Search results for ""Author Barbara Fritchman Thompson""
O'Reilly Media Building the Perfect PC
Want to build a PC that perfectly meets your needs? This up-to-date guide has precisely what you need to know. You A'll learn about PC fundamentals, how to plan your project using the latest components, where and how to buy the parts you need, and how to assemble everything with step-by-step instructions and clear, easy-to-follow images. You also get an insightful discussion on why you A'd want to build your own PC in the first place. Unlike big-brand computers that use lower-quality components so they can meet aggressive pricing targets, the PCs you A'll learn to build in this popular book call for high-quality parts that you can purchase directly or obtain through distributors and resellers. The latest edition includes these PC options: * Budget System -- build an inexpensive system that focuses on quality and reliability * Mainstream System -- roll your own fast, flexible, quiet general-purpose system * Extreme System -- build a wicked fast system optimized for video editing/production, Photoshop, gaming, or pure number-crunching * Media Center System -- centralize your music, DVDs, and home video with your HDTV as the display, and share your content with any PC in your home * Appliance System -- put together a tiny, quiet, inexpensive PC that you can tuck away anywhere * Home Server -- build your own secure repository to centralize data storage and sharing for every system in your home
£28.79
O'Reilly Media Illustrated Guide to Home Forensic Science Experiments
If you're taking a basic course in classical physics, or have a healthy curiosity for the way things work in the physical world, the Illustrated Guide to Home Physics Experiments provides an ideal hands-on introduction to physics lab techniques and data analysis. With this book and a few simple (and inexpensive) tools and materials, you'll learn to conduct experiments that answer questions about our world, make demonstrations to show off physical principles, and do theoretical lab work to discover how the world works. Perfect for do-it-yourselfers, home-schooled high school students, and college students, this book will help you: Learn everything from the basics of motion all the way to particle physics - including energy, thermodynamics, magnetic fields, optics, and much more Take careful measurements of physical phenomena and conduct data analysis Build and perform physics demonstrations that are fascinating and fun Construct computer models to represent aspects of the physical world It's easy to get started. You can build most of the experiments and demonstrations in this book with ordinary household tools, using materials that you can scrounge, borrow, or get free. The most important thing is your willingness to enter the door of discovery that awaits you. The Illustrated Guide to Home Physics Experiments is your key.
£25.19
O'Reilly Media PC Hardware in a Nutshell 3e
The provides independent, useful and practical information in a no-nonsense manner with specific recommendations on components. Based on real-world testing over time, it will help you make intelligent, informed decisions about buying, building, upgrading, and repairing PCs in a cost effective manner that will help you maximize new or existing computer hardware systems. It's loaded with real-world advice presented in a concise style that clearly delivers just the information you want, without your having to hunt for it.
£32.39
