Placing the art of design in its sociological & technological context, this film tells the story of 20th century design through the industrial objects that have become icons of their time, reflecting their own era while simultaneously anticipating the future. Objects include the Bookworm bookshelf, Concorde, the Cafetiere coffee maker, the Leica camera, the lounge chair & the Vespa scooter. ...

Placing the art of design in its sociological & technological context, this documentary tells the story of 20th century design through the industrial objects that have become icons of their time, reflecting their own era while simultaneously anticipating the future. Objects included in this instalment are: the Pouf Sacco chair, the Algol Television, the Fauteuil Paimio chair, the Sony Walkman, the Valentine portable typewriter & the E Type Jaguar. ...

Provides extensions of unique techniques of numerical analyses of beams, long strips, circular plates, & circular-cylindrical tanks resting on elastic foundations and/or unyielding/elastic supports. This work contains complementary software containing programmes for elastic-plastic soil-structure interaction analyses of beams & strips. ...

Dealing with the engineering aspects of the two emerging & intertwined fields of synthetic & systems biology, this book reflects the promise they hold to revolutionize the way molecular biology research, drug discovery, & bio-engineering are done. ...

Discusses the analysis of gene expression profile data from DNA micorarray studies. This title provides a review of available methods & presents it in a manner that is intelligible to biologists. It offers an understanding of the design & analysis of experiments utilizing microarrays to benefit scientists. ...

Focuses on the design & analysis of ecological experiments, concentrating on statistical approaches. This edition covers power analysis, logistic regression, randomization tests, & empirical Bayesian analysis. Each chapter presents a statistical technique or set of techniques in the context of resolving an ecological issue. ...