Statistics is a frightful subject for most students. This book provides a friendly, logical, step-by-step approach to...

Java Programming: From the Ground Up begins with the fundamentals of programming, moves through the object-oriented paradigm, and concludes with an introduction to graphics and event-driven programming. The broad coverage of topics as well as the modularity of the text makes the book suitable for both introductory and intermediatelevel...

This book is an in-depth introduction to object-oriented programming using the Java programming language. In addition to covering traditional topics for a CS1 course, some of the more advanced topics such as recursion and linked lists are included to provide a comprehensive coverage of beginning to intermediate-level materials. There...

When computer software succeeds—when it meets the needs of the people who use it, when it performs flawlessly over a long period of time, when it is easy to modify and even easier to use—it can and does change things for the better. But when software fails—when its users are dissatisfied, when it is error prone, when...

"Harley Hahn's Guide to Unix and Linux" is a modern, comprehensive text for...

Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have changed everything. Some managers fear their employees will waste entire days using online social media. Smart managers, though, understand that social media is a powerful tool for engaging customers and growing...

This chapter presents and discusses the properties of structural steels that are of importance in design and construction. Designers should be familiar with...

Designed for courses in Creativity and Three-Dimensional Design, Launching the Imagination offers a comprehensive framework on which students, teachers, and administrators can build. The approach in this third edition is refined, distilled, and updated, using over 375 examples drawn from traditional and contemporary sources. Interviews...

The main objective of a first course in operating systems is to develop an understanding of the fundamental concepts and techniques of operating systems. Most of the students are already exposed to diverse information on operating systems as a result of practical exposure to operating systems and literature on the Internet; such...

It has been over twenty years since we published the first edition of this book. Over that period, our original contention that numerical methods and computers would figure more prominently in the engineering curriculum—particularly in the early parts—has been dramatically borne out. Many universities now offer freshman,...

You are a father or mother, a son or daughter, husband or wife, a significant other, a rock climber, a kite-flyer, a bicycle enthusiast, a marathon runner, a collector of old movies, a secret novelist, a boxing fan. You are the center of your universe. On the picture collage from the...

This book is written for the “information worker” businessperson who already uses Microsoft Office applications such as Excel, Word, or Visio to accomplish his or her daily work. Today, information workers most often work in the collaboration environment of SharePoint, where their spreadsheets and documents are saved and...