As the telecommunications industry continues to expand its reach around the globe, satellite system design is increasingly key. This book provides an in-depth look at the basics of designing the elements and components that comprise a satellite communication system, including the geosynchronous satellites prevalent in mobile communications. Aimed at a broad spectrum of readers-from engineering professionals to graduate students-the book focuses on design fundamentals rather than specific systems, and eschews long mathematical derivations in favor of practical design concepts, guidelines, and models.

Product Description: Head Colds. Neglected Colds. Why are there so many Colds? Renowned artist André François explains in his own delightfully comical way in Never Catch a Cold, narrating just why the Cold—in all its various forms—continues to flourish...read more

Product Description: As the telecommunications industry continues to expand its reach around the globe, satellite system design is increasingly key. This book provides an in-depth look at the basics of designing the elements and components that comprise a satellite communication system, including the geosynchronous satellites prevalent in mobile communications...read more

A treasury of seventy-eight pen and ink drawings by a leading New Yorker cover illustrator features scenes from France's modern countryside and small towns, in a collection that also offers insight into the artist's applications of gentle humor. 12,500 first printing.

A satirical look at interior design in the twentieth-century (view table of contents)