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Special Edition Using Perl 5 for Web Programming

Que, 1996

Back in 1986, a UNIX programmer by the name of Larry Wall found himself working on a task that involved generating reports from a great many text files, with cross-references. Because he was a UNIX programmer, and because the problem involved manipulating the contents of text files, he started to use awk for the task. But it soon became clear that...

Speaking Like a State: Language and Nationalism in Pakistan

Cambridge University Press, 2009

Alyssa Ayres' fascinating study examines Pakistan's troubled history by exploring the importance of culture to political legitimacy. Early leaders selected Urdu as the natural symbol of the nation's great cultural past, but due to its limited base great efforts would be required to make it truly national. This paradox underscores the importance of...

Using Installed Base Selling to Maximize Revenue: A Step-by-Step Approach to Achieving Long-Term Profitable Growth

Apress, 2019

There is no such thing as an easy sale. However, selling to an existing customer?whether by refreshing an old product or introducing a new and different product?is often easier, faster, and returns higher margins. Centering your organization’s sales strategy on your installed base is a smart and proven way to achieve...

The Nothing That Is: A Natural History of Zero

Oxford University Press, 1999

A symbol for what is not there, an emptiness that increases any number it's added to, an inexhaustible and indispensable paradox. As we enter the year 2000, zero is once again making its presence felt. Nothing itself, it makes possible a myriad of calculations. Indeed, without zero mathematics as we know it would not exist. And without mathematics...

Introduction to Quantum Mechanics

Prentice Hall, 1994

Written by the author of the best-selling E & M text, this text is designed to teach students how to DO quantum mechanics. Part I covers the basic theory; Part II develops approximation schemes and real-world applications. *offers an unusually readable, consistent, and honest discussion of fundamental ideas. *some books allow students to...

Quantum Computing without Magic: Devices (Scientific and Engineering Computation)

MIT Press, 2008

"Quantum Computing without Magic gives a refreshing and down to earth approach to quantum information as well as quantum devices which will have a fundamental impact on the technology of the 21st century."
—Raymond Laflamme, Canada Research Chair in Quantum Information, and Director, Institute for...

Family Business as Paradox (A Family Business Publication)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

Rather than having to choose between the family and the business, the authors argue that if family-owned businesses can consciously manage and over time, perhaps, synthesize these contradictions, the Family Enterprise will have a long-term strategic and competitive advantage and the family will remain committed to continuity.

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Paradoxes from A to Z

Routledge, 2007

This essential guide to paradoxes takes the reader on a lively tour of puzzles that have taxed thinkers from Zeno to Galileo and Lewis Carroll to Bertrand Russell. Michael Clark uncovers an array of conundrums, such as Achilles and the Tortoise, Theseus' Ship, Hempel's Raven, and the Prisoners' Dilemma, taking in subjects as diverse as...

Fragile Networks: Identifying Vulnerabilities and Synergies in an Uncertain World

John Wiley & Sons, 2009

A unified treatment of the vulnerabilities that exist in real-world network systems—with tools to identify synergies for mergers and acquisitions

Fragile Networks: Identifying Vulnerabilities and Synergies in an Uncertain World presents a comprehensive study of network systems and the roles these systems play...

Test Driven Development: By Example

Addison Wesley, 2002

Clean code that works - now. This is the seeming contradiction that lies behind much of the pain of programming. Test-driven development replies to this contradiction with a paradox-test the program before you write it.

A new idea? Not at all. Since the dawn of computing, programmers have been...

Shock Wave Reflection Phenomena (Shock Wave and High Pressure Phenomena)

Springer, 2007

This book provides a comprehensive state-of-the-knowledge description of the shock wave reflection phenomena from a phenomenological point of view.

The first part is a thorough introduction to oblique shock wave reflections, presenting the two major well-known reflection wave configurations, namely, regular (RR) and Mach (MR)...

Soft Landing: Airline Industry Strategy, Service, and Safety

Apress, 2011

Soft Landing: Airline Industry Strategy, Service, and Safety covers the immediate past, present, and future of the airline industry and its effects on consumers and the economy.

Aviation receives a disproportionate amount of news coverage in the popular press—not to mention chatter at cocktail parties and...

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