Author: David Curtis Wright
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Keywords: modern, nations, histories, greenwood, china, history
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 2001-04-30
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 031330940X
ISBN-13: 9780313309403

Every school and public library should update its resources on China with this engagingly written and succinct narrative history of China from prehistoric times to 2000. The world’s oldest continuing civilization, China’s technological, cultural, and philosophical developments have influenced the world throughout its long history. Wright, an expert on China, has written a fascinating history that not only makes the complex history of China clear to the reader, but weaves into each era of that history the thematic strands of diplomatic, cultural, and technological history.

Authors:David Mumford, Caroline Series, David Wright,
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: klein, felix, vision, pearls, indra
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2002-05
List price: $69.00
ISBN-10: 0521352533
ISBN-13: 9780521352536

Felix Klein, a great geometer of the nineteenth century, rediscovered an idea from Hindu mythology in mathematics: the heaven of Indra in which the whole Universe was mirrored in each pearl in a net of pearls. Practically impossible to represent by hand, this idea barely existed outside the imagination, until the 1980s when the authors embarked on the first computer investigation of Klein’s vision. In this extraordinary book they explore the path from some basic mathematical ideas to the simple algorithms that create delicate fractal filigrees, most appearing in print for the first time

Authors:Graham Curtis, David Cobham,
Publisher: Pearson Educatio
Keywords: design, practice, analysis, systems, information, business
Number of Pages: 695
Published: 2008-11-30
List price: $122.50
ISBN-10: 0273713825
ISBN-13: 9780273713821

This book aims to equipthose in, or entering business to assess the opportunities, limitations and major issues surrounding modern business information systems and to appreciate the way that information systems can aid the realization of business objectives. This book provides students with: *good technical coverage, *accessible coverage for both business students and computing students, *interesting case studies, including a running case throughout the systems development chapters, showing real world application of ideas and technologies, *European context and examples *PowerPoint slides and

Authors:David N. Steele, Curtis C. Thoma,
Publisher: P & R Publishing
Keywords: defended, documented, defined, calvinism, points, five
Published: 1989-07-01
List price: $5.99
ISBN-10: 0875524443
ISBN-13: 9780875524443

Author: Graham Curtis; David Cobham
Publisher: Pearson Publications Company
Keywords: design, practice, analysis, systems, information, business
Number of Pages: 686
Published: 2005-02-28
List price: $110.00
ISBN-10: 0273687921
ISBN-13: 9780273687924

Helps students to gain a comprehensive understanding of how information systems can aid the realisation of business objectives. The book covers BIS from a business, technical and systems development perspective.With balanced and clear coverage of the more technical systems aspects of BIS and the softer, more managerial topics together with an analytical approach, this well-established text provides a solid coverage of the topic from systems, design analysis and planning to data mining, business intelligence and knowledge management. Companion website includes multiple choice questions, hints t

Authors:David Gibson, Maestro Curtis,
Publisher: Artistpro
Keywords: artistpro, producing, art
Number of Pages: 285
Published: 2004-12-23
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1931140448
ISBN-13: 9781931140447

"The Art of Producing" lays out a specific process for producing a music project from start to finish. Throughout the book, you will acquire specific skills and techniques for producing a high-quality production, and you will explore the many values that must come together along the way. From working with virtual recording, virtual instruments, vocal techniques, and MIDI tracking to picking a recording studio, and everything in between, "The Art of Producing" offers well-grounded concepts that have been tested and proven through years of success. Take these concepts, adapt them to your own per

Authors:David Curtis, Robin Capon,
Publisher: Batsford
Keywords: oils, moment, capturing
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2007-05-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0713490071
ISBN-13: 9780713490077

From award-winning painter David Curtis comes a fabulous on-the-page oil painting course, with all the techniques needed to work outdoors—in every type of weather—as well as in the studio. Through finished pieces and stage-by-stage examples, students learn how to capture the subtle effects of light and mood and achieve expressive, original results. There’s expert guidance on choosing materials, mastering different styles, selecting ideas, creating a good composition, and using color and tone. Curtis pays special attention to drawing skills and interpreting the qualities of light, while his