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Practical Formal Software Engineering: Wanting the Software You Get

Cambridge University Press, 2009

Practical Formal Software Engineering is a textbook aimed at final year undergraduate and graduate students, emphasizing formal methods in writing robust code quickly. Engineering is an informal process using formal logics as tools and components to obtain timely practical solutions. This book takes an engineering approach to illuminate the...

Becoming

Metropolis Ink, 2008

Do you remember your radio and "Captain Midnight," "The Lone Ranger," "Junior Miss" and "Let's Pretend"? The first time you inhaled a cigarette? Your first swallow of hard liquor? The thrill of the first exploration of the body of your boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, wife... your own body? Your first...

Guardians of the Revolution: Iran and the World in the Age of the Ayatollahs

Oxford University Press, 2009

The late imam was the greatest political and military analyst and a great politician. Imam Khomeini was the best possible pattern for all people in all ages and eras,” declared President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2008.1 It is rare for a revolutionary leader to exercise such infl uence over the imagination of his successors two decades after his...

Let Nobody Turn Us Around: An African American Anthology

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2009

Throughout their entire history as a people, African Americans have created themselves. They did so in the context of the transatlantic slave trade and two-and-a-half centuries of chattel slavery—a structure of overwhelming inequality and brutality characterized by the sale of human beings and routine rapes and executions. They constructed...

The Well-Grounded Rubyist

Manning Publications, 2009

The Well-Grounded Rubyist takes you from interested novice to proficient practitioner. It's a beautifully written tutorial that begins with the basic steps to get your first Ruby program up and running and goes on to explore sophisticated topics like callable objects, reflection, and threading. Whether the topic is simple or tough, the...

Cisco Network Professional's Advanced Internetworking Guide

Sybex, 2009

Ideal for any IT professional who uses Cisco technologies on a daily basis, or anyone who is preparing for their Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification.

The topics covered will be more in depth than other introductory-level books of similar topics, and will span from layer 2 technologies such as switching, STP,...

Becoming Agile: ...in an imperfect world

Manning Publications, 2009

Many books discuss Agile from a theoretical or academic perspective. Becoming Agile takes a different approach and focuses on explaining Agile from a case-study perspective. Agile principles are discussed, explained, and then demonstrated in the context of a case study that flows throughout the book. The case study is based on a mixture of...

Linear Systems Control: Deterministic and Stochastic Methods

Springer, 2008

Control engineering is a multidisciplinary subject which is critical to the operation of modern technology and which is nearly invisible in daily life. From atomic force microscopes, through PC disk drives and drive-by-wire engine controls to Boeing 747’s and to space shuttles, multivariable controls underlie many of a the devices which are...

Essentials of Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering

John Wiley & Sons, 2008

A complete introduction to the multidisciplinary applications of mathematical methods

In order to work with varying levels of engineering and physics research, it is important to have a firm understanding of key mathematical concepts such as advanced calculus, differential equations, complex analysis, and introductory mathematical...

Theology in Stone: Church Architecture from Byzantium to Berkeley

Oxford University Press, 2004

Thinking about church architecture has come to an impasse. Reformers and traditionalists are talking past each other. Statements from both sides are often strident and dogmatic. In Theology in Stone, Richard Kieckhefer seeks to help both sides move beyond the standoff toward a fruitful conversation about houses of worship. Drawing on a wide range...

Practical Insight into CMMI

Artech House Publishers, 2008

The newly revised and expanded edition of the bestseller, Practical Insight into CMMI® is an essential reference for engineering, IT and management professionals striving to grasp the "look and feel of a successful business oriented process improvement implementation". The second edition brings you up to speed on CMMI® Version 1.2...

SpeakOut: The Step-by-Step Guide to SpeakOuts and Community Workshops (Tools for Community Planning)

Earthscan, 2009

This new manual is the product of nearly two decades of successful practice by internationally acclaimed community planning specialists. It will enable both planning veterans and people with little or no experience in the field to conduct a wide variety of community engagement events with absolute confidence.

It introduces the...

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