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Mies van der Rohe

Mies van der Rohe

The career and built works of this enigmatic and fascinating architect are carefully charted from his early work on housing design and high-rise offices in Berlin to his later and most famous work in Chicago Detroit Montreal and New York. Original illustrations from the architect's archives complement the excellent text. Spon's ARCHITECTURE COLLECTION presents the work of historic and contemporary masters of architecture in clear well-illustrated text accessible to non-specialists. This appealing series of monographs now available in English is launched by books on two great historic figures of the century Frank Lloyd Wright and Mies van der Rohe and two award-winning contemporary architects Sir Norman Foster and Alvaro Siza.

GBP 130.00
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Detente Democracy and Dictatorship

Detente Democracy and Dictatorship

The subject of Detente Democracy and Dictatorship has been with us since the breakdown of the Cold War and the termination of the Soviet system indeed if not since the origins of Bolshevism. No more vigorous critic of the uneasy co-existence of democracy and dictatorship exists than the greatest writer that the Soviet era of Russian history produced Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. This third edition is based on major addresses especially aimed at Americans delivered in 1975 in Washington D. C. and New York and again in 1978 at Harvard University in Cambridge all on the subject of detente democracy and dictatorship. It also includes Solzhenitsyn's final 2007 interview with the German publication Der Spiegel. These major statements are brilliant and forthright comment on the risks of confusing ideology with diplomacy. But more than that they summarize the Soviet debacle the theoretical underpinnings and distill Solzhenitsyn's multi-volumed masterpiece the Gulag Archipelago.

GBP 130.00
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Handbook of Item Response Theory Three Volume Set

Handbook of Item Response Theory Three Volume Set

Drawing on the work of 75 internationally acclaimed experts in the field Handbook of Item Response Theory Three-Volume Set presents all major item response models classical and modern statistical tools used in item response theory (IRT) and major areas of applications of IRT in educational and psychological testing medical diagnosis of patient-reported outcomes and marketing research. It also covers CRAN packages WinBUGS Bilog MG Multilog Parscale IRTPRO Mplus GLLAMM Latent Gold and numerous other software tools. A full update of editor Wim J. van der Linden and Ronald K. Hambleton’s classic Handbook of Modern Item Response Theory this handbook has been expanded from 28 chapters to 85 chapters in three volumes. The three volumes are thoroughly edited and cross-referenced with uniform notation format and pedagogical principles across all chapters. Each chapter is self-contained and deals with the latest developments in IRT. | Handbook of Item Response Theory Three Volume Set

GBP 140.00
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Basics of Ramsey Theory

Basics of Ramsey Theory

Basics of Ramsey Theory serves as a gentle introduction to Ramsey theory for students interested in becoming familiar with a dynamic segment of contemporary mathematics that combines ideas from number theory and combinatorics. The core of the of the book consists of discussions and proofs of the results now universally known as Ramsey’s theorem van der Waerden’s theorem Schur’s theorem Rado’s theorem the Hales–Jewett theorem and the Happy End Problem of Erdős and Szekeres. The aim is to present these in a manner that will be challenging but enjoyable and broadly accessible to anyone with a genuine interest in mathematics. Features Suitable for any undergraduate student who has successfully completed the standard calculus sequence of courses and a standard first (or second) year linear algebra course Filled with visual proofs of fundamental theorems Contains numerous exercises (with their solutions) accessible to undergraduate students Serves as both a textbook or as a supplementary text in an elective course in combinatorics and aimed at a diverse group of students interested in mathematics

GBP 89.99
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Banditry and Security Crisis in Nigeria

Banditry and Security Crisis in Nigeria

This book examines the growing phenomenon of armed banditry in Nigeria and its implication for national security. Nigeria’s banditry crisis and deepening security challenges are fuelled by the existence of vast un(der)governed hinterland and trans-border spaces where various non-state armed groups operate unhindered and outside of the law engaging in various forms of transnational crime. This book explores the activities of these groups to assess the nature and significance of banditry as a complex threat to security. It does so against the backdrop of reports of increased bandit attacks on farms markets mining sites villages and rural communities and the rising tide of violent crimes in Nigeria especially the northern region. This book analyses the factors that are responsible for the emergence of banditry as a recent national and transnational security threat and outlines the contemporary dynamics of Nigeria’s banditry crisis and how it can be mitigated. This book will be of interest to researchers and students in the field of African Studies International Relations Security and Strategic Studies Political Studies Peace and Conflict Studies as well as policymakers and practitioners interested in complex security threats and their implications in Nigeria and beyond. | Banditry and Security Crisis in Nigeria

GBP 130.00
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Towards a Transformation of Philosophy

Towards a Transformation of Philosophy

First Published in 1980 (English Translation) Towards a Transformation of Philosophy presents selected essays from Karl -Otto Apel’s two- volume German collection that was published in 1973 under the title Transformation der Philosophie. Karl -Otto Apel’s studies in philosophy and the social sciences can be said to have bridged the gap that had hitherto existed between the Anglo-Saxon traditions of analytical philosophy of language and pragmatism and the philosophical traditions of the European continent of phenomenology existentialism and hermeneutics. Apel points to language as the crucial dimension in the constitution of historical meaning and therefore as the historical condition for the possibility of truth. In this context he discusses the hermeneutic dimension of Wittgenstein’s philosophy and that of his followers together with the development of pragmatism and with recent trends in Chomsky’s linguistics. In arguing for the complementarity of technical and practical interests in acquiring knowledge for a critical theory of society Apel examines the preconditions for an emancipatory critique of ideology and the communication community as the predeterminate of both the social sciences and moral discourse. In all the essays Apel sets out to counter the positivistic and scientistic restrictions placed upon a satisfactory understanding of the preconditions for the possibility and validity of human knowledge. This is a must read for scholars and researchers of philosophy.

GBP 105.00
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Architectural Drawings as Investigating Devices Architecture’s Changing Scope in the 20th Century

Architectural Drawings as Investigating Devices Architecture’s Changing Scope in the 20th Century

Architectural Drawings as Investigating Devices explores how the changing modes of representation in architecture and urbanism relate to the transformation of how the addressees of architecture and urbanism are conceived. The book diagnoses the dominant epistemological debates in architecture and urbanism during the 20th and 21st centuries. It traces their transformations paying special attention to Le Corbusier and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s preference for perspective representation to the diagrams of Team 10 architects to the critiques of functionalism and the upgrade of the artefactual value of architectural drawings in Aldo Rossi John Hejduk Peter Eisenman and Oswald Mathias Ungers and finally to the reinvention of architectural programme through the event in Bernard Tschumi and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA). Particular emphasis is placed on the spirit of truth and clarity in modernist architecture the relationship between the individual and the community in post-war era architecture the decodification of design process as syntactic analogy and the paradigm of autonomy in the 1970s and 1980s architecture the concern about the dynamic character of urban conditions and the potentialities hidden in architectural programme in the post-autonomy era. This book is based on extensive archival research in Canada the USA and Europe and will be of interest to architects artists researchers and students in architecture architectural history theory cultural theory philosophy and aesthetics. | Architectural Drawings as Investigating Devices Architecture’s Changing Scope in the 20th Century

GBP 130.00
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2D Monoelemental Materials (Xenes) and Related Technologies Beyond Graphene

2D Monoelemental Materials (Xenes) and Related Technologies Beyond Graphene

Monoelemental 2D materials called Xenes have a graphene-like structure intra-layer covalent bond and weak van der Waals forces between layers. Materials composed of different groups of elements have different structures and rich properties making Xenes materials a potential candidate for the next generation of 2D materials. 2D Monoelemental Materials (Xenes) and Related Technologies: Beyond Graphene describes the structure properties and applications of Xenes by classification and section. The first section covers the structure and classification of single-element 2D materials according to the different main groups of monoelemental materials of different components and includes the properties and applications with detailed description. The second section discusses the structure properties and applications of advanced 2D Xenes materials which are composed of heterogeneous structures produced by defects and regulated by the field. Features include: Systematically detailed single element materials according to the main groups of the constituent elements Classification of the most effective and widely studied 2D Xenes materials Expounding upon changes in properties and improvements in applications by different regulation mechanisms Discussion of the significance of 2D single-element materials where structural characteristics are closely combined with different preparation methods and the relevant theoretical properties complement each other with practical applications Aimed at researchers and advanced students in materials science and engineering this book offers a broad view of current knowledge in the emerging and promising field of 2D monoelemental materials. | 2D Monoelemental Materials (Xenes) and Related Technologies Beyond Graphene

GBP 115.00
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Military and Society in 21st Century Europe A Comparative Analysis

Military and Society in 21st Century Europe A Comparative Analysis

This compendium on Europe's military situation is written by leading analysts of military studies representing every major nation of Europe. Also included are three overview chapters that set the tone for this volume. These chapters - Martin Shaw on the evolution of a common risk society Christopher Dandeker on the military in democratic societies and Wilfried von Bredow on the re-nationalization of military strategy - provide an introduction to the work. Although the Cold War is now two decades removed from Europe the challenges of transition to new defense systems and institutional structures still confront those who plan the future for military establishments. The country studies as well as the final analysis of the trends and probable future developments in Europe should be required reading throughout the national security structure for politicians and decision makers seeking to understand the dilemmas facing European militaries and the societies they defend. The chapters cover a wide range of nations. Jean Callaghan Christo Domoztov and Valery Ratchcev examine the Bulgarian armed forces after the 1997 elections and Marie Vlachova and Stefan Sarvas review civil-military relations in the Czech Republic. Janos Szabo studies the defense sector in Hungary. Adriana Stanescu sees Romania as a case of delayed modernization. Vladimir Rukavishnikov studies the military in post-communist Russia. Paul Klein and Jürgen Kuhlmann review the German armed forces in the context of a peace dividend. Bernard Boene and Didier Danet consider France and the post draft situation. Marina Nuciari and Giuseppe Caforio consider the Italian military in a democratic context. Jan van der Meulen and his colleagues look upon the Netherlands military as a case study in post-modernization. The final contribution summarizes lessons learned in assessing the contemporary civil-military complex. | Military and Society in 21st Century Europe A Comparative Analysis

GBP 130.00
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Search Engine Optimization and Marketing A Recipe for Success in Digital Marketing

Search Engine Optimization and Marketing A Recipe for Success in Digital Marketing

Search Engine Optimization and Marketing: A Recipe for Success in Digital Marketing analyzes the web traffic for online promotion that includes search engine optimization and search engine marketing. After careful analysis of the nuances of the semantic web of search engine optimization (SEO) and its practical set up readers can put their best foot forward for SEO setup link-building for SERP establishment various methods with requisite algorithms and programming codes with process inferences. The book offers comprehensive coverage of essential topics including: • The concept of SEM and SEO • The mechanism of crawler program concepts of keywords • Keyword generation tools • Page ranking mechanism and indexing • Concepts of title meta alt tags • Concepts of PPC/PPM/CTR • SEO/SEM strategies • Anchor text and setting up • Query-based search While other books are focused on the traditional explanation of digital marketing theoretical features of SEO and SEM for keyword set up with link-building this book focuses on the practical applications of the above-mentioned concepts for effective SERP generation. Another unique aspect of this book is its abundance of handy workarounds to set up the techniques for SEO a topic too often neglected by other works in the field. This book is an invaluable resource for social media analytics researchers and digital marketing students. | Search Engine Optimization and Marketing A Recipe for Success in Digital Marketing

GBP 105.00
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Reliable Design of Medical Devices

Reliable Design of Medical Devices

As medical devices become even more intricate concerns about efficacy safety and reliability continue to be raised. Users and patients both want the device to operate as specified perform in a safe manner and continue to perform over a long period of time without failure. Following in the footsteps of the bestselling second edition Reliable Design of Medical Devices Third Edition shows you how to improve reliability in the design of advanced medical devices. Reliability engineering is an integral part of the product development process and of problem-solving activities related to manufacturing and field failures. Mirroring the typical product development process the book is organized into seven parts. After an introduction to the basics of reliability engineering and failures it takes you through the concept feasibility design verification and validation design transfer and manufacturing and field activity phases. Topics covered include Six Sigma for design human factors safety and risk analysis and new techniques such as accelerated life testing (ALT) and highly accelerated life testing (HALT). What’s New in This Edition Updates throughout reflecting changes in the field An updated software development process Updated hardware test procedures A new layout that follows the product development process A list of deliverables needed at the end of each development phase Incorporating reliability engineering as a fundamental design philosophy this book shares valuable insight from the author’s more than 35 years of experience. A practical guide it helps you develop a more effective reliability engineering program—contributing to increased profitability more satisfied customers and less risk of liability.

GBP 94.99
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