"The Nine Lives of Benjamin Franklin" reveals America's most fascinating founder through nine distinct personas that defined his remarkable journey: the runaway apprentice who became a master printer; the innovative postmaster who revolutionized colonial communications; the practical inventor whose creations still impact our world; the shrewd diplomat who charmed French society to win a revolution; the curious scientist who tamed lightning and mapped the Gulf Stream; the determined revolut...

This narrative history of Hattiesburg, MS illustrates the people, places, and events that have shaped its cultural and natural history. Founded by William Hardy at the confluence of rivers and rail lines, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, is today a capital of education, healthcare, commerce and the armed forces in the Gulf South. In this new biography of the Hub City, experience its story as you never have before. Hunt and forage alongside Native American tribes centuries before European settleme...

Bipedal locomotion is among the most difficult challenges in control engineering. Most books treat the subject from a quasi-static perspective, overlooking the hybrid nature of bipedal mechanics. Feedback Control of Dynamic Bipedal Robot Locomotion is the first book to present a comprehensive and mathematically sound treatment of feedback design for achieving stable, agile, and efficient locomotion in bipedal robots.In this unique and groundbreaking treatise, expert authors lead yo...