This book examines the social, economic and political forces that elicit or support flawed or fake science and sustain it in the face of often overwhelming contrary evidence. "Voodoo Science" is intended to include pseudoscience, or irrational beliefs dressed up in scientific garb, the misuse of science to deliberately mislead or confuse, and pathological science, in which scientists persist with their interpretations long after the evidence has decisively ruled against them in the perspectives of an objective observer. The book attempts to delineate the contexts in which fraud can arise in science, and also to assess the trends in the Public's ability to assess scientific issues and integrate scientific understanding in their judgements and world view. The story is told through examples ranging from impossible perpetual motion machines to magnet therapy. Drawing on his eighteen years of exposing bad science, Park does not hesitate to name names and point fingers. Park lays the ultimate blame for "voodoo science" not on the media, the government, or the scientific illiteracy of the public, but on the scientific community itself, and the failure of scientists to communicate to the public.

Voodoo Science

Science & Math

Park, Robert

History & Philosophy

Oxford University Press

Sets out basic theory for the behavior of reinforced concrete structural elements and structures in considerable depth. Emphasizes behavior at the ultimate load, and, in particular, aspects of the seismic design of reinforced concrete structures. Based on American practice, but also examines European practice.

Reinforced Concrete Structures

Engineering & Transportation

Paulay, Thomas

Engineering

John Wiley and Sons Ltd.

Comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of reinforced concrete slabs-from leading authorities in the field. Offering an essential background for a thorough understanding of building code requirements and design procedures for slabs, Reinforced Concrete Slabs, Second Edition provides a full treatment of today's approaches to reinforced concrete slab analysis and design. Now brought up to date with a wealth of new material on computer optimization, the equivalent frame method, lateral load analysis, and other current topics, the new edition of this classic text begins with a general discussion of slab analysis and design, followed by an exploration of key methods (equivalent frame, direct design, and strip methods) and theories (elastic, lower bound, and yield line theories). Later chapters discuss other important issues, including shear strength, serviceability, membrane action, and fire resistance. Comprehensive and accessible, Reinforced Concrete Slabs, Second Edition appeals to a broad range of readers-from senior and graduate students in civil and architectural engineering to practicing structural engineers, architects, contractors, construction engineers, and consultants.

Reinforced Concrete Slabs, 2nd Edition

Arts & Photography

Gamble, William L.

Architecture

wiley

Provides a thorough review of most of the possible approaches to reinforced concrete slab analysis and design. Includes determination of the distribution of moments and shears using elastic theory; the ``direct design'' and ``equivalent frame'' methods of the American Concrete Institute's building code; limit procedures for ultimate load analysis and slab design using general lower bound theory, the strip method, and yield line theory; behavior of slabs at the service load, deflection, and crack control; shear strength; and the effect of membrane action on slab strength. Provides an introduction to prestressed slabs.

Reinforced Concrete Slabs

Sets out basic theory for the behavior of reinforced concrete structural elements and structures in considerable depth. Emphasizes behavior at the ultimate load, and, in particular, aspects of the seismic design of reinforced concrete structures. Based on American practice, but also examines European practice.

Abandoned by her American GI husband, Robert's young Korean mother struggles to keep herself and her son alive in a country ripped apart by the vicious and unpredictable Korean War. She leaves Robert in the care of his grandmother, where he is regularly subjected to ridicule and beatings by the Korean children because of his mixed heritage. A chance meeting with famed author Pearl S. Buck seems to provide teenaged Robert with the opportunity to live the kind of life he never dreamed possible, but people are not always what they seem. Promises made are to be broken. However, throughout every disappointment and heartbreak, one constant in Robert's life proves to him that every moment of suffering was part of God's master plan to build faith into Robert's life. A powerful testament of belief and endurance, The Blueprint is the inspirational true story of one young man's harrowing journey to discover God's blueprint for him.

The Blueprint: Discover what God has in store for your life

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Mill City Press, Inc.

Conventional wisdom tells us to try harder, be more innovative, take more risks - and almost every company tries. Only a tiny percentage of management teams settle for sticking to their core businesses and declining gracefully as their business matures. In reality, at least ninety percent of business attempts fail. Andrew Campbell and Robert Park's The Growth Gamble: When Leaders Should Bet Big on New Business - and How They Can Avoid Expensive Failures gives managers an alternative. Instead of investing heavily in experimenting with new growth areas and developing an innovative culture, the authors advise managers to be far more selective and to invest in new business only when the opportunity has a high probability of success.

The Growth Gamble: When Leaders Should Bet Big on New Business - and How They Can Avoid Expensive Failures

Business & Money

Campbell, Andrew

Finance

Nicholas Brealey Publishing

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Voodoo Science

Reinforced Concrete Structures

Reinforced Concrete Slabs, 2nd Edition

Reinforced Concrete Slabs

Reinforced Concrete Structures

The Blueprint: Discover what God has in store for your life

The Growth Gamble: When Leaders Should Bet Big on New Business - and How They Can Avoid Expensive Failures