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Why do you need a big, thick technical book? Well, it’s true that the best way
to learn is to just do it. But do you ever just doit and not fully getit? Books can
serve either as the basis for learning or as supplements for your learning. No…

In the 1990s, project management moved from a little-used industrial engineering
discipline to the engine of managing America’s work. Prior to 1990, project
management techniques were unknown to most corporate managers who considered
projects to…

The ancient practice of decorating sacred buildings differs greatly from that in previous cultures and contemporary or later ones, where sanctuaries are recognisable from exterior and interior alike as such. The architecture, form, building elements…

I’d like to thank all the people who worked so hard on this project, especially the editors
Thomas Cirtin, my good friend Gael McGill, and Liz Britten. I’d also like to thank Mariann
Barsolo and Pete Gaughan. I thank all the folks at Autodesk…

The revolution is being televised. Countless stories on the Discovery Channel and PBS have revealed exciting new insights about the brain. Mainstream broadcast media such as ABC, NBC, CBS, and CNN and publications such as Time and Newsweek have…

This study estimates the impact of health on labour productivity in Nigeria from 1970
to 2012, applying the standard neo-classical growth framework. Using ordinary Least
Square (OLS) technique, Cointegration and Granger Causality test procedures,…

Our goal in writing this book was to combine a strong emphasis on problem solving and
software design with the study of data structures. To this end, we discuss applications of each
data structure to motivate its study. After providing the…

Beautiful Usersis dedicated to Bill
Moggridge (1943–2012), a pioneer of
human-centered design. As director of
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design
Museum, 2010–12, Moggridge inspired
us to reinvent our own design processes.
We will…

In the foreign language classroom understanding how cultural learning experiences of
both the instructor and students combine and influence present classroom
expectations is important. Without understanding this, learning expectations of…

This book was conceived of in a simpler era-B.S.E. (Before September Eleventh). Then, in 1993 B.S.E., the worst problems our nation faced were a spate of
violent crimes. I did not know then, as I do now, that the violent crime rate in
the United…