In a world where web services can make real-time data accessible to anyone, how can the government leverage this openness to improve its operations and increase citizen participation and awareness? Through a collection of essays and case studies, leading visionaries and practitioners both inside and outside of government share their...
Peter Seibel interviews 15 of the most interesting computer programmers alive today in Coders at Work, offering a brand-new companion volume to Apress’s highly acclaimed best-seller Founders at Work by Jessica Livingston. As the words “at work” suggest, Peter Seibel focuses on how his...
Other books present corporate finance approaches to the VC/PE industry, but many key decisions require an understanding of the ways that law and economics work together. This book is better than straight corporate finance textbooks because it offers broad perspectives and principles that enable readers to deduce the economic implications of...
In this comparative study of shipping interdiction, Douglas Guilfoyle considers the State action of stopping, searching and arresting foreign flag vessels and crew on the high seas in cases such as piracy, slavery, drug smuggling, fisheries management, migrant smuggling, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and maritime terrorism....
Fundamentals of Light Microscopy and Electronic Imaging
Douglas B. Murphy
Over the last decade, advances in science and technology have profoundly changed the face of light microscopy. Research scientists need to learn new skills in order to use a modern research microscope–skills such as how to align microscope...
Millions of computer users regularly bind themselves to software license terms with the click of a mouse, usually without reading anything but the word "agree." Licenses for software as diverse as Microsoft Windows and Linux, and terms of use for websites such as Facebook, are all subject not only to intellectual property and...
JavaScript was never meant to be the most important programming language
in the world. It was hacked together in ten days, with ideas from Scheme
and Self packed into a C-like syntax. Even its name was an awkward fit,
referring to a language with little in common besides a few keywords.1 But
once JavaScript was released, there was no...
The Workshop on Semigroups and Languages took place in November 2002
at Center of Algebra of the University of Lisbon. It aimed at bringing together
researchers in both areas to find out about recent results of common
interest.
Jorge Almeida (University of Porto, Portugal), John Fountain (University
of York,...
Windows Embedded Compact 7 is really the latest version of Windows CE. Books dedicated to this
operating system are relatively scarce. Windows CE turned into a proper RTOS when Windows CE 3.0
was launched. A few books were published, most notably by Douglas Boling and James Wilson. The first
book concentrated on application...
If you have a hard time making sense of the Bible, The Bible for Blockheads is for you. It will transform what might seem like gobbledygook into incredible significance—enough to change your life. It can do that because the Bible is more amazing than you've ever dreamed, packed with riches, and making sense of it is no mystery. You'll even...
"The Library of Babel" is arguably Jorge Luis Borges' best known story--memorialized along with Borges on an Argentine postage stamp. Now, in The Unimaginable Mathematics of Borges' Library of Babel, William Goldbloom Bloch takes readers on a fascinating tour of the mathematical ideas hidden within one of the classic works...
Establish a successful corporate blog to reach your customers
Corporate blogs require careful planning and attention to legal and corporate policies in order for them to be productive and effective. This fun, friendly, and practical guide walks you through using blogging as a first line of communication to customers and...