Learn electronics fundamentals for both DC and AC circuits, from Ohm's Law through series and parallel resonant circuits! This highly acclaimed... introduction to the world of electronics technology has been carefully updated to better provide technicians with a foundation in modern electronics needed to launch a career or pursue more advanced study. Real-world color codes and strategic highlighting are integrated with ample color charts, photos, schematics, and diagrams for a solid understanding of circuit behavior that equips readers to progress to more complex topics with ease. This edition features all new, automated calculations for the formulas in the book on the accompanying CD, as well as new information on admittance, susceptance, and more!

One of the standard texts in the field of embryology, Foundations of Embryology is superior to others in its comprehensive but readable account of... embryonic development with outstanding illustrations. The sixth edition continues to present the story of vertebrate embryonic development in a clear and sequential manner. This text, more than any other on the market, will provide the readers with an entree into the morphology of development in a way that allows them to relate molecules and morphology.

Foundations of Employment Discrimination Law, part of the Interdisciplinary Readers in Law Series, looks at the moral and philosophical issues of... employment and discrimination, featuring readings from Isaiah Berlin, Owen Fiss, and Milton Friedman. It covers the general development of the law, and devotes a section each to race discrimination, sex discrimination, and age and disability discrimination. Within each section Donohue considers the theories, economic issues, and the impact of the law, and includes a selection of critical perspectives.

Practical and reader-friendly, FOUNDATIONS OF EMS SYSTEMS is an invaluable resource that provides a broad, contemporary overview of EMS with a realistic... focus on the field provider. Based on the course outcomes developed by the EMS committee of Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education, this book introduces readers to the EMS world and provides the knowledge they need in order to prepare them for success as an EMS provider. With an emphasis on EMS as a profession, the book explains the background, structure and operations of these systems, the role of each provider within the healthcare system, and how to offer optimal delivery of care and services.

This book gives freshman engineering students a solid foundation for all their future coursework. It provides an overview to the engineering profession... and of the skills they will need to develop, as well as an introduction to fundamental engineering topics such as thermodynamics, rate processes, and Newton's laws. An important aspect of the book's approach is the method of Engineering Accounting, which casts the basic conservation laws (e.g., of energy or mass) as simple "accounting" procedures. This is a unifying concept that facilitates problem-solving across all engineering disciplines.

Foundations of Engineering Acoustics takes the reader on a journey from a qualitative introduction to the physical nature of sound, explained in terms... of common experience, to mathematical models and analytical results which underlie the techniques applied by the engineering industry to improve the acoustic performance of their products. The book is distinguished by extensive descriptions and explanations of audio-frequency acoustic phenomena and their relevance to engineering, supported by a wealth of diagrams, and by a guide for teachers of tried and tested class demonstrations and laboratory-based experiments.Foundations of Engineering Acoustics is a textbook suitable for both senior undergraduate and postgraduate courses in mechanical, aerospace, marine, and possibly electrical and civil engineering schools at universities. It will be a valuable reference for academic teachers and researchers and will also assist Industrial Acoustic Group staff and Consultants. Comprehensive and up-to-date: broad coverage, many illustrations, questions, elaborated answers, references and a bibliographyIntroductory chapter on the importance of sound in technology and the role of the engineering acousticianDeals with the fundamental concepts, principles, theories and forms of mathematical representation, rather than methodologyFrequent reference to practical applications and contemporary technologyEmphasizes qualitative, physical introductions to each principal as an entrée to mathematical analysis for the less theoretically oriented readers and coursesProvides a 'cook book' of demonstrations and laboratory-based experiments for teachersUseful for discussing acoustical problems with non-expert clients/managers because the descriptive sections are couched in largely non-technical language and any jargon is explainedDraws on the vast pedagogic experience of the writer

Now in full colour, the third edition of this well established book provides a readable and highly illustrated overview of the aspects of geology that... are most significant to civil engineers. Sections in the book include those devoted to the main rock types, weathering, ground investigation, rock mass strength, failures of old mines, subsidence on peats and clays, sinkholes on limestone and chalk, water in landslides, slope stabilization and understanding ground conditions. The roles of both natural and man-induced processes are assessed, and this understanding is developed into an appreciation of the geological environments potentially hazardous to civil engineering and construction projects. For each style of difficult ground, available techniques of site investigation and remediation are reviewed and evaluated. Each topic is presented as a double page spread with a careful mix of text and diagrams, with tabulated reference material on parameters such as bearing strength of soils and rocks. This new edition has been comprehensively updated and covers the entire spectrum of topics of interest for both students and practitioners in the field of civil engineering.

This well-written book is the first to deal with entrepreneurship in all its aspects. It considers the economic, psychological, political, legal and... cultural dimensions of entrepreneurship from a market-process perspective. David A Harper has produced a volume that analyses why some people are quicker than others in discovering profit opportunities. Importantly, the book also covers the issue of how cultural value systems orient entrepreneurial vision and, in contrast to conventional wisdom, the book argues that individualist cultural values are not categorically superior to group oriented values in terms of their consequences for entrepreneurial discovery.

The rapidly growing field of environmental engineering is well served by this cogent, up-to-date introduction to the subject. This highly readable... volume has three main objectives. The first is to introduce the key concepts of material and energy balances and to make these principles an integral part of the reader s thought processes. The second is to incorporate an interdisciplinary approach in introducing the major topics of environmental engineering in the belief that fore-knowledge of possible environmental consequences will lead to better designs from all engineers. Finally, it provides a strong foundation for further study by environmental engineering majors. In accomplishing these objectives, the authors strike the proper balance between the voluminous and detailed presentation in some texts, and the general and qualitative coverage given in others. Throughout this well-written book, the authors make good use of diagrams, example problems, and end-of-chapter problems to illuminate and reinforce the concepts presented. The concluding chapter offers case studies that further illustrate the foundations presented in the text.

This volume brings together 40 readings from lawyers, economists, environmentalists, and legal scholars, to help introduce readers to the major... theoretical approaches in the field of environmental law and policy. The selections have been extensively edited to facilitate accessibility, and each chapter has an introduction highlighting the most important contributions of the readings. The chapters end with an extensive set of notes and questions, designed both to provide a deeper understanding of the readings, as well as to introduce and critique a broader set of perspectives. The Foundations of Law Series offers a collection of comprehensive readings that provide an interdisciplinary perspective on a substantive legal field. Edited by scholars who have made important contributions, the readings are designed to provide an accessible introduction to the leading scholarship in a field. Accompanying notes and questions permit students to engage fully in the literature on their own, as well as to aid their understanding of material covered in classes.