Since the dawn of computing, the quest for a better understanding of Nature has been a driving force for technological development. Groundbreaking achievements by great scientists have paved the way from the abacus to the supercomputing power of today. When trying to replicate Nature in the computer’s silicon test tube, there is need...
This book presents some of the key research undertaken by the members of
the International Federation of Classification Societies during the two years
since our last symposium. If the past is a guide to the future, these papers
contain the seeds of new ideas that will invigorate our field.
The work described in this book was first presented at the Eighth Workshop
on Genetic Programming, Theory and Practice, organized by the Center for the
Study of Complex Systems at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, May
20-22, 2010. The goal of this workshop series is to promote the exchange of
research results and ideas...
Dreams of Other Worlds describes the unmanned space missions that have opened new windows on distant worlds. Spanning four decades of dramatic advances in astronomy and planetary science, this book tells the story of eleven iconic exploratory missions and how they have fundamentally transformed our scientific and cultural perspectives...
WebLogic Server is an industrial−strength application server developed and marketed by BEA Systems, Inc. of San Jose, California. WebLogic is a pure−Java implementation of the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition, more commonly known as J2EE. J2EE represents Sun’s serious effort to make Java a powerful platform for...
Don?t spend your time wading through manuals to learn Perl. Spend it doing what you do best?creating Web pages! Perl is quickly developed and results-oriented. With this book, you?ll move seamlessly from the basics of this language to building dynamic Web sites. Combining easy-to-understand instructions with visual examples, Perl Fast &...
For tens of thousands of years the human race used their muscles and the labor of animals to build a world that differed little from that known by all their ancestors. But in 1776 James Watt installed the fi rst of his improved steam engines in a commercial enterprise, kicking off the industrial revolution.
If you are a Flash designer or developer and are not making widgets, you’re missing out! Creating widgets is a lot of fun and also a great way to make yourself known as a Flash developer. This book shows you how to create Flash widgets with some of the new features introduced in Flash CS4 and ActionScript 3.0. It also shows you how easy it is...
In early 1995 people were glued to their television sets watching the aftermath of a very large earthquake in the city of Kobe in western Japan. Little did they suspect the deep-seated implications of this event on the financial markets in general, and on the Bank of England in particular. The earthquake caused a major sell-off in the already...
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...
