Albert Watson (b. 1922) is one of today's most successful and sought-after fashion and commercial photographers. His instantly recognizable portraits feature many iconic figures of fashion and popular culture, including Kate Moss, Jack Nicholson, Mike Tyson, and Alfred Hitchcock. His photographs have been featured on over 250 covers of VOGUE and in publications such as ROLLIN...(展开全部)

A thrilling way to learn about probability, statistics, and math-by watching Sherlock Holmes help victims exploited by evil con men. In Conned Again, Watson! , Colin Bruce re-creates the atmosphere of the original Sherlock Holmes stories to shed light on an enduring truth: Our reliance on common sense-and ignorance of mathematics-often gets us into trouble. In these cautionar...(展开全部)

Cognitive computing is rapidly infusing every aspect of our lives riding on three important fields: data science, machine learning (ML), and artificial intelligence (AI). It allows computing systems to learn and keep on improving as the amount of data in the system grows.This book introduces readers to a whole new paradigm of computing – a paradigm that is totally different from the conventional computing of the Information Age. You will learn the concepts of ML, deep learning (DL), neural networks, and AI through the set of APIs provided by IBM Watson. This book will help you build your own applications to understand, plan, and solve problems, and analyze them as per your needs. You will learn about various domains of cognitive computing, such as NLP, voice processing, computer vision, emotion analytics, and conversational systems, using different IBM Watson APIs.From this, the reader will learn what ML is, and what goes on in the background to make computers "do their magic," as well as where these concepts have been applied. Having achieved this, the readers will then be able to embark on their journey of learning, researching, and applying the concept in their respective fields.

The first full life--private, public, legal, philosophical--of the 107th Supreme Court Justice, one of the most profound and profoundly transformative legal minds of our time; a book fifteen years in work, written with the cooperation of Ruth Bader Ginsburg herself and based on many interviews with the justice, her husband, her children, her friends, and her associates. In this...(展开全部)

Semiotics is the theory of signs, and reading signs is a part of everyday life: from road signs that point to a destination, to smoke that warns of fire, to the symbols buried within art and literature. Semiotic theory can, however, appear mysterious and impenetrable. This introductory book decodes that mystery using visual examples instead of abstract theory. This new edition ...(展开全部)

符号学是关于标识、符号的理论。符号之间，存在着不可思议的差异性：从指明目的地的简单路标符号，到警示人们预防火灾的烟雾符号，再到暗含在艺术与文学中、有文学背景和象征意义的符号。阅读符号是我们日常生活非常重要的组成部分，然而符号学却常常被看作是一门神秘的科学。这本导论性质的书籍，采用了具体可见的实例而不是抽象的理论，为我们揭开符号学的神秘面纱。 本书一共罗列了75项符号学中关键性的概念，书中的每一部分都以一幅图像或符号开始，并配以一个问题，来带动我们表达出我们所看见的东西。翻过书页，我们便可以将自己的诠释与该符号背后所蕴含的理论进行比对。通过这样的方式，我们能够积极地调动自己创造性的思维。 不论是一口气将整本书读完，还是平时信手翻阅，你都可以从这本书中读到很多实用的例子，它们解释了在当下的文化中，意义是如何被制造呈现的。

From Wall Street to Main Street, John Brooks, longtime contributor to the New Yorker, brings to life in vivid fashion twelve classic and timeless tales of corporate and financial life in America What do the $350 million Ford Motor Company disaster known as the Edsel, the fast and incredible rise of Xerox, and the unbelievable scandals at GE and Texas Gulf Sulphur have in common...(展开全部)

A managerial approach to understanding business intelligence systems. To help future managers use and understand analytics, Business Intelligence provides a solid foundation of BI that is reinforced with hands-on practice. The second edition features updated information on data mining, text and web mining, and implementation and emerging technologies.

Many UX designers are surprised to learn that much of the job isn't about drawing things. It's about knowing what to draw and how to convince people to build it. Whether you're a one-person design team making products from scratch or a C-level product leader managing many products and strategies, UX for Business is your missing guide to real-world business design. You'll not on...(展开全部)

Through this book you will master business analysis competencies, learn how to react effectively, anticipate changes in the marketplace, and flow value through the enterprise to the customer, thus achieving competitive advantage.