Lincoln's humor and personal tales do much to convey the flavor of modern particle physics research. -- Symmetry
The Big Bang, the birth of the universe, was a singular event. All of the matter of the universe was concentrated at a single point, with temperatures so high that even the familiar protons and...
Why should you use Scrum in your web projects? Simply put, it'll enable your team to get more done in less time.
Scrum is the most popular agile project management methodology used in web projects today. While most Scrum books tend to be lengthy textbooks that cover every detail of Scrum for all types of...
Seal (of the Curtin University of Technology in Perth, Australia) has put together an interesting if sporadic collection of folk heroes. He refers to it as a "representative collection of legendary, historical, and magical heroes from many of the world's extensive folklores." South and Central America receive very little coverage....
A Certain Kind of Wisdom In Plato’s Apology, the Greek philosopher Socrates is on trial to defend himself against the allegation of corrupting the youth of Athens. Socrates denies this charge and offers an alternate reason for why he is on trial. He explains, “[w]hat has caused my reputation is none other than a certain kind of...
Scalix email and calendaring, HP OpenMail, and Samsung Contact: these three names stand for some of the most powerful open-source-based groupware solutions available. This book sets out to explain their fundamentals to Linux administrators.
Since the early 90s, Hewlett Packard had earned many awards for its mail server, and OpenMail was...
This book represents a unique endeavor to elucidate the story of Kosovo’s unilateral quest for statehood. It is an inquiry into the international legal aspects and processes that shaped and surrounded the creation of the state of Kosovo. Being created outside the post-colonial context, Kosovo offers a unique yet controversial...
In twentieth-century Germany, Karl-Friedrich Bonhoeffer rose to prominence as a brilliant physical chemist, even as several of his relatives?Dietrich Bonhoeffer among them?became involved in the resistance to Hitler, leading to their executions. This book traces the entanglement of science, religion, and politics in the Third Reich and in...
A unique and compelling exploration of why humans need animal companions -- from dogs and cats to horses, birds, and reptiles -- through the eyes of a New York Times bestselling historical detective author.
This 25th anniversary edition of Steven Levy's classic book traces the exploits of the computer revolution's original hackers -- those brilliant and eccentric nerds from the late 1950s through the early '80s who took risks, bent the rules, and pushed the world in a radical new direction. With updated material from...
In the past decade, the movement to lighter-weight and increasingly agile methods
has been the most significant change to affect the software enterprise since the
advent of the waterfall model in the 1970s. Originated by a variety of thought and
practice leaders and proven in real-world, successful experiments, the methods
have proven...
Apple was the only computer company whose sales actually increased during the
recession. The Mac’s market share has quadrupled since 2005—it’s now around 20
percent of computer sales in the U.S. And then there’s the most...
One of the most elusive and controversial figures in NASA’s history, George W. S. Abbey was called “the Dark Lord,” “the Godfather,” and “UNO”—short for unidentified NASA official. He was said to be secretive, despotic, a Space Age Machiavelli. Yet Abbey had more influence...
