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Recommended by "The""New York Times Book Review "["This handsomely designed volume makes a case for the diagrams...provoking many 'aha moments.'"] A collection of the most important ideas, theories, and concepts of all time "100 Diagrams That Changed the World" is a fascinating collection of the most significant plans, sketches, drawings, and illustrations that have influenced and shaped the way we think about the world. From primitive cave paintings to Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man to the complicated DNA helix drawn by Crick and Watson to the innovation of the iPod, they chart dramatic breakthroughs in our understanding of the world and its history. Arranged chronologically, each diagram is accompanied by informative text that makes even the most scientific breakthrough accessible to all. Beautifully illustrated in full color, this book will not only inform but also entertain as it demonstrates how the power of a single drawing can enhance, change, or even revolutionize our understanding of the world. With its iconic images and powerful explanations, "100 Diagrams That Changed the World" is perfect for readers of "The History of the World in 100 Objects, " and is the ideal gift for anyone interested in culture, history, science, or technology.
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This book presents fascinating facts about 100 amazing inventions. Inventions are the stuff of dreams, some of them gaining widespread use, becoming central to culture, and ultimately changing our lives. They teach us a great deal about creativity and scientific principles. Humans have been inventing things since before recorded history, and the power of invention is of utmost importance in today's world of technology and innovation. Focusing on the 100 most significant scientific inventions of all time, this ready reference work presents fascinating facts about amazing inventions, a panoramic overview of the history of science, an introduction to some of the most important inventors in history, and a collection of engaging reads. Each entry, arranged chronologically according to when the invention was made, contains information on what the invention is, who the inventor was, when the invention was made, and how it was created. Also provided are the historical context of the invention, its significance today, and resources for further reading and research. More than two millennia's worth of inventions are covered, ranging from the practical (clock, eyeglasses) to the everyday (measuring spoons, ball point pen) to the life-saving (antiseptic, chemotherapy) to simply mind-boggling (the number zero, cloning). By covering inventions throughout history, rather than just the 20th and 21st centuries, and presenting information comprehensible to young readers, this book fills a gap in the literature. It is a useful resource for student research and reports, and can be used in class, or as a solid general reference work on inventors and inventions. This book introduces students to 100 historic inventions. It covers inventions across a broad time span. The book also explains the science of inventions, their historical context, and their practical applications.
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• Chapter 1: Textures: Using Clouds, Noise, Blur, Fibers to create basic texture
• Texture creation: paper, wood, stone, and metal
• Chapter 2: Setting the Scene: Hallway - door, light, glass, gold text, shadows, metal handle, layer masks
• Chapter 3: The Great Outdoors: trees, grass, leaves (custom brush design), water and reflections, clouds, sky, mountains
• Chapter 4: In the Attic:LPs, cardboard boxes, guitar, cork boards, beams, brick walls, assorted items
• Chapter 5: To Boldly Go: Space scene with stars, planets, aurora, spaceship, alien
• Chapter 6: Treasured Possessions: Desk drawer with jewelry, letters, sealing wax, pens, magnifying glass, pencils, rubber stamp, folder with coffee stains
• Chapter 7: In the Lab: Mad scientist's laboratory with Bunsen burner, lab bottles, stone wall, lightning through window
• Chapter 8: The Operation: Operating theatre scene with close-up of opened body featuring internal organs, bone, skin texture, scalpels and clamps
• Chapter 9: Fantasy Scene: Organic-looking synthetic scene with intertwining tentacles, texture generated background, H R Giger-style anatomical elements
• Chapter 10: Photoshop Reference: Quick start guide.
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Just when you think you've learned all that you could ever know about working in Photoshop, digital artist and photomontage king Steve Caplin comes along with yet another masterful method for creating incredible works of art in Photoshop. This time, he'll show you how to create complete images, from start to finish, entirely within the software program. No source material, photographs, or existing files from other software packages are needed, saving you valuable time and resources. The techniques you'll learn in this ground-breaking new book will help you combine your artistic vision and skills with an understanding of how to manipulate the built-in Photoshop filters to produce impressive, eye-catching artwork. Each chapter opens with a complete double page illustration, created entirely in Photoshop. Then, carefully laid out step-by-step instructions show you how each element in the illustration is created, and how they are all combined in the end to make a convincing final image. Using Steve's proven methods for success, you'll be able to produce images that reflect a more finely crafted, hand drawn approach, whether you're an artist for your own enjoyment or a working professional looking for a leg up on the competition.
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• Chapter 1: Textures: Using Clouds, Noise, Blur, Fibers to create basic texture
• Texture creation: paper, wood, stone, and metal
• Chapter 2: Setting the Scene: Hallway - door, light, glass, gold text, shadows, metal handle, layer masks
• Chapter 3: The Great Outdoors: trees, grass, leaves (custom brush design), water and reflections, clouds, sky, mountains
• Chapter 4: In the Attic:LPs, cardboard boxes, guitar, cork boards, beams, brick walls, assorted items
• Chapter 5: To Boldly Go: Space scene with stars, planets, aurora, spaceship, alien
• Chapter 6: Treasured Possessions: Desk drawer with jewelry, letters, sealing wax, pens, magnifying glass, pencils, rubber stamp, folder with coffee stains
• Chapter 7: In the Lab: Mad scientist's laboratory with Bunsen burner, lab bottles, stone wall, lightning through window
• Chapter 8: The Operation: Operating theatre scene with close-up of opened body featuring internal organs, bone, skin texture, scalpels and clamps
• Chapter 9: Fantasy Scene: Organic-looking synthetic scene with intertwining tentacles, texture generated background, H R Giger-style anatomical elements
• Chapter 10: Photoshop Reference: Quick start guide.
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Just when you think you've learned all that you could ever know about working in Photoshop, digital artist and photomontage king Steve Caplin comes along with yet another masterful method for creating incredible works of art in Photoshop. This time, he'll show you how to create complete images, from start to finish, entirely within the software program. No source material, photographs, or existing files from other software packages are needed, saving you valuable time and resources. The techniques you'll learn in this ground-breaking new book will help you combine your artistic vision and skills with an understanding of how to manipulate the built-in Photoshop filters to produce impressive, eye-catching artwork. Each chapter opens with a complete double page illustration, created entirely in Photoshop. Then, carefully laid out step-by-step instructions show you how each element in the illustration is created, and how they are all combined in the end to make a convincing final image. Using Steve's proven methods for success, you'll be able to produce images that reflect a more finely crafted, hand drawn approach, whether you're an artist for your own enjoyment or a working professional looking for a leg up on the competition.
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Summarizes 100 notable inventions and discoveries of ancient and modern times, from 3,000,000 B.C. to the beginning of the twenty-first century A.D.

Presents a review of technological innovations and inventions, from the ancient world to the present day.

A collection of the author's most imaginative Chindohgu, otherwise known as "unuseless ideas, " includes the bath body suit and the walk 'n' wash ankle-attachable laundry tank.
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• Evaluating the Sustainability of Land Development Projects.- Practices of Sustainable Development in Higher Education Institutions: Case Study of Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan.- The adoption of building environmental performance assessment methods in the UAE built environment.- Application of Robotic Technology for the Advancement of Construction Industry in Sri Lanka: A Review.- Prefabrication and waste minimisation in construction projects: Perspectives from New Zealand.- Sustainable performance in the earthworks sub sector: exploring the machinery selection framework in New Zealand.- Integrating Lifecycle Thinking in Asset Management Through BIM: Opportunities for the Water Sector.- Information systems supporting the optimization of the prefabrication process in the construction industry - case study of a steel plant.
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This book gathers the proceedings of the EPPM 2019 conference, and highlights innovative work by researchers and practitioners active in various industries around the globe. Recent advances in science and technology have made it possible to seamlessly connect and integrate various elements of engineering systems, and opened the door for innovations that have transformed how we live and work. While these developments have yielded enhanced efficiency and numerous improvements in our current practices, the problems caused by the increased complexity of these integrated systems can be extremely difficult. Accordingly, solving these problems involves applying cross-disciplinary expertise to address the heterogeneity of the various elements inherent in the system. These proceedings address four main themes: (I) Smart and Sustainable Construction, (II) Advances in Project Management Practices, (III) Toward Safety and Productivity Improvement, and (IV) Smart Manufacturing, Design, and Logistics. As such, they will be of interest to and valuable to researchers and practitioners in a range of industries seeking an update on the translational fields of engineering, project, and production management.
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• Geschichte und Ausstrahlungen
• Bauten und Institute, Lehrer und Studenten.

• Intro
• Foreword
• Contents
• Advanced Manufacturing Technologies and Materials
• Zn-Al Anticorrosive Coating Adapted to Obtain Protected Steel Wires
• 1 The Technical Process
• 2 The Chemical Composition of the Protective Layer Deduction Pressing
• 2.1 Analysis of the Zn-Al Equilibrium Diagram
• 2.2 Pressing Process
• 2.3 Resulting Diffractograms
• 3 Aluminum Distribution in the Zn-Al Alloy Layer, Deposited on the Surface of a Steel Wire
• 4 Anticorrosive Resistance
• 5 Conclusions
• References

• Bacillus sp.R2: Promising Marine Bacterium with Chitinolytic/Agarovorant Activity and Multiple Enzymes Productivity
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Material and Methods
• 2.1 Sampling and Chitinolytic and/or Agarolytic Bacteria Isolation
• 2.2 Chitinolytic and Agarolytic Bacteria Detection
• 2.3 Potent Strain Conventional Identification
• 2.4 Potent Strain Molecular Identification
• 2.5 Potent Strain Multiple Enzymes Production And Assays
• 2.6 Analytical Methods
• 3 Results and Discussion
• 3.1 Potent Strain Conventional Identification
• 3.2 Potent Strain Molecular Identification

• 3.3 Potent Strain Multiple Enzymes Productivity
• 4 Conclusion
• References
• Calculation Program for an Elastic Coupling with Bolts and Non-metallic Elements from Natural Rubber
• 1 Establishing of Entry Data of Program
• 2 Coupling Check Calculation
• 3 Conclusion
• References
• Legal Requirements Versus Customer Requirements in Machine Cab Design
• 1 Legislative Framework
• 2 Customer Requirements
• 3 Cab Design
• 3.1 Making Design by Manufacturers
• 3.2 Field of Vision
• 3.3 Performing Virtual Tests

• 3.4 Requirements Applicable to Rops Protection Structures (Roll-Over-Protective-Structure
• Against Rolling Over)
• 3.5 Requirements for FOPS Protection Structures (Falling-Objects-Structure
• Resistance in Case of Heavy Objects Falling from Above)
• 4 Conclusions
• References
• Value Stream Map Importance in the Field of Electrostatic Powder Painting
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Theoretical Foundations
• 3 The VSM Build Up Process
• 4 Conclusion
• References

• Low-Velocity Transverse Impact Investigations of CFRP Composite Laminated Plates
• Simplified Static Simulations Versus Dynamic Experimental Tests
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Materials and Methods
• 2.1 Experimental Set-up
• 2.2 FE Simulation
• 3 Results and discussion
• 4 Conclusions
• References
• An Assessment of the Metallic Iron Content from Steel Mill Scale - Essential Factor for Sustainability and Circular Economy
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Materials and Methods
• 3 Results and Discussions
• 4 Conclusions
• References
• Research on Quick-Closing Systems for Classroom Doors

This book contains research papers that were accepted for presentation at the 15th International Conference on Interdisciplinarity in Engineering-INTER-ENG 2021, which was held on October 7-8, 2021, in the city of Targu Mures, Romania. The general scope of the conference "Innovative aspects of Industry 4.0 concepts aimed at consolidating the digital future of manufacturing in companies" is proposing a new approach related to the development of a new generation of smart factories grounded on the manufacturing and assembly process digitalization. It is related to advance manufacturing technology, lean manufacturing, sustainable manufacturing, additive manufacturing, and manufacturing tools and equipment. It is a leading international professional and scientific forum of great interest for engineers and scientists who can read in this book research works contributions and recent developments as well as current practices in advanced fields of engineering.
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