Author : Matthew J. Salganik
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 13,52 MB
Release : 2019-08-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0691196109
This essential guide to doing social research in this fast-evolving digital age explains how the digital revolution is transforming the way social scientists observe behavior, ask questions, run experiments, and engage in mass collaborations.
Author : Andrew Ervin
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 34,49 MB
Release : 2017-05-02
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 0465096581
An acclaimed critic argues that video games are the most vital art form of our time Video games have seemingly taken over our lives. Whereas gamers once constituted a small and largely male subculture, today 67 percent of American households play video games. The average gamer is now thirty-four years old and spends eight hours each week playing -- and there is a 40 percent chance this person is a woman. In Bit by Bit, Andrew Ervin sets out to understand the explosive popularity of video games. He travels to government laboratories, junk shops, and arcades. He interviews scientists and game designers, both old and young. In charting the material and technological history of video games, from the 1950s to the present, he suggests that their appeal starts and ends with the sense of creativity they instill in gamers. As Ervin argues, games are art because they are beautiful, moving, and even political -- and because they turn players into artists themselves.
Author : Tim Hetherington
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,52 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Liberia
ISBN : 9781884167737
Intrepid journalist considers power's corrosion, evades execution, and walks on the wild side of war-torn Africa.
Author : Noel Kalicharan
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 30,55 MB
Release : 2021-07-15
Category : Computers
ISBN : 3030739368
The main goal of this book is to teach fundamental programming principles to beginners using Julia, one of the fastest growing programming languages today. Julia can be classified as a "modern" language, possessing many features not available in more popular languages like C and Java. The book is organized in 10 chapters. Chapter 1 gives an overview of the programming process. It shows how to write a first Julia program and introduces some of the basic building blocks needed to write programs. Chapter 2 is all about numbers—integers, floating-point, operators, expressions—how to work with them and how to print them. Chapter 3 shows how to write programs which can make decisions. It explains how to use if and if...else statements. Chapter 4 explains the notion of ‘looping’, implemented using for and while statements. It also explains how to read data from a file and write results to a file. Chapter 5 formally treats with functions, enabling a (large) program to be broken up into smaller manageable units which work together to solve a given problem. Chapter 6 is devoted to characters and strings. In Julia, we can work with them as seamlessly as we do with numbers. Chapter 7 tackles array processing, which is significantly easier in Julia than other languages. Chapter 8 is about sorting and searching techniques. Sorting puts data in an order that can be searched more quickly/easily, and makes it more palatable for human consumption. Chapter 9 introduces structures, enabling us to group data in a form that can be manipulated more easily as a unit. Chapter 10 deals with two useful data structures—dictionaries and sets. These enable us to solve certain kinds of problems more easily and conveniently than we can without them. This book is intended for anyone who is learning programming for the first time. The presentation is based on the fact that many students (though not all) have difficulties in learning programming. To overcome this, the book uses an approach which provides clear examples, detailed explanations of very basic concepts and numerous interesting problems (not just artificial exercises whose only purpose is to illustrate some language feature).
Author : Deborah Hopkinson
Publisher : G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Page : 39 pages
File Size : 26,39 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 039925241X
When his father leaves to fight in World War I, Mikey joins the Central Park Knitting Bee to help knit clothing for soldiers overseas.
Author : Kristin Chenoweth
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 13,34 MB
Release : 2009-04-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1439100675
"Life's too short. I'm not." You might know her as a Tony Award-winning Broadway star, who originated the role of Galinda the Good Witch in the smash musical Wicked and won a Tony for 1999's You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Or you may recognize her from her starring roles on TV -- The West Wing, Pushing Daisies, Sesame Street...oh, and her Huge Hit Sitcom Kristin on NBC. (Huge hit. L.A. breast-implant huge. Ask either of the people who watched it.) Or maybe you saw her sexy spread in FHM magazine? Or her appearance on Pat Robertson's The 700 Club? Kristin is a wonderful collection of contradictions -- but everyone who's ever met her remembers her as the little girl with the big voice. At four foot eleven, Kristin Chenoweth is an immense talent in a petite but powerful package. In this lively, laugh-out-loud book, Kristin shares her journey from Oklahoma beauty queen to Broadway leading lady, reflecting on how faith and family have kept her grounded in the dysfunctional rodeo of show biz. The daughter of an engineer and a nurse, Kristin was singing in front of thousands at Baptist conventions by age twelve and winning beauty pageants by age twenty-two. (Well, actually she was second runner-up almost every freaking time. But, hey, she's not bitter.) On her way to a career as a professional opera singer, she stopped in New York to visit a friend and went on a whim to an audition. Through a combination of talent, hard work, and (she's quick to add) the grace of God, Kristin took Broadway by storm. But of course, into every storm, the occasional drizzle of disaster must fall. Filled with wit, wisdom, and backstage insight, A Little Bit Wicked is long on love and short on sleep; it's essential reading for Kristin's legions of fans and an uplifting story for anyone seeking motivation to follow his or her dreams -- over the rainbow and beyond.
Author : Lily Cushman
Publisher : Union Square + ORM
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 15,58 MB
Release : 2019-03-05
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1454933747
Unlock the potential of your heart and mind through the power of mantras with this accessible introduction to the practice of chanting. For thousands of years, the sacred sounds of mantras have been used for healing, self-discovery, and enhanced wellbeing. Chanting a mantra can have a profound effect on your state of mind, elevating your consciousness, altering your emotions, and bringing you peace. A Little Bit of Mantras presents an introduction to these sacred, spiritually empowering words, phrases, and sounds. It explores the history of mantras and how they work, and gives you chants that you can use with your yoga, meditation, or other daily practice.
Author : Stan Augarten
Publisher : New York : Ticknor & Fields
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,19 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780899192680
Tells the story of the development of computers, plus the men and women who shaped its history.
Author : Dani Bryant
Publisher : Union Square + ORM
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 32,70 MB
Release : 2019-03-05
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1454933895
Learn to develop your spiritual energy with every swing of a pendulum in accessible introduction to this ancient practice. This easy-to-follow guide will help you get the most out of your pendulum and seek the answers that exist within. Author and green witch Dani Bryant covers everything you need to know about choosing and using a pendulum: how pendulums work, different ways to use them, meditation and divination, connecting with your spirit guides, and even how to make your own pendulum. This volume includes rituals for clearing negativity, balancing chakras, making contact with the spirit world, meditation, generating accurate answers to your questions, and much more. It also includes fifteen circle charts that you can use to ask your pendulum simple questions.
Author : Chicoro
Publisher :
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 40,13 MB
Release : 2011-07-01
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780982068922
Written for the consumer who wants to choose hair care products based on knowledge, this volume explains how to select the best products for his or her individual needs.
