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The management of technological innovation is one of the most important challenges facing businesses today. Innovation is now the fundamental driver of competitiveness for firms of all sizes in virtually all business sectors. The first edition of this book has been one of the most popular texts for students of innovation and technology management.

Suitable for geophysicists, geologists, and petroleum engineers in the oil industry who wish to expand their knowledge beyond their specialized area, this book offers an account of the composition and formation of tar sands and oil shales, and concludes with a brief review of prospect risk analysis, reserve estimation, and other economic topics.

Presents a history of Imperial College London. This book tells the story of a new type of institution that came into being in 1907 with the federation of three older colleges. It covers both governance and academic activity within the larger context of political, economic and socio-cultural life in twentieth-century Britain.

After a review of thermodynamics, this book covers Brownian motion and the diffusion equation, diffusion in solids based on transition-state theory, spinodal decomposition, nucleation and growth, instabilities in solidification, and diffusionless transformations. Each chapter includes exercises whose solutions are available in a separate manual.

Presents a synthetic overview of the evolutionary biology of species, incorporating their nature, origins, proliferation, and consequences.

Only Paul Bentley's name appears in the previous edition.

Suitable for advanced students undertaking engineering design modules and projects as part of broader mechanical, aerospace, automotive and manufacturing programs, this reference covers the design, specification, selection, use and integration of machine elements fundamental to a range of engineering applications.

This is the first comprehensive history of the chemistry department at Imperial College London.