This is a guide to the style of houses built in the 1930s. Tradition continued to dominate the outside while inside art deco was all the rage. It contains many photographs and detailed drawings.
Now in a two-volume edition, the "bible of the industry" contains derivations and background information on equations and methods of ball and roller bearing performance analysis. Comprised of two volumes and substantially updated, this new edition provides numerical examples of calculating functional performance and predicting bearing life. Includes a CD-ROM with examples.
Indicates how it is possible for people to rediscover their connection to the cosmos. This work describes how one develops higher faculties of consciousness - what he calls Imagination, Inspiration and Intuition - and gives a description of life after death and the individual's progress through the planetary spheres.
Provides an overview that gives a picture of the nine layers of the earth as they become visible via the research of the spiritual scientist. These layers range from the familiar 'mineral' on which we live, to the innermost core which Steiner connects to human and animal powers of reproduction.
One of the grand challenges for computational intelligence and biometrics is to understand how people process and recognize faces and to develop automated and reliable face recognition systems. Biometrics has become the major component in the complex decision making process associated with security applications. The face detection and authentication challenges addressed include cluttered environments, image variability, occlusion and disguise,...
Thesevisionswillbecomereality.Thecontributionsfromtheworldsofsmall-scalete- nologies are required to realize them. Invaluable progress towards them was recorded by the very scientists that have joined forces to accomplish the effort presented in this 4-volume collection. It has been a great privilege for me to be at their service, and at the service of the readership, in aiding with its assembly. May I take this oppor- nity to express my grati...
A teenage boy is found mutilated and murdered in a Glasgow flat. Forensic scientist Rhona Macleod is called to the scene, but her grim task is made even more unsettling than usual by the boy's remarkable resemblance to her - and the fact that she gave up a baby boy for adoption seventeen years before. Racked with guilt, she sets out to find the boy's killer and determine whether he is her long-lost son - but in doing so, she immerses herself i...
Have you ever been walking at the beach and wondered what that pebble or rock is, or do you ever wonder what stories rocks tell? If so, then this is the guide for you. <, br>, <, i>, The Field Guide to the Identification of Pebbles<, /i>, , a full colour, laminated, accordion folded, easy to use guide with over 80 beautiful photographs of pebbles from beaches and rivers. Use the photos to identify over 28 different types of rocks a...
