A real-world workbook to taking a more structured approach to building a business that will succeed.
One of the worst crimes in business today is wasting time creating products and services that nobody wants. Fortunately, there is a more structured, scientific, measurable alternative.
This is the book for Gophers who want to learn how to build distributed systems. You know the basics of Go and are eager to put your knowledge to work. Build distributed services that are highly available, resilient, and scalable. This book is just what you need to apply Go to real-world situations. Level up your...
You know you don't want to reinvent the wheel, so you look to Design Patterns: the lessons learned by those who've faced the same software design problems. With Design Patterns, you get to take advantage of the best practices and experience of others so you...
Discover how easy it is to create multi-user, cross-platform custom solutions with FileMaker Pro, the relational database platform published by Apple subsidiary Claris International, Inc. Meticulously rewritten with clearer lessons, more real-world examples and updated to include feature changes introduced in recent versions, this...
Whether you want to snorkel in the Keys, relax on Miami Beach, or tour the Everglades, the local Fodor’s travel experts in South Florida are here to help! Fodor’s South Florida: With Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and the Keys guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you...
Our self-published version of Tribe of Hackers: Cybersecurity Advice from the Best Hackers in the World (9781793464187) has been retired. For the current version of this title, which includes a new cover and introduction, please look for Tribe of Hackers: Cybersecurity Advice from the Best Hackers in the World (9781119643371) available from...
Learn about jumping insects with real gears, and the ingenious technology behind a power-punching shrimp. Enter the strange world of carnivorous plants. And check out a microscopic protein machine in a bird’s eye that may work as a GPS device by harnessing quantum entanglement. Join renowned Brazilian scientist Marcos Eberlin as he...
How do we determine right from wrong? Conscience illuminates the answer through science and philosophy.
In her brilliant work Touching a Nerve, Patricia S. Churchland, the distinguished founder of neurophilosophy, drew from scientific research on the brain to understand its...
In the vein of Neil Strauss’ The Game and Joshua Foer’s Moonwalking with Einstein comes the fascinating story of one man’s colorful, mysterious, and personal journey into the world of magic, and his unlikely invitation into an underground secret society of revolutionary magicians from...
Whiteshift: the turbulent journey from a world of racially homogeneous white majorities to one of racially hybrid majorities
This is the century of whiteshift. As Western societies are becoming increasingly mixed-race, demographic change is transforming politics. Over half of American babies are...
Fractional Calculus (FC) has originated in 1695, nearly at the same time as conventional calculus. However, FC attracted limited attention and remained a pure mathematical exercise in spite of the original contributions of important mathematicians,
physicists and engineers. FC had a rapid development during the last few decades,
both in...