Swing developers can take advantage of its rich, flexible features and modular components, building elegant user interfaces with very little code.This second edition of Java Swing thoroughly covers all the features available in Java 2 SDK 1 ...

Thoroughly updated, this fourth edition focuses on modern techniques used to generate synthetic three-dimensional images in a fraction of a second.

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Life on the Screen traces a set of boundary negotiations, telling the story of the changing impact of the computer on our psychological lives and our evolving ideas about minds, bodies, and machines.

According to Bob Young, "This is Eric Raymond's great contribution to the success of the open source revolution, to the adoption of Linux-based operating systems, and to the success of open source users and the companies that supply them.

The goal of this concise book is not just to teach you Java, but to help you think like a computer scientist. You’ll learn how to program—a useful skill by itself—but you’ll also discover how to use programming as a means to an end.

NOTE: The exam this book covered, CISSP: Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC)2, was retired by (ISC)2® in 2018 and is no longer offered.

Introduction to Numerical and Analytical Methods with MATLAB for Engineers and Scientists provides the basic concepts of programming in MATLAB for engineering applications.

Hofstadter has developed a sophisticated vision of the mind in which perception, at an abstract level, is the key.

This collection of short expository, critical and speculative texts offers a field guide to the cultural, political, social and aesthetic impact of software.