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Students and researchers will appreciate this practical guide, which features acomprehensive set of pictures of fullerene structures and tabulates their properties. In addition, it lists a computer program that can extend the tables. Seven chapters of descriptive material precede the tables and serve as a self-containedintroduction. 1995 edition.

This advanced engineering text describes methods developed to deal with stochastic aspects of structural behavior, providing a framework for evaluating, comparing, and combining stochastic effects. Topics include second-moment reliability index methods; first-order reliability methods for computation of failure probabilities; and identification of the design parameters most affecting reliability. Additional subjects include a self-contained presentation of extreme-value theory and stochastic processes; aspects of stochastic response of structures; and stochastic models for several natural and manufactured loads. 1986 ed. 99 figures. 21 tables.

Eric Sloane is praised for "doing gallant service, preserving records of the ways and the means of the forefathers who got along well with the resources now long forgotten."--"Springfield Republican This compilation of engrossing facts and anecdotes, illustrated with the author's own pen, captures the living legacy of America as seen in "the things that were." Exploring the "national attic of vanishing ways and obsolete occupations," the author lovingly describes the careers of dowsers, tithingmen, sawyers, nailers, plumbum-men (plumbers), barber-surgeons, sellmongers, fence-viewers, and other old-time artisans and craftworkers. An immensely enjoyable book, "American Yesterday will enchant anyone who takes pleasure in reading about the past and views its artifacts as part of a rich national heritage. 96 black-and-white illustrations

Hailed by Dante as "the master of those who know," the Greek philosopher Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) surveyed every field of learning known to the ancient world and pioneered the sciences of psychology and logic. A disciple of Plato and the tutor to Alexander the Great, Aristotle was a prolific writer, although many of his works have been lost. His treatises, used by the students of his famous Athenian school, the Lyceum, exerted a profound and lasting influence on Western thought.Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is one of the world's great books. Identifying happiness as the goal of life, he rejects pleasure, fame, and wealth as means to it. The summit of human achievement is attainable only through the contemplation of philosophic truth, because this practice exercises the virtue peculiar to the human being, the rational principle.This inexpensive edition of a philosophical landmark will prove an invaluable resource to students and general readers alike.