Database Management Systems provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the fundamentals of database systems. Coherent explanations and practical examples have made this one of the leading texts in the field. The third edition continues in this tradition, enhancing it with more practical material.

The new edition has been reorganized to allow more flexibility in the way the course is taught. Now, instructors can easily choose whether they would like to teach a course which emphasizes da...

Chemical Engineering Volume 2 covers the properties of particulate systems, including the character of individual particles and their behaviour in fluids. Sedimentation of particles, both singly and at high concentrations, flow in packed and fluidised beads and filtration are then examined. The latter part of the book deals with separation processes, such as distillation and gas absorption, which illustrate applications of the fundamental principles of mass transfer introduced in Chemical Eng...

This is the first full-length biography in more than fifty years of Immanuel Kant, one of the giants amongst the pantheon of Western philosophers as well as the one with the most powerful and broad influence on contemporary philosophy. It is well known that Kant spent his entire life in an isolated part of Prussia living the life of a typical university professor. This has given rise to the view that Kant was a pure thinker with no life of his own, or at least none worth considering seriously.

In this biography, Manfred Kuehn debunks that myth once and for all. Taking account of the most recent scholarship Professor Kuehn allows the reader (whether interested in philosophy, history, politics, German culture, or religion) to follow the same journey that Kant himself took in emerging as a central figure in modern philosophy...

This book is a study of the interaction of the Western societies of Europe and America with others around the world in the past two centuries - the age of European empire. It deals with the European threat and the non-Western response, but the focus is on the ways in which people in Asia, Africa, and Indian America have tried to adapt their ways of life to the overwhelming European power that existed in this period. The challenge and the response are presented through a series of selected and...

War has always been close to the centre of British culture, but never more so than in the period since 1850. "Warrior Nation" explores the way in which images of battle, both literary and visual, have been constructed in British fiction and popular culture since this time. The rise of war reporting has helped to shape a society fascinated by conflict, and the development of mass communications has aided in the creation of mass-produced martial heroes and the relation of epic adventures for po...

Drawing together literature from a variety of fields, Food Texture and Viscosity, Second Edition, includes a brief history of this area and its basic principles. It reviews how texture and viscosity are measured, including the physical interactions between the human body and food, objective methods of texture measurements, the latest advances in texture-measuring instruments, various types of liquid flow, and more. This revised edition contains approximately 30% new material, including two ne...

is gericht op het maken van een ontwerp voor een leermiddel. Het is een praktisch boek, zonder teveel theoretische ballast dat het complete ontwerpproces beschrijft. Het ontwerp is een verantwoord en gedetailleerd plan dat dient als basis voor de daadwerkelijke ontwikkeling van een leermiddel. Dat leermiddel kan zowel een leerboek, een studiehandleiding, een cd–rom, een coachingtraject als een workshop zijn. Door eerst een goed ontwerp te maken kun je jezelf (en andere betrokkenen) een hele...

Dit leerboek over tandheelkundige ethiek is het eerste in zijn soort. Het is geschreven aan de hand van hoe in het huidige curriculum van de opleiding tandheelkunde in Nijmegen aspecten van ethiek aan de orde komen. Zorgbieden staat ten dienste aan mensen. Dit betekent dat de wetenschappelijke deskundigheid en vaardigheden het nooit kunnen stellen zonder respect, vertrouwen, verantwoordelijkheidsgevoel en inlevingsvermogen. Wanneer daar geen aandacht voor is, versmalt dat het handelen tot een...