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Remote Sensing Digital Image Analysis: An Introduction»rank: 5630244by: John A. Richards
: :From the reviews of the first edition: 'Quantitative evaluation of satellite and aircraft derived and remotely retrieved data is a increasingly important tool for all ecologists. The author fulfills his stated aim of providing an introductory text for non-specialists. The book introduces all the basic concepts necessary to facilitate quantitative evaluation of digital remotely sensed data in such a way that the reader can appreciate limitations of computer-based algorithms and the pros and cons of alternative procedures without having to follow a mathematically detailed treatment. Each of the eleven chapters concludes with a critical appraisal of the associated bibliography and with a collection of problems, presumably aimed at undergraduate students, ... |
Colossus: The Secrets of Bletchley Park's Code-breaking Computers (Popular Science)»rank: 135217from: Oxford University Press, USA
: :The American ENIAC is customarily regarded as having been the starting point of electronic computation. This book rewrites the history of computer science, arguing that in reality Colossus--the giant computer built by the British secret service during World War II--predates ENIAC by two years. Colossus was built during the Second World War at the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park. Until very recently, much about the Colossus machine was shrouded in secrecy, largely because the code-breaking algorithms that were employed during World War II remained in use by the British security services until a short time ago. In addition, the United States has recently declassified a considerable volume ... |
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Bundle of Algorithms in Java, Third Edition, Parts 1-5: Fundamentals, Data Structures, Sorting, Searching, and Graph Algorithms (3rd Edition)»rank: 440584by: Robert Sedgewick
: :Software developers and computer scientists have eagerly awaited this Java version of Robert Sedgewick's landmark text on algorithms. All five parts are completely revamped, illuminating today's best algorithms for an exceptionally wide range of tasks. This is a shrink-wrapped bundle of Algorithms in Java, 3/e, Parts 1-4 and Algorithms in Java, 3/e, Part 5. The price of the bundle is $10 off the cost of buying the volumes individually. |
Analog In, Digital Out: Brendan Dawes on Interaction Design (VOICES)»rank: 475390by: Brendan Dawes
: :Creativity is an innate human impulse, many people believe, something we’re born with but too often “grow out of” as adult lives make more and more demands. Fortunately for us, the creative drive continues to run strong in legendary designer Brendan Dawes. Habitually alert to the happy accident, and possessed of highly eclectic interests and a quirky wit, he has happened into his perfect career. Around this habit–call it a philosophy–of asking, “Why does this have to be this way? What if . . .,” Dawes has built magneticNorth, an acclaimed Web and interaction design practice, based in Manchester, U.K. In this unique book, Dawes invites readers inside a series ... |
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Prime Numbers»rank: 1051515by: Richard Crandall, Carl Pomerance
: :Prime numbers beckon to the beginner, the basic notion of primality being accessible to a child. Yet, some of the simplest questions about primes have stumped humankind for millennia. In this book, the authors concentrate on the computational aspects of prime numbers, such as recognizing primes and discovering the fundamental prime factors of a given number. Over 100 explicit algorithms cast in detailed pseudocode are included in the book. Applications and theoretical digressions serve to illuminate, justify, and underscore the practical power of these algorithms. This book can be read on several levels. For those wanting a taste of the lore of prime numbers and the principal methods to deal ... |
Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics»rank: 333165by: Gerald Jay Sussman, Jack Wisdom
: :This textbook takes an innovative approach to the teaching of classical mechanics, emphasizing the development of general but practical intellectual tools to support the analysis of nonlinear Hamiltonian systems. The development is organized around a progressively more sophisticated analysis of particular natural systems and weaves examples throughout the presentation. Explorations of phenomena such as transitions to chaos, nonlinear resonances, and resonance overlap to help the student to develop appropriate analytic tools for understanding. Computational algorithms communicate methods used in the analysis of dynamical phenomena. Expressing the methods of mechanics in a computer language forces them to be unambiguous and computationally effective. Once formalized as a procedure, a mathematical idea also ... |
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Data Structures: A Pseudocode Approach With C»rank: 670137by: Richard F. Gilberg, Behrouz A. Forouzan
: : Gilberg and Forouzan's language-independent data structures text enables students to first design algorithms using Pseudocode, and then build them using the C programming language. Written at a level that makes it easy for students to understand, the book de-emphasizes mathematical rigor and provides a practical approach to data structures. |
Introduction to Modern Cryptography: Principles and Protocols (Chapman & Hall/Crc Cryptography and Network Security Series)»rank: 171486by: Jonathan Katz, Yehuda Lindell
: :Cryptography plays a key role in ensuring the privacy and integrity of data and the security of computer networks. Introduction to Modern Cryptography provides a rigorous yet accessible treatment of modern cryptography, with a focus on formal definitions, precise assumptions, and rigorous proofs. The authors introduce the core principles of modern cryptography, including the modern, computational approach to security that overcomes the limitations of perfect secrecy. An extensive treatment of private-key encryption and message authentication follows. The authors also illustrate design principles for block ciphers, such as the Data Encryption Standard (DES) and the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), and present provably secure constructions of block ciphers from lower-level primitives. The ... |
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Elementary Cryptanalysis: A Mathematical Approach (Mathematical Association of America Textbooks)»rank: 474544by: Abraham Sinkov
: :Most people, acquainted with cryptology either through sensational cloak and dagger stories or through newspaper cryptograms, are not aware that many aspects of this art may be treated systematically, by means of some elementary mathematical concepts and methods. In this introduction, Professor Sinkov explains some of the fundamental techniques at the basis of cryptanalytic endeavor from which much more sophisticated techniques have evolved, especially since the advent of computers. The mathematical topics relevant in these discussions include modular arithmetic, a little number theory, some linear algebra of two dimensions with matrices, some combinatorics, and a little statistics. Also included are programs in BASIC developed by Paul Irwin for use in ... |
Beauty of Fractals: Images of Complex Dynamical Systems»rank: 589896by: Heinz-Otto Peitgen
: :The authors present an unusual attempt to publicize the field of Complex Dynamics, an exciting mathematical discipline of respectable tradition that recently sprang into new life under the impact of modern computer graphics. Where previous generations of scientists had to develop their own inner eye to perceive the abstract aesthetics of their work, the astonding pictures assembled here invite the reader to share in a new mathematical experience, to revel in the charm of fractal frontiers. 184 illustrations in 211 parts, 88 in color. |