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  • Calculus and Ordinary Differential Equations

    • 1st Edition
    • David Pearson
    • English
    Professor Pearson's book starts with an introduction to the area and an explanation of the most commonly used functions. It then moves on through differentiation, special functions, derivatives, integrals and onto full differential equations. As with other books in the series the emphasis is on using worked examples and tutorial-based problem solving to gain the confidence of students.

  • Pascal for Students (including Turbo Pascal)

    • 3rd Edition
    • Ray Kemp + 1 more
    • English
    The third edition of this best-selling text has been revised to present a more problem oriented approach to learning Pascal, without substantially changing the original popular style of previous editions. With additional material on Turbo Pascal extensions to the standard Pascal, including binary files and graphics, it continues to provide an introduction which is as suitable for the programming novice as for those familiar with other computer languages.

  • Water Hammer

    Practical Solutions
    • 1st Edition
    • Bruce Sharp + 1 more
    • English
    Water hammer, or the study of fluid transient behaviour, is one of the most common problems in the water engineering community. This book covers the many causes and solutions in a practical way and is an essential reference for all those concerned with the flow of liquids, not just water, in pipe systems. It follows on from the authors' previous monograph on the problems and solutions of water hammer and presents common problems in the form of case studies.This is an interesting and useful read for practising engineers working in this area and it will enable them to make comparisons with their own problems. Also the practical nature of the book makes it useful for civil engineering departmental libraries and departments where hydraulic design is taught.

  • Science for Motor Vehicle Engineers

    • 1st Edition
    • Peter Twigg
    • English
    The primary aim of this book is to provide the necessary scientific principles for NVQ students specialising in motor vehicle engineering at levels 2 and 3. Unlike many other engineering science texts, it emphasises the topics most useful to vehicle engineers, and includes numerous real-life examples, with questions directly related to cars, motor cycles and commercial vehicles.

  • Protecting Business Information

    A Manager's Guide
    • 1st Edition
    • James A Schweitzer
    • English
    Protecting Business Information: A Manager's guide is an introduction to the information resource, its sensitivity, value and susceptibility to risk. This book provides an outline for a business information security program and provides clear answers to the why and how of information protection. Protecting Business Information' provides detailed processes for analysis, leading to a complete and adequate information classification. It includes a thorough description of the methods for information classification.

  • Plant Nutrient Disorders

    Volume 2: Tropical Fruit and Nut Crops
    • 1st Edition
    • Geoff Cresswell + 1 more
    • English
    The Plant Nutrient Disorders in Crops Series is beneficial to farmers, advisers and students; they will find this material invaluable for understanding, identifying and diagnosing nutrient disorders in all kinds of crops. It is extensively illustrated in full colour to show the effects of nutrient deficiencies and toxicities, as wel as damage from non-nutritional causes, in this group of crops. Other volumes in this series: Volume 1: Temperate and Subtropical Fruit andNut Crops Volume 3: Vegetable Crops Volume 4: Pastures and Field Crops Volume 5: Ornamental Plants and Shrubs (NYP)

  • Moving in on Pain

    Conference Proceedings - April 1995
    • 1st Edition
    • Michael Shacklock
    • English
    As the first multidisciplinary gathering organised by physiotherapists addressing exclusively the issue of pain, the conference has, through presentations and workshops, served as a unique update in pain management, and includes contributions from such as * Emeritus Prof. Patrick Wall (University of London) * Prof. Michael Cousins (Royal North Shore Hospital and Sydney University * Associate Prof. George Mendelson (Caulfield General Medical Centre and Monash University The selected papers andthe commentary on the `Images of Pain' art exhibition together form a benchmark of the state of contemporary pain research and thinking, and is an invaluable read for any health professional dealing with pain and its treatment.

  • Environmental Policy in an International Context

    Conflicts of Interest
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 2
    • Peter Sloep + 1 more
    • English
    Volume two considers major environmental issues using individual case studies from around the world as illustrations. These case studies explore the causes of international environmental issues and investigate the conflicts that hamper these solutions. The case studies address such problems as intensive farming, overpopulation, deforestation, climate change and waste disposal. Each case study also looks at policy and management of these international environmental issues. The case studies span the globe, encompassing the Western world as well as the former Eastern Bloc and developing countries in Africa and South East Asia.

  • Environmental Policy in an International Context

    Perspectives
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 1
    • Pieter Glasbergen + 1 more
    • English
    The three volumes of Environmental Policy in an International Context have been developed by the Dutch and UK Open Universities as part of the International Environmental Series. They accompany a workbook and six videos. The first volume takes a critical and analytical look at contemporary environmental issues built around the key questions - what are international and environmental problems; and why have they become important politically? These questions are examined from a variety of viewpoints - science, sociology, politics, law and economics. A multi-disciplinary approach is emphasised and it shows how both technical and scientific solutions need to be sought alongside

  • Introduction to Electric Circuits

    • 1st Edition
    • Ray Powell
    • English
    An Introduction to Electric Circuits is essential reading for first year students of electronics and electrical engineering who need to get to grips quickly with the basic theory. This text is a comprehensive introduction to the topic and, assuming virtually no knowledge, it keeps the mathematical content to a minimum.As with other textbooks in the series, the format of this book enables the student to work at their own pace. It includes numerous worked examples throughout the text and graded exercises, with answers, at the end of each section.

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