In the second half of the twentieth century France played the greatest role - even greater than Germany's - in shaping what eventually became the European Union. By the early twenty-first century, however, in a hugely transformed Europe, this era had patently come to an end. This comprehensive history shows how France coupled the pursuit of power and the furtherance of European integration over a sixty-year period, from the close of the Second World War to the hesitation caused by the French electorate's referendum rejection of the European Union's constitutional treaty in 2005. Michael...

With equal treatment of computer vision fundamentals and techniques for practical applications, 'Image Correlation for Shape, Motion and Deformation Measurements' is a reference for academic and industry-based researchers and engineers, as well as a valuable companion text for appropriate vision-based educational offerings.