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A Half-Century of Automata Theory: Celebration and Inspiration

World Scientific Publishing, 2001

Suggests Automata Theory may be poised for another period of significant advance, similar to that in the 1960s and 1970s. -- Mathematical Reviews, 2002

This volume gathers lectures by 8 distinguished pioneers of automata theory, including two Turing Award winners. In each contribution, the early developments of...

Fundamental Forces of Nature: The Story of Gauge Fields

World Scientific Publishing, 2007

In this book I want to tell the story of gauge fields, the messengers that transmit signals among elementary particles, enabling them to interact. They work in the quantum realm of quarks, the deepest level of the structure of matter we have reached so far.

The basic interaction at this level percolates upwards, through hierarchies of...

AP English Literature & Composition For Dummies (Language & Literature)

For Dummies, 2008

Includes expert advice on annotating poems and prose!

Fine-tune reading comprehension skills with ease

Get up to speed on all the topics and themes of the AP exam in a focused, step-by-step manner. Beginning with an exam overview and ways to get the most out of an AP English...

Introduction to the Geometry of Complex Numbers

Dover Publications, 2008

The present work briefly develops the lectures which we have given since 1930 to the engineering candidates who chose the section of electromechanics at the Faculte polytechnique de Mons.

A memoir by Steinmetz 1 emphasized the simplifying role that can be played by the geometric interpretation of complex numbers in the...

Six-Legged Soldiers: Using Insects as Weapons of War

Oxford University Press, 2008

"Six-Legged Soldiers is an excellent account of the affect arthropod-borne diseases have had on warfare...This book will inspire readers to understand...threats and prepare new methods to combat them."--Nature, November 2008

"Both science and military history buffs will learn much from Lockwood, a self-described skeptic...

Landau Lifshitz Equations (Frontiers of Research With the Chinese Academy of Sciences)

World Scientific Publishing, 2008

This is a comprehensive introduction to Landau Lifshitz equations and Landau Lifshitz Maxwell equations, beginning with the work by Yulin Zhou and Boling Guo in the early 1980s and including most of the work done by this Chinese group led by Zhou and Guo since. The book focuses on aspects such as the existence of weak solutions in multi dimensions,...

Learning XNA 3.0: XNA 3.0 Game Development for the PC, Xbox 360, and Zune

O'Reilly, 2008

Do you have what it takes to become a game developer? With this hands-on book, you'll learn quickly and easily how to develop computer games with Microsoft's XNA 3.0 framework-not just for your PC, but for Xbox 360 and the Microsoft Zune as well.

Written by an experienced university-level game development instructor, Learning...

C++ Standard Library Practical Tips (Programming Series)

Charles River, 2005

Put the Power of the C++ Standard Library to Work!

C++ Standard Library Practical Tips teaches beginning and experienced programmers how to use the Standard Library and its major component the Standard Template Library (STL) effectively in routine programming chores. The book provides 100 quick, easy-to-use tips and solutions to common...

Textbook Finance: Leading Financial Professors From the World's Top Business Schools on the Fundamentals All Business Professionals Should Know About Finance

Aspatore Books, 2003

Inside the Minds: Textbook Finance is the most authoritative book ever written on the essentials of finance for the business professional. Featuring Chairmen of Finance Departments from some of the nation's leading Business Schools, these pages brim with insights from those at the height of their profession, who have each contributed chapters...

Writing from Start to Finish: A Six-Step Guide

Allen & Unwin, 2002

"Can help you knock out writers block" -- Boston Herald

Ideal for writing a short story, essay, review, or report, this guide provides beginning writers with the hands-on direction they need to improve their writing techniques and ability. Using a six-step approach to writing, this resource covers...

Digital SLR Cameras & Photography For Dummies

For Dummies, 2005

Get the lowdown on megapixels, lenses, and filters

Choose the right camera and accessories, get perfect shots, and edit like a pro

Excited about that new digital SLR and eager to find inventive ways to put all its features to work? This book will help! It shows you (in rich, full color) exactly what you and your...

Handbook of Discrete and Combinatorial Mathematics

CRC Press, 1999

I like the book's format. There are glossaries at the beginning of each chapter. Each subsection begins with definitions and goes on to facts, then algorithms (boxed and in pseudo -code), lists of mathematical objects, illuminating pictures, examples, lists of applications, and, finally, bibliography and web sources. This handbook will appeal both...

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