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Synopsis
An Elementary Guide to Reliability is now in its 4th Edition and incorporates two new chapters: one on "mechanical reliability" and a second covering "some useful reliability definitions". There are also new sections on "the language of reliability statisticians" and "stages in equipment design and production". This book explains in simple non-technical language what is meant by reliability and the various factors which make systems equipment and machines reliable, e.g. the cost, operation, maintenance and reporting of failures associated with an installation. The book will be useful to both lecturers and students.
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G W A Dummer was born in 1909, and his career included pioneering work in the field of radar. Working on radar reliability in the early fifties, he became the first person in the world to propose and pioneer the integrated circuit. In recognition of his distinguished career, he has received the USA Medal of Freedom and the MBE. Mike Tooley is Director of Curriculum and quality at Brooklands College, Surrey and a well-known author of textbooks in microelectronics and engineering. He currently teaches reliability. R C Winton, MBE, worked for Mullard for 40 years, and played an important role on May committees such as the CBI Education and Training Committee. He was also a key figure at the IEEE, becoming Secretary of the UK and Republic of Ireland section.
About the Author
G W A Dummer was born in 1909, and his career included pioneering work in the field of radar. Working on radar reliability in the early fifties, he became the first person in the world to propose and pioneer the integrated circuit. In recognition of his distinguished career, he has received the USA Medal of Freedom and the MBE.
R C Winton, MBE, worked for Mullard for 40 years, and played an important role on may committees such as the CBI Education and Training Committee. He was also a key figure at the IEEE, becoming Secretary of the UK and Republic of Ireland section.
Mike Tooley is a technical author and consultant. He was formerly Vice Principal at Brooklands College in Surrey, England, where he was responsible for the delivery of learning to over 10,000 Further and Higher Education students increasingly by flexible, open and on-line distance learning. Mike is the well-known author of several popular engineering and related text books, including widely adopted course texts for BTEC, GCE A-level and GCSE qualifications in Engineering. Mike's hobbies include astronomy, amateur radio, aviation, computing and electronic circuit design and construction.
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