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In this exclusive English edition of the elucidating and
award-winning investigation of Archimedes' life, Mario Geymonat
provides fresh insights into one of the greatest minds in the
history of humankind. Archimedes (ca 287 BCE-ca 212 BCE) was a
mathematician, physicist, scientist, and engineer. Born in
Syracuse, Sicily, the Greek Archimedes was an inventor par
excellence. He not only explored the displacement of water and
sand, worked out the principle of levers, developed an
approximation of pi, discovered ways to determine the areas and
volumes of solids, and invented the monumental Archimedes' screw (a
machine for raising water), Archimedes also developed machinery
that his fellow Syracusans successfully employed to defend their
native city against the Romans. The Great Archimedes is already a
highly acclaimed telling of the life and mind of one of antiquity's
most important and innovative thinkers, and, now in translation, it
is sure to be cherished by experts and novices alike across the
English-speaking world. This wonderfully illustrated and
multifarious book is enriched by numerous quotations and
testimonies from ancient sources.
As Directors of this NATO Workshop we welcome this opportunity to
record formally our thanks to the NATO Scientific Affairs Division
for making our meeting possible through generous financial support
and encouragement. This meeting had two purposes: the first obvious
one because we have collected key scientists from East and West
together to discuss the latest developments in the design against
fatigue for structures and components. The second is less obvious
but perhaps in the longer term more important; that is the building
of bridges between East and West Europe, bridges cemented in the
first place by personal friendship between scientists. Fatigue is
the process by which structures subjected to cyclical loads
deteriorate. The advent of the industrial revolution and in
particular the spread of railways caused this phenomena to be
recognised and studied some 150 years ago. Despite intensive
efforts over the years and despite a huge increase in our
theoretical and practical understanding offatigue, failures still
occur causing economic disruption and even loss of life. Some of
the reasons lying behind this apparent failure to apply advanced
knowledge to everyday engineering were explored during this
Workshop. Economic pressures to extend the lives of existing plant
are becoming more intense. Therefore of vital importance is the
generation of knowledge used to assess the performance of existing
structures and machines and to produce guidance on their continued
safe operation.
A brief explanation of the geology of the relevant 1: 50 000 scale
geological map(s)
Shrouds have long held a special place among the sacred relics of
Christendom. In the Middle Ages, shrouds, like holy relics, were
the prize possessions of churches and cities. Cloaked in mystery,
these artifacts have long been objects of reverence and awe, as
well as sources of debates, quarrels, thefts, and excommunications.
Shrouds - so some claim - provide visible testimony to faith. One
in particular has drawn the interest of scholars, clergy, and the
public alike: the Shroud of Turin. In The Shroud of Turin, Andrea
Nicolotti chronicles the history of this famous cloth, including
its circuitous journey from the French village of Lirey to its home
in the Italian city of Turin, as well as the fantastical claims
surrounding its origin and modern scientific efforts to prove or
disprove its authenticity. Full of intrigue and mystery, The Shroud
of Turin dismantles hypotheses that cannot survive the rigors of
historical analysis. Nicolotti directly addresses the thorny
problem of the authenticity of the relic and the difficult
relationship between history, faith, and science.
Scarlet Point's raid in Iowa
In March 1857, after a particularly severe winter, a band of
fourteen starving, renegade Wahpekute Santee Sioux led by Scarlet
Point (Inkpaduta) descended on the settlements scattered along the
north western Iowa frontier close to the Minnesota border. The
Indians were desperate for food and, furthermore, sought revenge
for outrages perpetrated against them by white settlers-including
the murder of Scarlet Point's brother and his family. The killing
spree that followed cost the lives of 35-40 settlers who were
isolated on their own land holdings. At Spirit Lake the Indians
also abducted four women and carried them into captivity. Notable
among them was the fourteen year old, Abbe Gardner who survived to
be ransomed during the following summer and subsequently wrote an
account of her ordeal (is also available as a Leonaur edition). Two
attempts were made by government forces to pursue the fleeing
Indians from Forts Dodge and Ridgely, but tardy management, a delay
in setting off and appalling weather in the form of almost
impassable snowfall, meant both rescue and reprisal missions
failed. The Spirit Lake raid and massacre was the last Indian
attack to take place in Iowa. This unique Leonaur book brings
together two accounts of this famous incident in the history of the
settlement of the western frontiers of the United States of
America.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each
title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our
hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their
spines and fabric head and tail bands.
Scarlet Point's raid in Iowa
In March 1857, after a particularly severe winter, a band of
fourteen starving, renegade Wahpekute Santee Sioux led by Scarlet
Point (Inkpaduta) descended on the settlements scattered along the
north western Iowa frontier close to the Minnesota border. The
Indians were desperate for food and, furthermore, sought revenge
for outrages perpetrated against them by white settlers-including
the murder of Scarlet Point's brother and his family. The killing
spree that followed cost the lives of 35-40 settlers who were
isolated on their own land holdings. At Spirit Lake the Indians
also abducted four women and carried them into captivity. Notable
among them was the fourteen year old, Abbe Gardner who survived to
be ransomed during the following summer and subsequently wrote an
account of her ordeal (is also available as a Leonaur edition). Two
attempts were made by government forces to pursue the fleeing
Indians from Forts Dodge and Ridgely, but tardy management, a delay
in setting off and appalling weather in the form of almost
impassable snowfall, meant both rescue and reprisal missions
failed. The Spirit Lake raid and massacre was the last Indian
attack to take place in Iowa. This unique Leonaur book brings
together two accounts of this famous incident in the history of the
settlement of the western frontiers of the United States of
America.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each
title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our
hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their
spines and fabric head and tail bands.
Preface. The Interaction of Wear and Rolling Contact Fatigue; J.H.
Beynon, A. Kapoor. Reliability Assessment of Randomly Loaded
Critical Components; M. Bily. Fitness for Purpose Assessment of
Structural Integrity; J.G. Blauel. Part-Through Cracked Structures
Under Cyclic Loading; A. Carpinteri, et al. Multiaxial Fatigue Life
Prediction Methods for Engineering Components; T.D. Liebster, G.
Glinka. Assessment of Fatigue in High-Duty Engineering Components;
J.F. Knott. Material Characterization Required for the Reliability
Assessment of Cyclically Loaded Engineering Structures: Part 1:
Fatigue and Failure of Materials; A.J. Krasowsky, L. Toth.
Non-Linear Deformation and Fatigue Fracture in Engineering Design;
N.A. Makhutov, M.M. Gadenin. Gaseous Atmosphere Influence on
Fatigue Crack Propagation; J. Petit, et al. Crack Propagation of
Semi-Elliptical Surface Cracks: A Literature Review; T.
Boukharouba, et al. Fatigue of Ceramics and Intermetallics:
Application to Damage Tolerance and Life Prediction in
Cyclically-Loaded Brittle Materials; R. Ritchie, et al. Fatigue
Problems in Transport Applications; R.A. Smith. High Nitrogen
Steels Behaviour Under cyclic Loading; S. Vodenicharov.
Energy-Based Approach to Damage Cumulation in Random Fatigue; T.
Lagoda, E. Macha. Application of a Probabilistic Approach of
Durability Analysis to Gust Loaded Structures and Some Possible
Extensions; A. Pieracci.
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