Since the very beginning of astronomy, people have looked up sky and constructed patterns the constellations out of the almost random scattering of stars in the night sky. The fact that the constellations are still used to day reflects not their historical origins, but their usefulness in identifying bright stars in the rotating dome of the sky. Most people (and all astronomers) are familiar with, for example, the constellation of Orion and can thus easily point to Betelguese and Bellatrix as being Orions "shoulders". It is the pattern made by the constellation that makes them easy to identify.

The allTalk course is one of our bestselling language range, and it's easy to see why. This is the world's first hands-free language learning course, consisting entirely of audio CDs.
Forget your school days when you had your nose in a book, writing out verb tables: this course requires no reading, no writing and practically no effort.
It allows you to embrace our enormously successful and long-proven language learning technique of 'listen, understand and speak'. It's also great fun, allowing you to follow an engaging storyline through the CDs. If you're on the go and need to learn to speak Italian fast, allTalk is for you.

Read & Think Spanish, the innovative, non-intimidating approach to learning Spanish, is now available with an audio CD. Compiled by the expert editors of Think Spanish! magazine, this audio package brings together more than 100 engaging, fully illustrated readings and articles about the life and cultures of Spanish-speaking countries. The 70-minute audio CD features many of the articles read aloud by native speakers, as well as questions for review and reinforcement of new vocabulary.

One of the greatest military commanders in history, Julius Caesar's most famous victory - the conquest of Gaul - was to him little more than a stepping stone to power. An audacious and decisive general, his victories over the Gauls allowed him to challenge for the political leadership of Rome. Leading a single legion across the Rubicon in 49 BC, Caesar launched a civil war which would end the Roman Republic and usher in the Roman Empire, with Caesar at its helm. This examination of the great general's life covers his great victories and few defeats, looking at the factors which lay behind his military genius.

The goal of the Encyclopedia of Optimization is to introduce the reader to a complete set of topics that show the spectrum of research, the richness of ideas, and the breadth of applications that has come from this field.
The five volumes, plus an Index, of the Encyclopedia of Optimization are a major resource for anyone interested in optimization and its many applications . . . these volumes will enable the user to quickly understand and make use of specific methods of optimization, and to apply them to applications of interest. . . . The articles included in this Encyclopedia represent an invaluable source of information for anyone interested in optimization and its applications

This is a companion volume to "An Illustrated History of Britain". It traces the history of the USA from the time of the Amerindians, through to the arrival of the Europeans, to the present day. Topics covered include colonial life, the Civil War and the American involvement in Vietnam. Each chapter consists of two or three double page spreads with inset material highlighting some of the characters or events mentioned in the main text.

Taking engineers and researchers to the forefront of the emerging field of Nanofluidics, this cutting-edge book details the physics and applications of fluid flow in nanometer scale channels. Professionals gain a solid understanding of the fundamental aspects of transport processes and force interactions in microscale. Moreover, this unique resource presents the latest research on nanoscale transport phenomena. Practitioners find a comprehensive overview of fabrication technologies for nanotachnologies, including detailed technology recipes and parameters. The book concludes with a look at future trends and the likely directions this new field will take.

This book offers a concrete and accessible treatment of Euclidean, projective and hyperbolic geometry, with more stress on topological aspects than is found in most textbooks. The author's purpose is to introduce students to geometry on the basis of elementary concepts in linear algebra, group theory, and metric spaces, and to deepen their understanding of these topics in the process. A large number of exercises and problems is included, some of which introduce new topics.

This title is perfect for intensive one- or two-day phlebotomy courses! This user-friendly text concentrates on the crucial skills of blood specimen collection...making it a cost-effective, compact learning tool for cross training and continuing education. It discusses the basics, including...types of blood specimens; blood collection equipment; vein selection and alternate sites; types of collection tubes and the purpose of anticoagulants; the order of draw; test-specific handling; complications and remedies; and, storage and transportation conditions. It covers blood specimen collection equipment, including safety devices and technical procedures for venipuncture and dermal puncture.