Building Construction Handbook is an authoritative reference for all students and professionals. It is full of detailed drawings that clearly illustrate the construction of building elements. The principles and processes of construction are explained with the concepts of design included where appropriate. Extensive coverage of building construction practice and techniques, repr...(展开全部)

Now in its sixth edition, this bestselling reference focuses on the basic materials and methods used in building construction. Emphasizing common construction systems such as light wood frame, masonry bearing wall, steel frame, and reinforced concrete construction, the new edition includes new information on building materials properties; the latest on "pre-engineered" building...(展开全部)

Ever since humans began to live together in settlements they have felt the need to organize some kind of defense against potentially hostile neighbors. Many of the earliest city states were built as walled towns, and during the medieval era, stone castles were built both as symbols of the defenders' strength and as protection against potential attack. The advent of cannon promp...(展开全部)

First Comprehensive Survey of the History of BuildingConstruction and Civil Engineering; More than 800 Photographs, ArchivalDrawings, and Specially Commissioned Diagrams."The history of ideas in building engineering is a vast underexploredrange.Bill Addis has written an excellent guide and history that is bothencyclopaedic and subtle . . . [It] should be in every architect ande...(展开全部)

A refreshing antidote to heavy theoretical tomes, this book is a concise, practical guide to modern compiler design and construction by an acknowledged master. Readers are taken step-by-step through each stage of compiler design, using the simple yet powerful method of recursive descent to create a compiler for Oberon-0, a subset of the author's Oberon language. A disk provided...(展开全部)

A refreshing antidote to heavy theoretical tomes, this book is a concise, practical guide to modern compiler design and construction by an acknowledged master. Readers are taken step-by-step through each stage of compiler design, using the simple yet powerful method of recursive descent to create a compiler for Oberon-0, a subset of the author's Oberon language. A disk provided...(展开全部)

What exactly is it about the canine personality that has singled out the dog, from all the 4236 species of non-human mammals, to be man's best friend? Desmond Morris gives answers to this and many other questions, which include: why does a dog bury a bone?; why does a dog wag its tail?; do dogs have a sixth sense?; and do dogs show remorse?

What exactly is it about the canine personality that has singled out the dog, from all the 4236 species of non-human mammals, to be man's best friend? Desmond Morris gives answers to this and many other questions, which include: why does a dog bury a bone?; why does a dog wag its tail?; do dogs have a sixth sense?; and do dogs show remorse?