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Rob Milne: A Tribute to a Pioneering AI Scientist, Entrepreneur and Mountaineer, Volume 139 Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications

IOS Press, 2006

This festschrift celebrates the life of a remarkable man.

Rob Milne died while climbing Mount Everest early on 5th June 2005 Nepal Time. He was 48. He is survived by his wife Val and his two children Alex and Rosemary. His untimely death was a tragedy, but Rob packed 96 years of living into his 48 years of life. In any one of his three...

Learn to Tango with D

Apress, 2008

In recent years, much work has been put into creating programming languages that embody a blend of many of the most admired characteristics of their predecessors. One such language is D, which provides developers with the speed of languages such as C and C++ combined with the power and flexibility of languages such as Ruby and Python....

Beginning Microsoft Visual C# 2008 (Wrox Beginning Guides)

Wrox Press, 2008

The book is aimed at novice programmers who wish to learn programming with C# and the .NET framework. The book starts with absolute programming basics. It then moves into Web and Windows programming, data access (databases and XML), and more advanced technologies such as graphics programming with GDI+ and basic networking. The book is divided into...

Sports Photography: How to Capture Action and Emotion

Allworth Press, 2007

For professional photographers, sports fans, proud parents, and anyone who wants to capture great sports pictures, this is the ultimate guide to sports photography. Seasoned sports photographer Peter Skinner uses 211 stunning examples from the work of Walter Ioss, Ben Chen, Bob Gomel, Duane Hart, Mark Johnson, and six other renowned...

Autonomous Robotic Systems (Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences)

Springer, 1998

This book constitutes the presentations made at the Advanced Research Workshop on Autonomous Robotic Systems, which was held at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, June 1997. The aim of the meeting was to bring together leading researchers in the area of autonomous systems for mobility and manipulation, and the aim of this book is to share the...

The Executive Guide to E-mail Correspondence: Including Model Letters for Every Situation

Career Press, 2006

Sit down at the keyboard and cinch that deal! Press the send button and get the account!

Writing skills are more important than ever in determining business success. They can make the difference between climbing the corporate ladder and getting stuck on a low rung. An e-mail that's clear, concise, and targeted will get more than just a...

Magento: Beginner's Guide

Packt Publishing, 2009

Magento is the world's most evolved e-commerce solution. It runs on the Apache/MySQL/PHP platform. From one installation, you can control multiple storefronts, all sharing customer and product information. Magento's templates and themes enable you to customize the look and feel of your store, even optimizing it for mobile phones. Extensions...

Professional Silverlight 2 for ASP.NET Developers (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)

Wrox Press, 2009

Our overarching goal in writing this book was to give ASP.NET developers the power to quickly and easily create visually stunning Internet applications, coupled with rich interactivity to fully immerse the user in a new online experience. Silverlight gives you everything you need to do just this, and in serious style!

As well as taking you...

The Patient's Guide to Preventing Medical Errors

Praeger Publishers, 2004

It is natural to feel apprehensive when facing a surgical procedure or entering a hospital to receive treatment for a newly diagnosed illness. Although a bit nervous, people assume that they will be safe. That assumption is wrong. A startling report revealed that it is far safer to fly on a commercial airliner than to be a patient in a hospital. In...

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