The purpose of the book is to initiate the reader into the basic facts of astronomy. Ordinary facts with which you may be... More > acquainted are couched here in unexpected paradoxes, or slanted from an odd and unexpected angle. The theme is, as far as possible, free from “terminology” and technical concepts that so often make the reader shy of books on astronomy. The book contains chapters relating to the Earth, the Moon, planets, stars and gravitation. The author has concentrated on materials not usually discussed in works of this nature. This book is written in a witty style and remains a reference for astronomy students around the world. < Less

First published in 1915, a best-seller in the 1920s and long out of print, Interplanetary Travel is a short excursion into... More > space physics. Using conundrums, entertaining examples, and unexpected comparisons, Yakov Perelman dispelled some of the public prejudice that prevailed against celestial mechanics and physics of being too abstract and unable to nourish the mind. He explored, in a witty style, the opportunity of successfully completing the flights imagined in some novelists’ wildest fantasies. He checked and corrected their boldest ideas. Even today, this book remains a reference for science students around the world. < Less

Published in 1913, a best-seller in the 1930s and long out of print, Physics for Entertainment was translated from Russian... More > into many languages and influenced science students around the world. Among them was Grigori Yakovlevich Perelman, the Russian mathematician (unrelated to the author), who solved the Poincaré conjecture, and who was awarded and rejected the Fields Medal. Grigori’s father, an electrical engineer, gave him Physics for Entertainment to encourage his son’s interest in mathematics. In the foreword, the book’s author describes the contents as “conundrums, brain-teasers, entertaining anecdotes, and unexpected comparisons,” adding, “I have quoted extensively from Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, Mark Twain and other writers, because, besides providing entertainment, the fantastic experiments these writers describe may well serve as instructive illustrations at physics classes.” < Less

Published in 1913, a best-seller in the 1930s and long out of print, Physics for Entertainment was translated from Russian... More > into many languages and influenced science students around the world. Among them was Grigori Yakovlevich Perelman, the Russian mathematician (unrelated to the author), who solved the Poincaré conjecture, and who was awarded and rejected the Fields Medal. Grigori’s father, an electrical engineer, gave him Physics for Entertainment to encourage his son’s interest in mathematics. In the foreword, the book’s author describes the contents as “conundrums, brain-teasers, entertaining anecdotes, and unexpected comparisons,” adding, “I have quoted extensively from Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, Mark Twain and other writers, because, besides providing entertainment, the fantastic experiments these writers describe may well serve as instructive illustrations at physics classes.” < Less

Ce livre descrit comment des multinationales ont pris le controle de l'industrie du divertissement et de la culture. Il... More > descrit comment elles ont rapidement industrialise la culture en remplacant la creation artistique par le marketing. Mais cette transformation a aussi elimine l'innovation dans leurs produits et a fini par les ruiner. Comment en est-on arrive la ? Comment ces multinationales ont fini par obtenir les resultats inverses de ce qu'elles esperaient ? L'obstination de quelque uns sera-t-elle suffisante pour mener la resistance et renverser la tendance ? Peut-on sauver la culture avec Internet et sa capacite a supprimer les intermediaires et a connecter les createurs directement avec leur public ? C'est a toutes ces questions que ce livre tache de repondre.
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The Truth about Toyota and TPS explains how Toyota works and focuses on three areas: the production system and how it is... More > built, the marketing of Toyota cars as being superior in quality and its ability to capitalize on this perception, and lastly the management of its workforce. However, behind the cast-iron reputation of the carmaker lays an obsolete organization struggling for survival in one of the auto industry most serious slumps. Will Toyota, the company that survived and succeeded through sixty years of competitive markets, be able to transform itself and prosper? Will it be able to reinvent the car of the 21st century and recover its supremacy? < Less

Le Six Sigma est aujourd’hui une des méthodes les plus importantes et les plus significatives pour améliorer la qualité... More > des processus et des produits. « Le petit livre du Six Sigma » est un guide pratique de mise en place de la méthode. Il ne s’adresse pas uniquement aux managers; il est aussi un guide pratique pour les opérationnels. Il couvre :
1. Introduction et historique de la méthode.
2. Une démarche d’amélioration en cinq étapes (DMAAC).
3. Un ensemble d’outils pour chacune des cinq étapes.
4. La conception pour le Six Sigma. < Less