himself to his graduate students. He was also tenacious in pursuit of answers to
complex problems in his discipline. Working with William Shockley and Walter
Brattain, Bardeen developed the world's first transistor in 1947 and, ten years
later, with J. Robert Schrieffer and Leon Cooper, he created a theory of
superconductivity. Hoddeson (Crystal Fire) and Daitch attempt a portrait of this
unassuming Midwesterner, but offer little more than a rough sketch. As they
write in their preface, "We are painfully aware that this book merely scratches
the surface of its subject." Little insight is offered beyond descriptions of
Bardeen's friends, co-workers and activities. The authors attempt to provide a
conceptual framework by examining "the meaning of true scientific genius," but
this is largely done in a superficial, 17-page epilogue. Bardeen deserves more
public recognition than he received during his life; this book may help in some
measure, but it won't bring readers any closer to the man himself.
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Philip Bourne, Richard Holstein, Joseph McMullen, "UNIX for OpenVMS Users" (3rd
Edition)
Digital Press | ISBN 1555582761 | 2003 Year | CHM | 1,43 Mb | 562 Pages
“ UNIX for OpenVMS Users, 3E, makes it easy to see what OpenVMS and UNIX have in
common, and to transfer your knowledge and experience in OpenVMS over to the
world of UNIX.
Since most shops rely on more than one operating system, it is critical for
system administrators and managers to understand the similarities and
differences between platforms, so they can easily work in both environments
while taking full advantage of the tools and applications available on each.
This book offers OpenVMS professionals a concise source of information, so that
they can quickly bring their expertise to bear on UNIX file management, e-mail,
networking, and security.
This new edition of the book is enhanced with updated references to VMS,
incorporates suggestions made by readers of previous editions, and particularly,
recognizes other UNIX implementations in addition to HP's Tru64.
— Includes extensive additions to the sections on VMS logical names, on the
emacs editor, and on shell programming and Perl
— Describes the interfaces common to both operating systems, with appendices
covering command and editor summaries
— Adds emphasis on Linux
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Stan Gibilisco, "Physics Demystified: A Self-Teaching Guide"
McGraw-Hill Professional | ISBN 0071382011 | 2002 Year | PDF | 2,47 Mb | 599
Pages
“ This book is much more than a catchy title or a glossy cover. I have read the
real thing that can get you bogged down in detail and on the other end of the
spectrum when trying to describe physics without math only get gobbledygook.
The book is well designed and has a chapter zero for those of us that need a
redresser on just enough maths to make the descriptions make sense. However I
found some items that they never covered in class. The math problems in class
were always sanitized not to always have and answer and not allow you to ask odd
questions that the instructor so not prepaid to answer. Not being a math book
(they do have Demystified books on math) you get just what you need and forget
the rest. In just a few pages you cover years of math but it is so much clearer
than the stuff you had before. There is a good section on vectors alone that
describe:
— Vectors in two dimensions
— Vectors in three dimensions
— Multiplication by scalar
— Commutativity of addition
— Commutativity of vector-scalar multiplication
— Commutativity of dot product
— Negative commutativity of cross product
— Associativity of addition
— Associativity of vector-scalar multiplication
— Dristributivity of scalar multiplication over scalar addition
— Dristributivity of scalar multiplication over vector addition
— Dristributivity of dot product over vector addition
— Dristributivity of dot cross over vector addition
— Dot product of cross products
So you can see that just about every base is covered as far as math before
starting to demystify physics.
No book can cover everything but this one comes pretty close to describing all
the terms and actually showing you how they work.
The book seems to be really heavily waited toward electro magnetism; probably
because the author Stan Gibilisco has more books in that field. When you have
finished this book you can hold up your end in a physics discussion or
Relativity Theory for that matter.
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David Blatner, Christopher Smith, Steve Werner, "InDesign for QuarkXPress Users"
Peachpit Press| ISBN 0321159489 | 2003 Year | CHM | 6,2 Mb | 448 Pages
“ While QuarkXPress is the most-widely used page-layout program in the world,
Adobe InDesign is rapidly gaining ground with better typography and transparency
features, speedier performance, and more overall control. Plus, InDesign 2 is
Mac OS X native, QuarkXPress 5 isn't. But if you're a QuarkXPress user thinking
of making the switch to InDesign, you know you can't afford to lose time and
productivity at the office while learning a new program. Thanks to InDesign for
QuarkXPress Users, you don't have to.
InDesign for QuarkXPress Users is the only book on the market that shows
experienced graphic designers how to use InDesign from a QuarkXPress user's
perspective. Using an easy-to-read and easy-to-digest style, this unique title
focuses on common tasks, giving you quick solutions rather than bogging you down
with lengthy theory. Written by well-known experts in the field, the book is
abundantly illustrated and covers topics such as using InDesign's transparency
features (possible in QuarkXPress only by unwieldy workarounds), and making the
most of master pages and style sheets. It's also loaded with real-world tips on
how you can apply your QuarkXPress know-how to this up-and-coming software.
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Mike Gancarz, "Linux and the Unix Philosophy"
Digital Press | ISBN 1555582737 | 2002 Year | CHM | 0,48 Mb | 256 Pages
“ "The concept of Linux and the GNU project, while appearing to be the 'next
step' of the Unix Philosophy, is only the return from a wayward path. Everything
stated in the Unix Philosophy's first edition is just as true today, perhaps
even more so. The addition of source code availability allows you to see exactly
how these masters of code created their systems, and challenges you to create
even faster code with greater capabilities."
— Jon "maddog" Hall, Executive Director, Linux International
"By effectively linking the principles used in Unix with those used by the Linux
development community, Gancarz sheds new light on the Open Source philosophy."
— Henry L. Hall, CEO, Wild Open Source
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Rick Mugridge, Ward Cunningham, "Fit for Developing Software: Framework for
Integrated Tests"
Prentice Hall PTR | ISBN 0321269349 | June 29, 2005 Year | CHM | 4,41 Mb | 384
Pages
“ "I have been influenced by many books, but very few have fundamentally changed
how I think and work. This is one of those books. The ideas in this book
describe not just how to use a specific framework in order to test our software,
but also how we should communicate about and document that software. This book
is an excellent guide to a tool and approach that will fundamentally improve how
you think about and build software — as it has done for me."
— Mike Cohn, Mountain Goat Software, author of User Stories Applied
"Fit is a tool to help whole teams grow a common language for describing and
testing the behavior of software. This books fills a critical gap — helping both
product owners and programmers learn what Fit is and how to use it well."
— Bill Wake, independent consultant
"Over the past several years, I've been using Fit and FitNesse with development
teams. They are not only free and powerful testing tools, they transform
development by making the behavior of applications concrete, verifiable, and
easily observable. The only thing that has been missing is a good tutorial and
reference. Rick Mugridge and Ward Cunningham's Fit For Developing Software fits
the bill. Essentially, two books in one, it is a very readable guide that
approaches Fit from technical and nontechnical perspectives. This book is a
significant milestone and it will make higher software quality achievable for
many teams."
— Michael C. Feathers, author of Working Effectively with Legacy Code, and
consultant, Object Mentor, Inc.
"Wow! This is the book I wish I had on my desk when I did my first story test-
driven development project. It explains the philosophy behind the Fit framework
and a process for using it to interact with the customers to help define the
requirements of the project. It makes Fit so easy and approachable that I wrote
my first FitNesse tests before I even I finished the book.
"For the price of one book, you get two, written by the acknowledged thought
leaders of Fit testing. The first is written for the nonprogramming customer. It
lays out how you can define the functionality of the system you are building (or
modifying) using tabular data. It introduces a range of different kinds of 'test
fixtures' that interpret the data and exercise the system under test. While it
is aimed at a nontechnical audience, even programmers will find it useful
because it also describes the process for interacting with the customers, using
the Fit tests as the focal point of the interaction.
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