Learn IT - Books tags philosophy

Pragmatic Guide to Sass

Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2011

Wel come to the Pragmatic Guide to Sass. Sass (Syntactically Awes o me Style Sheets) enables you to do amazing things with your style sheets, helping you describe how HTML is laid out on a web page. Sass is an alternative way of writing CSS.

“What’s wrong with regular ol’...

The Philosophy of Software: Code and Mediation in the Digital Age

Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

Writing remains to me an unusual practice that transforms my experience of the world whilst under the spell of writing. This book has had a particularly intensive birth, written as it is in the middle of the academic year and with everyday life swirling around it with all the attendant distractions. It has emerged from a number of related...

Professional jQuery (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)

Wrox Press, 2012

OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS JAVASCRIPT has undergone a remarkable transformation. Where once it was a “toy” language relegated to secondary status it’s now one of the most important programming languages in the world. With the ongoing importance of Ajax-based development and the rise of full-featured JavaScript...

Nonlinear Dynamics in Geosciences (Aegean Conferences)

Springer, 2007

From June 12-16, 2006 over eighty scientists from around the world gathered in Rhodes, Greece to attend the conference “20 Years of Nonlinear Dynamics in Geosciences”. The editors of this book organized the conference. It was sponsored by Aegean Conferences and was endorsed by the American Meteorological Society and...

Mastering AutoCAD MEP 2010

Autodesk Press, 2009

Within the pages of this book you will find a comprehensive introduction to the methods, philosophy, and procedures of the AutoCAD MEP software. AutoCAD MEP is an advanced and powerful engineering design and documentation software package covering the disciplines of HVAC, Plumbing, Piping and Electrical design. By following the...

Beginning Android 4 Application Development

Wrox Press, 2012

I FIRST STARTED PLAYING WITH THE ANDROID SDK before it was offi cially released as version 1.0. Back then, the tools were unpolished, the APIs in the SDK were unstable, and the documentation was sparse. Fast-forward three and a half years, Android is now a formidable mobile operating system, with a following no less impressive than...

Pharmacoethics: A Problem-Based Approach (Plant Engineering Series)

CRC Press, 2003

About 20 years ago, the University of New Mexico School of Medicine (SOM) established a student-centered problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum emphasizing ambulatory care practice competencies. It was designed for small groups of students working together and ran parallel with their more traditional curriculum. The SOM...

iOS 5 in the Enterprise (Develop and Design)

Peachpit Press, 2011

Those of you who have to deal with more than a handful of iPhones, iPads, or iPod Touches already know why you manage iOS devices. For everyone else, “manage” is not a short way to say “impose draconian control.” Managing devices on your network, including iOS devices,...

Prototyping: A Practitioner's Guide

Rosenfeld Media, 2009

What’s the difference between theory and practice? Albert Einstein once said, “In theory they are the same. In practice, they are not.”

Practice makes perfect. Champion sports teams practice constantly. Zen masters will tell you that the only way to achieve enlightenment is practice....

Transforming Emotions With Chinese Medicine: An Ethnographic Account from Contemporary China (Suny Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture)

University of New York, 2007

Explores how Chinese medicine deals with emotional disorders.

This book has benefited from the generous assistance and support of many individuals and institutions. The study leading to this book began at the University of Hawaii at Manoa when I was a graduate student. I have had wonderful teachers: Roger Ames, Jack Bilmes, Fred...

The Six Sigma Handbook: The Complete Guide for Greenbelts, Blackbelts, and Managers at All Levels, Revised and Expanded Edition

McGraw-Hill, 2003

The most comprehensive Six Sigma reference available, now revised and expanded. Completely rewritten and reorganized, this second edition of The Six Sigma Handbook covers all the basic statistics and quality improvement tools of the Six Sigma quality management system. This new edition reflects the developments in Six Sigma over the...

Biomechanics: Principles and Applications, Second Edition

CRC Press, 2007

Engineering is the integration of art and science and involves the use of systematic knowledge based on the principles of mathematics and the physical sciences to design and develop systems that have direct practical applicability for the benefit of mankind and society.With this philosophy in mind, the importance of the engineering...

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