Een onderzoek naar de opkomst van belhuizen als nieuwe sociale ruimten in de stad. Belhuizen zijn onderdeel van de publieke ruimte, geworteld in de stad en in de gemeenschap, met een directe lijn naar het moederland. Het belhuis heeft een drieledige collectieve functie: de fysieke plek waar je je kunt onderdompelen, de wereldwijde infrastructuur door telecommunicatie en waarschijnlijk als meest belangrijke de collectieve herinnering aan datgene wat ver weg en onbereikbaar is.Diego Barajas (Co...

From the leading authors in the field, Michael Moran, Howard Shapiro, Bruce Munson, and David DeWitt, comes an integrated introductory presentation of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer. The unifying theme is the application of these priciples in thermal systems engineering. Responding to pressures to reduce credit hours in the curriculum and to ABET-inspired objectives for more integrated treatment of engineering topics, this text surveys the field of thermal sciences with an...

In a visually oriented computer dominated society, images play an important role in conveying messages. This book presents a coherent treatment of the principles, mathematics, and statistics needed to understand imaging systems. The diverse imaging systems are treated within a theoretical and experimental context.

An impassioned look at games and game design that offers the most ambitious framework for understanding them to date.

The first of a unique series of translations of Scamozzi's L'Idea della Architettura Universale. The northern Italian architect, Vincenzo Scamozzi, (1548-1616) designed a number of important palaces, villas and churches in and around Vicenza, Padua and Venice. In addition, he completed a comprehensive study of ancient classical architecture. including the possibilities for its application in a modern context. The first edition of the book was published in 1615. Scamozzi distinguishes himself ...

Enterprise Integration Patterns provides an invaluable catalog of sixty-five patterns, with real-world solutions that demonstrate the formidable of messaging and help you to design effective messaging solutions for your enterprise. The authors also include examples covering a variety of different integration technologies, such as JMS, MSMQ, TIBCO ActiveEnterprise, Microsoft BizTalk, SOAP, and XSL. A case study describing a bond trading system illustrates the patterns in practice, and the book...