Anyone alive in the latter part of the 20th century is familiar with computers and the concept of doing work via these silicon-chip-driven modern wonders. A typical handheld computing device today has more computing power than a 1960s computer that took up an entire room. In today's world, computing ... more »

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It's spring semester at Mirador High in Southern California, and twenty-four-year-old Jeremy Iversen is going deep undercover to deliver the real deal about the dull classes and fast times of American teens today. Trading in his suit and tie for jeans and skater shoes, Iversen posed as a senior transfer ... more »

There is an increasing number of buildings that require informed decisions to be made about their continued safety and serviceability. Although social and economic issues are often all-important influences, the technical issues nevertheless need to be addressed objectively, efficiently and reliably. ... more »

Structures subjected to static and dynamic loading can fail due to diagonal cracking of a structural member. Design of concrete, steel and timber structures to resist shearing forces is therefore an important consideration for the structural engineer. Innovative Shear Design contains numerous practical ... more »

This is a state-of-the-art report prepared by RILEM Technical Committee 116-PCD and is an authoritative, international review of the subject and is an essential reference source for engineers and te... more » more »

The increasing need to redevelop land in urban areas has led to major development in the field of ground improvement, a process that is continuing and expanding. Vibratory deep compaction and grouting techniques have also been increasingly applied to solving the problems of urban development, whether ... more »

In the present era of the post new economy, scores of successful companies are now tending more than ever to steer away from the old model of extreme reward by extreme-speculation. While innovation thrives today, it is focused on the fundamentals of value and high performance. Technology blueprints are ... more »

Providing the first major study of how Derrida discusses Hegel and how we must now read Hegel in the wake of deconstruction, some of the key commentators in continental philosophy present a comprehensive picture in eleven excellent essays. more »

Everyone in the modern world knows what technology is. But what is nanotechnology? Taken from the Greek, nano means one billionth part of a whole. In modern parlance, it means very, very small. Nano-tech is the next step after miniaturization. Cell phones are miniaturized versions of traditional landline ... more »

This book takes a careful look at foreign and defence policy formulation and assesses the perspective of the NATO states whose primary security concerns lie in the southern area of the Alliance and the military threats they face. more »

Product Info Proceedings of a workshop held in Brussels, Belgium, 26-27 October 1988, under the auspices of COST European Cooperation in Scientific and Technology Research - COST 641 and 681. more »