Updated with a new foreword by Moss Roberts for this fifteenth anniversary edition, Three Kingdoms tells the story of the fateful last reign of the Han dynasty (206 B.C.--A.D. 220), when the Chinese empire was divided into three warring kingdoms. Writing some twelve hundred years later, the Ming aut[...]
Aims to describe the theory of Digital Power Electronics and its applications. This book applies digital control theory to power electronics in a manner different from the traditional, analog control scheme. It defines a number of parameters, including the energy factor, pumping energy, stored energ[...]
Muslim minorities in China and India form only a small fraction of their respective populations, yet as they principally live in troubled border states, they are of key strategic importance in the war on terror. In this global context, this book explores whether economics is more important than the [...]
This book applies systems biology methods to analyze Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), providing a comprehensive resource for modernization of TCM research and drug discovery.[...]
Helps practitioners significantly shorten the time for design, manufacturing, and testing of LED packaging In LED Packaging and Applications, Liu and Luo introduce key LED packaging technologies: optical design, mechanical and thermal management, and reliability issues, along with introductions of s[...]
The Avant-Garde and the Popular in China examines avant-garde performance as an important political force shaping popular culture in modern China, focusing on artist and activist Tian Han. This is the first book to analyze Han's art and activism and to explore how an important group of Chinese perfo[...]
Three Kingdoms tells the story of the fateful last reign of the Han dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220), when the Chinese empire was divided into three warring kingdoms. This decisive period in Chinese history became a subject of intense and continuing interest to historians, poets, and dramatists. Writing [...]
"Three Kingdoms" tells the story of the fateful last reign of the Han dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220), when the Chinese empire was divided into three warring kingdoms. This decisive period in Chinese history became a subject of intense and continuing interest to historians, poets, and dramatists. Writin[...]
This exciting new translation will appeal to modern readers who find the twists and turns of "Game of Thrones" so compelling.
"The Three Kingdoms" is an epic Chinese novel written over six centuries ago. It recounts in vivid historical detail the turbulent years at the close of the Han Dynasty, [...]
This exciting new translation will appeal to modern readers who find the twists and turns of "Game of Thrones" so compelling.
"The Three Kingdoms" is an epic Chinese novel written over six centuries ago. It recounts in vivid historical detail the turbulent years at the close of the Han Dynasty, [...]
This exciting new translation will appeal to modern readers who find the twists and turns of "Game of Thrones" so compelling.
"The Three Kingdoms" is an epic Chinese novel written over six centuries ago. It recounts in vivid historical detail the turbulent years at the close of the Han Dynasty, [...]
"Magnesium Technology 2006" presents papers related to primary production and market; recycling and environmental issues; alloy development; phase transformations; manufacturing processes; mechanical and physical properties; cast and wrought alloys; welding and joining; corrosion and surface finishi[...]
Covers a wide variety of areas, including recycling and environmental, casting and solidification, wrought alloys and forming processes, welding and joining, corrosion and coatings, automotive and other applications, microstructure and properties, thermodynamics and fundamental research, and alloy d[...]
Presents a systematic view of vibro-impact dynamics based on the nonlinear dynamics analysis Comprehensive understanding of any vibro-impact system is critically impeded by the lack of analytical tools viable for properly characterizing grazing bifurcation.[...]
This book presents a comprehensive insight into the design techniques for different types of CP antennas Circularly Polarized Antennas covers a broad range of topics on circularly polarized (CP) antennas.[...]
Learn to program for multiple devices using this exciting, open source software platform Tizen offers an innovative operating system, applications, and a user experience that consumers can take from device to device. Developed by Samsung, Tizen is compatible with HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS, giving [...]
Covers analytical solutions of periodic motions to chaos in nonlinear dynamical systems, considering engineering applications, design and control. This book discusses analytical solutions of periodic motions to chaos in nonlinear dynamical systems in engineering and considers engineering application[...]