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Gnuplot in Action: Understanding Data with Graphs

Manning Publications, 2009

Statistical data is only as valuable as your ability to analyze, interpret, and present it in a meaningful way. Gnuplot is the most widely used program to plot and visualize data for Unix/Linux systems and it is also popular for Windows and the Mac. It's open-source (as in free!), actively maintained, stable, and mature. It can deal with...

Geological Fluid Dynamics: Sub-surface Flow and Reactions

Cambridge University Press, 2009

This book is the long-awaited successor to Owen Phillips's classic textbook, Flow and Reactions in Permeable Rocks, published in 1991. In the intervening 18 years between the two, significant advances have been made to our understanding of subterranean flow, especially through the vast amount of research into underground storage of nuclear waste...

Methods of Contemporary Mathematical Statistical Physics (Lecture Notes in Mathematics)

Springer, 2009

This volume presents a collection of courses introducing the reader to the recent progress with attention being paid to laying solid grounds and developing various basic tools. An introductory chapter on lattice spin models is useful as a background for other lectures of the collection. The topics include new results on phase transitions for...

Solid State Physics: Advances in Research and Applications, Vol. 34

Academic Press, 1979

The characteristics and theory of the thermal conductivity of solids was reviewed comprehensively in Volume 7 of this serial publication by Klemens. In a later article, appearing in Volume 12, Mendelssohn and Rosenberg surveyed the theory of and experience with low-temperature thermal conductivity of metals. The review by Slack in this volume...

A Primer on Scientific Programming with Python (Texts in Computational Science and Engineering)

Springer, 2009

The book serves as a first introduction to computer programming of scientific applications, using the high-level Python language. The exposition is example- and problem-oriented, where the applications are taken from mathematics, numerical calculus, statistics, physics, biology, and finance. The book teaches "Matlab-style" and procedural...

The PHP Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks

SitePoint Pty Ltd, 2007

The PHP Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks, 2nd Edition is a collection of powerful PHP 5 solutions to the most common programming problems.

Featuring best-practice code and a commonsense approach to development, this book includes coverage of:

Manage errors gracefully.

Build functional...

Control of Color Imaging Systems: Analysis and Design

CRC Press, 2009

A Complete One-Stop Resource

While digital color is now the technology of choice for printers, the knowledge required to address the quality and productivity issues of these devices is scattered across several technologies, as is its supporting literature.

Bringing together information from...

Linear Systems Control: Deterministic and Stochastic Methods

Springer, 2008

Control engineering is a multidisciplinary subject which is critical to the operation of modern technology and which is nearly invisible in daily life. From atomic force microscopes, through PC disk drives and drive-by-wire engine controls to Boeing 747’s and to space shuttles, multivariable controls underlie many of a the devices which are...

McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, Fifth Edition

McGraw-Hill, 2004

Thoroughly revised and updated, this new edition is based on the content of the world-renowned McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, Ninth Edition, the most widely used science reference of its kind. Readers will find concise, authoritative, and up-to-date articles on every major field of science and technology -- by...

Mac OS X Snow Leopard Pocket Guide (Pocket ref / guide)

O'Reilly, 2009

Whether you're new to the Mac or a longtime user, this handy book is the quickest way to get up to speed on Snow Leopard. Packed with concise information in an easy-to-read format, Mac OS X Snow Leopard Pocket Guide covers what you need to know and is an ideal resource for problem-solving on the fly.

This book goes right to the...

Nonsmooth Dynamics of Contacting Thermoelastic Bodies (Advances in Mechanics and Mathematics)

Springer, 2008

From the reviews:

"This monograph is devoted to methods of analysis and models of contacting systems dynamics, including heat generation and wears exhibited by such systems. … The monograph is generally well written and well organized. Strength of the book is the quantity and variety of example nonlinear system considered. This book...

Quantum Transport: Introduction to Nanoscience

Cambridge University Press, 2009

This textbook is a comprehensive introduction to the rapidly developing and diverse field of quantum transport, which is seemingly contains seemingly contradicting concepts - quantum and classical, conduction and insulating - within a single nanodevice.. The authors present the broad theoretical background, and explore the groundbreaking...

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