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The Complete Book of Spaceflight: From Apollo 1 to Zero Gravity

John Wiley & Sons, 2002

A commanding encyclopedia of the history and principles of spaceflightÐ²Ð“Ð²Ð“from its humble beginnings to its likely future

"Our reason for spaceflight is just this: we are human, and to be human is to be inquisitive. At heart, we are explorers with a universe of billions of new worlds before us." ...

Modelling Metabolism with Mathematica

CRC Press, 2003

With the advent of sophisticated general programming environments like Mathematica, the task of developing new models of metabolism and visualizing their responses has become accessible to students of biochemistry and the life sciences in general. Modelling Metabolism with Mathematica presents the approaches, methods, tools, and algorithms...

Annoying: The Science of What Bugs Us

John Wiley & Sons, 2011

Two crackerjack science journalists from NPR look at why some things (and some people!) drive us crazy

It happens everywhere?offices, schools, even your own backyard. Plus, seemingly anything can trigger it?cell phones, sirens, bad music, constant distractions, your boss, or even your spouse. We all know certain things get...

Easy PowerPoint 2003

Que, 2003

Easy Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 takes the work out of learning this powerful tool by using short, easy-to-follow lessons that show you how to accomplish basic tasks quickly and efficiently! It is the perfect book for beginners who want to learn Microsoft's presentation software through a visual, full-color approach. More than 100 hands-on...

Expert Oracle GoldenGate

Apress, 2011

Oracle Corporation acquired GoldenGate in 2009 as part of future strategy to implement advanced replication technologies within the product suite of data warehousing and real-time transaction management. Before the advent of Oracle GoldenGate technology, data replication was performed using Oracle Streams and third-party replication...

Programming Role Playing Games with DirectX (Game Development Series)

Course Technology PTR, 2004

With fingers blistered and eyes bloodshot, all your hard work is about to pay off. After one hundred hours of playing the newest computer-based roleplaying game, you’ve managed to reach the end. All that stands between you and victory is a very large, very angry dragon. Not to worry though—you have a couple of tricks up your...

Digital Communities in a Networked Society: e-Commerce, e-Business and e-Government

Springer, 2004

Digital Communities in a Networked Society: e-Commerce, e-Business and e-Government deals with the accelerating evolution in the computerization of society. This evolution, or should we call it a revolution, is dominantly driven by the Internet, and documented by the novelties introduced, year by year, by Information and Communication Technologies....

The Hype About Hydrogen: Fact and Fiction in the Race to Save the Climate

Island Press, 2005

In his 2003 State of the Union address, President Bush seized the nation's attention with his advocacy of a "hydrogen economy," with fuel cells that produce energy and water taking the place of fossil fuels in cars that produce greenhouse gases. As Romm (Cool Companies), a former Department of Energy official in the Clinton...

Database Administration: The Complete Guide to Practices and Procedures

Addison Wesley, 2002

"One of Craig's hallmarks is his ability to write in a clear, easy-to-read fashion. The main purpose of any technical book is to transfer information from writer to reader, and Craig has done an excellent job. He wants the reader to learn—and it shows." —Chris Foot, Senior Oracle Certified Instructor,...

Creating the Discipline of Knowledge Management: The Latest in University Research

Butterworth-Heinemann, 2005

"The core principles of Knowledge Management are an integral part of every corporate culture. Daily we perform aspects of knowledge management without realizing the source, benefits, or fully understanding the underlying process. With this book, Stankosky illustrates an easy to use framework to link elements from multiple sources into a...

Introduction to Parallel Processing: Algorithms and Architectures (Series in Computer Science)

Springer, 1999

The field of digital computer architecture has grown explosively in the past two decades. Through a steady stream of experimental research, tool-building efforts, and theoretical studies, the design of an instruction-set architecture, once considered an art, has been transformed into one of the most quantitative branches of...

Neural Networks in Finance : Gaining Predictive Edge in the Market (Advanced Finance Series)

Academic Press, 2004

"This book clarifies many of the mysteries of Neural Networks and related optimization techniques for researchers in both economics and finance. It contains many practical examples backed up with computer programs for readers to explore. I recommend it to anyone who wants to understand methods used in nonlinear forecasting."
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