The design, dissemination, and use of contemporary artifacts - industrial products, communications, information systems, even projects - is driven less by physical/functional demands then by their attractiveness and usability. Emerging from product semantics, The Semantic Turn develops a new philosophy ... more »

Spon's Manual for Educational Premises is an essential reference book for planning, building, remodelling, repairing, maintaining and managing a wide range of both modern and historic educational premises. It contains clear, practical guidance for local authorities, head teachers, governing boards on ... more »

Marketing experts predict that by 2009, nearly 90% of all cell phones will contain a camera, as manufacturers race to create cheaper, easier-to-use models with more sophisticated cameras, more pixels, flash units and even multiple lenses. Already revolutionizing audiovisual communication, it's a trend ... more »

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Lightweight aggregate concrete is undergoing something of a renaissance. Although this material has been available for many years, only now is it being used more widely. This book provides a comprehensive review of this growing field from an international perspective. more »

Modelling of Concrete Performace deals with the long-term performance of concrete. The author describes an integrated theoretical and computational platform from which to examine and assess the quality and structural durability of concrete at an early age. This book will appeal to both the academic and ... more »

Michael Coumatos is a former U.S. Navy test pilot, shipâEUR™s captain and commodore, U.S. Space Command director of war gaming, and a National Security Council counterterrorism advisor. William Scott is the Rocky Mountain bureau chief for Aviation Week and Space Technology magazine and a former U.S. ... more »

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 »

This book is a guide to the presentation of data in visual format using IBM PCs and compatibles. It includes BASIC programs for graphics presentation of all major types of graph and chart, including 3-D. A special feature is the inclusion of colour plates illustrating the graphics that can be produced ... more »

This edition of this successful manual has been carefully revised throughout to take account of recent changes and to incorporate amendments required due to the publication of the revised BS 5328. This manual provides information on all aspects of the ready-mixed concrete industry, from the basic materials ... more »

Nonlinear Optics probes in great depth quadratic and cubic nonlinearities, photorefractive nonlinear optics, the nonlinear optical properties of nematic liquid crystals, and photonic bandgap structures. This reference places core physical principles and theoretical concepts in dialogue with contemporary ... more »

Product Info Papers presented at the International Conference of Urban Draining and New Technologies [UDT 91], Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, 17-21 June 1991. more »