Monthly Archives: April 2003

Review: Adobe Photoshop Elements

A Visual Introduction to Digital Imaging, By Philip Andrews

Posted on 28 April 2003 by Andrew - Please share: All Addthis servicesTweet thisFacebook thisLink thisYam thisShare on Google

Beautifully produced, clear introductory book

If you’re new to digital imaging, and trying to get to grips with Photoshop Elements (or any of its relations including its big brother Photoshop) it’s often difficult to understand some of the concepts, and how all the different pieces fit together. If that describes your situation, this book is a very good place to start.

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Review: Why Buildings Fall Down

By Matthys Levy and Mario Salvadori

Posted on 20 April 2003 by Andrew - Please share: All Addthis servicesTweet thisFacebook thisLink thisYam thisShare on Google

A clear and entertaining book

Such is our morbid fascination that this book is inevitably more attractive than one called “Why Buildings Stay Up”. That said, I think I have not only learned more about structural engineering than I would have done from a positive counterpart, but I have also learned vastly more about the other factors, human and natural, that influence the ultimate success or failure of structures.

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Categories: Reviews. Content Types: Book and Civil Engineering.
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