Merely a day after Titanic survivors arrived in port in New York City, a United States Senate committee began an investigation into the wreck of the great “unsinkable” ship. For the first time in book form, here is the dramatic testimony of crew and passengers from all walks of life, as they recall the sights and sounds of the night of April 14, 1912. From the manners of the day to the conduct fo those boarding the lifeboats, from acts of kindness to palpable greed, here is an unforgettable...

Java programming masters reveal best-in-class applet designs From Java-SIG, the international association of Java users and developers, here are the world’s best Java applets in the categories of: * Multimedia and Special Effects * Business and Science * Education * Entertainment and Games * General Utilities and Programming. To find these award winners, Java-SIG members scoured the Web, hunting through thousands of Web sites, searching for the applets that ranked highest...

A traveling exhibit put together largly from the collection of the Zimmerli Art Museum. The exhibition traveled to Hirosaki City Museum, Nara Sogo Museum, kawaguchiko Museum of Art - in Japan. Text is in English and Japanese.

Pulse radar systems act as the eyes of a ship during periods of reduced visibility and are thus one of the most important navigational aids. Increasingly, information obtained from radar is now processed by computers to create an automatic, anti-collision device (Automatic Radar Plotting Aid - ARPA) to give advance warning of potential navigation risk. Employing a systems approach to the subject, this companion volume to “Position Fixing” provides an explanation of the workings and application...