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Built to Sell: Turn Your Business Into One You Can Sell

Flip Jet Media, Inc., 2010

When you start a business, it’s natural to dream of selling it one day. In fact, more than half of America’s 27 million business owners now say they want to sell their business in the next 10 years. You may want to retire, travel, cash out, or just sleep well at night knowing you could sell your...

The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved: How Mathematical Genius Discovered the Language of Symmetry

Simon & Schuster, 2005

What do the music of J. S. Bach, the basic forces of nature, Rubik's Cube, and the selection of mates have in common? They are all characterized by certain symmetries. Symmetry is the concept that bridges the gap between science and art, between the world of theoretical physics and the everyday world we see around us. Yet the "language"...

Risk, Complexity and ICT

Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007

This book explores the challenges regarding risks and risk management related to the growing complexity of ICT solutions.

The main argument of the book is that the complexity of ICT solutions has continued to grow throughout the history of ICT, and that it has now reached a level that goes beyond our current understanding of...

ESD Basics: From Semiconductor Manufacturing to Product Use

John Wiley & Sons, 2012

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) continues to impact semiconductor manufacturing, semiconductor components and systems, as technologies scale from micro- to nano electronics. This book introduces the fundamentals of ESD, electrical overstress (EOS), electromagnetic interference (EMI), electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), and latchup, as well as...

Posters: A Global History

Reaktion Books, 2015

From band posters stapled to telephone poles to the advertisements hanging at bus shelters to the inspirational prints that adorn office walls, posters surround us everywhereâbut do we know how they began? Telling the story of this ephemeral art form, Elizabeth E. Guffey reexamines the poster’s roots in the nineteenth century and...

Endourooncology: New Horizons in Endourology (Recent Advances in Endourology)

Springer, 2004

Recent research and clinical work have demonstrated that the rapid urologic innovation in minimally invasive treatment is creating exciting new horizons in endourology. This sixth volume in the series Recent Advances in Endourology brings that knowledge to a wider audience, focusing on the new concept of endourooncology, which is the...

Persuasive Technology: Using Computers to Change What We Think and Do (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive Technologies)

Morgan Kaufmann, 2002

With compelling insights and illuminating examples, the author reveals how Web sites, software applications, and mobile devices can be used to change people’s attitudes and behavior.

Can computers change what you think and do? Can they motivate you to stop smoking, persuade you to buy insurance, or convince you to join the Army?

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Txtng: The Gr8 Db8

Oxford University Press, 2008

He combines an extraordinary knowledge of linguistics with a gift for popularizing. TLS. A highly consumable work of pop linguistics. Los Angeles Times Excellent. Crystal presents a compelling argument in favour of texting as a force for linguistic ability. Melissa Katsoulis, The Times

"Reports of the demise of the...

Dojo: Using the Dojo JavaScript Library to Build Ajax Applications (Developer's Library)

Addison Wesley, 2008

Dojo offers Web developers and designers a powerful JavaScript toolkit for rapidly developing robust Ajax applications. Now, for the first time, there’s a complete, example-rich developer’s guide to Dojo and its growing library of prepackaged widgets. Reviewed and endorsed by the Dojo Foundation, the creators of Dojo, this book brings...

Bridges: The science and art of the world's most inspiring structures

Oxford University Press, 2010

The Brooklyn Bridge, London's Tower Bridge, Sydney's Harbour Bridge, San Francisco's Golden Gate--bridges can be breathtakingly monumental structures, magnificent works of art, and vital arteries that make life vastly easier.

In Bridges, eminent structural engineer David Blockley takes readers on a...

Hadoop: The Definitive Guide

Yahoo Press, 2010

Discover how Apache Hadoop can unleash the power of your data. This comprehensive resource shows you how to build and maintain reliable, scalable, distributed systems with the Hadoop framework -- an open source implementation of MapReduce, the algorithm on which Google built its empire. Programmers will find details for analyzing...

Java in Two Semesters: Featuring JavaFX (Texts in Computer Science)

Springer, 2019

This easy-to-follow textbook teaches Java programming from first principles, as well as covering design and testing methodologies. The text is divided into two parts. Each part supports a one-semester module, the first part addressing fundamental programming concepts, and the second part building on this foundation, teaching the...

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