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We are surrounded by the hardware of the modern world, but how much of it do we even notice, much less understand? This unique and fascinating book covers the parts of the landscape that are often ...

If there is a designer whose name is synonymous with industrial design it is Raymond Loewy (1893-1986). What Charles and Ray Eames are to furniture design, Raymond Loewy is to industrial design--th...

The world is about to run out of cheap oil and change dramatically. Within the next few years, global production will peak. Thereafter, even if industrial societies begin to switch to alternative e...

Focusing on practical and applied issues in today's business and industrial world, this informative and entertaining book teaches readers about the nature of work in modern society and shows them h...

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Since its inception in the early 1950s, this work has become the "bible" for those who need to evaluate the hazard of substances used in commerce. It is the only reference that combines, for so man...

Based on the author's experience working with technicians directly on the factory floor in major industries, this handbook/reference covers all of the electronic technology found in modern industri...

Unique in approach, this book combines—in one volume—an exploration of the time-tested concepts and techniques of safety and health management, a modern perspective on compliance with man...

The Third Edition of a bestseller, this is a practical guide to biological monitoring for industrial assessment. It reflects the growth in knowledge, as well as changes in the industry, made since ...

Since its inception in the early 1950s, this work has become the "bible" for those who need to evaluate the hazard of substances used in commerce. It is the only reference that combines, for so man...

This new edition continues to provide state-of-the-art coverage of the entire spectrum of industrial control, from servomechanisms to instrumentation. Material on the components, circuits, instrum...

This book has become firmly established as the industry Bible for all those involved with the business of making and using chocolate. From ingredient, equipment and packaging suppliers to manufactu...

We are surrounded by the hardware of the modern world, but how much of it do we even notice, much less understand? This unique and fascinating book covers the parts of the landscape that are often ...

This set of four volumes on the steel industry includes: the structure of the early iron industry; the development of mass steel production; technological developments; economic and political issue...

More then those of any other living photographer, Sebastião Salgado's images of the world's poor stand in tribute to the human condition. Salgado defines his work as "militant photography" dedicat...

This text offers broad coverage of the many facets of industrial plastics, including the latest environmental issues in plastics recycling. Included are well-illustrated laboratory activities relat...

This title is a substantial revision of one of the leading textbooks designed for the statistical quality control course taught in departments of industrial engineering, operations research and sta...

This set of four volumes on the steel industry includes: the structure of the early iron industry; the development of mass steel production; technological developments; economic and political issue...

Here is Dr. Shingo's classic industrial engineering rationale for the priority of process-based over operational improvements for manufacturing. He explains the basic mechanisms of the Toyota pr...

More then those of any other living photographer, Sebastião Salgado's images of the world's poor stand in tribute to the human condition. Salgado defines his work as "militant photography" dedicat...