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Thermodynamic Tables to Accompany Modern Engineering Thermodynamics
Author Robert T. Balmer
Thermodynamic Tables to Accompany Modern Engineering Thermodynamics is a companion text to Modern Engineering Thermodynamics by Robert T. Balmer. It contains two Appendices-Appendix C features thermodynamic tables, while Appendix D provides thermodynamic charts. ....
Release Date 2011/01 -
Thermal-Hydraulics of Water Cooled Nuclear Reactors
Author Francesco D'Auria
Thermal Hydraulics of Water-Cooled Nuclear Reactors reviews flow and heat transfer phenomena in nuclear systems and examines the critical contribution of this analysis to nuclear technology development. With a strong focus on system thermal hydraulics (SYS TH), the....
Release Date 2017/05 -
Author Dipak Sarkar
Thermal Power Plants: Pre-Operational Activities covers practical information that can be used as a handy reference by utility operators and professionals working in new and existing plants, including those that are undergoing refurbishments and those that have bee....
Release Date 2016/08 -
Thermal Insulation Handbook for the Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Industries
Author Alireza Bahadori
Thermal Insulation Handbook for the Oil and Gas Industries addresses relative design, materials, procedures, and standard installation necessities for various oil and gas infrastructure such as pipelines, subsea equipment, vessels, and tanks. With the continued incr....
Release Date 2014/03 -
Author Sukumar Pati , Sadhu Singh
Pearson introduces the first edition of Thermal Engineering a complete offering for the undergraduate engineering students. With lucid exposition of the fundamental concepts along with numerous worked-out examples and well-labeled detailed illustrations, this book ....
Release Date 2018/05 -
Theory and Practice of Aircraft Performance
Author David Riordan , Mark A. Price , Ajoy Kumar Kundu
Textbook introducing the fundamentals of aircraft performance using industry standards and examples: bridging the gap between academia and industryProvides an extensive and detailed treatment of all segments of mission profile and overall aircraft performanceConsid....
Release Date 2016/09 -
The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of Leadership, Change and Organizational Development
Author Jonathan Passmore , Arthur M. Freedman , Rachel Lewis , H. Skipton Leonard
A state-of-the-art reference, drawing on key contemporary research to provide an in-depth, international, and competencies-based approach to the psychology of leadership, change and ODPuts cutting-edge evidence at the fingertips of organizational psychology practit....
Release Date 2016/09 -
The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of Training, Development, and Performance Improvement
Author Sigmar Malvezzi , Nuno Rebelo dos Santos , Jonathan Passmore , Kurt Kraiger
The latest Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Organizational Psychology uses a psychological perspective, and a uniquely global focus, to review the latest literature and research in the interconnected fields of training, development, and performance appraisal.Maintains a ....
Release Date 2014/11 -
Author Andrew Orton
This book examines the structural and construction design of buildings. The first part presents an overview of materials and structural forms taking the point of view of the designer, architect and engineer. The second part is an extensive examination of over 7....
Release Date 2013/06 -
The Unfinished Leader: Balancing Contradictory Answers to Unsolvable Problems
Author Cade Cowan , Peter C. Cairo , David L. Dotlich
With the demands of technology, transparency, and constant connectedness, and calls for higher performance, leaders from the front line to the C-suite face complex dilemmas that cannot be easily denied or postponed. These perplexing, recurring issues are familiar to....
Release Date 2014/04 -
The Un-Prescription for Autism
Author Elizabeth Mumper , Martha W. Murphy , Janet Lintala
Each year, more than 50,000 U.S. families receive an autism diagnosis. On top of turmoil and worry, they share the same urgent question: What can we do to help our child?The answers parents find can be contradictory…even dangerous. The conventional approach (employ....
Release Date 2016/04 -
The Ultimate Book of Influence: 10 Tools of Persuasion to Connect, Communicate, and Win in Business
Author Chris Helder
Master the power of influence and persuasion to achieve more in work and lifeFor business leaders and managers, as well as those who work in sales, the power of influence can be a potent advantage. The ability to persuade others based on what you know about them is ....
Release Date 2013/07 -
The Trouble With Too Much Board Oversight
Author Olubunmi Faleye , Rani Hoitash , Udi Hoitash
The high-profile scandals of the late 1990s have transformed the corporate governance landscape and increased the oversight duties of independent directors. New mandates, such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, have had substantial effects on corporate boards. ....
Release Date 2013/04 -
Author Paul Macmillan , William D. Eggers
Government Alone Can’t Solve Society’s Biggest ProblemsWorld hunger. Climate change. Crumbling infrastructure. It’s clear that in today’s era of fiscal constraints and political gridlock, we can no longer turn to government alone to tackle these and other towering s....
Release Date 2013/09 -
The Social Psychology of Change Management
Author Joris Westhof , Wouter ten Have , John Rijsman , Steven ten Have
Changes are rarely accomplished by individuals. People are social animals and changes are social processes which have to be organized. Social psychology is essential for the effectiveness and development of the field of change management. It is necessary to underst....
Release Date 2018/12 -
The Search for Mathematical Roots, 1870-1940
Author I. Grattan-Guinness
While many books have been written about Bertrand Russell's philosophy and some on his logic, I. Grattan-Guinness has written the first comprehensive history of the mathematical background, content, and impact of the mathematical logic and philosophy of mathematics....
Release Date 2011/02 -
Author M. Khan , M. R. Islam
It has long been recognized that science is the pursuit of knowledge, knowledge is power, and power is political. However, the fantasy of science being apolitical is a hallmark legacy of the enlightenment era, an era that romanticized pursuit of knowledge, disconn....
Release Date 2019/06 -
Author DK
Discover 80 trail-blazing scientific ideas, which underpin our modern world, giving us everything from antibiotics to gene therapy, electricity to space rockets and batteries to smart phones.What is string theory or black holes? And who discovered gravity and radia....
Release Date 2015/02 -
Author Mahendra Ramsinghani
Managing your own psychology is the hardest skill for any founderAs acclaimed investor and entrepreneur Ben Horowitz once stated, managing your own psychology is the hardest skill for any founder or CEO. In The Resilient Founder: Lessons in Endurance from Startup Entrepreneurs, Mahendra Ramsinghani ....
Release Date 2021/12 -
The Remarkable Life and Career of Ellen Swallow Richards: Pioneer in Science and Technology
Author Pamela C. Swallow
This biography highlights the achievements of America's first professional degreed female scientist, Ellen Swallow Richards (1842--1911). The book takes the reader from Richards's childhood on a Massachusetts farm where she was schooled at home, to her internation....
Release Date 2014/07 -
The Radio Station, 10th Edition
Author Bruce Mims , John Allen Hendricks
The Radio Station offers a concise and insightful guide to all aspects of radio broadcasting, streaming, and podcasting. This book’s tenth edition continues its long tradition of guiding readers to a solid understanding of who does what, when, and why in a professi....
Release Date 2018/05 -
Author Charles Richards
The New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller!“The Psychology of Wealth is a pertinent and comprehensive overview of the skills and mindset necessary for success. Prosperity can be achieved by anyone, and Dr. Richards shows the way.”—Donald J. Trump“What’s i....
Release Date 2011/12 -
Author Judith Leary-Joyce
Talent. Everybody has it, but just how good are you at using it? Talented people don’t believe in reaching their peak – they live a life that crests on any number of new and different waves. Some of these peaks may be higher than others, some offer totally differen....
Release Date 2012/12 -
The Psychology of Retirement: Coping with the Transition from Work
Author Derek Milne
The Psychology of Retirement is the first self-help guide to retirement based on highly proven psychological coping strategies.Provides the most comprehensive and coherent account of the challenges of retirement and the associated aging processRepresents the culmina....
Release Date 2013/01 -
The Psychology of Learning and Motivation
Author Kara D. Federmeier
The Psychology of Learning and Motivation, Volume 71, the latest release in the series, features empirical and theoretical contributions in cognitive and experimental psychology, ranging from classical and instrumental conditioning to complex learning and problem-s....
Release Date 2019/09 -
The Psychology of Information Security
Author Leron Zinatullin
Ensure the success of your security program by understanding users' motivations “This book cuts to the heart of many of the challenges in risk management, providing advice and tips from interviews as well as models that can be employed easily. Leron manages....
Release Date 2016/01 -
Author Rhoda Okunev
Technological innovations have advanced at an incredible speed since the introduction of the computer that it has altered the fabric of our society. The possession of computers, smart-devices, along with social media, texting and video games, is now an intimate part of the structure of our cul....
Release Date 2022/12 -
The Psychology of Coaching, Mentoring and Learning, 2nd Edition
Author Ho Law
The Psychology of Coaching, Mentoring, and Learning addresses the psychological principles upon which coaching and mentoring is based, and integrates them in a universal framework for the theory and practice of individual and organizational development. The second e....
Release Date 2013/10 -
The Princeton Companion to Mathematics
Author Imre Leader , June Barrow-Green , Timothy Gowers
This is a one-of-a-kind reference for anyone with a serious interest in mathematics. Edited by Timothy Gowers, a recipient of the Fields Medal, it presents nearly two hundred entries, written especially for this book by some of the world's leading mathematicians, t....
Release Date 2010/07 -
The Power of Scarcity: Leveraging Urgency and Demand to Influence Customer Decisions
Author Mindy Weinstein
Drive revenue and grow your business by using the powerful concept of scarcityScarcity isn't just one of the key principles of influence, it's arguably the most powerful—invoking the kind of primal instincts that were essential to our ancestors' survival. It's also the explanation for why, in th....
Release Date 2022/11