This work is designed for a first course in real analysis following the standard course in elementary calculus. It contains a treatment (with many illustrative samples and exercises) of the standard topics in infinite metric spaces, and vector field theory. It includes an assortment of exercises and[...]

This lively and engaging new book addresses a topical and important area of study. Helping readers not only to understand, but also to apply, the most important theoretical notions on identity, identification, reputation and corporate branding, it illustrates how communicating with a company's key a[...]

Provides guidance that enables the engineer to analyze and design reinforced concrete buildings, bridges, retaining walls and containment structures. This book is intended for structural engineers, contractors, consulting engineers, local and health authorities, and utilities.[...]

In the chaos of the combat zone, there are the living, the dead, and the Ghost.
In the ongoing Iraq conflict, there are no battle lines, no direct offensives, no ground won or lost just the daily fight against an enemy who hits and runs, hides and sneaks. If the enemy shows himself, it's only f[...]

Every successful organization needs high-performance teams to compete and succeed. Yet, technical people are often resistant to traditional "touchy-feely" teambuilding. To improve communication, performance, and morale among NASA's technical teams, former NASA Astrophysicist Dr.[...]

"A valuable reference." -- "American Scientist." Excellent graduate-level treatment of set theory, algebra and analysis for applications in engineering and science. Fundamentals, algebraic structures, vector spaces and linear transformations, metric spaces, normed spaces and inner product spaces, li[...]

PORTRAIT OF AMERICA is an anthology of essays written by some of America's most eminent historians. The collection maintains a loose biographical focus. The essays in this secondary-source reader humanize American history by portraying it as a story of real people with whom students can easily ident[...]

This book is the first single volume history of modern Spain to appear in over 30 years. It describes Spain's emergence in the nineteenth century as the first modern post-imperial power and examines the vast social and economic changes which Spain witnessed during this period. In lucid and accessibl[...]