With thoughtful and engaging prose, noted scholar Peter van Inwagen provides a comprehensive introduction to metaphysics in this essential text. Metaphysics covers the gamut of historical and contemporary arguments of metaphysics, engaging readers through three profound questions: What are the most general features of the world? Why is there a world? And, what is the place of h...(展开全部)

Starting Electronics is unrivalled as a highly practical introduction for technicians, non-electronic engineers, software engineers, students, and hobbyists. Keith Brindley introduces readers to the functions of the main component types, their uses, and the basic principles of building and designing electronic circuits. Breadboard layouts make this very much a ready-to-run book...(展开全部)

You're about to begin your first Linux installation. Or, you may have been using Linux for years and need to know more about adding a network printer or configuring for ADSL. Running Linux, now in its fourth edition, is the book you'll want to reach for. Widely recognized in the Linux community as the getting-started book that people need, it answers the questions and tackles ...(展开全部)

马克·史库森博士是一位经济学家、金融顾问和大学教授。2004年，他开始任教于哥伦比亚大学商学研究生院，同时在哥伦比亚大学伯南德学院讲授经济学课程。2001-2002年，他曾任经济学教育基金会主席。1986-2003年，他任教于佛罗里达的罗林斯学院，讲授经济学、金融学和历史学。1972-1975年，他曾任中央情报局的经济分析师。此后，他成为IBM、哈奇逊技术公司和《财富》排行榜中另外几家公司的顾问。他还是《福布斯》杂志的专栏作家，他同时为《华尔街日报》、《彼岸》、《情由》和《经济展望期刊》写文章。他还经常在ABC、CNBC、CNN和C-SPAN闭路电视等媒体上露面，接受他们的采访。 在过去的26年里，史库森博士还担任《预测与策略》杂志的主编，这本杂志是由华盛顿特区菲利浦出版公司出版的享有盛誉的投资指南。他还是他自己所办网站www.mskousen.co...(展开全部)

An accessible, hands-on introduction to historical linguistics The fourth edition features: A larger page format and refreshed layout for a more user-friendly experience 16 restructured and revised chapters, including new examples and exercises and new coverage on areas such as lexical and semantic change, historical corpus linguistics, historical sociolinguistics, and endanger...(展开全部)

Recognized as the definitive reference, this handbook brings together leading experts from multiple psychological subdisciplines to examine one of today's most dynamic areas of research. Coverage encompasses the biological and neuroscientific underpinnings of emotions, as well as developmental, social and personality, cognitive, and clinical perspectives. The volume probes how ...(展开全部)

Programming Language Pragmatics, Fourth Edition is the most comprehensive programming language textbook available today. It is distinguished and acclaimed for its integrated treatment of language design and implementation, with an emphasis on integration that is supported by a central focus on programming language design. The book provides readers with a solid foundation for un...(展开全部)

Essential Cell Biology provides a readily accessible introduction to the central concepts of cell biology, and its lively, clear writing and exceptional illustrations make it the ideal textbook for a first course in both cell and molecular biology. The text and figures are easy-to-follow, accurate, clear, and engaging for the introductory student. Molecular detail has been kept...(展开全部)

Jonathan S.Harbour，编写过许多编程方面的书籍，并且教授这方面的课程，包括DirectX、Allegro、Python、LUA、DarkBASIC、多游戏者网络、XNAGameStudio以及Java。

With over a million users around the world, the Mathematica software system created by Stephen Wolfram has defined the direction of technical computing for the past decade. The enhanced text and hypertext processing and state-of-the-art numerical computation features will ensure that Mathematica 4, takes scientific computing into the next century.The Mathematica Book continues...(展开全部)