David J : 1790 books
Essential Partial Differential Equations
Analytical and Computational Aspects
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2015
This volume provides an introduction to the analytical and numerical aspects of partial differential equations (PDEs). It unifies an analytical and computational approach for these; the qualitative behaviour of solutions being established using classical concepts: maximum principles and energy methods....
Imperialism, Power, and Identity
Experiencing the Roman Empire
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2013
Despite what history has taught us about imperialism's destructive effects on colonial societies, many classicists continue to emphasize disproportionately the civilizing and assimilative nature of the Roman Empire and to hold a generally favorable view of Rome's impact on its subject peoples. Imperialism,...
The Hubble Space Telescope
From Concept to Success
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2015
The highly successful Hubble Space Telescope was meant to change our view and understanding of the universe. Within weeks of its launch in 1990, however, the space community was shocked to find out that the primary mirror of the telescope was flawed. It was only the skills of scientists and engineers...
by David J. Finch, Ray DePaul, S.R. Ringuette
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2016
Designing YOU is written for a specific time in your life. High school is probably behind you. Suddenly, you need to make some weighty, often intimidating, decisions for yourself.
"What will I do when I graduate?"
"Am I on the right path?"
"How will I know if I'm...
6 Leadership Principles from Gospels
Getting Things Done in Your Organization
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
What Jesus did with twelve men in just three years is extraordinary. Using an array of strategies and principles, he created a conducive environment for collaboration and success and was able to turn simple disciples into transformational leaders.In Six Leadership Principles from the Gospels, David Felter...
War, Media, and Propaganda
A Global Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2004
This timely book presents a multifaceted look at war, media, and propaganda from international perspectives. Focusing on the media's role in global conflicts, prominent authors, journalists, scholars, and researchers provide an insightful overview of the impact of globalization on media practices....
Nicholas Love's Mirror and Late Medieval Devotio-Literary Culture
Theological politics and devotional practice in fifteenth-century England
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
Surviving in 59 complete manuscript versions, few English texts of the late medieval period seem to have achieved the popularity of Nicholas Love's fifteenth-century translation and adaptation of the Latin Meditationes Vitae Christi - The Mirror of the Blessed Life of Jesus Christ. The Mirror has...
by David J. T. Sumpter
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2010
Fish travel in schools, birds migrate in flocks, honeybees swarm, and ants build trails. How and why do these collective behaviors occur? Exploring how coordinated group patterns emerge from individual interactions, Collective Animal Behavior reveals why animals produce group behaviors and examines...
by David J. Schow
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Everyone wants to be good in bed ... but what if it's the bed that makes you good?It's said the dead live on in our memories, but what if only the dead remember you?What if the most infernal dealmaker in creation visited Hollywood, where everyone's a dealmaker, to get a little help from his friends?The...
Last Acts
Discovering Possibility and Opportunity at the End of Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2010
What would you do if you had only a few days to live? Or a few weeks or months? What if a loved one were in this situation -- how could you help that person decide how to spend the time that remained? Perhaps you lost a family member or dear friend to a terminal illness and were baffled by that person's...
The Machine Question
Critical Perspectives on AI, Robots, and Ethics
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2012
An investigation into the assignment of moral responsibilities and rights to intelligent and autonomous machines of our own making.
One of the enduring concerns of moral philosophy is deciding who or what is deserving of ethical consideration. Much recent attention has been devoted to the "animal...
by David J. Murray
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2010
Spring summer summer winter she is there,
The laken depths of girlish eyes:
Come, she cries, I banish care
I come and winter summer summer spring
Her raven hair blows on, come on,
And when I get there, she is gone
Although the fields still hear her sing
I try to love and when the gate
Is banged against...
by David J Robertson
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
Inspired by David’s own Border Collie, Misty and her group of friends cannot help but get into scrapes wherever they go! In On the Dog Walk! they embark on a series of adventures chasing rabbits, running away from spiders and creepy crawlies, almost getting lost and even run into an angry farmer...
Visualizing Information with Microsoft® Office Visio® 2007
Smart Diagrams for Business Users
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2007
Create and distribute data-connected Microsoft Office Visio diagrams and reports
Get full details on the powerful features of Microsoft Office Visio 2007 inside this comprehensive volume. Written by Visio expert David Parker, Visualizing Information with Microsoft Office Visio 2007 demonstrates...