Computers & Technology

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A fascinating journey through the history of railways, packed with first-hand accounts of innovation, triumph, and tragedy.

From the earliest steam engine to the high-speed bullet trains of today, A Short History of the Railway reveals the hidden stories of railway history across the world - the inspired engineering; the blood, sweat, and tears that went into the construction of the tracks; the ground-breaking innovations behind the trains that travelled along them; and the triumphs and

An experienced civil engineer presents the physics and fundamentals underlying the many fields of engineering. Far from a dry, nuts-and-bolts exposition, 101 Things I Learned in Engineering School uses real-world examples to show how the engineer's way of thinking can illuminate questions from the simple to the profound- Why shouldn't soldiers march across a bridge? Why do buildings want to float and cars want to fly? What is the difference between thinking systemically and thinking systematical

A broad and fundamental coverage of computational fluid dynamics (CFD), explaining basic numerical methods and offering a rigorous introduction to CFD. This book emphasises the exploration of fluid science through computation and is an ideal text for any course in this area.

"A practical guide to writing and sequencing for the studio orchestra"--Cover.

This bestselling dictionary has been fully revised, making it the most up-to-date and authoritative reference of its kind. Providing comprehensive coverage of computer applications in industry, school, work, education, and the home, it is the ideal reference for students, professionals, and anyone who uses computers.

Building an elegant, functional website requires more than just knowing how to code. In Adaptive Web Design, Second Edition, you'll learn how to use progressive enhancement to build websites that work anywhere, won't break, are accessible by anyone-on any device-and are designed to work well into the future.




This new edition of Adaptive Web Design frames even more of the web design process in the lens of progressive enhancement. You will learn how content strategy, UX, HT

The Most Complete, Easy-to-Follow Guide to Ubuntu Linux

"As an in-depth guide to Ubuntu, this book does an exceptional job of covering everything from using the Unity desktop to exploring key server configurations."

-Elizabeth K. Joseph, Systems Administrator & Ubuntu Community Member



The #1 Ubuntu resource, fully updated for Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr)-the Long Term Support (LTS) release Canonical will support into 2019
Extensive new coverage of

This new dictionary provides a quick and authoritative point of reference for chemical engineering, covering areas such as materials, energy balances, reactions, and separations. It also includes relevant terms from the areas of chemistry, physics, mathematics, and biology.

This new dictionary is the most up-to-date A to Z of construction, surveying, and civil engineering terms and definitions available. Covering all core aspects of construction and related areas, it provides a one-stop reference for construction students and professionals.

This graduate textbook covers topics in the theory of computation not usually covered in a first course. It explains combinatorics on words, regular languages, context-free languages, parsing and recognition, Turing machines, and other language classes, repetitions in words, state complexity, the interchange lemma, 2DPDAs, and more.

This guide will assist a computer user to understand basic terms and parts of a computer. It incorporates pictures and/or diagrams with every description to assist a person to see what the item being described looks like or where it is found in the computer system.