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Titre : Dictionary of idioms Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Speake, Jennifer, Auteur Editeur : Oxford university Année de publication : 1999 Importance : 393 p. Format : 20 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-19-280111-1 Langues : Anglais (eng) Index. décimale : 400 Langage Résumé : Is everything as easy as ABC, or do you make a mountain out of a molehill! Does your English cut the mustard, or do you find that it's wide of the mark?
Containing over 5,000 idioms, this book covers metaphorical phrases, similes, familiar sayings, and proverbs. It explains meanings and provides historical information for well-known idioms such as cost an arm and a leg, knocks spots off, once in a blue moon, the tip of the iceberg, and many more. Full of fascinating facts, this dictionary is ideal for anyone with an interest in the origins of the colloquial, quirky byways of the English language.
Idioms are arranged alphabetically by key word for easy reference.
Sayings in British English are supplemented by American English and other expressions: cut to the chase, drink with the flies, make a Virginia Fence.
Entries are supported by illustrative quotations from sources as varied as the Bible, Spectator, and Agatha Christie.Dictionary of idioms [texte imprimé] / Speake, Jennifer, Auteur . - Oxford university, 1999 . - 393 p. ; 20 cm.
ISBN : 978-0-19-280111-1
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Index. décimale : 400 Langage Résumé : Is everything as easy as ABC, or do you make a mountain out of a molehill! Does your English cut the mustard, or do you find that it's wide of the mark?
Containing over 5,000 idioms, this book covers metaphorical phrases, similes, familiar sayings, and proverbs. It explains meanings and provides historical information for well-known idioms such as cost an arm and a leg, knocks spots off, once in a blue moon, the tip of the iceberg, and many more. Full of fascinating facts, this dictionary is ideal for anyone with an interest in the origins of the colloquial, quirky byways of the English language.
Idioms are arranged alphabetically by key word for easy reference.
Sayings in British English are supplemented by American English and other expressions: cut to the chase, drink with the flies, make a Virginia Fence.
Entries are supported by illustrative quotations from sources as varied as the Bible, Spectator, and Agatha Christie.Réservation
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Titre : Images of the earth : a guide to remote sensing Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Drury, S. A., Auteur Editeur : Oxford university Année de publication : 1998 Importance : 203 p. Format : 27 cm. ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-19-854998-7 Langues : Anglais (eng) Index. décimale : 778 Différents domaines de la photographie Résumé : Remote sensing has revolutionized our knowledge of the Earth but serious accounts of the science are rarely accessible to students without backgrounds in mathematics and physics. This entertaining book provides a solution, using over 200 illustrations to introduce to a general audience the science of remote sensing and what it has taught us about the Earth. The author begins with a discussion of image processing, human perception of pictures, and techniques for enhancing pictures to suit the eye. The core of the book then examines in detail every facet of the Earth's surface, including the ocean depths, the paths of hurricanes, the productivity of forests and farms, the locations of mineral deposits, and the impact of human activity and natural catastrophes.
Although there are many specialized textbooks on remote sensing, there is no provision for readers who have no advanced understanding in the sciences where the techniques are applied or in the background of physics and mathematics that govern methods of image capture and processing.
This book aims to draw readers into using remote sensing, so is comprehensive and depends on images. This book includes the most aesthetically compelling and intellectually stimulating pictures of every aspect of the planet that we inhabit.
The first chapter focuses on the range of problems that face most people at the millennium's end.
Chapter 2 sets out the technicalities, beginning with remote sensing's primary tools, the human eye, and how it works. The third chapter covers the main components of the earth system; its atmosphere, oceans ice masses, the land surface, and what grows on it and lies beneath. Chapter 4 gives only a taste of the main areas of current and future work. The final chapter offers some guidance to taking the plunge into the challenge and excitement that viewing our world from far off presents.Images of the earth : a guide to remote sensing [texte imprimé] / Drury, S. A., Auteur . - Oxford university, 1998 . - 203 p. ; 27 cm.
ISBN : 978-0-19-854998-7
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Index. décimale : 778 Différents domaines de la photographie Résumé : Remote sensing has revolutionized our knowledge of the Earth but serious accounts of the science are rarely accessible to students without backgrounds in mathematics and physics. This entertaining book provides a solution, using over 200 illustrations to introduce to a general audience the science of remote sensing and what it has taught us about the Earth. The author begins with a discussion of image processing, human perception of pictures, and techniques for enhancing pictures to suit the eye. The core of the book then examines in detail every facet of the Earth's surface, including the ocean depths, the paths of hurricanes, the productivity of forests and farms, the locations of mineral deposits, and the impact of human activity and natural catastrophes.
Although there are many specialized textbooks on remote sensing, there is no provision for readers who have no advanced understanding in the sciences where the techniques are applied or in the background of physics and mathematics that govern methods of image capture and processing.
This book aims to draw readers into using remote sensing, so is comprehensive and depends on images. This book includes the most aesthetically compelling and intellectually stimulating pictures of every aspect of the planet that we inhabit.
The first chapter focuses on the range of problems that face most people at the millennium's end.
Chapter 2 sets out the technicalities, beginning with remote sensing's primary tools, the human eye, and how it works. The third chapter covers the main components of the earth system; its atmosphere, oceans ice masses, the land surface, and what grows on it and lies beneath. Chapter 4 gives only a taste of the main areas of current and future work. The final chapter offers some guidance to taking the plunge into the challenge and excitement that viewing our world from far off presents.Exemplaires(1)
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