The Pantheon in Rome is one of the grand architectural statements of all ages. This richly illustrated book isolates the reasons for its extraordinary impact on Western architecture, discussing the Pantheon as a building in its time but also as a building for all time. Mr. MacDonald traces the history of the structure since its completion and ...
This book is updated to addresses the radical changes in rigging equipment. The industry classic "Handbook of Rigging" has been thoroughly revised and brought up-to-date to provide broader coverage of lifting, hoisting, and scaffolding operations. This in-depth guide gives design/construction and facility maintenance professionals must-know ...
The Pantheon in Rome is one of the grand architectural statements of all ages. This richly illustrated book isolates the reasons for its extraordinary impact on Western architecture, discussing the Pantheon as a building in its time but also as a building for all time. Mr. MacDonald traces the history of the structure since its completion and ...
From Constantinople, the great city of the so-called Dark Ages, Byzantine architecture was exported to Italy and the West, to the Balkans, Russia, and the Moslem world, together with its magnificent sheathing of gold and glass mosaic. The Early Christian and Byzantine styles, of profound artistic quality, have influenced architecture ever since.
The author of a classic work on the architecture of imperial Rome here broadens his focus to present an original study of urban architecture in Roman market towns, port cities, veterans' colonies, and major metropolitan centers throughout the empire. "Simply the best book on Roman urbanism [that] I know. . . . A formidable breakthrough. It brings ...
Discrete-valued time series are common in practice, but methods for their analysis are not well-known. In recent years, methods have been developed which are specifically designed for the analysis of discrete-valued time series. Hidden Markov and Other Models for Discrete-Valued Time Series introduces a new, versatile, and computationally ...
With every new computer now equipped with a CD-ROM, a high quality colour display, and sound capabilities, multimedia imaging has become part of mainstream computing. As such, pressure is being placed on developers to produce applications that make use of multimedia imaging facilities. Edited by two respected colour scientists, this title has ...
Written in 1816 when she was only 19, in a horror-writing contest suggested by Byron, Mary Shelley's novel of "the modern Prometheus" chillingly dramatized the dangerous potential of life created in the laboratory. A frightening creation myth for our own time, FRANKENSTEIN remains one of the greatest horror stories ever written, and an undisputed ...
This primer in sand architecture and construction is packed with easy-to-follow, step-by-step illustrations and instructions, and covers all the basics: how to build, carve, and sculpt towers, arches, walls, pyramids, moats, bridges, and castles. Photographs and illustrations throughout.
This text presents a description and interpretation of the great Villa built by Emperor Hadrian near Tivoli, as it existed in Roman times, together with a description of how the Villa has influenced artists and architects in history, from the Renaissance through to the present day.
"Hidden Markov Models for Time Series" presents an accessible overview of hidden Markov models for analyzing a wide range of time series data, including discrete-valued, continuous-valued, circular, and multivariate. Demonstrating how to apply methods to real world problems, it features applications from a variety of fields, such as animal ...
This volume brings together leading developers of interaction and image display systems to provide insights into how these two systems are being used in a mutually beneficial manner. Emphasis is placed on the development of practical state-of-the-art techniques in a variety of applications.
This work, edited by two leading colour scientists from the Colour and Imaging Institute at The University of Derby, is based on the Conference of Colour Imaging Science 2000 held in April. With contributions from researchers and developers, it discusses the evolving standards, research findings and considers how practical and usable new imaging ...
A display system represents the point at which the user meets technology: the man-machine interface. It can take many forms: from TV or laptop screen to the video recorder display, the telephone menu, a VR headpiece; to a car dashboard, aeroplane cockpit or HDTV display, Applications are wide-ranging and the developments are moving forward rapidly ...
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