Features British technological ambition in the 1950s and 1960s - the Golden Age of British Aviation. It looks at Cold War fears and Cold War politics - Cuban missiles, Gary Powers and Jack Profumo. Wh
A practical guide to coordinate reference systems, Datums and Map Projections: For Remote Sensing, GIS and Surveying has become a key book for many students and professionals around the world. While r
Rare, Wild and Free is a testament to the work of one of the finest nature writers Britain has ever produced - Mike Tomkies, who spent 35 years in the wildest and most remote places in Scotland, Canad
This book provides a detailed understanding of the issues associated with these processes. The depth and breadth of the treatment is such that the book is suitable as a text book for graduate and post
This comprehensive new dictionary provides an extremely useful ready-reference work on solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, including information on the scenes of production of many fuels, such as major
This book exemplifies the vital role of environmental geology and geological processes in understanding the physical environment and the influence and fundamental importance of engineering geology in
This volume describes the occurrence, production, and use of lignites/brown coal as a fuel resource. It explains their physical properties, petrography, use in pre-industrial times and in the early in
Widely adopted by the petroleum and mining industries and by geotechnical engineers, this book is considered the authoritative guide for use at the wellsite, laboratory, or office. It incorporates mod
The book is specifically a primer for undergraduate and postgraduate students and other interested professionals who work in or have an interest in the field of animal welfare.
Glassfibre reinforced concrete (GRC) is the most complex materialwidely used in current construction practice. It is an unusual composite, inwhich both the matrix and the reinforcement themselves are
A picture of a largely uncharted aspect of the Scottish diaspora. There are tales of adventure, hardship, determination and some significant success stories of these Caithness pioneers. It features th
A fascinating mixture of historical, personal and engineering insights into the life and work of Thomas Telford. It is also a modern guide to the Llangollen Canal and Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.
British-Australian adventurer and environmentalist Huw Kingston's account of his remarkable year-long circumnavigation of the Mediterranean Sea. It combines adventure travel and physical endurance wit
This is a classic example of digital archaeology and virtual reconstruction. It provides a comprehensive and fascinating study of Palmyra, lifting it from the ruins and is a beacon for the recording o
This volume presents a wide-ranging review of the latest developments in concrete technology that have been largely missing from the global conference circuit. It the first major international event u
A copiously illustrated account by an acknowledged expert of all the major aspects of the fascinating lives of shorebirds. This is a unique collection of photographs covering 80% of the world's sp
An illustrated story of British Monarchs and history featuring over 60 images of coins. Reveals the hidden stories behind coins and the background to designs. The story of Great Britain from the Iron
This is the first in-depth and most complete study of Camp 21 Comrie, Scotland. It explores the camp's history from inception to demise and its subsequent regeneration, featuring the cases of Wolfgang
This is a personal story about some of the most famous engineers Scotland has ever produced and places the lives and work of the world-famous Stevenson lighthouse engineers in their social and histori
This is a surprising insight into an untold aspect of Scottish/American history. It features some of Scotland's 'finest exports' to America including killers, con men, scandalmongers and blundering mi
This manual provides a step-by-step approach to the detailing of timber, and deals with codes of practice from the UK, Europe, America and Russia. It provides practical and up-to-date information on v
The guide for diving the Firth of Forth and southeast Scotland. Identifies newly-found important shipwrecks and provides GPS coordinates. Written by a highly-experienced and qualified diver. Provides
Naturalist and author Bridget MacCaskill has been observing otters for many years and studies undertaken with her late husband Don resulted in books and a film about otters and their environment. For
Addresses the complex issue and inter-relationship between farming practices and wildlife Provides a blueprint for supporting farmers to produce quality food and a wildlife-rich countryside – a sustai
An appreciation of the remarkable ingenuity and invention of numerous scientists and engineers in advancing the war effort Provides descriptions of the machines, weapons and structures that enabled th
Steel Structures: Analysis and Design for Vibrations and Earthquakes analyses the behaviour of two steel framed structures and their structural elements subjected to complex dynamic forces under the a
