Author(s): Max Giordano (Editor), Luc Mathieu (Editor), François Villeneuve (Editor)
Publisher: Wiley-ISTE
Publication Date: 17 Sept. 2010
Edition: 1st
Language: English
Print length: 576 pages
ISBN-10: 1848212763
ISBN-13: 9781848212763
Book Description
This book gives a comprehensive view of the most recent major international research in the field of tolerancing, and is an excellent resource for anyone interested in Computer Aided Tolerating.
It is organized into 4 parts. Part 1 focuses on the more general problems of tolerance analysis and synthesis, for tolerancing in mechanical design and manufacturing processes. Part 2 specifically highlights the simulation of assembly with defects, and the influence of tolerances on the quality of the assembly. Part 3 deals with measurement aspects, and quality control throughout the life cycle. Different measurement technologies and methods for estimating uncertainty are considered. In Part 4, different aspects of tolerancing and their interactions are explored, from the definition of functional requirement to measurement processes in a PLM approach.
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About the Author
Max Giordano is emeritus professor at the University of Savoy France. His research interests include geometry modeling, computer-aided design and computer-aided tolerancing, and he developed the concept of “domain” for the 3-D tolerance analyses and synthesis.
François Villeneuve is Professor at the University of Grenoble (France) and vice-director of the G-SCOP research laboratory. His research interests include Computer Aided Process Planning (CAPP), Knowledge Management, Product Design and Tolerancing. In Tolerancing, he is developing a 3D geometrical model for product defects through the product life cycle.
Luc Mathieu is Professor at the University of Paris-Sud 11, in the Department of Production Engineering (France). He is Director of the Automated Production Research Laboratory (LURPA) in the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan (France). He is also a fellow member of CIRP (International Academy of Production Engineering). His research interests include geometry, computer-aided tolerancing, coordinates metrology and digital production engineering.
There Is No App for Happiness: How to Avoid a Near-Life Experience
Author(s): Max Strom (Author)
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Publication Date: 1 Aug. 2013
Language: English
Print length: 272 pages
ISBN-10: 1620876361
ISBN-13: 9781620876367
Book Description
The revolutionary book on discovering your happiest self
Technology has expanded at such a rate that nearly every aspect of our world has been affected—yet there has been no corresponding expansion of personal happiness. Instead, we find that the wealthiest societies of the world have become depressed, anxious, sleep deprived, and overmedicated.
Max Strom, author of
A Life Worth Breathing and global teacher of personal transformation, reveals that we each have internal, human technology capable of empowering our lives and leading us to deeper levels of happiness. In his new book, There Is No App for Happiness, Strom illustrates three imperatives to take back control of our lives.
Imperative Two: Live as if your time and your lifespan were the same thing.
Imperative Three: Learn a daily regimen that heals and empowers you, and practice it one hour a day.
Learn that joy and fulfillment require us to be active participants and that we should not strive for a virtual life—but a life truly lived.
There Is No App for Happiness will propel you into a new and more meaningful experience of living.
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Review
“There is No App for Happiness is the new playbook for how to survive THRIVE in our modern culture. It served as a great reality check for me personally.” —Kerri Kelly, Executive Director, Off the Mat, Into the World™
In a world where there appears to be an app for everything and many people have more virtual friends than real ones, Max has written a powerful and important book. Highly informative, thought-provoking, empowering and action oriented…a book that can help transform lives and create deep personal connections.” —Russ Nash, former Global Managing Director, Accenture Health Practice
“Direct, practical and accessible. Profound, transcendent and illuminating. Max Strom has authored an important guide to living a more authentic and meaningful 21st century life.” —John W. McBurney, M.D. Integrative Neurologist
Comprehensive, focused and immediately useful,
There is No App for Happiness is an articulate and highly readable synthesis of unique thinking and a framework through which to apply it to everyday life. This should be recommended reading for all leaders and development professionals.” —Travis Southwick, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army
The marvel of reading Max Strom’s book is to be convinced one can follow his three life imperatives to take back control of our lives and the private reality that is the deepest self. It is an astonishing work propelling the reader towards a new and more meaningful experience of living.” —Jeff Carter, Chief Strategist at Eyelock Corporation and author of
No-Limit and The Art of War for Cancer
About the Author
Max Strom is a teacher, speaker, and author known for inspiring and positively impacting the lives of his students and readers. His system guides us to live a meaningful life and includes a philosophy for living, self-inquiry, breath-work, yoga postures, and meditation. His book A Life Worth Breathing is available in five languages. Max Strom has spoken at TEDx events, and given a keynote speech on ethics in business at the Lululemon management conference. His articles and interviews have appeared in the Utne Reader, the Huffington Post, Whole Living, Happinez, Yoga Journal, and the New York Times. He lives in Ashland, Oregon.
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