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C++ AMP: Accelerated Massive Parallelism with Microsoft Visual C++

Microsoft Press, 2012

For most of computing history, we benefited from exponential increases in performance of scalar processors. That has come to an end. We are now at the dawn of the heterogeneous parallel computing era. With all applications being power-sensitive and all computing systems being power-limited, from mobile to cloud, future computing...

An Anthropology of Marxism

The University of North Carolina Press, 2019

An Anthropology of Marxism offers Cedric Robinson's analysis of the history of communalism that has been claimed by Marx and Marxists. Suggesting that the socialist ideal was embedded both in Western and non-Western civilizations and cultures long before the opening of the modern era and did not begin with or depend on the...

Green Information Technology: A Sustainable Approach

Morgan Kaufmann, 2015

We are living in the era of "Big Data" and the computing power required to deal with "Big Data" both in terms of its energy consumption and technical complexity is one of the key areas of research and development. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that centralized computing infrastructures (data centres)...

Men in Place: Trans Masculinity, Race, and Sexuality in America

University of Minnessota, 2019

Daring new theories of masculinity, built from a large and geographically diverse interview study of transgender men

American masculinity is being critiqued, questioned, and reinterpreted for a new era. In Men in Place Miriam J. Abelson makes an original contribution to this...

The Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, and the Dawn of the American Century

Scribner, 2019

A NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2019 SELECTION

The dramatic story of the most famous regiment in American history: the Rough Riders, a motley group of soldiers led by Theodore Roosevelt, whose daring exploits marked the beginning of American imperialism in the 20th century.

When...

The Visual Dictionary of Photography

Ava Publishing, 2009

Welcome to The Visual Dictionary of Photography, a book that provides clear definitions and illustrations of key terms and concepts encountered in photography, lens-based media and the wider visual arts.

This book gives straightforward explanations of some of the more confusing jargon of the digital era (such as tone...

Learn Cocoa Touch for iOS (Learn Apress)

Apress, 2012

With every successive release of iOS and its related hardware products, Apple and journalists the world over spout hyperbolic statements about “revolutionary” features, “insanely great” devices, and “unbelievable” sales. The numbers don’t disappoint, with hundreds of millions of iOS devices having...

Physics And Modeling Of Tera- And Nano-Devices (Selected Topics in Eletronics and Systems)

World Scientific Publishing, 2008

Physics and Modeling of Tera- and Nano-Devices is a compilation of papers by well-respected researchers working in the field of physics and modeling of novel electronic and optoelectronic devices. The topics covered include devices based on carbon nanotubes, generation and detection of terahertz radiation in semiconductor structures including...

Citizen Engineer: A Handbook for Socially Responsible Engineering

Prentice Hall, 2009

This book is a fusion of ideas, information, advice, and opinions from the authors, their colleagues, and dozens of other sources, brought together to provide you with the tools and insights you’ll need to maximize your success in a new era of socially responsible engineering.

The information in these pages will be most relevant to...

New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World--and How to Make It Work for You

Doubleday, 2018

NOW A NATIONAL BESTSELLER

The definitive guide to spreading ideas, building movements, and leaping ahead in our chaotic, connected age. Get the book New York Times columnist David Brooks calls "the best window I’ve seen into this new world."

Why do some leap ahead while others...

Japan's Great Stagnation: Financial and Monetary Policy Lessons for Advanced Economies

MIT Press, 2006

After experiencing spectacular economic growth and industrial development for much of the postwar era, Japan plunged abruptly into recession in the early 1990s and since then has suffered a prolonged period of economic stagnation, from which it is only now emerging. Japan's malaise, marked by recession or weak economic activity, commodity and asset...

No Code Required: Giving Users Tools to Transform the Web

Morgan Kaufmann, 2010

There is no question that the Web has become an integral part of modern life for people around the world, connecting us to each other and to seemingly infinite portals of information in real time. In the era of Web 2.0, barriers to participation have been lowered further and further, and we’ve seen the birth of myriad new people to...

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