Author: Martin T. Ford
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595091385
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
Right now, this book is only available through iUniverse.com A western flare for your mind.
Western Stance in the Heat of Traffic
Author: Martin T. Ford
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595091385
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
Right now, this book is only available through iUniverse.com A western flare for your mind.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595091385
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
Right now, this book is only available through iUniverse.com A western flare for your mind.
Hard Road West
Author: Keith Heyer Meldahl
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226923290
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The dramatic journeys of the 19th century Gold Rush come to life in this geologist’s tour of the American West and the events that shaped the land. In 1848, news of the discovery of gold in California triggered an enormous wave of emigration toward the Pacific. The dramatic terrain these settlers crossed is so familiar to us now that it is hard to imagine how frightening—even godforsaken—its sheer rock faces and barren deserts once seemed to them. Hard Road West brings their perspective vividly to life, weaving together the epic overland journey of the covered wagon trains and the compelling story of the landscape they encountered. Taking readers along the 2,000-mile California Trail, Keith Meldahl uses settler’s diaries and letters—as well as his own experiences on the trail—to reveal how the geology and geography of the West shaped our nation’s westward expansion. He guides us through a landscape of sawtooth mountains, following the meager streams that served as lifelines through an arid land, all the way to California itself, where colliding tectonic plates created breathtaking scenery and planted the gold that lured travelers west in the first place. “Alternates seamlessly between vivid accounts of the 19th-century journey and lucid explanations of the geological events that shaped the landscape traveled.”—Library Journal
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226923290
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The dramatic journeys of the 19th century Gold Rush come to life in this geologist’s tour of the American West and the events that shaped the land. In 1848, news of the discovery of gold in California triggered an enormous wave of emigration toward the Pacific. The dramatic terrain these settlers crossed is so familiar to us now that it is hard to imagine how frightening—even godforsaken—its sheer rock faces and barren deserts once seemed to them. Hard Road West brings their perspective vividly to life, weaving together the epic overland journey of the covered wagon trains and the compelling story of the landscape they encountered. Taking readers along the 2,000-mile California Trail, Keith Meldahl uses settler’s diaries and letters—as well as his own experiences on the trail—to reveal how the geology and geography of the West shaped our nation’s westward expansion. He guides us through a landscape of sawtooth mountains, following the meager streams that served as lifelines through an arid land, all the way to California itself, where colliding tectonic plates created breathtaking scenery and planted the gold that lured travelers west in the first place. “Alternates seamlessly between vivid accounts of the 19th-century journey and lucid explanations of the geological events that shaped the landscape traveled.”—Library Journal
An Introduction to Traffic Flow Theory
Author: Lily Elefteriadou
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461484359
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
This text provides a comprehensive and concise treatment of the topic of traffic flow theory and includes several topics relevant to today’s highway transportation system. It provides the fundamental principles of traffic flow theory as well as applications of those principles for evaluating specific types of facilities (freeways, intersections, etc.). Newer concepts of Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and their potential impact on traffic flow are discussed. State-of-the-art in traffic flow research and microscopic traffic analysis and traffic simulation have significantly advanced and are also discussed in this text. Real world examples and useful problem sets complement each chapter. This textbook is meant for use in advanced undergraduate/graduate level courses in traffic flow theory with prerequisites including two semesters of calculus, statistics, and an introductory course in transportation. The text would also be of interest to transportation professionals as a refresher in traffic flow theory, or as a reference. Students and engineers of diverse backgrounds will find this text accessible and applicable to today’s traffic issues.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461484359
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
This text provides a comprehensive and concise treatment of the topic of traffic flow theory and includes several topics relevant to today’s highway transportation system. It provides the fundamental principles of traffic flow theory as well as applications of those principles for evaluating specific types of facilities (freeways, intersections, etc.). Newer concepts of Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and their potential impact on traffic flow are discussed. State-of-the-art in traffic flow research and microscopic traffic analysis and traffic simulation have significantly advanced and are also discussed in this text. Real world examples and useful problem sets complement each chapter. This textbook is meant for use in advanced undergraduate/graduate level courses in traffic flow theory with prerequisites including two semesters of calculus, statistics, and an introductory course in transportation. The text would also be of interest to transportation professionals as a refresher in traffic flow theory, or as a reference. Students and engineers of diverse backgrounds will find this text accessible and applicable to today’s traffic issues.
Traffic World and Traffic Bulletin
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 1690
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 1690
Book Description
Ace in the Hole
Author: Timothy J. Botti
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313031851
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Using newly released documents, the author presents an integrated look at American nuclear policy and diplomacy in crises from the Berlin blockade to Vietnam. The book answers the question why, when the atomic bomb had been used with such devastating effect against the Japanese Empire in 1945, American leaders put this most apocalyptic of weapons back on the shelf, never to be used again in anger. It documents the myopia of Potomac strategists in involving the U.S. in wars of attrition in Korea and Southeast Asia, marginal areas where American vital interests were in no way endangered. Despite the presence of hundreds, then thousands of nuclear bombs and warheads in the nation's stockpile, the greatest military weapon in history became politically impossible to use. And yet overwhelming nuclear superiority did serve its ultimate purpose in the Cold War. When American vital interests were threatened—over Berlin and Cuba—the Soviets backed down from confrontation. Despite errors in strategic judgment brought on by fear of Communist expansion, and in some cases outright incompetence, the ace in the hole proved decisive.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313031851
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Using newly released documents, the author presents an integrated look at American nuclear policy and diplomacy in crises from the Berlin blockade to Vietnam. The book answers the question why, when the atomic bomb had been used with such devastating effect against the Japanese Empire in 1945, American leaders put this most apocalyptic of weapons back on the shelf, never to be used again in anger. It documents the myopia of Potomac strategists in involving the U.S. in wars of attrition in Korea and Southeast Asia, marginal areas where American vital interests were in no way endangered. Despite the presence of hundreds, then thousands of nuclear bombs and warheads in the nation's stockpile, the greatest military weapon in history became politically impossible to use. And yet overwhelming nuclear superiority did serve its ultimate purpose in the Cold War. When American vital interests were threatened—over Berlin and Cuba—the Soviets backed down from confrontation. Despite errors in strategic judgment brought on by fear of Communist expansion, and in some cases outright incompetence, the ace in the hole proved decisive.
Traffic Congestion
Author: Alberto Bull
Publisher: Santiago, Chile : United Nations, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Publisher: Santiago, Chile : United Nations, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
The Railway Age
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
Municipal Journal and Public Works Engineer
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Municipal engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1190
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Municipal engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1190
Book Description
Traffic World
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 1732
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 1732
Book Description
The Traffic World
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 1230
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 1230
Book Description