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Mac OS X Leopard Killer Tips

• ISBN:
• 0321501934
• Authors:
• Scott Kelby, Dave Gales

Killer Tips books are written with one goal in mind: to allow the reader to work faster and smarter. In other books, you’ll often find that the most useful information is found in sidebars, tips, and notes. In a Killer Tips book, there’s nothing to weed through: it’s all sidebars, tips, and notes! Here, Scott Kelby gives you only the best tips and info on Mac OS X Leopard, covering all of the new features, including Time Machine, the...

Apple Training Series: iWork 09

• ISBN:
• 0321618513
• Authors:
• Richard Harrington

In the only Apple-certified guide to iWork ’09, you’ll learn to create everything from first-rate business presentations and newsletters to effective budgets and event planners. Focused lessons take you step by step through all aspects of Keynote, Pages, and Numbers. The self-paced book/DVD combo uses real-life material and practical lessons that you can apply immediately to your own projects. You’ll learn to: • Master the iWork suite of...

Real Time UML: Advances in the UML for Real-Time Systems (3rd Edition)

• ISBN:
• 0321160762
• Authors:
• Bruce Powel Douglass

Praise for Real Time UML, Third Edition "I found Real Time UML, Third Edition, to provide an informative and practical application of UML 2.0 to the development of real-time systems, and well worth the read by systems and software engineers. It is written in plain English and provides the right balance of depth and breadth." --Sanford Friedenthal, Deputy, Corporate Systems Engineering, Lockheed Martin Corporation; Chair: OMG Systems Engineering,...

iWork 09 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

• ISBN:
• 0470433728
• Authors:
• Jesse Feiler

Dress up office documents the Apple way with iWork '09 and this friendly guide If you're a Mac lover and want to explore life outside of that "other productivity suite," here's your chance to dress up your docs with Apple's iWork '09 and this easy-to-follow guide from Mac technology expert, Jesse Feiler. He draws on 20 years of experience with Apple software to share his secrets of producing fun and creative files using Apple iWork '09. Explore...

Mac OS X Tiger for Unix Geeks

• ISBN:
• 0596009127
• Authors:
• Brian Jepson, Ernest E Rothman PH.D.

If you're one of the many Unix developers drawn to Mac OS X for its Unix core, you'll find yourself in surprisingly unfamiliar territory. Unix and Mac OS X are kissing cousins, but there are enough pitfalls and minefields in going from one to another that even a Unix guru can stumble, and most guides to Mac OS X are written for Mac aficionados. For a Unix developer, approaching Tiger from the Mac side is a bit like learning Russian by reading...

Embedded Linux Development Using Eclipse

• ISBN:
• 0750686545
• Authors:
• Doug Abbott

The Eclipse environment solves the problem of having to maintain your own Integrated Development Environment (IDE), which is time consuming and costly. Embedded tools can also be easily integrated into Eclipse. The C/C++CDT is ideal for the embedded community with more than 70% of embedded developers using this language to write embedded code. Eclipse simplifies embedded system development and then eases its integration into larger platforms and...

Building XNA 2.0 Games: A Practical Guide for Independent Game Development (Books for Professionals by Professionals)

• ISBN:
• 1430209798
• Authors:
• James Silva, John Sedlak

Building XNA 2.0 Games: A Practical Guide for Independent Game Development is written by James Silva , who recently won the prestigious Microsoft Dream Build Play game competition with his award–winning title, The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai . Building XNA 2.0 Games: A Practical Guide for Independent Game Development is an in–depth and exclusive look into the entire XNA game development process and includes the creation of a software game...

Learn C on the Mac (Learn Series)

• ISBN:
• 1430218096
• Authors:
• Dave Mark

Considered a classic by an entire generation of Mac programmers, this popular guide has been completely updated for Mac OS X. Don’t know anything about programming? No problem! Acclaimed author Dave Mark starts out with the basics and takes you through a complete course in programming C using Apple’s free Xcode tools. This book is perfect for beginners learning to program. It includes all–new Mac OS X examples! Provides best practices for...

Beginning iPhone 3 Development: Exploring the iPhone SDK

• ISBN:
• 1430224592
• Authors:
• Dave Mark, Jeff LaMarche

Are you a programmer looking for a new challenge? Does the thought of building your very own iPhone app make your heart race and your pulse quicken? If so, Beginning iPhone 3 Development: Exploring the iPhone SDK is just the book for you. Updated and revised for iPhone SDK 3, many of the discussions in the original book have been clarified to make some of the more complex topics easier to understand. In addition, all of the projects have been...

DirectX Audio Exposed: Interactive Audio Development

• ISBN:
• 1556222882
• Authors:
• Todd M. Fay, Scott Selfon, Todor J. Fay

DirectX® 9 Audio Exposed: Interactive Audio Development features a look into the most advanced interactive music and audio development system in history. DirectX Audio, a suite of tools and technologies developed by Microsoft, provides software engineers and content creators the ability to create interactive, adaptive, and dynamic audio content for use in host applications and stand-alone playback. In addition to providing a comprehensive...

Programming Embedded Systems in C and C ++

• ISBN:
• 1565923545
• Authors:
• Michael Barr

Embedded software is in almost every electronic device designed today. Yet because each embedded system is unique and highly customized to its application, it can be a difficult field to master. However, if you have some programming experience and are familiar with C or C++, you're ready to learn how to write embedded software. The hands-on, no-nonsense style of this book will help you get started by offering practical advice from someone who's...

Graphics Programming Methods (Graphics Series)

• ISBN:
• 1584502991
• Authors:
• Jeff Lander

The capabilities and computational speed of today’s hardware have dramatically enhanced graphics technology. These improvements happen so quickly, however, that it is often difficult for programmers to keep pace. Graphics Programming Methods is a unique collection of application and technique-driven articles that provide practical methods for solving problems facing every graphics programmer. Each article is written by an experienced...

AI Game Engine Programming (Game Development Series)

• ISBN:
• 1584503440
• Authors:
• Brian Schwab

AI Game Engine Programming provides game developers with the tools and wisdom necessary to create modern game AI engines. It takes programmers from theory to actual game development, with usable code frameworks designed to go beyond merely detailing how a technique might be used. In addition, it surveys the capabilities of the different techniques used. In addition, it surveys the capabilities of the different techniques used in some current AI...

Learn VB .NET Through Game Programming

• ISBN:
• 1590591143
• Authors:
• Matthew Tagliaferri

(Matthew Tagliaferri) wanted a way to introduce the important principals of OOP and .NET, and games seemed like a way to do it that everyone could appreciate and understand. I think he really succeeded. — Dan Mabbutt, Visual Basic Guide on About.com Teaches object-oriented programming quickly and easily Game examples make for fun learning Shows both the wrong way and the right way through an intuitive and innovative approach to learning...

Focus On SDL (The Premier Press Game Development Series)

• ISBN:
• 1592000304
• Authors:
• Ernest Pazera

Focus On SDL is your key to writing programs faster and with greater ease. Execute the same applications as with DirectX, but with more versatility. SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) allows you to pack up your code and go! If you have a basic knowledge of C++, you’re ready to roll. Dive into advanced topics such as alpha blending and overlays, or intensify your game audio with the SDL_mixer add-on library. This book teaches you how to write the...

Beginning OpenGL Game Programming (Game Development Series)

• ISBN:
• 1592003699
• Authors:
• Dave Astle, Kevin Hawkins

Beginning OpenGL Game Programming provides new game programmers with a complete introduction to 3D game programming using OpenGL. All of the basic elements of OpenGL as it applies to game development are covered. You will learn how to apply these elements to games. The material is designed to be completely accessible to beginners, with complete but concise coverage to ensure the highest value.

Game Interface Design

• ISBN:
• 1592005934
• Authors:
• Brent Fox

The interface is the heart and soul of a video game: it is the integral piece that allows a player to interact with the game. In order to create a great interface, you must carefully plan every detail. "Game Interface Design" helps you outline each step and define the goals for your interface. It covers the interface from the first image that appears onscreen to the information displayed during game-play. YouÂ’ll cover basic design and art...

Game Programming for Teens

• ISBN:
• 1592008348
• Authors:
• Maneesh Sethi

You've played plenty of games. Now it's time to create your own! "Game Programming for Teens, Second Edition" helps you develop the skills you need to create every element of your first video game - from graphics and animation to sound and music. You'll even learn how to incorporate artificial intelligence. You don't have to have any programming experience to get started. You'll learn everything you need to know along the way using BlitzPlus, an...

Mind Your Manners, Third Edition: Managing Business Cultures in a Global Europe

• ISBN:
• 1857883144
• Authors:
• John Mole

Global markets demand a global corporate culture that capitalizes on diversity without imposing uniformity. The timely release of this new, expanded edition of Mind Your Manners reflects the renewed interest in fostering partnerships with the growing businesses in Europe—from the Baltics to the Balkans, from the Low Countries to the Latins.

Programming Video Games for the Evil Genius

• ISBN:
• 0071497528
• Authors:
• Ian Cinnamon

IF EVIL'S YOUR NAME, THEN THESE ARE YOUR GAMES! Always wanted to be a genius game creator? This Evil Genius guide goes far beyond a typical programming class or text to reveal insider tips for breaking the rules and constructing wickedly fun games that you can tweak and customize to suit your needs! In Programming Video Games for the Evil Genius, programming wunderkind Ian Cinnamon gives you everything you need to create and control 57 gaming...

Tricks of the Windows Game Programming Gurus

• ISBN:
• 0672313618
• Authors:
• Andre Lamothe

Tricks of the 3D Game Programming Gurus takes game programmers to the next level of programming, teaching them the latest techniques and tools: DirectX, 3D acceleration, Artificial Intelligence and explains, in detail, 3D algorithms including texture mapping and lighting.

Microcontroller Projects in C for the 8051 (Newnes)

• ISBN:
• 0750646403
• Authors:
• Dogan Ibrahim

This book is a thoroughly practical way to explore the 8051 and discover C programming through project work. Through graded projects, Dogan Ibrahim introduces the reader to the fundamentals of microelectronics, the 8051 family, programming in C, and the use of a C compiler. The specific device used for examples is the AT89C2051 - a small, economical chip with re-writable memory, readily available from the major component suppliers. A working...

Multiplayer Game Programming w/CD (Prima Tech's Game Development)

• ISBN:
• 0761532986
• Authors:
• Andre LaMothe

Multiplayer Game Programming enables you to write your own completely Internet-ready video games using DirectX and/or sockets. This book reveals techniques and secrets of online gaming technology and teaches you the skills necessary to get involved in the video game industry. This book is perfect for hobbyist programmers who want to learn how to write online video games, software programmers wanting to move to online game programming, and the...

Visual Basic Game Programming with DirectX (The Premier Press Game Development Series)

• ISBN:
• 193184125X
• Authors:
• Jonathan S. Harbour

Think Visual Basic is just to slow to write a decent game? Think again! Microsoft Visual Basic Game Programming with DirectX gives you all of the tricks and techniques that you need to create awesome games using Visual Basic. Offering equal parts theory and hands-on exercises, the chapters in this book begin with a discussion of completing a task using Visual Basic then move on to enhancing the code with the Windows API. When applicable, the...

AppleScript in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference (Nutshell Handbook)

• ISBN:
• 1565928415
• Authors:
• Bruce W Perry

AppleScript in a Nutshell is the first complete reference to AppleScript, the popular programming language that gives both power users and sophisticated enterprise customers the important ability to automate repetitive tasks and customize applications. In this well organized and concise reference, AppleScript programmers will find: Detailed coverage of AppleScript Version 1.4 and beyond Complete descriptions of AppleScript language...

Probabilistic Reasoning and Decision Making in Sensory-Motor Systems (Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics) (Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics)

• ISBN:
• 3540790063
• Authors:
• Pierre Bessière

Probabilistic Reasoning and Decision Making in Sensory-Motor Systems by Pierre Bessiere, Christian Laugier and Roland Siegwart provides a unique collection of a sizable segment of the cognitive systems research community in Europe. It reports on contributions from leading academic institutions brought together within the European projects Bayesian Inspired Brain and Artifact (BIBA) and Bayesian Approach to Cognitive Systems (BACS). This...

Dungeons and Dreamers: The Rise of Computer Game Culture from Geek to Chic

• ISBN:
• 0072228881
• Authors:
• Brad King, John Borland

Enter the quiet living rooms and cacophonous gaming environs of gaming kingpins like Richard Garriott and John Carmack, who invented games such as Quake and DOOM. Learn about gamers who make their living by winning gaming tournaments, and secrets of devoted gamers who practically live at LAN parties and gaming conventions.

Gameplay and design

• ISBN:
• 0321204670
• Authors:
• Kevin Oxland

What exactly is the elusive ingredient that makes a game worth playing? To create a great game you need passion, imagination, talent, a good understanding of game-play and design, experience, a dedicated team, good project management and lots of hard work. Every game developed is individual, but there are certain techniques and fundamentals that can be learnt to understand the creative process of game design, and those fundamentals will be...

Building Robots With Lego Mindstorms : The Ultimate Tool for Mindstorms Maniacs

• ISBN:
• 1928994679
• Authors:
• Mario Ferrari, Giulio Ferrari, Ralph Hempel

Lego robots! Mindstorms are sweeping the world and fans need to learn how to programme them Lego Mindstorms are a new generation of Lego Robots that can be manipulated using microcomputers, light and touch sensors, an infrared transmitter and CD-ROMs. Since Lego launched Lego Mindstorms in late 1998 sales have skyrocketed - with no sign of slowing down. Mindstorms have captured the imagination of adults and children alike, creating a subculture...

Iphone Hacks: Pushing the Iphone and iPod Touch Beyond Their Limits

• ISBN:
• 0596516649
• Authors:
• Damien Stolarz, Adam Stolarz, William Hurley, David Jurick, Jurick David, Stolarz Adam, Stolarz Damien

With iPhone Hacks , you can make your iPhone do all you'd expect of a mobile smartphone -- and more. Learn tips and techniques to unleash little-known features, find and create innovative applications for both the iPhone and iPod touch, and unshackle these devices to run everything from network utilities to video game emulators. This book will teach you how to: Import your entire movie collection, sync with multiple computers, and save YouTube...

Working with Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005 Team System (Pro-Developer)

• ISBN:
• 0735621853
• Authors:
• Richard Hundhausen

Get a pragmatic overview of the new team-based system of products that bring Visual Studio development tools to the enterprise—allowing architects, developers, testers, and project managers to collaborate in a single, extensible development environment. With insights from the Microsoft Visual Studio product team, early users, and the author's hands-on experience, readers will understand how to use this tightly integrated set of lifecycle...

Tensors, Relativity, and Cosmology

• ISBN:
• 012200681X
• Authors:
• Mirjana Dalarsson, Nils Dalarsson

This book combines relativity, astrophysics, and cosmology in a single volume, providing an introduction to each subject that enables students to understand more detailed treatises as well as the current literature. The section on general relativity gives the case for a curved space-time, presents the mathematical background (tensor calculus, Riemannian geometry), discusses the Einstein equation and its solutions (including black holes, Penrose...

Integrative Plant Anatomy

• ISBN:
• 0122151704
• Authors:
• William C. Dickison

From this modern and profusely illustrated book, the reader will learn not just the basics, which are amply reviewed, but also how plant anatomy is integrated with a wide variety of other disciplines, such as plant breeding, forensic analysis, medicine, food science, wood and fiber products, and the arts. The author presents the basic concepts and terminology of plant anatomy with a special emphasis on its significance and applications to other...

Desert Olive Oil Cultivation: Advanced Bio Technologies

• ISBN:
• 0123742579
• Authors:
• Zeev Wiesman

Due to the adverse stress conditions typical of olive cultivation in desert conditions, the olive tree is responding with production of high levels of antioxidant substances. Among these substances are polyphenols, tocopherols, and phytosterols. Studies have shown that saline irrigated varieties of olives have demonstrated advantages over those irrigated with tap water. This is just one of the aspects of desert cultivation of olives that is...

Physiology of Woody Plants, Second Edition

• ISBN:
• 012424162X
• Authors:
• Theodore T. Kozlowski, Stephen G. Pallardy

This completely revised classic volume is an up-to-date synthesis of the intensive research devoted to woody plants. Intended primarily as a text for students and a reference for researchers, this interdisciplinary book should be useful to a broad range of scientists from agroforesters, agronomists, and arborists to plant pathologists, ecophysiologists, and soil scientists. Anyone interested in plant physiology will find this text invaluable....

Programming Language Pragmatics, Second Edition

• ISBN:
• 0126339511
• Authors:
• Michael L. Scott

Thoroughly updated to reflect the most current developments in language design and implementation, the second edition *Addresses key developments in programming language design: + Finalized C99 standard + Java 5 + C# 2.0 + Java concurrency package (JSR 166) and comparable mechanisms in C# + Java and C# generics *Introduces and discusses scripting languages throughout the book and in an entire new chapter that covers: + Application domains: shell...

A Physicist's Guide to Mathematica, Second Edition

• ISBN:
• 0126831920
• Authors:
• Patrick T. Tam

For the engineering and scientific professional, A Physicist's Guide to Mathematica, 2/e provides an updated reference guide based on the 2007 new 6.0 release, providing an organized and integrated desk reference with step by step instructions for the most often used features of the software as it applies to research in physics. For Professors teaching physics and other science courses using the Mathematica software, A Physicist's Guide to...

Developing Professional Applications for Windows 98 and NT Using MFC

• ISBN:
• 0130851213
• Authors:
• Marshall Brain, Lance Lovette

Designed to demonstrate how to develop professional Windows applications using MFC and tools like the AppWizard and ClassWizard. Designed to move you rapidly to the point where you can create your own rich, full-featured applications with C++ and MFC. Softcover. CD-ROM included.

C++ How to Program (5th Edition)

• ISBN:
• 0131857576
• Authors:
• Harvey & Paul) Deitel & Deitel

With over 250,000 sold, Harvey and Paul Deitel's C++ How to Program is the world's best-selling introduction to C++ programming. Now, this classic has been thoroughly updated! The Deitels' groundbreaking How to Program series offers unparalleled breadth and depth of programming concepts and intermediate-level topics for further study. The books in this series feature hundreds of complete, working programs with thousands of lines of code....

Theory and Practice of Concurrency

• ISBN:
• 0136744095
• Authors:
• A. W. Roscoe

Since Professor Hoare's book Communicating Sequential Processes was first published, his notation has been extensively used for teaching and applying concurrency theory. The most significant development since then has been the emergence of tools to support the teaching and industrial application of CSP. This has turned CSP from a notation used mainly for toy examples into one which can and does support the description of industrial-sized...

Nonextensive Entropy: Interdisciplinary Applications (Proceedings Volume in the Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity,)

• ISBN:
• 0195159764

A great variety of complex phenomena in many scientific fields exhibit power-law behavior, reflecting a hierarchical or fractal structure. Many of these phenomena seem to be susceptible to description using approaches drawn from thermodynamics or statistical mechanics, particularly approaches involving the maximization of entropy and of Boltzmann-Gibbs statistical mechanics and standard laws in a natural way. The book addresses the...

Shifting Sands: The Rise and Fall of Biblical Archaeology

• ISBN:
• 0195167104
• Authors:
• Thomas W. Davis

Before the 1970s, 'biblical archaeology' was the dominant research paradigm for those excavating the history of Palestine. Today this model has been 'weighed in the balance and found wanting.' Most now prefer to speak of 'Syro/Palestinian archaeology.' This is not just a nominal shift but reflects a major theoretical and methodological change. It has even been labeled a revolution. In the popular mind, however, biblical archaeology is still...

The Metaphysics of Dante's Comedy (Reflection and Theory in the Study of Religion)

• ISBN:
• 0195174615
• Authors:
• Christian Moevs

The recovery of Dante's metaphysics - which are very different from our own - is essential, argues Christian Moevs, if we are to resolve what has been called "the central problem in the interpretation of the Comedy." That problem is what to make of the Comedy's claim to the status of revelation, vision, or experiential record - as something more than imaginative literature. In this book Moevs offers the first sustained treatment of the...

Evolution of Networks: From Biological Nets to the Internet and WWW (Physics)

• ISBN:
• 0198515901
• Authors:
• S. N. Dorogovtsev, J. F. F. Mendes

Only recently did mankind realize that it resides on a world of networks. The Internet and the World Wide Web are changing our life. Our physical existence is based on various biological networks. We have recently learned that the term ""network"" turns out to be a central notion in our time, and the onsequent explosion of interest in networks is a social and cultural phenomenon. The principles of the complex organization and evolution of...

The Talking Ape: How Language Evolved (Studies in the Evolution of Language)

• ISBN:
• 0199279403
• Authors:
• Robbins Burling

Humans never run out of things to say. We explain, we cajole, we gossip, and we flirt--all with the help of language. But how in the space of several million years did we evolve from an ordinary primate that that could not talk to the strange human primate that can't shut up? In this fascinating, thought-provoking book, Robbins Burling presents the most convincing account of the origins of language ever published, shedding new light on how...

Essential .NET, Volume I: The Common Language Runtime

• ISBN:
• 0201734117
• Authors:
• Don Box, Chris Sells

Volume 1 provides everything developers need to take full advantage of the power of Microsoft .NET. Describes in depth, the glue of the .NET Framework: the Common Language Runtime (CLR). Softcover.

Digital Nature Photography: The Art and the Science

• ISBN:
• 0240808568
• Authors:
• John and Barbara Gerlach

Over 50,000 photographers can't be wrong! John and Barbara Gerlach finally write the book their workshop attendees have been asking for! Digital Nature Photography is a how-to guide for photographers who want to take their work to the next level. Written by professionals with over 20 years experience, the Gerlachs reveal enlightening techniques for shooting nature images in the field. The combination of artistic approach and impeccable technique...

The Six Core Theories of Modern Physics (Bradford Books)

• ISBN:
• 0262193590
• Authors:
• Charles F. Stevens

Reviews all the key areas of physics in one place. Provides a brief, clear, and self-contained summary of the basic theoretical structures of classical mechanics. DLC: Physics.

Dietary Reference Intakes for Water, Potassium, Sodium, Chloride, and Sulfate (Dietary Reference Intakes Series)

• ISBN:
• 0309091586
• Authors:
• Panel on Dietary Reference Intakes for Electrolytes and Water, Standing Committee on the Scientific Evaluation of Dietary Reference Intakes

(Institute of Medicine) Presents the findings of a survey conducted by the Food and Nutrition Board on Dietary Reference Intakes for Water, Potassium, Sodium, Chloride, and Sulfate. Specific survey data not cited. Offers recommendations for information needed to advance the understanding of human needs for water. Softcover, hardcover also available. DNLM: Nutritional requirements--Canada.

Principal-Investigator-Led Missions in the Space Sciences

• ISBN:
• 0309100704
• Authors:
• Committee on Principal-Investigator-Led Missions in the Space Sciences, National Research Council

Principal Investigator-Led (PI-led) missions are an important element of NASA's space science enterprise. While several NRC studies have considered aspects of PI-led missions in the course of other studies for NASA, issues facing the PI-led missions in general have not been subject to much analysis in those studies. Nevertheless, these issues are raising increasingly important questions for NASA, and it requested the NRC to explore them as they...

Secure Coding in C and C++

• ISBN:
• 0321335724
• Authors:
• Robert C. Seacord

"The security of information systems has not improved at a rate consistent with the growth and sophistication of the attacks being made against them. To address this problem, we must improve the underlying strategies and techniques used to create our systems. Specifically, we must build security in from the start, rather than append it as an afterthought. That's the point of Secure Coding in C and C++. In careful detail, this book shows software...

Real World Aperture

• ISBN:
• 0321441931
• Authors:
• Ben Long

Released to near universal acclaim, Apple's Aperture is an all-in-one post-production tool for professional photographers. Featuring a RAW-focused workflow, Aperture lets photographers import, edit, catalog, organize, retouch, publish, and archive images more effectively and efficiently than ever before. In this guide, best-selling author Ben Long takes Aperture users to the next level, providing them with a more in-depth understanding of...

Design Patterns in Ruby

• ISBN:
• 0321490452
• Authors:
• Russ Olsen

Praise for Design Patterns in Ruby " Design Patterns in Ruby documents smart ways to resolve many problems that Ruby developers commonly encounter. Russ Olsen has done a great job of selecting classic patterns and augmenting these with newer patterns that have special relevance for Ruby. He clearly explains each idea, making a wealth of experience available to Ruby developers for their own daily work." —Steve Metsker, Managing Consultant with...

Understanding Adobe Photoshop CS4: The Essential Techniques for Imaging Professionals (2nd Edition)

• ISBN:
• 0321563662
• Authors:
• Richard Harrington

Photoshop is the foundation of every digital career. It is the most pervasive technology on the market. Many users think they know it, but in truth they have gaping holes. This book covers what a professional truly needs to know about Photoshop to be employable. For students (whether in formal programs, certified training centers, or self-paced) this book offers a chance to explore the many aspects of the program interactively.  The book cuts...

Future Satellite Gravimetry and Earth Dynamics

• ISBN:
• 0387297960

Currently, a first generation of dedicated satellite missions for the precise mapping of the Earth’s gravity field is in orbit (CHAMP, GRACE, and soon GOCE). The gravity data from these satellite missions provide us with very new information on the dynamics of planet Earth. In particular, on the mass distribution in the Earth’s interior, the entire water cycle (ocean circulation, ice mass balance, continental water masses, and atmosphere),...

Magneto-Fluid Dynamics: Fundamentals and Case Studies of Natural Phenomena (Astronomy and Astrophysics Library)

• ISBN:
• 0387335420
• Authors:
• Paul Lorrain, Francois Lorrain, Stephane Houle

The part "Fundamentals" is novel, first in that it stresses the use of electric currents in Magneto-Fluid-Dynamics. As a rule, authors discuss magnetic field lines without ever referring to the required electric currents. Second, the book stresses the importance of electric space charges inside conductors that move in magnetic fields. It is the custom to disregard both the required electric currents and the field of the space charges; this leads...

Shrouds of the Night: Masks of the Milky Way and Our Awesome New View of Galaxies

• ISBN:
• 038778974X
• Authors:
• David L. Block, Kenneth C. Freeman

The Milky Way has captivated the mind of multitudes ever since the beginning of time. Particularly striking are its apparent dusty gaping voids. With the advent of near-infrared technology, astronomers have discovered an awesome new view of its structure, and of the structure of other galaxies around us. Galaxies are encased within Shrouds of the Night: shrouds or veils of cosmic dust, which have given us a totally incomplete picture of what our...

Historical Archaeology of Gendered Lives (Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology)

• ISBN:
• 0387896678
• Authors:
• Deborah Rotman

During the last half of the nineteenth century, a number of social and economic factors converged that resulted in the rural village of Deerfield, Massachusetts becoming almost entirely female. This drastic shift in population presents a unique lens through which to study gender roles and social relations in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The lessons gleaned from this case study will provide new insight to the study of gender...

Refurbishment and Upgrading of Buildings: .

• ISBN:
• 0415441242
• Authors:
• David Highfield, Christopher Gorse

A detailed guide to the technical aspects of refurbishing and upgrading buildings, this book provides solutions to a range of problems, challenges and issues and is essential reading for all students studying building refurbishment at all levels. Includes: existing floor and wall strengthening facade retention introduction of new floors timber decay problems fire-resistance prevention of moisture and damp upgrading thermal and acoustic...

Seismic Design of Buildings to Eurocode 8

• ISBN:
• 0415447623

Practical information and training has become urgently needed for the new Eurocode 8 on the Design of Structures for Earthquake Resistance, especially in relation to the underlying principles of seismic behaviour and the design of building structures. This book covers seismic design in a clear but brief manner and links the principles to the code, illustrated with design examples. Concrete and steel buildings, and their foundations, are given...

Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths, Volume 38

• ISBN:
• 0444521437

This continuing authoritative series deals with the chemistry, materials science, physics and technology of the rare earth elements. Volume 38 of the Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earth incorporates a recapitulation of the scientific achievements and contributions made by the late Professor LeRoy Eyring (1919-2005) to the science of the lanthanide oxides in which the lanthanide element has a valence equal to or greater than...

Leonhard Euler: Life, Work and Legacy (Studies in the History and Philosophy of Mathematics, Volume 5)

• ISBN:
• 0444527281

The year 2007 marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of one of the Enlightenment's most important mathematicians and scientists, Leonhard Euler. This volume is a collection of 24 essays by some of the world's best Eulerian scholars from seven different countries about Euler, his life and his work. Some of the essays are historical, including much previously unknown information about Euler's life, his activities in the St. Petersburg Academy,...

Tracers in the Oil Field (Developments in Petroleum Science)

• ISBN:
• 044488968X
• Authors:
• B. Zemel

This book is concerned with the application of tracers to a wide variety of oil field operations. It provides the necessary nuclear concepts and techniques which are basic to oil field tracer applications. Laboratory and field techniques are explained and illustrated as are the associated regulatory and safety aspects. Within the book, each area of oil field use is considered separately and specific applications of tracers discussed and relevant...

Photoshop CS3 Bible

• ISBN:
• 0470115416
• Authors:
• Laurie Ulrich Fuller, Robert C. Fuller

Get the book you need to succeed in any Photoshop endeavor -- Photoshop CS3 Bible . In this totally updated edition to the international bestseller, the authors show you how to master every aspect of Photoshop -- from image-editing basics to new techniques for working with camera raw images. You'll learn how to retouch, color correct, manipulate, and combine images using Photoshop. You'll discover how to create cutting-edge special effects for...

Digital SLR Cameras & Photography For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

• ISBN:
• 0470149272
• Authors:
• David D. Busch

Understanding exactly how a digital SLR (dSLR) works can help you use its exciting capabilities to their fullest potential. Whether you aim to become a serious photo hobbyist, are interested in turning pro, or want to take advantage of the improved control that dSLRs give you over your photography, this fun and friendly reference will show you how to maximize everything a dSLR has to offer so that you can improve your photography skills,...

PHP Programming Solutions

• ISBN:
• 007148745X
• Authors:
• Vikram Vaswani

Find real-world solutions to PHP programming problems Simplify and shorten the PHP application development cycle using the in-depth information contained in this hands-on guide. PHP Programming Solutions clearly lays out more than 250 programming challenges alongside practical solutions, functioning code, detailed explanations, and usage tips. Inside, you'll learn to manipulate strings and arrays, work with HTML and Web pages, accept and...

C/C++ Programmer's Reference, Third Edition

• ISBN:
• 0072227222
• Authors:
• Herbert Schildt

Like having a brain in your back pocket. Provides clear explanations of all C and C++ programming syntax, keywords, commands, functions, and class libraries. Since no programmer can remember the precise syntax of every C/C++ element, this quick-access guide assists programmers in implementing efficient solutions on demand.

C# 2.0: The Complete Reference (Complete Reference Series)

• ISBN:
• 0072262095
• Authors:
• Herbert Schildt

This comprehensive volume is fully updated for C# 2.0 -- the newest version of Microsoft's revolutionary programming language.The changes found in C# 2.0 bring Java-like power to millions of Windows programmers worldwide. With expertly crafted explanations, insider tips, and hundreds of examples, this book fully explains every aspect of C# 2.0. Written in the clear, uncompromising style that has made master programming author Herb Schildt the...

Joe Celko's Thinking in Sets: Auxiliary, Temporal, and Virtual Tables in SQL (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)

• ISBN:
• 0123741378
• Authors:
• Joe Celko

Perfectly intelligent programmers often struggle when forced to work with SQL. Why? Joe Celko believes the problem lies with their procedural programming mindset, which keeps them from taking full advantage of the power of declarative languages. The result is overly complex and inefficient code, not to mention lost productivity. This book will change the way you think about the problems you solve with SQL programs.. Focusing on three key...

Java EE and .NET Interoperability: Integration Strategies, Patterns, and Best Practices

• ISBN:
• 0131472232
• Authors:
• Marina Fisher, Ray Lai, Sonu Sharma, Laurence Moroney

"It's a fact the .NET and Java platforms exist in the enterprise with many touch points. Developers are very eager for information and examples on how the two environments can coexist. This book reflects our interoperability collaboration with Sun and provides best practices for using Web services to bridge .NET and Java applications." --DAN'L LEWIN corporate vice-president, Developer & Platform Evangelism, Microsoft Corp. "This book is a...

Core C# and .NET: The Complete and Comprehensive Developer's Guide to C# 2.0 and .NET 2.0

• ISBN:
• 0131472275
• Authors:
• Stephen C. Perry

Since its release not quite three years ago, C# has rapidly gained wide usage. This book is written for C# 2.0, covering all the new features in 2.0, including generics. In addition to its coverage of C#, it also provides information on the .NET Framework and classes that C# interacts with. Every chapter includes questions and answers along with suggested projects.

A Practical Guide to Trusted Computing

• ISBN:
• 0132398427
• Authors:
• David Challener, Kent Yoder, Ryan Catherman, David Safford, Leendert Van Doorn

Use Trusted Computing to Make PCs Safer, More Secure, and More Reliable   Every year, computer security threats become more severe. Software alone can no longer adequately defend against them: what’s needed is secure hardware. The Trusted Platform Module (TPM) makes that possible by providing a complete, open industry standard for implementing trusted computing hardware subsystems in PCs. Already available from virtually every leading PC...

The Theory of Open Quantum Systems

• ISBN:
• 0198520638
• Authors:
• Heinz-Peter Breuer, Francesco Petruccione

The physics of open quantum systems plays a major role in modern experiments and theoretical developments of quantum mechanics. Written for graduate students and readers with research interests in open systems, this book provides an introduction into the main ideas and concepts, in addition to developing analytical methods and computer simulation techniques.

Mathematical Physics

• ISBN:
• 0201007274
• Authors:
• Eugene Butkov

Exceptional C++: 47 Engineering Puzzles, Programming Problems, and Solutions

• ISBN:
• 0201615622
• Authors:
• Herb Sutter

Shows by example how to go about sound software engineering in standard C++. Softcover. DLC: C++ (Computer program language).

C++ Templates: The Complete Guide

• ISBN:
• 0201734842
• Authors:
• David Vandevoorde, Nicolai M. Josuttis

The first book to provide complete and accurate information on using templates in C++. A complete reference as well as a tutorial. Includes real-world examples. Every working C++ programmer will need a copy of this book for his or her library.

Visual Basic.Net for Students

• ISBN:
• 0201742055
• Authors:
• Douglas Bell, Mike Parr

@CATEGORY = Visual Basic@TITLE = Visual Basic .NET for Students@AUTHORS = Douglas Bell/Mike Parr*/ This book approaches Visual Basic .NET with a simple and direct style, providing maximum clarity on the subject without requiring readers to have any prior knowledge of programming. Early on, the text teaches readers how to use objects. These simple ideas, presented early, are then revisited in more detail once the basics have been thoroughly...

Essentials of Programming Languages, 3rd Edition

• ISBN:
• 0262062798
• Authors:
• Daniel P. Friedman, Mitchell Wand

This book provides students with a deep, working understanding of the essential concepts of programming languages. Most of these essentials relate to the semantics, or meaning, of program elements, and the text uses interpreters (short programs that directly analyze an abstract representation of the program text) to express the semantics of many essential language elements in a way that is both clear and executable. The approach is both...

C# Precisely

• ISBN:
• 0262693178
• Authors:
• Peter Sestoft, Henrik I. Hansen

C# is an object-oriented programming language that is similar to the Java programming language in many respects but more comprehensive and different in most details. This book gives a concise description of C#. It is intended as a guide for readers who know Java and want to learn C# and as a quick reference for anyone who wants to know C# in more detail than that provided by a standard textbook. The final chapter of C# Precisely summarizes the...

Essential C# 2.0

• ISBN:
• 0321150775
• Authors:
• Mark Michaelis

A new edition of this title is available, ISBN-10: 0321533925 ISBN-13: 9780321533920 "Essential C# 2.0 pulls off a very difficult task. The early chapters are comprehensible by beginning developers, while the later chapters pull no punches and provide the experienced developer with the detailed information they need to make the most of C# 2.0. Starting with the first chapter, Mark has successfully interwoven tidbits of information useful to even...

Hitchhiker's Guide to Visual Studio and SQL Server: Best Practice Architectures and Examples, 7th Edition (Microsoft Windows Server System Series)

• ISBN:
• 0321243625
• Authors:
• William R. Vaughn, Peter Blackburn

Since 1994 when he wrote his first “Hitchhiker’s Guide”, William Vaughn has been providing developers all over the world the intimate details of how SQL Server can be accessed and managed from RAD languages like Visual Basic and Visual Basic .NET. With the 7th Edition, Bill has completely rewritten this encyclopedic work from cover to cover–giving readers his insightful views on how applications should be built to maximize both developer...

Cross-Platform Development in C++: Building Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows Applications

• ISBN:
• 032124642X
• Authors:
• Syd Logan

Cross-Platform Development in C++ is the definitive guide to developing portable C/C++ application code that will run natively on Windows, Macintosh, and Linux/Unix platforms without compromising functionality, usability, or quality.   Long-time Mozilla and Netscape developer Syd Logan systematically addresses all the technical and management challenges associated with software portability from planning and design through coding, testing, and...

Data Binding with Windows Forms 2.0: Programming Smart Client Data Applications with .NET

• ISBN:
• 032126892X
• Authors:
• Brian Noyes

"Brian Noyes' writing style easily captures your attention as he elaborates on all aspects of data binding in his book. He has a refreshingly clear and crisp delivery as he starts each chapter with a simple tour of each topic, and then leads you into practical concerns for sound practices and extensibility opportunities. Most importantly, as Brian explains approaches to data-binding architecture, patterns of usage, the value of data sets,...

Getting Started with Camera Raw: How to make better pictures using Photoshop and Photoshop Elements

• ISBN:
• 0321384008
• Authors:
• Ben Long

Not long ago the Raw format was limited to high-end digital SLR cameras–which meant you pretty much had to be a professional (or at least quite serious) photographer to take advantage of it. Not so today. Now that Raw is included on even the simplest point-and-shoot cameras, shutterbugs of all stripes can start taking advantage of its greater editing flexibility to produce better final images. This guide is the place to start. In these pages,...

Implementation Patterns

• ISBN:
• 0321413091
• Authors:
• Kent Beck

“Kent is a master at creating code that communicates well, is easy to understand, and is a pleasure to read. Every chapter of this book contains excellent explanations and insights into the smaller but important decisions we continuously have to make when creating quality code and classes.” – Erich Gamma, IBM Distinguished Engineer   “Many teams have a master developer who makes a rapid stream of good decisions all day long. Their...

Introduction to C++ Programming and Graphics

• ISBN:
• 0387689923
• Authors:
• C. Pozrikidis

C++ has grown rapidly in response to the practical need for a programming language that is able to efficiently handle composite and diverse data types. Today, C++ dominates the commercial market and is favored among application developers. Introduction to C++ Programming and Graphics offers a venue for rapidly learning the language by concisely revealing its grammar, syntax and main features, and by explaining the key ideas behind object...

Handbook of Maize: Genetics and Genomics

• ISBN:
• 0387778624

Maize is one of the world’s highest value crops, with a multibillion dollar annual contribution to agriculture. The great adaptability and high yields available for maize as a food, feed and forage crop have led to its current production on over 140 million hectares worldwide, with acreage continuing to grow at the expense of other crops. In terms of tons of cereal grain produced worldwide, maize has been number one for many years. Moreover,...

Health in Antiquity

• ISBN:
• 0415220653
• Authors:
• Helen King

How healthy were people in ancient Greece and Rome, and how did they think about maintaining and restoring their health? For students of classics, history or the history of medicine, answers to these and many previously untouched questions are dealt with by renowned ancient historians, classical scholars and archaeologists. Using a multidisciplined approach, the contributors assess the issues surrounding health in the Greco-Roman world from...

Childhood, Class and Kin in the Roman World

• ISBN:
• 0415235782
• Authors:
• Suzanne Dixon

Experts assess ault to hear the voices of Roman children, vast range of evidence-inscriptions, burial data, domesticof architecture, sculpture, and the law, as well as Christianhe and dream-interpretation literature-to give a voice to Roman children, women and slaves.

Miletos: A History

• ISBN:
• 0415238463
• Authors:
• Alan M. Greaves

Miletos, on the coast of Asia Minor, was one of the most important of the Greek poleis - a key economic power as wellas a centre of philosophy and learning. Yet with historical sources scarce, and the mass of archaeological work done in the past century inaccessible in English, studying the city has not always been straightforward. Alan Greaves puts this right with a welcome survey of the origins and development of Miletos from prehistory to its...

Objects: Reluctant Witnesses to the Past

• ISBN:
• 0415305888
• Authors:
• Chris Caple

This book provides a clear, practical structured approach to studying archaeological and historic objects. The text, which includes nine detailed case studies, acts as a comprehensible guide to the different methods and approaches (cultural, forensic, technical) which can and have been used to study ancient artifacts. · Shows how information obtained from objects builds into a picture of the ancient society that made and used the object ·...

Great Women of Imperial Rome: Mothers and Wives of the Caesars

• ISBN:
• 0415408970
• Authors:
• Burns

"All women, because of their innate weakness, should be under the control of guardians" writes Cicero, curtly summarizing the status of women in Ancient Rome. Yet Roman women had more control than many believe. Stories of female artists, teachers, doctors, and even gladiators are scattered through the history of Imperial Rome; a Roman woman did not change her name when she married, her husband could not control her property or dowry, and she was...

Mathematical Models of the Cell and Cell Associated Objects, Volume 206 (Mathematics in Science and Engineering)

• ISBN:
• 0444527141
• Authors:
• Viktor V. Ivanov, Natalya V. Ivanova

This book gives the reader a survey of hundreds results in the field of the cell and cell associated objects modeling. Applications to modeling in the areas of AIDS, cancers and life longevity are investigated in this book. - Introduces and proves fundamental properties of evolutionary systems on optimal distribution of their various resources on their internal and external functions - Gives detailed analysis of applications to modeling AIDS,...

Computing for Numerical Methods Using Visual C++

• ISBN:
• 0470127953
• Authors:
• Shaharuddin Salleh, Albert Y. Zomaya, Sakhinah A. Bakar

A visual, interdisciplinary approach to solving problems in numerical methods Computing for Numerical Methods Using Visual C++ fills the need for a complete, authoritative book on the visual solutions to problems in numerical methods using C++. In an age of boundless research, there is a need for a programming language that can successfully bridge the communication gap between a problem and its computing elements through the use of...

Professional Refactoring in Visual Basic (Programmer to Programmer)

• ISBN:
• 0470179791
• Authors:
• Danijel Arsenovski

In this one-of-a-kind book, Microsoft MVP Danijel Arsenovski shows you how to utilize the power of refactoring to improve the design of your existing code and become more efficient and productive. Youll discover how to perform unit testing, refactoring to patterns, and refactoring to upgrade legacy Visual Basic code. As you progress through the chapters, youll build a prototype application from scratch as Arsenovski walks you step-by-step...

Visual Basic 2008 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

• ISBN:
• 0470182385
• Authors:
• Bill Sempf

Visual Basic is a favorite programming language, so if you’re new to programming, it’s a great place to start. Visual Basic 2008 For Dummies is the fun and easy way to begin creating applications right away while you get the hang of using the Visual Studio environment. Soon you’ll be building all sorts of useful stuff with VB 2008! This step-by-step guide walks you through a logical series of tasks that build your skills as you get...

Beginning Microsoft Visual C# 2008 (Wrox Beginning Guides)

• ISBN:
• 047019135X
• Authors:
• Karli Watson, Christian Nagel, Jacob Hammer Pedersen, Jon D. Reid, Morgan Skinner, Eric White

The book is aimed at novice programmers who wish to learn programming with C# and the .NET framework. The book starts with absolute programming basics. It then moves into Web and Windows programming, data access (databases and XML), and more advanced technologies such as graphics programming with GDI+ and basic networking. The book is divided into sections including: The C# Language: Basic language skills using console application. Content...

Professional Visual Basic 2008 (Programmer to Programmer)

• ISBN:
• 0470191368
• Authors:
• Bill Evjen, Billy Hollis, Bill Sheldon, Kent Sharkey

The 2008 version of Visual Basic is tremendously enhanced and introduces dramatic new concepts, techniques, and features to this popular object-oriented language. Written by an elite author team, this comprehensive resource provides a clear and concise approach to using VB 2008 in the ever-expanding .NET world. This book focuses on using the latest and most powerful tools from the Microsoft arsenal within your Visual Basic solutions. Youll...

C# 2008 Programmer's Reference (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)

• ISBN:
• 0470285818
• Authors:
• Wei-Meng Lee

Have access to all aspects of the C# programming language at hand with the C# 2008 Programmer’s Reference , the only comprehensive reference guide for C# programmers. Regardless of your experience with C#, you will appreciate the detailed code samples, which offer a quick and easy way to help you refresh your understanding of important concepts. In this ideal C# resource, you will find an introduction to the .NET Framework, a guide to using...

Density Functional Theory: A Practical Introduction

• ISBN:
• 0470373172
• Authors:
• David Sholl, Janice A Steckel

Demonstrates how anyone in math, science, and engineering can master DFT calculations Density functional theory (DFT) is one of the most frequently used computational tools for studying and predicting the properties of isolated molecules, bulk solids, and material interfaces, including surfaces. Although the theoretical underpinnings of DFT are quite complicated, this book demonstrates that the basic concepts underlying the calculations are...

Photoshop CS4 Workflow: The Digital Photographer's Guide

• ISBN:
• 0470381280
• Authors:
• Tim Grey

In this latest edition of his bestselling guide, expert digital photographer and author Tim Grey explains how proper workflow can alleviate repetitive parts of a project to allow you to focus on producing stunning results and he reveals expert tips and techniques that automate tasks, optimize output, and reduce time spent at the computer, and offers insights to using Lightroom and Bridge. He also demonstrates how to process RAW captures; crop,...

Solution Processing of Inorganic Materials

• ISBN:
• 0470406658

Discover the materials set to revolutionize the electronics industry The search for electronic materials that can be cheaply solution-processed into films, while simultaneously providing quality device characteristics, represents a major challenge for materials scientists. Continuous semiconducting thin films with large carrier mobilities are particularly desirable for high-speed microelectronic applications, potentially providing new...

Understanding the Stigma of Mental Illness: Theory and Interventions (World Psychiatric Association)

• ISBN:
• 0470723289

Many mentally ill people are the victims of stigma, which leads to additional suffering and humiliation. Negative stereotypes and prejudicial attitudes against them are often reinforced by their media representation as unpredictable, violent and dangerous. Hence the importance of the study of stigma as an explanatory construct of much that transpires in the management of the mentally ill in our societies. This book describes the experience of...

An Introduction to Modern Cosmology

• ISBN:
• 0470848340
• Authors:
• Andrew Liddle

A concise, accessible introduction to this exciting and dynamic subject. * Adopts an approach grounded in physics rather than mathematics. * Includes worked examples and student problems, along with hints for solving them and the numerical answers. * Many reviewers have commented that this is one of the best 'introductory undergraduate level' texts on the subject and they would all welcome a Second Edition.

Advanced Engineering Mathematics, Student Solutions Manual and Study Guide

• ISBN:
• 0471726443
• Authors:
• Erwin Kreyszig

This market leading text is known for its comprehensive coverage, careful and correct mathematics, outstanding exercises and self contained subject matter parts for maximum flexibility. Thoroughly updated and streamlined to reflect new developments in the field, the ninth edition of this bestselling text features modern engineering applications and the uses of technology. Kreyszig introduces engineers and computer scientists to advanced math...

Calculus of Variations

• ISBN:
• 0486414485
• Authors:
• I. M. Gelfand, S. V. Fomin

First six chapters include theory of fields and sufficient conditions for weak and strong extrema. Chapter 7 considers application of variation methods to systems with infinite degrees of freedom, and Chapter 8 deals with direct methods in the calculus of variations. Problems follow each chapter and the two appendices. Fresh, lively text is ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in math and physics.

Relativity, Thermodynamics and Cosmology

• ISBN:
• 0486653838
• Authors:
• Richard C. Tolman

This landmark study by a distinguished physicist develops three important themes: a coherent and inclusive account of Einstein’s theory of relativity; the extension of thermodynamics to special and general relativity; and the applications of relativistic mechanics and relativistic thermodynamics in the construction and interpretation of cosmological models.

Analogies Between Analogies: The Mathematical Reports of S.M. Ulam and his Los Alamos Collaborators (Los Alamos Series in Basic and Applied Sciences)

• ISBN:
• 0520052900
• Authors:
• S. M. Ulam

During his forty-year association with the Los Alamos National Laboratory, mathematician Stanislaw Ulam produced many Laboratory Reports, usually in collaboration with colleagues. Some remain classified to this day. The rest are in this volume, easily accessible for the first time to mathematicians, physical scientists, and historians. The timeliness of these papers is remarkable. They contain seminal ideas in fields such as the theory of...

Introduction to Classical Integrable Systems (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics)

• ISBN:
• 0521036704
• Authors:
• Olivier Babelon, Denis Bernard, Michel Talon

Introducing the reader to classical integrable systems and their applications, this book synthesizes the different approaches to the subject, providing a set of interconnected methods for solving problems in mathematical physics. The authors introduce and explain each method, and demonstrate how it can be applied to particular examples. Rather than presenting an exhaustive list of the various integrable systems, they focus on classical objects...

Angular Momentum in Quantum Physics: Theory and Application (Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications)

• ISBN:
• 0521102448
• Authors:
• L. C. Biedenharn, James D. Louck

This text develops the theory of angular momentum from the viewpoint of a fundamental symmetry in nature and shows how this concept relates to applied areas of research in modern quantum physics.

Astronomical Applications of Astrometry: Ten Years of Exploitation of the Hipparcos Satellite Data

• ISBN:
• 0521514894
• Authors:
• Michael Perryman

The Hipparcos satellite, developed and launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) in 1989, was the first space mission dedicated to astrometry - the accurate measurement of positions, distances, and proper motions of stars. Amongst the key achievements of its measurements are refining the cosmic distance scale, characterizing the large-scale kinematic motions in the Solar neighborhood, providing precise luminosities for stellar modelling, and...

Granular Physics

• ISBN:
• 0521660785
• Authors:
• Anita Mehta

The field of granular physics has burgeoned since its development in the late 1980s, when physicists first began to use statistical mechanics to study granular media. They are prototypical of complex systems, manifesting metastability, hysteresis and bistability, and a range of other fascinating phenomena. This book is a wide-ranging account of developments in granular physics, and lays out the foundations of the statics and dynamics of granular...

Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering: A Comprehensive Guide

• ISBN:
• 0521813727
• Authors:
• K. F. Riley, M. P. Hobson, S. J. Bence

The new edition of this highly acclaimed textbook contains several major additions, including more than four hundred new exercises (with hints and answers). To match the mathematical preparation of current senior college and university entrants, the authors have included a preliminary chapter covering areas such as polynomial equations, trigonometric identities, coordinate geometry, partial fractions, binomial expansions, induction, and the...

Elements of Statistical Mechanics: With an Introduction to Quantum Field Theory and Numerical Simulation

• ISBN:
• 0521841984
• Authors:
• Ivo Sachs, Siddhartha Sen, James Sexton

This concise introduction to the key concepts and tools of modern statistical mechanics is self-contained. Combining analytical and numerical techniques, it also covers advanced topics such as non-relativistic quantum field theory. After introducing classical analytical techniques, the authors present important numerical methods and a diverse range of applications. Quantum statistical mechanics is then analyzed and applied to topics in...

Proclus: Commentary on Plato's Timaeus: Volume 1, Book 1: Proclus on the Socratic State and Atlantis

• ISBN:
• 0521846595
• Authors:
• Proclus

Proclus' Commentary on Plato's dialogue Timaeus is arguably the most important commentary on a text of Plato, offering unparalleled insights into eight centuries of Platonic interpretation. This edition offers the first new English translation of the work for nearly two centuries, building on significant recent advances in scholarship on Neoplatonic commentators. It provides an invaluable record of early interpretations of Plato's dialogue,...

Norms in Human Development

• ISBN:
• 0521857945

The distinction between norms and facts is long-standing in providing a challenge for psychology. Norms exist as directives, commands, rules, customs and ideals, playing a constitutive role in human action and thought. Norms lay down 'what has to be' (the necessary, possible or impossible) and 'what has to be done' (the obligatory, the permitted or the forbidden) and so go beyond the 'is' of causality. During two millennia, norms made an...

An Introduction to Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

• ISBN:
• 0521865573
• Authors:
• Keith Stowe

This introductory textbook for standard undergraduate courses in thermodynamics has been completely rewritten. Starting with an overview of important quantum behaviours, the book teaches students how to calculate probabilities, in order to provide a firm foundation for later chapters. It introduces the ideas of classical thermodynamics and explores them both in general and as they are applied to specific processes and interactions. The remainder...

A Student's Guide to Maxwell's Equations

• ISBN:
• 052187761X
• Authors:
• Daniel Fleisch

Gauss's law for electric fields, Gauss's law for magnetic fields, Faraday's law, and the Ampere-Maxwell law are four of the most influential equations in science. In this guide for students, each equation is the subject of an entire chapter, with detailed, plain-language explanations of the physical meaning of each symbol in the equation, for both the integral and differential forms. The final chapter shows how Maxwell's equations may be...

Supersymmetry in Particle Physics: An Elementary Introduction

• ISBN:
• 0521880238
• Authors:
• Ian Aitchison

Supersymmetry represents the culmination of the search for fundamental symmetries that has dominated particle physics for 50 years. Traditionally, the constituents of matter (fermions) were regarded as different from the particles (bosons) transmitting the forces between them. In supersymmetry, fermions and bosons are unified. Intended for graduate students in particle physics, and researchers in experimental and phenomenological supersymmetry,...

VB.NET Core Classes in a Nutshell

• ISBN:
• 0596002572
• Authors:
• Budi Kurniawan, Ted Neward

The .NET platform gives Visual Basic developers access to an entirely new and comprehensive class library that promises to further simplify and speed VB application development. In VB.NET Core Classes in a Nutshell , VB Programmers will find a concise and thorough reference to the types found in the core namespaces of the .NET Framework Class Library. An essential companion to VB.NET Language in a Nutshell , this book completes a two-volume...

VB. NET Language in a Nutshell (2nd Edition)

• ISBN:
• 0596003080
• Authors:
• Steven Roman PH.D., Ron Petrusha, Paul Lomax

With the release of the Microsoft .NET platform comes a new version of Visual Basic dramatically unlike its predecessors. So extensive are the changes, in fact, that some VB programmers argue that Visual Basic .NET is an entirely new programming language. In the updated second edition of this popular book, you will find complete documentation for Visual Basic .NET language. Beginning with a brief overview of the language, VB.NET Language in a...

Secure Programming Cookbook for C and C++

• ISBN:
• 0596003943
• Authors:
• John Viega, Matt Messier

Secure Programming Cookbook for C and C++ is an important new resource for developers serious about writing secure code. It contains a wealth of solutions to problems faced by those who care about the security of their applications. It covers a wide range of topics, including safe initialization, access control, input validation, symmetric and public key cryptography, cryptographic hashes and MACs, authentication and key exchange, PKI, random...

Objective-C Pocket Reference

• ISBN:
• 0596004230
• Authors:
• Andrew Duncan

Objective-C is an exciting and dynamic approach to C-based object-oriented programming; it's the approach adopted by Apple as the foundation for programming under Mac OS X, a Unix-based operating system gaining wide acceptance among programmers and other technologists. Objective-C is easy to learn and has a simple elegance that is a welcome breath of fresh air after the abstruse and confusing C++. To help you master the fundamentals of this...

VB.NET Language Pocket Reference

• ISBN:
• 0596004281
• Authors:
• Steven Roman PH.D., Ron Petrusha, Paul Lomax

Millions of programmers are learning Visual Basic .NET, Microsoft's newest version of the Visual Basic language for productively developing applications. In that spirit of productivity, you don't always have the time or the ability to go back to your shelf of reference books to find the bit of information you need. Your answer is the VB.NET Language Pocket Reference . Succinct and easy to use, this handy pocket guide is a must-have quick...

C Pocket Reference

• ISBN:
• 0596004362
• Authors:
• Peter Prinz, Ulla Kirch-Prinz

Concise and easy to use, this handy guide to C is a must-have quick reference for any C programmer. It's the only C reference that fits in your pocket and is an excellent companion to O'Reilly's other C books. Ideal as an introduction for beginners and a quick reference for advanced programmers, the C Pocket Reference consists of two parts: a compact description of the C language and a thematically structured reference to the standard library....

VBScript in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

• ISBN:
• 0596004885
• Authors:
• Paul Lomax, Ron Petrusha

Lightweight yet powerful, VBScript from Microsoft® is used in four main areas: server-side web applications using Active Server Pages (ASP), client-side web scripts using Internet Explorer, code behind Outlook forms, and automating repetitive tasks using Windows Script Host (WSH). VBScript in a Nutshell , Second Edition delivers current and complete documentation for programmers and system administrators who want to develop effective scripts....

C # in a Nutshell, Second Edition

• ISBN:
• 0596005261
• Authors:
• Peter Drayton, Ben Albahari, Ted Neward

The heart of C# in a Nutshell is a succinct but detailed reference to the C# language and the .NET types most essential to C# programmers. Each chapter in the API reference begins with an overview of a .NET namespace and a diagram of its types, including a quick-reference entry for each type, with name, assembly, category, description, member availability, class hierarchy, and other relevant information, such as whether the type is part o the...

Visual Basic 2005: A Developer's Notebook

• ISBN:
• 0596007264
• Authors:
• Matthew MacDonald, MacDonald Matthew

When Microsoft introduced the Visual Basic .NET programming language, as part of its move to the .NET Framework two years ago, many developers willingly made the switch. Millions of others, however, continued to stick with Visual Basic 6. They weren't ready for such a radical change, which included an object-oriented environment similar to Java. They liked the old Visual Basic just fine. In an effort to win over those diehard VB6 developers, the...

C++ Cookbook (Cookbooks (O'Reilly))

• ISBN:
• 0596007612
• Authors:
• D. Ryan Stephens, Christopher Diggins, Jonathan Turkanis, Jeff Cogswell

Despite its highly adaptable and flexible nature, C++ is also one of the more complex programming languages to learn. Once mastered, however, it can help you organize and process information with amazing efficiency and quickness. The "C++ Cookbook" will make your path to mastery much shorter. This practical, problem-solving guide is ideal if you're an engineer, programmer, or researcher writing an application for one of the legions of platforms...

Visual C# 2005: A Developer's Notebook

• ISBN:
• 059600799X
• Authors:
• Jesse Liberty

In the three years since Microsoft made C# available, there have been lots of tweaks to the language. That's because C# is not only essential for making .NET work, it's a big way for Microsoft to attract millions of Java, C and C++ developers to the platform. And C# has definitely made some inroads. Because of its popularity among developers, the language received standardization from ECMA International, making it possible to port C#...

Commercial Photoshop Retouching: In the Studio

• ISBN:
• 059600849X
• Authors:
• Glenn Honiball

For both Mac and Windows PC users, Photoshop CS2 is the market leader and industry standard for commercial bitmap image manipulation. Also known as the "digital dark room," Photoshop is the unparalleled tool of choice among graphics professionals and hobby photographers alike. Written by 20-year photo retouching veteran Glenn Honiball, "Commercial Photoshop Retouching: In the Studio" is the only book to deliver advice for the photographer and...

Programming Visual Basic 2005

• ISBN:
• 0596009496
• Authors:
• Jesse Liberty

This newest programming guide by bestselling author Jesse Liberty isn't your typical Visual Basic book. It's not a primer on the language, and it won't dull your brain with arguments hyping .NET either. Its goal, rather, is to make you immediately productive, creating Windows and Web applications using Visual Basic 2005 and Visual Studio 2005. Written for VB6 and novice programmers, the book shows how Visual Basic 2005 can be used to rapidly...

PHP in a Nutshell (In a Nutshell (O'Reilly))

• ISBN:
• 0596100671
• Authors:
• Paul Hudson, Hudson Paul

Now installed on more than 20 million Internet domains around the world, PHP is an undisputed leader in web programming languages. Database connectivity, powerful extensions, and rich object-orientation are all reasons for its popularity, but nearly everyone would agree that, above all, PHP is one of the easiest languages to learn and use for developing dynamic web applications. The ease of development and simplicity of PHP, combined with a...

MySQL Pocket Reference (Pocket Reference (O'Reilly))

• ISBN:
• 0596514263
• Authors:
• George Reese

To help you be more efficient in your work, this handy pocket reference gives you instant reminders on how to use important MySQL functions, especially in conjunction with key parts of the LAMP open source infrastructure. This powerful database system is so rich in features that no administrator or programmer can stay familiar with all of them. MySQL Pocket Reference is an ideal on-the-job companion, well organized to help you find and adapt the...

C# 3.0 Cookbook

• ISBN:
• 059651610X
• Authors:
• Jay Hilyard, Stephen Teilhet

Completely updated for C# 3.0 and the .NET 3.5 platform, the new edition of this bestseller offers more than 250 code recipes to common and not-so-common problems that C# programmers face every day. Every recipe in the book has been reconsidered with more than a third of them rewritten to take advantage of new C# 3.0 features. If you prefer solutions you can use today to general C# language instruction, and quick answers to theory, this is your...

Programming C# 3.0

• ISBN:
• 0596527438
• Authors:
• Jesse Liberty, Donald Xie

Written by popular author and .NET expert Jesse Liberty, this thoroughly updated tutorial for beginning to intermediate programmers covers the latest release of Microsoft's popular C# language (C# 3.0) and the newest .NET platform for developing Windows and web applications. Our bestselling Programming C# 3.0, now in its fifth edition, is a world-class tutorial that goes well beyond the documentation otherwise available. Liberty doesn't just...

C# 3.0 in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference (In a Nutshell (O'Reilly))

• ISBN:
• 0596527578
• Authors:
• Joseph Albahari, Ben Albahari

This is a concise yet thorough reference to C# 3.0 programming as implemented in Microsoft's Visual Studio 2008. C# 3.0 in a Nutshell gets right to the point, covering the essentials of language syntax and usage as well as the parts of the .NET base class libraries you need to build working applications. But unlike earlier editions, this book is now organized entirely around concepts and use cases, providing greater depth and readability. C# 3.0...

C# 3.0 Design Patterns

• ISBN:
• 059652773X
• Authors:
• Judith Bishop

If you want to speed up the development of your .NET applications, you're ready for C# design patterns -- elegant, accepted and proven ways to tackle common programming problems. This practical guide offers you a clear introduction to the classic object-oriented design patterns, and explains how to use the latest features of C# 3.0 to code them. C# Design Patterns draws on new C# 3.0 language and .NET 3.5 framework features to implement the 23...

Archaeologies of Memory

• ISBN:
• 0631235841

As in the present, past peoples commemorated, constructed, and manipulated their past for their own social and political ends. Archaeologists can use a variety of evidence to study social memory and to recover past ideas about what the more distant past was like. Archaeologies of Memory is a groundbreaking text that presents a coherent framework for the study of memory in past societies. This unique collection of new essays brings together...

Timber Designers' Manual

• ISBN:
• 0632039787
• Authors:
• E. C. Ozelton, J. A. Baird

This major reference manual covers both overall and detail design of structural timber, including aspects such as shear deflection, creep, dynamic and lateral stability considerations for flexural members. It has been substantially revised to take account of changes since the last edition, nearly 20 years ago, and to include the latest revision of British Standard BS 5268-2 : 2002, which has brought design concepts closer to European practice...

Sams Teach Yourself Object-Oriented Programming with VB.NET in 21 Days

• ISBN:
• 0672321491
• Authors:
• Richard J. Simon, Leslie Koorhan, Ken Cox

This book is focused on "getting the concepts" as well as teaching how to apply OOP concepts in the new version of Visual Basic. The reader is not expected to have any mastery of a given OOP language. In fact, the stress of having to learn the syntax of an OOP language, without first having a strong conceptual foundation about the OOP paradigm, often prevents the programmer from doing effective Object Oriented Programming at the language level....

Direct3D Programming Kick Start

• ISBN:
• 0672324989
• Authors:
• Clayton Walnum

DirectX 9, a brand-new version of Microsoft's multimedia libraries, features the latest 3D graphics technology in the form of Direct3D 9. Direct3D Programming will cover everything a C++ programmer needs to know in order to use Direct3D 9 to create interactive 3D worlds. The book begins with an overview of basic Windows and 3D programming techniques and works its way through the library, starting with getting Direct3D up-and-running all the way...

Advanced PHP Programming

• ISBN:
• 0672325616
• Authors:
• George Schlossnagle

Over the past three years PHP has evolved from being a niche language used to add dynamic functionality to small sites to a powerful tool making strong inroads into large-scale, business-critical Web systems.The rapid maturation of PHP has created a skeptical population of users from more traditional "enterprise" languages who question the readiness and ability of PHP to scale, as well as a large population of PHP developers without formal...

C Primer Plus (5th Edition)

• ISBN:
• 0672326965
• Authors:
• Stephen Prata

The new classic! C Primer Plus , now in its 5th edition, has been revised to include over 20 new programming exercises, newly improved examples and the new ANSI/ISO standard, C99. Task-oriented examples will teach you the fundamentals of C programming. From extended integer types and compound literals to Boolean support and variable-length arrays, you will learn to create practical and real-world applications with C programming. Review questions...

The Art of Photoshop for Digital Photographers

• ISBN:
• 0672327139
• Authors:
• Daniel Giordan

Experience the highly visual format of the Art of Photoshop: Digital Photography Workshop and learn how to take good source photos and transform them into display-quality digital works of art with visual effects used in Adobe Photoshop. Using the beauty of the Tuscan region of Italy as a backdrop, author and artist/photographer Daniel Giordan , will take you through the steps of how to capture good source materials, how to explore the artistic...

Carausius and Allectus: The British Usurpers

• ISBN:
• 0713471700
• Authors:
• P J Casey

Under Carausius and his successor Allectus, Britain for a decade (AD 286-96) achieved an independence which threatened the stability of the Roman Empire. With coastal areas of Gaul also forming part of the separatist dominion, the crisis led to the creation of a second tier of imperial rulers. Constantius Chlorus was promoted to suppress the revolt and his success paved the way for his son Constantine - who was to use the province recovered by...

Microsoft Visual C#(TM) .NET Step by Step (Step By Step (Microsoft))

• ISBN:
• 0735612897
• Authors:
• John Sharp, Jon Jagger

This title gives readers with previous Microsoft Visual C++ or Microsoft Visual Basic experience the foundation they need to hit the ground running with the versatile Microsoft Visual C# .NET object-oriented Web development language. Real-world programming scenarios and easy-to-follow, step-by-step exercises offer the fast and clear instruction readers need to begin creating stable, efficient business-level objects and system-level applications....

OOP: Building Reusable Components with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (Visual Basic.Net)

• ISBN:
• 0735613796
• Authors:
• Ken Spencer, Tom Eberhard, John Alexander

Object Oriented Programming (OOP) is now a reality with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET. This hands-on reference teaches professional programmers the proven, real-world strategies for constructing rich, object-oriented frameworks for complex business applications-faster and more efficiently. Focusing on a crucial problem many businesses face today, the shortage of skilled application developers, this book details how to quickly create reusable code...

101 Microsoft® Visual Basic® .NET Applications

• ISBN:
• 0735618917
• Authors:
• 3 Leaf Solutions

Flattens the learning curve for Visual Basic .NET by providing working applications with complete code, helpful instructions, commentary, and pointers to more information.

Microsoft® Visual Basic® .NET Step by Step--Version 2003 (Step By Step (Microsoft))

• ISBN:
• 0735619050
• Authors:
• Michael Halvorson

Get on the fast track to professional application development with Visual Basic .NET 2003. This practical, hands-on tutorial expertly guides you through the fundamentals using step-by-step exercises, code samples, optimization tips, and real-world advice to accelerate your productivity. Work at your own pace, learning core programming skills by selecting just the chapters and lessons you need. Upgrade your Visual Basic 6 applications quickly...

Microsoft® Visual C++® .NET Step by Step--Version 2003 (Step By Step (Microsoft))

• ISBN:
• 0735619077
• Authors:
• Julian Templeman, Andy Olsen

Teach yourself the latest version of Visual C++ and begin developing for Microsoft .NET one step at a time. This practical, hands-on tutorial expertly guides you through the fundamentals from writing managed code to running and debugging your first .NET-based applications and XML Web services. Work at your own pace through easy-to-follow lessons and hands-on exercises to learn essential techniques. And accelerate your productivity by working...

Microsoft® Visual C#® .NET Step by Step--Version 2003 (Step By Step (Microsoft))

• ISBN:
• 0735619093
• Authors:
• John Sharp, Jon Jagger

Teach yourself Visual C# .NET version 2003—and start developing Microsoft .NET–connected applications—one step at a time. Master language fundamentals at your own pace and use the learn-by-doing exercises to dig in and code!

Security for Microsoft Visual Basic .NET

• ISBN:
• 0735619190
• Authors:
• Ed Robinson, Michael James Bond

This is the first book every Visual Basic .NET programmer should read on security. This is an end-to-end guide, with clear prescriptive guidance for best practices, application design, and coding techniques for Windows and Web-based applications. This book makes writing secure applications easier than ever before. It features plain-language explanations of security terms illustrated with step-by-step code walk-throughs and sample files for both...

MCAD/MCSD Self-Paced Training Kit: Developing Windows®-Based Applications with Microsoft® Visual Basic® .NET and Microsoft Visual C#® .NET, Second Ed (Pro-Certification)

• ISBN:
• 0735619263
• Authors:
• Matthew A. Stoecker, Microsoft Corporation

Get self-paced, from-the-source exam preparation and self-assessment for the skills measured by MCP Exams 70-306 and 70-316—core requirements for MCAD and MCSD certification. Features an enhanced testing tool, plus deeper coverage of Microsoft ADO.NET.

Extreme Programming Adventures in C# (DV-Microsoft Professional)

• ISBN:
• 0735619492
• Authors:
• Ron Jeffries

Apply what you know about extreme programming and object-oriented design to learning C# and the Microsoft® .NET Framework on the fly. Author Ron Jeffries, a leading voice and practitioner in the extreme programming movement, demonstrates how to apply its key concepts—including the use of customer stories, customer acceptance tests, and "Spikes"—and the fundamental techniques of Simple Design, Test-Driven Development, and Refactoring to...

Customizing the Microsoft® .NET Framework Common Language Runtime

• ISBN:
• 0735619883
• Authors:
• Steven Pratschner

Get advanced programming techniques and guidelines to exploit the flexibility of the common language runtime (CLR), the managed code programming model used with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and the Microsoft .NET Framework. Microsoft developer Steven Pratschner shows you how to customize the CLR for use in a wide variety of applications, from database servers to cell phones.

Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Step by Step (Step By Step (Microsoft))

• ISBN:
• 0735621314
• Authors:
• Michael Halvorson

Visual Basic 2005 focuses on enabling developers to rapidly build applications, with enhancements across its visual designers, code editor, language, and debugger that help accelerate the development and deployment of robust, elegant applications across the Web, a business group, or an enterprise. Now you can teach yourself the essentials of working with Microsoft Visual Studio® 2005 and the new features of the Visual Basic language—one step...

Microsoft Visual C# 2008 Step by Step

• ISBN:
• 0735624305
• Authors:
• John Sharp

Get the hands-on, step-by-step guide to learning the latest enhancements in Microsoft Visual C# 2008. Visual C#, one of the tools in Microsoft Visual Studio® 2008, is a modern programming language designed to deliver a productive environment for creating business frameworks and reusable object-oriented components. Whether you re a beginning programmer or new to the Visual C# programming language, you ll learn how to use the fundamental...

Weather Scientists: Earth and Space Science (Science Readers)

• ISBN:
• 0743905520
• Authors:
• Debra J. Housel, M.S. Ed.

Connect content-area literacy and science with differentiated readers featuring lab activities and profiles of related scientitists

Sound Insulation

• ISBN:
• 0750665262
• Authors:
• Carl Hopkins

Sound insulation is an important aspect of building performance. This book is a comprehensive guide to sound and vibration theory and its application to the measurement and prediction of sound insulation in buildings. It enables the reader to tackle a wide range of issues relating to sound insulation during the design and construction stages of a building, and to solve problems in existing buildings. The book has been written for engineers,...

Materials for Architects and Builders, Third Edition

• ISBN:
• 0750669403
• Authors:
• Arthur Lyons

Materials for Architects and Builders provides an introduction to a wide range of building materials. It explains in detail the manufacture, key physical properties, specification and uses of the standard building products, everything a student would need to know. The book also describes many recent technological innovations and rediscovered materials, reflecting an increased concern for environmental issues within the Industry. This new edition...

Computing with C# and the .NET Framework

• ISBN:
• 0763723398
• Authors:
• Arthur Gittleman

Computing with C# demystifies the art of programming with C# through an introduction rich with clear explanations and intuitive examples. Both novice and experienced programmers will find that this text serves as an accessible and thorough guide to object-oriented and event-driven programming concepts. Readers develop a mastery of objects through the author’s spiral teaching approach: first straightforward examples are presented, then simple...

Adobe Photoshop CS: The Art of Photographing Women

• ISBN:
• 0764543180
• Authors:
• Kevin Ames

make your photographs of women look better than their best As every professional photographer knows, there is work to be done after the shoot wraps. Photographer and digital magician Kevin Ames takes you behind the scenes of his fashion work to reveal his thinking behind the camera as well as in front of the computer. Using full-color examples, he shows you step by step how to use Photoshop to digitally refine beauty and fashion photos, from...

C# Bible

• ISBN:
• 0764548344
• Authors:
• Jeff Ferguson, Brian Patterson, Pierre Boutquin

100omprehensive, the C# Bible will have even beginning programmers up and running with Microsoft's new C# language quickly and easily. But this title does not stop at just presenting the C# language - it teaches practical application development in the new .NET Framework. Starting at ground zero, readers will benefit from veteran developer Jeff Ferguson's insight into topics that include: Background of C# .NET concepts Defining data with...

Beginning VB.NET 2003

• ISBN:
• 0764556584
• Authors:
• Thearon Willis, Jonathan Crossland, Richard Blair

* Packed with code examples and thorough explanations, this Wrox bestseller is the ultimate introduction to programming and using Visual Basic .NET-a book that will get readers up and running in no time * Real-world examples and hands-on exercises make object-oriented programming concepts easy to grasp * Updated topics in the new edition include building class libraries, creating custom controls, programming custom graphics, accessing databases,...

C++ for Dummies

• ISBN:
• 0764568523
• Authors:
• Stephen Randy Davis

* This revision of the bestseller covers the popular object-oriented programming language C++ from the ground up, enabling beginners to become functional programmers and intermediate programmers to fine-tune their skills * Thirty percent new material includes updates on the most recent ANSI standard, the new public domain C++ compiler, standards information on namespaces, new library functions, and complete coverage of the standard template...

Digital Photography Bible (Desktop Edition)

• ISBN:
• 0764568752
• Authors:
• Dan Simon

With the dramatic advances in technology that have taken place in the last several years, the picture quality now available from digital cameras makes them a viable option for producing professional photographs. Organized around the workflow for the production and maintenance of digital images, this book provides solution-oriented coverage of the challenges most often faced by amateurs and professionals working with these images. Readers learn...

C For Dummies, 2nd Edition

• ISBN:
• 0764570684
• Authors:
• Dan Gookin

Find out how to tell your computer what to do Design and develop programs, compile and link code, fix problems, and more Come "C" what all the excitement’s about! C programs are fast, concise, and versatile, and you’ll be writing them in no time. This friendly book unlocks the mysteries of coding, compiling, adding comments, and using keywords, I/O, variables, integers, and all the rest. You’ll write your first C program before you finish...

Access VBA Programming For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

• ISBN:
• 0764574116
• Authors:
• Alan Simpson

* This friendly, easy-to-use guide shows experienced Access users how to use * VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) to build Access databases and applications, but also covers programming fundamentals for nonprogrammers * Includes practical, ready-to-use VBA code examples that readers can type or copy and paste from the Web into their own database projects * Explains basic VBA skills and concepts for nonprogrammers, such as procedures, variables,...

Excel VBA Programming For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

• ISBN:
• 0764574124
• Authors:
• John Walkenbach

* Shows ordinary users how to harness the power of Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and create custom Excel applications * This book introduces people to a wide array of new Excel options, including creating new worksheet functions, automating tasks and operations, creating new toolbars and menus, designing custom dialog boxes and add-ins, and much more * Begins with the most important tools and operations for the Visual Basic Editor, then...

Professional VB 2005 (Programmer to Programmer)

• ISBN:
• 0764575368
• Authors:
• Bill Evjen, Billy Hollis, Rockford Lhotka, Tim McCarthy, Rama Ramachandran, Kent Sharkey, Bill Sheldon

Visual Basic .NET has changed dramatically from its predecessor, and this book shows developers how to build traditional console applications, ASP.NET applications, XML Web Services, and more The top-notch author team shares their years of experience in VB programming and helps readers take their skills to new heights Addresses issues such as security, data access (ADO.NET), and the latest Visual Studio .NET IDE Explores Common Language Runtime,...

Professional Hibernate (Programmer to Programmer)

• ISBN:
• 0764576771
• Authors:
• Eric Pugh, Joseph D. Gradecki

What is this book about? This book is written for professional Java developers who already understand how to build server-side Java applications.  The book assumes no previous experience with Hibernate, though readers should have a general familiarity with databases and Web development. What does this book cover? After a quick overview of Hibernate in the first two chapters, the authors jump right to the code.  They show how to do the...

Beginning Visual Basic 2005 Databases (Programmer to Programmer)

• ISBN:
• 076458894X
• Authors:
• Thearon Willis

As one of the most popular programming languages in the world, Visual Basic continues to expand on the functionality and flexibility of its framework. This book explains how to use Visual Basic 2005 to write efficient database applications that can be used throughout an enterprise. With this teaching tool, you'll learn how to use queries, views, and stored procedures to efficiently access and manipulate data from your applications. You'll get a...

Wrox's Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition Starter Kit (Programmer to Programmer)

• ISBN:
• 0764595733
• Authors:
• Andrew Parsons

The practical, task-oriented approach, along with numerous tips, tricks, and additional techniques, all help to get you up to speed on the most important Visual Basic 2005 concepts and information. In no time, you'll be able to take control of your programming, apply what you've learned in real world scenarios, and get quick results. What you will learn from this book How to install Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition and then navigate around the...

C# 2005 For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

• ISBN:
• 0764597043
• Authors:
• Stephen Randy Davis, Chuck Sphar

C# 2005 for Dummies is a thorough update of the original C# for Dummies title. The new edition brings the book up to date on C# features added in the C# 2.0 version that ships with Microsoft's new Visual Studio 2005. The book's friendly, conversational approach brings C# and new features like generics and iterators down to earth "for the rest of us." Readers with little or no programming experience can get a good start here. Readers with more...

Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

• ISBN:
• 0764597051
• Authors:
• Richard Mansfield

This valuable and inexpensive resource is ideal for anyone who is new to programming and wants to learn the basics of Visual Basic without being overwhelmed by the complicated Visual Studio integrated development environment This back-to-basics book covers getting started with the featured "Starter Kits," learning practical programming , and developing applications Also shows how to use VB Express Edition with database and Web Programming

Mastering Delphi 6

• ISBN:
• 0782128742
• Authors:
• Marco Cantu

--This update of our award-winning book is a must for every Delphi programmer. --Includes all updated applications, plus an in-depth discussion of COM, Corba, and ActiveX. --Excellent for all levels of Delphi knowledge; beginner to experienced programmer. Learn to stretch Delphi to the limit!

Fiber Optics Installer and Technician Guide

• ISBN:
• 0782143903
• Authors:
• Bill Woodward, Emile B. Husson

Developed in partnership with the Electronic Technician's Association, this book covers the two leading fiber optics certifications: ETA’s Fiber Optics Installer (FOI) and Fiber Optics Technician (FOT). In addition to a comprehensive self-study course, you’ll get a solid foundation in fiber optics directly from the chairman of the ETA, who also serves as the committee chairman for FOI and FOT certification programs. The CD includes advanced...

MCAD Developing and Implementing Windows-based Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic(R) .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio(R) .NET Exam Cram 2 (Exam Cram 70-306)

• ISBN:
• 0789728990
• Authors:
• Kirk Hausman, Ed Tittel

This certification exam measures the ability to develop and implement Windows-based applications by using Windows Forms and the Microsoft .NET Framework. This exam counts as a core credit toward the new MCAD (Microsoft Certified Application Developer) certification as well as a core credit toward the MCSD certification for .NET candidates. This book is not intended to teach new material. Instead it assumes that you have a solid foundation of...

Probability & Phase Transition (NATO Science Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Volume 420)

• ISBN:
• 0792327209

This volume describes the current state of knowledge of random spatial processes, particularly those arising in physics. The emphasis is on survey articles which describe areas of current interest to probabilists and physicists working on the probability theory of phase transition. Special attention is given to topics deserving further research. The principal contributions by leading researchers concern the mathematical theory of random walk,...

Internet Environments for Science Education

• ISBN:
• 0805843027
• Authors:
• Marcia C. Linn, Elizabeth A. Davis, Philip Bell

Internet Environments for Science Education synthesizes 25 years of research to identify effective, technology-enhanced ways to convert students into lifelong science learners--one inquiry project at a time. It offers design principles for development of innovations; features tested, customizable inquiry projects that students, teachers, and professional developers can enact and refine; and introduces new methods and assessments to investigate...

Knightfall: Knight Ridder and How the Erosion of Newspaper Journalism Is Putting Democracy at Risk

• ISBN:
• 0814408540
• Authors:
• Davis Merritt

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is clear: Congress shall make no law abridging freedom of the press. And yet a force seemingly even more powerful than the supreme law of the land threatens one of our nation's most precious guarantors of freedom. For more than two centuries, American newspapers have collected, organized, and disseminated the information that makes democracy possible. Occasional opponents of a free press have not been...

The Stem Cell Divide: The Facts, the Fiction, and the Fear Driving the Greatest Scientific, Political, and Religious Debate of Our Time

• ISBN:
• 0814408818
• Authors:
• Michael Bellomo

There has been much recent debate about the merits, dangers, and nature of stem cell research. Some see in it the answer to every debilitating disease known to man, while others see it as a step away from human cloning. While the battle has raged, research is moving ahead, and California has already passed a measure that will give $3 billion in support to stem cell research. But as politics, religion, and the media weigh in on this complex...

The ROI of Human Capital: Measuring the Economic Value of Employee Performance

• ISBN:
• 0814413323
• Authors:
• Dr. Jac Fitz-enz

We all know that people--not cash, buildings, or equipment--are the lifeblood of any business enterprise. Yet, astonishingly, there has never been a reliable way to quantify the contribution of human capital to corporate profit...until now. In THE ROI OF HUMAN CAPITAL, Jac Fitz-enz draws on years of quantitative and qualitative research by his prestigious Saratoga Institute to provide a breakthrough methodology for measuring the bottom-line...

Get Weird! 101 Innovative Ways to Make Your Company a Great Place to Work

• ISBN:
• 0814471145
• Authors:
• John Putzier

How can companies recruit, retain, train, motivate, and reward great employees--especially in a tight labor market? How can they win new customers and boost sales? The secret is to lighten up and get a little weird! Creativity and productivity can go hand in hand, as this chock-full-of-ideas book amply shows. Like a Christmas stocking crammed with treasures, Get Weird! overflows with irresistible techniques for innovating and problem-solving. It...

The New New Economy: Yet Another Clueless Manifesto for the Post-Digital Age

• ISBN:
• 0814471439
• Authors:
• Tim McEachern, Chris O'Brien

No matter how many paradigms, buzzwords, and empty slogans the average business book reader may have picked up now that his cheese has been moved, the only way he can truly survive is to keep his sense of humor . . . not to mention finding a new piece of cheese. And no one knows this better than Tim McEachern and Chris O'Brien. Now, in this hilarious parody of every business tome that hasn't already been "blown to bits", these two founders and...

Persuasive Business Proposals: Writing to Win More Customers, Clients, and Contracts

• ISBN:
• 0814471536
• Authors:
• Tom Sant

With over 40,000 copies sold, the first edition of Persuasive Business Proposals helped many readers construct dynamic, effective proposals. Now in paperback, this fully-revised second edition still gives readers simple, effective techniques for organizing, writing, and delivering proposals while updating the author's winning strategies for today's global business environment. By cutting through the confusion, and providing dozens of real-world...

A Survival Guide to Selling a Home

• ISBN:
• 0814472745
• Authors:
• Sid Davis

Homesellers who spend a little time and effort making their homes more marketable will net thousands of dollars more than those who simply put 'For Sale' signs up on the front lawn and call it a day. A Survival Guide for Selling a Home helps readers face the challenges of deciding whether or not to use an agent (and how to find one), estimating a price, and deciding which upgrades are worth making -- and which ones are not -- to add to their...

The First-Time Homeowner's Survival Guide: A Crash Course in Dealing with Repairs, Renovations, Property Tax Issues, and Other Potential Disasters

• ISBN:
• 0814473725
• Authors:
• Sid Davis

For many new homeowners, the euphoria that comes with buying the perfect new house can soon turn into total panic. First-time buyers often feel overwhelmed by the amount of maintenance their new home requires -- not to mention the nasty problems and surprises that seem to be lurking around every corner (and in every wall). Finally, author and real estate guru Sid Davis provides the antidote for the common worries that plague every new owner....

More Quick Team-Building Activities for Busy Managers: 50 New Exercises That Get Results in Just 15 Minutes

• ISBN:
• 0814473784
• Authors:
• Brian Cole Miller

Most managers, supervisors, and team leaders realize the importance of team-building, but just can’t seem to find the time in their busy schedules. More Quick Team-Building Activities for Busy Managers provides the solution! The book contains 50 all-new exercises that can be conducted in 15 minutes or less, and which require no special facilities, big expense, or previous training experience. Each activity is presented in just a few short...

The First-Time Manager's Guide to Performance Appraisals

• ISBN:
• 0814474403
• Authors:
• Diane Arthur

Conducting performance appraisals can be a daunting prospect, especially for new managers. With the same brand of accessible and sage advice readers have come to rely on from The First-Time Manager, this helpful guide provides straightforward, useful information that will enable anyone to take on this important task with confidence and skill. Filled with ready-to-use tools including sample dialogues, phrases, and documents, as well as plenty of...

BUZZ: How to Create It and Win with It

• ISBN:
• 0814474624
• Authors:
• Edward I. Koch, Christy Heady

In the late 1970s, Mayor Ed Koch transformed himself from an unknown political underdog with little money and even fewer family connections into one of America’s most illustrious mayors. In just 12 years, he brought the City of New York out of bankruptcy, created a renowned housing program, and became one of the most important individuals on the American political scene. But how did he rise from relative anonymity and become an enduring...

Red-Hot Cold Call Selling: Prospecting Techniques That Pay Off

• ISBN:
• 0814478808
• Authors:
• Paul S. Goldner

Drawing on the author's vast enthusiasm and insights acquired over a successful career, this book outlines valuable strategies and techniques for developing a complete selling system that works. Readers will learn what sales prospecting really is and why it's a key element in any winning sales formula.

Teleselling Techniques That Close the Sale

• ISBN:
• 0814479391
• Authors:
• Flyn L. Penoyer

Only practice makes perfect -- especially when it comes to selling products and services on the telephone. But very few people working in the fast-growing field of telesales understand what they should be practicing. The fact is that there Is a unique set of techniques and methods that work best on the phone, and Teleselling Techniques That Close the Sale is the first book to clearly and completely outline the rules of the game. Based on the...

The Targum of Lamentations 17B (Aramaic Bible)

• ISBN:
• 0814658644

In a New Land: A Comparative View of Immigration

• ISBN:
• 081472745X
• Authors:
• Nancy Foner

"A luminous synthesis that, through astute comparisons, sheds a bright light on key questions about immigration. In a New Land is utterly refreshing." --Richard Alba, co-author of Remaking the American Mainstream: Assimilation and Contemporary Immigration "In a New Land is full of fresh information and new interpretations. Most remarkable is Nancy Foner's command of the vast social scientific and historical literature that bears on her subject....

Modern Love: Romance, Intimacy, and the Marriage Crisis

• ISBN:
• 0814798314
• Authors:
• David Shumway

"An extremely valuable contribution to the history of that supposedly timeless ideal, the intimate relationship." —Elizabeth Freeman, author of The Wedding Complex "My ideas of romance came from the movies," said Woody Allen, and it is to the movies—as well as to novels, advice columns, and self-help books—that David Shumway turns for his history of modern love. Modern Love argues that a crisis in the meaning and experience of marriage...

Gender Myths v. Working Realities: Using Social Science to Reformulate Sexual Harassment Law

• ISBN:
• 0814799175
• Authors:
• Theresa Beiner

Both the courts and the public seem confused about sexual harassmentâ€"what it is, how it functions, and what sorts of behaviors are actionable in court. Theresa M. Beiner contrasts perspectives from social scientists on the realities of workplace sexual harassment with the current legal standard. When it comes to sexual harassment law, all too often courts (and employers) are left in the difficult position of grappling with vague legal...

Color Atlas of Diagnostic Microbiology

• ISBN:
• 0815106211
• Authors:
• Luis M. De LA Maza, Marie T. Pezzlo, Luis M. De La, M.D. Maza, Ellen Jo Baron

University of California, Orange. Comprehensive atlas for professionals, residents, and students. Compendium of more than 700 color images illustrating the major divisions of diagnostic microbiology, including bacteriology, virology, parasitology, and mycology.

Semiconductor Safety Handbook: Safety and Health in the Semiconductor Industry (Semiconductor Safety Series)

• ISBN:
• 0815514182
• Authors:
• Richard A. Bolmen

Interwoven within our semiconductor technology development had been the development of technologies aimed at identifying, evaluating and mitigating the environmental, health and safety (EH&S) risks and exposures associated with the manufacturing and packaging of integrated circuits. Driving and advancing these technologies have been international efforts by SEMI's Safety Division, the Semiconductor Safety Association (SSA), and the Semiconductor...

Thin Film Materials Technology: Sputtering of Compound Materials

• ISBN:
• 0815514832
• Authors:
• Kiyotaka Wasa, Makoto Haber, Hideaki Adachi

An invaluable resource for industrial science and engineering newcomers to sputter deposition technology in thin film production applications, this book is rich in coverage of both historical developments and the newest experimental and technological information about ceramic thin films, a key technology for nano-materials in high-speed information applications and large-area functional coating such as automotive or decorative painting of...

Micromixers: Fundamentals, Design, and Fabrication (Micro and Nano Technologies)

• ISBN:
• 081551543X
• Authors:
• Nam-Trung Nguyen

A wide range of applications in chemistry and biochemistry are driving the rapid development of microfluidics. This book focuses its attention on an important subtopic of microfluidics; mixing in microscale. It provides the fundamentals of transport effects in microscale including molecular diffusion, convection, and chaotic advection. The science and technology of microfluidics cover a wide spectrum and the science of mixing in microscale has...

Safety and Security Review for the Process Industries, Second Edition: Application of HAZOP, PHA and What-If Reviews

• ISBN:
• 0815515464
• Authors:
• Dennis P. Nolan

This book describes the application of major safety reviews used in the process industries (principally petroleum, petrochemical, chemical industries, nuclear installations, utility systems, and medical facilities). It provides guidance on qualitative hazard analyses, specifically for PHA (Preliminary Hazard Analysis), What-If, and HAZOP (Hazard and Operability) for review teams. OSHA and EPA as well as national governments all over the world,...

Fabrication & Design of Resonant Microdevices (Micro and Nano Technologies)

• ISBN:
• 0815515774
• Authors:
• Behraad Bahreyni

This book discusses the main issues on fabrication, design, and applications of micromachined resonant devices as well as techniques that are commonly used for processing the output signal of resonant micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS). After a brief introduction to the concepts of resonance, an overview of the fabrication techniques for micromachined devices will be given. This section is a necessary part of the book as the options during...

Coping With Methuselah: The Impact of Molecular Biology on Medicine and Society

• ISBN:
• 0815700407

Many medical authorities predict that average life expectancy could well exceed 100 years by mid century and rise even higher soon thereafter. This astonishing prospect, brought on by the revolution in molecular biology and information technology, confronts policymakers and public health officials with a host of new questions. How will increased longevity affect local and global demographic trends, government taxation and spending, health care,...

Owning Up: Poverty, Assets and the American Dream

• ISBN:
• 0815706200
• Authors:
• Michelle Miller-Adams

Despite the recent success of welfare reform in moving people off public assistance and into jobs, most of America's working poor are still unable to accumulate even the most minimal of assets. Even when they are getting by, they lack many of the resources—tangible and intangible—that provide middle-class Americans with a sense of security, stability, and a stake in the future. In Owning Up, Michelle Miller-Adams demonstrates how...

Protecting What Matters: Technology, Security, And Liberty Since 9/11

• ISBN:
• 0815761260

Can we safeguard our nation's security without weakening cherished liberties? And how does technology affect the potential conflict between these fundamental goals? These questions acquired renewed urgency in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. They also spurred heated debates over such controversial measures as Total Information Awareness and the USA Patriot Act.

Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire (Facts on File Library of World History)

• ISBN:
• 0816045623
• Authors:
• Matthew Bunson

Known for its extraordinarily rich cultural legacy, the Roman Empire is one of the most studied periods of all history. Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire, Revised Edition provides comprehensive and interdisciplinary coverage of the people, place,s events, and ideas of this remarkable period. Spanning almost 500 years of turmoil and triumph, each of the nearly 2,000 entries has been reviewed and updated to fully reflect the most recent advances in...

Spain and Portugal: A Reference Guide From The Renaissance To The Present (European Nations)

• ISBN:
• 0816045925
• Authors:
• Julia Ortiz Griffin, William D. Griffin

"Spain and Portugal", a new title from the "European Nations" series, is a useful reference guide for any student interested in the modern history of Spain and Portugal. This reservoir of information contains a concise narrative history, a chronology, and an A-to-Z encyclopedia covering significant people, places, events, and issues in Spanish and Portuguese history. In addition to history, "Spain and Portugal" is useful for students studying...

Encyclopedia of American Business (Facts on File Library of American History)

• ISBN:
• 0816046433

Designed for the non-specialist, students and general readers, this encyclopedia will help any novice understand the complex and sometimes confusing concepts and terms that are used in the world of business. Five general areas of business are covered: accounting, banking, finance, marketing, and management. Encyclopedia of American Business contains entries on topics such as annual report, balanced budget, capital, deflation, exchange rate,...

Encyclopedia of Public Administration & Public Policy (Facts on File Library of American History)

• ISBN:
• 0816047995

This text provides A-Z entries on critical concepts, personalities, events and topics in public administration. It is aimed at students of political science, government and civics as well as a general audience desiring basic knowledge of public administration.

War of 1812 (America at War)

• ISBN:
• 0816049335
• Authors:
• Miriam Greenblatt, John Stewart Bowman

A revised account of the events surrounding the War of 1812 between the newly established United States and Great Britain.

Algebra: Sets, Symbols, and the Language of Thought (History of Mathematics)

• ISBN:
• 0816049548
• Authors:
• John Tabak

Looking closely at algebra, its historical development, and its many useful applications, Algebra examines in detail the question of why this type of math is so important that it arose in different cultures at different times. The book also discusses the relationship between algebra and geometry, shows the progress of thought throughout the centuries, and offers biographical data on the key figures. Concise and comprehensive text accompanied by...

Encyclopedia of Earth Science (Science Encyclopedia)

• ISBN:
• 0816049734
• Authors:
• Timothy M. Kusky

Encyclopedia of Earth Science provides a broad scope of important subjects in the field of Earth science - hydrology, structural geology, petrology, isotope geology, geochemistry, geomorphology, and oceanography. Containing approximately 700 entries, 19 prose essays, 110 line illustrations, and 100 black-and-white photographs, this comprehensive encyclopedia is perfect for high school and early college students. Hundreds of entries on concepts,...

Exploration In The Age Of Empire 1750-1953 (Discovery and Exploration)

• ISBN:
• 0816052603
• Authors:
• Kevin Patrick Grant

Concentrating on the 18th through the 20th centuries, this comprehensive reference provides full coverage of European exploration and imperial expansion in Africa and Asia. Three major themes - motive, the influence of changing ideas on the conduct and understanding of exploration, and the impact of exploration on the politics of the European empires - are integrated into seven chapters and an epilogue. Exploration in the Age of Empire examines...

Deserts (The Extreme Earth)

• ISBN:
• 0816064342
• Authors:
• Pete Aleshire

This book presents an oasis of information on the world's starkest deserts. "Journey from Death Valley", the lowest point in North America, to the Libyan desert, the hottest on Earth, where temperatures can reach 136[degrees]F, to Antarctica's vast polar deserts, which have not had ice cover for thousands of years. From trade wind and rainshadow deserts to interior and coastal deserts, "Deserts" spotlights 10 superlative examples and reveals why...

Ancient Muses: Archaeology and the Arts

• ISBN:
• 0817312730

Known widely in Europe as "interpretive narrative archaeology", the practice of using creative methods to interpret and present current knowledge of the past is gaining popularity in North America. This is a compilation of international case studies of the various artistic methods used in this new form of education. Plays, opera, visual art, stories, poetry, performance dance, music, sculpture, digital imagery - all can effectively communicate...

The Origins of Agriculture: An International Perspective

• ISBN:
• 0817353496

Classical Fortran

• ISBN:
• 0824708024
• Authors:
• Michael Kupferschmid

College text, self-study guide, and reference about programming computers to do calculating using FORTRAN, the original and still most widely-recognized language for engineering and scientific applications.

Fluorine-carbon and Fluoride-carbon Materials

• ISBN:
• 0824792866

This outstanding reference presents the latest scientific findings concerning the synthesis, structure, thermodynamics, and physical and chemical properties of fluorine- and fluoride-carbon compounds;elucidating their practical applications in lithium batteries, superhydrophobic composites, and the electrolytic production of elemental fluorine.

The American War 1812-14 (Men-at-Arms)

• ISBN:
• 0850451973
• Authors:
• Philip Katcher

Typically the United States is said to have declared war on Great Britain in 1812 because of the Royal Navy's impressment of American seamen and the British desire to create an Indian buffer state. An Englishman William Cobbett, described the real cause of the conflict: 'There seemed to be wanting just such a war as this to complete the separation of England from America; and to make the latter feel that she had no safety against the former but...

Toxic Plants and Other Natural Toxicants

• ISBN:
• 0851992633

Natural toxicants are important concerns for human health and are responsible for significant losses in animals and crops each year. This book collects research from botanists, chemists, biochemists, agricultural scientists, veterinarians, physicians, and regulatory bodies on all aspects of poisonous plants, mycotoxicoses, and herbal intoxications.

Benchmarking in Tourism and Hospitality Industries

• ISBN:
• 0851995535
• Authors:
• K. W. Wober

Benchmarking is a buzzword of the last decade that describes a method for comparing different companies, by measuring various data, performance and goals. This management approach to identify who is best and what makes them so successful is increasingly popular, as it encourages managers and staff to consider performance measures and practices to increase profitability. This book focuses on the methodological aspects of the right selection of...

Cycad Classification: Concepts and Recommendations

• ISBN:
• 0851997414

This volume presents the current state of our knowledge of the classification of the approximately 300 species of cycads. It includes contributions from leading researchers from Australia, China, Italy, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand and the USA. It has been developed from papers presented at a workshop held in 2002 at the Montgomery Botanical Center. The book provides guidelines for the designation of species, species boundaries and species...

Basic Principles of Inorganic Chemistry (RSC Paperbacks)

• ISBN:
• 0854045740
• Authors:
• Brian Murphy, Clair Murphy, Brian J. Hathaway

Presents a short concise text emphasizing the connection between valence shell electron configuration & the physical & chemical properties of the element. Paper.

FREEDOM AND THE LAW

• ISBN:
• 0865970971
• Authors:
• BRUNO LEONI

The greatest obstacle to rule of law in our time, contends the author of this thought-provoking work, is the problem of overlegislation. In modern democratic societies, legislative bodies are increasingly usurping functions that were and should be exercised by individuals or groups rather than government. The result is an unwieldy surfeit of laws and regulations that by their sheer volume stifle individual freedom.

On Real Relation: (Disputatio Metaphysica XLVII) : A Translation from the Latin, with an Introduction and Notes (Mediaeval Philosophical Texts in Translation)

• ISBN:
• 087462245X
• Authors:
• John P. Doyle

No Such Country: Essays toward Home (Sightline Books)

• ISBN:
• 0877457964
• Authors:
• Elmar Lueth

No Such Country explores the idea of home—but a home without clear boundaries, a home in motion. A German who spent ten years in the U.S. and also witnessed the complexities of German reunification firsthand, Elmar Lueth writes about his idea of home, its shape and texture, which has shifted in unexpected and often startling ways. The autobiographical essays here focus on these shifts, tracing the geographical and psychological borders Lueth...

Gender in Pre-Hispanic America (Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Conference Proceedings)

• ISBN:
• 088402279X
• Authors:
• Cecelia F. Klein

Gender in Pre-Hispanic America offers rich opportunities for comprehending current trends and considering future directions in research. It is unique in that it puts social theory at the forefront of the discussion. The book has a special intellectual presence and contemporary relevance in its engagement with the social lives and constructs of its authors and readers alike. The consideration of the role of gender in our daily lives, including in...

Catalogue of Discordant Redshift Associations

• ISBN:
• 0968368999
• Authors:
• Halton C. Arp

The PHP Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks

• ISBN:
• 0975841998
• Authors:
• Ben Balbo, Harry Fuecks, Davey Shafik, Ligaya Turmelle, Matthew Weler O'Phinney

"The PHP Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks," 2nd Edition is a collection of powerful PHP 5 solutions to the most common programming problems. Featuring best-practice code and a commonsense approach to development, this book includes coverage of: Manage errors gracefully. Build functional forms, tables, and SEO-friendly URLs. Reduce load time with client- and server-side caching. Produce and utilize web services with XML. Secure your...

The Xbox 360 Uncloaked:: The Real Story Behind Microsoft's Next-Generation Video Game Console

• ISBN:
• 0977784215
• Authors:
• Dean Takahashi

"The Xbox 360 Uncloaked" is the result of more than a hundred interviews, many at the highest levels of Microsoft, as well as countless months of independent investigative reporting. With unprecedented access, San Jose Mercury News Technology and Gaming Writer Dean Takahashi goes beyond the official story to reveal a true insider's look at the creation of the XBox 360 and Microsoft's multi-billion dollar gamble to become a leading force in the...

Transportation Planning: State of the Art (Applied Optimization)

• ISBN:
• 1402005466

This book is a collection of selected presentations of the 6th Meeting of the EURO Working Group on Transportation, which took place at the Department on Mathematics at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden. It contains fourteen chapters on recent advances in theory, computation, and practice in a wide variety of areas in transportation research such as the reliability of transportation networks, parking management policies,...

The Employer's Legal Handbook

• ISBN:
• 1413304567
• Authors:
• Fred Steingold Attorney

The plain-English resource every employer, manager and HR professional needs. New laws affect every aspect of being an employer -- from interviewing and hiring, to handling employee benefits to firing. The most complete guide to your legal rights and responsibilities, The Employer's Legal Handbook shows you how to comply with the most recent workplace laws and regulations, run a safe and fair workplace and avoid lawsuits. Learn everything you...

The Method of Moments in Electromagnetics

• ISBN:
• 1420061453
• Authors:
• Walton C. Gibson

Responding to the need for a clear, up-to-date introduction to the field, The Method of Moments in Electromagnetics explores surface integral equations in electromagnetics and presents their numerical solution using the method of moments (MOM) technique. It provides the numerical implementation aspects at a nuts-and-bolts level while discussing integral equations and electromagnetic theory at a higher level. The author covers a range of topics...

Pro Mapping in BizTalk Server 2009 (Expert's Voice in BizTalk)

• ISBN:
• 1430218576
• Authors:
• Jim Dawson, John Wainwright

Learn good map design techniques for BizTalk Server and you will make huge differences to the processing speed of your implementation, as well as to the scalability and maintainability of your code. Regardless of your experience, expert authors Jim Dawson and John Wainwright ensure you make the right choices to reap the rewards and avoid the potential penalties of poor design. Pro Mapping in BizTalk Server 2009 provides in–depth coverage of...

Bram Stoker's Dracula: Sucking Through the Century, 1897-1997

• ISBN:
• 1550022792

In 1897, Archibald Constable & Company published a novel by the unheralded Bram Stoker. That novel, Dracula , has gone on to become perhaps the most influential novel of all time. To commemorate the centennial of that great novel, Carol Margaret Davison has brought together this collection of essays by some of the world's leading scholars. The essays analyze Stoker's original novel and celebrate its legacy in popular culture. The continuing...

Memory Management: Algorithms and Implementations in C/C++ (Windows Programming/Development)

• ISBN:
• 1556223471
• Authors:
• Bill Blunden

Memory Management: Algorithms and Implementation in C/C++ presents several concrete implementations of garbage collection and explicit memory management algorithms. Every implementation is complemented by an in-depth presentation of theory, followed by benchmark tests, a complete listing of C/C++ source code, and a discussion of each implementation s trade-offs. Find out how memory is managed at the hardware level by the processor Discover the...

Distributed Systems Architecture: A Middleware Approach (The MK/OMG Press)

• ISBN:
• 1558606483
• Authors:
• Arno Puder, Kay Römer, Frank Pilhofer

Middleware is the bridge that connects distributed applications across different physical locations, with different hardware platforms, network technologies, operating systems, and programming languages. This book describes middleware from two different perspectives: from the viewpoint of the systems programmer and from the viewpoint of the applications programmer. It focuses on the use of open source solutions for creating middleware and the...

Handbook of Plant-Based Biofuels

• ISBN:
• 1560221755

Explores Worldwide Trends Involving the Production and Use of Biofuels With the depletion of oil resources as well as the negative environmental impact of fossil fuels, there is much interest in alternative energy sources. Focusing on some of the most important alternate energy sources for the foreseeable future, the Handbook of Plant-Based Biofuels provides state-of-the-art information on the status of the production of biofuels, in particular,...

Workshop Idea Book (Idea Books)

• ISBN:
• 1561586951
• Authors:
• Andy Rae

Visit the workshops of hundreds of woodworkers and see their best ideas for improving a shop. A workshop is always a work in progress as skills grow and new tools are added. Now you can benefit from the ingenuity of fellow woodworkers and see how they've solved common shop problems like storing tools, lumber, and clamps and organizing work areas. No matter the size of your shop or its location, the Workshop Idea Book will show you inventive ways...

Top Telemarketing Techniques

• ISBN:
• 1564146855
• Authors:
• Ellen Bendremer

Top Telemarketing Techniques is an information-packed resource for all sales professionals. It offers expert insight and proven strategies for using the telephone as a powerful and effective sales tool. This book offers valuable information needed to develop, improve upon, and fully utilize your telephone sales skills, allowing you to close more sales over the telephone. Telemarketing is a highly cost-effective and timesaving alternative to most...

Mastering Algorithms with C

• ISBN:
• 1565924533
• Authors:
• Kyle Loudon

Mastering Algorithms with C offers robust solutions for everyday programming tasks. This book avoids the abstract style of most classic data structures and algorithms texts, yet provides all the information you need to understand and use common programming techniques. Intended for anyone with a basic understanding of the C language, it includes implementations and real-world examples of each data structure and algorithm in the text, plus full...

Writing Apache Modules with Perl and C

• ISBN:
• 156592567X
• Authors:
• Lincoln Stein, Doug MacEachern

Writing Apache Modules with Perl and C shows how to extend the capabilities of the Apache web server. It explains the design of Apache, mod_perl, and the Apache API, then demonstrates how to use them for: Rewriting CGI scripts as Apache modules to vastly improve performanceServer-side filtering of HTML documents to embed special markup or code (much like SSI)Enhancing server log functionalityConverting file formats on the flyImplementing dynamic...

Python Programming on WIN32: Help for Windows Programmers

• ISBN:
• 1565926218
• Authors:
• Mark Hammond, Andy Robinson, Hammond Mark, Robinson Andy

Python is growing in popularity; based on download statistics, there are now over 450,000 people using Python, and more than 150,000 people using Python on Windows. Use of the language has been growing at about 40 percent per year since 1995, and there is every reason to believe that growth will continue. Despite Python's increasing popularity on Windows, Python Programming on Win32 is the first book to demonstrate how to use it as a serious...

Win32 API Programming with Visual Basic

• ISBN:
• 1565926315
• Authors:
• Steven Roman

The Win32 API, or Application Programming Interface, allows Visual Basic programmers far greater access to the inner workings of the Windows operating system without having to suffer through the steep learning curve associated with Visual C++ style Windows programming. The book is designed for users with an intermediate-level (or higher) knowledge of Visual Basic version 4 or later and a desire to stretch VB into the realm of Windows system...

The Complete E-Commerce Book:Design, Build & Maintain a Successful Web-based Business

• ISBN:
• 157820061X
• Authors:
• Janice Reynolds, Roya Mofazali

Make your e-commerce vision a success with this comprehensive, step-by-step handbook. Whether your company is a startup or well-established, you'll learn how to plan, implement and operate a successful e-commerce site - from selecting the right software through fulfilling orders. The expert author starts by helping you plan the customer experience and design an effective, easy access interface. You then progress to cutting-edge programming...

Geographic Information Systems Demystified

• ISBN:
• 158053533X
• Authors:
• Stephen R. Galati

Geographic information systems (GIS) – a central repository of geographic data collected from various sources, including satellites and GPS is emerging as one of the most intriguing and promising high-tech fields. Today, many technical, managerial, engineering, and academic positions require GIS skills, and this easy-to-understand resource answers the call. The book examines and explains all of the critical GIS concepts in a clear voice and in...

AI Application Programming (Programming Series)

• ISBN:
• 1584502789
• Authors:
• M. Tim Jones

The popularity of artificial intelligence continues to grow as more and more uses are found for the technology. AI Application Programming Second Edition is completely updated to supply both the conceptual background and the real-world examples needed to begin using AI in software projects. Each technology is illustrated with a model implementation and application, and complete source code for each example is provided on the companion CD-ROM....

Point Sources and Multipoles in Inverse Scattering Theory. Chapman & Hall/CRC Research Notes in Mathematics, No. 427

• ISBN:
• 1584882522
• Authors:
• Roland Potthast

Over the last twenty years, the growing availability of computing power has had an enormous impact on the classical fields of direct and inverse scattering. The study of inverse scattering, in particular, has developed rapidly with the ability to perform computational simulations of scattering processes and led to remarkable advances in a range of applications, from medical imaging and radar to remote sensing and seismic exploration. Point...

Mystery Of America: Enigmatic Mysteries And Anomalous Artifacts Of North America - A Connection To The Ancient Past

• ISBN:
• 1590169999
• Authors:
• Tedd St Rain

Mysterious and often inexplicable remnants of civilization's history fascinate scientists and archaeologists. People travel worldwide to visit such sites, yet some of the most enigmatic artifacts and structures have been found right here in North America. Unfortunately, because these records do not fit within accepted academic models of human history, they remain unexplained mysteries, and most people never hear of them. • Long before any...

Extreme Programming Refactored: The Case Against XP

• ISBN:
• 1590590961
• Authors:
• Matt Stephens, Doug Rosenberg

...from my experience, most teams that say they're doing XP don't actually do the practices. — Alistair Cockburn, Xp And The Cmm Extreme Programming Refactored: The Case Against XP (featuring Songs of the Extremos ) takes a satirical look at the increasingly hyped Extreme Programming methodology. It explores some quite astonishing Extremo quotes that have typified the XP approach&emdash; quotes such as, "XPers are not afraid of oral...

Applied .NET Attributes

• ISBN:
• 1590591364
• Authors:
• Tom Barnaby, Jason Bock

Attributes are used to modify the runtime behavior of code in the .NET Framework. Applied .NET Attributes explores the application of .NET attributes and how developers can write custom attributes that provide the maximum level of code reuse and flexibility. Attributed programming is a feature of .NET that is still relatively unexplored and unknown. Because attributes are used to modify the runtime behavior of code in the .NET Framework, their...

Pro VB 2005 and the .NET 2.0 Platform, Second Edition

• ISBN:
• 1590595785
• Authors:
• Andrew Troelsen

With the release of .NET 2.0, the Visual Basic 2005 language has been updated with numerous new programming constructs (XML code documentation, operator overloading, generics, and partial types just to name a few!). Now more than ever, choosing a .NET language boils down to personal preference (rather than a language’s feature set). However, to effectively make use of these new language features, developers must have a rock-solid grounding in...

Expert C# 2005 Business Objects, Second Edition

• ISBN:
• 1590596323
• Authors:
• Rockford Lhotka

Rockford Lhotka started writing his Business Objects books in 1996, and over the years, hes become one of the worlds foremost authorities on building distributed object-oriented systems. His industry-standard VB .NET Business Objects book not only addresses changes in .NET 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005, but also reflects substantial enhancements and improvements to the CSLA .NET Framework and how it can be used to create enterprise-level .NET...

Pro PHP XML and Web Services

• ISBN:
• 1590596331
• Authors:
• Robert Richards

I would highly recommend this as a resource for any developers who want to really dig in and solidify their working knowledge of PHP and web services, or just want to explore the nuances and complexities of XML DTDs and namespaces. — Nathan Smith, Godbit Project Pro PHP XML and Web Services is the authoritative guide to using the XML features of PHP 5 and PHP 6. No other book covers XML and Web Services in PHP as deeply as this title. The...

Pro Visual C++/CLI and the .NET 2.0 Platform (Expert's Voice in .Net)

• ISBN:
• 1590596404
• Authors:
• Stephen R. G. Fraser

This book explains how to write .NET 2.0 applications and services. It provides you with a clean slate, erasing the need for developing the COM, DCOM, COM+, or ActiveX components that used to be a necessity. Instead, you'll learn how to write .NET applications using C++/CLI. This book is based on its highly successful predecessor, and bridges the gap between classic C++ and C++/CLI. Furthermore, this edition is based on the newest version of...

Expert Service-Oriented Architecture in C# 2005, Second Edition

• ISBN:
• 159059701X
• Authors:
• Jeffrey Hasan, Mauricio Duran

Expert Service-Oriented Architecture in C# 2005, Second Edition will immerse you in updated code and reference material specifically architected for Visual Studio 2005 and Web Services Enhancements (WSE) 3.0. With this book, you can get a head start on building SOA applications using the clear, conceptual discussions and practical examples provided by SOA experts Jeffrey Hasan and Mauricio Duran. The authors give fair treatment to difficult...

Beginning Ruby: From Novice to Professional (Beginning from Novice to Professional)

• ISBN:
• 1590597664
• Authors:
• Peter Cooper

Ruby is perhaps best known as the engine powering the hugely popular Ruby on Rails web framework. However, it is an extremely powerful and versatile programming language in its own right. It focuses on simplicity and offers a fully object-oriented environment. Beginning Ruby is a thoroughly contemporary guide for every type of reader wanting to learn Ruby, from novice programmers to web developers to Ruby newcomers. It starts by explaining the...

Pro LINQ: Language Integrated Query in C# 2008 (Windows.Net)

• ISBN:
• 1590597893
• Authors:
• Jr., Joseph C. Rattz

LINQ is the project name for a set of extensions to the .NET Framework that provide a generic approach to querying data from different data sources. LINQ will premier in Visual Studio 2008, and will become the next must-have skill for .NET developers. Pro LINQ: Language Integrated Query in C# 2008 is all about code. Literally, this book starts with code and ends with code. In most books, the author shows the simplest example demonstrating how...

Expert F# (Expert's Voice in .Net)

• ISBN:
• 1590598504
• Authors:
• Don Syme, Adam Granicz, Antonio Cisternino

Expert F# Expert F# is about practical programming in a beautiful language that puts the power and elegance of functional programming into the hands of .NET developers. In combination with .NET, F# achieves unrivaled levels of programmer productivity and program clarity. This books serves as The authoritative guide to F# by the designer of F#A comprehensive reference of F# concepts, syntax, and featuresA treasury of expert F# techniques for...

Pro C# 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Platform, Fourth Edition (Windows.Net)

• ISBN:
• 1590598849
• Authors:
• Andrew Troelsen

The first edition of this book was released at the 2001 Tech Ed conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Since that time, this text has been revised, tweaked, and enhanced to account for the changes found within each release of the .NET platform (1.1, 2.0, 3.0 and now 3.5). The last version, .NET 3.0, was more of an augmentative release, essentially providing three new APIs: Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)...

Microsoft Windows Shell Script Programming for the Absolute Beginner

• ISBN:
• 1592000851
• Authors:
• Jr., Jerry Lee Ford

This book focuses on beginner programmers, a much needed segment of this market, which makes it unique among its competition. Currently, all books in this area focus on the intermediate to advanced level and most of the competing books focus on either Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000. The author uses Windows XP Professional in all examples. Readers can find creating games as a fun approach to a difficult topic. Many people do not want to have to...

Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0: Photographers' Guide

• ISBN:
• 1592004377
• Authors:
• David D. Busch

"Adobe Photoshop Elements X: Photographers' Guide" is a unique guide that offers an in-depth look into the combination of Photoshop Elements and photography. If you are looking for a guide that shows you how to creatively use photography to produce compelling images and how to master all the tools Photoshop has to offer, then search no more! You'll get coverage of both traditional as well as leading-edge photographic techniques, and will learn...

Beginning Game Programming (Premier Press Game Development)

• ISBN:
• 1592005853
• Authors:
• Jonathan S. Harbour

If you have at least minimal programming experience and want to learn to write games, then "Beginning Game Programming" is for you! The C language is the best place to start for someone who is serious about learning to write real games. This book explains C programming as it relates to the game development topics in detail, without delving into overly complex or difficult topics related to C as a programming language. It focuses on the standard...

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Decluttering

• ISBN:
• 1592576281
• Authors:
• Regina Leeds

Do you own your stuff—or does it own you? Whether someone lives in a mansion or a studio, drives an SUV or a MiniCooper—stuff often builds up into an endless stream of clutter, taking over living spaces and complicating lives. Drawing on nearly two decades of experience organizing living and work spaces, renowned organizing expert Regina Leeds has the solution for conquering clutter in every room of one’s house, along with in one’s...

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Simple Home Repair

• ISBN:
• 1592576656
• Authors:
• Judy Ostrow

How many readers does it take to change a light bulb? Only one … if he or she is armed with this book! Rather than focus on the big projects that most homeowners would wisely leave to professionals, it concentrates on the common repairs that everyone encounters and anyone can do—with the right instruction—including repairing holes and dents in drywall; fixing popped nails in walls; checking and replacing fuses; unclogging drains; replacing...

Object-Oriented PHP: Concepts, Techniques, and Code

• ISBN:
• 1593270771
• Authors:
• Peter Lavin

"Object-Oriented PHP" shows developers how to take advantage of the new object-oriented features of PHP. Working within the context of concrete examples, the book begins with code compatible with PHP 4 and 5, and then focuses on object-orientation in PHP 5. The author's practical approach uses numerous code examples, which will help developers get up to speed with object oriented PHP quickly, and show them how to apply what they learn to...

Assessing Performance: Designing, Scoring, and Validating Performance Tasks

• ISBN:
• 1593859899
• Authors:
• Robert L. Johnson PhD, James A. Penny PhD, Belita Gordon PhD

A comprehensive resource for assessment practitioners, this book provides step-by-step guidance for developing, administering, scoring, and validating a range of performance tasks, including literacy and other types of proficiency assessments. The authors explore how to establish the purpose of the assessment and how to develop scoring tools, train raters, reduce rater bias, review scores and report results, and use item-level and test-level...

Learn C#

• ISBN:
• 1598220357
• Authors:
• Sam Abolrous

Learn C# begins with the basics, then dives into the depths of C# development with easy-to-use tutorials, ready-to-run examples, and drills. The book covers the language features introduced in versions 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0, with an emphasis on the powerful features introduced in C# 2.0 and the enhancements added in C# 3.0. Additionally, the book introduces the IDE and the features of Visual Studio 2005 that increase productivity such as XSD-based...

Current Issues And Trends in E-Government Research (Advances in Electronic Government Research)

• ISBN:
• 1599042843
• Authors:
• Donald Norris

As emerging trends and research threads surface in the area of e-government, academicians, practitioners, and students face the challenge of keeping up-to-date with new and innovative practices. Current Issues and Trends in E-Government Research provides a complete synopsis of the latest technologies in information policy, security, privacy, and access, as well as the best practices in e-government applications and measurement. Current Issues...

Quantum Dots: Research, Technology and Applications

• ISBN:
• 1604569301

Since first developed in the early sixties, silicon chip technology has made vast leaps forward. From a rudimentary circuit with a mere handful of transistors, the chip has evolved into a technological wonder, packing millions of bits of information on a surface no larger that a human thumbnail. And most experts predict that in the near future, we will see chips with over a billion bits. Quantum dots are small devices that contain a tiny droplet...

The Maginot Line 1928-45

• ISBN:
• 1841766461
• Authors:
• William Allcorn

The Maginot Line, the massive series of fortifications built by France in the 1930s to defend its borders with Germany and Italy, is perhaps the most maligned collection of fortifications ever built. Despite being a technological marvel, and the most sophisticated and complex set of fortifications built up to that time, it failed to save France from crushing defeat in 1940. Yet there are those who argue that it accomplished exactly what it was...

Crusader Castles in the Holy Land 1097-1192 (Fortress)

• ISBN:
• 1841767158
• Authors:
• David Nicolle

The Crusaders that landed in the Middle East in the late-11th century brought with them their own traditions of military architecture, but it was not long before their defensive construction began to reflect a broad array of local influences. Most early Crusader structures were relatively small, and tended to increase the existing natural and defensive features of a site. The basic forms comprised freestanding towers, castra, and hilltop and...

Can NGOs Make a Difference?: The Challenge of Development Alternatives

• ISBN:
• 1842778927

Can non-governmental organisations contribute to more socially just, alternative forms of development? Or are they destined to work at the margins of dominant development models determined by others?  Addressing this question, this book brings together leading international voices from academia, NGOs and the social movements. It provides a comprehensive update to the NGO literature and a range of critical new directions to thinking and acting...

Object-Oriented Programming and Java

• ISBN:
• 1846289629
• Authors:
• Danny Poo, Derek Kiong, Swarnalatha Ashok

"Object-Oriented Programming and Java" presents two important topics in contemporary software development: object-oriented programming and Java. This book takes a different teaching approach from most available literature; it begins with the description of real-world object interaction scenarios and explains how they can be translated, represented and executed using object-oriented programming paradigm. Principally, Java is an object-oriented...

Metallothioneins and Related Chelators (Metal Ions in Life Sciences)

• ISBN:
• 1847558992

From the reviews: ‘…is a must for most bioinorganic research labs.’ (Peter Sadler, Chemistry World, June, 2009). These sulfur-rich chelators, being important in metal ion homeostasis, find increasing attention. Metallothioneins and Related Chelators written by 30 internationally recognized experts, focuses on this hot topic. The reader is supported by about 20 tables, more than 80 illustrations and nearly 2000 references.

Metal-Carbon Bonds in Enzymes and Cofactors (Metal Ions in Life Sciences)

• ISBN:
• 1847559158

The occurrence of a wide variety of metal-carbon bonds in living organisms, ranging from bacteria to humans, is only recently recognized. Of course, the historical examples are the B12 coenzymes containing cobalt-carbon bonds, but now such bonds are also known for nickel, iron, copper, and other transition metal ions. There is no other comparable book. Metal-Carbon Bonds in Enzymes and Cofactors, Volume 6, written by 17 experts, summarizes the...

Progress in the Competitive Agenda in the Postal and Delivery Sector (Advances in Regulatory Economics)

• ISBN:
• 184844060X

Regulation continues to be an important issue in the postal and delivery sector of the global economy. This latest volume in the Advances in Regulatory Economics series reflects the latest research on trends and policies affecting the postal sector and progress made in the industry's competitive agenda. It is global in scope and covers a broad range of legal and economic issues from leading scholars, researchers, and policy makers. Topics...

Fire Retardant Materials

• ISBN:
• 1855734192
• Authors:
• A.R. Horrocks, D. Price

Comprehensive resource on all aspects of fire retardancy, particularly the flame retarding properties of polymeric materials and their burning behavior. Covers a diverse area of subjects under those main headings, from toxicity and safety hazards of flame retardant materials to test-methods for material flammability.

Ajax in Practice

• ISBN:
• 1932394990
• Authors:
• Dave Crane, Bear Bibeault, Jord Sonneveld, Ted Goddard, Chris Gray, Ram Venkataraman, Joe Walker

"Ajax in Practice" provides example-rich coverage of Ajax packed with ready-to-use code and practical recipes for common and not-so-common tasks. Ajax developers now face the move from Ajax-as-theory to Ajax-in-practice. "Ajax in Practice" guides web developers through the transition from learning about Ajax to successfully "applying" Ajax-driven techniques in real-world development scenarios. Ajax gives web developers the potential to create...

Let Us C, Eighth Edition (Computer Science)

• ISBN:
• 1934015253
• Authors:
• Yashavant P. Kanetkar

Considered to be one of the best-selling programming books ever written, the eighth edition has now been edited, revised, and updated. A CD-ROM with demos, code, compiler, executables, and MATLAB examples has been added to the book. Simplicity and an easy narration style are the hallmarks of the book, which have made its previous seven editions immensely successful. Today s C programmer (still the language of choice in science, engineering, game...

Handbook of Semiconductor Technology (2 Volume Set)

• ISBN:
• 352729970X

Semiconductor technology is the basis of today's microelectronics industry with its many impacts on our modern life, i.e. computer and communication technology. This two-volume handbook covers the basics of semiconductor processing technology, which are as essential for the design of new microelectronic devices as the fundamental physics. Volume 1 'Electronic Structure and Properties' covers the structure and properties of semiconductors, with...

Computational Many-Particle Physics (Lecture Notes in Physics)

• ISBN:
• 3540746854

Complicated many-particle problems abound in nature and in research alike. Plasma physics, for example, or statistical and condensed matter physics are all heavily dependent on efficient methods for solving such problems. Addressing graduate students and young researchers, this book presents an overview and introduction to state-of-the-art numerical methods for studying interacting classical and quantum many-particle systems. A broad range of...

Glass Construction Manual (Construction Manuals (englisch))

• ISBN:
• 3764360771
• Authors:
• Christian Schittich, Gerald Staib, Dieter Balkow, Matthias Schuler, Werner Sobek

The distinguishing feature of the construction manuals from Edition Detail and the internationally renowned journal Detail is the exceptional quality of the information it imparts. These books have set new standards and become indispensable in the daily work of planning and building. They are now being published in English for the first time. This volume shows the wide range of possibilities for using glass in construction, beginning with a...

Mathematics of Physics and Engineering

• ISBN:
• 981256621X
• Authors:
• Edward K. Blum, Sergey V. Lototsky

Aimed at scientists and engineers, this book is an exciting intellectual journey through the mathematical worlds of Euclid, Newton, Maxwell, Einstein, and Schrodinger-Dirac. While similar books present the required mathematics in a piecemeal manner with tangential references to the relevant physics and engineering, this textbook serves the interdisciplinary needs of engineers, scientists and applied mathematicians by unifying the mathematics and...

Plant Sciences (Macmillan Science Library)

• ISBN:
• 002865434X

Mirage: Napoleon's Scientists and the Unveiling of Egypt

• ISBN:
• 0060597674
• Authors:
• Nina Burleigh

Little more than two hundred years ago, only the most reckless or eccentric Europeans had dared traverse the unmapped territory of the modern-day Middle East. Its history and peoples were the subject of much myth and speculation—and no region aroused greater interest than Egypt, where reports of mysterious monuments, inscrutable hieroglyphics, rare silks and spices, and rumors of lost magical knowledge tantalized dreamers and taunted the...

Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt

• ISBN:
• 006125276X
• Authors:
• Barbara Mertz

An eye-opening, edifying, and endlessly entertaining tour through an astonishing bygone world—the acclaimed classic history of ancient Egypt, now newly revised and updated Writing as Elizabeth Peters, world-renowned Egyptologist Barbara Mertz is the author of the phenomenally popular New York Times bestselling mystery series featuring archaeologist Amelia Peabody. In Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs , Dr. Mertz explores the breathtaking reality...

The Wall Street Journal Guide to Power Travel: How to Arrive with Your Dignity, Sanity, and Wallet Intact

• ISBN:
• 0061688711
• Authors:
• Scott Mccartney

Imagine a world without late planes, missed connections, lost luggage, bumped passengers, cramped seating, high fees and higher fares, surly employees, and security lines. . . . Ordinary travel is an extraordinary ordeal. Yet despite the high prices and huge hassles, travel is essential—along with the need for tips, tricks, and techniques to improve the journey. The Wall Street Journal Guide to Power Travel is an entertaining road trip and a...

Schaum's Outline of French Grammar

• ISBN:
• 0070138877
• Authors:
• Mary Coffman Crocker

At last, a guide that explains points of French grammar and structure simply, then clarifies each with concrete examples. The examples use the language of real-life situations. This new edition also makes difficult topics, like the difference between mood and tense, even easier to understand. Numerous fill-in-the-blank and other exercises with delayed answers help cut down the time it takes readers to gain proficiency and confidence...

Mathematics of Physics and Modern Engineering

• ISBN:
• 0070596255
• Authors:
• Ivar Stephen Sokolnikoff, Raymond M. Redheffer

PIC Microcontroller Project Book

• ISBN:
• 0071354794
• Authors:
• John Iovine

Beginner's guide to the popular PIC Microcontroller.Get all the advantages of the Basic Stamp, at one quarterthe cost and one hundred times the speed with Microchips Company's 8-bit PIC computer-on-a-chip. The no assembly required PIC Microcontroller Project Book, by popular TAB author John Iovine, shows you how to program the PIC using Microchip's free MPLAB compiler and the BASIC programming language. Learn about the two most popular PIC...

The September 11 Syndrome: Seven Steps to Getting a Grip in Uncertain Times

• ISBN:
• 007140077X
• Authors:
• Harriet Braiker

**A portion of the profits from this book are being donated to 9-11 related charities Proven methods for how to live fully and panic-free in the face of anxiety and stress More than just the World Trade Centers were destroyed on September 11. Also lost to us was the sense of security and peace of mind taken for granted by generations of Americans. What once were dismissed as neurotic phobias­­fear of flying, of public transportation, and of...

The Ultimate Guide to Spas and Hot Tubs : Troubleshooting and Tricks of the Trade

• ISBN:
• 0071439218
• Authors:
• Terry Tamminen

If you are thinking about getting a hot tub or spa - or already own one - here is the best investment you can make. There's no greater luxury than relaxing in your own hot tub or spa. If you'd like to take the plunge with confidence - and not get soaked - let Terry Tamminen, "poolman to the stars," show you how to do it yourself and save thousands.Terry helps you select, purchase, install, repair, maintain, and upgrade all types of spas and hot...

Digital Photography QuickSteps, 2nd Edition

• ISBN:
• 0071482989
• Authors:
• Doug Sahlin

Step-by-Step, Full-Color Graphics! Take great digital photos right away--the QuickSteps way. Color photos and screenshots with clear instructions show you how to get the most out of your digital camera. Follow along and learn to manage controls and settings; compose your shots; photograph landscapes, people and objects; and capture action shots. You'll also find out how to edit, enhance, and correct your images, organize your digital image...

How to Do Everything: Digital Camera

• ISBN:
• 0071495800
• Authors:
• Dave Johnson

Capture stunning photos with your digital camera Now you can take professional-quality shots every time-no matter what kind of digital camera you're using. Completely updated for the latest technologies, How to Do Everything: Digital Camera, Fifth Edition shows you how to take full advantage of all of your camera's features and settings. You'll learn the fundamentals of photography, composition, lighting, and exposure, and get techniques for...

CompTIA Network+ Certification Study Guide, Fourth Edition (Certification Press)

• ISBN:
• 0071615385
• Authors:
• Glen Clarke

The best fully integrated study system available With hundreds of practice questions and hands-on exercises, CompTIA Network+ Certification Study Guide, Fourth Edition covers what you need to know-and shows you how to prepare-for this challenging exam. 100% complete coverage of all official objectives for the CompTIA Network+ examCertCam video training by the author guides you through difficult topics and exercisesInside the Exam sections...

Visual Basic(r).NET: The Complete Reference

• ISBN:
• 0072133813
• Authors:
• Jeffrey R. Shapiro

Master this massive programming language upgrade that raises Visual Basic functionality to the level of the .NET platform. Coverage includes all core topics--plus security, debugging, and helpful information on migrating existing Visual Basic projects to Visual Basic.NET.

XML Demystified

• ISBN:
• 0072262109
• Authors:
• James Keogh, Ken Davidson

There is no easier way to learn XML! XML (Extensible Markup Language) is the language that enables efficient interchange of structured data across the Web. Written in non-technical language, this book covers the details of the language and demonstrates its use through real-world examples. The book also explains how to build an XML application from start to finish.

Glencoe Science: Astronomy, Student Edition

• ISBN:
• 0078617618
• Authors:
• Glencoe McGraw-Hill

Discover the flexibility to teach science your way Astronomy, as a part of the Glencoe Science 15-Book Series, provides students with accurate and comprehensive coverage of the solar system and beyond. The strong content coverage integrates a wide range of hands-on experiences, critical-thinking opportunities, and real-world applications. The modular approach allows you to mix and match books to meet your curricula.

Carbon Alloys: Novel Concepts to Develop Carbon Science and Technology

• ISBN:
• 0080441637
• Authors:
• E. Yasuda, M. Ingaki, K. Kaneko, M. Endo, A. Oya, Y. Tanabe

In recent years the Japanese have funded a comprehensive study of carbon materials which incorporate other elements including boron, nitrogen and fluorine, hence the title of the project "Carbon Alloys". Coined in 1992, the phrase "Carbon Alloys" can be applied to those materials mainly composed of carbon materials in multi-component systems. The carbon atoms of each component have a physical and/or chemical interactive relationship with other...

Handbook of Liquids-Assisted Laser Processing

• ISBN:
• 0080444989
• Authors:
• Arvi Kruusing

Laser processing of solid materials has been commonly performed in gas ambient. Having the workpiece immersed into liquid, having a liquid film on it, or soaking the material with liquid gives several advantages such as removal of the debris, lowering the heat load on the workpiece, and confining the vapour and plasma, resulting in higher shock pressure on the surface. Introduced in the 1980s, neutral liquids assisted laser processing (LALP) has...

Seismic Stratigraphy, Basin Analysis and Reservoir Characterisation, Volume 37 (Handbook of Geophysical Exploration: Seismic Exploration)

• ISBN:
• 0080453112
• Authors:
• Paul P. Veeken

The interest in seismic stratigraphic techniques to interpret reflection datasets is well established. The advent of sophisticated subsurface reservoir studies and 4D monitoring, for optimising the hydrocarbon production in existing fields, does demonstrate the importance of the 3D seismic methodology. The added value of reflection seismics to the petroleum industry has clearly been proven over the last decades. Seismic profiles and 3D cubes...

Essential Mathematical Methods for Physicists, ISE

• ISBN:
• 0120598787
• Authors:
• Hans J. Weber, George B. Arfken

This new adaptation of Arfken and Weber's bestselling Mathematical Methods for Physicists, Fifth Edition, is the most comprehensive, modern, and accessible reference for using mathematics to solve physics problems. REVIEWERS SAY: "Examples are excellent. They cover a wide range of physics problems." - Bing Zhou, University of Michigan "The ideas are communicated very well and it is easy to understand...It has a more modern treatment than most,...

Plant Biochemistry, Third Edition

• ISBN:
• 0120883910
• Authors:
• Hans-Walter Heldt

This fully revised translation of the world-renowned German edition covers the complete and modern knowledge of plant biochemistry. The book presents the topic in a concise and simplified manner so that students can digest the message and gain a basic knowledge of the entire field of plant biochemistry, from photosynthesis (the synthesis of natural plant products) to all kinds of genetic engineering with its many commercial applications. Topics...

Principles of Soil and Plant Water Relations

• ISBN:
• 0124097510
• Authors:
• M.B. Kirkham

Principles of Soil and Plant Water Relations combines biology and physics to show how water moves through the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum. This text explores the instrumentation and the methods used to measure the status of water in soil and plants. The basic methods of tensiometry, pyschrometry, stomatal porometry, as well as newer methods of tension infiltrometry; time domain reflectometry are examined. Principles are clearly presented...

Inorganic Chemistry: An Industrial and Environmental Perspective

• ISBN:
• 0126785503
• Authors:
• T. W. Swaddle

This book addresses the question, What is inorganic chemistry good for? rather than the more traditional question, How can we develop a theoretical basis for inorganic chemistry from sophisticated theories of bonding? The book prepares students of science or engineering for entry into the multi-billion-dollar inorganic chemical and related industries, and for rational approaches to environmental problems such as pollution abatement, corrosion...

A Physicist's Guide to Mathematica

• ISBN:
• 0126831904
• Authors:
• Patrick T. Tam

A Physicists Guide to Mathematica (r) teaches students and professional physicists how to master Mathematica using examples and approaches that will appeal to them. The book illustrates the usefulness of Mathematica in learning, teaching, and carrying out research in physics. Part One gives a practical, physics-oriented, and self-contained introduction to the program. Part Two covers the application of Mathematica to mechanics, electricityand...

Variational Methods in Nonconservative Phenomena (Mathematics in Science and Engineering)

• ISBN:
• 0127284508
• Authors:
• B. D. Vujanovic, S. E. Jones

This book provides a comprehensive survey of analytic and approximate solutions of problems of applied mechanics, with particular emphasis on nonconservative phenomena. Include

COM+ Programming: A Practical Guide Using Visual C++ and ATL

• ISBN:
• 0130886742
• Authors:
• Pradeep Tapadiya

*Maximizing COM/COM+ software reusability and scalability: practical solutions! *Developing robust enterprise COM+ applications: Proven guidelines and sample code *In-depth coverage: IDL interface design, COM+ synchronization, transactions, queuing, security, events, and more *Techniques for administering distributed component environments Maximizing COM/COM+ reuse and scalability: practical, enterprise-class solutions! If you're ready to...

Computational Physics

• ISBN:
• 0133677230
• Authors:
• Nicholas Giordano

Computational physics book that emphasizes the physics that can be done with numerical/computational methods rather than just the methods themselves. Uses True Basic. (Representative programs on WWW). Praised for its coverage of many interesting topics in pure and applied physics.

Clifford Algebra: A Computational Tool for Physicists

• ISBN:
• 0195098242
• Authors:
• John Snygg

Clifford algebras have become an indispensable tool for physicists at the cutting edge of theoretical investigations. Applications in physics range from special relativity and the rotating top at one end of the spectrum, to general relativity and Dirac's equation for the electron at the other. Clifford algebras have also become a virtual necessity in some areas of physics, and their usefulness is expanding in other areas, such as algebraic...

Calm Energy: How People Regulate Mood with Food and Exercise

• ISBN:
• 0195163397
• Authors:
• Robert E. Thayer

Obesity is reaching alarming proportions. In this insightful new approach to understanding why this is happening, acclaimed mood scientist Robert Thayer offers a new appreciation of the real cause-emotional eating. But this is not just emotional eating as previously known; rather it is a new scientific analysis of exactly how different moods affect eating. He shows how unprecedented stress in society and epidemic levels of depression have led...

Tenochtitlan (Digging for the Past)

• ISBN:
• 0195178513
• Authors:
• Leonardo Lopez Lujan, Judy Levin

A Field Guide to Plants of Costa Rica

• ISBN:
• 0195188241
• Authors:
• Margaret Gargiullo, Barbara Magnuson, Larry Kimball

At the biological crossroads of the Americas, Costa Rica hosts one of the widest varieties of plants in the wold, with habitats ranging from tidal mangrove swamps, and lowland rainforests, to dry tropical evergreen and deciduous forests. Field Guide to Plants of Costa Rica is a must-have reference guide for beginner and expert naturalists alike. It provides a thorough survey of more than 850 plant species, each entry accompanied by color photos...

Optical Spectroscopy of Inorganic Solids (Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials)

• ISBN:
• 0198513720
• Authors:
• B. Henderson, G. F. Imbusch

This text describes the technique of optical spectroscopy applied to problems in condensed matter physics. It relates theoretical understanding to experimental measurement, including discussion of the optical spectroscopy of inorganic insulators, with many illustrative examples. Symmetry arguments are developed from a formal group theoretical basis and are frequently used, and a special effort is made to treat the subject of lattice vibrations...

Semiconductor Physics and Applications (Series on Semiconductor Science and Technology, 8)

• ISBN:
• 0198517408
• Authors:
• M. Balkanski, R. F. Wallis

This textbook combines a thorough theoretical treatment of the basic physics of semiconductors with applications to practical devices by putting special emphasis on the physical principles upon which these devices operate. Topics treated are the detailed band structure of semiconductors, the effect of impurities on electronic states, and semiconductor statistics. Also discussed are lattice dynamical, transport, and surface properties as well as...

Modern Supersymmetry: Dynamics and Duality (International Series of Monographs on Physics)

• ISBN:
• 0198567634
• Authors:
• John Terning

The book begins with a brief review of supersymmetry and the construction of the minimal supersymmetric standard model and approaches to supersymmetry breaking. General non-perturbative methods are also reviewing leading to the development of holomorphy and the Affleck-Dine-Seiberg superpotential as powerful tools for analyzing supersymmetric theories. Seiberg duality is discussed in detail, with many example applications provided, with special...

Concepts in Spin Electronics (Series on Semiconductor Science and Technology)

• ISBN:
• 0198568215

Nowadays information technology is based on semiconductor and feromagnetic materials. Information processing and computation are based on electron charge in semiconductor transistors and integrated circuits, and information is stored on magnetic high-density hard disks based on the physics of the electron spins. Recently, a new branch of physics and nanotechnology, called magneto-electronics, spintronics or spin electronics, has emerged, which...

Information, Physics, and Computation (Oxford Graduate Texts)

• ISBN:
• 019857083X
• Authors:
• Marc Mezard, Andrea Montanari

This book presents a unified approach to a rich and rapidly evolving research domain at the interface between statistical physics, theoretical computer science/discrete mathematics, and coding/information theory. It is accessible to graduate students and researchers without a specific training in any of these fields. The selected topics include spin glasses, error correcting codes, satisfiability, and are central to each field. The approach...

Introduction to 3+1 Numerical Relativity (International Series of Monographs on Physics)

• ISBN:
• 0199205671
• Authors:
• Miguel Alcubierre

This book introduces the modern field of 3+1 numerical relativity. The book has been written in a way as to be as self-contained as possible, and only assumes a basic knowledge of special relativity. Starting from a brief introduction to general relativity, it discusses the different concepts and tools necessary for the fully consistent numerical simulation of relativistic astrophysical systems, with strong and dynamical gravitational fields....

Pigs and Humans: 10,000 Years of Interaction

• ISBN:
• 0199207046

Pigs are one of the most iconic but also paradoxical animals ever to have developed a relationship with humans. This relationship has been a long and varied one: from noble wild beast of the forest to mass produced farmyard animal; from a symbol of status and plenty to a widespread religious food taboo; from revered religious totem to a parodied symbol of filth and debauchery. Pigs and Humans brings together some of the key scholars whose...

People, Plants and Genes: The Story of Crops and Humanity

• ISBN:
• 0199207135
• Authors:
• Denis J Murphy

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the complex story of human-plant interactions, from the hunter-gatherers of the Palaeolithic Era, through to the 21st century and the molecular genetic manipulation of crops. It links the latest advances in molecular genetics with the science and history of plant domestication, the evolution of plant breeding, and the implications of this new knowledge for both the agriculture of today and the...

From Genesis to Prehistory: The Archaeological Three Age System and its Contested Reception in Denmark, Britain, and Ireland (Oxford Studies in the History of Archaeology)

• ISBN:
• 0199227748
• Authors:
• Peter Rowley-Conwy

We are now familiar with the Three Age System, the archaeological partitioning of the past into Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Iron Age. This division, which amounted at the time to a major scientific revolution, was conceived in Denmark in the 1830s. Peter Rowley-Conwy investigates the reasons why the Three Age system was adopted without demur in Scandinavian archaeological circles, yet was the subject of a bitter and long-drawn-out contest in...

Personnel Economics in Imperfect Labour Markets

• ISBN:
• 0199280665
• Authors:
• Pietro Garibaldi

This comprehensive textbook on personnel economics is the first of its kind to be written with reference to imperfect markets. Building on traditional analysis which assumes perfectly competitive labour markets, this book introduces students to the key personnel issues faced when firms and management act in highly regulated markets.

Isochronous Systems

• ISBN:
• 0199535280
• Authors:
• Francesco Calogero

A dynamical system is called isochronous if it features in its phase space an open, fully-dimensional region where all its solutions are periodic in all its degrees of freedom with the same, fixed period. Recently a simple transformation has been introduced, applicable to quite a large class of dynamical systems, that yields autonomous systems which are isochronous. This justifies the notion that isochronous systems are not rare. In this book...

The Development of Ethics: A Historical and Critical Study Volume II: From Suarez to Rousseau

• ISBN:
• 0199543275
• Authors:
• Terence Irwin

The Development of Ethics is a selective historical and critical study of moral philosophy in the Socratic tradition, with special attention to Aristotelian naturalism. It discusses the main topics of moral philosophy as they have developed historically, including: the human good, human nature, justice, friendship, and morality; the methods of moral inquiry; the virtues and their connections; will, freedom, and responsibility; reason and...

Street Politics

• ISBN:
• 0231108591
• Authors:
• Asef Bayat

In the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s, an active political movement emerged on the streets of Iran's largest cities. Poor people began to construct their own communities on unused urban lands, creating an infrastructure­­roads, electricity, running water, garbage collection, and shelters­­all their own. As the Iranian government attempted to evict these illegal settlers, they resisted­­fiercely and ultimately successfully. This is the...

Electric Sounds: Technological Change and the Rise of Corporate Mass Media (Film and Culture Series)

• ISBN:
• 0231136765
• Authors:
• Steve J. Wurtzler PhD

Electric Sounds brings to vivid life an era when innovations in the production, recording, and transmission of sound revolutionized a number of different media, especially the radio, the phonograph, and the cinema. The 1920s and 1930s marked some of the most important developments in the history of the American mass media: the film industry's conversion to synchronous sound, the rise of radio networks and advertising-supported broadcasting, the...

Companion to Social Archaeology

• ISBN:
• 0631225781

The Companion to Social Archaeology is the first scholarly work to explore the encounter of social theory and archaeology over the past two decades. Grouped into four sections - Knowledges, Identities, Places, and Politics - each of which is prefaced with a review essay that contextualizes the history and developments in social archaeology and related fields. Draws together newer trends that are challenging established ways of understanding the...

Archaeology in Practice: A Student Guide to Archaeological Analyses

• ISBN:
• 0631235744

Archaeology in Practice: A Student Guide to Archaeological Analyses offers students in archaeology laboratory courses a detailed and invaluable how-to manual of archaeological methods and provides insight into the breadth of modern archaeology. Written by specialists of material analyses, whose expertise represents a broad geographic range Includes numerous examples of applications of archaeological techniques Organized by material types, such...

Sams Teach Yourself Beginning Programming in 24 Hours

• ISBN:
• 0672313553
• Authors:
• Greg M. Perry

Sams Teach Yourself Programming in 24 Hours explains the basics of programming in the successful 24 Hours format. Greg uses his proven techniques from many years of college programming instruction and his best-selling programming books. The book begins with the absolute basics of programming: Why program? What tools? How does a program tell the computer what to do? It then moves on to teach you how to program the computer, pointing you in the...

C++ Footprint and Performance Optimization (Sams Professional)

• ISBN:
• 0672319047
• Authors:
• Rene Alexander, Graham Bensley

In the world of C++ programming, all other things being equal, programs that are smaller and faster are better. C++ Footprint and Performance Optimization contains case studies and sample code to give readers concrete examples and proven solutions to problems that don't have cut and paste solutions. The market for miniature computer programming is exploding. C++ Footprint and Performance Optimization supplies programmers the knowledge they need...

Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to the .NET Framework Class Library (Kaleidoscope)

• ISBN:
• 0672322323
• Authors:
• Lars Powers, Mike Snell

Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to the .NET Framework Class Library is the definitive guide every Visual Basic .NET developer needs to understand the capabilities of .NET namespaces and increase productivity inside the .NET framework. Lars Powers and Mike Snell have provided a comprehensive book that details the capabilities of the key namespaces, and then explains how to leverage them by extension or reference to create applications ranging...

C++ Primer Plus (5th Edition)

• ISBN:
• 0672326973
• Authors:
• Stephen Prata

If you are new to C++ programming, C++ Primer Plus, Fifth Edition is a friendly and easy-to-use self-study guide. You will cover the latest and most useful language enhancements, the Standard Template Library and ways to streamline object-oriented programming with C++. This guide also illustrates how to handle input and output, make programs perform repetitive tasks, manipulate data, hide information, use functions and build flexible, easily...

Sams Teach Yourself Visual Basic 2005 in 24 Hours, Complete Starter Kit

• ISBN:
• 0672327392
• Authors:
• James Foxall

Sams Teach Yourself Visual Basic 2005 in 24 Hours, Complete Starter Kit provides you with 24 structured lessons with step-by-step guidance to real-world programming tasks for developing Windows applications. Each chapter includes practice exercises, tips, notes, and cautions, providing easy-to-understand advice on how to start programming quickly. Sidebars provide more advanced tips that will ease your migration from Visual Basic 6 to Visual...

The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe

• ISBN:
• 0679776311
• Authors:
• Roger Penrose

Roger Penrose, one of the most accomplished scientists of our time, presents the only comprehensive and comprehensible account of the physics of the universe. From the very first attempts by the Greeks to grapple with the complexities of our known world to the latest application of infinity in physics, The Road to Reality carefully explores the movement of the smallest atomic particles and reaches into the vastness of intergalactic space. Here,...

More Surprises in Theoretical Physics (Princeton Series in Physics)

• ISBN:
• 0691025223
• Authors:
• Rudolf Peierls

Like its predecessor, this book by the renowned physicist Sir Rudolf Peierls draws from many diverse fields of theoretical physics to present problems in which the answer differs from what our intuition had led us to expect. In some cases an apparently convincing approximation turns out to be misleading; in others a seemingly unmanageable problem turns out to have a simple answer. Peierls's intention, however, is not to treat theoretical physics...

The Blackwinged Night: Creativity in Nature and Mind

• ISBN:
• 0738204919
• Authors:
• E. David Peat

An insightful look into the essence of creativity and the connections between the human imagination and the origins of the universe. "David Peat is exceptionally well qualified to write about creativity, because he combines being a physicist with a wide knowledge of the arts. The book is packed with illuminating insights." -Anthony Storr, author of The Dynamics of Creation, Churchhill's Black Dog, and Music of the Mind What does the creation of...

Kicking the Sacred Cow

• ISBN:
• 0743488288
• Authors:
• James P. Hogan

Galileo may have been forced to deny that the Earth moves around the Sun; but in the end, science triumphed. Nowadays science fearlessly pursues truth, shining the pure light of reason on the mysteries of the universe. Or does it? As best-selling author James Hogan demonstrates in this fact-filled and thoroughly documented study, science has its own roster of hidebound pronouncements which are Not to be Questioned. Among the dogma-laden subjects...

Engineering Contracts

• ISBN:
• 0750624981
• Authors:
• ROBERT RIBEIRO

Engineering Contracts is intended for those who wish to acquire skills in drafting, negotiating and working with commercial and engineering contracts. It aims to bring a different approach to the subject; combining the traditional legal perspective of the law of contract with the needs of the commercial manager or engineer who is seeking solutions to technical and commercial problems. The context within which these matters are examined is as...

Engineering GCSE

• ISBN:
• 0750656441
• Authors:
• Mike Tooley BA; Advanced Technological and Higher National Certificates Kingston University

Mike Tooley's accessible activity-based approach introduces students to engineering and the pivotal role it plays in the modern world, as well as providing opportunities to develop engineering GCSE schemes from Edexcel and OCR. The text, case studies, activities and review questions are designed to encourage students to explore engineering for themselves through a variety of different learning experiences. The practical process of designing and...

Designus Maximus Unleashed! (EDN Series for Design Engineers)

• ISBN:
• 0750690895
• Authors:
• Clive Maxfield

Designus Maximus Unleashed! is more than a collection of article reprints; in this book, the original (unedited) text is revisited, along with new insights and previously unpublished material, all presented in the author's distinctive personal style. The accompanying CD-ROM includes a fully-functioning virtual computer, as well as BOOL Logic Synthesis, MMLogic Multimedia Logic Design System, and Analog Magic. Clive Maxfield, a popular columnist,...

A Complete Guide to Programming in C++

• ISBN:
• 0763718173
• Authors:
• Ulla Kirch-Prinz, Peter Prinz

This book provides both novice and experienced programmers with a comprehensive resource manual for the C++ programming language. Readers gain experience in all aspects of programming, from elementary language concepts to professional software development, with in depth coverage of all the language elements en route. These elements are carefully ordered to help the reader create useful programs every step of the way. The text provides a...

Beginning Visual Basic 2005

• ISBN:
• 0764574019
• Authors:
• Thearon Willis, Bryan Newsome

After a brief introduction to Visual Studio 2005 and the .Net Framework, the expert authors introduce readers to the fundamentals of the Visual Basic 2005 language End-of-chapter exercises help readers to quickly learn to build rich and professional-looking applications for Microsoft Windows, intranets and the Internet, and mobile devices Offers thorough coverage of the new Visual Studio 2005 tools and features Covers object-oriented...

Digital Photos, Movies, & Music Gigabook For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

• ISBN:
• 0764574140
• Authors:
• Mark L. Chambers, Tony Bove, David D. Busch, Martin Doucette, David Kushner, Andy Rathbone, Cheryl Rhodes, Todd Staufer, Keith Underdahl

* Introducing the most complete digital media reference available-more than 900 pages of fun and easy instructions and tips on digital photography, digital video, digital music, and CD and DVD recording * At under $35, this value-priced book is the only single-volume digital media reference that covers such topics as choosing a digital camera, taking great pictures, and editing digital pictures * Covers printing and sharing pictures, selecting a...

Wrox's Visual C# 2005 Express Edition Starter Kit (Programmer to Programmer)

• ISBN:
• 0764589555
• Authors:
• F. Scott Barker

First, Barker explains how to install Visual C# 2005 Express Edition, which is included on the accompanying CD-ROM, and walks you through programming basics. You'll then learn how to build user interface elements in order to develop applications using Windows Forms. And you'll find out how to use data in your applications as you examine database concepts, data controls, SQL Server Express Edition features, and ADO.NET. This starter kit provides...

Dollars & Sense: Planning for Profit in Your Child Care Business

• ISBN:
• 0766822362
• Authors:
• Janet Bush

PERFECT FOR CHILD CARE OWNERS, ADMINISTRATORS AND PROFESSIONALS ALIKE, this invaluable resource is a self-study curriculum designed for small child care businesses. It offers more than 50 best practices developed by industry innovators. Child care providers learn to design effective business policies, customize contracts, set prices, keep financial and legal records, and market their business. In addition, providers learn to communicate better...

Visual Basic .NET Programming

• ISBN:
• 0782140386
• Authors:
• Harold Davis

It doesn't matter if you're new to programming or just to VB.NET, Visual Basic .NET Programming gets you up and running with the new version and offers a comprehensive introduction to Windows and web application development. From language fundamentals to ADO.NET, XML, and Web Services, Harold Davis's thoughtful approach emphasizes meaningful tasks that tie in with VB.NET's principal strengths. For example, you'll learn to build a Web Service,...

MCAD/MCSD: Visual Basic .NET XML Web Services and Server Components Study Guide

• ISBN:
• 0782141935
• Authors:
• Pamela Fanstill, Brian Reisman, Mitch Ruebush, Helen O'Boyle

Get ready for one of the new Microsoft developer exams with the MCAD/MCSD: Visual Basic .NET XML Web Services and Server Components Study Guide. Organized for optimal learning and retention, this book provides in-depth coverage of all objectives for exam 70-310, along with practical insights drawn from real-world experience. The accompanying CD includes hundreds of challenging review questions, electronic flashcards, and a searchable electronic...

Anadenanthera: Visionary Plant Of Ancient South America

• ISBN:
• 0789026422
• Authors:
• Constantino Torres, David Repke

A multidisciplinary study of pre-Columbian South America—centering on the psychoactive plant genus Anadenanthera As cultures formed and evolved in pre-Columbian South America, Anadenanthera became one of the most widely used shamanic inebriants. Anadenanthera: Visionary Plant of Ancient South America is more than a comprehensive reference on shamanic visionary substances; it is a useful tool for archeologists and pre-Columbian art historians....

Absolute Beginner's Guide to Digital Photography

• ISBN:
• 0789731207
• Authors:
• Joseph Ciaglia, Barbara London, John Upton, Peter Kuhns

Though the digital camera is one of the hottest selling gadgets on the market today, the technology can be intimidating and frustrating to first-time users. To new users, going from click to pictures with a digital camera can be overwhelming thanks to memory sticks, docking stations, computers, image editing software, printers, special papers, processing stations at the store, plus all the confusing terminology. Joseph Ciaglia , a teacher and...

The Transcontinental Railroad: The Gateway to the West (Milestones in American History)

• ISBN:
• 0791093514
• Authors:
• Edward J., Jr. Renehan

In May 1869, the U.S. railroad network unified when the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads came together in Promontory, Utah. "The Transcontinental Railroad" discusses this important milestone in the expansion of the United States and its impact on the nation, both positive and negative. This book tells how the east-west railroad played an integral role in opening western markets to residents of the eastern United States, but it also...

Onto-Ethologies: The Animal Environments of Uexkull, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, and Deleuze (Suny Series in Environmental Philosophy and Ethics)

• ISBN:
• 0791476111
• Authors:
• Brett Buchanan

Examines the significance of animal environments in contemporary continental thought.

Basic Elements of Differential Geometry and Topology (Mathematics and its Applications)

• ISBN:
• 0792310098
• Authors:
• S.P. Novikov, A.T. Fomenko

Solving Frontier Problems of Physics: The Decomposition Method (Fundamental Theories of Physics)

• ISBN:
• 079232644X
• Authors:
• G. Adomian

The Adomian decomposition method enables the accurate and efficient analytic solution of nonlinear ordinary or partial differential equations without the need to resort to linearization or perturbation approaches. It unifies the treatment of linear and nonlinear, ordinary or partial differential equations, or systems of such equations, into a single basic method, which is applicable to both initial and boundary-value problems. This volume deals...

The Chemistry of Metal Alkoxides

• ISBN:
• 0792375211
• Authors:
• Nataliya Ya Turova, Vadim G. Kessler

The study of the chemistry of metal alkoxides, which began more than 100 years ago, is now experiencing a renaissance due to the broad application of these compounds as molecular precursors in the synthesis of advanced technological materials based on simple and complex oxides. The solution of this problem is occupying a wide circle of inorganic chemists, technologists specializing in fine synthesis in nonaqueous media, and those working on the...

Nanocrystalline Metals and Oxides: Selected Properties and Applications (Electronic Materials: Science & Technology)

• ISBN:
• 0792376277

Nanostructured materials have at least one dimension in the nanometer range. They became a very active research area in solid state physics and chemistry in recent years with anticipated applications in various domains, including solar cells, electronics, batteries and sensors. Nanocrystalline metals and oxides are dense polycrystalline solids with a mean grain size below 100 nm. This book is intended to give an overview on selected properties...

Condos, Co-ops, and Townhomes: A Complete Guide to Finding, Buying, Maintaining, and Enjoying Your New Home

• ISBN:
• 0793178401
• Authors:
• Mark Weiss

Affordability. Location. Amenities. Convenience. Low maintenance. Community. These are just some of the reasons why property buyers across all regions and all demographic categories are making the markets sizzle for townhomes, condominiums, and cooperatives. Addressing the unique challenges to successfully buying these kinds of homes, broker and developer Mark B. Weiss brings his insider's depth of experience to mentor potential buyers. Sharing...

Bayesian Field Theory

• ISBN:
• 0801872200
• Authors:
• Jörg C. Lemm

Ask a traditional mathematician the likely outcome of a coin-toss, and he will reply that no evidence exists on which to base such a prediction. Ask a Bayesian, and he will examine the coin, conclude that it was probably not tampered with, and predict five hundred heads in a thousand tosses; a subsequent experiment would then be used to refine this prediction. The Bayesian approach, in other words, permits the use of prior knowledge when testing...

Leadership, Feedback and the Open Communication Gap

• ISBN:
• 0805853979
• Authors:
• Leanne E. Atwater, David A. Waldman

The topic of leadership has grown in importance, and how and when managers communicate is critical to their effectiveness. This book provides insight for managers to understand the feedback and open communication processes. It suggests guidelines for how and when managers should engage in negative feedback and open organizational-level communication with followers, including when such feedback and information should not be shared. It also adds...

Gordon R. Willey and American Archeology: Contemporary Perspectives

• ISBN:
• 080613805X

For an appreciation of the growth of American archaeology over the second half of the twentieth century, one need look no further than the career of Gordon R. Willey. A preeminent archaeologist and New World theorist, Willey made innumerable contributions to the prehistory of the Americas and helped establish the leading methodological and theoretical paradigm used in American archaeology. This volume of original essays gauges the wide-ranging...

Inside Hamas: The Untold Story of the Militant Islamic Movement

• ISBN:
• 1845113896
• Authors:
• Zaki Chehab

Buying a Property in Portuga, 2nd editionl: An Insider Guide to Buying a Dream Home in the Sun

• ISBN:
• 1845281977
• Authors:
• Sue Tyson-Ward

Portugal is the perfect place in which to buy a second home, or one for retirement. This book, written by an author with extensive knowledge of life in Portugal, will tell you all you need to know about where to look for a property, what types of property are available and how to find them. It explains the whole buying process from dealing with estate agents and solicitors to promissory contracts and registration. It also covers buy-to-let...

Unfunding Terror: The Legal Response to the Financing of Global Terrorism

• ISBN:
• 1845429621
• Authors:
• Jimmy Gurule

`Jimmy Gurulé knows how to bankrupt terrorists like few others do. As Undersecretary of the Treasury for Enforcement, he spearheaded the fight against al-Qaeda's global bank accounts, helping to earn the highest grade awarded on the 9/11 Commissioners' report card. As an author, he performs once again. Unfunding Terror provides policymakers and laymen alike a clear roadmap on how to keep terrorists out of the global financial system.' - Timothy...

Handbook of Worldwide Postal Reform (Advances in Regulatory Economics)

• ISBN:
• 1847209572
• Authors:
• Michael A. Crew, Paul R. Kleindorfer, James I., Jr. Campbell

The postal and delivery sector has been the subject of considerable interest in recent years. This book brings together a number of contributions directed at understanding developments in the field of postal reform. The authors review the experience and plans of individual countries to provide some perspective on the problems faced in the area and the varied approaches being taken to address it. They also review key elements of policy and...

Characterisation of Porous Solids VIII: Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on the Characterisation of Porous Solids (Special Publications)

• ISBN:
• 1847559042

Characterisation of Porous Solids VIII is concerned with fundamental and applied research on the characterisation of the structure of porous materials, and the relationship between structure and material performance. The scope includes experimental characterisation methods such as X-Ray diffraction, NMR, adsorption, mercury intrusion, and calorimetry; theoretical and simulation methods used to interpret experimental data, such as molecular...

Quantum Aspects Of Life

• ISBN:
• 1848162537
• Authors:
• Derek Abbott

This book presents the hotly debated question of whether quantum mechanics plays a non-trivial role in biology. In a timely way, it sets out a distinct quantum biology agenda. The burgeoning fields of nanotechnology, biotechnology, quantum technology, and quantum information processing are now strongly converging. The acronym BINS, for Bio-Info-Nano-Systems, has been coined to describe the synergetic interface of these several disciplines. The...

Ahmad Riza Khan (Makers of the Muslim World)

• ISBN:
• 1851683593
• Authors:
• Usha Sanyal

Introduces the legendary leader of the great 20th-century Sunni movement.

Shaykh Mufid (Makers of the Muslim World)

• ISBN:
• 1851683836
• Authors:
• Tamima Bayhom-Daou

An account of the great Shi'ite scholar-theologian.

Astrophysics is Easy!: An Introduction for the Amateur Astronomer (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series)

• ISBN:
• 1852338903
• Authors:
• Mike Inglis

Astrophysics is a subject that is often - with some justification - regarded as extremely difficult, requiring at least degree-level mathematics as a prerequisite to its understanding. Consequently, many amateur astronomers just don't bother, and miss out on the fascinating fundamentals of the subject, and often on an understanding of exactly what they are observing. Mike Inglis' quantitative approach to astrophysics cuts through all the...

Ageing of Rubber - Accelerated Heat Ageing Test Results

• ISBN:
• 185957274X
• Authors:
• R.P. Brown

This report is an output from the Weathering of Elastomers and Sealants project, which forms part of the UK government’s Department of Trade and Industry’s Degradation of Materials in Aggressive Environments Programme. A long-term natural ageing programme was started in 1958 when 19 rubber compounds were exposed at 3 locations. The final sets of test pieces were withdrawn in 1998 giving a total of 40 years of natural ageing. The results of...

Human Embryonic Stem Cells (Advanced Methods ( BIOS ))

• ISBN:
• 1859962785
• Authors:
• J. S. Odorico

Since the first successful isolation and cultivation of human embryonic stem cells at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1998, there has been high levels of both interest and controversy in this area of research. This book provides a concise overview of an exciting field, covering the characteristics of both human embryonic stem cells and pluripotent stem cells from other human cell lineages. The following chapters describe state-of-the-art...

X-Ray Scattering from Semiconductors

• ISBN:
• 1860943608
• Authors:
• Paul F. Fewster

This book presents a practical guide to the analysis of materials and includes a thorough description of the underlying theories and instrumental aberrations caused by real experiments. The main emphasis concerns the analysis of thin films and multilayers, primarily semiconductors, although the techniques are very general. Semiconductors can be very perfect composite crystals and therefore their study can lead to the largest volume of...

Mathematical Perspectives on Theoretical Physics: A Journey from Black Holes to Superstrings

• ISBN:
• 1860943640
• Authors:
• Nirmala Prakash

This book presents the basics of mathematics that are needed for learning the physics of today. It describes briefly the theories of groups and operators, finite- and infinite-dimensional algebras, concepts of symmetry and supersymmetry, and then delineates their relations to theories of relativity and black holes, classical and quantum physics, electroweak fields and Yang–Mills. It concludes with a chapter on (the complex theory of) strings...