Computer science Books
Clarendon Press TypeTheoretical Grammar 1 Indices
Book SynopsisBL First book to apply type theory to natural language Per Martin Lof first presented constructive type theory in 1970 and it has become intrinsic to the foundations of mathematics and computer science. This book is the first to take an in-depth look at the theory from the point of view of linguistics and the philosophy of language.Trade Review'The formalism introduced by the author allows better understanding of the role of semantics in grammars of natural languages and supplies mechnisms for various levels of linguistic description.' T.Balanescu, Zenrrallblatt fur Mathematik und ihre Grenzgebiete No. 855, 1997Table of Contents1. Preliminary remarks ; 2. Gradual introduction to type theory ; 3. Logical operators in English ; 4. Anaphoric expressions ; 5. Temporal reference ; 6. Text and discourse ; 7. Context and possible worlds ; 8. Higher-level type theory ; 9. Sugaring and parsing ; Appendix ; Sugaring in ALF ; Bibliography ; Index
£77.40
Oxford University Press The Fourth Revolution
Book SynopsisWho are we, and how do we relate to each other? Luciano Floridi, one of the leading figures in contemporary philosophy, argues that the explosive developments in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) is changing the answer to these fundamental human questions. As the boundaries between life online and offline break down, and we become seamlessly connected to each other and surrounded by smart, responsive objects, we are all becoming integrated into an infosphere. Personas we adopt in social media, for example, feed into our ''real'' lives so that we begin to live, as Floridi puts in, onlife. Following those led by Copernicus, Darwin, and Freud, this metaphysical shift represents nothing less than a fourth revolution. Onlife defines more and more of our daily activity - the way we shop, work, learn, care for our health, entertain ourselves, conduct our relationships; the way we interact with the worlds of law, finance, and politics; even the way we conduct war. In every department of life, ICTs have become environmental forces which are creating and transforming our realities. How can we ensure that we shall reap their benefits? What are the implicit risks? Are our technologies going to enable and empower us, or constrain us? Floridi argues that we must expand our ecological and ethical approach to cover both natural and man-made realities, putting the ''e'' in an environmentalism that can deal successfully with the new challenges posed by our digital technologies and information society.Table of ContentsPreface ; Acknowledgements ; List of figures ; 1. Hyperhistory ; 2. Space: Infosphere ; 3. Identity: Onlife ; 4. Self-Understanding: The Four Revolutions ; 5. Privacy: Informational Friction ; 6. Intelligence: Inscribing the World ; 7. Agency: Enveloping the World ; 8. Politics: The Rise of the Multi-Agent System ; 9. Environment: The Digital Gambit ; 10. Ethics: E-nvironmentalism ; Further Reading ; References ; Endnotes ; Index
£11.69
Oxford University Press The Turing Guide
Book SynopsisAlan Turing has long proved a subject of fascination, but following the centenary of his birth in 2012, the code-breaker, computer pioneer, mathematician (and much more) has become even more celebrated with much media coverage, and several meetings, conferences and books raising public awareness of Turing''s life and work.This volume will bring together contributions from some of the leading experts on Alan Turing to create a comprehensive guide to Turing that will serve as a useful resource for researchers in the area as well as the increasingly interested general reader. The book will cover aspects of Turing''s life and the wide range of his intellectual activities, including mathematics, code-breaking, computer science, logic, artificial intelligence and mathematical biology, as well as his subsequent influence.Trade ReviewThe Turing Guide has opened up a universe of Turing's other pursuits I knew nothing about, inflating my admiration for him and his work by several orders of magnitude. I doubt that there exists a more complete book about Turing's life and work. A towering figure in the history of computing, but also in history itself, we come to know Turing with a completeness unattained by any preceding work. * Vint Cerf, Physics World *This is a welcome addition to the existing generally accessible literature that gives additional testimony of the brilliant mind of Alan Turing. There is historical as well as technical material that will be appreciated also by specialists whatever their discipline: history, mathematics, biology, computer science, or philosophy. * Adhemar Bultheel, The European Mathematical Society *A handful of the guide's 33 contributors worked at Bletchley and knew Turing personally. Their reminiscences can be fascinating, funny, even moving. ... But it is, I think, pretty much the last word on the subject. And it will ensure that while we may never decode the whole of Turing's mind, his name will never again be forgotten. * Andrew Robinson, New Scientist *extremely informative, highly readable, and well produced with many photographs and useful figures to aid exposition. The preface states the book was 'written for general readers, and Turing's scientific and mathematical concepts are explained in an accessible way'. This has been achieved with great success. However, those working in a range of fields will also benefit a lot from articles written by experts and pointers to the extended literature. * David Glass, London Mathematical Society *The Turing Guide is an important and valuable contribution to our understanding of an extraordinary scientist and the profound and lasting resonances of his work. The essays are deeply researched, well written, and cogently argued, and the book itself is beautifully produced and amply illustrated. * Ernest Davis, SIAM News *Splendidly produced and lavishly illustrated with photographs, drawings and diagrams, the volume is a valuable source not only of high-level, in-depth, wide-ranging articles but also of rare primary sources from the crucial period in the history of science. * Carla Petrocelli, Nunicus *Offers new perspectives, many photos not in the larger volume, and even new topics for consideration, such as one essay titled "Turing and the Paranormal". It is a welcome addition to the Turing literature... Highly recommended. * , , CHOICE *With 'The Turing Guide', Oxford University Press has struck the right formula. Breaking the story into several sections allows readers to cherry-pick the bits that are of interest to them, either running through from start to finish or sticking to the biographical chapters and using the pointers to sections which go into more technical depth as they wish. * Dominic Lenton, E&T Magazine *excellent compendium of essays * Tom Schulte, MAA Reviews *a superb collection of articles written from numerous different perspectives, of the life, times, profound ideas, and enormous heritage of Alan Turing and those around him. We find, here, numerous accounts, both personal and historical, of this great and eccentric man, whose life was both tragic and triumphantly influential. * Sir Roger Penrose, Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics, the Mathematical Institute of the University of Oxford *An excellent compendium of essays covering Alan Turing's life and work, covering everything from his childhood to his final days, from the universal machine to cracking the Enigma, from artificial intelligence to morphogenesis. * Simon Singh, author of Fermat's Last Theorem and The Code Book *There is excellent material on the various aspects of Alan Turing's wide range of contributions I recommend The Turing Guide * Cliff B. Jones, Formal Aspects of Computing *Table of ContentsBIOGRAPHY; THE UNIVERSAL MACHINE AND BEYOND; CODEBREAKER; COMPUTERS AFTER THE WAR; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE MIND; BIOLOGICAL GROWTH; MATHEMATICS; FINALE
£21.14
Oxford University Press The Ethics of Information
Book SynopsisLuciano Floridi develops an original ethical framework for dealing with the new challenges posed by Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). ICTs have profoundly changed many aspects of life, including the nature of entertainment, work, communication, education, health care, industrial production and business, social relations, and conflicts. They have had a radical and widespread impact on our moral lives and on contemporary ethical debates. Privacy, ownership, freedom of speech, responsibility, technological determinism, the digital divide, and pornography online are only some of the pressing issues that characterise the ethical discourse in the information society. They are the subject of Information Ethics (IE), the new philosophical area of research that investigates the ethical impact of ICTs on human life and society. Since the seventies, IE has been a standard topic in many curricula. In recent years, there has been a flourishing of new university courses, international conferences, workshops, professional organizations, specialized periodicals and research centres. However, investigations have so far been largely influenced by professional and technical approaches, addressing mainly legal, social, cultural and technological problems. This book is the first philosophical monograph entirely and exclusively dedicated to it. Floridi lays down, for the first time, the conceptual foundations for IE. He does so systematically, by pursuing three goals: a) a metatheoretical goal: it describes what IE is, its problems, approaches and methods;b) an introductory goal: it helps the reader to gain a better grasp of the complex and multifarious nature of the various concepts and phenomena related to computer ethics;c) an analytic goal: it answers several key theoretical questions of great philosophical interest, arising from the investigation of the ethical implications of ICTs. Although entirely independent of The Philosophy of Information (OUP, 2011), Floridi''s previous book, The Ethics of Information complements it as new work on the foundations of the philosophy of information.Trade ReviewIn this groundbreaking work, Luciano Floridi builds the foundations of Information Ethics (IE) by arguing that an informational interpretation of reality is required due to our increased reliance on information and communication technologies (ICTs) for our well-being and success. * Brendan Rowe, The Review of Metaphysics *Floridi's book challenges standard ethics. In standard ethics, life has priority in moral evaluation. However, in Floridi's Information Ethics, information systems are equal in moral value to living systems. Floridi develops his Ethics as part of a new ontological theory of the Infosphere. * Sheldon Richmond, Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review *Table of ContentsPREFACE ; 1. ETHICS AFTER THE INFORMATION REVOLUTION ; 2. WHAT IS INFORMATION ETHICS? ; 3. THE METHOD OF ABSTRACTION ; 4. INFORMATION ETHICS AS E-NVIRONMENTAL ETHICS ; 5. INFORMATION ETHICS AND THE FOUNDATIONALIST DEBATE ; 6. THE INTRINSIC VALUE OF THE INFOSPHERE ; 7. THE MORALITY OF ARTIFICIAL AGENTS ; 8. THE CONSTRUCTIONIST VALUES OF HOMO POIETICUS ; 9. ARTIFICIAL EVIL ; 10. THE TRAGEDY OF THE GOOD WILL ; 11. THE INFORMATIONAL NATURE OF SELVES ; 12. THE ONTOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION OF INFORMATIONAL PRIVACY ; 13. DISTRIBUTED MORALITY ; 14. INFORMATION BUSINESS ETHICS ; 15. GLOBAL INFORMATION ETHICS ; 16. A DEFENCE OF INFORMATION ETHICS ; EPILOGUE ; REFERENCES ; INDEX
£34.99
Oxford University Press Introduction to Bioinformatics
Book SynopsisActive, accessible, and assuming no prior knowledge: the ideal text for biologists encountering bioinformatics for the first time.A vast amount of biological information about a wide range of species has become available in recent years as technological advances have significantly reduced the time it takes to sequence a genome or determine a novel protein structure. This text describes how bioinformatics can be used as a powerful set of tools for retrieving and analysing this biological data, and how bioinformatics can be applied to a wide range of disciplines such as molecular biology, medicine, biotechnology, forensic science and anthropology.Fully revised and updated, the fifth edition of Introduction to Bioinformatics contains a host of new material including new content on next generation sequencing, function prediction, sequence assembly, epigenomics, the bioinformatics of gene editing, and the effects of single nucleotide variants.Written primarily for a biological audience without a detailed prior knowledge of programming, this book is the perfect introduction to the field of bioinformatics, providing friendly guidance and advice on how to use various methods and techniques. Furthermore, frequent examples, self-test questions, problems, and exercises are incorporated throughout the text to encourage self-directed learning.Trade ReviewThis is an excellent textbook that would appeal to those new to the field as well as those who have prior experience in the subject area. The mixture of narrative and clear diagrammatic representation has been skilfully woven together to produce a rich contextualised resource. * Dr Don Green, London Metropolitan University *It provides an excellent introduction to the subject and balances a historical perspective with recent developments. Although it is easily accessible, in places it doesn't shy away from more complex, but relevant computational analysis. * Dr Colin Sharpe, University of Portsmouth *[It] discusses the key concepts well and in an easy to understand format, with useful exercises and examples of real-world applications. * Dr Dallas Roulston, Middlesex University London *The writing style is appropriate, consistent and very clear. * Dr. Lorena Fernández-Martínez, Edge Hill University *My "go to" introductory text on bioinformatics. Accessible, yet intelligent. * Dr Lee J. Byrne, Canterbury Christ Church University *Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: From genetics to genomes 3: The panorama of life 4: Alignments and phylogenetic trees 5: Structural bioinformatics and drug discovery 6: Scientific publications and archives: media, content, access, and presentation 7: Artificial intelligence and machine learning 8: Introduction to systems biology 9: Metabolic pathways 10: Control of organization and organization of control
£50.34
Oxford University Press Decoding Reality
Book SynopsisFor a physicist, all the world is information. The Universe and its workings are the ebb and flow of information. We are all transient patterns of information, passing on the recipe for our basic forms to future generations using a four-letter digital code called DNA. In this engaging and mind-stretching account, Vlatko Vedral considers some of the deepest questions about the Universe and considers the implications of interpreting it in terms of information. He explains the nature of information, the idea of entropy, and the roots of this thinking in thermodynamics. He describes the bizarre effects of quantum behaviour -- effects such as ''entanglement'', which Einstein called ''spooky action at a distance'', and explores cutting edge work on harnessing quantum effects in hyperfast quantum computers, and how recent evidence suggests that the weirdness of the quantum world, once thought limited to the tiniest scales, may reach into the macro world. Vedral finishes by considering the ansTrade ReviewBy turns irreverent, erudite and funny, Decoding Reality is - by the standard of books that require their readers to know what a logarithm is - a ripping good read...Not since David Deutsch's magestierial 'The Fabric of Reality' has a physicist given us such a wide-ranging and intriguing picture of how quantum mechanics constructs the world. * Seth Lloyd, New Scientist *Well written and engaging, the book provides a constant flow of new ideas. * Science *The author evinces great enthusiasm and curiosity throughout. * Steven Poole, The Guardian *By turns irreverent, erudite and funny, Decoding Reality is...a ripping good read. * Seth Lloyd, New Scientist *A wide-ranging and intriguing picture of how quantum mechanics constructs the world. * Seth Lloyd, New Scientist *Excellent, thought-provoking book. * BBC Focus Magazine, Marcus Chown *An engaging, non-technical exploration of what the new theory of quantum information and computation tells us about life, the universe, and everything. * David Deutsch, author of The Fabric of Reality *Let Vedral guide you skilfully through the wonderland of modern physics - where nothing is as it seems. This is the finest treatment I have read of the weird interplay of quantum reality, information and probability. * Paul Davies, author of The Eerie Silence and The Goldilocks Enigma *Vedral's book goes to dizzying heights in answering the very big question: can one understand all of reality from a scientific point of view? * Sheldon Richmond, Science and Education *Table of ContentsPrologue 1: Creation Ex Nihilo: Something from Nothing 2: Information for all SeasonsPart One 3: Back to Basics: Bits and Pieces 4: Digital Romance: Life is a Four-Letter Word 5: Murphy's Law: I Knew this Would Happen to Me 6: Place Your Bets: In It to Win It 7: Social Informatics: Get Connected or Die Tryin'Part Two 8: Quantum Schmuntum: Lights, Camera, Action! 9: Surfing the Waves: Hyper-Fast Computers 10: Children of the Aimless Chance: Randomness versus DeterminismPart Three 11: Sand Reckoning: Whose Information is It, Anyway? 12: Destruction ab Toto: Nothing from Something Epilogue Notes Index
£11.39
Oxford University Press (UK) The Philosophy of Information
Book SynopsisLuciano Floridi presents a book that will set the agenda for the philosophy of information. PI is the philosophical field concerned with (1) the critical investigation of the conceptual nature and basic principles of information, including its dynamics, utilisation, and sciences, and (2) the elaboration and application of information-theoretic and computational methodologies to philosophical problems. This book lays down, for the first time, the conceptual foundations for this new area of research. It does so systematically, by pursuing three goals. Its metatheoretical goal is to describe what the philosophy of information is, its problems, approaches, and methods. Its introductory goal is to help the reader to gain a better grasp of the complex and multifarious nature of the various concepts and phenomena related to information. Its analytic goal is to answer several key theoretical questions of great philosophical interest, arising from the investigation of semantic information.Trade ReviewThe impressive and exciting project that Floridi undertakes in his book is aimed at establishing the philosophy of information as a mature subdiscipline of philosophy, with its own method and research programme ... Floridi's book not only presents a comprehensive framework for the philosophy of information but also makes a strong case for its legitimacy as a mature subdiscipline of philosophy. The intellectual debates and new research that it has already stimulated testify to its importance as a significant contribution to the literature. * Hilmi Demir, Mind *the non-technical portions are understandable to everyone and provide plenty of food for thought. * Steven Harnad, Times Literary Supplement *This is a monumental work ... Floridi goes through much of contemporary philosophy, as seen through a lens fashioned from the concept of information ... The Philosophy of Information is a lovely source of ideas, and also a wonderful indication of how much there might be to gain for philosophy by looking at contemporary computer science. * Staffan Angere, Theoria *This is an ambitious book ... there is a great deal to admire in this book, including much to admire philosophically. For example, some of the material on epistemology, especially Ch. 13 but also some of his work on the definition of knowledge, is masterful ... this an intriguing, eye-opening work * Frederick Kroon, Journal of Applied Philosophy *Given the breadth and depth of coverage of all its topics, the careful organisation and structuring of concepts, and the relevance of its contents, The Philosophy of Information shall be deemed essential reading for philosophers and computer scientists alike, especially those interested in Artificial Intelligence. * Flavio Soares Correa da Silva, AISB Quarterly *Just around the beginning of the new millennium, Floridi began his important and influential program, and this book brings between two covers much of his previous work, and also augments, updates, and connects these publications ... Floridis book sets an ambitious agenda for the philosophy of information ... there is much of interest and value in this major book. * J. Michael Dunn, Metascience *The Philosophy of Information is clearly a work of great ambition, originality, and value. * Stephen Leach, Metapsychology *Very well written, and clearly presented. ... many authors have written about philosophy and information before, but no-one has set out to deal with it in such a thorough way. This is clearly a very important book, and I think it justifies the author's claim that it describes the first philosophical analysis of information in all its aspects. * David Bawden, Library and Information Research *Table of ContentsPreface ; 1. What is the Philosophy of Information? ; 2. Open Problems in the Philosophy of Information ; 3. The Method of Levels of Abstraction ; 4. Semantic Information and the Veridicality Thesis ; 5. Outline of a Theory of Strongly Semantic Information ; 6. The Symbol Grounding Problem ; 7. Action-Based Semantics ; 8. Semantic Information and the Correctness Theory of Truth ; 9. The Logical Unsolvability of the Gettier Problem ; 10. The Logic of Being Informed ; 11. Understanding Epistemic Relevance ; 12. Semantic Information and the Network Theory of Account ; 13. Consciousness, Agents and the Knowledge Game ; 14. Against Digital Ontology ; 15. A Defence of Informational Structural Realism ; References
£71.10
Oxford University Press The Philosophy of Information
Book SynopsisLuciano Floridi presents a book that will set the agenda for the philosophy of information. PI is the philosophical field concerned with (1) the critical investigation of the conceptual nature and basic principles of information, including its dynamics, utilisation, and sciences, and (2) the elaboration and application of information-theoretic and computational methodologies to philosophical problems. This book lays down, for the first time, the conceptual foundations for this new area of research. It does so systematically, by pursuing three goals. Its metatheoretical goal is to describe what the philosophy of information is, its problems, approaches, and methods. Its introductory goal is to help the reader to gain a better grasp of the complex and multifarious nature of the various concepts and phenomena related to information. Its analytic goal is to answer several key theoretical questions of great philosophical interest, arising from the investigation of semantic information.Trade ReviewThe impressive and exciting project that Floridi undertakes in his book is aimed at establishing the philosophy of information as a mature subdiscipline of philosophy, with its own method and research programme ... Floridi's book not only presents a comprehensive framework for the philosophy of information but also makes a strong case for its legitimacy as a mature subdiscipline of philosophy. The intellectual debates and new research that it has already stimulated testify to its importance as a significant contribution to the literature. * Hilmi Demir, Mind *The non-technical portions are understandable to everyone and provide plenty of food for thought. * Steven Harnad, Times Literary Supplement *This is a monumental work ... Floridi goes through much of contemporary philosophy, as seen through a lens fashioned from the concept of information ... The Philosophy of Information is a lovely source of ideas, and also a wonderful indication of how much there might be to gain for philosophy by looking at contemporary computer science. * Staffan Angere, Theoria *This is an ambitious book ... there is a great deal to admire in this book, including much to admire philosophically. For example, some of the material on epistemology, especially Ch. 13 but also some of his work on the definition of knowledge, is masterful ... this an intriguing, eye-opening work * Frederick Kroon, Journal of Applied Philosophy *Given the breadth and depth of coverage of all its topics, the careful organisation and structuring of concepts, and the relevance of its contents, The Philosophy of Information shall be deemed essential reading for philosophers and computer scientists alike, especially those interested in Artificial Intelligence. * Flavio Soares Correa da Silva, AISB Quarterly *Just around the beginning of the new millennium, Floridi began his important and influential program, and this book brings between two covers much of his previous work, and also augments, updates, and connects these publications ... Floridis book sets an ambitious agenda for the philosophy of information ... there is much of interest and value in this major book. * J. Michael Dunn, Metascience *The Philosophy of Information is clearly a work of great ambition, originality, and value. * Stephen Leach, Metapsychology *Very well written, and clearly presented. ... many authors have written about philosophy and information before, but no-one has set out to deal with it in such a thorough way. This is clearly a very important book, and I think it justifies the author's claim that it describes the first philosophical analysis of information in all its aspects. * David Bawden, Library and Information Research *Table of ContentsPreface ; 1. What is the Philosophy of Information? ; 2. Open Problems in the Philosophy of Information ; 3. The Method of Levels of Abstraction ; 4. Semantic Information and the Veridicality Thesis ; 5. Outline of a Theory of Strongly Semantic Information ; 6. The Symbol Grounding Problem ; 7. Action-Based Semantics ; 8. Semantic Information and the Correctness Theory of Truth ; 9. The Logical Unsolvability of the Gettier Problem ; 10. The Logic of Being Informed ; 11. Understanding Epistemic Relevance ; 12. Semantic Information and the Network Theory of Account ; 13. Consciousness, Agents and the Knowledge Game ; 14. Against Digital Ontology ; 15. A Defence of Informational Structural Realism ; References
£31.49
Oxford University Press Networks
Book SynopsisFrom ecosystems to Facebook, from the Internet to the global financial market, some of the most important and familiar natural systems and social phenomena are based on a networked structure. It is impossible to understand the spread of an epidemic, a computer virus, large-scale blackouts, or massive extinctions without taking into account the network structure that underlies all these phenomena.In this Very Short Introduction, Guido Caldarelli and Michele Catanzaro discuss the nature and variety of networks, using everyday examples from society, technology, nature, and history to explain and understand the science of network theory. They show the ubiquitous role of networks; how networks self-organize; why the rich get richer; and how networks can spontaneously collapse. They conclude by highlighting how the findings of complex network theory have very wide and important applications in genetics, ecology, communications, economics, and sociology. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Table of Contents1. A network point of view on the world ; 2. A fruitful approach ; 3. A world of networks ; 4. Connected and close ; 5. Superconnectors ; 6. Emergence of networks ; 7. Digging deeper into networks ; 8. Perfect storms on networks ; 9. All the world's a net. Or not? ; Further reading
£9.49
Oxford University Press Data Science and Complex Networks
Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive yet short description of the basic concepts of Complex Network theory. In contrast to other books the authors present these concepts through real case studies. The application topics span from Foodwebs, to the Internet, the World Wide Web and the Social Networks, passing through the International Trade Web and Financial time series. The final part is devoted to definition and implementation of the most important network models.The text provides information on the structure of the data and on the quality of available datasets. Furthermore it provides a series of codes to allow immediate implementation of what is theoretically described in the book. Readers already used to the concepts introduced in this book can learn the art of coding in Python by using the online material. To this purpose the authors have set up a dedicated web site where readers can download and test the codes. The whole project is aimed as a learning tool for scientists and practitTrade ReviewData science and network science are two of the most dynamically developing areas in modern science. It is fantastic to see these two topics, whose synergy is evident to the practitioner, under one roof, presented with clarity and through numerous practical examples by Caldarelli and Chessa. * Albert-László Barabási, Northeastern University *The authors nicely integrate ideas from data science and complex networks to create a toolkit for tackling big data challenges. An essential read in the information age. * Geoff F. Rodgers, Brunel University London *Table of Contents1: Food Webs 2: International Trade Networks and World Trade Web 3: The Internet Network 4: World Wide Web, Wikipedia and Social Networks 5: Financial Networks 6: Modelling
£55.10
The University of Chicago Press Language and the Rise of the Algorithm
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Binder’s book is excellent and if you have any interest in the topic at all then you should definitely read it. It certainly has the potential to become a classic in the tangled field of the histories of mathematics, language, logic, and computer science. . . . In his journey from al-Khwārizmī to GPT-3 Binder covers an incredible amount of complex material in a comparatively small number of pages. However, his writing is never cluttered or in any way incomprehensible; it is always clear, lucid, and easy to follow . . .” * Renaissance Mathematicus *“This book is a tightly packed, erudite contribution to the growing concern in the Humanities with algorithms.” * LSE Review of Books *"This book offers a historical examination of the development of algorithmic expression. Binder brings together the histories of mathematics, computer science, and linguistics . . . This scholarly work with its extensive bibliography should appeal to a wide range of readers with interests encompassing the respective histories of language and computer science. The book should be in all university libraries." * Choice *“Language and the Rise of the Algorithm is an original and insightful, not to mention magisterial, work. Jeffrey M. Binder’s mastery of startlingly diverse sources—philosophical, mathematical, and literary—spread over four centuries is enormously impressive. His command of scholarly fields ranging from Renaissance theories of language to modern computer science is both broad and deep, and his knowledge of the lives and thought of dozens of characters, some famous, others less so, is nothing less than encyclopedic. Most critically, however, the book’s argument is both timely and compelling. In an age when boundaries between human and machine are tested as never before, Binder offers an insightful analysis of the present moment and a powerful narrative of how we got to this point.” -- Amir Alexander, University of California, Los Angeles“In order to better understand—and perhaps transform—our understanding of algorithms in the present, Jeffrey M. Binder argues persuasively that we need to reopen historical debates on the relationship between language and symbols. Language and the Rise of the Algorithm is a welcome addition to the history of computing that convincingly demonstrates the line between technical algorithms and their social meanings is, itself, socially constructed.” -- Jessica Otis, George Mason University“Jeffrey M. Binder has written a wonderful, thought-provoking book on the relationship between theories of language and symbolism in mathematics. Language and the Rise of the Algorithm has much to offer to the digital humanities and media studies, but this important work will also be read and studied with interest by historians of science and technology.” -- Alma Steingart, Columbia UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter One Symbols and Language in the Early Modern Period Chapter Two The Matter Out of Which Thought Is Formed Chapter Three Symbols and the Enlightened Mind Chapter Four Language without Things Chapter Five Mass Produced Software Components Coda The Age of Arbitrariness Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
£34.20
Columbia University Press Principles of Animal Taxonomy Biological S
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Columbia University Press The Blue Whale
Book SynopsisDiscusses the conditions affecting the survival of the blue whale, and the factors leading to its eventual extinction, as a case study in man's exploitation of natural resources
£40.00
Columbia University Press Computers and Politics
Book SynopsisStreitmatter tells the stories of dissident American publications and press movements of the last two centuries, and of the colorful individuals behind them. From publications that fought for the disenfranchised to those that promoted social reform, Voices of Revolution examines the abolitionist and labor press, black power publications of the 1960s, the crusade against the barbarism of lynching, the women's movement, and antiwar journals. Streitmatter also discusses gay and lesbian publications, contemporary on-line journals, and counterculture papers like The Kudzu and The Berkeley Barb that flourished in the 1960s. Voices of Revolution also identifies and discusses some of the distinctive characteristics shared by the genres of the dissident press that rose to prominence -- from the early nineteenth century to the late twentieth century. For far too long, mainstream journalists and even some media scholars have viewed radical, leftist, or progressive periodicals in America as raTrade Review"Recommended." -- Choice "Recommended for all public and academic libraries." -- Library Journal "Offers some details likely to please any media buff." -- San Francisco Bay Guardian "[A] fascinating book." -- Booklist "fascinating and colorful tales of indvidual struggle, social upheavel and journlistic grit...should be applauded for its rigorous contributions" -- Tonya Couch, Journalism: Theory, Practice & CriticismTable of ContentsIntroduction Part I. Speaking Up for the Disenfranchised 1. Fighting for the Rights of American Labor 2. Awakening a Nation to the Sins of Slavery 3. Setting a Revolutionary Agenda for Women's Rights Dissident Voices/Common Threads I Part II. Struggling to Form a More Perfect Union 4. Promoting "Free Love" in the Victorian Age 5. Crusading against the Barbarism of Lynching 6. Educating America on the Merits of Socialism 7. Following Anarchy toward a New Social Order Dissident Voices/Common Threads II Part III. Rising from a Lone Voice to a Mass Movement 8. Propelling Black Americans into the Promised Land 9. Demanding Wider Access to Birth Control Information Dissident Voices/Common Threads III Part IV. Changing the World in a Single Generation 10. Opposing America's "Dirty War" in Vietnam 11. Defining a Counterculture of Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll...and Social Justice 12. Standing Tall and Tough against Racial Oppression 13. Creating an Agenda for Gay and Lesbian Rights 14. Liberating the American Woman Dissident Voices/Common Threads IV 15. Dissidence in a New Millennium Acknowledgments Notes Index
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Columbia University Press The Immersive Enclosure
Book SynopsisIs immersion just another name for enclosure? In this groundbreaking analysis of virtual reality in Japan, Paul Roquet uncovers how the technology is reshaping the politics of labor, gender, home, and nation.Trade ReviewThe Immersive Enclosure is timely in the most profound sense: it offers a glimpse of a future that we need to act upon now in order to address its potential pitfalls, which include the wholesale commercial mediation of experience. Paul Roquet does a brilliant job of drawing on the culturally specific case of Japan's uptake of VR to provide insights of universal relevance and urgent importance as we confront the prospect that reality itself is becoming the next frontier of the surveillance economy. -- Mark Andrejevic, author of Automated MediaPaul Roquet’s timely book offers a refreshing new take on VR as a consumer technology. Situating the development of VR within Japan’s robust media networks of anime, manga, visual novels, and video games, he deftly illuminates the ways VR is also seen as a panacea to the country’s shrinking labor force. -- Yuriko Furuhata, author of Climatic Media: Transpacific Experiments in Atmospheric ControlThis book is a must-read for scholars in media studies and general readers alike fascinated by the flawed revolutionary potential of VR. Roquet makes a powerful case for attending to the cultural and aesthetic conditions of possibility necessary for embracing virtual reality. -- James J. Hodge, author of Sensations of History: Animation and New Media ArtImmersive Enclosure tells a startlingly different story about VR. Working expertly across discourses, technologies, and fantasies about virtual reality in Japan, Roquet reveals a homology between the structuring of perceptual space and social space that utterly challenges our understanding of the past and future of VR media. The urgent question emerges with breathtaking clarity: what to make of a collective desire for one-person space? -- Thomas Lamarre, author of The Anime Ecology: A Genealogy of Television, Animation, and Game MediaAn intriguing analysis of virtual reality as a new vessel for a contaminated kind of individualism, the product of people retreating deeper into personal devices instead of the larger, collective world. * Kotaku *[This book] offers a bounty of insights for historians of technology. -- Yulia Frumer * H-Sci-Med-Tech, H-Net Reviews *The Immersive Enclosure offers an antidote to Western-focused, and especially American-focused, studies of VR, while also underscoring the universal promises and perils that VR holds for contemporary, globalized societies everywhere. . . Highly recommended. * Choice Reviews *Roquet successfully demonstrates how virtual reality in Japan emerges from a uniquely cultural and historical perspective, inspiring others to address the local specificity of their virtual reality. The Immersive Enclosure can be their guide. -- Michael Vallance * Japan Review *Readers willing to enclose themselves in the pages of The Immersive Enclosure: Virtual Reality in Japan can expect to perceive with greater clarity the relationship between perception and bias, especially regarding virtual reality (VR) technologies. Paul Roquet’s account of the development of VR helps uncover implications of the media ecological intersections between a medium, its name, its environment, and its relationship to cultural and political biases. -- Natalia Wohar * Explorations in Media Ecology *The Immersive Enclosure sets a high bar for research quality, clarity of writing, and insightful arguments. It is strongly recommended for apprehending the history, development, and significance of a technology in Japan that is poised to shape our collective media future in new and potentially unforeseen ways. -- Ben Whaley * Journal of Japanese Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Ambient Power Play1. Acoustics of the One-Person Space2. Translating the Virtual Into Japanese3. VR Telework and the Privatization of Presence4. Immersive Anxieties in the VR Isekai5. VR as a Technology of MasculinityConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex
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Columbia University Press The Immersive Enclosure
Book SynopsisIs immersion just another name for enclosure? In this groundbreaking analysis of virtual reality in Japan, Paul Roquet uncovers how the technology is reshaping the politics of labor, gender, home, and nation.Trade ReviewThe Immersive Enclosure is timely in the most profound sense: it offers a glimpse of a future that we need to act upon now in order to address its potential pitfalls, which include the wholesale commercial mediation of experience. Paul Roquet does a brilliant job of drawing on the culturally specific case of Japan's uptake of VR to provide insights of universal relevance and urgent importance as we confront the prospect that reality itself is becoming the next frontier of the surveillance economy. -- Mark Andrejevic, author of Automated MediaPaul Roquet’s timely book offers a refreshing new take on VR as a consumer technology. Situating the development of VR within Japan’s robust media networks of anime, manga, visual novels, and video games, he deftly illuminates the ways VR is also seen as a panacea to the country’s shrinking labor force. -- Yuriko Furuhata, author of Climatic Media: Transpacific Experiments in Atmospheric ControlThis book is a must-read for scholars in media studies and general readers alike fascinated by the flawed revolutionary potential of VR. Roquet makes a powerful case for attending to the cultural and aesthetic conditions of possibility necessary for embracing virtual reality. -- James J. Hodge, author of Sensations of History: Animation and New Media ArtImmersive Enclosure tells a startlingly different story about VR. Working expertly across discourses, technologies, and fantasies about virtual reality in Japan, Roquet reveals a homology between the structuring of perceptual space and social space that utterly challenges our understanding of the past and future of VR media. The urgent question emerges with breathtaking clarity: what to make of a collective desire for one-person space? -- Thomas Lamarre, author of The Anime Ecology: A Genealogy of Television, Animation, and Game MediaAn intriguing analysis of virtual reality as a new vessel for a contaminated kind of individualism, the product of people retreating deeper into personal devices instead of the larger, collective world. * Kotaku *[This book] offers a bounty of insights for historians of technology. -- Yulia Frumer * H-Sci-Med-Tech, H-Net Reviews *The Immersive Enclosure offers an antidote to Western-focused, and especially American-focused, studies of VR, while also underscoring the universal promises and perils that VR holds for contemporary, globalized societies everywhere. . . Highly recommended. * Choice Reviews *Roquet successfully demonstrates how virtual reality in Japan emerges from a uniquely cultural and historical perspective, inspiring others to address the local specificity of their virtual reality. The Immersive Enclosure can be their guide. -- Michael Vallance * Japan Review *Readers willing to enclose themselves in the pages of The Immersive Enclosure: Virtual Reality in Japan can expect to perceive with greater clarity the relationship between perception and bias, especially regarding virtual reality (VR) technologies. Paul Roquet’s account of the development of VR helps uncover implications of the media ecological intersections between a medium, its name, its environment, and its relationship to cultural and political biases. -- Natalia Wohar * Explorations in Media Ecology *The Immersive Enclosure sets a high bar for research quality, clarity of writing, and insightful arguments. It is strongly recommended for apprehending the history, development, and significance of a technology in Japan that is poised to shape our collective media future in new and potentially unforeseen ways. -- Ben Whaley * Journal of Japanese Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Ambient Power Play1. Acoustics of the One-Person Space2. Translating the Virtual Into Japanese3. VR Telework and the Privatization of Presence4. Immersive Anxieties in the VR Isekai5. VR as a Technology of MasculinityConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex
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University of Illinois Press Critical Digital Humanities
Book SynopsisTrade Review"In this artfully crafted, elegantly written monograph, Dobson deploys his acumen as a literary theorist to show how everything touching computational methods from computational logic to algorithmically derived tools is subject in one way or another to the modes of humanistic critique that computational scientists claim to have rendered obsolete. Whereas computational digital humanities claims to be a mode inquiry that would utterly displace humanistic disciplines, the critical digital humanities Dobson explains and practices shows how humanistic critical theory and computational science might be considered complementary rather than antagonistic modes of inquiry."--Donald E. Pease, author of The New American Exceptionalism"Critical Digital Humanities brings hermeneutic philosophy, literary theory (high and low, surface and deep) to bear on research in the field of digital humanities, from machine learning to sentiment analysis. This book goes beyond mere critique, effectively and thoroughly interrogating the extent to which algorithmic tools extend humanists' interpretive goals. It should be required reading not only for those interested in limits of computational methodologies but also for digital humanities scholars and students who are analyzing digital texts and building digital tools for future research."—Laura Mandell, author of Breaking the Book: Print Humanities in the Digital Age"Dobson provides a thought-provoking overview of critical views on digital humanities. He points repeatedly and with vigor at crucial aspects to consider when doing digital humanities in the tradition of literary criticism." --Journal of Literary Theory"Critical Digital Humanities is an important corrective to approaches that frame computational data as inviolable, unbiased, and essentially trustworthy. Dobson masterfully combines cultural theory with complex computational approaches and points to areas for further development by digital humanists looking to resist the slide toward scientism, remembering that they are, after all, humanists." --Journal of Folklore Research
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University of Illinois Press The Mathematical Theory of Communication
Book SynopsisShannon's major precept, that all communication is essentially digital, is now so commonplace among the modern digitalia that many wonder why Shannon needed to state such an obvious axiomTrade Review"A beautiful example of a theory that unifies hitherto separate branches of physical science, and Dr. Weaver makes important suggestions as to how this unity may be extended to include semantics and pragmatics."--Philosophical Review"Readers who are interested in language, communication, meaning, and related problems will find this monograph rewarding."--Quarterly Review of Biology "This book cannot be ignored by anyone with direct professional concern with these applications and many applied physicists without this concern should, like the reviewer, find the book absorbing."--S. Whitehead, British Journal of Applied Physics
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MIT Press Ltd Probabilistic Graphical Models
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MIT Press Ltd Principles of Model Checking The MIT Press
Book SynopsisA comprehensive introduction to the foundations of model checking, a fully automated technique for finding flaws in hardware and software; with extensive examples and both practical and theoretical exercises.Our growing dependence on increasingly complex computer and software systems necessitates the development of formalisms, techniques, and tools for assessing functional properties of these systems. One such technique that has emerged in the last twenty years is model checking, which systematically (and automatically) checks whether a model of a given system satisfies a desired property such as deadlock freedom, invariants, and request-response properties. This automated technique for verification and debugging has developed into a mature and widely used approach with many applications. Principles of Model Checking offers a comprehensive introduction to model checking that is not only a text suitable for classroom use but also a valuable reference for researchers and
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MIT Press Ltd Model Checking
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MIT Press Ltd Culture and Subjective WellBeing Well Being and
Book SynopsisA textbook that uses a hands-on approach to teach principles of programming languages, with Java as the implementation language.This introductory textbook uses a hands-on approach to teach the principles of programming languages. Using Java as the implementation language, Rajan covers a range of emerging topics, including concurrency, Big Data, and event-driven programming. Students will learn to design, implement, analyze, and understand both domain-specific and general-purpose programming languages. Develops basic concepts in languages, including means of computation, means of combination, and means of abstraction.Examines imperative features such as references, concurrency features such as fork, and reactive features such as event handling.Covers language features that express differing perspectives of thinking about computation, including those of logic programming and flow-based programming.Presumes Java programming experi
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MIT Press Privacy Is Hard and Seven Other Myths
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MIT Press Ltd Microprediction Building an Open AI Network
Book SynopsisHow a web-scale network of autonomous micromanagers can challenge the AI revolution and combat the high cost of quantitative business optimization.The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution is leaving behind small businesses and organizations that cannot afford in-house teams of data scientists. In Microprediction, Peter Cotton examines the repeated quantitative tasks that drive business optimization from the perspectives of economics, statistics, decision making under uncertainty, and privacy concerns. He asks what things currently described as AI are not “microprediction,” whether microprediction is an individual or collective activity, and how we can produce and distribute high-quality microprediction at low cost. The world is missing a public utility, he concludes, while companies are missing an important strategic approach that would enable them to benefit—and also give back. In an engaging, colloquial style, Cotton argues that
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MIT Press Ltd There Are No Facts Attentive Algorithms
Book SynopsisThe entanglements of people and data, code and space, knowledge and power: how data and algorithms shape the world—and shape us within that world.With the emergence of a post-truth world, we have witnessed the dissolution of the common ground on which truth claims were negotiated, individual agency enacted, and public spheres shaped. What happens when, as Nietzsche claimed, there are no facts, but only interpretations? In this book, Mark Shepard examines the entanglements of people and data, code and space, knowledge and power that have produced an uncommon ground—a disaggregated public sphere where the extraction of behavioral data and their subsequent processing and sale have led to the emergence of micropublics of ever-finer granularity. Shepard explores how these new post-truth territories are propagated through machine learning systems and social networks, which shape the public and private spaces of everyday life. He traces the balkanizatio
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MIT Press Ltd Distributional Reinforcement Learning Adaptive
Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive guide to distributional reinforcement learning, providing a new mathematical formalism for thinking about decisions from a probabilistic perspective.Distributional reinforcement learning is a new mathematical formalism for thinking about decisions. Going beyond the common approach to reinforcement learning and expected values, it focuses on the total reward or return obtained as a consequence of an agent's choices—specifically, how this return behaves from a probabilistic perspective. In this first comprehensive guide to distributional reinforcement learning, Marc G. Bellemare, Will Dabney, and Mark Rowland, who spearheaded development of the field, present its key concepts and review some of its many applications. They demonstrate its power to account for many complex, interesting phenomena that arise from interactions with one's environment.The authors present core ideas from classical reinforcement learning to contextualize distri
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MIT Press Computing and Technology Ethics
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MIT Press Ltd The City in the City
Book SynopsisAn exploration of the dramatic transformation of London’s financial district after 1945, viewed at four spatial scales: city, street, facade, interior.In The City in the City, Amy Thomas offers the first in-depth architectural and urban history of London’s financial district, the City of London, from the period of rebuilding after World War II to the explosive climax of financial deregulation in the 1980s and its long aftermath. Thomas examines abstract financial ideas, political ideology, and invisible markets as concrete realities; working on four spatial scales—city, street, facade, and interior—the book explores the grand plans, hidden alleys, neo-Georgian elevations, and sweaty dealing floors that have made the financial center work.Moving from politics to sociology, institutions to bodies, development plans to office desks, Thomas unravels the rich entanglements between the structure of the UK’s financial system and the
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MIT Press Ltd The Developmental Organization of Robot Behavior
Book SynopsisA comprehensive introduction to the mathematical foundations of movement and actuation that apply equally to animals and machines.This textbook offers a computational framework for the sensorimotor stage of development as applied to robotics. Much work in developmental robotics is based on ad hoc examples, without a full computational basis. This book's comprehensive and complete treatment fills the gap, drawing on the principal mechanisms of development in the first year of life to introduce what is essentially an operating system for developing robots. The goal is to apply principles of development to robot systems that not only achieve new levels of performance but also provide evidence for scientific theories of human development.
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MIT Press Rules of Play Game Design Fundamentals The MIT
Book SynopsisAn impassioned look at games and game design that offers the most ambitious framework for understanding them to date.As pop culture, games are as important as film or television—but game design has yet to develop a theoretical framework or critical vocabulary. In Rules of Play Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman present a much-needed primer for this emerging field. They offer a unified model for looking at all kinds of games, from board games and sports to computer and video games. As active participants in game culture, the authors have written Rules of Play as a catalyst for innovation, filled with new concepts, strategies, and methodologies for creating and understanding games. Building an aesthetics of interactive systems, Salen and Zimmerman define core concepts like play, design, and interactivity. They look at games through a series of eighteen game design schemas, or conceptual frameworks, including games as systems of emergence and information, as contexts fo
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MIT Press Ltd Great Principles of Computing
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MIT Press Ltd Programming Models for Parallel Computing
Book SynopsisAn overview of the most prominent contemporary parallel processing programming models, written in a unique tutorial style.With the coming of the parallel computing era, computer scientists have turned their attention to designing programming models that are suited for high-performance parallel computing and supercomputing systems. Programming parallel systems is complicated by the fact that multiple processing units are simultaneously computing and moving data. This book offers an overview of some of the most prominent parallel programming models used in high-performance computing and supercomputing systems today.The chapters describe the programming models in a unique tutorial style rather than using the formal approach taken in the research literature. The aim is to cover a wide range of parallel programming models, enabling the reader to understand what each has to offer. The book begins with a description of the Message Passing Interface (MPI), the most common para
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MIT Press Ltd Data Science
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MIT Press Computational Thinking The MIT Press Essential
Book SynopsisAn introduction to computational thinking that traces a genealogy beginning centuries before the digital computer.A few decades into the digital era, scientists discovered that thinking in terms of computation made possible an entirely new way of organizing scientific investigation; eventually, every field had a computational branch: computational physics, computational biology, computational sociology. More recently, “computational thinking” has become part of the K-12 curriculum. But what is computational thinking? This volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series offers an accessible overview, tracing a genealogy that begins centuries before digital computers and portraying computational thinking as pioneers of computing have described it. The authors explain that computational thinking (CT) is not a set of concepts for programming; it is a way of thinking that is honed through practice: the mental skills for designing computations to do jobs for u
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MIT Press Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
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MIT Press Ltd Artificial Intelligence
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MIT Press Ltd Cryptographic City
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MIT Press Ltd Privacy Is Hard and Seven Other Myths
Book SynopsisAn expert on computer privacy and security shows how we can build privacy into the design of systems from the start.We are tethered to our devices all day, every day, leaving data trails of our searches, posts, clicks, and communications. Meanwhile, governments and businesses collect our data and use it to monitor us without our knowledge. So we have resigned ourselves to the belief that privacy is hard--choosing to believe that websites do not share our information, for example, and declaring that we have nothing to hide anyway. In this informative and illuminating book, a computer privacy and security expert argues that privacy is not that hard if we build it into the design of systems from the start.Along the way, Jaap-Henk Hoepman debunks eight persistent myths surrounding computer privacy. The website that claims it doesn''t collect personal data, for example; Hoepman explains that most data is personal, capturing location, preferences, and other information
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MIT Press Ltd Invisible Engines How Software Platforms Drive
Book SynopsisHarnessing the power of software platforms: what executives and entrepreneurs must know about how to use this technology to transform industries and how to develop the strategies that will create value and drive profits.Software platforms are the invisible engines that have created, touched, or transformed nearly every major industry for the past quarter century. They power everything from mobile phones and automobile navigation systems to search engines and web portals. They have been the source of enormous value to consumers and helped some entrepreneurs build great fortunes. And they are likely to drive change that will dwarf the business and technology revolution we have seen to this point. Invisible Engines examines the business dynamics and strategies used by firms that recognize the transformative power unleashed by this new revolution—a revolution that will change both new and old industries.The authors argue that in order to understand the success
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MIT Press Ltd The Computer Music Tutorial The MIT Press
Book SynopsisA comprehensive text and reference that covers all aspects of computer music, including digital audio, synthesis techniques, signal processing, musical input devices, performance software, editing systems, algorithmic composition, MIDI, synthesizer architecture, system interconnection, and psychoacoustics. The Computer Music Tutorial is a comprehensive text and reference that covers all aspects of computer music, including digital audio, synthesis techniques, signal processing, musical input devices, performance software, editing systems, algorithmic composition, MIDI, synthesizer architecture, system interconnection, and psychoacoustics. A special effort has been made to impart an appreciation for the rich history behind current activities in the field. Profusely illustrated and exhaustively referenced and cross-referenced, The Computer Music Tutorial provides a step-by-step introduction to the entire field of computer music techniques. Written for nontechnical as well as te
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Pearson Education .NET Patterns
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Pearson Education Introduction to Automata Theory Languages and
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Elsevier Science Cognitive Intelligence with Neutrosophic
Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Introduction to Neutrosophic Probability 2. Introduction to Neutrosophic Statistics 3. Applications Applications of Neutrosophic Statistics to Medicine Applications of Neutrosophic Statistics to Cognitive Data Applications of Neutrosophic Statistics to Bioinformatics
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Open University Press Becoming a Teacher Issues in Secondary Education
Book Synopsisâœ[E]ssential reading for anyone learning to be a teacherâ This book will continue to be a core text on our ITE programmes.âRachele Newman. Director of Initial Teacher Education, University of Southampton, UKâœA comprehensive âmust haveâ for every new teacher entering the profession: a wide variety of short chapters, packed full of key, research-evidenced ideas, brilliantly articulated by a team of expert authorsâ Fantastic!âMark Winterbottom, Professor of Education, University of Cambridge, UKâœThe beauty of the book is that the authors do not attempt to simplify teaching, instead they celebrate and explore the complexities of being a teacher.âStefanie Sullivan, Deputy Head of School, Director of Initial Teacher Education, University of Nottingham, UKThis timely new edition remains the ultimate guide for students in the core areas of teaching policy, assessment and curriculum planning, while also coTable of ContentsPart 1: Becoming a Teacher1.Becoming a Teacher2.On being a teacher3.Teacher identity: Developing a positive professional identity in your teaching career 4.Teachers’ lives, careers and wellbeing: becoming and staying a teacher Part 2: Policy, society and schooling 5.Social justice in schools: engaging with equality 6.Education Policy, Schools and Teachers 7.Policy Shifts in Initial Teacher Education8.Assessment policy, raising standards, league tables 9.International assessments 10.Schools and the Safeguarding Agenda 11.School Leadership and Management Part 3: Teaching, Learning and the Curriculum12.An introduction to learning theories and their application in educational practice 13.Using Data in the Classroom 14.Curriculum planning 15.14-19 Education: education and training in school and beyond 16.Differentiation in theory and practice 17.Classroom Assessment 18.Managing student behaviour and engagement in the classroom 19.Inclusive approaches to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities 20.English as an Additional Language: Challenges of ethnicity, language and subject identity in the contemporary classroom 21.Decolonizing the curriculum 22.Environment, Sustainability and Education 23.Literacy and numeracy across the curriculumPart 4 Beyond the Classroom24.Spaces for learning beyond the classroom25.The pastoral role of the teacher26.The role of the mentor in initial teacher education 27.Approaches to teachers’ continuing professional development28.Final Editorial Chapter
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Cengage Learning, Inc Technology for Success and Shelly Cashman Series
Book SynopsisMaster the latest version of Microsoft Office and take advantage of today's ever-changing world of technology with TECHNOLOGY FOR SUCCESS AND SHELLY CASHMAN SERIES MICROSOFT OFFICE 365 & OFFICE 2019. Part of the highly acclaimed Shelly Cashman Series that has introduced computer skills to millions of students like you, this edition offers a proven approach that's effective, no matter what your learning style. Meaningful topics within manageable lessons demonstrate how to apply concepts to your academic, professional, and personal lives. A step-by-step, screen-by-screen approach guides you in expanding your understanding of Microsoft Office 2019 through experimentation, critical thought and personalization. Updated activities, case scenarios and an emphasis on employability demonstrate the importance of what you're learning as you master the keys to using Microsoft Office 2019 effectively and become a user of today's technology.Table of ContentsConcepts 1: Impact of Technology. Concepts 2: The Web. Concepts 3: Computer Hardware. Concepts 4: Operating Systems and File Management. Concepts 5: Software and Apps. Concepts 6: Security and Safety. Word 1: Creating and Modifying a Flyer. Word 2: Creating a Research Paper. Word 3: Creating a Business Letter. PPT 1: Creating and Editing Presentations with Pictures. PPT 2: Enhancing Presentations with Shapes and SmartArt. PPT 3: Inserting WordArt, Charts, and Tables. Excel 1: Creating a Worksheet and a Chart. Excel 2: Formulas, Functions, and Formatting. Excel 3: Working with Large Worksheets, Charting, and What-If Analysis. Access 1: Databases and Database Objects: An Intro. Access 2: Querying a Database. Access 3: Maintaining a Database. Index.
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Cengage Learning, Inc CompTIA A Core 1 Exam
Book SynopsisMaster the details of IT technical support as best-selling authors Andrews, West and Dark explain how to work effectively with users as well as how to install, maintain and troubleshoot computer hardware and networks in the leading COMPTIA A+ CORE 1 EXAM: GUIDE TO COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE, 10E. This step-by-step, highly visual approach uses CompTIA A+ Exam objectives as a framework to prepare you for the 220-1001 certification exam. Each chapter covers core and advanced topics while emphasizing practical applications of the most current technology, techniques and industry standards in IT today. You learn by doing with this edition's expanded coverage of the latest hardware, security, mobile device support, cloud computing and virtualization. Lab Manuals, CourseNotes, online labs and optional MindTap online resources provide additional certification test prep and interactive activities to prepare you for a role as a professional IT support technicianTable of Contents1. Taking a Computer Apart and Putting It Back Together. 2. All About Motherboards. 3. Supporting Processors and Upgrading Memory. 4. Supporting the Power System and Troubleshooting Computers. 5. Supporting Hard Drives and Other Storage Devices. 6. Supporting I/O Devices. 7. Setting Up a Local Network. 8. Network Infrastructure and Troubleshooting. 9. Supporting Mobile Devices. 10. Virtualization, Cloud Computing, and Printers. Appendix A: Safety Procedures and Environmental Concerns. Appendix B: Entry Points for Startup Processes. Appendix C: CompTIA Acronyms.
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Cengage Learning, Inc Systems Analysis and Design
Book SynopsisDiscover a practical, streamlined approach to information systems development that focuses on the latest developments with Tilley's SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN, 12E and MindTap digital resources. Real examples clearly demonstrate both traditional and emerging approaches to systems analysis and design, including object-oriented and agile methods. You also study cloud computing and mobile applications as this edition presents an easy-to-follow approach to systems analysis and design. Meaningful projects, insightful assignments and both online and printed exercises emphasize the critical thinking and IT skills that are most important in today's dynamic, business-related environment. New MindTap ConceptClip videos and a new online continuing case further demonstrate concepts for success in today's competitive and rapidly changing business world.Table of ContentsPHASE I: SYSTEMS PLANNING. 1. Introduction to Systems Analysis and Design. 2. Analyzing the Business Case. 3. Managing Systems Projects. PHASE II: SYSTEMS ANALYSIS. 4. Requirements Engineering 5. Data and Process Modeling. 6. Object Modeling. 7. Development Strategies. PHASE III: SYSTEMS DESIGN. 8. User Interface Design. 9. Data Design. 10. System Architecture. PHASE IV: SYSTEMS IMPLEMENTATION. 11. Managing Systems Implementation. PHASE V: SYSTEMS SUPPORT AND SECURITY. 12. Managing Systems Support and Security. ONLINE APPENDIX: THE SYSTEMS ANALYST���S TOOLKIT. Toolkit Part A: Communication Tools. Toolkit Part B: CASE Tools. Toolkit Part C: Financial Analysis Tools. Toolkit Part D: Internet Resource Tools.
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Cengage Learning, Inc Fundamentals of Python
Book SynopsisWhether you are a computer programming student, hobbyist or professional, Lambert's FUNDAMENTALS OF PYTHON: DATA STRUCTURES, 2E offers the perfect introduction to object-oriented design and data structures using the popular Python programming language. The level of instruction is ideal if you've had at least one semester of programming experience in an object-oriented language, such as Java, C++ or Python. Step-by-step explanations and focused exercises clearly explain the design of collection classes with polymorphism and inheritance and multiple implementations of collection interfaces. This edition also addresses the analysis of the space/time tradeoffs of different collection implementations and, specifically, array-based implementations and link-based implementations. You learn to work with collections, including sets, lists, stacks, queues, trees, dictionaries and graphs. Prepare for success with FUNDAMENTALS OF PYTHON: DATA STRUCTURES, 2E.Table of Contents1. Basic Python Programming. 2. An Overview of Collections. 3. Searching, Sorting, and Complexity Analysis. 4. Arrays and Linked Structures. 5. Interfaces, Implementations, and Polymorphism. 6. Inheritance and Abstract Classes. 7. Stacks. 8. Queues. 9. Lists. 10. Trees. 11. Sets and Dictionaries. 12. Graphs.
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