With his classics of social commentary The Geography of Nowhere and Home from Nowhere, James Howard Kunstler has established himself as one of the great commentators on American space and place. Now, with The Long Emergency, he offers a shocking vision of a post-oil future. As a result of artificially cheap fossil-fuel energy, we have...
The book is aimed at people who already have some knowledge of JavaScript and need a companion volume to their daily work. It is primarily aimed at the experienced practitioner, and so does not attempt to be a tutorial for the beginner.
For a tutorial book, we suggest Paul Wilton's Beginning...
This is a practical tutorial written in a clear and easy-to-understand style taking the reader through relevant, real-world examples that can be put into practice immediately. It contains detailed instructions and plenty of screenshots to make it easier for readers to understand Oracle E-Business Suite and work on it effectively. This book is...
Multivariate public key cryptosystems (MPKC) is a fast-developing new area in cryptography. In the past 10 years, MPKC schemes have increasingly been seen as a possible alternative to number theoretic-based cryptosystems such as RSA, as they are generally more efficient in terms of computational effort. As quantum computers are developed, MPKC...
When Don Swanson hypothesized a connection between Raynaud’s phenomenon and dietary fish oil, the field of literature-based discovery (LBD) was born. During the subsequent two decades a steady stream of researchers have published articles about LBD and the field has made steady progress in laying foundations and creating an identity. LBD is...
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Weygandt, Managerial Accounting, 6th Edition gives students the tools they need to succeed, whether as accountants or in other career paths. The authors present the fundamental concepts of managerial accounting in an easy-to-understand fashion in a decision-making...
The fun and easy way to discover your inner artist through oil painting!
Have you always wanted to paint with oil? Now you can! This friendly guide gives you all the hands-on instruction you need to master the basics. You'll see...
Our world faces an unprecedented energy crisis. Fuel shortages, skyrocketing energy prices, climate change, nuclear contamination, catastrophic oil spills and energy wars define the global scenario. The nonrenewable energy path of oil, natural gas, coal and nuclear is headed for a dead-end at an accelerated speed. In our race for survival we...
It has been only three years since the first GPU Gems book was introduced, and some areas of real-time graphics have truly become ultrarealistic. Chapter 14, "Advanced Techniques for Realistic Real-Time Skin Rendering," illustrates this evolution beautifully, describing a skin...
Pan-frying and deep-frying have been very popular and ancient methods of food
preparations for more than 4000 years. Pre-fried and fried food products like
potato crisps, fish fingers or French fries have become a main component of our
diet. It is estimated that the total usage of frying fats and oils in restaurants,...
This reference presents a comprehensive account of the recent advances and research in fiber optic sensor technology. It offers a progressive history of each sensor type as well as basic principles and fundamental building blocks for practical applications in the electrical aerospace, defense and manufacturing, smart structure, undersea...
