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Made-for-TV BBC adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic children's book from film-maker Jonathan Miller. Young girl Alice (Anne-Marie Mallik) falls down the White Rabbit (Wilfrid Brambell)'s hole into a bizarre world full of eccentric characters such as the Caterpillar (Michael Redgrave), the Mock Turtle (John Gielgud) and the Mad Hatter (Peter Cook). Peter Sellers also stars as the King of Hearts. The film features music by Ravi Shankar.

Mechanics of Solids provides an introduction to the behaviour of solid materials under various loading conditions, focusing upon the fundamental concepts and principles of statics and stress analysis. As the primary recommended text of the Council of Engineering Institutions for university undergraduates studying mechanics of solids it is essential reading for mechanical engineering undergraduates and also students on many civil, structural, aeronautical and other engineering courses. The mathematics in this book has been kept as straightforward as possible and worked examples are used to reinforce key concepts. Practical stress and strain scenarios are covered, including simple stress and strain, torsion, bending, elastic failure and buckling. Many examples are given of thin-walled structures, beams, struts and composite structures. This third edition includes new chapters on matrix algebra, linear elastic fracture mechanics, material property considerations and more on strain energy methods. The companion website www.routledge.com/cw/bird provides full solutions to all 575 further problems in the text, multiple-choice tests, a list of essential formulae, resources for adopting course instructors, together with several practical demonstrations by Professor Ross.

Now in its seventh edition, Bird’s Electrical Circuit Theory and Technology explains electrical circuit theory and associated technology topics in a straightforward manner, supported by practical engineering examples and applications to ensure that readers can relate theory to practice.

The extensive and thorough coverage, containing over 800 worked examples, makes this an excellent text for a range of courses, in particular for Degree and Foundation Degree in electrical principles, circuit theory, telecommunications, and electrical technology. The text includes some essential mathematics revision, together with all the essential electrical and electronic principles for BTEC National and Diploma syllabuses and City & Guilds Technician Certificate and Diploma syllabuses in engineering. This material will be a great revision for those on higher courses.

This edition includes several new sections, including glass batteries, climate change, the future of electricity production, and discussions concerning everyday aspects of electricity, such as watts and lumens, electrical safety, AC vs DC, and trending technologies.

Its companion website at www.routledge.com/cw/bird provides resources for both students and lecturers, including full solutions for all 1400 further questions, multiple choice questions, lists of essential formulae and bios of famous engineers; as well as full solutions to revision tests, lab experiments, and illustrations for adopting course instructors.

Table of Contents

Section 1 Revision of some basic mathematics

1. Some mathematics revision

2. Further mathematics revision

Section 2 Basic electrical and electronic engineering principles

3. Units associated with basic electrical quantities

4. An introduction to electric circuits

5. Resistance variation

6. Batteries and alternative sources of energy

7. Series and parallel networks

8. Capacitors and capacitance

9. Magnetic circuits

10. Electromagnetism

11. Electromagnetic induction

12. Electrical measuring instruments and measurements

13. Semiconductor diodes

14. Transistors

Section 3 Electrical Principles and Technology

15. d.c. circuit theory

16. Alternating voltages and currents

17. Single-phase series a.c. circuits

18. Single-phase parallel a.c. circuits

19. d.c. transients

20. Operational amplifiers

21. Global climate change and the future of electricity generation

22. Three-phase systems

23. Transformers

24. d.c. machines

25. Three-phase induction motors

Section 4 Advanced circuit theory and technology

26. Revision of complex numbers

27. Application of complex numbers to series a.c. circuits

28. Application of complex numbers to parallel a.c. circuits

29. Power in a.c. circuits

30. a.c. bridges

31. Series resonance and Q-factor

32. Parallel resonance and Q-factor

33. Introduction to network analysis

34. Mesh-current and nodal analysis

35. The superposition theorem

36. Thévenin’s and Norton’s theorems

37. Delta-star and star-delta transformations

38. Maximum power transfer theorems and impedance matching

39. Complex waveforms

40. A numerical method of harmonic analysis

41. Magnetic materials

42. Dielectrics and dielectric loss

43. Field theory

44. Attenuators

45. Filter networks

46. Magnetically coupled circuits

47. Transmission lines

48. Transients and Laplace transforms

Section 5 General reference

Higher Engineering Mathematics has helped thousands of students to succeed in their exams by developing problem-solving skills, It is supported by over 600 practical engineering examples and applications which relate theory to practice. The extensive and thorough topic coverage makes this a solid text for undergraduate and upper-level vocational courses. Its companion website provides resources for both students and lecturers, including lists of essential formulae, ands full solutions to all 2,000 further questions contained in the 277 practice exercises; and illustrations and answers to revision tests for adopting course instructors.

Higher Engineering Mathematics has helped thousands of students to succeed in their exams by developing problem-solving skills, It is supported by over 600 practical engineering examples and applications which relate theory to practice. The extensive and thorough topic coverage makes this a solid text for undergraduate and upper-level vocational courses. Its companion website provides resources for both students and lecturers, including lists of essential formulae, ands full solutions to all 2,000 further questions contained in the 277 practice exercises; and illustrations and answers to revision tests for adopting course instructors.

Table of Contents

Section A Number and algebra

1 Algebra

2 Partial fractions

3 Logarithms

4 Exponential functions

5 The binomial series

6.Solving equations by iterative methods

7 Boolean algebra and logic circuits

Section B Geometry and trigonometry

8 Introduction to trigonometry

9 Cartesian and polar co-ordinates

10 The circle and its properties

11 Trigonometric waveforms

12 Hyperbolic functions

13 Trigonometric identities and equations

14 The relationship between trigonometric and hyperbolic functions

15 Compound angles

Section C Graphs

16 Functions and their curves

17 Irregular areas, volumes and mean values of waveforms

Section D Complex numbers

18 Complex numbers

19 De Moivre’s theorem

Section E Matrices and determinants

20 The theory of matrices and determinants

21 Applications of matrices and determinants

Section F Vector geometry

22 Vectors

23 Methods of adding alternating waveforms

24 Scalar and vector products

Section G Differential calculus

25 Methods of differentiation

26 Some applications of differentiation

27 Differentiation of parametric equations

28 Differentiation of implicit functions

29 Logarithmic differentiation

30 Differentiation of hyperbolic functions

31 Differentiation of inverse trigonometric and hyperbolic functions

32 Partial differentiation

33 Total differentials, rates of change and small changes

34 Maxima, minima and saddle points for functions of two variables

Section H Integral calculus

35 Standard integration

36 Some applications of integration

37 Maclaurin’s series

38 Integration using algebraic substitutions

39 Integration using trigonometric and hyperbolic substitutions

40 Integration using partial fractions

41 The t = tan θ/2

42 Integration by parts

43 Reduction formulae

44 Double and triple integrals

45 Numerical integration

Section I Differential equations

46 Introduction to differential equations

47 Homogeneous first order differential equations

48 Linear first order differential equations

49 Numerical methods for first order differential equations

50 First order differential equations (1)

51 First order differential equations (2)

52 Power series methods of solving ordinary differential equations

53 An introduction to partial differential equations

Section J Laplace transforms

54 Introduction to Laplace transforms

55 Properties of Laplace transforms

56 Inverse Laplace transforms

57 The Laplace transform of the Heaviside function

58 The solution of differential equations using Laplace transforms

59 The solution of simultaneous differential equations using Laplace transforms

Section K Fourier series

60 Fourier series for periodic functions of period 2π

61 Fourier series for a non-periodic function over period 2π

62 Even and odd functions and half-range Fourier series

63 Fourier series over any range

64 A numerical method of harmonic analysis

65 The complex or exponential form of a Fourier series

Section L Z-transforms

66 An introduction to z-transforms

Section M Statistics and probability

67 Presentation of statistical data

68 Mean, median, mode and standard deviation

69 Probability

70 The binomial and Poisson distributions

71 The normal distribution

72 Linear correlation

73 Linear regression

74 Sampling and estimation theories

75 Significance testing

76 Chi-square and distribution-free tests

Essential formulae

Answers to Practice Exercises

Now in its eighth edition, Bird's Basic Engineering Mathematics has helped thousands of students to succeed in their exams. Mathematical theories are explained in a straightforward manner, supported by practical engineering examples and applications to ensure that readers can relate theory to practice. Some 1,000 engineering situations/problems have been 'flagged-up' to help demonstrate that engineering cannot be fully understood without a good knowledge of mathematics. The extensive and thorough coverage makes this a great text for introductory level engineering courses - such as for aeronautical, construction, electrical, electronic, mechanical, manufacturing engineering and vehicle technology - including for BTEC First, National and Diploma syllabuses, City & Guilds Technician Certificate and Diploma syllabuses, and even for GCSE revision. Its companion website provides extra materials for students and lecturers, including full solutions for all 1,700 further questions, lists of essential formulae, multiple choice tests, and illustrations, as well as full solutions to revision tests for course instructors.

There are now new experiences of space and time; new tensions between globalism and regionalism, socialism and consumerism, reality and spectacle; new instabilities of value, meaning and identity - a dialectic between past and future. How are we to understand these? Mapping the Futures is the first of a series which brings together cultural theorists from different disciplines to assess the implications of economic, political and social change for intellectual inquiry and cultural practice.