge, 2007

Scholarly and innovative with visually stunning line drawings and photographs, this volume provides readers with a compelling record of the unbroken pattern of reciprocal use and exchange between the countryside and the walled city of Florence, from the thirteenth century up to the present day. Defying the traditional and idealized interpretation...

Hitting the Wall: A Vision of a Secure Energy Future (Synthesis Lectures on Energy and the Environment: Technology, Science, and Society)

Morgan and Claypool Publishers, 2008

Hitting the Wall examines the combination of two intractable energy problems of our age: the peaking of global oil production and the overloading of the atmosphere with greenhouse gases. Both emerge from the overconsumption of fossil fuels and solving one problem helps solve the other. The misinformation campaign about climate change is discussed...

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CALCULATION (RSC Paperbacks)

Royal Society of Chemistry, 1997

The aim of this textbook is to treat each numerical problem in basic physical chemistry with a systematic step-wise approach of a working method. It hopes to encourage students to think out their own approach. It covers the basic principles of introductory physical chemistry. Each chapter contains an introduction, followed by a typical examination...

Hilbert Space Operators in Quantum Physics (Theoretical and Mathematical Physics)

Springer, 2008

Some praise for the previous edition:

“I really enjoyed reading this work. It is very well written, by three real experts in the field. It stands quite alone....” (John R. Taylor, Professor of Physics and Presidential Teaching Scholar, University of Colorado at Boulder)

This course-tested book explains in detail the theory...

Solar Radiation and Daylight Models, Second Edition: For the Energy Efficient Design of Buildings

Butterworth-Heinemann, 2004

A practical guide to the modelling and application of solar energy data

The cost of operating a building far exceeds the cost of constructing it, and yet until recently little attention was paid to the impact of solar radiation on the costs of heating, cooling and ventilation. And now that there has been a surge in interest...

Electric Power Distribution Handbook (Electric Power Engineering Series)

CRC Press, 2003

Generation, transmission, distribution. Of the "big three" components of the electricity infrastructure, distribution typically gets the least attention. Yet, its impact on reliability, quality of service, and society often make distribution the most critical element. Today, deregulation and the emergence of distributed power generation...

Copy, Rip, Burn: The Politics of Copyleft and Open Source

Pluto Press, 2008

From downloading music and movies to accessing free software, digital media is forcing us to rethink the very idea of intellectual property.

While big companies complain about lost profits, the individual has never enjoyed such freedom and autonomy.

Berry explores this debate in a concise way, offering an ideal...

Criminal Investigative Failures

CRC Press, 2008

This topic is vitally important for not only understanding the causes and prevention of failures, but for understanding and measuring success.
—John Eck, University of Cincinnati, Department of Criminal Justice

For serious crimes, criminal investigators are the gatekeepers for the rest of the criminal...

CRC Materials Science and Engineering Handbook, Third Edition

CRC Press, 2000

"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...

Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy

John Wiley & Sons, 2009

An essential reference for optical sensor system design

This is the first text to present an integrated view of the optical and mathematical analysis tools necessary to understand computational optical system design. It presents the foundations of computational optical sensor design with a focus entirely on digital imaging and spectroscopy. It...

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