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The Artful Universe Expanded

Oxford University Press, 2005

Our love of art, writes John Barrow, is the end product of millions of years of evolution. How we react to a beautiful painting or symphony draws upon instincts laid down long before humans existed. Now, in this enhanced edition of the highly popular The Artful Universe, Barrow further explores the close ties between our aesthetic appreciation and...

Scratch Programming for Teens

Course Technology PTR, 2008

Welcome to Scratch Programming for Teens! Scratch is a programming language developed by the MIT Media Lab for the purpose of teaching programming to teens and other first-time programmers. Scratch is a new programming language, initially released in May 2007. Scratch supports the development of computer games, interactive stories, graphic artwork...

Netbooks: The Missing Manual

Pogue Press, 2009

Netbooks are the hot new thing in PCs -- small, inexpensive laptops designed for web browsing, email, and working with web-based programs. But chances are you don't know how to choose a netbook, let alone use one. Not to worry: with this Missing Manual, you'll learn which netbook is right for you and how to set it up and use it for everything from...

Pro SQL Server 2008 Administration

Apress, 2009

Pro SQL Server 2008 Administration is critical for database administrators seeking in-depth knowledge on administering SQL Server 2008. This book covers the impact of the new features available in SQL Server 2008 specifically targeted for database administrators, along with the tried-and-true advanced techniques required to support and...

Foundation Expression Blend 3 with Silverlight

Friends of Ed, 2009

The only real tool for developing cross-platform Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) for that last 11 years has been Flash; until now! Silverlight 3 allows you to develop cross-platform Rich Internet Applications in a fraction of the time because of the extensive and very powerful .NET 3.5 libraries, the powerful, design friendly Blend 3 Integrated...

iPhone Cool Projects

Apress, 2009

You are going to love this book! I know I do, and I had to read every word of it and check
every line of code, twice!!

If you’re like me, you’ve registered as an iPhone developer with Apple, read some documentation,
and sought help in taking the next bold step. Perhaps you’ve picked up “Beginning...

SimCity 4: Deluxe Edition (also Covers Rush Hour Expansion)

Prima Games, 2003

SimCity just keeps getting bigger and better, doesn’t it? Fortunately, so does this book, with a brand-new section dedicated to the copious new features introduced in Rush Hour.

The first seven parts of this book are for all SimCity players, illustrating the basics and delving in deep to enable anyone to become an expert Mayor....

Pro LINQ: Language Integrated Query in VB 2008

Apress, 2009

LINQ is the project name for a set of extensions to the .NET Framework that provide a generic approach to querying data from different data sources. LINQ will premier in Visual Studio 2008, and will become the next must–have skill for .NET developers. For more information about LINQ, you can check out www.linqdev.com.

Starting with code...

Designing Interactions

MIT Press, 2007

Digital technology has changed the way we interact with everything from the games we play to the tools we use at work. Designers of digital technology products no longer regard their job as designing a physical objectÐ²Ð”beautiful or utilitarianÐ²Ð”but as designing our interactions with it. In Designing Interactions,...

Mathletics: How Gamblers, Managers, and Sports Enthusiasts Use Mathematics in Baseball, Basketball, and Football

Princeton Press, 2009

If you have picked up this book you surely love sports and you probably like math. You may have read Michael Lewis’s great book Moneyball, which describes how the Oakland A’s used mathematical analysis to help them compete successfully with the New York Yankees even though the average annual payroll for the A’s is less than 40...

Dungeon Master 4th Edition For Dummies

For Dummies, 2008

Whether you've been a Dungeon Master (DM) before and want to fine-tune your skills or want to get ready and take the plunge, this is the book for you. It gives you the basics on running a great game, info for more advanced dungeon mastering, guidelines for creating adventures, and tips for building a campaign. It shows you how to:

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A Brief History of the Olympic Games

John Wiley & Sons, 2004

For more than a millennium, the ancient Olympics captured the imaginations of the Greeks, until a Christianized Rome terminated the competitions in the fourth century AD. But the Olympic ideal did not die and this book is a succinct history of the ancient Olympics and their modern resurgence.

Classics professor David Young, who...

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