This book provides biomedical engineers with the premiere reference on medical instrumentation as well as a comprehensive overview of the basic concepts. The revised edition features new material on infant apnea monitors, impedance pneumography, the design of cardiac pacemakers, and disposable defib[...]

Michael "Miles" Standish, vice president and senior grader of PCGS, presents an engaging history and coin-by-coin study of the famous Morgan silver dollar. Featuring the recollections of legendary dollar dealer John Love, beautiful high-resolution photographs of the Coronet Collection (ranked by PCG[...]

John Ashton brings together the evidence of 24 scholars from the fields of science, archaeology, and philosophy to present an irrefutable argument for the existence of God.[...]

In this new entry in the Larry Gets Lost series, Larry and Pete's travels take them to Los Angeles, and once again Larry gets lost But not to worry-there's plenty to do in this new city. As he searches for Pete, Larry visits some amazing places, from wild Venice Beach to stately Beverly Hills, from[...]

In a locked Honolulu office building, three men are found dead, covered in ultrafine, razor-sharp cuts. The only clue left behind is a tiny bladed robot. In the lush forests of Oahu, trillions of microorganisms are being discovered, feeding a search for priceless drugs. In Cambridge, Massachusetts, [...]

This title contains strategies for looking past your products - to uncover what your buyers want. The most difficult task in selling - and the number one key to success - is to get inside the head of your buyer. "CustomerCentric Selling" presents a dynamic process for first understanding and shaping[...]

The classic guide to B2B selling--updated with the newest digital strategies CustomerCentric Selling pioneered the concept that the key to sales success lies in the ability to find solutions to customers' problems by getting into their minds, and it was the first book to provide the methodology to d[...]

Model Driven Architecture (MDA) is an approach to software development that helps companies manage large, complex software projects and save development costs while allowing new technologies that come along to be readily incorporated. This book contains six case studies of real companies using MDA.[...]

Now with a new chapter on the Wildcats' legendary comeback in the 2014 Final Four
John Calipari, one of the most successful coaches in NCAA history, presents the world of college basketball from the coach's chair, unvarnished and straight from the heart. "Players First" is Calipari's account of [...]

Marine sediments provide the largest habitat on planet earth, yet knowledge of the structure and function of their flora and fauna continues to be poorly described in current textbooks. This concise, readable introduction to benthic ecology builds upon the strengths of the previous edition but has b[...]

Fortran remains one of the principal programming languages used in high-performance scientific, numerical, and engineering computing. A series of significant revisions to the standard versions of the language have progressively enhanced its capabilities and the latest standard, Fortran 2008, include[...]

"Hope on Earth" is the thought-provoking result of a lively and wide-ranging conversation between two of the world's leading interdisciplinary environmental scientists: Paul R. Ehrlich, whose book "The Population Bomb" shook the world in 1968 (and continues to shake it), and Michael Charles Tobias, [...]