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Filtering, Segmentation and Depth (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

Springer, 1993

Computer vision seeks a process that starts with a noisy, ambiguous signal from a TV camera and ends with a high-level description of discrete objects located in 3-dimensional space and identified in a human classification. In this book we address this process at several levels. We first treat the low-level image-processing issues of...

Richard Dawkins: How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think: Reflections by Scientists, Writers, and Philosophers

Oxford University Press, 2006

"A vivid picture of how one man, by force of rigorous analysis and clear writing, taught a generation of biologists how to think about evolution."--New York Times

ith the publication of the international bestseller The Selfish Gene some thirty years ago, Richard Dawkins powerfully captured a newly emerging way of...

RailsSpace: Building a Social Networking Website with Ruby on Rails (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby Series)

Addison Wesley, 2007

Ruby on Rails is fast displacing PHP, ASP, and J2EE as the development framework of choice for discriminating programmers, thanks to its elegant design and emphasis on practical results. RailsSpace teaches you to build large-scale projects with Rails by developing a real-world application: a social networking website like...

Computational Physics

Prentice Hall, 1996

Computational physics book that emphasizes the physics that can be done with numerical/computational methods rather than just the methods themselves. Uses True Basic. (Representative programs on WWW). Praised for its coverage of many interesting topics in pure and applied physics.

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How to Create the Next Facebook: Seeing Your Startup Through, from Idea to IPO

Apress, 2012

In just under a decade, Facebook has gone from a Harvard prodigy's dorm-room experiment to an essential part of the social life of hundreds of millions of children, teens, and adults across the globe. It's no surprise, then, that the company has been the subject of countless magazine articles, books, and even movies. But despite the...

The Two Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Mothers and Fathers Are Going Broke

Basic Books, 2003

This groundbreaking exposé brings to light the surprising financial consequences of mothers going to work, and the precarious position of today's middle class.

More than two decades ago, the women's movement flung open the doors of the workplace. Although this social revolution created a firestorm of controversy, no one questioned the...

Special Edition Using XML (2nd Edition)

Que, 2002

Special Edition Using XML, Second Edition gives developers a formal introduction to XML technology, starting with indepth coverage of basic syntax and fundamental "pieces" of XML, including DTDs, Schemas, and Namespaces. The authors then cover various applications of XML, including transforming and displaying XML documents using CSS...

Execution Plain and Simple: Twelve Steps to Achieving Any Goal on Time and On Budget

McGraw-Hill, 2004

Specific Steps to Accelerate Achievement of Goals and Turn Strategy Into Payoff, for Those Who Have To Execute.

Robert A. Neiman has helped major corporations achieve major gains in performance and profitability. He has put his experience on paper for managers who know their organizations have much more potential, can and must do better, and...

Understanding the Infinite

Harvard Business School, 1994

In writing this book I have tried to keep mathematical prerequisites to a minimum. The reader who is essentially innocent of mathematical knowledge beyond that taught in high school should be able to read at least halfway through Chapter VIII plus parts of the rest of the book, though such a reader will need to skip the occasional formula. That is...

Optimization Theory and Methods: Nonlinear Programming

Springer, 2006

Optimization is a subject that is widely and increasingly used in science, engineering, economics, management, industry, and other areas. It deals with selecting the best of many possible decisions in real-life environment, constructing computational methods to find optimal solutions, exploring the theoretical properties, and studying...

More than Nature Needs: Language, Mind, and Evolution

Harvard University Press, 2014

The human mind is an unlikely evolutionary adaptation. How did humans acquire cognitive capacities far more powerful than anything a hunting-and-gathering primate needed to survive? Alfred Russel Wallace, co-founder with Darwin of evolutionary theory, saw humans as "divine exceptions" to natural selection. Darwin thought use of...

Her Place at the Table : A Woman's Guide to Negotiating Five Key Challenges to Leadership Success

Jossey-Bass, 2004

Ideal for women dealing with demanding roles, this practical guide provides a framework for securing leadership positions and overcoming resistance to their leadership.

”Women roar,” exclaims management guru Tom Peters. “Want a leader?” asks BusinessWeek. “Hire a woman.” This list of women...

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