The DVD features a documentary on traditional Japanese sword making, scenes from an iaido class, and an introduction to the Japanese sword at a shop in Kyoto.

Ad-hoc committee to consider potential futures for mining engineering, extractive metallurgy and mineral processing at Colorado School of Mines. The committee has completed its review of current and future workforce needs, enrollment and placement of CSM graduates, and faculty qualifications and trends. We have analyzed comparable programs at other US and Canadian universities. In this final report we document our findings and recommendations aligned...

Only Lord Peter has the wit to find the solution to these 12 baffling mysteries Some aristocrats spend their lives shooting, but Lord Peter Wimsey is a hunter of a different kind: a bloodhound with a nose for murder. Before he became Britain's most famous detective, Lord Peter contented himself with solving the crimes he came across by chance. In this volume of short stories, he confronts a stolen stomach, a man with copper fingers, and a deadly adventure...

Through an examination of exciting new documentary and academic research, metallurgy, ancient shipbuilding and navigation techniques, archaeological artifacts, and cutting-edge DNA evidence, Menzies painstakingly uncovers a trading empire that spanned from the Mediterranean, to the Great Lakes in North America, to Kerala in India. He explains the incredible reality behind the legendary civilization described by Plato, as well as its violent disappearance....

Copper is one of the most plentiful and useful metals on Earth. Ancient warriors used it to forge weapons with deadly blades, and shipbuilders used it to cover the bottoms of boats. Today, you can find copper in the kitchen and in computers, too. Copper is mixed with other metals to create alloys like brass to make instruments such as the trumpet. It is even in our blood! The countries of North America have always had plentiful natural resources....

In this revelatory account, Antonio Forcellino draws on his expertise-- both as historian and as restorer of some of the world's greatest works of art -- to give us a more detailed view of Leonardo than ever before. Through careful analyses of his paintings and compositional technique, down to the very materials used, Forcellino offers fresh insights into Leonardo's artistic and intellectual development. He spans the great breadth of Leonardo's genius,...