I still remember deploying my first Microsoft Access application 10 years ago for a head hunting agency.
They had a user base of about 200 users (I can already hear some of you groan) and they needed a
system to manage job applicants and the companies that want to hire them. And they tossed my meager
development team of two an...
The twentieth century witnessed the birth of revolutionary ideas in the phys-
ical sciences. These ideas began to shake the traditional view of the universe
dating back to the days of Newton, even to the days of Galileo. Albert Ein-
stein is usually identified as the creator of the relativity theory, a theory that
is used to model the...
Today is the most exciting time to be working in nanotechnology, and bionanotechnology
in particular. Chemistry, biology, and physics have revealed
an immense amount of information on molecular structure and
function, and now we are poised to make use of it for atomic-level engineering.
New discoveries are being made every day, and...
Once every decade or so, a technology comes along that is so revolutionary that it
fundamentally alters the way we approach everything we do. The world itself has
changed. As I think back to 1995 when I first started developing Internet applications,
our data needs were relatively simple. For the next 10 years,...
Seven years have passed since the publication of the previous edition of this book.
During that time, sensor technologies have made a remarkable leap forward. The
sensitivity of the sensors became higher, the dimensions became smaller, the selectivity
became better, and the prices became lower. What have not changed are the...
This series of physics problems and solutions, which consists of seven
volumes — Mechanics, Electromagnetism, Optics, Atomic, Nuclear and
Particle Physics, Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics, Quantum Me
chanic, Solid State Physics and Relativity, contains a selection of 2550
problems from the graduate school entrance...
In Geography and GIS, surfaces can be analysed and visualised through various data structures, and topological data structures describe surfaces in the form of a relationship between certain surface-specific features. Drawn from many disciplines with a strong applied aspect, this is a research-led, interdisciplinary approach to the creation,...
The advent of new architectures and computing platforms means that synchronization and concurrent computing are among the most important topics in computing science. Concurrent programs are made up of cooperating entities -- processors, processes, agents, peers, sensors -- and synchronization is the set of concepts, rules and mechanisms that...
Insider advice on navigating the Strip as you explore some of that landmark street’s famous casino hotels and attractions, from Mandalay Bay’s wave pool and CityCenter’s public art displays to The...
OpenCL (Open Computing Language) is the first royalty-free standard for cross platform, parallel programming of modern processors found in personal computers, servers, mobiles, and embedded devices. OpenCL greatly improves speed and responsiveness for a wide spectrum of applications in numerous market categories, from gaming and entertainment...
This book offers a discussion of Niels Bohr's conception of "complementarity", arguably his greatest contribution to physics and philosophy. By tracing Bohr's work from his 1913 atomic theory to the introduction and then refinement of the idea of complementarity, and by explicating different meanings of...
Nanoscale Applications for Information and Energy Systems presents nanotechnology fundamentals and applications in the key research areas of information technology (electronics and photonics) and alternative (solar) energy: plasmonics, photovoltaics, transparent conducting electrodes, silicon electroplating, and resistive...
