This text should be useful both to novices and those with experience of programming in languages other than PASCAL. There is a wide selection of problems, exercises and case studies. ... more » more »

Inside the Minds: Profitable Customer Relationships is the most authoritative book ever written on the essentials behind successful Customer Relationship Management. This title features Chairmen, Presidents, and CEOs from some of the nation's top CRM companies, who have each contributed chapters akin ... 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 »

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 »

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 »

Environmentally responsible building involves resolving many conflicting issues and requirements. Each stage in the design process from the fundamental decisions about what, where and even whether to build has implications for the environment. Evolving out of the success of Green Building Digest, a publication ... more »

This is a work of but not on political theory. A philosophical examination of the basic concepts of political discourse; on what is said in newspapers, by politicians, by people in pubs, rather than on the works of political theorists. more »

This book details the latest methods available for the in-service assessment of buildings and other structures. Written by a team of international experts, it provides detailed information and practical advice on key issues such as safety assessment and performance monitoring and evaluation. All the ... more »

The advent of instruments capable of measuring sound intensity, which represents the flow of energy in sound fields, has revolutionised audio-frequency acoustical metrology. Since publication of the first edition, two International Standards for the use of sound intensity for sound source power determination ... more »

In 1994 a little California biotech startup called Calgene introduced the Flavr Savr tomato, the first genetically engineered whole food ever brought to market, and laid the groundwork for the entire agricultural biotechnology industry. In a fast-paced narrative full of colorful characters, surprising ... more »

Introduction to Mathematical Techniques Used in GIS explains to nonmathematicians the fundamentals that support the manipulation and display of geographic information. It focuses on basic mathematical techniques, building upon a series of steps that enable a deeper understanding of the complex forms ... more »