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Paperback. This book de-mystifies the jargon of webcams and computer processing, and provides detailed hints and tips for imaging the Sun, Moon and planets with a webcam. It demonstrates how inexpensive technologies are revolutionizing imaging Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Num Pages: 230 pages, 60 black & white illustrations, 20 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2006th Edition
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846281976
- ISBN
- 9781846281976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.12
€ 38.99
€ 32.12
Paperback. The abstract concepts of metric spaces are often perceived as difficult. This book offers a unique approach to the subject which gives readers the advantage of a new perspective on ideas familiar from the analysis of a real line. Series: Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 102 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846283697
- ISBN
- 9781846283697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.22
€ 57.22
Hardcover. Cambridge Reform and British Mathematics in the 19th Century. 424 pages, 30 black & white illustrations, 48 colour illustrations, 48 black & white tables. This is the story of a remarkable private tutor, William Hopkins, and the education and careers of his students: the so-called 'Wranglers'. First-hand accounts of life at Cambridge allow the reader a glimpse inside Cambridge - and Hopkins's tutoring rooms. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; PBX. Dimension: 159 x 243 x 23. Weight: 858.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846287909
- ISBN
- 9781846287909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.38
€ 65.38
Paperback. Introduces the fundamental techniques for controlling dead-time processes from simple monovariable to complex multivariable cases. This book analyses model predictive control (MPC) as a dead-time-compensation (DTC) strategy and shows how it can be used synergistically with robust DTC tuning methodologies. Series: Advanced Textbooks in Control and Signal Processing. Num Pages: 462 pages, 13 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: TJFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 747.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846288289
- ISBN
- 9781846288289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 120.94
€ 120.94
Hardcover. Provides a treatment of the design of robust adaptive controllers for nonlinear systems with uncertainties. This title employs a tool based on the ideas of system immersion and manifold invariance. Series: Communications and Control Engineering. Num Pages: 290 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: TJFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848000650
- ISBN
- 9781848000650
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.46
€ 186.46
The Delft Systems Approach: Analysis and Design of Industrial Systems
Veeke, Hans P. M., Ottjes, Jaap A., Lodewijks...
Hardcover. Describes a fundamental approach for analysing industrial systems, which emphasizes a concept that can be used by various disciplines involved, and makes a logical systematic combination of quantitative and qualitative modelling. Num Pages: 223 pages, 14 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KJM; TGP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848001763
- ISBN
- 9781848001763
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.98
€ 184.98
Many scientific, medical or engineering problems raise the issue of recovering some physical quantities from indirect measurements; for instance, detecting or quantifying flaws or cracks within a material from acoustic or electromagnetic measurements at its surface is an essential problem of non-destructive evaluation. Editor(s): Idier, Jerome. Series: ISTE. Num Pages: 392 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MMP; PBT; UYAM; UYT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848210325
- ISBN
- 9781848210325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 219.27
€ 219.27
This title is dedicated to energy storage, low emission technologies and energy management, with discussions on the future of nuclear energy, combined heat and power, using hydrogen as an energy vector and fuel cells, as well as chapters on energy saving and control of the demand for power. Editor(s): Sabonnadiere, Jean-Claude. Series: ISTE. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: TH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 31. Weight in Grams: 824.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848211360
- ISBN
- 9781848211360
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 209.37
€ 209.37
* Offers a comprehensive overview of major existing M2M and AMI protocols * Covers the system aspects of large scale M2M and smart grid applications * Focuses on system level architecture, interworking, and nationwide use cases * Explores 3 recent emerging technologies: CoAP, ZigBee SE 2. Editor(s): Chaouchi, Hakima. Num Pages: 282 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: TJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848211407
- ISBN
- 9781848211407
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.11
€ 169.11
This book reviews the state of art in the field of chemical sensors for analyses of ionic or molecular species dissolved in liquid media, mainly in aqueous solutions. The transduction of such devices is based on chemical, biological and physical phenomena. Editor(s): Fabry, Pierre; Fouletier, Jacques. Series: ISTE. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: TCBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848211421
- ISBN
- 9781848211421
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.41
€ 193.41
* Establishes general equations of electromechanical energyconversion first and then applies them to synchronous,induction, and DC machines. The characteristics are established aswell for steady state behavior as for variable speed. * Shows new applications (wind mills, electric propulsion of bigships,.). Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: THRM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848211698
- ISBN
- 9781848211698
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.57
€ 168.57
The concept of an inverse problem is a familiar one to most scientists and engineers, particularly in the field of signal and image processing, imaging systems (medical, geophysical, industrial non-destructive testing, etc. ) and computer vision. Editor(s): Mohammad-Djafari, Ali. Series: ISTE. Num Pages: 468 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PBW; UYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 832.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 468
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848211728
- ISBN
- 9781848211728
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 250.21
€ 250.21
This book describes the various devices used in radio communication and broadcasting to achieve high selectivity filtering and coupling. Series: ISTE. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: THR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848211735
- ISBN
- 9781848211735
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.01
€ 193.01
This work presents ad hoc networks and their characteristics. It explains a new protocol of routing with QoS as well as its implementation in a network simulator and compares it with the existing protocols. Num Pages: 276 pages, Illustrations,. BIC Classification: TJK; UT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848212275
- ISBN
- 9781848212275
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.99
€ 168.99
* Covers areas around construction reliability including safety, variability, sustainability * A dozen authors from public research centers or firms propose a synthesis of methods, well known and new * Includes numerous examples: dams, geotechnical study, structures from nuclear or civil engineering . Editor(s): Baroth, Julien; Breysse, Denys; Schoefs, Franck. Num Pages: 364 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KNXC; TN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 177 x 26. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848212305
- ISBN
- 9781848212305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.75
€ 169.75
Ultra Wide Band Technology (UWB) has reached a level of maturity that allows us to offer wireless links with either high or low data rates. These wireless links are frequently associated with a location capability for which ultimate accuracy varies with the inverse of the frequency bandwidth. Editor(s): Begaud, Xavier. Num Pages: 290 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: TJKR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848212329
- ISBN
- 9781848212329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.27
€ 169.27
* Graph partitioning is a theoretical subject with applications in many areas, principally: numerical analysis, programs mapping onto parallel architectures, image segmentation, VLSI design. During the last 40 years, the literature has strongly increased and big improvements have been made. Editor(s): Bichot, Charles-Edmond; Siarry, Patrick. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, port. BIC Classification: PBV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848212336
- ISBN
- 9781848212336
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.83
€ 169.83
This work draws on well adapted models resulting from the Parks transformation, for both the most traditional machines with sinusoidal field distribution and for machines with non-sinusoidal field distribution which are more and more used in industry. Editor(s): Cantot, Pascal; Luzeaux, Dominique. Num Pages: 392 pages, ill. BIC Classification: TJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848212343
- ISBN
- 9781848212343
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 217.31
€ 217.31
This book contains four parts. The first one is dedicated to concepts. It starts with the definitions and examples of what is piezo-pyro and ferroelectricity by considering the symmetry of the material. Thereafter, these properties are described within the framework of Thermodynamics. Editor(s): Defay, Emmanuel. Num Pages: 422 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: TG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 422
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848212398
- ISBN
- 9781848212398
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 241.05
€ 241.05
This book concerns the analysis and design of induction heating of poor electrical conduction materials. Some innovating applications such as inductive plasma installation or transformers, thermo inductive non-destructive testing and carbon-reinforced composite materials heating are studied. Editor(s): Fouladgar, Javad. Num Pages: 276 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PHK; TJFD5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848212428
- ISBN
- 9781848212428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.52
€ 175.52