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15161) Excel, remise à niveau et perfectionnement: Pour aller plus loin dans votre utilisation d'Excel
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Des exemples concrets et réalistes pour optimiser votre utilisation du tableur Excel!
Excel simplifie votre travail quotidien avec les calculs parce que ses puissantes fonctions sont aisément accessibles. Avec le tableur, vous manipulez facilement les nombres, les dates, les formules ou tout simplement le texte, mais vous devez aussi maîtriser les automatismes nécessaires à leur utilisation. Ce livre s'adresse d'une part aux personnes qui veulent...
15162) How Does It Fly? Helicopter
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Learn how a spinning set of blades makes a helicopter fly and find out how pilots steer these interesting vehicles.
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From wastestream to mainstream, a practical guide to composting toilet systems.
Composting toilets are a key feature for local resilience, money saving, water conservation, resource recovery, septic system replacement, and an improved bathroom experience in rural and urban buildings.
Essential Composting Toilets is a streamlined manual that takes a practical, how-to approach to composting toilet system selection, design, installation, and operation,...
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"What color was the smoke?" is a text documentary about the fire in a public housing block, Grenfell Tower, that killed seventy two people in June 2017 in West London. The Government ordered an Inquiry under a Judge. The author followed the Inquiry for six months and uses the actual language of the firefighters, scientists and other professionals at the scene that night and above all the words of the bereaved, survivors and residents to present a...
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Few organizations realize a return on their digital investment. They're distracted by political infighting and technology-first solutions. To reach the next level, organizations must realign their assets-people, content, and technology-by practicing the discipline of digital governance. Managing Chaos inspires new and necessary conversations about digital governance and its transformative power to support creativity, real collaboration, digital quality,...
15167) Blacksmith Shop Practice
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This vintage book contains a detailed guide to drop-forging dies and die-sinking. With authentic photographs, helpful illustrations, and a wealth of useful information, this is a volume that will be of considerable utility to novice and apprentice blacksmiths, and one that would make for a valuable addition to collections blacksmithing literature. Contents include: "Laying Out and Machining Operations", "Classes of Drop-forging Dies", "Information...
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With over 2,000 black-and-white illustrations and clear, practical instructions given by expert handyman and blacksmith Paul N. Hasluck, Metalworking offers everything you need to know to turn a chunk of metal into a useful and well-crafted product.
From building a blast furnace and polishing metals to forging iron and steel and spinning metals on a lathe, this comprehensive guidebook includes the tools, materials, and processes that are fundamental...
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Uncover on-the-ground reporting on the conflict between conservationists, ranchers, and an iconic predator-and discover the solution that might appease them all.
The gray wolf has made an astonishing comeback in Washington. Nearly eradicated by the 1990s, conservationists and environmentalists have cheered its robust return to the state over the last two decades. But Washington ranchers are not so joyous. When wolves prey on livestock, ranchers view...
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Do you know what it's like to drive a truck that is as big as an elephant? Despite their giant size, monster trucks can pull off soaring jumps, flips, and other epic stunts. These trucks compete head-to-head to reveal the fastest and the most agile of them all. Events such as the Monster Jam World Finals keep the crowds on the edges of their seats. Enter the Dirt and Destruction Sports Zone to learn about the history, mechanics, rules, and the trailblazing...
15171) A Guide to Motor Boat Design and Construction - A Collection of Historical Articles Containing In
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This volume contains a collection of classic articles on the subject of designing and building motor boats, with information on equipment, methods, common problems, materials, where to begin, installing motors, and much more. Carefully selected for a modern readership, this timeless volume will be of considerable utility to anyone with a practical interest in boating or sailing, and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of related literature....
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This vintage book is a complete guide to building, rigging, and sailing self-acting model yachts. With simple, step-by-step instructions and a wealth of useful tips, this profusely illustrated handbook constitutes a must-have for the novice enthusiast, and would make for a fantastic addition collections of allied literature. Contents include: "Principles of Self-Acting Model Yacht Building", "How to make the Hull", "How to Make the Deck Fittings,...
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Forces and motion are at work all around you when you kick a ball, ride a bike, or drop a book. But what exactly are forces? And how do they make things move? For thousands of years, scientists have been testing hypotheses about forces and motion and learning from the results of their experiments. These lead to more questions: Why do you speed up when you're biking down a hill? Why are heavier objects harder to pull? Why doesn't the moon float off...
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This book helps you to get started with CATIA V5 using step-by-step examples. It starts with creating sketches and parts, assembling them, and then creating print ready drawings. This book gives you an idea about how you can design and document various mechanical components, and helps you to learn some advanced tools and techniques. This book follows some of the best practices in creating parts. In addition to this, there are additional chapters covering...
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Keeping your own horses requires dedication, hard work, and a sincere interest in the well-being of your animals. This practical guide shows you how to design efficient facilities and establish effective maintenance routines so that your horses can stay happy, healthy, and safe on even the smallest plots of land. Offering expert advice on barn designs, fencing options, and pasture management, Cherry Hill stresses the importance of understanding horse...
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Engineers design our modern world. They combine science and technology to create incredible vehicles, structures, and objects. This title examines amazing feats of biological engineering. Engaging text explores bionic legs, artificial organs, and animal cloning. It also examines the engineers who made these projects a reality and traces the history of the discipline. Relevant sidebars, stunning photos, and a glossary aid readers' understanding of...
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Already in Greek and Roman antiquity a vibrant series of exchange relationships existed between the Mediterranean regions and China, including the Indian subcontinents along well-defined routes we call the Silk Roads. Among the many goods that found their way from East to West and vice versa were glass, wine, spices, metals like iron, precious stones as well as textile raw materials and fabrics and silk, a luxury item that was in great demand in the...
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There's a well-known story about an older fish who swims by two younger fish and asks, "How's the water?" The younger fish are puzzled. "What's water?" they ask.
Many of us today might ask a similar question: What's technology? Technology defines the world we live in, yet we're so immersed in it, so encompassed by it, that we mostly take it for granted. Seldom, if ever, do we stop to ask what technology is. Failing to ask that question, we fail...
15179) Explore Space Probes
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How do we know if there is water on Mars? How do we know what planets look like? We send probes to look around! Readers learn how scientists use space probes to study planets in our solar system . . . and beyond. Fascinating backmatter features a diagram of a space probe and an amazing true story.
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