E-Books Directory

Thoughtful Programming and Forth

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 EST

What is good Forth? What makes one Forth program better than another? Good object code is efficient in terms of system resources, it does not consume resources excessively. Good source code should be clear, easy to read and write, easy to debug.

Twilight Sleep

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 EST

Edith Wharton's superb satirical novel of the Jazz Age, a critically praised best-seller when it was first published in 1927. Sex, drugs, work, money, infatuation with the occult and spiritual healing -- these are the remarkably modern themes.

Euclid's 'Elements' Redux

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 EST

Euclid's 'Elements' Redux is an open textbook on mathematical logic and geometry for use in grades 7-12 and in undergraduate college courses on proof writing. It is a new edition of the most successful textbook of all time...

How to Excel at Interviews

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 EST

Whether you are going for your first interview or you want to refresh your interviewing skills, then this book is for you. It contains the fundamentals of interview preparation, ensuring you walk into your interview as prepared as you can be.

Electronic Transport in Metallic Systems and Generalized Kinetic Equations

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 EST

This paper reviews some selected approaches to the description of transport properties in crystalline and disordered metallic systems. A detailed formulation of the electron transport processes in metallic systems within a model approach is given.

Statistical Mechanifesto

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 EST

This work is aimed at graduate and advanced undergraduate physics students. It contains a better entropy discussion, the Carnot conspiracy, Boltzmann distribution, entropy, free energy, meet Mr. Mole, chemical potential, and much more...

Lectures on Integrable Probability

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 EST

Topics include integrable models of random growth, determinantal point processes, Schur processes and Markov dynamics on them, Macdonald processes and their application to asymptotics of directed polymers in random media.

Basic Home Security

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 EST

This is a short article on the different ways to protect your house against armed robbers. Written for the South African market it may sound extreme to the rest of the world but gives valuable guidance which is applicable everywhere.

Leukemia

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 EST

The primary objective of this book is to provide the specialists involved in the diagnosis and management of acute and chronic leukemias with a comprehensive and concise information on some important theoretical and practical issues...

A Source Book for Mediaeval History

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 EST

Our purpose in general has been to present material touching only the most important matters of the whole medieval period. We have tried to offer in usable form illustrative material which may be of service to both teacher and student.

Funky Electromagnetic Concepts

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 EST

Funky Electromagnetic Concepts will help you develop an accurate physical, conceptual, geometric, and pictorial understanding of important physics topics: Circuits; Classical Electromagnetics; Relativistic Electromagnetics; etc.

Untangling the Web: A Guide to Internet Research

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 EST

The Internet -- in all its glory of information and misinformation -- is for all practical purposes limitless, which of course means we can never know it all, see it all, understand it all, or even imagine all it is and will be.

Elliptic Functions and Elliptic Curves

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 EST

Contents: Introduction; Abel's Method; A Crash Course on Riemann Surfaces; Cubic curves; Elliptic functions; Theta functions; Construction of elliptic functions; Lemniscatology or Complex Multiplication by Z[i]; Group law on smooth cubic curves.

Simply Logical: Intelligent Reasoning by Example

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 EST

An introduction to Prolog programming for artificial intelligence covering both basic and advanced AI material. A unique advantage to this work is the combination of AI, Prolog and Logic. Each technique is accompanied by a program implementing it.

Twilight in Italy

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 EST

A brilliantly written travelogue. Lawrence embarked South, to Italy on foot with his German wife Frieda, and has described all his thrilling and interesting experiences. Leaving out the famous and the historical, he visits the suburbs...