New Releases by Ian Graham

What are minerals? What is the hardest mineral? Why do our bodies need minerals? Read this book to find the answers to these questions and more. Each book in the Managing Our Resources series examines a valuable natural resource, explaining where the resource is found, how it is extracted and processed, what it is used to make, and how the resource can be used sustainably.

How does soil form? What can soil tell us about the past? What is peat? Read this book to find the answers to these questions and more. Each book in the Managing Our Resources series examines a valuable natural resource, explaining where the resource is found, how it is extracted and processed, what it is used to make, and how the resource can be used sustainably.

Examines air, a valuable natural resource, explaining where it is found, what it is used for, and how it can be used sustainably.

"Ballas is a drunk and a vagrant. In his heart there is only greed, and in his eyes only bitterness. Such a man is not suited to legend. He is fit only for an unmarked grave. And there are people who seek to hasten his journey there." "When a young priest saves him from a beating in the street, Ballas does not know how to react to such an act of kindness. So instead he betrays his rescuer, by stealing from those who have offered him hope. But although what Ballas chooses to take can easily be hidden under a cloak, it is no trinket to be sold in the market for a bowl of soup. It is an artifact that will lead an army to hunt him down - and bring the world to the edge of chaos."--Jacket.

Text and drawings explain the workings of certain everyday items including bicycles, traffic lights, and computers.

Explores the different types of artificial intelligence, how they are developed, how they are used now and how they may be used in the future, and controversies surrounding this new technology.

An introduction to film and photography, this book explores: cameras and types of film; digital cameras; satellite sensors; modern technology in the cinema; holograms and fractals, space photogaphy; filming inside the body; underwater photography and much more

An introduction to global networks, this book explores: fibre optic cables; communications satellites; mobile telephones; the Deep Space Network; the Internet; computer crime; military communications; and satellite navigations systems.

An accessible introduction to radio and television, this book explores: radio waves; satellite television; closed circuit television; digital versatile discs; digital broadcasting; remote monitoring electronic bugs; radio signals in space and much more.

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From theory to reality, the controversial science examined in this series is sure to capture the attention and interest of readers. Each book has been designed to prompt a thought-provoking assessment of scientific research, principles, and techniques, with a focus on the daunting questions they pose for the future of humanity.

An introduction to books and newspapers, this book shows how the print media has developed into a fast moving, technology-led industry. Supported with colour photographs and diagrams, the text provides information with pertinent facts and unusual words highlighted and explained throughout.

An introduction to the geography, government, economy, culture, and people of New Zealand.

In this fascinating biography, the first ever published about Alfred Maudslay (1850-1931), Ian Graham describes this extraordinary Englishman and his pioneering investigations of the ancient Maya ruins. Maudslay, the grandson of a famous English inventor and engineer, spent his formative adult years in the South Seas as a junior official in Great Britain’s Colonial Office. Despite his exotic experiences, he did not find his true vocation until the age of thirty-one, when he arrived in Guatemala. Maudslay played a crucial role in exploring and documenting the monuments and architecture of the ancient Maya ruins at Palengue Copán, Chichén Itzá, and other sites previously unknown. His photographs and plaster casts have proven to be invaluable in the deciphering of Maya hieroglyphics. Personal resources allowed him to undertake fieldwork at a time when no institution provided such support. He made plaster casts of large stone monuments, accurate maps of sites, and painstaking recordings of inscriptions. His Biologia Centrali-Americana, a multivolume compendium of photographs, drawings, plans, and text published almost a century ago, remains an essential foundation for Maya studies. Perhaps Maudslay’s greatest legacy is magnificent collection of glass-negative photographs, many of which are reproduced in this book.

Almost every kind of machine is going digital. But what does digital mean? Why are digital machines better? This book explains what digital systems are, and explores the many ways that digital machines are making our daily lives easier, from surfing the Internet to taking photographs without film, running our home appliances for us, playing virtual reality games, and developing computers that can understand human speech.

Since the previous edition of this popular and comprehensive book was published, there have been massive changes in the field of object technology. This book has been fully revised and updated to reflect the newest technologies and methodologies, including extensive coverage of middleware, components, Java & UML. If you are a developer or manager needing to succeed with objects, this book will give you a full understanding of the key concepts, benefits and pitfalls - plus what technologies and tools are available and how to evaluate them. It offers invaluable insights into the philosophy and real-world practice of today'' s leading object-oriented techniques and products. Major features of this edition: detailed chapter covering middleware and migration strategies chapter describing best practice for analysis and design, with in-depth focus on architecture and patterns plus a concise presentation of the Catalysis method for component based development revised coverage of requirements, featuring detailed description of the SOMA approach coverage of Java, in addition to other object-oriented programming languages Plus:- significantly revised coverage of object-oriented databases to address new and increasingly mature products- review of processes and project management including RUP and OPEN Process, and guidance on testing and UI design- new appendices summarizing the UML notation and background survey of 50 object oriented methods- self-test questions and model answers on accompanying web-site: www. trireme.com

Provides information about the internet, its growing usage around the world, and dangers involved with using it.

Describes the history of telecommunication and the advances in the field, including digital electronics, optical transmissions, communications satellites, and cable television.

Information on our bodies, how things work, great inventions, flight, and great buildings.

Explores the development of telecommunication satellites, describes how they work, and discusses their many uses and possible future developments.

Licensed and approved by the Boeing company, this pack contains information for children about the 747 aeroplane. Included in the pack are facts about the plane and tips on how to fly it.

Learn about instruments of many cultures and how they make sound. Illustrations.

Illustrations and text describe how humans have tried to learn more about space and some of the equipment and vehicles used to do this.

Radio - TV - Digital sound - Computer music - CS''s.

Describes the development of airplanes over the years and provides information about various models while focusing on those characteristics which promote speed in flight.

Describes how various kinds of boats are designed and constructed for speed.

OPEN (Object-oriented Process, Environment and Notation) is an international de facto standard object-oriented development method developed and maintained by the OPEN Consortium. OPEN consists of the OPEN Modeling Language (OML) as well as process, metrics, etc. This book specifies OML, a small but vital component of the complete OPEN method. It uses diagrams, tables, Web references and text to present the syntax, semantics and rationale behind OML. It documents version 1.0 of OML so that object-oriented modelers can learn and use it, and upperCASE vendors can support it.

Using brief text and illustrations, explains how numerous technologies such as computers, printers, cameras, televisions, telephones and satellites work.

Questions that are typically asked about nature, science and space are answered in this edition.