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This text presents an intuitive treatment of mathematics using ultrasmall numbers. With this modern approach to infinitesimals, proofs become simpler and more focused on the combinatorial heart of arguments, unlike traditional treatments that use epsilon-delta methods. Readers can fully prove fundamental results, such as the Extreme Value Theore

The Ashgate Research Companion to Giorgio Vasari brings together the world's foremost experts on Vasari as well as up-and-coming scholars to provide, at the 500th anniversary of his birth, a comprehensive assessment of the current state of scholarship on this important - and still controversial - artist and writer. Contributors examine the life and

To strengthen urban and rural resilience to global challenges, this book brings together global leading geospatial experts, industry actors, and policy-makers to analyse the role of geospatial data infrastructures and services for achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals and providing interdisciplinary and multisectoral analysis.

Printed images were widely disseminated in early-modern Britain, yet, by comparison with texts, they have been relatively neglected, even by historians to whom they ought to be of the greatest interest. This volume helps remedy this state of affairs. Complementing the online digital library of British printed images to 1700, it offers a series of e

The essays in this volume concentrate on festival iconography, the visual and written languages, including ephemeral and permanent structures, costume, drama, inscriptions and published festival books that 'voiced' the social, political and cultural messages incorporated in processional entries in early modern Europe. The volume includes a transcri

This book combines the materials from introductory numerical methods and introductory optimization courses into a single text. This classroom-tested approach enriches a standard numerical methods syllabus with optional chapters on numerical optimization and provides a valuable numerical methods background for students taking an introductory opti

This book explores the multiple resonances and representations of the Arma Christi, the 'instruments of the Passion,' in medieval and early modern culture. From the weapons used to torment and sacrifice the body of Christ sprang a reliquary tradition that produced active and contemplative devotional practices, complex literary narratives, intense l

This book collates the main research developments around Lean Construction over the past 25 years with contributions from many seminal authors in the field.

The volume brings together key interdisciplinary perspectives and global case studies to uncover the joint trajectories of urban space, technology, and everyday life. Tracing emerging debates and neglected connections between cities and media, this book challenges what we know about contemporary urban living.

This volume provides comprehensive coverage of the state of the art in simulation conceptual modeling. The first section of the text discusses the purpose and requirements of a conceptual model. The next set of chapters provides frameworks and tools for conceptual modeling. The book then describes the use of soft systems methodology for model st

Hot Art, Cold War - Southern and Eastern European Writing on American Art 1945-1990 is one of two text anthologies that trace the reception of American art in Europe during the Cold War era through primary sources.

This textbook presents a strong and clear relationship between theory and practice. It covers basic topics such as Dantzig's simplex algorithm, duality, sensitivity analysis, integer optimization models, and network models as well as more advanced topics including interior point algorithms, the branch-and-bound algorithm, cutting planes,

A handbook that provides an introduction to green design strategies - helping you to understand how to save energy, water and material resources. It provides the information required to make judgments about which strategy to use and includes tools to enable you to incorporate the chosen strategy during the early stages of design.

Vocal Traditions: Training in the Performing Arts explores the 18 most influential voice training techniques and methodologies of the past 100 years. This extensive international collection highlights historically important voice teachers, contemporary leaders in the field, and rising schools of thought.

Phenomenological Perspectives on Place, Lifeworlds and Lived Emplacement is a compilation of eighteen previously published articles and chapters by David Seamon, one of the foremost researchers in environmental, architectural, and place phenomenology.

The text covers recent developments in biomaterials like graphene reinforced magnesium metal matrix, magnesium alloys, and 2D nanomaterials. It will help senior undergraduate, graduate students, and academic researchers in the fields of biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, materials science, ergonomics, and human factors.

The text covers fundamental concepts and applications of additive and subtractive manufacturing in a single volume. It will be a useful reference text for senior undergraduate, graduate students, and academic researchers in areas including industrial and manufacturing engineering, mechanical engineering, and production engineering.

This book examines the micro-cultural ideologies of the journalism profession in Britain and Australia by focusing on the design, execution and development of newspaper building architecture.

This book provides insights into contemporary issues and challenges in Multi-Criteria decision Models. It is a useful guide for identifying, understanding and categorizing Multi-Criteria Decision Models, and ultimately implementing the analysis for effective decision-making.

This book explores the contemporary legacy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki following the passage of three quarters of a century, and the role of art and activism in maintaining a critical perspective on the dangers of the nuclear age.