“derek j chadwick”

The heart beats an estimated three billion times during the lifespan of the average person. Each of these cycles of contraction depends on specialized cardiac tissues involved in the rhythmic generation and coordinated spread of electrical excitation. Collectively, these tissues are known as the pac... More

Based on over 40 years of consultation and teaching experience, Gear Noise and Vibration demonstrates logical gear noise and vibration approaches without the use of complex mathematics or lengthy computation methods. The Second Edition offers new and extended discussions on high- and low-contact rat... More

Widely acclaimed when first published, this lively social history of Hogarth's England is reissued with a new preface and updated notes and guide to further reading.Widely acclaimed when first published, this lively social history of Hogarth's England went into a second edition with a new preface an... More

20 of his early hits: All the Young Dudes * Changes * Diamond Dogs * Drive-In Saturday * Jean Genie * John, I'm Only Dancing * Let's Spend the Night Together * Life on Mars * The Man Who Sold the World * Rebel, Rebel * Rock 'N' Roll Suicide * Space Oddity * Starman * Suffragette City * Ziggy Stardus... More

Offering an introduction to the subject of philosophy, this book is suitable for teenagers and students coming to philosophy for the first time, and also for those who doesn't know where to start. It examines 18 key thinkers, from Socrates to Derrida, exploring their ideas in relation to each other ... More

In 1986 Derek Jarman started filming The Last of England, his most original and technically innovative film and also his most personal work. Shortly after the filming began, Jarman also began work on this volume of his journals, which contains diary entries and interviews, notes on the script, still... More

The Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. History consists of a series of 2-volume encyclopedias that provides a broad overview of one particular topic throughout American history, from pre-colonial times until today, with special emphasis placed on how the topic--whether war or government and politics--effects... More