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The Archaeology of Athens

Yale University Press, 2001

The city of Athens has played a leading role in the development of European civilization. When we look back through time to the origins of so many of the institutions and activities which thrive or are valued today, we are led to ancient Greece and, most often, to Athens in the Classical period (480–323 B.C.). Time and again...

Apple Pro Training Series: OS X Lion Support Essentials: Supporting and Troubleshooting OS X Lion

Peachpit Press, 2011

This book is based on the same criteria that are used for Apple’s official training course, Lion 101: OS X Support Essentials 10.7, an in-depth exploration of troubleshooting on OS X Lion. It serves as a self-paced tour of the breadth of functionality of Lion and the best methods for effectively supporting users of Lion...

Meta-Learning in Computational Intelligence (Studies in Computational Intelligence)

Springer, 2011

In the early days of pattern recognition and statistical data analysis life was rather simple: datasets were relatively small, collected from well-designed experiments, analyzed using a few methods that had good theoretical background. Explosive growth of the use of computers led to the creation of huge amounts of data of all kinds,...

Exploring Adobe InDesign CS5 (Design Exploration Series)

Delmar Cengage Learning, 2010

This book is intended for designers who are serious about their craft. It is ideal for students who desire an approach to instruction that focuses on software proficiency. It is an excellent choice for instructors and industry trainers who have been looking for a comprehensive textbook that includes handouts, projects, syllabi, and...

Clojure in Action

Manning Publications, 2011

I can tell you how much I enjoy being a geek. I can tell you how fascinated I was with the punch-cards my dad showed me back in 1985. I can tell you how I got my first computer when I was seven. And I can tell you that I’ve loved programming since 1989. I can tell you a great many things about all that, but I’m not sure how...

Financial Cryptography and Data Security: 15th International Conference, FC 2011

Springer, 2012

This volume contains the proceedings of the 15th International conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security, held at the Bay Gardens Beach Resort, St. Lucia, February 28–March 4, 2011.

Financial cryptography and data security (FC) is a well-established international forum for research, advanced development,...

Think Complexity: Complexity Science and Computational Modeling

O'Reilly, 2012

This book is inspired by boredom and fascination: boredom with the usual presentation of data structures and algorithms, and fascination with complex systems. The problem with data structures is that they are often taught without a motivating context; the problem with complexity science is that it is usually not taught at...

Boosting-Based Face Detection and Adaptation (Synthesis Lectures on Computer Vision)

Morgan and Claypool Publishers, 2010

With the rapid increase of computational powers and availability of modern sensing, analysis and rendering equipment and technologies, computers are becoming more and more intelligent. Many research projects and commercial products have demonstrated the capability for a computer to interact with human in a natural way by looking at...

Guide to Web Development with Java: Understanding Website Creation

Springer, 2012

I have been teaching web development for 14 years. I started with Perl. I can still remember the behemoth programs that contained all the logic and HTML. I remember using a text editor to write the program. Debugging consisted of a lot of print statements. It was a fun time, full of exploration, but I do not miss them.

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Algorithms and Complexity. Handbook of Theoretical Computer Science, Vol. A

Elsevier Limited, 1990

Modern developments in computer and software systems have raised many challeng ing issues concerning the design and efficiency of complex programming applica tions. There is an increasing need for "advanced theory", to understand and exploit basic concepts and mechanisms in computing and information processing. The...

America's Secret Establishment: An Introduction to the Order of Skull & Bones

Trine Day, 2004

The book began with an anonymous donation to the author of an 8-inch package of documents in the early 1980s. Nothing less than the membership list and supporting documents for a truly secret society the Yale Skull and Bones.

The late Johnny Johnson, of Phoenix Arizona was the spark that moved me to write first a...

Marine Biofouling: Colonization Processes and Defenses

CRC Press, 2003

Recent instances of bioinvasion, such as the emergence of the zebra mussel in the American Great Lakes, generated a demand among marine biologists and ecologists for groundbreaking new references that detail how organisms colonize hard substrates, and how to prevent damaging biomass concentrations.

Marine Biofouling:...

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