The role of the built environment on global warming is seen to be of increasing relevance. In this book, contributors of international repute offer a wide perspective on the subject. This paperback edition offers insights and techniques regarding design and management of buildings and urban settlement ... more »

High speed cable modems are the technical link that will bring the Internet and video-on-demand to the cable-ready TVs in our homes. This great leap forward will hit the market in 1997, and this is the book with the inside information on how it works. The author couldn't be closer to the process; he ... more »

Occupational Ergonomics: Engineering and Administrative Controls focuses on prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders with an emphasis on engineering and administrative controls. Section I provides knowledge about risk factors for upper and lower extremities at work, while Section II concentrates ... more »

... information on thousands of rates each broken down to labour, material overheads and profit. The first book to include typical project costs for: * Rainwater goods installations * Bathrooms * External waste systems * Central heating systems * Hot and cold water systems. More than just a price book, ... more »

Leading scientists explain the nature and goals of `test-tube' reproduction and genetic engineering, and their eugenic implications. In contrast to the Warnock report, issues are considered in a social ethic - rather than individualistic - context. more »

Killer tornadoes. Violent tropical storms. Devastating temperatures. Are these just the prelude to an unprecedented environmental disaster in our near future? Rapid changes in the atmosphere have set humanity on a dangerous course toward a catastrophic change in climate in the immediate future. It's ... more »

Price M. Cobbs, M.D., coauthor, with William H. Grier, of Black Rage -- one of the twentieth century's most profound examinations of black life in America -- has been a witness to some of the most important events in American history. Now, thirty years later, for the first time he reconsiders his extraordinary ... more »

Albert Einstein's bold mark on our understanding of the world, which has persisted now for more than a century, shows no sign of fading. On the contrary, Einstein and his work promise to inspire, enlighten, and confound us for decades--indeed, for centuries--to come. In this fascinating volume, today ... more »

The Nuclear Envelope brings together major current topics in nuclear envelope structure, transport, transcriptional regulation and cell signaling. The volume is divided into four sections: 1. Proteins of the nuclear envelope, including nuclear envelope proteomics, structure and function. 2. Nuclear pores ... more »

Product Info From Soul to Self takes the reader on a fascinating journey through philosophy, theology, religious studies, and physiological sciences. more »

Progress in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation contains the proceedings of the Second International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation held in Cape Town, South Africa in July 2004. Its broad scope encompasses all aspects of structural mechanics and structural ... more »

Texture in Food: Volume 2: Solid Foods summarizes the wealth of recent research on what influences texture in solid foods and how it can be controlled to maximize product quality. The first part of the book reviews research on understanding how consumers experience texture when they eat, and how they ... more »