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Are we doomed? As individuals, certainly, eventually, inevitably. But as a species? As a civilization? Leading catastrophe engineer Michel Bruneau thinks perhaps not. The Blessings of Disaster draws on knowledge from multiple disciplines to illustrate how our civilization's future successes and failures in dealing with societal threats--be they pandemics, climate change, overpopulation, monetary collapse, and nuclear holocaust--can be predicte...

Ensure ductile behavior in any steel structureEngineer earthquake resistant structures using today's most advanced ductile steel design techniques. This guide gives you the latest seismic-resistant design criteria--based on research into the recent Northridge and Kobe earthquakes. You get fingertip access to the ductile properties of steel. . .essential data on the plastic behavior of cross-sections. . .and systematic methods and applications ...

Michel Bruneau, bu kapsamli calismasinda Kücük Asyanin yani Anadolunun kadim halklarinin, din ve etnik topluluklarinin, Rumlarin, Ermenilerin, Kürtlerin, Türklerin ve Asuri-Keldanilerin yazgisina dair, tarihin eski dönemlerinden bugüne uzanan bir inceleme sunuyor. Yazar, genis bir Türk-Iran cografyasini merkeze alan yaklasimiyla, Antik Yunan sehir devletlerinden baslayip günümüz Türkiyesine kadar uzanan farkli devletlesme mantiklarini karsilas...

Winner, Best Second Novel, 2013 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist, Literary Fiction, 2012 Book of the Year Award, Foreword Reviews "My casket shall be filled to the rim with 2005 Saint-Émilion." So read the first line of the specific instructions for Keene's funeral-a funeral that nobody would attend, since he had no friends or family. This had to be a mistake. Carmina's ex-husband had never been one inclined towards such ex...

Thoroughly revised throughout, Ductile Design of Steel Structures, Second Edition, reflects the latest plastic and seismic design provisions and standards from the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and the Canadian Standard Association (CSA). The book covers steel material, cross-section, component, and system response for applications in plastic and seismic design, and provides practical guidance on how to incorporate these prin...

For sure, Adam is weird-although "weird" is all relative. Weird is problematic, but tolerable. What's forbidden though is talking to Kafkaists, who are nothing but dangerous worms guilty of "moral turpitude"-cockroaches that the Author most probably forgot to erase. So helping Kafkaists wasn't the brightest thing to do. Unfortunately, he didn't have a choice. For one, June was a Kafkaist-cockroaches can't possibly have such dazzling blue eyes....

Written by a group of acoustics and vibration specialists, this book studies the acoustic and vibrating phenomena that occur in diverse materials used for all kinds of purposes. The first part studies the fundamental aspects of propagation: analytical, numerical and experimental. The second part outlines industrial and medical applications.

The central theme of the chapters is acoustic propagation in fluid media, dissipative or non-dissipative, homogeneous or nonhomogeneous, infinite or limited, placing particular emphasis on the theoretical formulation of the problems considered.

Winner, 2nd Place, Fiction, 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Winner, 1st Place, Regional Fiction, 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Shaken Allegiances spans 48 hours in a world askew-almost absurd-just after a devastating earthquake has struck and isolated Montréal Island in the dead of an icy winter, one week before a referendum on Québec's secession from Canada. No power, no communications, no access, and -40°F, but no heroe...