Bioactive Compounds of Medicinal Plants: Properties and Potential for Human Health (Innovations in Plant Science for Better Health: From Soil to Fork)

How Computers Work: Processor and Main Memory

1stBooks Library, 2002

The book is as simple as possible and aimed at a non-technical audience with absolutely no knowledge of computers or electronics, but it is an electrical engineering text. A typical page consists of a circuit diagram (or program) and a paragraph or two of explanation. The book begins with a VERY simple circuit and continues to a very complex...

Information Architecture with XML: A Management Strategy

John Wiley & Sons, 2003

In the ‘good old days’ before food labelling, sell-by dates and competitive brand promotion,
you placed yourself at the mercy of your local village store manager. After the
painful wait for the previous customer to bid his farewells and finally let attention turn
your way, you placed your trust in the nice old guy who...

Contemporary Carbene Chemistry

John Wiley & Sons, 2013

Presents the most innovative results in carbene chemistry, setting the foundation for new discoveries and applications

The discovery of stable carbenes has reinvigorated carbene chemistry research, with investigators seeking to develop carbenes into new useful catalysts and ligands. Presenting the most innovative and...

Network Recovery: Protection and Restoration of Optical, SONET-SDH, IP, and MPLS

Morgan Kaufmann, 2004

"This is the right book at the right time for anyone in the telecommunications business, or anyone who is dependent on the services provided by the telecommunications business that would like to understand the new Internet that is rapidly becoming the common reality."
From the Foreword by Scott Bradner, Senior Technical Consultant...

Capital Instincts: Life as an Entrepreneur, Financier, and Athlete

John Wiley & Sons, 2003

For over three decades, Thomas W. Weisel has been one of the leading figures of the financial scene that blossomed along with Silicon Valley, becoming an integral part of its phenomenal success. Many pioneers have contributed to the changing nature of U.S. business, but only a few have emerged as real leaders in American entrepreneurialism. Thom...

The Complete Idiot's Guide to PCs (8th Edition)

Alpha, 2001

As more and more people purchase computers for their home, the need for an easy-to-use, light-hearted guide becomes a necessity. Updated from the best-selling first edition, this must-have resource will provide readers with all the information they need from purchasing, setting up, upgrading their system and using the Internet to creating...