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The Empire State Building (Building America: Then and Now)

Chelsea House Publications, 2009

It was to be a structure like no other - the largest and tallest skyscraper in the world. Initial plans for the Empire State Building called for an Art Deco masterwork to rise 1,000 feet, with 80 stories of rental space. The high-rise was to completely fill the 84,000-square-foot site of the former Waldorf-Astoria, then New York's most opulent...

Principles of Biomechanics (Mechanical Engineering)

CRC Press, 2008

Research and study in biomechanics has grown dramatically in recent years, to the extent that students, researchers, and practitioners in biomechanics now outnumber those working in the underlying discipline of mechanics itself. Filling a void in the current literature on this specialized niche, Principles of Biomechanics provides...

Choosing and Using a New CAT: Getting the Most from Your Schmidt Cassegrain or Any Catadioptric Telescope

Springer, 2008

Since you’re reading this, I’m guessing you have made an exciting decision: You want a telescope. Specifically, you want a telescope for looking at the sky, a telescope that will open the depths of space to your gaze and allow you to visit the Moon, the planets, and all the strange and distant wonders of our magnificent universe. And...

Fundamentals of Signals and Systems (Electrical and Computer Engineering; Book & CD-ROM)

Da Vinci Engineering Press, 2005

This book is a self-contained introduction to the theory of signals and systems, which lies at the basis of many areas of electrical and computer engineering. In the seventy short lectures formatted to facilitate self-learning and to provide easy reference, the book covers such topics as linear time-invariant (LTI) systems, the Fourier transform,...

Model Predictive Control System Design and Implementation Using MATLAB® (Advances in Industrial Control)

Springer, 2009

Model Predictive Control (MPC) is unusual in receiving on-going interest in both industrial and academic circles. Issues such as plant optimization and constrained control which are critical to industrial engineers are naturally embedded in its designs.

Model Predictive Control System Design and Implementation Using MATLAB®...

Switch-Mode Power Converters: Design and Analysis

Academic Press, 2005

An innovative and analytical approach to Power Electronics!

This book introduces an innovative, highly analytical approach to symbolic, closed-form solutions for switched-mode power converter circuits. This is a highly relevant topic to power electronics students and professionals who are involved in the design and analysis...

C++ Standard Library Practical Tips (Programming Series)

Charles River, 2005

Put the Power of the C++ Standard Library to Work!

C++ Standard Library Practical Tips teaches beginning and experienced programmers how to use the Standard Library and its major component the Standard Template Library (STL) effectively in routine programming chores. The book provides 100 quick, easy-to-use tips and solutions to common...

The Definitive Guide to Spring Web Flow

Apress, 2008

When I started working on Spring Web Flow at the end of 2004, web applications already accounted for a large part of the Java enterprise development space. I had used Struts on several projects at that point but always felt something was missing. Working with a proprietary framework on a few projects in the financial industry sparked my interest....

Conceptual Spaces: The Geometry of Thought

MIT Press, 2000

"This is a fearless book that casts a wide net around key issues in cognitive science. It offers the kind of coherent, unified view that the field badly needs." - Steven Sloman, Associate Professor, Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences, Brown University"

Within cognitive science, two approaches currently dominate...

$Physics For Dummies (Math & Science)$

Physics For Dummies (Math & Science)

For Dummies, 2004

Does just thinking about the laws of motion make your head spin? Does studying electricity short your circuits? Do the complexities of thermodynamics cool your enthusiasm?

Thanks to this book, you don’t have to be Einstein to understand physics. As you read about Newton’s Laws, Kepler’s Laws, Hooke’s Law, Ohm’s...

Windows Vista: The Definitive Guide

O'Reilly, 2007

Whether you're a beginner, power user, or seasoned professional, Windows Vista: The Definitive Guide has everything you need to customize the operating system, master your digital media, manage your data, and maintain your computer -- regardless of which Windows Vista edition you're using.

Why this book and not some other resource?...

Evolution and Seismic Tools for Stellar Astrophysics

Springer, 2008

This volume of original articles is the result of the work initiated in 2002 with the aim to extensively test, compare and optimize the numerical tools used to calculate stellar models and their oscillation frequencies.

This collection of papers provides a unique reference that covers 10 evolution codes and 9 oscillation codes. Most of these...

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