Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography - Themes Depicted in Works of Art (2 volume set)

Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography – Themes Depicted in Works of Art (2 volume set)

Fitzroy Dearborn | 1998 | ISBN: 1579580092 | English | 568+600 pages | PDF | 236 MB

Answers to how various mythological, Biblical, and literary themes have been treated in literature, art, music, and the performing arts can be found in this work. It provides an analysis of over 100 selected themes that reflect the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of scholarly and academic work through the use of various iconographical sources. The alphabetical arrangement facilitates browsing, while the six indexes provide multiple access by considering, among others, references to the Bible; Judeo-Christian personages, places and concepts; and artists and works of art.

How It Works - Book of Great Inventors & Their Creations 3rd Edition

How It Works – Book of Great Inventors & Their Creations 3rd Edition
Imagine Publishing Ltd | 2016 | English | ISBN: 1785462903 | True PDF | 164 pages | 148 MB

Featuring – among many others – brilliant mathematicians Archimedes of Syracuse and Charles Babbage, celebrated scientists Michael Faraday and Alfred Nobel, and photography pioneers Nicephore Niépce and George Eastman, the How It Works Book Of Great Inventors & Their Creations is the ultimate guide to learning how these geniuses worked and what incredible inventions earned them their rightful place in history.

Feature – 10 inventions that changed the world.

Inventors – Discover how the world’s greatest inventors created their innovations.

Inventions – Explore archaic apparatus, examine medical breakthroughs, and understand how technological systems evolved.

Historical artefacts – Read selected pages from inventors’ books, and analyse technical drawings, diagrams, study notes, letters and diary entries.

HOW IT WORKS Taiwan - No.20, May 2016

HOW IT WORKS Taiwan – No.20, May 2016

Chinese | 100 pages | True PDF | 45 Mb

Lauren M. Sompayrac - How the Immune System Works (Third edition)

Lauren M. Sompayrac – How the Immune System Works (Third edition)
2008 | ISBN: 140516221X | English | 144 pages | EPUB | 3.6 MB

Understanding the immune system is crucial for both medical and bioscience students, with new research revealing yet more secrets year on year. Many books offer in–depth introductions to the subject, but How the Immune System Works remains uniquely popular for its personable and practical overview of the nuts and bolts of the immune system.

This third edition provides a perfect introduction to the essential principles of the immune system, covered in humorous but highly informative ′lectures′ accompanied by clear and accessible illustrations. It is perfect for exam preparation or as an enjoyable overview of a difficult subject. Both students and instructors will welcome the clarity and authority that Lauren Sompayrac brings to this timely revision.

The kid"s guide to GPS- How it works and how it"s used

The kid’s guide to GPS- How it works and how it’s used.: Engineering Adventures With The Global Positioning System by Stephen M Dye
English | Nov. 18, 2011 | ISBN: 1466433035 | 34 Pages | AZW3/MOBI/EPUB/PDF (conv) | 2.31 MB

A children’s book aimed at the 4th to 9th Grade level that explores the many practical aspects and uses of GPS and how it all works. The book starts out with a practical explanation of how location finding works and then translates this to how a GPS satellite and receiver figures your location. The book then continues to show the child reader what goes on and goes in a GPS satellite. Next, the many different ways in which a GPS receiver can be used for such areas as farming, rescue, surveying, smart phones and many more are all explored. The child’s imagination is challenged at the “Imagination Station” where they have to think of creative ideas for using GPS now and/or in the future. The kids’ minds are also challenged to draw a satellite and include some of the parts they have learned. The book closes with a look at the child’s future, asking them what they want to be, explaining how any interest in GPS could give them the possibility of being an engineer, software designer, pilot, seismologist or many more. Big words such as seismologist and meteorologist are broken down and explained so that the child would have added several “big words” to their vocabulary. Finally, a word search and crossword puzzle will allow the reader to search for these new words and concepts and understand them.