Learn how to program in Python while making and breaking ciphers—algorithms used to create and send secret messages! 

After a crash course in Python programming basics, you’ll learn to make, test, and hack programs that encrypt text with classical ciphers like the transposition cipher and Vigenère...

The much-anticipated 3rd edition of Cell Biology delivers comprehensive, clearly written, and richly illustrated content to today’s students, all in a user-friendly format. Relevant to both research and clinical practice, this rich resource covers key principles of cellular function and uses them to explain...

Some books on algorithms are rigorous but incomplete; others cover masses of material but lack rigor. Introduction to Algorithms...

• This short, concise, and practical guide is packed with real-world examples of building microservices with Go
• It is easy to read and will benefit smaller teams who want to extend the functionality of their existing systems
• Using this practical approach will save your money in...

• Design and implement robust system components by means of the de facto unit testing standard in Java
• Reduce defect rate and maintenance effort, plus simultaneously increase code quality and development pace
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• Learn to create simple 2D to complex 3D graphics and games using all possible tools and widgets available for game development in Qt
• Understand technologies such as QML,...

Through previous editions, Peter O'Neil has made rigorous engineering mathematics topics accessible to thousands of students by emphasizing visuals, numerous examples, and interesting mathematical models. Advanced Engineering Mathematics features a greater number of examples and problems and is fine-tuned throughout to improve the clear...

In order to take Excel to the next level, you need to understand and implement the power of Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). This 4^th edition of Excel VBA Programming For Dummies introduces you to a wide array of new Excel options,...

This book presents contributions from a global selection of experts in the field. This useful text offers new insights and solutions for the development of theorems, algorithms and advanced methods for real-time applications across a range of disciplines. Written in an accessible style, the discussion of all applications is enhanced by the...

This book is really the end product of over a decade of work, on and off, on diagrammatic reasoning in artificial intelligence (AI). In developing this book, I drew inspiration from a variety of sources: two experimental studies, the development of two prototype systems, an extensive literature review and analysis in AI,...