Noted for its highly readable style, the new edition of this bestseller provides an updated overview of aeronautical and aerospace engineering. "Introduction to Flight" blends history and biography with discussion of engineering concepts, and shows the development of flight through this perspective.[...]
Provides an approach to compressible flow for Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering students. Using historical vignettes that show the evolution of the field, this title includes pedagogical features -"Roadmaps" showing the development of a given topic, and "Design Boxes" giving examples of design de[...]
This pioneering text provides an excellent introduction to CFD at the senior level in aerospace and mechanical engineering, and to some extent, chemical and civil engineering. It can also serve as a one-semester introductory course at the beginning graduate level, as a useful precursor to a more ser[...]
Anderson's book provides the most accessible approach to compressible flow for Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering students and professionals. In keeping with previous versions, the 3rd edition uses numerous historical vignettes that show the evolution of the field. New pedagogical features - "Road[...]
Noted for its highly readable style, the new edition of this bestseller provides an updated overview of aeronautical and aerospace engineering. "Introduction to Flight" blends history and biography with discussion of engineering concepts, and shows the development of flight through this perspective.[...]
In keeping with its bestselling previous editions, Fundamentals of Aerodynamics, Fifth Edition by John Anderson, offers the most readable, interesting, and up-to-date overview of aerodynamics to be found in any text. The classic organization of the text has been preserved, as is its successful pedag[...]
This book is the first systematic account of the syntax and semantics of names. Drawing on work in onomastics, philosophy, and linguistics, John Anderson examines the distribution and subcategorization of names within a framework of syntactic categories, and considers how the morphosyntactic behavio[...]
Never before have so many electronic resources been available to support the teaching of English. From a wide variety of online corpora to specialized archives of speech and writing, teachers and students are faced with the challenge of understanding these resources and selecting those appropriate t[...]
The Big Lebowski is a razor-sharp comedy thriller of mistaken identity, gangsters, bowling, kidnapping, and money gone astray, written by the Coens, directed by Joel Coen, and produced by Ethan Coen. In addition to Jeff Bridges, whose portrayal of The Dude has become iconic, and John Goodman, his bo[...]
Born the eighth of seventeen children in Philadelphia, Betsy Ross lived in a time when the American colonies were yearning for independence from British rule. Ross worked as a seamstress and was eager to contribute to the cause, making tents and repairing uniforms when the colonies declared war. By [...]
Based on Bryson's comprehensive approach to strategic planning, this workbook provides tools, techniques, worksheets, and step-by-step processes to help successfully implement, manage, and troubleshoot an organization's strategy over the long haul. This updated workbook helps organizations work thro[...]
"Understanding Information Transmission" introduces you to the entire field of information technology. In this consumer handbook and introductory student resource, seven chapters span the gamut of the field - the nature, storage, transmission, networking, and protection of information. In addition t[...]
This introduction to digital data transmission, modulation, and error correction coding, together with the underlying communication and information theory is an all inclusive text suitable for all those connected with Mechanical Engineering or Computer Science. Equal emphasis is given to underlying [...]
Natural history, the deliberate observation of the environment, is arguably the oldest science. This title chronicles the rise, decline, and ultimate revival of natural history within the realms of science and public discourse.[...]
This comprehensive guide takes a "how-to" approach to qualitative data collection and analysis. Drawing from a wealth of illustrative research examples and applications, the authors introduce techniques of collecting, focusing, and analyzing data in a step-by-step manner. First published in 1971, th[...]
The bestselling WORLDS OF MUSIC, now in its fifth edition, provides authoritative, accessible coverage of the world's music cultures. Based on the authors' fieldwork and expertise, this text presents in-depth explorations of several music cultures from around the world, with new chapters on China, E[...]
People expect effortless, engaging interaction with desktop and web applications, but producing software that generates enjoyable user experiences is much harder than many companies anticipate. With "Effective UI," you'll learn proven user-experience strategies that will satisfy your clients and cus[...]
Does a knowledge of Latin facilitate he learning of computer programming? Does skill in geometry make it easier to learn music? The issue of the transfer of learning from one domain to another is a classic problem in psychology as well as an educational question of great importance, which this ingen[...]
Focusing on legal issues in sport, this title delivers the information students need and sport management professionals require in order to navigate liability issues, protect the legal rights of their employees and athletes and manage legal risk in their professions. It guides readers through the ma[...]