Tam: 237 books

Jao is in a quandary. He can't find work, and he doesn't want to work for Kazematsuri anyway. That doesn't stop the crazy man from sending new recruits to test their skills on Jao. There is also something going on with Jao's upper class boyfriend, Masahiro. Is he really so busy with his opium...

Jao is looking forward to a winter spent in Masahiro's comfortable house, warm and well-fed for once. Then he discovers Masahiro has gone to meet Takeshi, the old Kazematsuri, Jao's number one enemy. Takeshi has called in the one favour Masahiro owes him. It's odd though: the favour is that...

Ever since the concepts of Galois groups in algebra and fundamental groups in topology emerged during the nineteenth century, mathematicians have known of the strong analogies between the two concepts. This book presents the connection starting at an elementary level, showing how the judicious use...

This book discusses the theoretical and practical issues of glaciokarsts. After a research history, a general description of glaciokarsts is provided. Thereafter, the glacial erosion on karst, the karstic features of glaciokarsts, the development of these features, the karstic zones of glaciokarsts,...

Chemical processes in many fields of science and technology, including combustion, atmospheric chemistry, environmental modelling, process engineering, and systems biology, can be described by detailed reaction mechanisms consisting of numerous reaction steps. This book describes methods for the...

100 Chemical Myths deals with popular yet largely untrue misconceptions and misunderstandings related to chemistry. It contains lucid and concise explanations cut through fallacies and urban legends that are universally relevant to a global audience. A wide range of chemical myths are explored in...

Field theory, relying on the concept of continuous space and time while confronted with the quantum physical nature of observable quantities, still has some fundamental challenges to face. One such challenge is to understand the emergence of complexity in the behavior of interacting elementary fields,...

Java ME ist zwar weder eine neue noch eine besonders beliebte Technologie. Doch auch wenn es mittlerweile eine Milliarde Smartphone-User gibt, so ist diese Zahl immer noch klein im Vergleich zu den Massen von nur durch Java ME ansprechbaren Dumbphone-Besitzern. Nachdem sich der erste Teil dieses shortcuts...

This book presents the results of empirical research conducted by the authors, who personally surveyed the people they met on each and every street, square and public space in Budapest. It has four extensive chapters that discuss urban change and structure in Budapest and feature many rich color illustrations....

This book provides a comprehensive study in digital image interpolation with theoretical, analytical and Matlab® implementation. It includes all historically and practically important interpolation algorithms, accompanied with Matlab® source code on a website, which will assist readers to learn...

NOMINATED FOR A 2017 SUMMER INDIE BOOK AWARD. Gnarled Bones and Other Stories explores five tales of loss, fear, and guilt where strange and spooky events impact people’s lives in ways that are profound and unchangeable. In “Mother of Mischief”, a newly divorced woman goes back...

Der Traum eines jeden Mobile-Entwicklers: Eine Codebasis für alle Plattformen! Mit PhoneGap und einigen Kenntnissen in JavaScript ist dies möglich! Das Framework ist dabei nicht nur ein Werkzeug zur Verpackung von Web-Apps für die unterschiedlichen Betriebssysteme. Lernen Sie in diesem Buch, für...

Der dritte Teil des Sprachenkompendiums liefert Einblicke in die Sprachen Vala, Go und Rust. Ob objektorientiertes Programmieren mit C, eine Ausrichtung auf skalierbare Netzwerkdienste und Cloud Computing oder die Eliminierung von Sicherheitslücken - jede der drei Sprachen wurde zu einem speziellen Zweck geschaffen. Dieser shortcut stellt die Besonderheiten der einzelnen Sprachen vor.

Sind die eigenen geschäftlichen Daten auf Notebook und Co. verschlüsselt, so startet man sicher ruhiger in den Tag. Beherrscht man die Grundlagen der Kryptografie, ist es gar nicht mal allzu schwer, ein sicheres System zu erstellen und Schnüfflern die Stirn zu bieten. In diesem shortcut werden zuerst...