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Hardcover. This new edition of Video Compression and Communications H. 261, H. 263, H. 264, MPEG4 and Proprietary Codecs addresses a range of recent developments in the field, giving cognizance also to the associated transmission aspects and issues of error resilience. Substantial new material has been added on areas such as H. 264 and MPEG4 coding. Num Pages: 702 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: TJKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 178 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 702
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470518496
- ISBN
- 9780470518496
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 208.24
€ 208.24
Hardcover. Codec algorithms are used to encode and decode (or compress and decompress) data, such as video files, without distorting the visual quality of the decoded image. The key technologies of image and video coding are enabling a range of multimedia devices, systems and low bit-rate application. This book deals with this subject. Num Pages: 314 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: TJKV; UGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 176 x 20. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471485537
- ISBN
- 9780471485537
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.15
€ 138.15
Wireless video and multimedia communications are one of the most important forthcoming services in the context of the existing 3G and forthcoming generations of wireless systems. Editor(s): Rupp, Markus. Num Pages: 412 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: TJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 176 x 27. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470699331
- ISBN
- 9780470699331
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.83
€ 144.83
Hardback. First published in 1879, this book has been identified as a lost publication and provides rare insight into the thinking of Victorian Engineers, written as a contemporary text. Num Pages: 240 pages, 40 period photographs and drawings. BIC Classification: 3JH; TBX; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 18. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473823235
- ISBN
- 9781473823235
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.35
€ 26.99
€ 20.35
Hardcover. Examines the secular creeds of the generation of intellectuals who, in the wake of The Origin of Species, wrested cultural authority from the old Anglican establishment while installing themselves as a new professional scientific elite. Editor(s): Dawson, Gowan; Lightman, Bernard. Num Pages: 368 pages, 12 halftones, 2 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 3JH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226109503
- ISBN
- 9780226109503
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 43.30
€ 54.99
€ 43.30
Paperback. Victorians were fascinated by the strange new worlds which science was revealing to them. This study sets out to capture the essence of this fascination, charting the many ways in which science influenced and was influenced by the larger Victorian culture. Editor(s): Lightman, Bernard. Num Pages: 496 pages, 44 halftones, 23 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLL; JHM; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226481128
- ISBN
- 9780226481128
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.00€ 46.16
€ 53.00
€ 46.16
Paperback. Focuses on the journalists and writers who wrote about science for a general audience in the second half of the nineteenth century. This title examines more than thirty of the popularizers of the day, investigating how they communicated with their audience. It offers insights into the role of women in scientific inquiry. Num Pages: 528 pages, 68 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 36. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226481197
- ISBN
- 9780226481197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.92
€ 52.99
€ 40.92
Hardcover. Focuses on the journalists and writers who wrote about science for a general audience in the second half of the nineteenth century. This title examines more than thirty of the popularizers of the day, investigating how they communicated with their audience. It offers insights into the role of women in scientific inquiry. Num Pages: 528 pages, 68 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 860.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226481180
- ISBN
- 9780226481180
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.66€ 60.49
€ 70.66
€ 60.49
Num Pages: 224 pages, 706 color photos. BIC Classification: TDPB; WF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 225 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1448.
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764304132
- ISBN
- 9780764304132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.76€ 46.95
€ 64.76
€ 46.95
Paperback. Presents an account of the men who 'made' Britain. Ranging from Brunel to Telford, this book takes us on a journey from the first railway tracks being laid down to bridges spanning hitherto unimagined lengths, through to the 'invention' and mastery of gas and electricity. It examines the creations that made Britain's empire great. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBTK; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750946575
- ISBN
- 9780750946575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.62
€ 26.99
€ 23.62
Paperback. Series: Pilot's Notes. Num Pages: 44 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: TRPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 126 x 4. Weight in Grams: 82. Vickers Armstrong Wellington III, X, XI, XII, XIII and XIV. Series: Pilot's Notes. 44 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: TRPS. Dimension: 243 x 126 x 4. Weight: 82.
- Publisher
- Crecy Publishing
- Number of pages
- 44
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Facsimile of 1944 ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859790536
- ISBN
- 9780859790536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.11
€ 9.99
€ 9.11
Paperback. This book examines the colonial state's approach to venereal disease and 'vice'-driven health risks in the first half of the nineteenth century. Further, it shows that these decisions had wide-ranging and often surprising consequences not simply for the army itself, but for India and the empire more broadly. Shortlisted for the 2014 Templer Award. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJF; HBTB; HBTQ; JPS; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 369.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349444519
- ISBN
- 9781349444519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Paperback. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Colossal Magnetoresistance and Vibronic Interactions and the XVth International Jahn-Teller Symposium on Vibronic Interactions in Crystals and Molecules, Boston August 16-22, 2000 Editor(s): Kaplan, Michael D. (Boston University, Massachusetts, USA); Zimmerman, George O. Series: NATO Science Series II. Num Pages: 398 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
- Number of pages
- 398
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402000454
- ISBN
- 9781402000454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 129.01
€ 129.01
Hardcover. Vibratory Modernism is a collection of original essays that show how vibrations provide a means of bridging science and art - two fields that became increasingly separate in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Editor(s): Enns, Anthony; Trower, Shelley. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; DSA; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137027245
- ISBN
- 9781137027245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.00
€ 128.00
Hardcover. Contains the papers from the 8th international IMechE conference on Vibrations in Rotating Machinery held at the University of Wales, Swansea in September 2004. Series: IMechE Event Publications. Num Pages: 768 pages, well illustrated. BIC Classification: TGMD4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1668.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 768
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860584473
- ISBN
- 9781860584473
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 521.43
€ 521.43
Hardcover. The subject of vibrations is of fundamental importance in engineering and technology. Discrete modelling is sufficient to understand the dynamics of many vibrating systems; however a large number of vibration phenomena are far more easily understood when modelled as continuous systems. Num Pages: 396 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: TG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 258 x 178 x 27. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470517383
- ISBN
- 9780470517383
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.03
€ 105.03
Hardcover. Emphasizes the physical principles, placing the physics before the mathematics. Each chapter includes problems ranging in difficulty from simple to challenging. Includes hints for solving problems. Numerous worked examples included throughout the book. More advanced material is included in optional sections marked with an asterisk. . Series: Manchester Physics. Num Pages: 242 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PHDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470011881
- ISBN
- 9780470011881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.51
€ 170.51
Paperback. Emphasizes the physical principles, placing the physics before the mathematics. Each chapter includes problems ranging in difficulty from simple to challenging. Includes hints for solving problems. Numerous worked examples included throughout the book. More advanced material is included in optional sections marked with an asterisk. . Series: Manchester Physics. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: PHDS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 169 x 13. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470011898
- ISBN
- 9780470011898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 53.99
€ 54.99
€ 53.99
Hardback. Sound is produced by vibrations and as such can be dampened or augmented based on materials selection. This title looks at the effects of sound and vibration on thin structures and details how damage may be avoided, acoustical effects created, and sound levels controlled. Series: ISTE. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PHDS; TGM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848210561
- ISBN
- 9781848210561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.06
€ 178.06
Hardcover. Bridges the gap between basic principles of vibrational spectroscopy covering its practical aspects. Emphasizes structure-property relations on surfaces and interfaces. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PNFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471528159
- ISBN
- 9780471528159
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.79
€ 131.79