The leading text in the field–fully updated to reflect changes in vacuum technology In the decade and a half since the publication of the Second Edition of A User’s Guide to Vacuum Technology there have been many important advances in the field, including spinning rotor gauges, dry mecha[...]

The Starflight Handbook A Pioneer's Guide to Interstellar Travel "The Starflight Handbook is an indispensable compendium of the many and varied methods for traversing the vast interstellar gulf--don't leave the Solar System without it " --Robert Forward "Very sensible, very complete and useful. Its [...]

Well-researched coloring book dramatically captures the danger, hardships, tedium, and lighter moments in the life of a Civil War soldier. Forty-five realistically rendered illustrations depict new recruits saying good-bye to loved ones, trying on uniforms, spending a relaxed evening in camp, posing[...]

Fourier transform theory is of central importance in a vast range of applications in physical science, engineering and applied mathematics. Providing a concise introduction to the theory and practice of Fourier transforms, this book is invaluable to students of physics, electrical and electronic eng[...]

A straightforward treatment describing the oxidation processes of metals and alloys at elevated temperatures. This 2006 second edition retains the fundamental theory but incorporates advances made in understanding degradation phenomena. The first half provides an authoritative introduction to the ba[...]

Sgt. Pepper?s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) represents the highpoint of the recording career of the Beatles. This is the first detailed study to be made of this or any other such album, and it demonstrates how serious discussion of popular music can be undertaken without failing either the approach[...]

Covering the years 1847-1894, this volume includes passages that have been chosen to reflect Tolstoy's preoccupations as a writer - his views on his own work and that of others - and his development as a person and as a thinker. It also shows his attitude to contemporary social problems, rural life,[...]

Leo Tolstoy was unquestionably the most prolific letter-writer of all the great Russian novelists of the nineteenth-century. Over 8500 of his letters have been published. This title presents a selection of 608 of them. It is divided into five sections, running from 1828 to 1879.[...]