This new edition of the popular The Strategy Pathfinder updates the micro-cases of real-life problems faced by companies and executives. These micro-cases help readers to engage with the kinds of situations they will encounter in their working lives while provoking discussions about key theoretical [...]
In this updated, second edition of the highly acclaimed international best seller, "The Dollar Crisis: Causes, Consequences, Cures," Richard Duncan describes the flaws in the international monetary system that have destabilized the global economy and that may soon culminate in a deflation-induced wo[...]
This book on sustainable renovation will focus on how buildings are made and sites developed, and on the improvements to building systems and envelopes that can be accomplished within both historic and modern existing buildings. Great examples of existing building upgrades will be examined, illustra[...]
Choosing to spend tens or hundreds of thousands of pounds on a yacht is a massive decision, and one which many people are poorly qualified to make.[...]
Porous Materials focuses on the exciting field of porous materials, in which there have been a number of significant breakthroughs in the design and processing of novel porous materials.[...]
With physical properties that often may not be described by the transposition of physical laws from 3D space across to 2D or even 1D space, low-dimensional solids exhibit a high degree of anisotropy in the spatial distribution of their chemical bonds. This means that they can demonstrate new phenome[...]
Following the success of Inorganic Materials, the concept of the original book will be updated and extended to reflect the recent expansion of research and applications in inorganic material chemistry, and its interfaces with physics, biology and materials science.[...]
If you lie awake worrying about the overnight transition from December 31, 1 b.c., to January 1, a.d. 1 (there is no year zero), then you will enjoy Duncan Steel's Marking Time.--American Scientist
""No book could serve as a better guide to the cumulative invention that defines the imaginary thr[...]
Authoritative, state--of--the--art guidance to soil strength and slope--stability analysis Through clear, concise language and practical examples, Soil Strength and Slope Stability describes state of the art methods for evaluating soil strength, and for analysis, design and stabilization of slopes i[...]
This influential treatise presents upper-level undergraduates and graduate students with a mathematical analysis of choice behavior. It begins with the statement of a general axiom upon which the rest of the book rests; the following three chapters, which may be read independently of each other, are[...]
Step-by-step guide for sixteen projects shows how to turn inexpensive materials into a wide range of attractive, functional objects that are as fashionable today as they were a century ago. Instructions are provided for creating table lamps, a dining room dome, a lantern, the shade for a drop light,[...]