Mechanical Engineering-CIME articles from September 2003

Mechanical Engineering-CIME archives from September 2003

Still vulnerable.(Northeast power failure)(Editorial)
September 1, 2003... Two years after Sept. 11, 2001, there are few places where you feel more vulnerable than at 30,000 feet. So when your pilot says there's a problem on the ground and he'll be circling the aircraft for "a while" before "hopefully" getting...

For gender neutrality.(letters)(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2003... To the Editor: The March article, "Smart Cars," (page 50) discusses distractions such as "cell phones to answer, makeup to apply, radio stations and CDs to change, sales reports to file." Applying Chapstick lip balm could be seen as equally...

Alternative movement.(letters)(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2003... To the Editor: A point on the pitch circumference of a pinion rolling inside of an internal gear moves back and forth in a straight line if the pitch diameter of the internal gear is twice that of the pinion. I understand that was the intent of...

Room for the wind.(letters)(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2003... To the Editor: The Feature Focus article "Winding Up" (January) is somewhat optimistic. A nuclear or fossil fuel plant requires a site measured in acres. Wind turbines to produce the same electrical output as a large nuclear or fossil unit...

Big wheel power.(letters)(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2003... To the Editor: Your cover article in the January issue ("Winding Up," page 36) on wind turbine power was extremely exciting. The article stated the following: "Utility grade wind turbines have been getting progressively larger, with rotors...

Gender benders.(letters)(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2003... To the Editor: One reason we engineers don't land as many top corporate jobs as we think we should, given our contributions to the business world, is that we always seem to be a day late and a dollar short when it comes to human relations. A...

Hydrogen how?(letters)(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2003... To the Editor: Most articles about various aspects of fuel supply, particularly for motor vehicles, deal only with small sectors of such systems. It seems to me there's a need for a review of the overall aspects of the state of the art. I...

Correction.(letters)(Correction Notice)
September 1, 2003... A British steel company was erroneously identified on page 14 of the August issue. The company is Corus Construction & Industrial.

Carbon on the half shell.(letters)(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2003... To the Editor: I was interested in the article "Carbon Underground," on carbon sequestration, in the February issue, and would like to make a modest suggestion. A major natural source of long-term carbon sequestration is shellfish and other...

Pumping up the Panama Canal.(news & Notes)(WPSI Inc.)(Lock Water Reclamation System)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... WPSI Inc., a Santa Ana, Calif., water resource development company, has an engineering plan to reclaim Panama Canal discharge water and recycle it to feed a proposed third lock set. The Panama Canal is currently experiencing difficult...

Nanochips that may make themselves.(news and Notes)
September 1, 2003... Scientists at the University of Wisconsin have demonstrated a technique that may one day allow electronic devices to assemble themselves automatically--giving semiconductor manufacturers a way to mass-produce fairly inexpensive nanochips with...

Only on M.E. magazine online @ www.memagazine.org.(news & Notes)
September 1, 2003... EXCLUSIVES FOR SEPTEMBER INCLUDE... "Making Little Things Count," which discusses how an engineering firm was able to conclude its design analysis and verification of a refinery expansion project on time, despite stringent deadlines. The story...

Think snow.(news and Notes)(MultiCat System AB )(new snow grooming attachment)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Although August's balmy temps have come and gone, winter's sliding season seems further away than ever. But snowboarders and practitioners of the new sport of skicross will be thankful that the employees of MultiCat System AB in Salen, Sweden,...

ITI TranscenData.(Briefly noted)(import and export native files)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... ITI TranscenData of Flint, Mich., the product data interoperability business of International Techne-Group Inc., reports that its CADfix version 5.2 has the capability to import and export native files directly from Pro/Engineer CAD software.

Agile Software Corp. of San Jose, Calif., a maker of product lifecycle management software, will acquire Eigner of Waltham, Mass.(Briefly Noted)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Agile Software Corp. of San Jose, Calif., a maker of product lifecycle management software, will acquire Eigner of Waltham, Mass. That company is a provider of PLM software to the automotive, industrial equipment, aerospace, and defense...

Textron Inc. of Providence, R.I., sold its OmniQuip business unit to JLG Industries Inc. of McConnellsburg, Pa., for $100 million.(Briefly Noted)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Textron Inc. of Providence, R.I., sold its OmniQuip business unit to JLG Industries Inc. of McConnellsburg, Pa., for $100 million. OmniQuip, based in Port Washington, Wis., manufactures telescopic material handlers for the light construction...

Johnson Controls Inc. of Milwaukee has acquired Borg Instruments AG.(Briefly Noted)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Johnson Controls Inc. of Milwaukee has acquired Borg Instruments AG, an automotive electronics company in Remchingen, Germany.

Astro Instrumentation LLC.(Briefly Noted)(plant expansion)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Astro Instrumentation LLC, which designs and manufactures medical instrumentation, biotech products, and electromechanical devices, is adding 40,000 square feet to its manufacturing plant in Strongsville, Ohio.

National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., a unit of General Dynamics, received a contract from the U.S. Navy for the continuous maintenance, repair, and alterations of the five FFG-7 Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates home-ported in San Diego.(Briefly Noted)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., a unit of General Dynamics, received a contract from the U.S. Navy for the continuous maintenance, repair, and alterations of the five FFG-7 Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates home-ported in San Diego. The...

Inspecting by comparing after to before.(computing)(BMW-Steyr Motoren GmbH)(computer-aided inspection assures quality)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... The BMW plant in Steyr, Austria, is equipped to make more than 300 different engine varieties on its assembly lines. It produces about 2,600 engines a day, or about 600,000 a year. More than 900 specialists oversee quality assurance on the...

Simulating diesel fuel.(computing)(VTT Technical Research Center )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... To improve performance and reduce emissions, the diesel engine industry measures fluid flow within engines to understand performance. The VTT Technical Research Center in Espoo, Finland, a multidisciplinary contract organization, works...

A global search won't be the same.(computing)(global network of computers)(PlanetLab)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Princeton University is helping to develop an experimental global network of computers that is expected to become a testing ground for a future version of the Internet. The network, called PlanetLab, will allow researchers to develop new...

Analyzing a cable-suspended train.(computing)(Intermountain Design Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... The future of mass transit will be through the air, if companies like Intermountain Design Inc., a Salt Lake City engineering firm, have anything to say about it. Aerobus of Texas, in Houston, recently asked the engineering firm to create...

Heavy equipment maker turns to 3-D design.(computing)( LeTourneau Inc. )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Engineers at LeTourneau Inc. Equipment Group wanted to move from two-dimensional to 3-D design for several years, but an executive requirement that any new CAD application include a design management system prevented the move, said Steve...

Armstrong's bike designed in record time.(computing)(Lance Armstrong)(Trek Bicycle Corp.)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Lance Armstrong rode to his fifth straight Tour de France victory this summer on a bicycle designed and produced in five months. The bicycle's maker, Trek of Waterloo, Wis., said that was a company design-time record. Armstrong's two...

No room at the top for this elevator.(computing)(Fujitec Singapore designs new elevator)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... An elevator company has designed a new type of elevator with the help of 3-D CAD software. Engineers at Fujitec Singapore, which makes residential and commercial elevators, have designed what they call the machine-roomless elevator, said...

Computational fluid medicine.(computing)(computational fluid dynamics )(technology assists with understanding of blood flow)
September 1, 2003... Computational fluid dynamics, the study of how fluids flow through channels, is rapidly gaining acceptance as a way to help solve medical and health care-related fluid mechanical problems, according to some software vendors. The same kind of...

LightWork Design.(Briefly noted)(software introduction)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... LightWork Design of Sheffield, England, a supplier of rendering software, has released the LightWorks Automotive Pack, a product for automotive stylists, designers, and engineers.

Realize Software.(Briefly noted)(Realize Voice 4.0 released)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Realize Software of Santa Clara, Calif., has released Realize Voice 4.0, which allows engineers to control CAD software and all other Windows-based applications with their voices.

Rockwell Automation of Milwaukee now offers the capability to view, mark up, create, and edit 2-D and 3-D CAD drawings on the company's Allen-Bradley family of VersaView and MobileView industrial computer systems.(Briefly noted)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Rockwell Automation of Milwaukee now offers the capability to view, mark up, create, and edit 2-D and 3-D CAD drawings on the company's Allen-Bradley family of VersaView and MobileView industrial computer systems. The computers run the CAD...

Think3.(Briefly noted)(has added reverse engineering capabilities to its design software)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... The CAD maker, Think3 of Pleasanton, Calif., has added reverse engineering capabilities to its design software.

AutoSolids Inc.(Briefly noted)(new products)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... AutoSolids Inc. Both products add parametric 3-D solid modeling, visualization, and 3-D-to-2-D automation tools to AutoCAD and AutoCAD-based products.

VX Corp.(Briefly noted)(has released version 8 of its VX software)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... VX Corp. of Palm Bay, Fla., which makes an integrated CAD and computer-aided manufacturing software, has released version 8 of its VX software.

MSC.Software Corp.(Briefly noted)(has closed its hardware reseller systems business)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... The computer-aided engineering software manufacturer MSC.Software Corp. of Los Angeles has shuttered its hardware reseller systems business.

nCode International.(Briefly noted)(has released Ice-Flow, an end-to-end process software for applications)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... The maker of durability simulation software, nCode International of Southfield, Mich., has released Ice-Flow. The developer calls it end-to-end process software for applications where extremely large amounts of test data must be acquired,...

LMS International.(Briefly noted)(maker of CAE software has included new capabilities in LMS Sysnoise)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... LMS International of Leuven, Belgium, a maker of CAE software, has included new capabilities in LMS Sysnoise, to simulate flow-induced noise and aero acoustic phenomena before the physical prototype stage.

TenLinks Inc.(Briefly noted)(has launched a Web site, FreeCAD.com)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... TenLinks Inc. of Novato, Calif., a company that provides information about computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing makers, has launched a Web site, FreeCAD.com.

Technical computing.(software Exchange)
September 1, 2003... Capability: This technical computing software combines numeric, symbolic, and graphing capabilities with programming language and an interactive document system. The Mathematica 5 application can handle giga-size numerical data sets. The...

Premodeling analysis.(software Exchange)
September 1, 2003... Capability: The upgraded GrafiCalc 3.0 uses geometry-synchronous automated calculation techniques that let users work with geometry in the same way spreadsheets work with numbers. Using the software, engineers can associate geometry and...

Document management.(software Exchange)
September 1, 2003... Capability: This software application, called Document Locator, enables companies to store, access, and manage any documents that can be saved on Microsoft file servers, including scanned documents, portable document format files, CAD designs,...

Geometry viewer.(software Exchange)
September 1, 2003... Capability: EnLiten 1.6 is a three-dimensional geometry viewer and animation player that offers a way for users to view, analyze, and manipulate complex scenarios taken from the developer's visualization software. The upgraded version includes...

Quiet, please.(Materials And Assembly)(General Motors expects its Quiet Steel sound-damping composite to reduce noise)
September 1, 2003... No one wants to ride around in a rattletrap, and car companies use various strategies to insulate the driver and passengers from noise and vibration. Methods may include lining areas with sound-deadening materials such as foam and...

Germ-free rubber.(Materials And Assembly)(Milliken Chemical's Specialty Elastomers in Manchester, England, develops line of Elastogard rubber compounds that it claims effectively control microbe growth)
September 1, 2003... Rubber is vulnerable to attack by harmful bacteria, fungi, and yeast because its chemical makeup is an ideal nutrient source to support microbial growth. Rubber parts used in warm, moist environments or difficult-to-reach areas are especially...

Quicker on the draw.(Materials And Assembly)(Grip safety is a feature of all the steel pistols made by Kimber Mfg. Inc.)
September 1, 2003... The grip safety is a double-safe feature of some handguns, including the 1911 model developed by Colt and used by the U.S. armed forces for much of the 20th century. In addition to the thumb safety, a lever in the grip must be pressed if the...

High-strength prototypes.(Materials And Assembly)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Rapid prototyping is a useful technology for product designers. It produces physical objects directly from three-dimensional CAD files so engineers can hold them in their hands and test them. There are several different rapid prototyping...

Money eaten away. (cost of corrosion).(Materials And Assembly)
September 1, 2003... The direct costs of corrosion in the United States approach $276 billion a year--approximately 3.1 percent of the nation's gross domestic product--according to a report prepared by CC Technologies of Dublin, Ohio, and NACE International in...

Lights! Camera! Action! (flexible and light wire and cable).(Materials And Assembly)
September 1, 2003... Rock concerts and sports events have become electronic extravaganzas. Even Wrigley Field has had lights for 15 years. The big venues must have an enormous amount of wiring for big screens, floodlights, PA systems, and the TV crews. Someone...

An appropriations preview. (US Congress).(Washington Window)
September 1, 2003... With little time remaining before the start of the new fiscal year (it begins October 1), Congress is busy trying to pass 14 separate appropriations bills providing funding for federal agencies. If history is any indication, the work won't be...

Fiber optic infrared sensors.(new Products)
September 1, 2003... OMEGA VANZETTI INC., SHARON, MASS. The OS1562 and OS1572 are stand-alone fiber optic infrared sensors for applications requiring the advantages of noncontact temperature measurement and fiber optic technology. They are used where conventional...

Load cell.(new Products)
September 1, 2003... SENSOTEC INC., COLUMBUS, OHIO. Model 47a is a high-output, pancake-style load cell that provides accuracy from [+ or -] 0.02 percent to [+ or -]0.05 percent F.S. The device has an internal amplifier for voltage or current output. High output...

High-pressure solution.(new Products)
September 1, 2003... ENGINEERED PRESSURE SYSTEMS INC., HAVERHILL, MASS. The Warm Isostatic Press, or WIP, production unit is a press with a high-pressure vessel and pressurized fluid heating to [250[degrees]C]. Designed for high productivity and low maintenance,...

Cartridge valves.(new Products)
September 1, 2003... SUN HYDRAULICS CORP., SARASOTA, FLA. Electro-proportional screw-in hydraulic cartridge valves respond to an electrical signal to regulate a hydraulic system. Altering the electrical current to the valve regulates the pressure or flow rate of...

Airlock feeders.(new Products)
September 1, 2003... SMOOT CO., DIV. OF MAGNUM SYSTEMS, KANSAS CITY, KAN. Housings and end plates of Precision-Aire Rotary Airlock Feeders are cast from high-quality gray iron. They are available in six standard models in up to nine different sizes. Rotors are...

Remote chamber level switch.(new Products)
September 1, 2003... INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS LLC, NAUGATUCK, CONN. The L500C remote chamber level switch provides a machined, high-pressure bottle housing for mounting outside the tank where inside mounting is impractical or impossible. This vertically installed...

Laser alignment and measuring system.(New Products)
September 1, 2003... PINPOINT LASER SYSTEMS, NEWBURYPORT, MASS. The Microgage 2000 is the company's next generation laser alignment and measuring system. It is a fully digital, state-of-the-art alignment system that provides 0.0001 in. precision over working...

Compression fitting nuts.(new Products)
September 1, 2003... PARKER HANNIFIN CORP., INSTRUMENTATION CONNECTORS DIV., HUNTSVILLE, ALA. A new line of stainless steel compression fitting nuts is said to virtually eliminate the problems of inconsistent remakes or product galling during the assembly of...

Absolute encoders.(new Products)
September 1, 2003... STEGMANN INC., DAYTON, OHIO. The CoreTech CA25 absolute encoder is 2.5 in. and comes in any resolution from 2 to 32,768 pulses per revolution. It features an electronic zero position set and parallel or SSI absolute output. The encoder has...

Compact static eliminator.(new Products)
September 1, 2003... EXAIR CORP., CINCINNATI, OHIO. The company's Super Ion Air Knife is a compact static eliminator that can neutralize and clean contaminated surfaces up to 20 feet away, according to the manufacturer. It is suitable for cleaning plastic parts,...

Two-piece backup flanges.(new Products)
September 1, 2003... THE MARZOLF CO., ST. PAUL, MINN. Two-piece backup flanges are a cost-effective alternative to standard lap joint or Van Stone-style flanges. The two-piece concept eliminates the problem of cutting off and rewelding stub ends, and permits quick,...

Pillow blocks and flanges.(new Products)
September 1, 2003... GRAPHITE METALLIZING CORP., YONKERS, N.Y. Graphalloy pillow blocks and flanges are suitable for continuous, high-production food manufacturing operations in ovens, conveyors, cookers, mixers, and packaging equipment where users experience less...

Servo inclinometer.(new Products)
September 1, 2003... JEWELL INSTRUMENTS LLC, MANCHESTER, N.H. The LCF-2310 Series is a ragged, biaxial, fluid damped, flexure suspension servo inclinometer. The seal of the LCF-2310 is splashproof, making it suitable for outdoor use. Designed for industrial,...

Handheld manometer.(new Products)
September 1, 2003... OMEGA ENGINEERING INC., STAMFORD, CONN. The HHP680 is a lowcost, digital, versatile handheld manometer. This portable, easy-to-use device comes complete with tubing, fitting, soft carrying case and batteries. Typical applications include HVAC,...

Sanitary rupture panel.(new Products)
September 1, 2003... OKLAHOMA SAFETY EQUIPMENT CO. INC., BROKEN ARROW, OKLA. Oseco's first completely sanitary rupture pane is specially designed for food, pharmaceutical, and biotech applications where sanitation is paramount. The design of the panel results in a...

Miniature power rocker switch.(new Products)
September 1, 2003... CHERRY ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS, ARLINGTON HTS., ILL. The RR Series miniature power rocker switch is designed to fit a round panel cutout. The switch, which is UL rated at 10 amps and 125 V ac, locks into a panel cutout with a diameter of 0.787 in....

Linear drive.(new Products)
September 1, 2003... AMACOIL INC., ASTON, PA. The Amacoil/Uhing Kinemax linear drive features variable pitch, which makes it possible to spool materials of varying diameters using only one winding assembly, without having to change the drive system's gear ratio for...

Cartridge inserts.(new Products)
September 1, 2003... VACCON CO. INC., MEDFIELD, MASS. Single-stage venturi vacuum cartridge inserts are designed for incorporation into OEM products to become a proprietary and unrecognizable component of their products. Inserting a cartridge into a cavity within a...

Spindle assembly units.(new Products)
September 1, 2003... AST BEARINGS, MONTVILLE. N.J. Precision miniature spindle assembly units are specifically designed to provide precise running geometry in a variety of industrial applications. The spindles include stainless steel ABEC 5 or 7 bearings bonded in...

Bearing assemblies.(new Products)
September 1, 2003... RBC BEARINGS, FAIRFIELD, CONN. The company's Nice Ball Bearings division has a line of ground, semi-ground, and unground bearing assemblies. Included are inch dimension, radial, angular contact, and thrust ball bearings. They are available with...

Transient suppressor.(new Products)
September 1, 2003... LITTELFUSE INC., DES PLAINES, ILL. The AK Series high current silicon transient suppressor offers more efficient electrical and electronic device protection against destructive higher-power transient voltages. This series replaces the ganging...

High-speed cross feeders.(new Products)
September 1, 2003... ERIEZ MAGNETICS, ERIE, PA. Highprecision cross feeders are designed for use in food packaging applications. These high-speed, high-deflection, and highvolume vibratory cross feeders and conveyors distribute product into vertical, fill, and seal...

Belt cleaners.(new Products)
September 1, 2003... FLEXCO, DOWNERS GROVE, ILL. Deflector Belt Plows work as belt cleaners for the tail pulley. Offered in V and diagonal models, both mounted on top of the return side of the belt in flout of the tail pulley, Deflector Plows prevent lumps, fines,...

Engineered seals.(product Information)
September 1, 2003... PARKER HANNIFIN SEAL GROUP, IRVINE, CALIF. The company's new catalog (No. ESD 5600) describes the elastomeric shapes for sealing and isolation uses manufactured at its Engineered Seals Division. These seal products consist of elastomer parts or...

Flow and level measurement.(product Information)
September 1, 2003... OMEGA ENGINEERING INC., STAMFORD, CONN. The Transactions in Measurement & Control series, as well as the company's handbooks and encyclopedias, provides ready access to technical information needed to help meet measurement and control...

Medical device components.(product Information)
September 1, 2003... QOSINA, EDGEWOOD, N.Y. This supplier of components to the OEM medical device industry has a 332-page catalog that shows in excess of 2,400 parts in full-size color photos. More than 200 new parts have been added, including insufflation, gas,...

Engineered standard components.(product Information)
September 1, 2003... ELESA U.S.A. CORP., SOLON, OHIO. The company's catalog contains its complete line of engineered metric components, including 23 products for use in leveling, 10 styles of hinges, and 10 closing and locking elements for industrial, packaging...

Custom sealing solutions.(product Information)
September 1, 2003... APPLE RUBBER PRODUCTS INC., LANCASTER, N.Y. The solved and Sealed brochure offers case histories of custom sealing solutions provided by the company in several different industries, from automotive to electronics to consumer products. The...

Not a drop to drink: by the middle of this century, 7 billion people could be short of water. At best, it will be 2 billion people.
September 1, 2003... Approximately 71 percent of the Earth's surface is covered with water. Yet, by all accounts, the world is on the verge of a water crisis. What exactly that water crisis entails, or when it will hit, depends on what part of the world you're...

Remember the adding machine: molecular computers and nanotube memories share traits with the old mechanical calculator.(Feature Focus: Nanosystems)
September 1, 2003... Anyone who's familiar with advances in computer chips--how they've gotten progressively smaller and faster over the past decades--has heard of Moore's law. First formulated in 1965 by Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel Corp., it states that the...

Making a mesh of things: it's easier than ever to overlay a CAD part with the mesh necessary for design analysis. That's good. And bad.(computer aided design)
September 1, 2003... Finite element analysis software continues to morph, if not quite at light speed, then pretty darn fast. As FEA goes, so goes pre-processing. Pre-processing is the generation of the many-noded mesh that overlies a digital part and is the...

Finite elements, roman-style: a very professional corps of ancient engineers made a lasting contribution to Western civilization.(aqueducts)
September 1, 2003... AT FIRST GLANCE, the most striking feature of a Roman aqueduct is the mathematical precision of the arches. These structures are beautiful, and the Romans have written about their beauty, but aesthetics were only secondary. Aqueducts were built...

Containing explosions: an addition to the pressure vessel code deals with a key tool for studying the nuclear arsenal.
September 1, 2003... BANG. After years of preparation, the whole event is over in less than a hundredth of a second. It's too quick to see, a blink of an eye, dividing the day into anticipation and aftermath. The equivalent of a 40-pound charge of high...

Industrial designs: community colleges that teach CAD technicians would like to hear from the engineers they serve.(computer aided design)
September 1, 2003... IT HAS BEEN 40 YEARS since Ivan E. Sutherland discussed an interactive graphics system called Sketchpad in his 1963 Ph.D. thesis at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A U.S. Department of Education-funded research group, the...

The History of the Soviet Atomic Industry.(ME Bookshelf)(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... The History of the Soviet Atomic Industry. Arkadii Kruglov. Taylor & Francis Publishing Inc., 29 W. 35th St., New York, NY 10001-2299 282 pp. 2002. ISBN 0-415-0269-70-9. $95. Published for the first time in English translation, this book...

Frontiers in Surface and Interface Science.(ME Bookshelf)(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Frontiers in Surface and Interface Science. Editors: Charles B. Duke and E. Ward Plummer. Elsevier Science Inc., P.O. Box 945, Madison Square Garden Station, New York, NY 10159-0945. 1,072 pp. 2002. ISBN 0-444-51041-9. $170. Any notion...