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Players Making Decisions

Author : Zack Hiwiller
Publisher : New Riders
ISBN 13 : 013439464X
Total Pages : 646 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (343 download)

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Download or read book Players Making Decisions written by Zack Hiwiller and published by New Riders. This book was released on 2015-12-09 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Game designers today are expected to have an arsenal of multi-disciplinary skills at their disposal in the fields of art and design, computer programming, psychology, economics, composition, education, mythology—and the list goes on. How do you distill a vast universe down to a few salient points? Players Making Decisions brings together the wide range of topics that are most often taught in modern game design courses and focuses on the core concepts that will be useful for students for years to come. A common theme to many of these concepts is the art and craft of creating games in which players are engaged by making meaningful decisions. It is the decision to move right or left, to pass versus shoot, or to develop one’s own strategy that makes the game enjoyable to the player. As a game designer, you are never entirely certain of who your audience will be, but you can enter their world and offer a state of focus and concentration on a task that is intrinsically rewarding. This detailed and easy-to-follow guide to game design is for both digital and analog game designers alike and some of its features include: A clear introduction to the discipline of game design, how game development teams work, and the game development process Full details on prototyping and playtesting, from paper prototypes to intellectual property protection issues A detailed discussion of cognitive biases and human decision making as it pertains to games Thorough coverage of key game elements, with practical discussions of game mechanics, dynamics, and aesthetics Practical coverage of using simulation tools to decode the magic of game balance A full section on the game design business, and how to create a sustainable lifestyle within it

Pump Characteristics and Applications, Third Edition

Author : Michael Volk
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1466563087
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (665 download)

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Download or read book Pump Characteristics and Applications, Third Edition written by Michael Volk and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2013-10-21 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing a wealth of information on pumps and pump systems, Pump Characteristics and Applications, Third Edition details how pump equipment is selected, sized, operated, maintained, and repaired. The book identifies the key components of pumps and pump accessories, introduces the basics of pump and system hydraulics as well as more advanced hydraulic topics, and details various pump types, as well as special materials on seals, motors, variable frequency drives, and other pump-related subjects. It uses example problems throughout the text, reinforcing the practical application of the formulae and analytical presentations. It also includes new images highlighting the latest generation of pumps and other components, explores troubleshooting options, and incorporates relevant additions into the existing chapters. What’s New in This Edition: Includes more than 150 full-color images which significantly improve the reader’s ability to understand pump drawings and curves Introduces a new chapter on pump case studies in a format that provides case study background, analysis, solutions, and lessons learned Presents important new updates and additions to other chapters Includes a ten-step procedure for determining total pump head Discusses allowable and preferred operating ranges for centrifugal pumps Provides charts covering maximum and normally attainable pump efficiencies, performance corrections for slurry pumps, and mechanical seal flush plans Pump Characteristics and Applications, Third Edition is appropriate for readers with all levels of technical experience, including engineering and pump industry professionals, pump operators and maintenance technicians, upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in mechanical engineering, and students in engineering technology programs.

Predicting New Words

Author : Allan A. Metcalf
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618130085
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Predicting New Words written by Allan A. Metcalf and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2004 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the phenomenon of new word creation, offering criteria for predicting the success of new words and including the American Dialect Society's listing of words of the year from 1991 to 2001.

Explicit Formulas

Author : Jay Jorgenson
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3540490418
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Explicit Formulas written by Jay Jorgenson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-11-14 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The theory of explicit formulas for regularized products and series forms a natural continuation of the analytic theory developed in LNM 1564. These explicit formulas can be used to describe the quantitative behavior of various objects in analytic number theory and spectral theory. The present book deals with other applications arising from Gaussian test functions, leading to theta inversion formulas and corresponding new types of zeta functions which are Gaussian transforms of theta series rather than Mellin transforms, and satisfy additive functional equations. Their wide range of applications includes the spectral theory of a broad class of manifolds and also the theory of zeta functions in number theory and representation theory. Here the hyperbolic 3-manifolds are given as a significant example.

The Copyeditor's Handbook

Author : Amy Einsohn
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520271564
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book The Copyeditor's Handbook written by Amy Einsohn and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2011-08-15 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Copyeditor's Handbook is a lively, practical manual for newcomers to publishing and for experienced editors who want to fine-tune their skills or broaden their understanding of the craft. This book may be used for self-instruction or as a textbook in copyediting classes. The exercises are accompanied by answer keys and detailed line-by-line explanations. The third edition features • Updates reflecting the 16th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style and the most current editions of other major style manuals. • Additional updates to register technology-driven changes in onscreen editing procedures and typecoding. • A revised chapter on resources for editors. • Expanded bibliography and glossary.

Where the Truth Lies

Author : Jan Sapp
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521367516
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (675 download)

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Download or read book Where the Truth Lies written by Jan Sapp and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1990-06-29 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where the Truth Lies is an absorbing account of a case of suspected fraud involving the tragic career of the molecular biologist Franz Moewus that illustrates all that can go wrong in scientific knowledge-making. Jan Sapp follows Moewus' meteoric flight among the greatest scientists of the twentieth century, to his denunciation as the perpetrator of one of the most ambitious cases of fraud in the history of science. The author reopens the case not to vindicate Moewus, but to show the lessons that the controversy reveals to the scientist. Professor Sapp demonstrates how what counts as evidence is negotiated in science, and reveals the difficulties scientists face in objectively testing the validity of their results. The author emphasizes the creative nature of science, the rhetorical nature of scientific reports, and the fictitious elements inherent in the construction and maintenance of scientific knowledge-making and knowledge-breaking claims.

Science, Maths and Technology

Author : John Barnes
Publisher : Nelson Thornes
ISBN 13 : 9780748771219
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (712 download)

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Download or read book Science, Maths and Technology written by John Barnes and published by Nelson Thornes. This book was released on 2003 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by experienced authors, this series of three books provides teachers and students with in-depth material on each of the three domains in the general studies AS Level: the art domain, the social domain and the science domain. The books are packed with charts, diagrams, essays and accounts form current sources to enable students to process as much information as possible. The series provides students with clear explanations to help them understand major changes, historical landmarks and the connections between each of the three areas.

Digital Simulation in Electrochemistry

Author : Dieter Britz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3662025493
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Digital Simulation in Electrochemistry written by Dieter Britz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an extensive revision of the earlier book with the same title, 1981. The reader who has the first edition will recognise chapters 1-3 and parts of Chapt. 4; thereafter, there is little similarity. There are several reasons for this. Firstly, as one internal Danish publication stated, the first edition contained "et hav af smafejl" meaning (with some poetic license), a sea of troubles. I welcomed the opportunity of setting this right. Secondly, a number of readers rightly criticised my glib dismissal of problems connected with homogeneous chemical reactions in the first edition, now dealt with. Thirdly, digital simulation has not stood still since 1980 and this book reflects the newer developments such as orthogonal collocation, algorithms for the implicit boundary value calculations, as well as my own recent findings. Despite all this activity, no text has appeared to displace that of Feldberg (1969) or my first edition of 1981. My aim is to explain the subject clearly and simply. The electrochemist (or student) who occasionally needs to simulate a diffusion problem numerically but does not wish to go in for sophisticated methods, can make do with the first four chapters. Desk time is then traded for computer time. If this becomes excessive and/or the simulator's interest in more efficient techniques is aroused, Chapt. 5 provides an introduction. The easiest of these is the Runge-Kutta integration method, providing a modest but definite gain in efficiency at very small cost in terms of desk time.

Linear Integrated Circuits as Sensor Amplifiers

Author : J.R. Lambert
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0578117517
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (781 download)

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Download or read book Linear Integrated Circuits as Sensor Amplifiers written by J.R. Lambert and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-12-10 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Linear IC's as Sensor Signal Conditioning Amplifiers is an advanced application-based engineering technology textbook introducing operational amplifiers as sensor scaling circuits. The text employs a unique single circuit approach to develop signal conditioning amplifier design from the common single-ended inverting amplifier through multi-stage differential instrumentation-grade amplifiers. Text chapters address linear sensors, measurement systems; op amp circuit design; gain, offset and calibration considerations; and specification interpretation of strain gauges, load cells, accelerometers, thermocouples, pressure and other low-level sensors commonly employed in product testing applications. The text is nine chapters, 535 pages, includes fifteen operational amplifier lab experiments and is suggested for sophomore or junior-year engineering technology students and practitioners of sensor-based data acquisition as commonly applied in experimental testing, research and product development.

Collected Papers V

Author : Serge Lang
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9780387950303
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Collected Papers V written by Serge Lang and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2000-10-23 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Serge Lang (1927-2005) was one of the top mathematicians of our time. He was born in Paris in 1927, and moved with his family to California, where he graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1943. He subsequently graduated from California Institute of Technology in 1946, and received a doctorate from Princeton University in 1951 before holding faculty positions at the University of Chicago and Columbia University (1955-1971). At the time of his death he was professor emeritus of Mathematics at Yale University. An excellent writer, Lang has made innumerable and invaluable contributions in diverse fields of mathematics. He was perhaps best known for his work in number theory and for his mathematics textbooks, including the influential Algebra. He was also a member of the Bourbaki group. He was honored with the Cole Prize by the American Mathematical Society as well as with the Prix Carrière by the French Academy of Sciences. These five volumes collect the majority of his research papers, which range over a variety of topics.

Call of the Cosmic Wild. Relativistic Rockets for the New Millennium.

Author : James Essig
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1514454378
Total Pages : 5054 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (144 download)

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Download or read book Call of the Cosmic Wild. Relativistic Rockets for the New Millennium. written by James Essig and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-04-13 with total page 5054 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book includes numerous calculations for the many specific examples included within. I have included the many calculated examples to provide the reader with immediate justifications for the numerous concepts described. This was not done to belittle or talk down to the reader but rather to give the reader a clear sense of the plausibility for the propulsion methods and performance capabilities thereof. Interstellar travel at the many specific highly relativistic velocities contemplated in this bookand, in some cases, extreme vehicle massesis still a very controversial subject but nonetheless a highly mathematicalized and intelligible subject. My hope and intention is to thus clearly inspire and show the reader the plausibility of the concepts by providing the reader with proper evidence through his or her simple inspection of the formulas and values included in the computations. Some speculative physics is included, which is based on commonly presented theoretical constructs.

Penetration Tester's Open Source Toolkit

Author : Jeremy Faircloth
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1597496286
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (974 download)

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Download or read book Penetration Tester's Open Source Toolkit written by Jeremy Faircloth and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2011-08-25 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Penetration Tester's Open Source Toolkit, Third Edition, discusses the open source tools available to penetration testers, the ways to use them, and the situations in which they apply. Great commercial penetration testing tools can be very expensive and sometimes hard to use or of questionable accuracy. This book helps solve both of these problems. The open source, no-cost penetration testing tools presented do a great job and can be modified by the student for each situation. This edition offers instruction on how and in which situations the penetration tester can best use them. Real-life scenarios support and expand upon explanations throughout. It also presents core technologies for each type of testing and the best tools for the job. The book consists of 10 chapters that covers a wide range of topics such as reconnaissance; scanning and enumeration; client-side attacks and human weaknesses; hacking database services; Web server and Web application testing; enterprise application testing; wireless penetrating testing; and building penetration test labs. The chapters also include case studies where the tools that are discussed are applied. New to this edition: enterprise application testing, client-side attacks and updates on Metasploit and Backtrack. This book is for people who are interested in penetration testing or professionals engaged in penetration testing. Those working in the areas of database, network, system, or application administration, as well as architects, can gain insights into how penetration testers perform testing in their specific areas of expertise and learn what to expect from a penetration test. This book can also serve as a reference for security or audit professionals. - Details current open source penetration testing tools - Presents core technologies for each type of testing and the best tools for the job - New to this edition: Enterprise application testing, client-side attacks and updates on Metasploit and Backtrack

The Most Important Things You'll Need to Know Before You Start Living Life on Your Own

Author : John Gerger
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 9781462082193
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book The Most Important Things You'll Need to Know Before You Start Living Life on Your Own written by John Gerger and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002-12-09 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, written for and to the author's children, contains the information that he wanted to pass on to them before they started living their lives on their own. He realized that there was plenty he failed to teach them while he was away from home on business. This book is his attempt to put the information that he thought they would need into a form that they could read now and reference again later. It contains information about the things that they would face for the first time, such as planning and budgeting, bank accounts and writing checks, building and maintaining a good credit report, apartments and leases, and the responsibilities and costs involved in owning an automobile. It contains information that he hoped would help his children minimize the mistakes that they were sure to make. After he wrote it, he realized that ANYONE who was about to start living life on their own could benefit from this information. This book contains information about the most important things YOU'LL need to know before you start living life on your own.

Penetration Tester's Open Source Toolkit

Author : Chris Hurley
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080556078
Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Penetration Tester's Open Source Toolkit written by Chris Hurley and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2007-11-16 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Penetration testing a network requires a delicate balance of art and science. A penetration tester must be creative enough to think outside of the box to determine the best attack vector into his own network, and also be expert in using the literally hundreds of tools required to execute the plan. This second volume adds over 300 new pentesting applications included with BackTrack 2 to the pen tester's toolkit. It includes the latest information on Snort, Nessus, Wireshark, Metasploit, Kismet and all of the other major Open Source platforms.•Perform Network ReconnaissanceMaster the objectives, methodology, and tools of the least understood aspect of a penetration test.•Demystify Enumeration and ScanningIdentify the purpose and type of the target systems, obtain specific information about the versions of the services that are running on the systems, and list the targets and services.•Hack Database ServicesUnderstand and identify common database service vulnerabilities, discover database services, attack database authentication mechanisms, analyze the contents of the database, and use the database to obtain access to the host operating system.•Test Web Servers and ApplicationsCompromise the Web server due to vulnerabilities on the server daemon itself, its unhardened state, or vulnerabilities within the Web applications.•Test Wireless Networks and DevicesUnderstand WLAN vulnerabilities, attack WLAN encryption, master information gathering tools, and deploy exploitation tools.•Examine Vulnerabilities on Network Routers and SwitchesUse Traceroute, Nmap, ike-scan, Cisco Torch, Finger, Nessus, onesixtyone, Hydra, Ettercap, and more to attack your network devices.•Customize BackTrack 2Torque BackTrack 2 for your specialized needs through module management, unique hard drive installations, and USB installations.•Perform Forensic Discovery and Analysis with BackTrack 2Use BackTrack in the field for forensic analysis, image acquisition, and file carving.•Build Your Own PenTesting LabEverything you need to build your own fully functional attack lab.

The Principia

Author : Isaac Newton
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520935101
Total Pages : 986 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book The Principia written by Isaac Newton and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1999-09-20 with total page 986 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his monumental 1687 work Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, known familiarly as the Principia, Isaac Newton laid out in mathematical terms the principles of time, force, and motion that have guided the development of modern physical science. Even after more than three centuries and the revolutions of Einsteinian relativity and quantum mechanics, Newtonian physics continues to account for many of the phenomena of the observed world, and Newtonian celestial dynamics is used to determine the orbits of our space vehicles. This completely new translation, the first in 270 years, is based on the third (1726) edition, the final revised version approved by Newton; it includes extracts from the earlier editions, corrects errors found in earlier versions, and replaces archaic English with contemporary prose and up-to-date mathematical forms. Newton's principles describe acceleration, deceleration, and inertial movement; fluid dynamics; and the motions of the earth, moon, planets, and comets. A great work in itself, the Principia also revolutionized the methods of scientific investigation. It set forth the fundamental three laws of motion and the law of universal gravity, the physical principles that account for the Copernican system of the world as emended by Kepler, thus effectively ending controversy concerning the Copernican planetary system. The illuminating Guide to the Principia by I. Bernard Cohen, along with his and Anne Whitman's translation, will make this preeminent work truly accessible for today's scientists, scholars, and students.

Neutronic Analysis For Nuclear Reactor Systems

Author : Bahman Zohuri
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319429647
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (194 download)

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Download or read book Neutronic Analysis For Nuclear Reactor Systems written by Bahman Zohuri and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers the entire spectrum of the science and technology of nuclear reactor systems, from underlying physics, to next generation system applications and beyond. Beginning with neutron physics background and modeling of transport and diffusion, this self-contained learning tool progresses step-by-step to discussions of reactor kinetics, dynamics, and stability that will be invaluable to anyone with a college-level mathematics background wishing to develop an understanding of nuclear power. From fuels and reactions to full systems and plants, the author provides a clear picture of how nuclear energy works, how it can be optimized for safety and efficiency, and why it is important to the future.

One Jump Ahead

Author : Jonathan Schaeffer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 147572733X
Total Pages : 511 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (757 download)

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Download or read book One Jump Ahead written by Jonathan Schaeffer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This extraordinary book tells of the creation of the world-class checkers computer program, Chinook. From its beginnings in 1988, Chinook became a worthy opponent to the world champion and by 1992 had defeated all the worlds top human players. In his fascinating account, Jonathan Schaeffer, the originator and leader of the Chinook team, provides an engrossing story of failures and successes. He describes the human story behind Chinook and his own feelings in his continuous effort to improve the programs performance. We follow the development of Chinook from an innocent question asked over lunch, through to the final match against the then world champion, Marion Tinsley. As the story unfolds, readers are introduced to the rules of checkers and the basics of computer game programs, as well as to the key figures in the story. The culmination of this new edition expounds upon checker finally perfected and solved by Chinook ten years after the story was originally told.