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Easy-to-follow step-by-step concepts and methods. Every chapter is
introduced in a very gentle and intuitive way so students can
understand the WHYs, WHAT-IFs, WHAT-IS-THIS-FORs, HOWs, etc by
themselves. Practical programming exercises in Python for each
chapter. Includes theory and practice for every chapter, summaries,
practical coding exercises for target problems, QA, and a companion
website with the sample code and data.
Easy-to-follow step-by-step concepts and methods. Every chapter is
introduced in a very gentle and intuitive way so students can
understand the WHYs, WHAT-IFs, WHAT-IS-THIS-FORs, HOWs, etc by
themselves. Practical programming exercises in Python for each
chapter. Includes theory and practice for every chapter, summaries,
practical coding exercises for target problems, QA, and a companion
website with the sample code and data.
Fundamentals of Ground Engineering is an unconventional study guide
that serves up the key principles, theories, definitions, and
analyses of geotechnical engineering in bite-sized pieces. This
book contains brief-one or two pages per topic-snippets of
information covering the geotechnical engineering component of a
typical undergraduate course in civil engineering as well as some
topics for advanced courses. Written in note form, it summarizes
the basic principles and theories of soil mechanics, the procedures
for creating a geotechnical model, and the common analyses for
slopes, foundations, and walls. Puts the mechanics into soil
mechanics Presents information that is simple to use-structured
around diagrams and formulae with few words Explains detailed
analyses given in the longer standard texts A short, easily read
summary of the basic theories and routine analyses of ground
engineering, Fundamentals of Ground Engineering incorporates plenty
of diagrams and concentrated data without going into detailed
explanations. This text is an ideal reference for students,
practicing civil engineers-senior and junior-and by engineering
geologists.
This volume provides a rigorous examination of key issues relating
to employment in small businesses. These include an anlysis of the
true extent of job crreation provided by small firms, the rleative
quality of jobs in small firms, the growth of self-employment
during the 1980s and the way in which the small firm interacts with
its local labour markets. These issues are examined in an
international context, wth comparative examples from the USA, the
UK and Europe.
Ideal for undergraduates of geotechnical engineering for civil
engineers, this established textbook sets out the basic theories of
soil mechanics in a clear and straightforward way; combining both
classical and critical state theories and giving students a good
grounding in the subject which will last right through into a
career as a geotechnical engineer. The subject is broken down into
discrete topics which are presented in a series of short, focused
chapters with clear and accessible text that develops from the
purely theoretical to discussing practical applications. Soil
behaviour is described by relatively simple equations with clear
parameters while a number of worked examples and simple
experimental demonstrations are included to illustrate the
principles involved and aid reader understanding.
Fundamentals of Ground Engineering is an unconventional study guide
that serves up the key principles, theories, definitions, and
analyses of geotechnical engineering in bite-sized pieces. This
book contains brief one or two pages per topic'snippets of
information covering the geotechnical engineering component of a
typical undergraduate course in civil engineering as well as some
topics for advanced courses. Written in note form, it summarizes
the basic principles and theories of soil mechanics, the procedures
for creating a geotechnical model, and the common analyses for
slopes, foundations, and walls. Puts the mechanics into soil
mechanics Presents information that is simple to use'structured
around diagrams and formulae with few words Explains detailed
analyses given in the longer standard texts A short, easily read
summary of the basic theories and routine analyses of ground
engineering, Fundamentals of Ground Engineering incorporates plenty
of diagrams and concentrated data without going into detailed
explanations. This text is an ideal reference for students,
practicing civil engineers'senior and junior and by engineering
geologists.
This volume provides a rigorous examination of key issues relating
to employment in small businesses. These include an anlysis of the
true extent of job crreation provided by small firms, the rleative
quality of jobs in small firms, the growth of self-employment
during the 1980s and the way in which the small firm interacts with
its local labour markets. These issues are examined in an
international context, wth comparative examples from the USA, the
UK and Europe.
Born as an exercise in studio self-promotion, over the last 70
years the Academy Awards have been responsible for more crimes
against art, fashion, taste and talent than the complete oeuvre of
Cher (herself an Awards-night favourite). Great actors and
directors have been consistently, almost methodically, overlooked
by the Academy in favour of journeymen or novelty acts. Entire
careers have passed without reward while shockingly mediocre
pictures have been over-garlanded with honours. So why do the
Oscars matter so much? This completely unauthorised Pocket
Essential guide to the Oscars explains how the Awards can help us
to understand the history of Hollywood. In a decade-by-decade
account, it details how the Academy mirrored, endorsed or rejected
industry trends, be they technical (The Jazz Singer's exclusion
from competition at the first awards in 1927/8), artistic (the
long-standing favour extended to period dramas), or political (the
Academy's capitulation in the face of McCarthyism). The book also
includes a full list of Oscar winners in every category, as well as
the author's own nominations for Worst Oscar-nominated Films and
Shocking Oscar Oversights, making it the best-value, most
up-to-date guide available to this annual public celebration of
money, envy, spite and the movies.
Ideal for undergraduates of geotechnical engineering for civil
engineers, this established textbook sets out the basic theories of
soil mechanics in a clear and straightforward way; combining both
classical and critical state theories and giving students a good
grounding in the subject which will last right through into a
career as a geotechnical engineer.
The subject is broken down into discrete topics which are
presented in a series of short, focused chapters with clear and
accessible text that develops from the purely theoretical to
discussing practical applications. Soil behaviour is described by
relatively simple equations with clear parameters while a number of
worked examples and simple experimental demonstrations are included
to illustrate the principles involved and aid reader
understanding.
J. A. Hobson (1858 1940) was an English economist and early
socialist, whose writings on capitalism and industrialism
influenced Lenin and Trotsky, and were highly regarded by John
Maynard Keynes. Imperialism, published in 1902, is considered his
most important work. Employed as a war correspondent by the
Manchester Guardian to report on the Second Boer War, he became
convinced that imperial expansion was driven by the desire to find
new markets and investment opportunities, resulting in capitalistic
exploitation of the colonies. He argued that imperial policies were
a fundamental cause of international conflict, as greed led to
aggression and militarism. While modern critics have seen
weaknesses in his arguments, such as his failure to examine the
development of the British Empire out of early private trading
enterprises, Hobson was a very influential and prolific writer and
social theorist, who helped shape British welfare policy in the
twentieth century.
A collection of irreverent summations of more than 100 well-known
works of literature, from Anna Karenina to Wuthering Heights,
cleverly described in the fewest words possible and accompanied
with funny color illustrations. Abridged Classics: Brief Summaries
of Books You Were Supposed to Read but Probably Didn't is packed
with dozens of humorous super-condensed summations of some of the
most famous works of literature from many of the world's most
revered authors, including William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens,
Emily Bronte, Leo Tolstoy, Jane Austen, Mark Twain, J.R.R. Tolkien,
Margaret Atwood, James Joyce, Plato, Ernest Hemingway, Dan Brown,
Ayn Rand, and Herman Melville. From "Old ladies convince a guy to
ruin Scotland" (Macbeth) to "Everyone is sad. It snows." (War and
Peace), these clever, humorous synopses are sure to make book
lovers smile.
This book is designed to help both students and the general reader
gain a practical understanding of the strategic marketing process,
and how it can be applied to a variety of real-life organisational
and national environments. As a case book it encourages readers to
develop a 'strategic mindset' towards the development of marketing
programmes. The cases are based upon primary information and many
are complemented by financial data, thus allowing readers to become
'insiders' rather than observers. Cases are supported by sections
on relevant theory and specific learning notes. Part one introduces
and reviews relevant strategic marketing concepts and practices.
Introductory chapters explore the strategy/marketing interface, the
conventional strategic marketing process and some contemporary
challenges to established practices. Part two gives readers the
chance to apply strategic marketing principles to a variety of
situations, and information is introduced to emphasise the urgency
of the situation, whilst the reality of the fiancial data serves to
constrain the submission of unrealistic marketing programmes.
Strategic Marketing: Cases, Concepts and Challenges is essential
reading for students and practitioners who wish to bridge strategic
marketing theory and practice in the wider organisational context.
The text is suitable for students of marketing and strategy at
undergraduate, professional and masters levels.
'He was a man like no other man has ever been' So Arrian sums up
the career of Alexander the Great of Macedon (356-323 BC), who in
twelve years that changed the world led his army in conquest of a
vast empire extending from the Danube to the rivers of the Punjab,
from Egypt to Uzbekistan, and died in Babylon at the age of 32 with
further ambitions unfulfilled. Arrian (c. 86-161 AD), a Greek man
of letters who had experience of military command and of the
highest political office in both Rome and Athens, set out to write
the definitive account of Alexander's life and campaigns, published
as the Anabasis and its later companion piece the Indica . His work
is now our prime and most detailed extant source for the history of
Alexander, and it is a dramatic story, fast-moving like its main
subject, and told with great narrative skill. Arrian admired
Alexander and was fascinated by him, but was also alive to his
faults: he presents a compelling account of an exceptional leader,
brilliant, ruthless, passionate, and complex. ABOUT THE SERIES: For
over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the
widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable
volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the
most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features,
including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful
notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further
study, and much more.
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