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Pearson Education Limited Database Systems: A Practical Approach to Design, Implementation, and Management, Global Edition
Learn database theory from the bestselling text with a beginner-friendly approach Database Systems: A Practical Approach to Design, Implementation, and Management, 6th edition, Global Edition,by Thomas Connolly and Carolyn Begg, introduces you to the theory behind databases in a concise yet comprehensive manner. The methodology behind relational Database Management Systems is presented in a simple way, with step-by-step instructions, making the text accessible for technical and non-technical readers. The text applies a realistic worked example that you follow across the chapters of the book using three explicit phases (conceptual, logical, and physical database design) to help you relate your knowledge to real-world applications. Designed for one or two-term undergraduate courses in database management or database design, this book can also be used as a working reference for IT professionals. This 6th edition has been updated with the latest information on the subject, as well as additional learning features compared to the previous edition. New features include: An extended chapter on database architectures and the Web, covering cloud computing. A new Section on Data Warehousing and Temporal Databases. Updated text to cover the latest version of the SQL standard, which was released late 2011 (SQL:2011). An extended chapter on replication and mobile databases. Updated chapters on Web-DBMS integration and XML. Extended treatment of XML, SPARQL, Xquery 1.0 and Xpath 2.0 (including the new Xquery Update facility), and the new SQL:2011 SQL/XML standard. Coverage updated to Oracle 11g. New review questions and exercises at the end of chapters allow readers to test their understanding. With its clear presentation that supports your learning, this book can provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the theory behind databases.
£61.21
Liverpool University Press After Human: A Critical History of the Human in Science Fiction from Shelley to Le Guin
Shortlisted for the British Fantasy Awards (Non-Fiction) 2022Shortlisted for the Locus Science Fiction Foundation Non-Fiction Award 2022SF has long been understood as a literature of radical potential, capable of imagining entirely new worlds and ways of being. Yet SF has been slow to embrace posthumanist ideas about the human subject. The human of the SF tradition is instead a liminal being, caught somewhere between the transcendent ‘Man’ of classical humanism and the subversive ‘cyborg’ of posthumanist thought. This study offers a critical history of the 'human' in SF. By examining a range of SF works from 1818 to the 1970s, it seeks to answer some key questions: What role does technology play in defining what it means to be—or not to be—human? How do these writers understand the relationship between humanity and the rest of nature? And how can we use SF to re-examine our ethical position towards the non-human world and move to more egalitarian understandings of the human subject?
£27.63
