Logic of Java programming

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THE WARRIOR ANGEL OF ST. DUMAS RETURNS!Jean-Paul Valley does not want to be Azrael ever again. All it has brought him is pain, violence, and misery. He has sequestered himself away at a monastery in Europe to find peace. But when a young woman who claims to have the same System programming that made Jean-Paul into Azrael arrives at the monastery, he won’t have a choice but to don his violent mantle of Azrael once more to protect her from the deadly assassins who wish her harm.From the rising star creative team ofDan Watters(Arkham City: The Order of the World,Lucifer) andNikola Cižmešija(Batman: Urban Legends,Future State: Gotham) this collection redefines one of the Batman world’s most iconic and fierce characters!

本書以項目教學的方式，循序漸進地講解JSP 的基本原理和具體應用。全書共10個項目，具體內容為：初識JSP、HTML語言基礎、Java語言基礎、JSP基本語法、JSP內置對象、JavaBean技術、Servlet基礎、表達式語言、JSP的文件操作、訪問數據庫。

This book is ideal for a first or second year discrete mathematics course for mathematics, engineering, and computer science majors. The author has extensively class-tested early conceptions of the book over the years and supplements mathematical arguments with informal discussions to aid readers in understanding the presented topics. "Safe" - that is, paradox-free - informal set theory is introduced following on the heels of Russell's Paradox as well as the topics of finite, countable, and uncountable sets with an exposition and use of Cantor's diagonalisation technique. Predicate logic "for the user" is introduced along with axioms and rules and extensive examples. Partial orders and the minimal condition are studied in detail with the latter shown to be equivalent to the induction principle. Mathematical induction is illustrated with several examples and is followed by a thorough exposition of inductive definitions of functions and sets. Techniques for solving recurrence relations i

本書重點關注和介紹Spring Boot 2框架的技術應用。Spring Boot是目前微服務架構使用最為廣泛的框架之一，一旦開發人員掌握了該框架的配置和使用技巧，則對於當前微服務應用的開發將得心應手。本書詳細介紹了Sping Boot 2的開發環境、開發方式、數據庫應用、MVC、RESTful、安全及測試等。對於剛開始接觸微服務架構、Spring Boot的開發人員來說，這是一本很適合的書籍。本書介紹的內容較多，但都是當前基於微服務架構的應用所需，內容翔實並提供所有源碼。對於已有開發經驗的Spring開發人員來說，這也是一本有價值的參考書。本書案例源碼均由作者親自編寫，其中包含了很多有用的方法與使用技巧。 本書適合初級、中級Java開發工程師，以及從其他開發語言(如PHP、C、Python等)轉向Java微服務的開發工程師使用，也可作為互聯網應用研發人員、自學Java開發的大中專院校學生的參考讀物。

本書是被譽為UNIX程式設計“聖經”的Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment一書的第3版。在本書第2版出版後的8年中，UNIX發生了巨大的變化，特別是影響UNIX程式設計介面的有關標準變化很大。本書在保持前一版風格的基礎上，根據新的標準對內容進行了修訂和增補，反映了新的技術發展。書中除了介紹UNIX檔和目錄、標準I/O庫、系統資料檔案和資訊、進程環

本書全面介紹JUnit 5的新特性及其主要應用。全書共22章，分為五部分。第一部分介紹JUnit 的核心、JUnit的體系結構、從JUnit 4向JUnit 5遷移、軟件測試原則等內容；第二部分介紹軟件測試質量、用stub和mock object進行測試、容器內測試等內容；第三部分介紹用Maven和Gradle工具運行JUnit測試、IDE對JUnit 5的支持、JUnit 5的持續集成等內容；第四部分介紹JUnit 5擴展模型，表示層測試，Spring、Spring Boot和REST API以及數據庫應用程序的測試等內容；第五部分介紹使用JUnit 5進行測試驅動開發和行為驅動開發，以及用JUnit 5實現測試金字塔策略等內容。本書既適合剛接觸JUnit框架的Java開發人員閱讀，也適合想要瞭解JUnit 5新特性的、經驗豐富的JUnit開發人員學習，尤其適合企業級Java開發人員閱讀。本書還可作為高等院校學生“軟件測試”課程的參考用書。

運用新的“Kubernetes優先”工具高效地開發微服務！Quarkus與容器和Kubernetes的結合渾然天成，從根本上簡化了微服務的開發與部署。Quarkus這個功能強大的框架從一開始就是基於Java構建的，因而能與現有的JVM代碼庫無縫集成，極大地縮短了啟動時間，減少了內存消耗量。在《Kubernetes原生微服務開發》的指導下，你將使用容器、Kubernetes和Quarkus框架開發微服務。將首先開發基於Quarkus和MicroProfile API的可部署應用；此後，將瞭解如何借助Quarkus天然的啟動速度和運行速度優勢，通過運用GraalVM原生編譯，來獲得性能躍升。在學習過程中，你將體驗到如何在Quarkus應用中集成Spring開發，並吸收作者關於微服務監控和管理的真知灼見。主要內容? 在Kubernetes上部署企業級Java應用? 運用Quarkus運行時框架開發應用? 運用GraalVM原生編譯獲得**性能? 充分運用MicroProfile規範

Spring框架是Java EE開發的強有力的工具和事實標準，而Spring Boot採用“約定優於配置”的原則簡化了Spring的開發，從而成為業界流行的微服務開發框架，已經被越來越多的企業採用。2018年3月Spring Boot的版本正式從1.x升級到了2.x，為了適應新潮流，本書將對Spring Boot 2.x技術進行深入講解。本書從一個最簡單的工程開始講解Spring Boot企業級開發，其內容包含全注解下的Spring IoC和AOP、數據庫編程（JDBC、JPA和MyBatis）、數據庫事務、NoSQL（Redis和MongoDB）技術、Spring MVC、Spring 5新一代響應式框架WebFlux、互聯網搶購業務、部署與監控、REST風格和Spring Cloud分布式開發等。本書內容緊扣互聯網企業的實際要求，從全注解下Spring知識講到Spring Boot的企業級開發，對於Java開發人員，尤其是初學Spring Boot的人員和需要從傳統Spring轉向Spring Boot開發的技術人員，具有很高的參考價值。

The Ideology of Competition in School Music explores competition as a structuring force in school music and provides critiques of that system from multiple philosophical and theoretical perspectives. Competition is seen by many music teachers, students, and supporters as natural and inevitable--a taken-for-granted aspect of music education or an irresistible force, rather than a choice. This book uncovers this ideological nature of competition and examines its effect on student learning, teacher agency, and equity within music education. It considers ways in which music educators might reconsider the role of competition in their teaching practice and offers alternative frameworks for organizing school music. In this book, author Sean Robert Powell views competition as a microcosm of the wider neoliberal capitalist society, in which subjects are interpolated in an antagonistic competitive field as market logic dictates a system of accountability, reduction, and audit culture. Music teac

本書從初學者的角度詳細講解了Kotlin開發中常用的多種技術。全書共13章，內容包括Kotlin入門、Kotlin編程基礎、函數、面向對象、集合、lambda編程、泛型、Gradle、協程、“坦克大戰”遊戲開發、DSL、Kotlin與Java互操作、時鐘。本書通過典型的案例、通俗易懂的語言闡述面向對象中的抽象概念，在集合、Lambda編程、泛型、Gradle、協程等章節中，通過剖析案例、分析代碼結構、解決常見問題等方式，幫助初學者培養良好的編程習慣。第10章運用前幾章的基礎知識實現了一個坦克大戰的遊戲案例開發。第11～13章分別介紹了DSL、Kotlin與Java進行互操作以及通過Kotlin語言實現一個JavaScript語言的時鐘項目，幫助初學者掌握Kotlin語言與Java語言、JavaScript語言的互操作。本書既可作為高等院校本、專科計算機相關專業的教材，也可作為社會培訓教材，是一本適合廣大編程愛好者參考和學習的書籍。為了幫助編程者更好地學習本書中的內容，本書還提供了配套的源代碼與視頻等資源，方便讀者學習。

本書結合作者近十年Java開發經驗，從開發實際項目的角度入手，向初次接觸IntelliJ IDEA(本書使用的是2022版)的讀者介紹了該工具的使用技巧。本書分為7章。第1章主要介紹IDEA的安裝、更新、註冊和卸載。第2章主要介紹IDEA的基礎配置和高級配置。第3章介紹如何通過IDEA創建第一個Java項目、配置項目和模塊、開發工具包以及庫相關信息。第4章主要介紹IDEA編輯器、源碼導航、搜索和替換、代碼操作、實時模板、文件比較、拼寫檢查、語言注入、暫存文件、模塊依賴圖/UML類圖、版權、宏、文件編碼等內容。第5章介紹IDEA運行/調試/測試應用程序、代碼覆蓋率、連接服務器、分析應用。第6章介紹IDEA啟動、管理、配置VCS，Git代碼分支管理、提交、合併、解決衝突、暫存和取消代碼修改。第7章介紹IDEA的Terminal終端仿真器、JShell控制台、連接並操作數據庫、連接Docker、開發Groovy語言、創建Spring Boot項目等。本書適用於所有Java編程語言開發人員、IDEA愛好者以及所有計算機專業的學生等。

Political managers--public office holders, legislative staff, campaign managers, policy advocates, and partisan communicators--are united by a common language, a set of shared skills, a strategic mindset, and, we can hope, an appreciation of their professional responsibilities to the institutions of democracy. While political managers are divided by vision and purpose, the best among them are simultaneously visionaries and manipulators, and they balance themselves precariously between these values as they develop and implement strategy. Campaigns often more closely resemble war and sports than the world of commercial business, and in the political arena, achieving victory requires calculated strategy. In Strategy in Politics, F. Christopher Arterton seeks to clarify the meaning of strategy through four perspectives: the dynamics of strategic planning, the conduct of warfare, the theories of persuasive political communications, and the logic of interpersonal competition. Drawing on clas

Servlet和JSP是開發Java Web應用程序的兩種基本技術。Spring MVC是Spring框架中用於Web應用快速開發的一個模塊，是當今流行的Web開發框架之一。本書是Servlet、JSP和Spring MVC的學習指南。全書內容分為兩個部分，首部分主要介紹Servlet和JSP基礎知識和技術，包括第 1章到第 15章；第 2部分主要介紹Spring MVC，包括第 16章到第 24章。附錄部分給出了Tomcat安裝和配置指導，還介紹了Servlet and JSP注解以及SSL證書。本書內容充實、講解清晰，非常適合Web開 發者尤其是基於Java的Web應用開發 者閱讀。

在過去幾年中，JavaScript憑藉Node.js和SpiderMonkey等平臺，在伺服器端程式設計中得到了廣泛應用。JavaScript程式師因而迫切需要使用傳統語言(比如C++和Java)提供的工具，包括傳統的資料結構以及傳統的排序和查找演算法。《資料結構與演算法JavaScript描述》討論在陣列即物件、無處不在的全域變數、基於原型的物件模型等JavaScript語言的環境下，如何實現高

本書代碼採用Java語言編寫，分為上、下兩篇，共15章。其中，第1-9章為上篇，講解數據結構和算法基礎，為讀者梳理基本知識，內容涵蓋線性結構、樹結構、圖結構、排序與查找、窮舉法、遞歸算法、貪心算法、動態規劃、回溯法；第10-15章為下篇，收集了50多道大廠面試真題，針對每道題都給出了分析和解答，幫助讀者提升解決實際問題的能力。

本書內容是註冊網絡安全源代碼審計專業人員(NSATP-SCA)認證培訓的理論知識部分，對代碼審計的基礎知識和涉及的內容、代碼安全審計規範和審計指標進行了介紹，同時，針對目前常用的程序設計語言Java、C/C++和C#，分別基於其特點和漏洞測試規範中的案例進行了分析和解讀。

本書講述Apache Flink大數據框架的原理，以及如果將Apache Flink應用於大數據的實時流處理、批處理、批流一體分析等各個場景。通過原理深入學習和實踐示例、案例的學習應用，使讀者瞭解並掌握Apache Flink流處理的框架的基本原理和技能，接近理論與實踐的距離。 全書共分為8章，主要內容包括Flink架構與集群安裝、Flink開發環境準備(基於IntelliJ IDEA和Maven)、開發Flink實時數據處理程序、Flink流數據分析、時間和水印概念、窗口操作、狀態和容錯、側輸出流、Flink流連接器、Flink流處理案例、開發Flink批數據處理程序、使用Table API進行數據處理、Flink on YARN、基於Flink構建批流一體數倉、基於Flink和Iceberg數據湖構建實時數倉。本書源碼全部在Apache Flink 1.13.2上調試成功，所有示例和案例均提供Scala語言和Java語言兩套API的實現(第8章除外)，供讀者參考。 本書系統講解了Apache Flink大數據框架的原理和流、批處理的開發實踐，內容全面、實例豐富、可操作性強，做到了理論與實踐相結合。本書適合大數據學習愛好者、想要入門Apache Flink的讀者作為入門和提高的技術參考書，也適合用作大中專院校大數據專業相關的學生和老師的教材或教學參考書。

本書是廣州市工貿技師學院計算機程序設計(移動互聯應用開發)專業教師團隊編寫完成。內容包括APP效果圖處理、Java基本程序設計、Java面向對象程序設計、Web UI設計、Android移動應用界面開發、單機安卓軟件開發、APP效果圖設計、網絡安卓軟件開發等內容。全書從專業人才培養目標的確定、專業課程與思政點的融合、任務情景設計、教學活動策劃、教學評價實施等方面進行了較為系統的論述，結構化地呈現了該專業的人才培養目標、課程思政方案、課程標準、教學活動以及專創融合項目等，全書理論知識豐富，邏輯清晰，可以幫助教師快速把握融合思政元素的一體化課程設計思路、教學目標、教學模式、課堂活動及其評價方式，對計算機程序設計類相關專業一體化課程開發具有一定的參考價值。

Netty是目前市面上使用率較高的網絡編程庫。它的架構設計非常明確且層次分明，源碼較為易懂，其中包裝了Java NIO（New IO，新IO）的三大組件：Selector、Channel、ByteBuffer，提供了簡單易用高效的網絡通信庫，其中還實現了自己的內存池管理。Netty的設計基於Jemalloc內存管理庫，同時也實現了很多開封即用的應用層協議編碼與解碼器。本書通過常用的TCP協議完整詮釋了Netty的架構設計與思想，省略了Java語言層面的一些基礎知識，例如變量、面向對象、泛型等Java SE的基礎。 本書適用于以下讀者：希望進入互聯網公司工作的讀者、研究Netty底層知識的讀者、在工作中遇見瓶頸，希望通過學習Netty提升底層知識的讀者、從事開發高併發支撐中間件的讀者、從事互聯網高併發業務支撐的讀者、對多線程編程感興趣的讀者、希望通過Netty源碼找到調優點的讀者。

In this volume, Jolyon G. R. Pruszinski examines the experiences of domestic and quotidian space that contributed to the extant form of many foundational early Jewish and Christian scriptures. His analytical approaches are derived from diverse sources including modern psychological science, Gaston Bachelard’s critical theories of domestic space, and Henri Lefebvre’s observations regarding “spatial practice.” The result of this attention to textual “ecology” or “home-logic” is an innovative exploration of classic texts yielding exciting new interpretive possibilities for the Gospel of John, the undisputed Pauline letters, the Parables of Enoch , the Book of Revelation, the History of the Rechabites, and Augustine’s De Trinitate . Experiences of loss, homelessness, imprisonment, and marginal dwelling lie behind these texts and contributed to their authors’ re-imagination and re-establishment of home. Pruszinski proves inescapably that while the most familiar of experiences are often

A desperate man attempts to win a reality TV game where the only objective is to stay alive in this #1 national bestseller from Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman. “Under any name King mesmerizes the reader” (Chicago Sun-Times).Ben Richards is a desperate man. With no job, no money, no way out, and a young daughter in need of proper medical attention, he must turn to the only possibility of striking it rich in this near-future dystopian America: participating in the ultra-violent TV programming of the government-sanctioned Games Network. Ben soon finds himself selected as a contestant on the biggest and the best that the Games Network has to offer: “The Running Man,” a no-holds-barred thirty-day struggle to stay alive as public enemy number one, relentlessly hunted by an elite strike force bent on killing him as quickly as possible in front of an audience all too eager to see that happen. It means a billion dollars in prize money if he can live for the next month. No one has ever

In the wake of Return of the Jedi, the Emperor has been defeated! But the nascent New Republic still has enemies ― and that’s where X-Wing Rogue Squadron comes in! Led by Wedge Antilles, the galaxy’s greatest pilots will take on all threats. Dogfights, assassination attempts, political intrigue ― it’s all in a day’s work! Meanwhile, Palpatine’s top assassin Mara Jade must complete her final mission…or die trying! And the human-replica droid Guri ponders her destiny ― and the secrets buried in her programming ― in a gripping sequel to Shadows of the Empire! Don’t miss these classic Star Wars tales, penned by some of the franchise’s biggest bestselling authors!COLLECTING: Star Wars: Mara Jade - By the Emperor's Hand (1998) 0-6, Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire - Evolution (1998) 1-5, Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Leader (2005) 1-3, Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron (1995) 1-35, Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron Special (1995) 1, Star Wars Handbook (1998) 1; material from Star Wars Tales (1999) 1

An introduction to game theory that offers not only theoretical tools but also the intuition and behavioral insights to apply these tools to real-world situations.This introductory text on game theory provides students with both the theoretical tools to analyze situations through the logic of game theory and the intuition and behavioral insights to apply these tools to real-world situations. It is unique among game theory texts in offering a clear, formal introduction to standard game theory while incorporating evidence from experimental data and introducing recent behavioral models. Students will not only learn about incentives, how to represent situations as games, and what agents “should” do in these situations, but they will also be presented with evidence that either confirms the theoretical assumptions or suggests a way in which the theory might be updated.Features:Each chapter begins with a motivating example that can be run as an experiment and ends with a discussion of the beh

Since its founding by Joseph Papp in the 1950s, The Public Theater has been an American artistic leader defined by its breadth of programming, from Hair and A Chorus Line, to Free Shakespeare in the Park. With the recent critical and financial success of Fun Home and Hamilton , and its emphasis on new play development, The Public’s contemporary history has been equally remarkable, even as world crises and social changes have tested the mettle of its foundation of accessible and “radically inclusive” theatre for all. One Public: New York’s Public Theater in the Era of Oskar Eustis presents the broader organization, its creative methodology, and its enormous growth over the past 20 years. Framed by the tenure and leadership of its current artistic director, the book tells the contemporary story, recorded over many interviews with iconic practitioners and performers ranging from Diane Paulus, Tony Kushner and Lynn Nottage to Kevin Kline, Chelsea Clinton and Lin-Manuel Miranda. C

Visual calculating in shape grammars aligns with art and design, bridging the gap between seeing (Coleridge’s “imagination”) and combinatoric play (Coleridge’s “fancy”).In Shapes of Imagination, George Stiny runs visual calculating in shape grammars through art and design―incorporating Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poetic imagination and Oscar Wilde’s challenging corollary to see things as in themselves they really are not. Many assume that calculating limits art and design to suit computers, but shape grammars rely on seeing to prove otherwise. Rules that change what they see extend calculating to overtake what computers can do, in logic and with data and learning. Shape grammars bridge the categorical divide between seeing (Coleridge’s “imagination, or esemplastic power”) and combinatoric play (Coleridge’s “fancy”). Stiny shows that calculating without seeing excludes art and design. Seeing is key for calculating to augment creative activity with aesthetic insight and value. Shape gramma

“Written with grace and intelligence, researched with care. . . . Sure to inspire a new generation of pioneers.” ―Shelf Awareness (starred review)This illuminating biography reveals how the daughter of Lord Byron, Britain’s most infamous Romantic poet, became the world’s first computer programmer.Even by 1800s standards, Ada Byron Lovelace had an unusual upbringing. Her strict mother worked hard at cultivating her own role as the long-suffering ex-wife of bad-boy poet Lord Byron while raising Ada in isolation. Tutored by the brightest minds, Ada developed a hunger for mental puzzles, mathematical conundrums, and scientific discovery that kept pace with the breathtaking advances of the industrial and social revolutions taking place in Europe. At seventeen, Ada met eccentric inventor Charles Babbage, a kindred spirit. Their ensuing collaborations resulted in ideas and concepts that presaged computer programming by almost two hundred years, and Ada Lovelace is now recognized as a pioneer

本書適合那些對人工智能感興趣，且具備一定移動終端應用程序開發經驗的讀者。如果您掌握一定的JAVA 、C++或Python語言開發知識，同時具備Android操作系統或IOS操作系統的應用的開發經驗，將能迅速掌握基本的移動終端人工智能應用開發方法。如果您只是對人工智能技術感興趣，相信本書也能帶您瞭解人工智能技術是如何在移動終端上部署和運行的。

《運籌優化常用模型、算法及案例實戰》主要講述運籌優化領域常用的數學模型、精確算法以及相應的代碼實現。首先簡要介紹基本理論，然後用豐富的配套案例講解多個經典的精確算法框架，最後結合常用的優化求解器(CPLEX 和 Gurobi)說明如何用 Python 和 Java 語言實現書中提到的所有精確算法。 全書共分 3 部分。第 I 部分(第 1～4 章)為運籌優化常用模型及建模技巧。該部分著重介紹整數規劃的建模技巧和常見的經典模型。第 II 部分(第 5～7 章)為常用優化求解器 API 詳解及應用案例。該部分主要介紹兩款常用的商業求解器(CPLEX 和 Gurobi)的使用方法，包括 Python 和 Java 的 API 詳解、簡單案例以及複雜案例。第 III 部分(第 8～17 章)為運籌優化常用算法及實戰。該部分詳細介紹幾個經典的精確算法的理論、相關案例、偽代碼以及相應的代碼實現。 本書適合作為高等院校工業工程、管理科學與工程、信息管理與信息系統、數學與應用數學、物流工程、物流管理、控制科學與工程等開設運籌學相關課程的高年級本科生、研究生教材，同時也可供在物流與供應鏈、交通、互聯網、製造業、醫療、金融、能源等領域從事有關運籌優化的開發人員以及廣大科技工作者和研究人員參考。

The endocrine and neuroendocrine system in pregnancy involves highly complex maternal, fetal and placental mechanisms, which are critical for the maintenance of pregnancy, the timing of parturition, for fetal growth and protection from adverse fetal programming. This timely book summarizes the different endocrine aspects related to pregnant women, describing how hormones regulate physiological homeostasis and influence the pathogenesis of disease. The first section of the book covers the role of specific hormones in detail, including oxytocin, hCG and estrogen. The second section discusses gestational disorders such as diabetes, hypertensive disorders and preeclampsia and how the involvement of hormones has clinical implications for management. Best practice for management of endocrine disorders, which can negatively impact pregnancy, such as thyroid disease and obesity, is also reviewed. This book is essential for clinicians and scientists looking to gain knowledge of the role of horm

Logical reasoning meets simple math in 300 all-new puzzles that require a flash of insight to solve!Stay sharp with these perfectly addictive puzzles that challenge you to solve for “?” using genius logic―but only grade school arithmetic Once you match wits with area mazes, you’ll be hooked! Originally invented for gifted students, these novel puzzles have taken all of Japan by storm. The Big Puzzle Book of Area Mazes follows our two travel-size volumes with 300 all-new puzzles―including 100 3D puzzles, seen here for the first time!Each tangle of rectangles―or cache of cubes―dares puzzler-doers to find a missing value through spatial reasoning. The only math knowledge you need is that length × width = area. No hard math is allowed―fractions, begone!If you’re a sudoku fanatic . . . if you play brain games to stay sharp . . . if you love geometry (or you want to finally show it who’s boss) . . . then feed your mind some area mazes. They could be just what you’re craving!

Janette H. Ok argues that 1 Peter characterizes Christian identity as an ethnic identity, as it holds the potential to engender a powerful sense of solidarity for readers who are experiencing social alienation as a result of their conversion. The epistle describes and delineates a communal identity based on Jewish traditions, and in response to the hostility its largely Gentile Anatolian addressees are experiencing as religious minorities in the Roman empire. In order to help construct a collective understanding of what it means to be a Christian in contrast to non-Christians, Ok argues that the author of the epistle employs “ethnic reasoning” or logic. Consequently, the writer of 1 Peter makes use of various literary and rhetorical strategies, including establishing a sense of shared history and ancestry, delineating boundaries, stereotyping and negatively characterizing “the other,” emphasizing distinct conduct or a common culture, and applying ethnic categories to his addressees. Ok

An intimate look at the making of a man, an actor, an advocate--and most importantly--a happy human being. A wonderful book that is funny, honest, fearless, and generous in its vulnerability. --Douglas Stuart, Booker Prize-winning author of Shuggie BainThere is absolutely no logical reason why I am here. The life trajectory my nationality and class and circumstances portended for me was not even remotely close to the one I now navigate. But logic is a science and living is an art.The release I felt in writing my first memoir, Not My Father's Son, was matched only by how my speaking out empowered so many to engage with their own trauma. I was reminded of the power of my words and the absolute duty of authenticity.But...No one ever fully recovers from their past. There is no cure for it. You just learn to manage and prioritize it. I believe the second you feel you have triumphed or overcome something - an abuse, an injury to the body or the mind, an addiction, a character flaw, a habit,

Understand the theory and implementation of simulation. This book covers simulation topics from a scenario-driven approach using Python and rich visualizations and tabulations. The book discusses simulation used in the natural and social sciences and with simulations taken from the top algorithms used in the industry today. The authors use an engaging approach that mixes mathematics and programming experiments with beginning-intermediate level Python code to create an immersive learning experience that is cohesive and integrated. After reading this book, you will have an understanding of simulation used in natural sciences, engineering, and social sciences using Python. What You Will LearnUse Python and numerical computation to demonstrate the power of simulationChoose a paradigm to run a simulationDraw statistical insights from numerical experimentsKnow how simulation is used to solve real-world problems Who This Book Is ForEntry-level to mid-level Python developers from various backg

An illustrated examination of Donald Rodney’s seminal digital media work Autoicon (1997–2000).Donald Rodney's Autoicon, a work originally produced as both a website and CD-ROM, was conceived by the artist in the mid-1990s but not completed until two years after his death in 1998. Referencing Jeremy Bentham’s infamous nineteenth-century "Auto-Icon," the work proposes an extension of the personhood and presence of Rodney, while critically challenging dominant conceptions of the self, the body, and historicity. Grounded in a partial collection of medical documents that constitute biomedicine’s attempts to comprehensively "know" and maintain Rodney’s body during his lifelong experience of sickle-cell aneamia, Autoicon pursues the artist’s address, from the mid-1980s onward, of the British social and institutional body’s cellular composition through racialized, biopolitical power. Autoicon consists of a Java-based AI and neural network that engages the user in text-based "chat," and provide