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Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space

"FASCINATING . . . MEMORABLE . . . REVEALING . . . PERHAPS THE BEST OF CARL SAGAN'S BOOKS."
--The Washington Post Book World (front page review)

In Cosmos, the late astronomer Carl Sagan cast his gaze over the magnificent mystery of the Universe and made it accessible to millions of people around the
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The Edge of Infinity: Supermassive Black Holes in the Universe
The Edge of Infinity: Supermassive Black Holes in the Universe

This timely book is suitable for the general reader wishing to find answers to some of the intriguing questions now being asked about black holes. Although once recognized as the most destructive force in nature, following a cascade of astonishing discoveries, the opinion of supermassive black holes has undergone a dramatic shift. Astronomers...

Options Trading for the Conservative Investor: Increasing Profits without Increasing Your Risk (2nd Edition)
Options Trading for the Conservative Investor: Increasing Profits without Increasing Your Risk (2nd Edition)

“The author’s option trading guidelines include important issues often overlooked by investors. Attention conservative investors! Michael C. Thomsett’s Options Trading for the Conservative Investor has hit a bull’s-eye...for you!”

Marty...

Computational Geometry: An Introduction Through Randomized Algorithms
Computational Geometry: An Introduction Through Randomized Algorithms

This introduction to computational geometry is designed for beginners. It emphasizes simple randomized methods, developing basic principles with the help of planar applications, beginning with deterministic algorithms and shifting to randomized algorithms as the problems become more complex. It also explores higher dimensional advanced...

Science in the Age of Computer Simulation
Science in the Age of Computer Simulation

Computer simulation was first pioneered as a scientific tool in meteorology and nuclear physics in the period following World War II, but it has grown rapidly to become indispensible in a wide variety of scientific disciplines, including astrophysics, high-energy physics, climate science, engineering, ecology, and economics. Digital computer...

A History of Corporate Governance around the World: Family Business Groups to Professional Managers
A History of Corporate Governance around the World: Family Business Groups to Professional Managers
For many Americans, capitalism is a dynamic engine of prosperity that rewards the bold, the daring, and the hardworking. But to many outside the United States, capitalism seems like an initiative that serves only to concentrate power and wealth in the hands of a few hereditary oligarchies. In A History of Corporate Governance...
The Blues: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
The Blues: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

Praised as "suave, soulful, ebullient" (Tom Waits) and "a meticulous researcher, a graceful writer, and a committed contrarian" (New York Times Book Review), Elijah Wald is one of the leading popular music critics of his generation. In The Blues, Wald surveys a genre at the heart of American culture.

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Darwin and Evolution for Kids: His Life and Ideas with 21 Activities (For Kids series)
Darwin and Evolution for Kids: His Life and Ideas with 21 Activities (For Kids series)
Darwin and Evolution for Kids traces the transformation of a privileged and somewhat scatterbrained youth into the great thinker who proposed the revolutionary theory of evolution. Through 21 hands-on activities, young scientists learn about Darwin’s life and work and assess current evidence of evolution. Activities...
Provenance and Annotation of Data and Process: Third International Provenance and Annotation Workshop
Provenance and Annotation of Data and Process: Third International Provenance and Annotation Workshop

Interest in and needs for provenance are growing as data proliferate. Data are increasing in a wide array of application areas, including scientific workflow systems, logical reasoning systems, text extraction, social media, and linked data. As data volumes expand and as applications become more hybrid and distributed in nature, there is...

Guide to Tactical Perimeter Defense
Guide to Tactical Perimeter Defense

This course is the official courseware for the Security Certified Program SC0-451 certification exam. The Tactical Perimeter Defense course is designed to provide network administrators and certification candidates with hands-on tasks on the most fundamental perimeter security technologies. The network perimeter is often the first...

Milwaukee Television History: The Analog Years
Milwaukee Television History: The Analog Years

Milwaukee -not New York, Chicago or Los Angeles- was the scene of a number of television firsts: Here the very first application for a commercial TV license was filed with the FCC in 1938. The first female program director and news director in a major market were both at Milwaukee stations. Milwaukee was a major battleground in the VHF...

Understanding Complex Datasets: Data Mining with Matrix Decompositions
Understanding Complex Datasets: Data Mining with Matrix Decompositions
Many data-mining algorithms were developed for the world of business, for example for customer relationship management. The datasets in this environment, although large, are simple in the sense that a customer either did or did not buy three widgets, or did or did not fly from Chicago to Albuquerque.

In contrast,
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