Learn IT - Books tags mystery

Java 2 Primer Plus

Sams Publishing, 2002

Java programming, like all computer programming, requires a dedication to learning and the right study tools. As a Java programmer, I have spent years reading various books on every aspect of Java and analyzing Sun's implementation of it to gain insight into its design philosophies. The Java programming books I have read vary in...

In Pursuit of the Gene: From Darwin to DNA

Harvard University Press, 2008

The mystery of inheritance has captivated thinkers since antiquity, and the unlocking of this mystery—the development of classical genetics—is one of humanity’s greatest achievements. This great scientific and human drama is the story told fully and for the first time in this book.

Acclaimed science writer James...

Your Brain: The Missing Manual (Missing Manuals)

O'Reilly, 2008

Puzzles and brain twisters to keep your mind sharp and your memory intact are all the rage today. More and more people -- Baby Boomers and information workers in particular -- are becoming concerned about their gray matter's ability to function, and with good reason. As this sensible and entertaining guide points out, your brain...

Creating Database-Backed Library Web Pages: Using Open Source Tools

American Library Association, 2006

Database-backed Web pages provide many advantages for libraries: users get accurate and up-to-date information in real time, and site maintenance and data publishing are much easier. As appealing an idea as database-backed pages are, the “how-tos” of creating them remain a mystery to many librarians.

This hands-on...

Dreaming in Code: Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software

Crown, 2007

Our civilization runs on software. Yet the art of creating it continues to be a dark mystery, even to the experts, and the greater our ambitions, the more spectacularly we seem to fail.

Big software projects regularly crash and burn--just ask the FBI and the IRS, the Pentagon and the FAA, or any decent-size corporation. The...

How to Do Everything with HTML & XHTML

McGraw-Hill, 2003

This step-by-step resource takes the fear and mystery out of using markup languages HTML and XHTML to build Web sites—it will help you through the process with friendly and familiar terms and techniques. You’ll cover all the basics, learn to add links, images, and data, and move on to advanced techniques such as animation, image...

Fight Back Against Unfair Debt Collection Practices

FT Press, 2010

This year, America’s enormous debt collection industry will make 1,000,000,000 collection calls. They will threaten. Lie. Mislead. Intimidate. Award-winning reporter Fred Williams went “undercover” inside one of its largest firms. Now, he reveals everything he learned—and shows exactly how to fight...

Twilio Cookbook

Packt Publishing, 2013

The Twilio cookbook will enable all kinds of telephone usage, including SMS, on your websites. It’s a totally practical guide with a hands-on approach to help you dig deep into the enormous potential of telephone facilities on the Web.

Overview

Teaches software developers to programmatically make...

A Field Guide to Geophysics in Archaeology (Springer Praxis Books / Geophysical Sciences)

Springer, 2009

Geophysics operations in archaeology have become well known through exposure on television. However, the technique is presented as the action of specialists and something of a mystery, where people walk about with strange contraptions, and results appear from a computer. This is not the case, however. Some scientific knowledge is needed in order...

The Engaging Leader: Winning with Today's Free Agent Workforce

Kaplan Business, 2003

During the summer of 1999, I was reading about the collapse of the Colorado Rockies baseball team under manager Jim Leyland. Leyland came to Colorado as a high-priced savior, but he and the team never meshed. Things got so bad that he announced his resignation before the first season was over. This came as a mystery to the...

The Angry Chef: Bad Science and the Truth About Healthy Eating

Oneworld Publications, 2017

"The popular understanding of nutrition is clouded by superstitions, primitive intuitions, conspiracy theories, and old wives' tales. This irreverent and intelligent expose brings sanity and good sense to one of life's great pleasures." âSteven Pinker, author of Angels of Our Better Nature

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Advertising and the Mind of the Consumer: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why

Allen & Unwin, 2009

Advertising is an established and ever-present force and yet just how it works continues to be something of a mystery. From an industry insider, this fully-updated guide unveils the secrets of leading a successful campaign over a wide range of media, including the web. Drawing on many well-known international ads as...

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