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Elliptic Curves: Number Theory and Cryptography, Second Edition (Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications)

CRC Press, 2008

Over the last two or three decades, elliptic curves have been playing an increasingly important role both in number theory and in related fields such as cryptography. For example, in the 1980s, elliptic curves started being used in cryptography and elliptic curve techniques were developed for factorization and primality...

Nanotechnology Demystified

McGraw-Hill, 2006

Nanotechnology Demystifi ed is for anyone interested in the nanoscale world who wants to learn more about this exciting new area. It can also be used by home-schooled students, tutored students, and those people wanting to change careers. The material is presented in an easy-to-follow way and can best be understood when read from beginning to...

Raising Freethinkers: A Practical Guide for Parenting Beyond Belief

AMACOM, 2009

“I raised my own freethinking sons not that long ago, and I had little choice but to do it without much practical support. This book is the best, most comprehensive compendium of secular parenting strategies and tips I can imagine. It shows how, without the aid of any supernatural overseer, you can raise kids who...

Electronics Sensors for the Evil Genius: 54 Electrifying Projects

McGraw-Hill, 2006

Electronic Sensors for the Evil Genius: 54 Electrifying Projects was created as a voyage of discover}* for children, adults, science buffs, and for those curious at heart of all ages. This book was designed to provide a spark for the curiosity seeker, as well as to inspire curious children, students, and adults alike toward experimentation...

The Robosapien Companion: Tips, Tricks, and Hacks (Technology in Action)

Apress, 2005

You'll lovenThe Robosapien Companion: Tips, Tricks, and Hacks whether you're a robotics expert or beginner. And whether you own a Robosapien or not, or are anticipating the V2 release, you'll learn about the workings and theory of this fun robot. An owner of several Robosapiens himself, author Jamie Samans covers everything from basics like...

Foundation Rails 2

Friends of Ed, 2008

I wrote this book with the goal of providing an introduction to Rails for people who have some passing familiarity with other scripting languages such as JavaScript or PHP. That being said, the main requirement for success with this book is simply going to be motivation and curiosity. Readers with an abundance of both, who are willing to go beyond...

The Fabulous Fibonacci Numbers

Prometheus Books, 2007

"...delightful...accessible to anyone who enjoys or enjoyed high school mathematics. Mathematics teachers from middle school through college will find this book fun to read and useful in the classroom. The authors consider more properties, relationships, and applications of the Fibonacci numbers than most other sources do...I enjoyed reading...

Who Put the Butter in Butterfly?: And Other Fearless Investigations into Our Illogical Language

Harper Perennial, 1989

When I wrote Imponderables™, I purposely omitted any questions about the origins of words and phrases. An Imponderable was a mystery that couldn’t be answered by standard reference books, and so many wonderful books about words already existed that I couldn’t believe there was a need for more.

As someone who uses...

Who's Who in Orthopedics

Springer, 2004

It is indeed a pleasure to prepare the foreword for vidual surgeons. In addition, it can be read from this text, mainly because I am now a senior ortho- front to back as a history of orthopedics. We are pedist who has known so many of the great ortho- all indebted to S. B. Mosto? for this fascinating pedists who are described in such great...

Analysis for Financial Management + S&P subscription card

McGraw-Hill, 2005

Like its predecessors, the eighth edition of Analysis for Financial Manage ment is for nonfinancial executives and business students interested in the practice of financial management. It introduces standard techniques and recent advances in a practical, intuitive way. The book assumes no prior background beyond a rudimentary and...

Crime and Punishment: Essential Primary Sources

Thomson Gale, 2006

Crime, and the issues that relate to it, arouse compelling curiosity and fervent debate. In the human psyche, crimes and their underlying motives often capture equal measures of fascination and revulsion. In the media, criminals are both condemned and granted celebrity. Accordingly, the readings and resources offered in Crime and Punishment:...

The Architecture of Computer Hardware, Systems Software, & Networking: An Information Technology Approach

John Wiley & Sons, 2009

The modern world offers lots of readily available online resources for learning. Wikipedia, Google, news sources, millions of Web sites and blogs, even YouTube, offer access to information in nearly any subject that triggers your curiosity and interest. Nonetheless, I continue to believe that for deep understanding of something, nothing...

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