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Minds, Machines, and the Multiverse: The Quest for the Quantum Computer

Simon & Schuster, 2000

Just how smart can computers get? Science journalist Julian Brown takes a hard look at the spooky world of quantum computation in Minds, Machines, and the Multiverse--and his report is optimistic. Based in large part on the groundbreaking work of David Deutsch, the book mostly sidesteps the shouting matches of the AI debate and...

A Concise and Practical Introduction to Programming Algorithms in Java (Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science)

Springer, 2009

A Concise and Practical Introduction to Programming Algorithms in Java has two main goals. The first is for novice programmers to learn progressively the basic concepts underlying most imperative programming languages using Java. The second goal is to introduce new programmers to the very basic principles of thinking the algorithmic way and turning...

Computational Intelligence: An Introduction

John Wiley & Sons, 2003

Can computers be intelligent?

This question causes even more debate than the definitions of intelligence do.

Computational intelligence is the study of adaptive mechanisms to enable or facilitate intelligent behaviour in complex and changing environments. As such, computational intelligence encompasses artificial neural networks,...

Device Applications of Silicon Nanocrystals and Nanostructures (Nanostructure Science and Technology)

Springer, 2008

Recent developments in the technology of silicon nanocrystals and silicon nanostructures, where quantum-size effects are important, are systematically described including examples of device applications. Due to the strong quantum confinement effect, the material properties are freed from the usual indirect- or direct-bandgap regime, and the...

Kazhdan's Property (T) (New Mathematical Monographs)

Cambridge University Press, 2008

Property (T) is a rigidity property for topological groups, first formulated by D. Kazhdan in the mid 1960's with the aim of demonstrating that a large class of lattices are finitely generated. Later developments have shown that Property (T) plays an important role in an amazingly large variety of subjects, including discrete subgroups of Lie...

$Intermediate Statistics For Dummies (Math & Science)$

Intermediate Statistics For Dummies (Math & Science)

For Dummies, 2007

"style, language, layout,common sense, Minitab output, dire warnings,practicalities,examples,punchy headings and warmth of humour..." (MSOR Connections, Vol 8 No 1)

Need to know how to build and test models based on data? Intermediate Statistics For Dummies gives you the knowledge to estimate,...

Don't Panic with Mechanics!

Vieweg and Teubner, 2006

The ultimate companion in classical horror discipline of engineering science! Contents of the book are the basics of mechanics as treated in engineering and physical sciences: Statics, Elastostatics, Kinematics & Kinetics in unconventional, humorous presentation with many cartoons, funny explanations and a chapter containing several exercises...

Unix Unleashed (4th Edition)

Sams Publishing, 2001

Using Solaris 8 and Linux 7.1 as their reference flavors, Robin Anderson and Andy Johnston (as well as a slew of contributors) show how to be a system administrator--and get all sorts of other work done--in the fourth edition of Unix Unleashed. Significantly different from its predecessors, this book stays generally clear of very basic...

Foundations of Cognitive Psychology: Core Readings

MIT Press, 2002

Scientists from many disciplines, including physics, chemistry, biology, and neuroscience, contribute to the study of cognition. Cognitive psychology, the science of the human mind and of how people process information, is at the core of empirical investigations into the nature of mind and thought. This anthology is based on the assumption that...

The Visual Effects Arsenal: Vfx Solutions for the Independent Filmmaker

Focal Press, 2009

Build your VFX arsenal with quick-access, step-by-step instruction on how to create today's hottest digital VFX shots. This essential toolkit provides techniques for creating effects seen in movies such as "300", "Spiderman 3", "Predator" and others, with lessons on how-to: splatter blood or digitally lop someone's arm...

Risk Analysis of Complex and Uncertain Systems (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science)

Springer, 2009

This book is motivated by the following convictions:

1) Quantitative risk assessment (QRA) can be a powerful discipline for improving risk management decisions and policies.
2) Poorly conducted QRAs can produce results and recommendations that are worse than useless.
3) Sound risk assessment methods provide the benefits of QRA...

Masters of the Mind: Exploring the Story of Mental Illness from Ancient Times to the New Millennium

John Wiley & Sons, 2004

The mind is unique in its interest to people from all walks of life. This interest is not new; throughout written history people have observed, described, and pondered strange behaviors and thoughts within themselves and their neighbors. The questions that people have posed about these experiences seem so simple and basic. Why do we seek to...

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