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The Art of Computer Game DesignThe central premise of this book is that computer games constitute a new and as yet poorly developed art form that holds great promise for both designers and players.
This premise may seem laughable or flippant. How could anybody classify the likes of SPACE INVADERS and PAC MAN as art? How can TEMPEST or MISSILE COMMAND compare with... | | Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing (Test Your Code Breaking Skills)Experiment with cryptography — the science of secret writing. Cipher and decipher codes: transposition and polyalphabetical ciphers, famous codes, typewriter and telephone codes, codes that use playing cards, knots, and swizzle sticks...even invisible writing and sending messages through outer space. Hours of intrigue and challenge. 45... | | |
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General Relativity"Wald's book is clearly the first textbook on general relativity with a totally modern point of view; and it succeeds very well where others are only partially successful. The book includes full discussions of many problems of current interest which are not treated in any extant book, and all these matters are considered with perception and... | | Body language: How to read others’ thoughts by their gesturesWhen I first heard about ‘body language’ at a seminar in 1971, I became so excited about it that I wanted to learn more. The speaker told us about some of the research done by Professor Ray Birdwhistell at the University of Louisville, which had shown that more human communication took place by the use of gestures, postures, position... | | |
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Powder Surface Area and Porosity (Environmental Resource Management Series)
The rapid growth of interest in powders and their surface properties in
many diverse industries prompted the writing of this book for those who
have the need to make meaningful measurements without the benefit of
years of experience. It is intended as an introduction to some of the
elementary theory and experimental methods... | | Volume 3, The Organic Chemistry of Drug SynthesisIhe first volume in this series represented the launching of a trial balloon on the part of the authors. In the first place, wo were not entirely convinced that contemporary medicinal (hemistry could in fact be organized coherently on the basis of organic chemistry. If, however, one granted that this might be done, we were not at all certain that... | | |
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A Basic English GrammarGrammar reference in a clear, handy format.
A large-format book containing all the grammar from "A Basic English Grammar", and most of the exercises from "BEG: Exercises" together with some new ones, all integrated into the relevant grammar sections. The book has a key and is designed for self-study, resource centres... | | 40 Best Machine Code Routines for the ZX SpectrumThe aim of this volume is to provide both the beginner and the experienced computer user with a ready source of reference on a number of useful, interesting or entertaining machine code routines for the ZX Spectrum. To this end the book is divided into two sections. The Section A describes the features of the Spectrum which are of interest to the... | | The Oxford Guide to English UsageHave you ever had doubts about when to hyphenate two words? Confused over whether you should disassociate or dissociate yourself from something? Do you know when to spell doggie as doggy? Is it really a rule that a preposition should never fall at the end of a sentence? Now there is a single
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