When knowledge is properly managed, it's in the hands of those who need it BEFORE they need it. This greatly improves the speed of business operations by eliminating time-consuming information searching!

Illustrated with hundreds of illuminating line drawings, this classic guide reveals virtually every secret of a building's function: how it stands up, keeps its occupants safe and comfortable, gets built, grows old, and dies--and why some buildings do this so much better than others. Drawing on things he's learned from the many buildings he himself designed (and in some cases built with his own hands)

Unleash your creative potential with this essential guide to the myriad of features in Paint Shop Pro Photo X2. Written specifically for photographers by a working professional, it tells you exactly what you need to know to master the powerful creation and editing techniques of this award-winning software.

The best projects in the design of country houses around the world are profiled in this architectural and design book. Each project has been selected on the basis of its innovation in the field, making this a highly useful sourcebook for architects, designers, and students of architecture who are looking for creative directions in the design of contemporary country homes. All steps of the design process, from conception to construction, are exhaustively documented and include technical information and commentary contributed by the architects themselves.

The origins of Graph Theory date back to Euler (1736) with the solution of the celebrated 'Koenigsberg Bridges Problem'; and to Hamilton with the famous 'Trip around the World' game (1859), stating for the first time a problem which, in its most recent version – the 'Traveling Salesman Problem' -, is still the subject of active research. Yet, it has been during the last fifty years or so

Canadian House & Home is Canada's #1 magazine about design and decorating. Each issue takes you inside the most beautiful and unique homes across the country. Plus, you'll get inspiration and advice to help you create the house you've always dreamed of, including dramatic makeovers, the latest furniture, fabrics and accessories, expert renovation tips, and tricks for organizing and entertaining with style.

Here, musicologist Berger (fine arts, Stanford Univ.) does nothing less than pull back the reins of postmodernism in favor of what could be called a balanced modernism. Using an approach similar to anthropological functionalism, he probes the purpose of art instead of attempting to describe what art is. To support his arguments, he draws from the major art forms, citing, along the way, Hegel, Schopenhauer, and Kant (to name a few). What will probably strike readers most is his conclusion that for art to have meaning, it needs to be interpreted, which requires comparison and thus discrimination.

This new edition is intended for third and fourth year undergraduates in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, and the Applied Sciences, and can serve as a springboard for further work in Continuum Mechanics or General Relativity. Starting from a basic knowledge of calculus and matrix algebra, together with fundamental ideas from mechanics and geometry, the text gradually develops the tools for formulating and manipulating the field equations of Continuum Mechanics.

This will become the definitive empirical basis for analysis of the world's capital markets over the twentieth century. It is an important work of scholarship; no one else has calculated the equity premium of a large number of countries over the long term. In doing so, the book contributes to the very lively debate on the magnitude of the equity premium and will make a splash.

Are you new to digital cameras? Does new technology make you nervous? Relax! You're holding in your hands the easiest guide ever to digital photography - a book that skips the long-winded explanations and shows you how things work. All you have to do is open the book and discover just how easy it is to get up to speed.

Describes recent work on active sensors for mobile robots. Details of the physical operation are hidden. Deals mainly with active range sensors, which provide rapid information for local planning, describing extraction of two-dimensional features such as lines, corners, and cylinders.