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Scientific American's Ask the Experts: Answers to The Most Puzzling and Mind-Blowing Science Questions
Scientific American's Ask the Experts: Answers to The Most Puzzling and Mind-Blowing Science Questions

Why is the night sky dark? How do dolphins sleep without drowning? Why do hangovers occur? Will time travel ever be a reality? What makes a knuckleball appear to flutter? Why are craters always round?

There's only one source to turn to for the answers to the most puzzling and thought-provoking questions about the world of...

Quantum Computing
Quantum Computing

The twentieth century witnessed the birth of revolutionary ideas in the phys- ical sciences. These ideas began to shake the traditional view of the universe dating back to the days of Newton, even to the days of Galileo. Albert Ein- stein is usually identified as the creator of the relativity theory, a theory that is used to model the...

A Companion to Rhetoric and Rhetorical Criticism (Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture)
A Companion to Rhetoric and Rhetorical Criticism (Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture)

The essays in A Companion to Rhetoric and Rhetorical Criticism explore rhetoric as a practical art of deliberation and judgment, best taught and learned through concrete examples of argument, interpretation, and criticism. Historically and in our own time scholars have shown that rhetoric can very well be theorized in the strong sense that...

Cell Biology, Second Edition
Cell Biology, Second Edition

Biology is based on the fundamental laws of nature embodied in chemistry and physics, but the origin and evolution of life on earth were historical events. This makes biology more like astronomy than like chemistry and physics. Neither the organization of the universe nor life as we know it had to evolve as it did. Chance played a central...

Big Book of Apple Hacks: Tips & Tools for Unlocking the Power of Your Apple Devices
Big Book of Apple Hacks: Tips & Tools for Unlocking the Power of Your Apple Devices
Ostensibly, you buy a computer or gadget to get something done. The something might be as simple as listening to MP3s you’ve ripped from your CD collection or as challenging as creating a full-length feature film. Apple is happy to sell you products to meet your needs. The trouble is your needs aren’t...
Starting Strength (2nd edition)
Starting Strength (2nd edition)
Many things have happened since I started the writing of Starting Strength: A Simple and Practical Guide for Coaching Beginners in 2004. As a result of its publication I have had the opportunity to meet and learn from many new people. It is my sincerest hope that the additions to this book that are the direct result of their input...
Technical Analysis of Stock Trends, 9 Edition
Technical Analysis of Stock Trends, 9 Edition
Warp speed universe. Warp speed financial markets. The 8th Edition of this classic book appeared when it seemed that the millennium and paradise had been achieved and that, like McKay’s tulipomania, the price of stocks would rise forever and men would rush from the world over and pay whatever price was asked for...
Make It So
Make It So
This book has accomplished a feat that’s valuable and rare: it comprehends design and science fiction. Better yet, it’s found specific areas where they are of practical use to one another.

This is a design book, and meant for designers. It concerns itself with science fiction cinema. To my delight, it
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HTML5 and JavaScript Web Apps
HTML5 and JavaScript Web Apps
HTML5 and JavaScript Web Apps is about building web applications with HTML5 and W3C specifications that are widely supported across all devices and browsers. It is intended for programmers who are facing the challenges of moving more code to the frontend with JavaScript, CSS, and HTML, while at the same time...
Intelligent Complex Adaptive Systems
Intelligent Complex Adaptive Systems
I don’t believe in the existence of a complex systems theory as such and, so far, I’m still referring to complex systems science (CSS) in order to describe my research endeavours. In my view, the latter is constituted, up until now, by a bundle of loosely connected methods and theories aiming to observe— from...
Algorithms for Image Processing and Computer Vision
Algorithms for Image Processing and Computer Vision

Humans still obtain the vast majority of their sensory input through their visual system, and an enormous effort has been made to artificially enhance this sense. Eyeglasses, binoculars, telescopes, radar, infrared sensors, and photomultipliers all function to improve our view of the world and the universe. We even have telescopes in orbit...

What's Science Ever Done For Us: What the Simpsons Can Teach Us About Physics, Robots, Life, and the Universe
What's Science Ever Done For Us: What the Simpsons Can Teach Us About Physics, Robots, Life, and the Universe
A playful and entertaining look at science on The Simpsons

This amusing book explores science as presented on the longest-running and most popular animated TV series ever made: The Simpsons. Over the years, the show has examined such issues as genetic mutation, time travel, artificial intelligence, and even aliens.
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