Storia del terzo mondo / Vijay Prashad

• Record Nr.: UNINA990009725460403321
• Autore: Prashad, Vijay
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Soveria Mannelli : Rubbettino, 2009
• ISBN: 978-88-498-2306-6
• Descrizione fisica: 488 p. ; 23 cm
• Collana: Storie ; 20
• Disciplina: 909.09724
• Locazione: FSPBC
• Collocazione: XXXI Varie 434
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Italiano
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Traduzione di Giuseppina Muzzopappa

Becky: The Heartbreaking Story of Becky Watts by Her Father Darren Galsworthy

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910149053003321
• Autore: Galsworthy Darren
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: HarperCollins UK
• ISBN: 0-00-817963-8
• Disciplina: 364.1523092
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Musica
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Sommario/riassunto: This is the heartbreaking story of the murder of 16-year-old Bristol schoolgirl Becky Watts, a personal and heartfelt account of a crime that shocked the nation in a unique way and tore a family in two.A vulnerable and shy girl, Becky Watts was brutally murdered and dismembered by her own step-brother on 19 February 2015. As her father Darren discovered the horrific details of what happened to his darling girl, his world fell apart.Writing about his darkest hours and unbearable pain, Darren uncovers what Becky's relationship with her step-brother Nathan, a child he had raised as his own son, was really like. He recalls the devastation of discovering the truth about the depravity with which Becky was torn from him in the safety of her own home. And he recounts the torment of the legal battle to see his step-son sentenced to life behind bars.But, at its heart, Becky is a poignant personal story, a chance for Darren to pay tribute to his darling daughter, to celebrate her life and take back control of how she is remembered.Darren recalls with enduring love the daughter he fought so hard to get custody of after she was taken into foster care as an infant; the happy child who completed his life; and the innocent schoolgirl who brought joy and happiness to all her knew her.Both heartfelt and haunting, searingly honest and unflinching, this is the ultimate story of a family tragedy.

Gyrodynamics and its engineering applications / / Ronald N. Arnold, Leonard Maunder

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910786639603321
• Autore: Arnold Ronald N.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York ; ; London : , : Academic Press, , 1961; ©1961
• ISBN: 1-4832-1614-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (495 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 531.34
• Soggetti: Gyroscopes; Gyroscopic instruments
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Gyrodynamics and Its Engineering Applications; Copyright Page; PREFACE; Table of Contents; CHAPTER 1. GENERAL INTRODUCTION; 1.1 History; 1.2 Introduction to Vectors; 1.3 Kinematics of a Particle; 1.4 Newton's Laws; 1.5 Rotating Systems; 1.6 Illustrative Examples; CHAPTER 2. KINEMATICS OF RIGID BODIES; 2.1 Products of Vectors; 2.2 Translation and Rotation; 2.3 Instantaneous Axis of Rotation; 2.4 Finite and Infinitesimal Rotations; 2.5 General Motion; CHAPTER 3. FRAMES OF REFERENCE; 3.1 Transformation of Vector Components; 3.2 Eulerian Angles; 3.3 Moving Axes; 3.4 Relative Motion; 3.5 Illustrative Examples; CHAPTER 4. MOMENTS AND PRODUCTS OF INERTIA; 4.1 Definitions; 4.2 Transformation Theorems and Principal Axes; 4.3 Mohr's Circle; 4.4 Symmetric Bodies; 4.5 Experimental Measurements; CHAPTER 5. DYNAMICAL THEOREMS; 5.1 Linear and Angular Momentum; 5.2 General Equations of Motion; 5.3 Equations of Motion for Rigid Bodies; 5.4 Kinetic Energy; 5.5 Lagrange's Equations; 5.6 D'Alembert's Principle; CHAPTER 6. MOTION or A FREE BODY; 6.1 Introduction; 6.3 Polhodes and Herpolhodes; 6.4 General Solution; 6.5 Axially-symmetric Bodies; CHAPTER 7. SYMMETRICAL GYROSCOPE UNDER GRAVITY; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Equations of Motion; 7.3 Uniform Precession; 7.4 Nutation; 7.5 General Solution; CHAPTER 8. GYRODYNAMICS OF ; MACHINES; 8.1 Effects of Coriolis Forces; 8.2 Spinning Discs and Rotors; 8.3 Rolling Wheels and Discs; 8.4 Grinding Mills; CHAPTER 9. GYROSCOPIC VIBRATION ABSORBERS AND STABILIZERS; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Historical Note; 9.3 Gyroscopic Control of Forced Vibration; 9.4 Gyroscopic Control of Self-excited and Free Vibration; 9.5 Stabilization of Ships; 9.6 The Monorail; CHAPTER 10. THE GYRO-COMPASS; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Foucault's Directional Gyroscope; 10.3 Principle of Action of the Gyro -compass; 10.4 Mechanical Arrangement; 10.5 General Motion with Pendular Control; 10.6 The Mercury Ballistic; 10.7 General Motion with Mercury Ballistic; 10.8 Errors; 10.9Effects at High Latitudes; CHAPTER 11. SUSPENSIONS FOR GYROSCOPES; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 Rotor Drives and Bearings; 11.3 Single and Double Suspensions; 11.4 The Cardan Suspension and Hooke's Joint; 11.5 Gimbal Errors; 11.6 Dynamics of Gimbals; 11.7 Effect of Flexibility of Rotor Shaft; 11.8 Dynamics of a Platform supported in Gimbals; 11.9 Dynamics of a Rotor driven by a Hooke's Joint; CHAPTER 12. GYRO-VERTICALS; 12.1 Introduction; 12.2 The Gyro-pendulum; 12.3 Response to Vehicle Acceleration; 12.4 Effect of Gimbal Bearing Friction; 12.5 Response to Forced Vibration; 12.6 Practical Gyro-verticals; 12.7 Response to Vehicle Acceleration; 12.8 The Tilted-axis Gyro-vertical; 12.9 Mechanical Design; 12.10 Schuler Tuning of a Gyro-pendulum; CHAPTER 13. RATE AND INTEGRATING GYROSCOPES; 13.1 Introduction; 13.2 Single-axis Rate Gyroscopes; 13.3 Aircraft Turn-and-slip Indicator; 13.4 Floated Single-axis Gyroscopes; 13.5 A Two-axis Rate Gyroscope; 13.6 An Integrating Gyro-accelerometer; 13.7 A Vibratory Rate Gyroscope