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Visual Basic 2012 Programmer's Reference

Wrox Press, 2012

IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT SIR ISAAC NEWTON was the last person to know everything. He was an accomplished physicist (his three laws of motion were the basis of classical mechanics, which defi ned astrophysics for three centuries), mathematician (he was one of the inventors of calculus and developed Newton’s Method for fi nding...

The Motorola Xoom: Visual QuickStart Guide

Peachpit Press, 2011

Back in the early 1990s—1993, to be exact—Apple Computer launched a handheld computer product known as the Newton. Interestingly, the Newton was the first device to be called a personal digital assistant (PDA), a term that lives on today. Essentially, it was the first tablet computer. The one thing that most folks...

The Fundamental Constants: A Mystery of Physics

World Scientific Publishing, 2009

The speed of light, the fine structure constant, and Newton's constant of gravity -- these are just three among the many physical constants that define our picture of the world. Where do they come from? Are they constant in time and across space? In this book, physicist and author Harald Fritzsch invites the reader to explore the mystery of the...

The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Science of Everything

Alpha, 2008

Did you ever wonder how somebody ever figured out all the details of making a cellphone system work? What about those giant MRI machines that can take a picture of your insides without a single incision? Then there is the universe. We think we know at least something about how it started billions of years ago and where it’s going billions of...

Linear and Nonlinear Optimization, Second Edition

SIAM, 2008

This book provides an introduction to the applications, theory, and algorithms of linear and nonlinear optimization. The emphasis is on practical aspects—modern algorithms, as well as the influence of theory on the interpretation of solutions or on the design of software. Two important goals of this book are to present linear and nonlinear...

Eureka!: Physics of Particles, Matter and the Universe

Institute of Physics Publishing, 1997

"... a concise, authoritative, well written review of physics, in all of its branches from Newton to Hawking ... has a truly excellent glossary ..." -- Australian & New Zealand Physicist

"... sets out the basic ideas of physics in a readable style which will commend itself to the general reader, high-school...

The Calculus Gallery: Masterpieces from Newton to Lebesgue

Princeton Press, 2004

More than three centuries after its creation, calculus remains a dazzling intellectual achievement and the gateway into higher mathematics. This book charts its growth and development by sampling from the work of some of its foremost practitioners, beginning with Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in the late seventeenth century and...

MooTools Essentials: The Official MooTools Reference for JavaScript and Ajax Development

Apress, 2008

Mootools is a light, modular JavaScript framework that makes adding Ajax, animations, and interactive elements to your site a breeze. But it’s more than fancy effects and shortcuts; Mootools enhances the JavaScript language and makes writing clean, object–oriented code almost pleasant. Unlocking the power of Mootools, and...

Mechatronics for the Evil Genius

McGraw-Hill, 2005

DEVELOP THE MECHATRONIC SIDE OF YOUR GENIUS WITH 25 FUNTASTIC PROJECTS!

If you're fascinated by electronics and mechanics, this hands-on tour of the junction where they meet will bring you hours of fun and learning. Noted electronics author Newton Braga's Mechatronics for the Evil Genius guides you step by step...

Bob Miller's Calc for the Clueless: Calc I (Bob Miller's Clueless Series)

McGraw-Hill, 1997

Student tested and approved!

If you suffer from math anxiety, then sign up for private tutoring with Bob Miller! Do logarithms, sines, and cosines leave you in a cold sweat? Vectors and derivatives send stress signals to your brain? If so, then you are like the many thousands of studentsstudents of all ages,...

The Scientific Revolution and the Foundations of Modern Science (Greenwood Guides to Historic Events 1500-1900)

Greenwood Press, 2005

Applebaum offers beginning university students the perfect introduction to the age of the scientific revolution from 1500 to 1800. Many scientific ideas and much medical information improved dramatically during those times as investigators began a relentless drive, which continues today, toward a better understanding of the natural world....One...

The Definitive Guide to the Microsoft Enterprise Library

Apress, 2007

The Definitive Guide to the Microsoft Enterprise Library introduces one of the most exciting and popular .NET-oriented initiatives, the Enterprise Library. The EL offers nine classes of reusable code, or blocks, that are used to solve a variety of common problem spaces. These problems cover a number of topics, including configuration, data...

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