FUNDAMENTALS OF MACHINE COMPONENT DESIGN. CD-Rom included, Third Edition
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Physique, chimie
FUNDAMENTALS OF MACHINE COMPONENT DESIGN. CD-Rom included, Third Edition
FIND EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS TO MACHINE COMPONENT PROBLEMS!
While focusing on the fundamentals of component design, this practical text helps readers learn how to solve engineering problems that involve mechanical components. A proven problem-solving methodology guides readers through the process of formulating machine component problems accurately and presenting solutions clearly.
In addition, numerous solved examples and end-of-chapter problems help readers master the material. Graphical procedures help readers visualize the solution format, develop added insight about the significance of the results, and determine how the design can be improved.
NEW FEATURES OF THE THIRD EDITION
* Open-ended design problems have been added to most chapters. These problems are based on making decisions that involve materials, geometry, and operating conditions.
* Material selection charts are now included as an aid in choosing appropriate materials for specific applications.
* Finite element analysis is covered in several sections to provide an introduction to this useful tool.
* Web site addresses are added throughout the text, providing access to additional information on topics ranging from industrial standards to properties of materials.
* Innovative, web-based problems are integrated throughout the text, requiring use of the Internet to solve design problems.
* The text has been completely updated with new illustrations and photographs.
* A CD-ROM, included with the text, contains HiQ Software by National Instruments, three representative sample problems with solutions, and MathCAD and HiQ problems.
01/2000
Informatique
WEBCLASSES FROM SCRATCH. CD-Rom Includes
Jesse Liberty's WebClasses from scratch is designed to teach Web database programming in the context of building EmployeeNet, a robust and scalable human resources intranet application. This book is for you if you are a Visual Basic programmer who wants to make the transition to developing Web applications, a database programmer who wants to put his data on the Web, a Web designer and programmer who wants to write the server-side and client-side code to support your increasingly complex and powerful Web sites, or a Web developer who wants to apply object-oriented analysis and design and industry best-practices to your web development.
The Concept Web on the inside cover graphically represents the interrelationships between the Windows interNet Application architecture and the various technologies used to create the application.
- Design a database to effectively organize tables, create indexes, and support referential integrity
- Build a robust, maintainable, and scalable application using COM and ActiveX
- Use JavaScript- extensively for data manipulation and validation on the client side
- Utilize Microsoft's Distributed interNet Applications architecture (DNA) to build large-scale distributed application
- Connect the database and application by using ADO and ODBC
12/1999
Informatique
JAVA 2 FROM SCRATCH. CD-Rom included
Java 2 from scratch is designed to teach Java programming in the context of building a real working application. Novice programmers will design and implement a functioning Stock Market Tracker/Analyzer while learning how to program in Java 2.
* Learn Java 2 concepts, techniques, and syntax in the context of creating a Stock Market Tracker/Analyzer
* Web-enable your application as you learn to add live data from the Internet
* Create an entire project from design and implementation to testing and debugging
* Understand Swing controls and event handling
The Concept Web, on the inside cover, graphically illustrates the interrelationships between Java 2 programming concepts and techniques.
12/1999
Informatique
TCL/TK. CD-ROM included
In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, you will be up and programming in Tcl/Tk. Using a straightforward, step-bystep approach, each lesson builds upon the previous one, enabling you to learn the essentials of Tcl/Tk from the ground up.
Find your answers to...
* Exploring Tcl/Tk for GUI developrrient
* Understanding events, callbacks, and resources
* Building Tcl expressions, control structures, lists, and arrays
* Using WISH
* Interacting with the operating system
* Creating Widgets
* Building your own user interfaces
* Using Tcl/Tk to interface to legacy programs and systems
* Creating Web applications with Tcl/Tk
* Using Tk with Perl and C
12/1999
Technologies
SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATIONS. CD-Rom included
With its simplicity in presentation, this new book makes the difficult concepts of soil mechanics and foundations much easier to understand! The author explains basic concepts and fundamental principles in the context of basic mechanics, physics, and mathematics. From Practical Situations and Essential Points to Practical Examples and Questions to Guide Your Reading the book is packed with helpful hints and pedagogy that make the material crystal clear.
This book also includes a CD-ROM that offers readers hands-on learning. The CD contains interactive animations of basic concepts, interactive problem solving, electronic quizzes, interactive computer programs for special topics, virtual labs and much more. With the help of this CD and text, anyone can quickly master the key principles behind soil mechanics and foundations.
KEY FEATURES
* A What you should be able to do list at the beginning of each chapter alerts readers to what they should learn after studying each chapter.
* The author maintains a solid level of technical rigor despite the simplicity in presentation.
* A large number of examples are worked out step-by-step to illustrate problem-solving techniques.
* The CD-ROM includes The Virtual Soils Laboratory, which allows readers to do sophisticated soil testing at their own convenience.
01/2000
Physique, chimie
CHEMISTRY IN CONTEXT. Applying Chemistry to Society, Third Edition
Chemistry in Context Online Learning Center www.mhhe.com/cic
New to the third edition is the Chemistry in Context Online Learning Center (OLC). This Internet-based resource, for both students and instructors, includes web-searching activities that are embedded right in the text as part of the Consider This and Your Turn exercises. End-of-chapter questions also include web-based activities. In addition, the OLC includes searching tips and information to help students evaluate the quality of web sites. Instructors can find links to useful source material for lectures and classroom discussions. Also available online are sections of the Instructors Resource Guide (IRG).
Laboratory Manual to accompany Chemistry in Context: Applying Chemistry to Society, Third Edition
This laboratory manual is specifically designed to support the concepts presented in Chemistry in Context. The experiments use simple chemical equipment and easy-to-follow procedures. Some are adaptations of traditional experiments; others are quite novel. The experiments require little mastery of traditional laboratory techniques, so maximum student time can be devoted to explorations and acquiring data.
01/2000
Informatique
LEARN RED HAT LINUX OS TIPS. CD-ROM included
As Linux continues to rapidly gain market share as an alternative to the Microsoft Windows operating system, a comprehensive guide to its most frequently used functions is needed. George Doss provides such a reference with Learn Red Hat Linux OS Tips. This book is a compilation of questions and brief, precise answers covering a broad range of subjects, including administration, commands, hardware, installation, networking, and man pages. An innovative two-part table directs readers to particular chapters according to beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels, and also lists major topics with associated chapters and appendices. The appendices include support documentation such as the table of contents for many HOWTOs and listings of man pages by category. Introductory as well as experienced Linux users will find this book invaluable in improving their efficiency using this popular operating system.
These tips cover:
> Installation
> Major commands and operators
> HOWTOs
> Man pages
> File and directory administration
> X and X11 functions
> Applications
> Internet and intranet operations
> Network packaging and configuration issues
> Key utilities and operators for using the shell
> Components of the global Linux community
> Major sources of documentation
> Tcl/Tk
01/1999
Physique, chimie
MECHANICS OF MATERIALS. 5th edition
Since 1960, this leading text has taught thousands of students the fundamentals of non rigid body mechanics. Now, the new author team of Riley, Sturges, and Morris have revised the text to appeal to today's students by updating the illustration program, adding design content, and including more realistic problem sets.
The fifth edition is written in a clear and concise style and contains new illustrations throughout each chapter. The text stresses the use of fundamental principles and the concepts of mechanics to solve all problems. As a result, students must apply the information presented in each chapter to answer realistic problems instead of simply using formulas. This problem solving method motivates students to learn the material because they see how it is used in the real world.
New Features of the Fifth Edition
* A new introductory chapter containing a "Review of Statics" has been included.
* Chapter 2 is reorganized to conform with the greater use of the stress transformation and principal stress equations in engineering practice.
* Numerous example problems are used to show methods of analysis for typical mechanics of materials problems. Hints have been added to most of these example problems to help students understand the thought process required for their solution.
* Each chapter concludes with a section on design.
* Design Example problems and Design Homework problems have been added to most chapters.
* There are over 1300 homework problems, many of which require the use of the computer for their solution.
01/1999
Physique, chimie
INTRODUCTION TO AIRCRAFT DESIGN
This book provides an accessible introduction to the fundamentals of civil and military aircraft design.
Giving a largely descriptive overview of all aspects of the design process, this well-illustrated account provides an insight into the requirements of each specialist in an aircraft design team. After discussing the need for new designs, the text assesses the merits of different aircraft shapes from micro-lights and helicopters to super-jumbos and WSTOL aircraft. Following chapters explore structures, airframe systems, avionics and weapons systems. Later chapters examine the costs involved in the acquisition and operation of new aircraft, aircraft reliability and maintainability, and a variety of partially successful projects to see what conclusions can be drawn. Three appendices and a bibliography give a wealth of useful information, much not published elsewhere, that includes simple aerodynamic formulae; aircraft, engine and equipment data; and a detailed description of a parametric study of a 500-seat transport aircraft.
Introduction to Aircraft Design is a useful text for undergraduate and graduate aeronautical engineering students and a valuable reference for professionals working in the aerospace industry. It will be of interest to aviation enthusiasts.
01/1999
Informatique
CORBA DEVELOPERS'S GUIDE WITH XML. CD-ROM included
While the first design goal of the XML Recommendation states that "XML shall be straightforwardly usable over the Internet," it can be demonstrated that XML has broad application in such areas as e-commerce. With this in mind, CORBA Developer's Guide with XML focuses on XML document type definition (DTD) design using the structures of CORBA to present a new perspective to programming in an object-oriented environment. This book does not teach XML but rather discusses design for experienced object-oriented developers. Programmers need to comprehend how an analysis of an environment, CORBA, assists in the design and development of XML elements, attributes, and entities that reflect that environment.
The companion CD-ROM included with this book contains a trial version of XML Authority from Extensibility, Inc., and a multimedia presentation to explain the essential concepts of the XML Recommendation.
This book:
> Reviews the popular markup language XML for designing applications appropriate for CORBAservices and CORBAfacilities.
> Discusses the significance of document type definitions (DTDs) and the Document Object Model (DOM) for the development of XML applications.
> Uses the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) specifications to establish CORBA infrastructure interfaces and associated variables.
> Explains how to design Extensible Markup Language (XML) document type definitions using CORBA infrastructure.
> Includes the XML production rules, XML terms, and markup examples.
01/1999
Informatique
LOTUS NOTES AND DOMINO R5 DEVELOPMENT. CD-ROM included
Detailed information on how to...
* Learn the latest proven OOA (Object Oriented Analysis) techniques from a leader in the field!
* Go beyond the basics and apply advanced design techniques to your applications.
* Master all of the development languages available to you in Domino! You'll find three chapters each on the Formula Language, LotusScript, Java and JavaScript, and a chapter on HTML, plus a chapter to help you determine when to use each language.
* Analyze your Domino applications using TeamStudio Analyzer.
* Use all of the new features in R5: Resources, Outlines, Pages, Framesets and more!
* Work effectively with Notes security in your applications.
* Take full advantage of the Integrated Development Environment (IDE).
* Rev up your Web and intranet applications with Java, JavaScript, HTML and Domino URLs.
* The complete book and source code is contained in a searchable Domino database available on the CD.
12/1999
Littérature anglo-saxonne
Machin-Machine
Tout commence par un prototype, de la taille d'un frigo, un machin étrange et bruyant testé dans la cuisine d'un couple de la classe moyenne. Une drôle de machine capable de transporter un objet en le dématérialisant d'un côté, pour le rematérialiser de l'autre. Très vite, l'invention se perfectionne et la prouesse scientifique devient un simple aspect de la vie quotidienne. La distance n'est plus un frein. Une cabine dans chaque foyer, chaque rue, chaque ville permet tous les déplacements. Tout est rapide. Facile. Cette nouvelle technologie change bientôt le monde et tous ceux qui l'habitent - les sceptiques comme les convertis. Mais, dans une société obsédée par le progrès, que deviennent les choses qui nous rendent humains : les souvenirs, les peurs, les amours, les contradictions, la mortalité. La confusion inhérente à nos existences. Tout à notre envie de toucher à la perfection, que risquons-nous de perdre ?
09/2022
Informatique
DREAMWEAVER 2 H.O.T HANDS-ON TRAINING. CD-Rom included
Do you like to learn by doing? Do manuals leave you craving for real-world examples? Are you looking for concrete training that goes beyond theory and reference materials?
Learn Dreamweaver by following classroom-proven exercises that will teach you to build sophisticated web pages. This book is geared toward people who have never written HTML or those who would like to switch from coding by hand to a visual HTML editor.
Complete with insider tips, illustrated with detailed graphics, and accompanied by a CD-ROM that's loaded with guided exercises, demo software and QuickTime movies, this book ensures that you'll learn all the key features of Dreamweaver 2.
12/1999
Décoration
Full-Color Floral Designs in the Art Nouveau Style
E. A. Seguy was one of the foremost French designers of the first third of the twentieth century. He produced many splendid albums of designs over a long and distinguished career. This book reproduces in full color 40 plates from the two color portfolios called Les fleurs et leurs applications décoratives [c. 1902] - one of the high points in Art Nouveau design.
The 40 plates included here contain 166 decorative Art Nouveau patterns. Lacy and delicate interpretations of flowers ranging from arum and arrowhead to water lily and wisteria, these patterns offer such color combinations as a blue-petaled flower with green leaves on a mustard background, salmon-colored flower with robin's-egg-blue leaves on a beige field, and royal-blue flowers with golden leaves on golden stems silhouetted in light blue-green on a deep blue-green field. The colors in this volume are strong and bold, prefiguring such later influences as Persian art and the Ballets Russes. Twenty of the plates in the original portfolios contained ordinary realistic renderings of 30 plants, and they have been omitted from this volume.
The wide variety of flat designs are perfect for textiles, wallpapers, and packaging, and offer many ideas for mosaics, stained glass, rugs and bookbindings. Containing borders, circular designs, repeats, allovers, and "spots," this collection has something to interest everyone in the graphics field.
01/1977
Informatique
CALDERA OPENLINUX. Installation and configuration handbook, CD-Rom includes
This handbook is hands-down the best reference source for installing and troubleshooting OpenLinux. By providing concise pieces of information, this book, puts you right in position to get working quickly.
Author Gary Wilson provides an insightful, easy read for advanced users, computer systems administrators, or anyone else required to set up and maintain a Linux computer in a small to medium-sized office, including hobbyists looking to put Linux on their home computers.
The Caldera OpenLinux Installation & Configuration Handbook focuses on installing and reliably maintaining a comprehensive Internet solution, including a corporate mail server, Web server, and more on a small budget.
12/1999
Ouvrages généraux
The Small Catechism. Luther's Little Instruction Book
This annotated edition of ""Martin Luther's Small Catechism"" includes an extra appendix (in addition to the two already included in the original book) which provides an interesting overview of : Martin Luther's peasant roots, his education in pre-law, and how he was diverted from a law career to that of a monk-turned-professor and eventually, Protestant reformer, The role of the printing press in spreading the ""95 Theses"" quickly over Europe, catapulting Martin Luther to near-instant prominence in the religious dialogue of his day, The story of how Martin Luther colluded with a fishmonger to smuggle his future wife and her friends away from a convent, and Martin Luther's impact on the Protestant Reformation as well as modern religious thought. Martin Luther wrote the small catechism as an easy teaching tool for both individuals and families. Though penned close to five centuries ago, Luther's brief, clear summary of the essentials of Christian faith still ring true today. Topics covered include the Ten Commandments, the ""Creed"", the Lord's Prayer, and the sacraments of baptism and the altar. Ideas and instructions are also included for morning and evening devotions and giving thanks at mealtime. This little catechism, still widely used within the Lutheran Church, has gems of truth that many Christians will find to be both instructive and inspirational--regardless of denomination. Though few in words, it provides a wonderful explanation that has helped many to both learn the basics of Christian doctrine and apply them in a practical way to their lives.
11/2022
Informatique
LEARN ACTIVEX DEVELOPMENT USING VISUAL C++ 6.0. CD-ROM included
Learn ActiveX Development Using Visual C++ 6.0 presents the basics of the Component Object Model, the ActiveX Template Library, and the Microsoft Foundation Classes, and explains how these technologies all work together to create cutting-edge components for modem applications and web pages. The text then covers the creation of several types of ActiveX controls in both ATL and MFC, and how to support Property Pages and events in both ATL and MFC. Finally, the author explores the mechanics of using ActiveX on the Internet.
Learn ActiveX Development Using Visual C++ 6.0 is the first in Wordware's series of ActiveX/COM-oriented books for Visual C++ programmers. While some of the information within these books overlaps to ensure that each book stands alone, each does focus on a specific ActiveX/COM-related technology. Look for these other titles: Learn OLE DB Development with Visual C++ 6.0 (1-55622634-9), Learn ActiveX Template Library Development with Visual C++ 6.0 (1-55622-633-0), and Learn Microsoft Transaction Server Development Using Visual C++ 6.0 (1-55622-629-2).
This book:
> Presents the basics of COM, ATL, and MFC.
> Shows how to create several types of controls in both ATL and MFC.
> Demonstrates Property Page and event support in ATL and MFC.
> Explores the use of ActiveX on the Internet.
> Includes a CD containing complete source code and projects; several third-party applications and utilities for creating HTML, CDF, OSD, and ASP files; and trial versions of Borland tools.
01/1999
Monographies
The Eveillard Gift
This beautiful publication presents for the first time the Eveillard Gift of drawings to The Frick Collection, the most important gift of drawings and pastels in its history. It accompanies an exhibition at the Frick and includes a catalogue of the works and commentaries by noted scholars. Twenty-six works of art promised to The Frick Collection by Elizabeth and Jean-Marie Eveillard dramatically advance the museum's commitment to the research and display of European drawings. Included in this transformative gift from two longtime supporters of the Frick are exquisite drawings, pastels, prints, and one oil sketch by François Boucher, Gustave Caillebotte, Edgar Degas, Eugène Delacroix, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Thomas Lawrence, Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, John Singer Sargent, Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun, and Jean-Antoine Watteau, among others. The works include fi gurative sketches, independent studies, portraits, and landscape scenes, each either deepening the museum's celebrated holdings or bringing the work of an artist who is not-but should be-represented in the collection. This lavishly illustrated publication, which accompanies an exhibition at the Frick, includes a catalogue of the works, as well as comprehensive commentaries on each of promised gifts written by noted scholars in their fi eld.
10/2022
Beaux arts
Living with light
The art of harmonious living is presented in this volume through fifteen bespoke interiors recently designed by the Axel Vervoordt Company. Each room incorporates natural light as an essential component of design, along with other elements from nature water, metal, woodblended with a modern aesthetic and punctuated with fine art and antiques. The range of featured properties includes homes by the sea, as well as in urban and rural locations from New York to London and Munich, and from Italy through Provence to Portugaldemonstrating the breadth of styles possible within the essential Vervoordt design principles. Photography by Laziz Hamani brings into focus both the unique design details and the timeless interiors that together create each striking setting. These exceptional residences are rich with inspirational ideas for incorporating light into your own home in the singular Vervoordt style.
10/2013
Mathématiques
Galois Theory. 1998, 2nd edition
This text offers a clear, efficient exposition of Galois Theory with complete proofs and exercises. Topics include: cubic and quartic formulas, Fundamental Theory of Galois Theory; insolvability of the quintic; Galois's Great Theorem (solvability by radicals of a polynomial is equivalent to solvability of its Galois Group); and computation of Galois groups of cubics and quartics. There are appendices on group theory, ruler-compass constructions, and the early history of Galois Theory. This book provides a concise introduction to Galois Theory suitable for first-year graduate students, either as a text for a course or for study outside the classroom.
This new edition has been completely rewritten. Proofs are now clearer because more details are given and because the exposition has been reorganized (for example, the discussion of solvability by radicals now appears later in the book). The book now begins with a short section on symmetry groups of polygons in the plane, for there is an analogy between symmetry groups of polygons and Galois groups of polynomials. This analogy can serve as a guide to help readers organize the theoretic definitions and constructions. Several new theorems have also been included; for example, the Casus Irreducibilis.
12/1998
Architecture
Fundamental
Fundamental illustre les principes et les instruments qui montrent l'approche de Javier Müller à chacun de ses projets et qui fondent l'origine de son architecture. Une première monographie très personnelle d'un jeune architecte extrêmement prometteur.
05/2022
Décoration
Victorian Floral Designs in Full Color
Reflecting the broad range of accomplishment common among Victorian gentlemen, Frederick Edward Hulme (1841-1909) was the author of works on art, plants, heraldry, cryptography, proverbs, flags, wildflowers and other topics. In this rare volume of floral designs, he drew upon his botanical and artistic knowledge to create a host of motifs designed to instruct art students in the proper treatment of floral forms.
Over 230 copyright-free illustrations depict an attractive array of floral and foliate motifs in a striking variety of colors matched to a broad range of fanciful designs. Formats include borders, repeats, geometric forms, allover patterns and much more.
Bold in form and striking in their inspiration, these authentic Victorian designs are carefully reproduced here for practical and inspirational use by today's artists and craftspeople. Illustrators and graphic designers will also find a wealth of material for use in interior, advertising and textile design.
01/1994
Monographies
Titian : Sources and Documents
Hugely ambitious, Titian : Sources and Documents includes all known documents about Titian and his work dating from his lifetime, and all known references to him in contemporary publications. The relevant section of each text is transcribed in full, preceded by a short summary in English, with extensive annotation and, where necessary, a commentary. The intention of this incredible work of scholarship is to provide a comprehensive survey of the surviving historical evidence about Titian and his career. Titian was one of the most famous, successful and long-lived of Renaissance painters. Much of his output was for rulers or institutions whose archives have been in large part preserved, and many of his family papers have also survived. In addition, he was mentioned in more than a hundred and sixty different publications in his lifetime. Although hundreds of the documents about him and his work have been published, usually in specialised publications based on material in a single archive, there have only been two attempts to provide an overview of the entire body of documents and early published references to him, the first by Crowe and Cavalcaselle in 1877, the second by Adolfo Venturi in 1928. These publications were necessarily selective and included transcriptions of only a small part of the material which was used. The collection, amounting to over two thousand nine hundred items, includes not only texts specifically about Titian himself, but also those concerning his siblings and children, his principal assistants and the other members of the Vecellio family already active as painters before his death, as well as inscriptions on paintings and prints. In addition to texts dating from Titian's lifetime, the collection includes all biographical material published before 1700 and all other texts that could realistically be thought to reflect first- or second-hand anecdotal information about him. The particular strengths and limitations of the principal early printed sources and the circumstances in which they were produced are discussed in a substantial introduction, which also includes an overview of the main archival collections consulted in the preparation of the book. Most of these are in Italy, but others are in Spain, Austria and Germany. New transcriptions are provided for the great majority of the documents that have previously been published, and many hitherto unknown documents have been included. Consideration is given also to documents now known only via secondary sources, and to fake documents, of which a significant number were produced in the past two centuries.
04/2023
Informatique
Programming Language Pragmatics
Programming Language Pragmatics addresses the fundamental principles at work in the most important contemporary languages, highlights the critical relationship between language design and language implementation, and devotes special attention to issues of importance to the expert programmer. Thanks to its rigorous but accessible teaching style, you'll emerge better prepared to choose the best language for particular projects, to make more effective use of languages you already know, and to learn new languages quickly and completely. Features:
• Addresses the most recent developments in programming language design, spanning more than forty different languages, including Ada 95, C, C++, Fortran 95, Java, Lisp, Scheme, ML, Modula-3, Pascal, and Prolog.
• Places a special emphasis on implementation issues-how the techniques used by compilers and related tools influence language design, and vice versa.
• Covers advanced topics in language design and implemenation, such as iterators, coroutines, templates (generics), separate compilation, I/0, type inference, and exception handling.
• Reviews language-related topics in assembly-level architecture critical for understanding what a compiler does to a program.
• Offers in-depth coverage of object-oriented programming, including multiple inheritance and dynamic method binding.
• Devotes a special section to static and dynamic linking.
• Includes a comprehensive chapter on concurrency, with detailed coverage of both shared-memory and message-passing, languages and libraries.
• Provides an accessible introduction to the formal foundations of compilation (automata theory), functional (lambda calculus), and logic programming (predicate calculus).
01/1999
Sciences de la terre et de la
Green Plants. Their Origin and Diversity, 2nd Edition
The central theme of Green Plants is the astonishing diversity of forms found in the plant kingdom, from the simplicity of prokaryotic algae to the myriad complexities of flowering plants. To help the reader appreciate this remarkable diversity, the book is arranged according to generally accepted classification schemes, beginning with algae (both prokaryotic and eukaryotic) and moving through liverworts, hornworts, mosses, fern allies, ferns and gymnosperms to flowering plants. Copiously illustrated throughout with clear line diagrams and instructive photographs, Green Plants provides a concise account of all algae and land plants, with information on topics from cellular structure to life cycles and reproduction. The authors maintain a refreshingly cautious and objective approach in discussions of possible phylogenetic relationships. Newly emerging information on features of plants known only as fossils is included, providing as complete a history as possible of the plant kingdom. Throughout the book there are many references to ultrastructural and physiological features which relate growth and form to current concepts in the study of plant development. This new edition has been completely updated to reflect current views on the origin of the major groups of plants and includes information arising from more recently developed techniques such as cladistic analyses. As such, it provides an up-to-date and timely resource for students of botany, and also for researchers needing a comprehensive reference to the plant kingdom.
01/2000
Informatique
Photoshop CS. Avec 1 CD-ROM
8 exercices complets à réaliser pas à pas pour découvrir et maîtriser toutes les fonctionnalités de ce logiciel de retouche d'images utilisé par tous les professionnels des arts graphiques. Durant cette autoformation, après la découverte de l'environnement de Photoshop, nous vous proposons d'élaborer un projet vous utiliserez les différentes techniques de sélection et les calques nécessaires à la réalisation des montages photos, vous appliquerez des filtres, des déformations aux textes, vous créerez des masques, vous créerez et utiliserez des styles de calque, réaliserez des retouches, appliquerez et créerez des textures et modifierez le mode de couleurs ainsi que les couches d'une image afin de créer des illustrations aux effets saisissants. Vous apprendrez à détourer vos images
pour les intégrer dans un document de PAO ou à les travailler pour le Web. Sur le CD-Rom inclus, vous trouverez les exemples et les corrigés.
10/2004
Histoire ancienne
THE ROMAN CAVALRY. From the First to the Third Century AD
The cavalry was a vital part of the army of Rome and played a significant role in the expansion and success of the Roman Empire. Karen R. Dixon and Par Southern describe the origins of the mounted units of the Roman army and trace their development from temporary allied troops to the regular alae and cohorts. They have drawn together evidence from a wide variety of sources: archaeological, epigraphic and literary, as well as comparing ancient testimony with more recent experience of the use of cavalry.
Now available in paperback, the book covers the subject from the perspective of both the men and the horses. How were the horses selected and disposed of; how they trained, stabled and fed? How were the men recruited, organized and equipped; and what were the conditions of service for a Roman cavalryman?
The authors provide a comprehensive and unique examination of the Roman cavalry, which includes lavish and original illustrations, drawn by Karen R. Dixon.
01/1992
Beaux arts
The Third Mind
Avec "The Third Mind" , Ugo Rondinone nous offre un voyage unique. IRM de ses influences, de ses inclinations et de ses obsessions, cette exposition se construit comme une déambulation dans un cerveau en perpétuelle activité et plonge à la source des références et des découvertes de l'artiste. Le talent de celui-ci à construire des systèmes de correspondances est mis pour la première fois au service non plus de ses propres travaux, mais des oeuvres d'autres artistes. Les systèmes de correspondances activés ainsi que les artistes et les oeuvres choisis font de "The Third Mind" une exposition qu'aucun curateur / historien de l'art ne pourra jamais imaginer. Dix ans après l'exposition-événement, Ugo Rondinone réactive un projet éditorial singulier. En hommage à The Third Mind - livre culte conçu par William S. Burroughs et Brion Gysin selon la méthode du cut-up -, il procède à un découpage et à un remixage du paysage artistique contemporain pour en laisser jaillir un sens inédit. Composé à partir des oeuvres de trente et un artistes, paginé et annoté à la main, ce gigantesque cut-up en images constitue un livre d'artiste unique, créé par un troisième esprit, fruit de la réunion d'Ugo Rondinone et de ses choix.
09/2018
Non classé
Pedagogic Design and Literary Form in the Work of Adalbert Stifter
This investigation brings to light the fundamental significance of literary form as the chief mediator of Stifter's pedagogic endeavour, an aspect so far neglected in Stifter literature. It opposes the widely held view that Stifter's pedagogic incentive is a result of the Austrian revolution of 1848. While Stifter's pedagogic thought stems primarily from his Kremsmünster education in the spirit of Josephinism, it is his increasingly sensitive and respectful involvement of the reader's perceptive powers in conveying the import which, far beyond the expression of pedagogic design in terms of moral and social maxims, reveals Stifter's originality as a pedagogic writer.
12/1986
Objets d'art, collection
The Wider Goldsmiths' Trade in Elizabethan and Stuart London
The Wider Goldsmiths' Trade in Elizabethan and Stuart London is the first book to study all aspects of the Goldsmiths' trade. It challenges the assumption that the manufacture of silver plate and gold jewellery was the company's only activity during the seventeenth century. It considers allied trades such as refining, wiredrawing, and the making of small-swords and watches, as well as the development of the modern banking system. On Elizabeth I's accession, England was essentially a 'third world economy', with exports mainly of wool, unfinished woolen cloth and some minerals, whilst imports consisted of a great range of goods including luxuries such as silks, fine linens, and even scissors. By the end of the seventeenth century, the situation was transformed : a burgeoning maritime trade with many parts of the world enabled the import of raw materials as well as some luxury goods and a wide range of exports which included certain goods produced in London with an international reputation for quality, such as beaver hats and mathematical instruments. Throughout the period, religious refugees and economic migrants brought their skills and knowledge to England. At the Restoration, Royalists returning to London from the Continent introduced French and Low Country fashions in dress, manners, cuisine and dining practice. Refining, wiredrawing, and the making of plate, smallwares and jewellery were at the heart of the trade and of concern to the Goldsmiths' Company that had responsibility for ensuring that the correct alloys were used for silver and gold wares. This was not always the case for clocks, watches and swords. Nevertheless, they are included in this study as several members of the Company were instrumental in the development of clock and watch making in the city. Towards the end of the seventeenth century, the great increase in the sale of watches with gold and silver cases forced the Company to become involved in the control of this trade. Similarly, after the Civil Wars, the wearing of the small-sword by all those with aspirations to gentility gave rise to a demarcation dispute between the Goldsmiths' and Cutlers' Companies. Further, during the Commonwealth, goldsmith-bankers developed the clearing system which led to modern retail banking. This book considers the wider Goldsmiths' trade against dynamic changes : the organization and control of its branches and the design, manufacture and sale of its wares. The twelve chapters cover a range of topics - from history and context, to the various branches of the trade.
04/2024
