Authors:Stephen D. Cramer, Stephen D. Cramer, Bernard S., Jr.
Publisher: ASM International
Keywords: industries, environments, corrosion, handbook, asm
Number of Pages: 1137
Published: 2006-09-30
List price: $264.00
ISBN-10: 0871707098
ISBN-13: 9780871707093

Corrosion: Environments and Industries addresses how corrosion impacts specific segments of the world economy by environment and by industrial sector and provides you with answers to corrosion problems affecting your industry and ways to address corrosion issues in the environment that your equipment experiences.Over 250 leading authorities in the field of corrosion have written or reviewed articles in this volume. This volume completes the three-volume update of the landmark 1987 Metals Handbook volume on corrosion. The companion works are ASM Handbook, volume 13A, Corrosion: Fundamentals, Te

Author: Stephen MarshallStephen Marshall; Giovanni L. Sic
Publisher: Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Keywords: signal, processing, communications, book, eurasip, image, series, advances, nonlinear
Number of Pages: 361
Published: 2006-08-20
List price: $120.00
ISBN-10: 9775945372
ISBN-13: 9789775945372

The interest in nonlinear methods in signal processing is steadily increasing, since nowadays the advances in computational capacities make it possible to implement sophisticated nonlinear processing techniques which in turn allow remarkable improvements with respect to standard and well-consolidated linear processing approaches. The aim of the book is to present a review of emerging new areas of interest involving nonlinear signal and image processing theories, techniques, and tools. More than 30 leading researchers have contributed to this book covering the major topics relevant to non

Author: Stephen Few
Publisher: O’Reilly Media, Inc.
Keywords: communication, data, visual, effective, dashboard, design, information
Number of Pages: 223
Published: 2006-01-01
List price: $34.99
ISBN-10: 0596100167
ISBN-13: 9780596100162

Dashboards have become popular in recent years as uniquely powerful tools for communicating important information at a glance. Although dashboards are potentially powerful, this potential is rarely realized. The greatest display technology in the world won’t solve this if you fail to use effective visual design. And if a dashboard fails to tell you precisely what you need to know in an instant, you’ll never use it, even if it’s filled with cute gauges, meters, and traffic lights. Don’t let your investment in dashboard technology go to waste. This book will teach you th

Author: Stephen E. Fi
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum
Keywords: assessment, counseling, psychotherapy, therapeutic, techniques, shoes, theory, clients
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2007-02-15
List price: $35.95
ISBN-10: 0805857648
ISBN-13: 9780805857641

In Our Clients’ Shoes conveniently assembles a number of important papers on the Therapeutic Assessment approach in one resource, explicating its history, theory, techniques, as well as its impact on clients and assessors. Author Stephen E. Finn incorporates pieces presented at various conferences over the past 13 years, in addition to previously unpublished work, with the intent to allow psychologists greater insight into their clients’ perspectives.Arranged in three sections, the first set of papers describes the history and development of Therapeutic Assessment, including personal exper

Author: Stephen J. Lee
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Publisher
Keywords: history, project, secondary, heinemann, nazi, germany, weimar
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 1996-12-02
List price: $21.70
ISBN-10: 043530920X
ISBN-13: 9780435309206

Part of a series designed to meet the requirements of the revised GCSE syllabus, this pupil’s book examines the events that took place in Nazi Germany between 1918 and 1945. It balances concise narrative with a range of source material, and approaches topics by looking at important issues and posing key historical questions about the period. The book focuses on the lives of people in the ghettos, the power of propaganda and the role of the individual. There are summary boxes to aid revision and practice exam questions. There is an accompanying teacher’s resource book, and the infor

Author: Stephen We
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: paradox, problem, extraterrestrial, life, fermi, solutions, teeming, aliens, everybody, fifty, universe
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2002-10-04
List price: $27.50
ISBN-10: 0387955011
ISBN-13: 9780387955018

FROM THE REVIEWS: "Webb offers coherent, understandable, and sometimes humorous coverage of a diverse range of topics. He provides readers with non-trivial insights into research fields they may not have encountered previously . . . I think everyone who has ever considered the possibility that other intelligent civilizations exist elsewhere within our galaxy will enjoy Where Is Everybody? They will find much to agree with, and much to argue about, in this very accessible volume." -SCIENCE "WHERE IS EVERYBODY? is a delightful mental romp. With a light-hearted, enthusiastic tone, Webb offers liv

Author: Stephen J. Lee
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: analysis, history, questions, germany, nazi, hitler
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 1998-07-28
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 0415179882
ISBN-13: 9780415179881

Hitler and Nazi Germany examines the major themes of Hitler’s rise to power and Nazi domestic and foreign policies through to the end of World War II.