Mit dem Blick auf die Losung von Problemen im Maschinenbau fuhrt dieses Lehrbuch grundlegend in die Programmierumgebung MATLAB(r) zur Losung mathematisch-ingenieurwissenschaftlicher Probleme ein. Es zeigt, wie MATLAB(r) zur numerischen sowie symbolischen Berechnung und Visualisierung eingesetzt werd[...]

Offering insight and equal consideration into the societies of the "civilized" and "uncivilized" world, "Europe and the People Without History" deftly explores the historical trajectory of so-called modern globalization. In this foundational text about the development of the global political economy[...]

The "U.S. Merrimack" was the finest battleship in Earth's fleet, able to withstand the best the Palatine Empire could throw at them. Only her sister ship, the "Monitor," was her equal. So when the Palatine forces secretly captured "Monitor," "Merrimack"'s security was compromised-and that was just t[...]

"Peasant Wars of the Twentieth Century provides a good short course in the major popular revolutions of our century--in Russia, Mexico, China, Algeria, Cuba, and Viet Nam--not from the perspective of governments or parties or leaders, but from the perspective of the peasant peoples whose lives and w[...]

"Another neat little hardcover beauty, "The Wolf's Whistle" is a Richard Scarry meets Wes Anderson fusion of art comics and children's books. It's a superhero origin story made with the deft touch of a printmaker, and which might be the title in Nobrow's catalogue that best showcases the care and at[...]

Highlights typical preparative methods for a range of polymer types. This book presents practical laboratory procedures for a selection of syntheses that are representative of a given class of starting materials and polymerization techniques. It aims to save on tedious literature searching when plan[...]

Currency boards, more so than other exchange rate regimes, have come in and out of fashion. Defined by a fixed exchange rate with full convertibility, central bank liabilities backed with foreign exchange reserves, and a high cost of exiting the regime, currency boards were common in colonial times-[...]