Introduction and Notes by Robert Folkenflik Rich in playful double entendres, digressions, formal oddities, and typographical experiments, "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman provoked a literary sensation when it first appeared in England in a series of volumes from 1759 to 1767. An[...]

Focuses on the programming skills needed to use R for the solution of bioinformatics and computational biology problems. This title covers the fundamentals of the R language, object-oriented programming in R, and data mark-up and web services languages and tools. It also examines different aspects o[...]

Everything a gentleman should know about maintaining his appearance. Do you know your exfoliants from your astringents? Are your nails clean and clipped, or frankly a bit of an embarrassment? And when is it acceptable to discuss the benefits of different types of moisturizer with your friends? In a [...]