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A survey of current research on a wide range of carbide, nitride and boride materials, covering the general issues relevant to the development and characterisation of a variety of advanced materials. Topics include structure and electronic properties, modeling, processing, high-temperature chemistry... More

This well-established text provides a simple treatment of applied physical metallurgy that will be invaluable to all those studying metallurgy as a principal or subsidiary subject. The update 6thed introduces a number of new topics, such as rapid solidification processes, high temperature surface pr... More

As demonstrated by the Japanese, Zen can provide a powerfuland extremely effective approach to management philosophy and practice. Zen isnot an obscure striving for perfection, but the effort to perform every action aswell as possible. The secret of Japan's economic success is that all are concerned... More