Sustainability and the Humanities

The Trouble With Physics: The Rise of String Theory, The Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next

Mariner Books, 2007

In this illuminating book, the renowned theoretical physicist Lee Smolin argues that fundamental physics -- the search for the laws of nature -- losing its way. Ambitious ideas about extra dimensions, exotic particles, multiple universes, and strings have captured the public’s imagination -- and the imagination of experts. But these...

Photoshop Elements 2 Most Wanted

Friends of Ed, 2003

All the most common and popular uses of Adobe Photoshop Elements 2 have been brought together in one volume. Each section provides a useful guide to techniques, a summary of the tools used and several step-by-step projects to clearly demonstrate each effect. There's also a wealth of tips and tricks to help you get the most out of this...

CAD and GIS Integration

Auerbach Publications, 2009

When used together effectively, computer-aided design (CAD) and geospatial information systems (GIS) have a solid track record for streamlining decision making and reducing inefficiencies in the design, planning, and execution of critical operations and projects. And a growing number of engineering tasks in numerous fields—including...

Wireshark Network Analysis (Second Edition): The Official Wireshark Certified Network Analyst Study Guide

Laura Chappell University, 2012

[Note: This Second Edition is also available in Kindle format!]

Wireshark is the world's most popular network analyzer tool with over 500,000 downloads per month. This book provides insider tips and tricks to spot performance issues fast - no more finger pointing because the packets never lie! From "Death by...

ASP.NET 3.5: A Beginner's Guide

McGraw-Hill, 2008

What distinguishes the web hobbyist from the professional developer is the ability to store and retrieve data from a server over the Internet. Some readers may have made that step with PHP or Perl, and for them the journey has already begun. For others, ASP.NET 3.5 is just the next step in the growth and development of ASP.NET. For them, much will...

Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach (McGraw-Hill Series in Computer Science)

McGraw-Hill, 2000

When a computer software succeeds—when it meets the needs of the people who use it, when it performs flawlessly over a long period of time, when it is easy to modify and even easier to use—it can and does change things for the better. But when software fails—when its users are dissatisfied, when it is error prone, when it is...