Using simple geometry and an easygoing writing style, author Rob Bryanton starts with the lower dimensions that we are...

Finally, a useful book about UFOs! It's Professor Solomon's guide to UFOs - specifically, his comprehensive study of the flying saucer phenomenon. In this scholarly yet entertaining work, the Professor delves into UFO legend and lore particularly that of the contactees of the 1950s.

He also presents a biography of...

Concepts in Programming Languages elucidates the central concepts used in modern programming languages, such as functions, types, memory management, and control. The book is unique in its comprehensive presentation and comparison of major object-oriented programming languages. Separate chapters examine the history of objects, Simula and...

Over the years, Jeremy Bernstein has been in contact with many of the world’s most renowned physicists and other scientists, many of whom were involved in politics, literature, and language. In this diverse collection of essays, he reflects on their work, their personal relationships, their motives, and their contributions. Even for...

A leap forward in the field of robotics

Until now, most of the advances in robotics have taken place in structured environments. Scientists and engineers have designed highly sophisticated robots, but most are still only able to operate and move in predetermined, planned environments designed specifically for the robots and...

The Cisco CCNA Exploration curriculum provides a comprehensive overview of networking, from fundamentals to advanced applications and services. This course emphasizes theoretical concepts and practical application, giving you hands-on skills for designing, installing, operating, and maintaining real-world networks. While...

The phenomenal success of the iPhone and the iPod touch has ushered in a “gold rush” for developers, but with well over 100,000 apps in the highly competitive App Store, it has become increasingly difficult for new apps to stand out in the crowd. Achieving consumer awareness and sales longevity for your iPhone app requires a lot...

Written by an Android authority, this up-to-date resource shows you how to leverage the features of Android 2 to enhance existing products or create innovative new ones. Serving as a hands-on guide to building mobile apps using Android, the book walks you through a series...

During the 1962-63 academic year, Richard Feynman taught a course at Caltech on gravitation. Taking an untraditional approach to the subject, Feynman aimed the course at advanced graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who were familiar with the methods of relativistic quantum field theory-in particular, with Feynman-diagram perturbation...

The book is divided into a few major areas: theory and background, major genre divisions, AI techniques with code, and AI engine development concerns. Readers of the book should note that there might be some confusion if read from start to finish, since the genre chapters make mention of some of the AI techniques discussed later in the book....

You don’t want good pictures from your new Canon PowerShot G10/G11—you demand outstanding photos. After all, the PowerShot G10 and G11 are the most pocketsized digital cameras that Canon has ever introduced. They boast 10 and 14 megapixels of resolution, blazing fast automatic focus, and a dozen and a half Special Scene modes that...