The Cambridge Handbook of Thinking and Reasoning is a comprehensive and authoritative 2005 handbook covering all the core topics of the field of thinking and reasoning. Written by the foremost experts from cognitive psychology, cognitive science, and cognitive neuroscience, individual chapters summa[...]
Cognitive science is a cross-disciplinary enterprise devoted to understanding the nature of the mind. In recent years, investigators in philosophy, psychology, the neurosciences, artificial intelligence, and a host of other disciplines have come to appreciate how much they can learn from one another[...]
Artificial intelligence, or AI, is a cross-disciplinary approach to understanding, modeling, and creating intelligence of various forms. It is a critical branch of cognitive science, and its influence is increasingly being felt in other areas, including the humanities. AI applications are transformi[...]
This best-selling undergraduate textbook provides an introduction to key experimental techniques from across the biosciences. It uniquely integrates the theories and practices that drive the fields of biology and medicine, comprehensively covering both the methods students will encounter in lab clas[...]
When John Bravais was sent on a secret mission to observe a war in North Africa he found out more than it was safe for him to know - even after he had secretly been surgically transformed so that he was as strong as a Bolo tank, and nearly as tough: Wolf-like aliens, invisible to the ordinary eye, w[...]
Since the early 1960s, few other countries have endured more acts of terrorism against civilian targets than Cuba, and the US has had its hand in much of it. This book gives a voice to the victims. Keith Bolender brings to bear the enormous impact that terrorism has had on Cuba's civilian population[...]
Crime directed against business is a serious problem. It includes theft of property, fraud, embezzlement, burglary, criminal damage, bribery and corruption, terrorism, theft of corporate information, and other similar activities. Apart from having a disruptive effect on the running of a company, the[...]
Helps plant, process, maintenance and reliability managers and engineers to develop and implement a comprehensive maintenance management program, providing proven strategies for regularly monitoring critical process equipment and systems, predicting machine failures, and scheduling maintenance accor[...]
"Industrial Machinery Repair" provides a practical reference for practicing plant engineers, maintenance supervisors, physical plant supervisors and mechanical maintenance technicians. It focuses on the skills needed to select, install and maintain electro-mechanical equipment in a typical industria[...]
Most car collectors exhibit a healthy enthusiasm for their favourite hobby, a tendency to chase parts, swap stories, and generally live the petrolhead life. Some, however, step over that fine line between enthusiasm and obsession and that's the place from which spring the legendary car-collector st[...]
This approved study guide helps you master topics on the CompTIA Network+ N10-006 exam, including the following: * Computer network fundamentals*The OSI model and TCP/IP stack*Media types, infrastructure components, and network devices*Ethernet technology*IPv4 and IPv6 addresses*Routing IP traffic w[...]
The book tells you step by step through MI's well known Harmony & Theory class. Complete lessons and analysis including:[...]
Many books about Hendrix concentrate on showmanship and rock-and-roll excess, but Keith Shadwick's "Jimi Hendrix: Musician" brings to Hendrix's musical legacy as a guitarist, singer, and composer a depth of analysis missing from other accounts of his career, placing Hendrix's work in the broadest po[...]
Award-winning photographer Kevin Bubriski captures in stunning detail the sacred places of Nepal's Kathmandu Valley. Noted scholar Keith Dowman provides history and commentary on the significance of the sites.[...]
A science-backed method to maximize creative potential in any sphere of lifeWith the prevalence of computer technology and outsourcing, new jobs and fulfilling lives will rely heavily on creativity and innovation. Keith Sawyer draws from his expansive research of the creative journey, exceptional cr[...]
Are you an aspiring computer programmer? C Programming for the Absolute Beginner will teach you fundamental computer programming skills in this powerful programming language-and no previous experience is required. This fun and friendly guide will lead you, step-by-step, through C programming with cl[...]
Written by Keith Champagne Art by Scott McDaniel & Andy Owens Cover by Andy Kubert Collecting the 4-issue miniseries event! Carefully selected from worlds throughout all 52 universes, three versions of each DC hero will walk into the Arena, and only one will walk away. Advance-solicited; on sale J[...]
Written by KEITH GIFFEN Art by ALEX HORLEY, MIKE DECARLO and ANDY KUHN Cover by ALEX HORLEY The six-issue miniseries from Keith Giffen and Alex Horley is collected at last! Lobo's sunk as low as an intergalactic bounty hunter can sink - and now, he's vowed to climb back to the top of the heap by get[...]
Examining the wide-ranging implications of Ruskin's engagement with his contemporaries and followers, this collection is organized around three related themes: Ruskin's intellectual legacy and the extent to which its address to working men and women and children was realised in practice; Ruskin's fo[...]
This book gives the documented history of the world a new and authentic meaning, stating clearly that the national borders, the monetary system and all the religions in the world is the original sin. The story begins with the destruction of the Motherland Mu some 12 thousand years ago. The catastrop[...]
In this Second Edition of the popular DOM Scripting: Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model, comes a modern revision to include current best practices and guidelines. There is also full coverage of HTML5 in a new, dedicated chapter, and details on JavaScript libraries and how they [...]
Controlled by their tireless electronic brains which were programmed to admit no possibility of defeat, the gigantic robot tanks known as Bolos were almost indestructible, and nearly unstoppable. Their artificial intelligences were designed to make them selflessly serve and protect humans throughout[...]