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Geometric Algebra for Computer Science (Revised Edition): An Object-Oriented Approach to Geometry

Morgan Kaufmann, 2009

Geometric algebra is a powerful and practical framework for the representation and solution of geometrical problems. We believe it to be eminently suitable to those subfields of computer science in which such issues occur: computer graphics, robotics, and computer vision.We wrote this book to explain the basic structure of geometric algebra, and to...

Let Nobody Turn Us Around: An African American Anthology

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2009

Throughout their entire history as a people, African Americans have created themselves. They did so in the context of the transatlantic slave trade and two-and-a-half centuries of chattel slavery—a structure of overwhelming inequality and brutality characterized by the sale of human beings and routine rapes and executions. They constructed...

Enterprise Rails

O'Reilly, 2008

Enterprise Rails is indispensable for anyone planning to build enterprise web services. It's one thing to get your service off the ground with a framework like Rails, but quite another to construct a system that will hold up at enterprise scale. The secret is to make good architectural choices from the beginning. Chak shows you how to make those...

Zimbra: Implement, Administer and Manage: Get your organization up and running with Zimbra, fast

Packt Publishing, 2007

Zimbra is open-source server and client software for messaging and collaboration: email, group calendaring, contacts, and web document management and authoring. The Zimbra server is available for Linux, Mac OS X, appliances, and virtualization platforms. The Zimbra Web 2.0 Ajax client runs on Firefox, Safari, and IE, and features easy...

MySQL Administrator's Bible (Bible (Wiley))

John Wiley & Sons, 2009

With special focus on the next major release of MySQL, this resource provides a solid framework for anyone new to MySQL or transitioning from another database platform, as well as experience MySQL administrators. The high-profile author duo provides essential coverage of the fundamentals of MySQL database management—including MySQL’s...

Mac OS X Leopard For Dummies (Computer/Tech)

For Dummies, 2007

"…the book admirably teaches a useful range of keyboard short cuts…a good introduction to the Mac." (Mac User, February 2008)

Mac OS X Leopard is the new cat in town, and wait until you see all the tricks it can do! Whether you’re new to the Mac or a longtime Mac-thusiast,...

Programming Interactivity: A Designer's Guide to Processing, Arduino, and openFrameworks

O'Reilly, 2009

This is a book about creating physical interaction with computer systems. It focuses on designing hardware and programming for systems that use either physical input or physical feedback. This book has been a dream of mine since I was an art student beginning to create interactive installations and finding that there was no simple...

The Definitive Guide to Catalyst: Writing Extensible, Scalable and Maintainable Perl Based Web Applications

Apress, 2009

I have been with the Catalyst framework team since the beginning. We have come a long way from our beginnings as a few guys in an IRC channel trying to hack together a better way to write web applications. Catalyst is now powering multi-million-dollar sites all over the world. It has a thriving community of developers, with thousands of people...

Adobe Photoshop CS4 Studio Techniques

Adobe Press, 2009

Adobe Photoshop CS4 Studio Techniques has been completely updated to cover the new features in CS4. In a friendly, easy-going style that's long on information and short on techno-babble, Photoshop Hall-of-Famer Ben Willmore and photographer Dan Ablan guide you through the concepts and features that will truly make a difference in how you use...

Cryptographic Boolean Functions and Applications

Academic Press, 2009

Boolean functions are the building blocks of symmetric cryptographic systems. Symmetrical cryptographic algorithms are fundamental tools in the design of all types of digital security systems (i.e. communications, financial and e-commerce).

Cryptographic Boolean Functions and Applications is a concise reference that shows how Boolean...

An Introduction to Mathematical Models in Ecology and Evolution: Time and Space (Ecological Methods and Concepts)

John Wiley & Sons, 2009

Students often find it difficult to grasp fundamental ecological and evolutionary concepts because of their inherently mathematical nature. Likewise, the application of ecological and evolutionary theory often requires a high degree of mathematical competence.

This book is a first step to addressing these difficulties, providing a broad...

Understanding Consciousness: Second Edition

Routledge, 2009

Consciousness is personal. Indeed it is so close to the core of our being that it has puzzled thinkers from the beginnings of recorded history. What is it? What does it do? How does it relate to the physical world and to the workings of our bodies and brains? At the dawn of the new millennium answers to these questions are beginning to emerge....

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