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Book Synopsis''All the books published by a certain publisher could be seen as links in a single chain''In this fascinating memoir and manifesto the author and publisher Roberto Calasso meditates on the art of book publishing. With his signature erudition and polemical flair, Calasso transcends Adelphi to look at the publishing industry as a whole, from the essential importance of graphics, jackets and cover flaps to the consequences of universal digitization. And he outlines what he describes as the ''most hazardous and ambitious'' profile of what a publishing house can be: a book comprising many books, akin to that of other twentieth-century publishers, from Giulio Einaudi to Roger Straus, of whom the book offers brief portraits.Trade ReviewWritten with passion, intelligence and not without a certain flair for a story, it's a treat for any bibliophile, a manifesto/memoir that proves he's a master of the art form he's arguing for * Independent *What makes this slim text memorable is [Calasso's] sheer passion for books - not digital texts but physical objects, in which every part is designed to enhance the experience of reading. An important and timely book -- PD Smith * Guardian *

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Book SynopsisThe long-awaited B-Book is the standard reference for everything concerning the B Method, written by its inventor, J.-R. Abrial. Formal methods practitioners, computer scientists, and systems developers at last will have access to the definitive account of what will become one of the standard approaches to the construction of software systems.Trade Review'With the appearance of The B-Book … computer scientists, and system developers at last will have access to the definitive account of what will become one of the standard approaches to the construction of software systems.' Zentralblatt MATH'It will act as the reference book for many involved in the application of the B-Method … The B-Book provides a comprehensive reference for the B approach to specifying, designing and coding software systems.' Jonathan Bowen, The Times Higher Education SupplementTable of ContentsTribute; Foreword; Introduction; Part I. Mathematics: 1. Mathematical reasoning; 2. Set notation; 3. Mathematical objects; Part II. Abstract Machines: 4. Introduction to abstract machines; 5. Formal definition of abstract machines; 6. Theory of abstract machines; 7. Constructing large abstract machines; 8. Examples of abstract machines; Part III. Programming: 9. Sequencing and loop; 10. Programming examples; Part IV. Refinement: 11. Refinement; 12. Constructing large software systems; 13. Examples of refinement; Appendixes; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis is a study of the rise and activity of the London publishing house which started in 1829 as Bentley and Colburn and was finally absorbed by Macmillan in 1898. Professor Gettmann has worked from the surviving papers of the firm and gives more details of the aims, methods and successes of an English publisher than can be found anywhere else.Table of ContentsPreface; Introduction; 1. A brief history of the House of Bentley; 2. The march of intellect; 3. Puffing; 4. Agreements; 5. Profit and loss; 6. Work of art or article of commerce?; 7. The publisher's reader; 8. The three-decker; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis 1970 text tells the story of the Publishing Association, called into being by the crisis in British bookselling in the nineteenth century and how the Publishing Association evolved from the nineteenth century to after World War II.Table of ContentsPreface; Introduction: the 1852 verdict; 1. 1895–1900: the founding of the Association and the Net Book Agreement; 2. 1901–1908: through the Book War; 3. 1908–1914: copyright and novel prices; 4. 1914–1919: World War I; 5. 1919–1927: reconstruction and strikes; 6. 1924–1930: new aims and opportunities; 7. 1931–1939 (1): the Great Depression, markets and rights; 8. 1931–1939 (2): book clubs, Book Tokens, book weeks; 9. 1939–1946 (1): World War II: the book front; 10. 1939–1946 (2): World War II: the export markets, trade relations at home; Epilogue: the 1962 verdict; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisUsing specific industry examples the challenges, trends and key business questions in RFID development and implementation are addressed using insights from world-leading laboratories. For researchers, practitioners and managers in electrical engineering. MIT's Auto-ID Labs Open Source code and tools for RFID implementation are available via www.cambridge.org/9780521880930.Trade ReviewReview of the hardback: 'RFID Technology and Applications is a high-level tour of RFID usage with enough depth to make it a very useful reference.' IEEE Microwave MagazineTable of ContentsPreface; List of contributors; 1. Introduction to RFID history and markets Stephen Miles; 2. RFID technology and its applications Sanjay Sarma; 3. RFID tag performance optimization - a chip perspective Hao Min; 4. Resolution and integration of HF and UHF Marlin H. Mickle, Leonid Mats, and Peter J. Hawrylak; 5. Integrating sensors and actuators into RFID tags J.T. Cain and Kang Lee; 6. Performance evaluation of WiFi RFID localization technologies Mohammad Heidari and Kaveh Pahlavan; 7. Modeling supply chain network traffic John R. Williams, Abel Sanchez, Paul Hofmann, Tao Lin, Michael Lipton, and Krish Mantripragada; 8. Deployment considerations for active RFID systems Gisele Bennett and Ralph Herkert; 9. RFID in the retail supply chain - issues and opportunities Bill C. Hardgrave and Robert Miller; 10. Reducing barriers to ID system adoption in the aerospace industry - the aerospace ID technologies programme; Duncan McFarlane, Alan Thorne, Mark Harrison and Victor Prodonoff Jr.; 11. The cold chain J. P. Emond; 12. The application of RFID as anticounterfeiting technique - issues & opportunities Thorsten Staake, Florian Michahelles, and Elgar Fleisch; 13. Closing product information loops with product embedded information devices: RFID technology and applications, models and metrics Dimitris Kiritsis, Hong-Bae Jun, and Paul Xirouchakis; 14. Moving from RFID to autonomous cooperating logistic processes Bernd Scholz-Reiter, Dieter Uckelmann, Christian Gorldt, Uwe Hinrichs, and Jan Topi Tervo; 15. Conclusions Stephen Miles, Sanjay Sarma and John Williams; Appendix: Links to RFID technology and applications resources I. RFID interface specifications; II. Test capabilities (in the order of chapters as presented); III. Simulation environments.

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