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Our civilization runs on software. Yet the art of creating it continues to be a dark mystery, even to the experts. To find out why it's so hard to bend computers to our will, Scott Rosenberg spent three years following a team of maverick software developers--led by Lotus 1-2-3 creator Mitch Kapor--d... More

Media processing applications, such as three-dimensional graphics, video compression, and image processing, currently demand 10-100 billion operations per second of sustained computation. Fortunately, hundreds of arithmetic units can easily fit on a modestly sized 1cm2 chip in modern VLSI. The chall... More

The book introduces the reader to different separation techniques that can be combined with spectroscopic techniques. It gives essential details of the different interface designs that are necessary for each tandem technique. The text provides practical examples of the use of each technique, describ... More

Whether you are an independent musician or home recording hobbyist, Sound Forge Power! helps you use the popular music editing software to your advantage. This is the first book to deal exclusively with Sound Forge 5.0 and Sound Forge 5.0 XP. Author Scott Garrigus offters a comprehensive resource f... More

All the greats are here: Ty Cobb, Cy Young, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, John McGraw . . . Featuring baseball Hall of Famers who made their mark during the early years of the 20th century, these postcards are a perfect gift for Dad or anyone with a sense of nostalgia for the good ol' days of t... More

East was East and West was West, until the two met and inspired a cultural melange of designs. This collection of quirky Japanese prints captures the excitement and curiosity of the era when Japan was first opening up to the West. These note cards from the Land of the Rising Sun are sure to illumina... More

Luna Park, the Boardwalk, Deno's Wonder Wheel: 16 vintage images capture Coney Island, the iconic New York amusement park, in its heyday. Each of our playful postcards contains a wistful or wacky historical fun fact about the park and its attractions. 32 cards in a Velcro-closure envelope, 16 images... More