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Around the world, virtually every company is engaged in some form of effort intended to improve the processing that takes place across an end-to-end supply chain system as they work towards moving their organizations to the next level of performance. Supply chain, particularly when enhanced with collaboration and Internet technology, is uniquely suited to helping an organization increase profits and decrease costs. A comprehensive guide to adding value to supply chain efforts, Using Models to Improve the Supply Chain demonstrates how leading firms have successfully integrated their supply chains and how they plan further progress through supply chain evolution. Using both generic and specific models, the author carefully explains just what's required for each function of the supply chain and outlines what takes place form lower to higher levels of progress. He emphasizes establishing the pathway to success, then finding the correct models to guide the effort, and finally, implementing with the right combination of technology and collaboration, the elements that set one supply chain apart from another in the eyes of the customers and consumers. He explores the importance of business-to-business commerce or business-to-business-to-consumer commerce, enabled by cyber techniques as a central concept in any future business strategy. Although some firms have come close, no firm has yet mastered all of the techniques and tool required to claim the dominant position. Selecting and applying the correct models can only enhance the odds of being the eventual ultimate leader in a particular industry. A practical guide for moving your supply chain effort forward, Using Models to Improve the Supply Chain provides the missing links needed to reach the necessary level of achievement.

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Scientists, engineers, and technologists in many fields need a knowledge of chemistry because of the importance of chemistry in diverse technologies. In addition, to "classical" topics of chemistry, the new Encyclopedia covers nanotechnology, fuel cell technology, green chemistry, forensic chemistry, supramolecular chemistry, combinatorial chemistry, materials chemistry, and proteomics.

This fifth print edition has been revised and updated, and includes over 200 new articles, as well as 1,300 updated articles.

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Who is the target audience?.......2007-05-13

It's rather hard to argue with reviews from JACS and other prestigious journals. That said, this is not a review aimed at librarians, but rather at someone looking for a reference book for a home or small office library.

I think the question in the title of this review sums up the problems with this book. There's certainly a lot of information here, but this book is certainly not what I expected from an "Encyclopedia of Chemistry." It seems to be designed for people who need specialized coverage of certain subfields of chemistry, rather than a broad overview of the whole--but, then, why not produce separate books (e.g., "Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry," "Encyclopedia of Organic Chemistry," etc.), rather than produce a book with such an odd mixture of coverage.

For example, several pages are devoted to peroxides and peroxide compounds, which, while perhaps excessive, is not unreasonable. Likewise, I can understand the significant amount of space devoted to industrial issues (e.g., petroleum chemistry, polymers, etc.). But then there are the truly questionable articles, such as a four-page article on viruses, that barely mentions chemistry issues at all--and the obvious articles that one would expect but are not in fact there (especially when it comes to general/physical chemistry). For example, the Born-Haber cycle gets no mention at all, not even in the index (and lattice energy gets a scant ten lines or so). Similarly, there are no entries (even in the index) for the Arrhenius equation or the Nernst equation. (Remarkably, the book has an entry on Nernst, which cites his most famous work as the Nernst effect, and makes no mention at all of his eponymous equation!)

Were that not bad enough, there are a lot of questionable editorial decisions. For example, "Bronsted-Lowry" theory is listed as the much rarer "Lowry-Bronsted", and "Gibbs free energy" is relegated to an article on "free energy"; in neither case is there so much as a "pointer" entry to direct a "novice" to the desired article (similarly, "redox" reactions do not apparently rate such a link, either).

Combine all of the above faults with numerous typos, and the result is a largely frustrating work. Given the high cost, it's probably not worth the money unless you can find a copy beforehand and see if it meets your needs.

Van Nostrand Scientific Encyclopedia 5th Edition

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Van Nostrand Scientific Encyclopedia 5th Edition

Manufacturer: Van Nostrand Rheinhold Co.
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Die vollständig überarbeitete zweite Auflage von Das Neue Physikalische Grundpraktikum ist ein einzigartiges und völlig neu konzipiertes Praktikumsbuch, das für alle Physik-Praktika geeignet ist. In 12 Kapiteln mit insgesamt 51 Themenkreisen werden 179 Einzelaufgaben mit Zielsetzung, Literatur, Grundlagen, Zubehör, Meßaufgabe und Auswertung ausführlich beschrieben. Anschauliche Piktogramme führen durch das durchgehend zweifarbig gestaltete Buch, um die einzelnen Elemente voneinander abzuheben. Formeln, die zum Grundwissen gehören, und andere wichtige Formeln werden besonders hervorgehoben. Im Buch findet sich ein Lesezeichen mit den verwendeten Piktogrammen, wichtigen Fundamentalkonstanten sowie einem Replika-Gitter zur Spektralanalyse für eigene Versuche. Rundum ein innovatives Buch für alle Studierenden mit Haupt- oder Nebenfach Physik.

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A Biased Account of Naval Activities During the WBTS........2001-06-06

Considering the original date of publication (1962) and the experience and background of the author, this is a well written, well researched "paper" about US Navy activity in the war.

However, given the other volumes exhaustively researched, and wriiten about the naval history of the Civil War, including W.T. Scharf's contemporary history of the CS Navy, this book is nothing more than a political justification of naval policies and the ramblings of a romantic career naval officer.

I don't mean to belittle Admiral Anderson's motives or qualifications for writing this book, but this is not a history book. It is written like a tabloid article full of heresay, leading statements, and falsehoods.

The author repeatedly condradicts himself, often within the same paragraph. He states early on that the Union Blockade of southern ports was wholly effective, starving the the south. Yet he then admits to the ease at which blockade runners could traverse the "blockade" encouraging many Southern, British, and even Northern business speculators to outfit ships for this extremely lucrative trade!

Other sources list Confederate losses to the blockade as less than 5% of all the attempts to bring in imported goods (mostly wool, weapons, medications, fine liquers and spirits, fancy silks and other luxuries) and to export cotton and tobacco to Europe. Admiral Anderson does admit that the blockade was ineffectual at first, (try 3 or more years!) and that most of the runners captured were in late 1864 and early'65.

So how does he justify the statement of the blockade being wholly effective?

He does however deal with several points that are not well covered in other histories, such as Secretary Seward's belief that a war with Spain over Haiti and her neighbor would bring the South back into the Union; and the issues over the Foreign Enlistment Act of the United Kindom and the Commonwealth, including the cheating of Irish nationals duped into enlisting in the Federal Army with a large enlistment bonus and free passage to New York, only to have it taken in "commissions" by the "agent" who brokered the agreement. And the recruiting of British seamen for the US and CS navies, the very issue that led to the War of 1812 with Britain.

I have yet to read Commander Bulloch's contemporary account of his participation in the aquisition of ships and weapons in Europe for the Confederacy, but I do know that Admiral Anderson shortchanged both Bulloch and Secretary Mallory, calling them both ineffecient and downplaying their roles and contributions in creating a Confederate Navy from the ground, up.

He claims that superior Federal Naval abilities and Confederate Naval incompetence decided the fate of new born nation. Yet, he brags on the ingeniousness of Confederate mine warfare, the Davids, the Hunley, stationary torpedoes (mines), and the commerce raiders, that all played important parts in two world wars in the following century.

Not bad for a poor agrarian economy with no major industrial complex!

Yes my sympathies do lie south, but my training and loyalty was and is with the same Navy as Flag Officer Anderson's.

To summerize, the author over credits the federal beaurocratic navy, and trashes the south, only to condradict himself repeatedly. His sources were the "Official Naval Records" and Personal writings of Northern officers.

History is written by the victors.

There are many better, more accurate histories of both navies available. Read them instead if you seek scholarship. Read this book if have already read all the others. The few gems of insight and political saavy contained in this book should only be sought out after a more thorough understanding of the conflict is obtained.

And, be sure to read accounts from both sides of the fence. Or, you will cheat yourself, and dishonor the memory of thousands who fought and died for their beliefs.

THE WORST BOOK ABOUT THE NAVAL HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR!.......2001-02-06

This book stinks! I mean come on! The first submarine to ever sink an enemy ship is the H.L. Hunley, not the R.L. Huntly!!! This is the first submarine to seek an enemy ship in the world; atleast spell it right and give it the right name!!! This ship is named after it's biggest investor, Horace L. Hunley! The last time I checked Hunley didn't have a "t" in it and Horace didn't start with "R"!!! I wish that when people write books about the Civil War they would do their research because it is books like these that misinform people. Luckily, I'm not stupid enough to spell this important piece of naval history INCORRECTLY!!! So hats off to Bern Anderson for screwing up the minds of people who buy this book. Oh Bert, if you ever decide to write another book make sure you know what you're writing about!!! If anyone doesn't believe about the spelling you can go to the Friends of the Hunley webpage and SEE IT FOR YOURSELF!!!

A Worthy Telling of a Neglected Story.......2000-08-31

Most popular histories of the Civil War focus almost primarily on land battles, almost to the exclusion of naval aspects of the war. What little reference there is to naval actions tends to be in the nature of trivia, such as the first submarine to sink a ship (C.S.S. R. L. Huntley), the first battle of ironclads in the Western World, the Monitor and Virginia (Merrimack) or songs about the daring Confederate raider, Alabama. As interesting as these anecdotes are, they fail to tell the true story of the important part that naval forces played in the Union conquest of the Confederacy. One seeking an understanding of the significance of the naval forces in the Civil War can find it in By Sea and By River: The Naval History of the Civil War by Bern Anderson. Anderson provides the reader with an excellent overview of naval aspects of the war.

The Union war plans called for conquest of the Confederacy by dividing the South and preventing the importation of needed manufactured goods from Europe. Despite attention directed toward the land war. the war was really decided in the West and along the Confederate coastlines. In these two theatres the Union Navy played a crucial role which is often overlooked by leading to the division and economic strangulation of the South.

The division of the Confederacy was achieved by two major thrusts, one down the Mississippi River and another through Kentucky, Tennessee and on to Atlanta, culminating in Sherman's March to the Sea. The thrust down the Mississippi involved significant naval action. The economic strangulation of the Confederacy, was achieved by the naval blockade.

The U.S. Navy on the western rivers was placed under the command of Captain Andrew H. Foote in September, 1861. In the beginning he was lacking only two requirements of a successful navy, boats and sailors. The shortage of boats was solved by purchases from the Eads Boatworks of St. Louis, founded by engineer James B. Eads, who is primarily remembered for building the Eads Bridge at St. Louis. The shortage of sailors was greater challenge. Although provided with sufficient officers, Foote was left to his own devices to recruit enlisted men. He finally achieved some success in recruiting sailors in the Great Lakes region. With the fleet assembled, Foote was ready to join General Grant in the planning and execution of the thrust down the Mississippi and other western rivers.

In November, 1861 Grant began moving against Confederate strongholds in Kentucky, transported by river and supported by naval gunboats. Grant's first great conquest in Southern territory was the conquest of Fort Henry, Tennessee on February 6, 1862. The attack was commenced by four gunboats under the command of Capt. Foote. The plan was for troops under Grant's command to cut off the fort from the rear while it was being bombarded from the river. Muddy roads and high water prevented Grant from cutting off the troops sent from Fort Henry to Fort Donelson. At 1:50, after less than two hours of naval bombardment, the fort surrendered. Grants troops then arrived to take possession.

The next Fort attacked was Fort Donelson on February 14. The fort yielded to a combination of bombardment by four gunboats and assault of 17,000 troops under Grant's command on February 15.

Action next shifted to the Middle Mississippi from March to June, 1862. The first Confederate obstacle encountered was Island No. 10, the tenth island south of Cairo. It surrendered on April 6, 1862 after a spectacular nighttime naval bombardment and a land assault. Similar methods were successful at Fort Pillow and Memphis. Vicksburg would fall to a land based siege and a naval bombardment from both river and ocean based vessels.

The main mission of the ocean going Navy was to enforce the blockade. This was accomplished by interception of blockade runners and the capture of ports. In his book, Anderson does a fine job of relating both the strategy behind the actions and details about the actions themselves. The actual nature of blockade running actions, involving the shallow draft runners against the deeper water naval vessels is described. The actions against port cities often involved a joint naval bombardment with land assault, the combination which was successful along the western rivers and in later wars. Prominent among these assaults were the captures of Charleston, New Orleans and forts guarding the entrance to Mobile Bay. The final assault upon Fort Fisher was a fitting conclusion to the campaigns of naval-land assaults. General Lee had predicted that his army could not hold out if supplies coming through Fort Fisher were cut. Within three months after the fall of Fort Fisher, the Army of Northern Virginia was compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources.

By Sea and By River also includes analysis of the effects of the campaigns on other aspects of the war. The stories of the Confederate raiders are told, both in their own rights, as well as the effect that they had on Northern commerce and the obligation they created on the Union Navy to reassign ships from blockade duty to raider chasing. The effect of the raiders and the blockade on relations with foreign nations, with particular regard to the Confederate attempts to obtain recognition and aid are discussed.

By Sea and By River provides the reader with a fine understanding of this most significant, but often overlooked part of a most studied war.

Excellent reading but primarily written from a Union view........1999-05-26

Admiral Bern is an entertaining writer of history and manages to include a lot of personal anecdotes from letters and diarys. From my knowledge and visits to Civil War forts around the country the author appears to be historically accurate. I would coution that the author seems to be writing primarily from a Union viewpoint. I am sending the book to some of my Navy friends.

One of the Best One Volume Summaries of the Naval Civil War.......1999-03-16

Bern Anderson's "By Sea and By River" is still perhaps the best one-volume history of the naval side of the Civil War. Strongly recommended for first-time readers on the topic.

By Sea & River: Naval History of the Civil War.

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By Sea & River: Naval History of the Civil War.
R. Adm. Bern. Anderson
Manufacturer: Da Capo
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By Sea and By River: The Naval History of the Civil War

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By Sea and By River: The Naval History of the Civil War
Bern Anderson
Manufacturer: Alfred A. Knopf
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000ON6GBU

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Between roughly 1350 and 1650, Europe underwent seismic changes in economics, politics, culture, and religion. Feudal monarchies were reconceived as abstract states. The new technology of the printing press transformed how information was disseminated, bringing texts to different social groups. Painters perfected the artifice of perspective for an increasingly commercial patronage, even as they themselves cultivated the value of their own "genius" through increasingly distinctive styles and visions. Reformers called into question 1500 years of tradition, splitting the One True Church into multiple churches. In the midst of all these changes, Europeans reached farther and farther out into a world they did not yet dominate, even as they lived uneasily under the shadow of an expansionist Islamic Mediterranean. Indeed, that wider world was inseparable from those seismic changes in the political and cultural landscape of Europe. Europe in a Wider World, 1350-1650 offers a concise discussion of these events and the impact they had upon an evolving European society. It provides a clear outline of political events and a lively exploration of developments in the social and cultural landscape. Along with traditional themes, such as Protestantism, the book examines the changing roles of European women and the effects of environmental fluctuation on the history of the continent. By looking at these years as a whole, the authors attempt to restore interconnections among events that are often lost when the time period is viewed through the double categories of "The Renaissance" and "The Reformation." Illustrated with nine detailed maps and twenty-four images, and offering chapter summaries and a chronology to aid students, this text is ideal for undergraduate courses in early modern European history.

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Europe In A Wider World, 1350-1650
Lee Palmer Wandel Robin W. Winks
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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ASIN: B000OKULYG

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Designed to help readers learn electronics at a more rapid pace, this interactive manual uses Electronics Workbench software to takes them from basic DC and AC series and parallel circuits to simulation of circuits using transformers, inductors, and capacitors. It includes numerous laboratory instrument exercises to enable readers to use the oscilloscope and function generator, and to get a much better understanding of adjusting the controls on the real equipment used in hands-on labs. Each chapter includes 1) a Pre-lab review of the key theories and formulas necessary to complete the simulation laboratory experience, and provides circuit examples, sample problems, and designs; 2) Laboratory simulation; 3) Troubleshooting exercises; 4) Hardware experiments drawn from an array of IC applications; and 5) Add- or Modify-Questions. Electronics Workbench Fundamentals. Series Circuit Measurements. Parallel Circuits. Parallel Series Circuits. Loading Effect of Meters. The Resistance Bridge. Voltage Divider Circuits. Kirchoff's Laws. Thevenin's Theorem. Using the Oscilloscope. Using the Function Generator. Magnetism and Transformers. Transient Response of Capacitors. RC Circuits. Maximum Power Transfer. RL Series Circuits Measurements. RL Parallel Circuits. RLC Circuits. For anyone interested in a faster, hands-on approach to learning electronics using one of the most popular electronics software packages.

Electric Circuits Using Electronics Workbench: Hardware and Simulation Exercises (2nd Edition)

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Electric Circuits Using Electronics Workbench: Hardware and Simulation Exercises (2nd Edition)
John P. Borris
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
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ASIN: B000OHXCVS

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