The human condition comes into its own only, as we have pointed out before,1 when Imaginatio Creatrix emerges and progressively reaches the realization of its full potential, bringing in the freedom to interrogate and the powers of creative invention.
When we come to stand back and ponder it, we are amazed at how the ontopoietic...
Optimization is an extremely important area in science and technology which provides
powerful and useful tools and techniques for the formulation and solution of
a multitude of problems in which we wish, or need, to find a best possible option
or solution. It has been an important area of research for more than half a century,...
This book presents readers with the opportunity to fundamentally re-evaluate the processes of innovation and entrepreneurship, and to rethink how they might best be stimulated and fostered within our organizations and communities. The fundamental thesis of the book is that the entrepreneurial process is not a linear progression from...
In recent decades, the use of neuroimaging techniques has resulted in outstanding progress in the diagnosis and management of neurological diseases, and this is particularly true of those diseases that affect the white matter of the brain and spinal cord. This book, written by internationally acclaimed experts, comprises a series of...
Android development is hot, and many programmers are interested in joining the fun. However, because this technology is based on Java, you should first obtain a solid grasp of the Java language and its foundational APIs to improve your chances of succeeding as an Android app developer. After all, you will be busy learning the architecture of...
C is a powerful procedural-based programming language developed in 1972 by Dennis Ritchie within the halls of Bell Telephone Laboratories. The C programming language was originally developed for use with the UNIX platform and has since spread to many other systems and applications. C has influenced a number of other programming languages,...
Since you happen to be reading through the opening pages of Foundation Version Control for Web Developers then it’s safe to say you have some interest in finding out a little bit more about version control. It may be true that this new interest isn’t actually your own, but instead comes from a friend, colleague, or employer who...
The much-lamented “innovation gap” often referenced by current authors
with respect to drug discovery in the pharmaceutical industry is a sure
sign that an era has passed. The reductionist view of disease as the direct
consequence of isolated errors of metabolism that could be explained
and understood as simple enzyme...
In this one-of-a-kind book, Microsoft MVP Danijel Arsenovski shows you how to utilize the power of refactoring to improve the design of your existing code and become more efficient and productive. He provides you with a hands-on approach so you'll quickly learn how to...
This 20th volume in the series contains 16 invited reviews and highlight contributions presented during the 2007 International Scientific Conference of the German Astronomical Society on the topic of "Cosmic Matter", held in Würzburg, Germany.
The papers published here discuss a wide range of hot topics, including cosmology,...