Algorithms are the heart and soul of computer science. Their applications range from network routing and computational genomics to public-key cryptography and machine learning. Studying algorithms can make you a better programmer, a clearer thinker, and a master of technical interviews. Algorithms Illuminated is an accessible introduction to the subject for anyone with at least...(展开全部)

Algorithms are the heart and soul of computer science. Their applications range from network routing and computational genomics to public-key cryptography and machine learning. Studying algorithms can make you a better programmer, a clearer thinker, and a master of technical interviews. Algorithms Illuminated is an accessible introduction to the subject for anyone with at least...(展开全部)

Delve inside Windows architecture and internals - guided by a team of internationally renowned internals experts. Fully updated for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, this classic guide delivers key architectural insights on system design, debugging, performance, and support - along with hands-on experiments to experience Windows internal behavior firsthand. See how Windows ...(展开全部)

Delve inside Windows architecture and internals - guided by a team of internationally renowned internals experts. Fully updated for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, this classic guide delivers key architectural insights on system design, debugging, performance, and support - along with hands-on experiments to experience Windows internal behavior firsthand. See how Windows ...(展开全部)

A New York Review Books Original Deception—the lies we tell ourselves and the lies we tell others—is the subject of this, Tove Jansson’s most unnerving and unpredictable novel. Here Jansson takes a darker look at the subjects that animate the best of her work, from her sensitive tale of island life, The Summer Book , to her famous Moomin stories: solitude and community, art a...(展开全部)

托芙·扬松（Tove Jansson，1914—2001） 芬兰著名作家与画家，世界儿童文学大师，出生于赫尔辛基的一个说瑞典语的艺术家家庭，以其杰出的文学与艺术成就在国际上享有盛誉。扬松最广为人知的作品是“姆明”系列故事，以幽默和温情的笔触创造了一个美丽的幻想世界，深受全世界读者的喜爱。此外，她还创作了大量面向成人读者的短篇与长篇小说，通过轻快、明澈的文字传达了关于自由的人生哲学，代表作有《真诚的骗子》《夏日书》《公平竞争》等。扬松一生获奖无数，包括世界儿童文学最高荣誉国际安徒生奖、瑞典学院奖、芬兰国家勋章等。 【译者简介】 王梦达 北京外国语大学欧洲语言文学硕士，曾任上海外国语大学瑞典语讲师，现为自由译者。译有《平安小猪》《长袜子皮皮》《唯余细节》等作品。

Received Second place in the Popular Culture category given by ForeWord Magazine Over time and across cultures, shifting concepts of beauty have given rise to extraordinary fashions that constrict, enhance, minimize, or exaggerate various zones of the human body. This stimulating book displays and discusses an array of such extreme fashion practices, from the bound feet of aris...(展开全部)

Received Second place in the Popular Culture category given by ForeWord Magazine Over time and across cultures, shifting concepts of beauty have given rise to extraordinary fashions that constrict, enhance, minimize, or exaggerate various zones of the human body. This stimulating book displays and discusses an array of such extreme fashion practices, from the bound feet of aris...(展开全部)

For the past forty years shamanism has drawn increasing attention among the general public and academics. There is an enormous literature on shamanism, but no one has tried to understand why and how Western intellectual and popular culture became so fascinated with the topic. Behind fictional and non-fictional works on shamanism, Andrei A. Znamenski uncovers an exciting story t...(展开全部)

Natalie Angier knows all that scientists know - and sometimes more - about the power of symmetry in sexual relations, about the brutal courting habits of dolphins, about the grand deceit of orchids, about the impact of female and male preferences on evolution. She knows how scientists go about their work, and she describes their ways, their visions, and their arguments. Perhaps...(展开全部)