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Science/Engineering Statistical Mechanics, Third Edition
Science/Engineering Essentials of Toxic Chemical Risk: Science and Society
Science/Engineering Telefoncoaching: So machen Sie aus Ihren Mitarbeitern Telefonprofis
Science/Engineering Wireless Communications (Wiley - IEEE)
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Science/Engineering Testtheorie und Fragebogenkonstruktion (Springer-Lehrbuch)
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Science/Engineering The Art and Science of Psychotherapy (repost)
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Science/Engineering A Practical Handbook of Preparative HPLC by Donald A. Wellings (Repost)
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Science/Engineering Essentials of Toxic Chemical Risk: Science and Society
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Science/Engineering Posttraumatische Belastungsstörungen (German Edition)
Science/Engineering Lernplattformen in Schulen: Ansätze für E-Learning und Blended Learning in Präsenzklassen (1 Auflage)
Science/Engineering Stochastik für Einsteiger: Eine Einführung in die faszinierende Welt des Zufalls. Mit über 220 Übungsaufgaben und Lösungen {Repost}
Science/Engineering Testtheorie und Fragebogenkonstruktion (Springer-Lehrbuch)
Science/Engineering Centrifugal Pumps, 2nd Edition
Science/Engineering Computational Intelligence for Modelling and Prediction (Studies in Computational Intelligence) 1 edition {Repost}
Science/Engineering Networks, Crowds, and Markets: Reasoning About a Highly Connected World {repost}
Science/Engineering Introduction to Biophotonics (repost)
Science/Engineering The Art and Science of Psychotherapy (repost)
Science/Engineering Advances in Chemical Physics - Volume 15: Stochastic Processes in Chemical Physics
Science/Engineering "Emulsion Science: Basic Principles" (repost)
Science/Engineering Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes 3rd edition
Science/Engineering Boundary Element Analysis (repost)
Science/Engineering Collection of books on physics 2
Science/Engineering A Practical Handbook of Preparative HPLC by Donald A. Wellings (Repost)
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More Incredible Cross-Sections (Stephen Biesty's cross-sections) by Richard J.C. Platt For once "incredible" isn't an overstatement. This dazzling book offers spread after spread of cutaway illustrations that reveal the hidden architecture of 18 celebrated structures, from a Gothic cathedral to a coal mine to the space shuttle. Details are so intricate that the reader will be tempted to reach for a magnifying glass--somehow Biesty conveys a sense of both the proverbial forest and its trees. Two foldouts, each nearly three feet in length, suggest the majestic scale of their subjects: respectively, the ocean liner Queen Mary and a steam train built in 1928. Laid out in the unmistakable Dorling Kindersley style, the artwork is then linked to paragraphs of quirkily explanatory text (one item about galleons proclaims that sailors killed 4000 rats on an Atlantic crossing in 1622; the jumbo jet information includes a description of how air is vented from toilets and how waste is disposed of). Sites are pan-Atlantic--the Empire State Building is shown along with the London Underground--so readers won't mind that the featured auto factory attaches the steering wheel to the "wrong" side of the car. There's not a single misstep in this endlessly entertaining endeavor. All ages. Biesty, who specializes in historical and architectural cutaway drawings, dissects 18 buildings, vehicles, etc. (castle to space shuttle), to show their veins, sinews, and bones. Each meticulous drawing fills a colorful oversize double spread; two (the Queen Mary and a steam train, The Flying Scotsman) fold out to 40 inches. Introduced by brief texts and surrounded by captions incorporating historical lore, facts, and anecdotes, they contain hundreds of minute details of construction and function. Readers may get as compulsive about this fascinating book as they do about Waldo (one challenge here is to find figures sitting on toilets--there are at least ten). The drawings don't yield all their secrets easily: considerable effort is needed to piece together what's going on in the automobile factory or on the North Sea oil rig. Still, this pictorial information will be absorbed in a more integrated way than from a linear text. In one or two places captions point to the wrong area of a drawing, and they are occasionally marred by silly puns. One error: 747's don't normally use microwave ovens-- they're far too inefficient for bulk food, and could interfere with the radio. or Wow, Great book. Thanks for Sharing it. Please post more such Illustrative books/encyclopedia/dictionary. Thanks for the RS links.
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