The authors of the bestselling "Wittgenstein's Poker" offer a riveting account of the legendary 1972 chess match between Boris Spassky, the world champion from the Soviet Union, and the American challenger, Bobby Fischer.[...]
The best-selling authors of Wittgenstein's Poker offer an in-depth analysis of the bitter quarrel between Jean-Jacques Rousseau and David Hume, the two most important and influential philosophers of intellectual Europe during the Age of Enlightenment. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.[...]
If you have ever felt your life was out of control and headed toward chaos, science has an important message: Life is chaos, and that's a very exciting thing In this eye-opening book, John Briggs and F. David Peat reveal sevenenlightening lessons for embracing the chaos of daily life.Be Creative: en[...]
A captivating blend of philosophy, history, biography, and literary detection brings to life the meeting of two great philosophers--Ludwig Wittgenstein and Karl Popper--on October 25, 1946 in Cambridge, England, who had an intense disagreement that erupted in much speculation. Reprint.[...]
The pace and intensity of change is paralysing many of today's executives and managers. But what if we could accurately foresee what's ahead and use that insight to anticipate and take advantage of opportunities-or prevent major problems from happening? Internationally renowned technology forecaster[...]
Featuring a foreword by David Brooks, This Will Make You Smarter presents brilliant--but accessible--ideas to expand every mind.What scientific concept would improve everybody's cognitive toolkit? This is the question John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org, posed to the world's most influential thinke[...]
The Avengers meets Louis Sachar in this hilarious and action-packed tween novel by John David Anderson, which Publishers Weekly called a "superhero story that any comics fan will enjoy" in a starred review.Andrew Bean might be a part of H.E.R.O., a secret organization for the training of superhero s[...]
Zombies take Manhattan in Empire State of Slime, book four of John Kloepfer's hilarious and stomach-churning Zombie Chasers tween series, with illustrations by David DeGrand. Perfect for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, The Zombie Chasers #4: Empire State of Slime i[...]
Understanding Motor Development, a worldwide best-selling text, provides students with both an explanatory and a descriptive basis for the processes and products of motor development. Covering the entire life span, this text focuses on the phases of motor development and provides a solid introductio[...]
Provides an approach to compressible flow for Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering students. Using historical vignettes that show the evolution of the field, this title includes pedagogical features -"Roadmaps" showing the development of a given topic, and "Design Boxes" giving examples of design de[...]
This pioneering text provides an excellent introduction to CFD at the senior level in aerospace and mechanical engineering, and to some extent, chemical and civil engineering. It can also serve as a one-semester introductory course at the beginning graduate level, as a useful precursor to a more ser[...]
Covering the entire lifespan, this text focuses on the phases of motor development and provides a solid introduction to the biological, affective, cognitive, and behavioral aspects within each developmental stage.[...]
Vital tools for implementing Lean Six Sigma - what they are, how they work, and which to use. The "Lean Six Sigma Pocket Toolbook" is today's most complete and results-based reference to the tools and concepts needed to understand, implement, and leverage Lean Six Sigma. The only guide that groups t[...]
This full-color resource which includes more than 320 histology images and micrographs is specifically written to provide medical students with what they truly must know in order to succeed in their histology course and on the USMLE. Readers will find key concepts, numerous tables, interactive ques[...]
Linked to one of the most respected texts in surgery, this is the review of choice for all surgeons and residents taking the ABSITE and Surgery Board Exam[...]
Security Smarts for the Self-Guided IT Professional. You can find out how to excel in the field of computer forensics investigations. You can learn what it takes to transition from an IT professional to a computer forensic examiner in the private sector. Written by a Certified Information Systems Se[...]
The full spectrum of emergency medicine at your fingertips -- and small enough to fit in a pocket NOW IN FULL COLOR Written by clinicians engaged in the day-to-day practice of emergency medicine, this handy manual is derived from Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine, 7e, the field's most trusted text. Co[...]
This second edition of "Strategy: Analysis and Practice" provides up-to-date coverage of strategy with an incisive and analytical approach. The author team combines their extensive experience of teaching and consulting in strategy with cutting edge research to form a comprehensive text suitable for [...]
Foundations of Marketing, Fourth Edition, is a fully revised and updated edition of the highly successful text by John Fahy and David Jobber. Devised to offer comprehensive coverage for a short course in marketing, Foundations of Marketing retains its concise twelve chapter structure. The book offer[...]
Explains the software including SPEC CPU2000 suite for processors, SPEC Web99 for web servers, and EEMBC for embedded systems. This book features the developments of the Intel IA-32 architecture as well as the Power PC 604, the AMD Opteron Memory, and the Intrinsity FastMATH processor. It compares M[...]
The best-selling computer organization book is thoroughly updated to provide a new focus on the revolutionary change taking place in industry today: the switch from uniprocessor to multicore microprocessors. This new emphasis on parallelism is supported by updates reflecting the newest technologies,[...]
This Fourth Revised Edition of Computer Organization and Design includes a complete set of updated and new exercises, along with improvements and changes suggested by instructors and students. Focusing on the revolutionary change taking place in industry today--the switch from uniprocessor to multic[...]
The computing world today is in the middle of a revolution: mobile clients and cloud computing have emerged as the dominant paradigms driving programming and hardware innovation today. The Fifth Edition of Computer Architecture focuses on this dramatic shift, exploring the ways in which software and[...]
"Explaining the intersection of these two worlds--service-orientation and .NET technologies--is exactly what this book does. Its team of specialist authors provides a concrete, usable guide to this combination, ranging from the fundamentals of service-orientation to the more rarified air of .NET ser[...]