Nicholas Martin: 23 books

Book cover of Diasporas

Diasporas

Concepts, Intersections, Identities

by Jeffrey Lesser, Homi Bhabha, Peter Mandaville
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013

Featuring essays by world-renowned scholars, Diasporas charts the various ways in which global population movements and associated social, political and cultural issues have been seen through the lens of diaspora. Wide-ranging and interdisciplinary, this collection considers critical concepts shaping...
Book cover of Misfit Children

Misfit Children

An Inquiry into Childhood Belongings

by Jessica Balanzategui, De-Valera N. Y. M Botchway, Daniel Butler
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2016

Misfits are often confused with outcasts. Yet misfits rather find themselves in-between that which fits and that which does not. This volume is interested in this slipperiness of misfits and explores the blockages and the promises of such movements, as well as the processes and conditions that produce...
Book cover of Computer Animation Complete

Computer Animation Complete

All-in-One: Learn Motion Capture, Characteristic, Point-Based, and Maya Winning Techniques

by Ken Perlin, David S. Ebert, Mark R. Wilkins
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009

A compilation of key chapters from the top MK computer animation books available today - in the areas of motion capture, facial features, solid spaces, fluids, gases, biology, point-based graphics, and Maya. The chapters provide CG Animators with an excellent sampling of essential techniques that...
Book cover of Designer Biology

Designer Biology

The Ethics of Intensively Engineering Biological and Ecological Systems

by Immaculada de Melo Martin, Valentina Urbanek, David Frank
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013

Advances in our scientific understanding and technological power in recent decades have dramatically amplified our capacity to intentionally manipulate complex ecological and biological systems. An implication of this is that biological and ecological problems are increasingly understood and approached...
Book cover of Environment in the Courtroom
by Paul Adams, Natasha Affolder, Andrea C. Akelaitis
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2019

Canadian environmental law is a dynamic and exciting area that is playing an increasingly important role in furthering sustainable development policy. Environmental law has distinctive relevant principles, operating procedures, implications, and importance in comparison with other areas of law, and...
Book cover of The Opera Manual
by Nicholas Ivor Martin
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2013

You are getting ready for a performance of Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore and you have a few questions. How many clarinets are in the orchestra? How many orchestra members appear onstage? How many different sets are there? How long does the opera typically run? What are the key arias? Are any...
Book cover of Work Process Knowledge
by Nicholas Boreham, Martin Fischer, Renan Samurçay
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2003

Work Process Knowledge brings together the findings of twenty-four leading researchers on new forms of work and the demands these place on workers' knowledge and skill. Their findings, based on a new set of investigations in a wide range of manufacturing and service industries, identify the kinds...
Book cover of Achieving sustainable cultivation of cocoa
by Dr Ranjana Bhattacharjee, Dr Brigitte Laliberté, Dr Chris Turnbull
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2018

There is a growing demand for cocoa. However, cultivation is dependent on ageing trees with low yields and increasing vulnerability to disease. There is growing concern about the environmental impact of cultivation in areas soil health and biodiversity. There is therefore an urgent need to make cocoa...
Book cover of Light in Forensic Science

Light in Forensic Science

Issues and Applications

by Valerio Causin, Nicholas Dawnay, Laurent Galmiche
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2018

The identification and quantification of material present and collected at a crime scene are critical requirements in investigative analyses. Forensic analysts use a variety of tools and techniques to achieve this, many of which use light. Light is not always the forensic analyst’s friend however,...
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