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Concise Guide to Object-Oriented Programming: An Accessible Approach Using Java (Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science)

Springer, 2019

This engaging textbook provides an accessible introduction to coding and the world of Object-Oriented (OO) programming, using Java as the illustrative programming language. Emphasis is placed on what is most helpful for the first-time coder, in order to develop and understand their knowledge and skills in a way that is relevant and...

Clinical Cases in Psychiatry: Integrating Translational Neuroscience Approaches

Springer, 2018

This case series book offers a practical and accessible approach to psychiatry, addressing major clinical problems ranging from psychosis to aging effects, each of which is tackled as it arises in everyday settings. With its emphasis on everyday practice strongly linked to underlying theory, the book combines clinical knowledge with...

Drones as Cyber-Physical Systems: Concepts and Applications for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Springer, 2019

This book introduces the concept of using drones as a teaching tool to explore the fundamental principles, technology and applications of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS).

A short introduction sets CPS in the context of the 4^th industrial revolution, and describes various CPS technologies including self-driving...

Java in Two Semesters: Featuring JavaFX (Texts in Computer Science)

Springer, 2019

This easy-to-follow textbook teaches Java programming from first principles, as well as covering design and testing methodologies. The text is divided into two parts. Each part supports a one-semester module, the first part addressing fundamental programming concepts, and the second part building on this foundation, teaching the...

Return of the Grizzly: Sharing the Range with Yellowstone's Top Predator

Skyhorse Publishing, 2019

The Yellowstone grizzly population has grown from an estimated 136 bears when first granted federal protection as a threatened species to as many as 1,000 grizzlies in a tri-state region today. No longer limited to remote wilderness areas, grizzlies now roam throughout the region—in state parks, school playgrounds, residential...

Gandhi's Search for the Perfect Diet: Eating with the World in Mind (Global South Asia)

University of Chicago Press, 2019

Mahatma Gandhi redefined nutrition as a holistic approach to building a more just world. What he chose to eat was intimately tied to his beliefs. His key values of nonviolence, religious tolerance, and rural sustainability developed in coordination with his dietary experiments. His repudiation of sugar, chocolate, and salt expressed his...

The Most Important Thing: Discovering Truth at the Heart of Life

Sounds True, 2019

From esteemed teacher Adyashanti, a collection of writings on the search for the ultimate reality beneath the narrative of our lives

"Our inner lives are every bit as astonishing, baffling, and mysterious as the infinite vastness of the cosmos." ?Adyashanti

We all define...

How We Cooperate: A Theory of Kantian Optimization

Yale University Press, 2019

A new theory of how and why we cooperate, drawing from economics, political theory, and philosophy to challenge the conventional wisdom of game theory

Game theory explains competitive behavior by working from the premise that people are self-interested. People don’t just compete, however; they also...

ENT, Head & Neck Emergencies: A Logan Turner Companion

CRC Press, 2018

Epistaxis is defined as bleeding from the nose and is one of the commonest emergencies dealt with by the otolaryngologist. The overall incidence of epi- staxis in the general population is difficult to deter- mine because most cases are unreported, minor, self-limiting episodes or those controlled with sim- ple first-aid...

Catastrophizing: Materialism and the Making of Disaster

University of Chicago Press, 2019

When we catastrophize, we think the worst. We make too much of too little, or something of nothing. Yet what looks simply like a bad habit, Gerard Passannante argues, was also a spur to some of the daring conceptual innovations and feats of imagination that defined the intellectual and cultural history of the early modern...

In a Pure Muslim Land: Shi'ism between Pakistan and the Middle East (Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks)

The University of North Carolina Press, 2019

Centering Pakistan in a story of transnational Islam stretching from South Asia to the Middle East, Simon Wolfgang Fuchs offers the first in-depth ethnographic history of the intellectual production of Shi'is and their religious competitors in this "Land of the Pure." The notion of Pakistan as the pinnacle of modern global...

Introduction to Materials for Advanced Energy Systems

Springer, 2019

This first of its kind text enables today’s students to understand current and future energy challenges, to acquire skills for selecting and using materials and manufacturing processes in the design of energy systems, and to develop a cross-functional approach to materials, mechanics, electronics and processes of energy...

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