This short and concise primer takes the vantage point of theoretical physics and the unity of physics. It sets out to strip the burgeoning field of quantum information science to its basics by linking
This Festschrift volume contains the proceedings of the conference Mathematical Methods in Computer Science, MMICS 2008, which was held during December 17-19, 2008, in Karlsruhe, Germany, in memory of
In the modern world of gigantic datasets, which scientists and practioners of all fields of learning are confronted with, the availability of robust, scalable and easy-to-use methods for pattern recog
Using the well documented history of the Physical-Technical Imperial Institute and its successor, Berlin Institute of the Physical-Technical Federal Institution as a framework, Huebener (emeritus, Ebe
When the vision came, he was in the bathtub. So begins the madness of Louis Daguerre. In 1847, after a decade of using poisonous mercury vapors to cure his daguerreotype images, his mind is plagued by
In What’s Your Story? Using Stories to Ignite Performance and Be More Successful, author, entrepreneur, and master story teller Craig Wortmann demonstrates the powerful impact stories have on the thre
This is the first book-length treatment of the Variational Bayes (VB) approximation in signal processing. It has been written as a self-contained, self-learning guide for academic and industrial resea
The clash of two extraordinary personalities-Otto von Bismarck and Napoleon III-drives this engrossing account of the events leading up to the Franco-Prussian War, one of the most momentous and decisi
In this supplementary undergraduate text, Steeb (applied mathematics, Rand Afrikaans University) walks through the solution of 154 problems for engineering students learning how to work with the discr
This book presents revised reviewed versions of lectures given during the Machine Learning Summer School held in Canberra, Australia, in February 2002.The lectures address the following key topics in
Leading investigators with extensive practical knowledge and experience describe their best methods for studying the tuberculosis pathogen. Packed with step-by-step instructions to ensure successful r
Here is a book about adventure, raw experience, and facing inner demons. Niles Elliot Goldstein is a young rabbi who sets out to find God in tough and often scary situations: dogsledding above the Arc
WHAT'S CHINESE NEW YEAR WITHOUT A DRAGON? The third-grade classes at Nancy's school are learning about Chinese culture, and they'll celebrate the Chinese New Year with a special parade. The highlight
Conifer Cold Hardiness provides an up-to-date synthesis by leading scientists in the study of the major physiological and environmental factors regulating cold hardiness of conifer tree species. Th
How many lesbians can dance on the head of a pin? Kinky Friedman sure as hell doesn't know, but he's learning exactly how many it takes to send the geriatric plaster tumbling from the ceiling of his d
Nick thinks he can figure out everything on his own. Why should he have to read books when he can make things up himself? It will take an important lesson from the Little Angel of Learning to change h
This book includes many of the greatest hits from 1930 to 1958--available only in this edition--by the devastatingly witty Perelman, the leading figure of The New Yorker magazine's golden age of humor
From the editors of Salon.com's cutting edge Web site, "Mothers Who Think," comes "an anthology of smart and lovely essays" (Chicago Sun Times) -- provacative collection that challenges and changes ou
THE QUANTUM WORLD FROM A TO Z Here in one volume, the award-winning science writer and physicist John Gribbin has provided everything you need to know about the quantum world -- the place where most
What wonders of science will the 21st century bring? John Maddox takes up this challenge by describing precisely what remains to be discovered. Building on twenty-three years' experience at the helm o
* When should children start using computers? * How should schools incorporate computer use into their curriculum? * Which types of computer software programs should be avoided? * Are children who don
Rafer Johnson's story is the classic American dream: hard work leading to success, honor, and glory. When his family moved from Texas to rural California, they were the only blacks in town. Rafer beca
Plunging into California politics armed with a lethal tongue and a taste for power, Gulf War veteran Jim Asher lands a plum role in Republican Edward Winston's bare-knuckle Senate campaign. Learning s
In America today, opera has never been more popular, and one reason for this is, no doubt, that American opera singers are fixtures on every leading opera stage throughout the world.??In this lively a
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Wouldn't parenting be easier if you could see into the mind of your child?Learn to hear what your child can't or won't tell you--and Understand Behavior Build Values Nurture Closeness Solve ProblemsIn
In this mind-wrenching classic of science fiction, the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning writer Theodore Sturgeon places an unwitting humanity on a collision course with an organism of unimaginable power
A fictional account, using actual names and events, of the 1973 return from exile of Argentina's most enigmatic leader details his struggle to retain control over his party, his nation, and his own li
A plain-English cookbook provides more than sixty delicious recipes using the traditional healing foods of Chinese natural medicine, along with important information about their effects, the use of he
A comprehensive episode-by-episode guide to the third exciting season!Now in its fifth hit season, Babylon 5--TV's hottest interstellar science fiction phenomenon--has spawned its own series of defini
Now you can achieve optimum health.In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Stephen Sinatra shows us how we can take control of our health through the latest findings of mind-body medicine. As a leading car
East Tupelo was a sprinkling of poor houses at the scratched-out back edge of Mississippi--and the birthplace of a boy who would become the greatest rock legend of his time.In Tender, novelist Mark Ch
Explains scientific concepts used in specific episodes of the "Star Trek" television series, including ideas in planetology, space medicine, materials science, engineering, and exobiology
"Modern American Women Writers" is a rich examination of how the lives of thirty-two of America's leading writers shaped the literature they produced. The essays in this book are by the best scholars
This companion text to Introduction the Reading of Lacan focuses on the concept of the psychic structures of desire. Using case examples, Dor explains the crucial difference between symptomsowhich can
A New York doctor describes how he has successfully treated hundreds of patients for obesity using a pioneer program that involves taking two types of medication that together enhance the body's natur
With this comprehensive book, you will learn enough about construction materials and labor to save up to 70 percent on the cost of your home and still have a house mare sound than any ready-built stru
A vibrant self-portrait of an artist whose work was his life. In this new collection of F. Scott Fitzgerald's letters, edited by leading Fitzgerald scholar and biographer Matthew J. Bruccoli, we see
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A brilliant novel of alternate universes by an award-winning science fiction master A breakthrough in quantum physics has shattered the boundaries between alternate worlds. History is in chaos as bi
