Matthew: 5036 books
America's Haunted Universities: Ghosts that Roam Hallowed Halls
Ghosts that Roam Hallowed Halls
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
America’s Haunted Universities examines some of the most haunted locales in the country—U.S. university campuses. From haunted libraries to doomed dorms, journalist Matthew L. Swayne has scoured universities across the country to bring readers the most comprehensive look available at ghost encounters...
Rum Maniacs
Alcoholic Insanity in the Early American Republic
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2014
Edgar Allan Poe vividly recalls standing in a prison cell, fearing for his life, as he watched men mutilate and dismember the body of his mother. That memory, however graphic and horrifying, was not real. It was a hallucination, one of many suffered by the writer, caused by his addiction to alcohol.
In Rum...
Motors for Makers
A Guide to Steppers, Servos, and Other Electrical Machines
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2015
The First Maker-Friendly Guide to Electric Motors!
Makers can do amazing things with motors. Yes, they’re more complicated than some other circuit elements, but with this book, you can completely master them. Once you do, incredible new projects become possible.
Unlike other books,...
by Matthew Omernick
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2004
The key word here is art: the dynamic 3D art that defines the world of computer games. This book teaches you everything you need to know about the planning, modeling, texturing, lighting, effects creation, and interface design that go into creating today's most advanced and stunning video games. You'll...
Collapse
Numerical Materialism
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2018
An investigation of the nature and philosophical uses of number.
The first volume of Collapse investigates the nature and philosophical uses of number. The volume includes an interview with Alain Badiou on the relation between philosophy, mathematics, and science, an in-depth interview with...
by Matthew David
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Get up to speed with the new HTML5 elements. Matthew David shows how you can take advantage of them and what you need to look out for as you design your new Web sites.
* Use the new Section, Article, Aside, Footer and Header elements
* Apply new element attributes to create new Forms 2.0 solutions
*...
Designing Circuit Boards with EAGLE
Make High-Quality PCBs at Low Cost
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2014
"Matt Scarpino has provided a great tool for the hobbyist starting out in the circuit board design world, demonstrating all the features you’ll need to create your own circuit board projects. However, the experienced engineer will also benefit from the book, as it serves as a complete reference...
Excel 2003 for Starters: The Missing Manual
The Missing Manual
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2005
The dominant spreadsheet program and one of the most widely used software applications in the world, Microsoft Excel is unbelievably powerful--and can be downright intimidating. If you're new to Excel or among the many existing Excel users who are dazed and confused by all that the program can do...
Thoughtful Machine Learning with Python
A Test-Driven Approach
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2017
Gain the confidence you need to apply machine learning in your daily work. With this practical guide, author Matthew Kirk shows you how to integrate and test machine learning algorithms in your code, without the academic subtext.
Featuring graphs and highlighted code examples throughout, the...
The Body Has a Mind of Its Own
How Body Maps in Your Brain Help You Do (Almost) Everything Better
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2008
In this compelling, cutting-edge book, two generations of science writers explore the exciting science of “body maps” in the brain–and how startling new discoveries about the mind-body connection can change and improve our lives. Why do you still feel fat after losing weight? What makes video...
802.11ac: A Survival Guide
Wi-Fi at Gigabit and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2013
The next frontier for wireless LANs is 802.11ac, a standard that increases throughput beyond one gigabit per second. This concise guide provides in-depth information to help you plan for 802.11ac, with technical details on design, network operations, deployment, and monitoring.Author Matthew...
Thoughtful Machine Learning
A Test-Driven Approach
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2014
Learn how to apply test-driven development (TDD) to machine-learning algorithms—and catch mistakes that could sink your analysis. In this practical guide, author Matthew Kirk takes you through the principles of TDD and machine learning, and shows you how to apply TDD to several machine-learning...
by Ashwin Pajankar, Arush Kakkar, Matthew Poole
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2016
Explore the powers of Raspberry Pi and build your very own projects right out of the boxAbout This BookFrom robotics to gaming, this Learning Path will unlock your creativity!Build your own impressive IoT projects to transform your homeFeaturing some of Packt's very best Raspberry Pi content,...
Retro Gaming on the Raspberry Pi
Updated for RetroPie 4.1
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2016
Updated for RetroPie 4.1! Turn your Raspberry Pi into an incredible retro gaming machine running all your favorite games on over 30 historic game consoles. Step by step instructions guide you from start to finish with easy to follow screenshots. Play first (Atari 2600) through fifth (Sony Playstation...