Departmental Acquisitions: 0-1 http://www.yoursite.com/http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498894Description: An examination of intersection theory that includes ninety-nine examples, pictures, and proofs which help explain the branch of algebraic geometry.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498894http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498914Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498914http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489930Description: Looks at the social implications of having all of one's technology in a single device and the notion of being plugged into information and socially available all the time.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489930http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490382Description: A former top-level national Security Agency insider evaluates pressing threats in digital security, revealing how operatives from hostile nations have infiltrated power, banking, and military systems to steal information and sabotage defense mechanisms.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490382http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498899Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498899http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498931Description: The text introduces key game production concepts and teaches the basic scripting skills to be used with Unity. It also shows how to create casual interactive adventure games in the style of Telltale Games' Tales of Monkey Island, thus giving the reader a foundation in game logic and design.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498931http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489929Description: "Nearly 4,000 terms are defined, covering medical, survey, theoretical and applied statistics, including computational and graphical aspects. Entries are provided for standard and specialized statistical software. In addition, short biographies of over 100 important statisticians are given. Definitions provide enough mathematical detail to clarify concepts and give standard formula when these are helpful. The majority of definitions then give a reference to a book or article where the user can seek further or more specialized information, and many are accompanied by graphical material to aid understanding."From cover, p. [4].http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489929http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498895Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498895http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498921Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498921http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491107Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491107http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490935Description: Product Description: Balancing technicality and legal analysis, Computer Forensics: Cybercriminals, Laws, and Evidence enters into the world of cybercrime by exploring what it is, how it is investigated, and the regulatory laws around the collection and use of electronic evidence. Students are introduced to the technology involved in computer forensic investigations and the technical and legal difficulties involved in searching, extracting, maintaining and storing electronic evidence, while simultaneously looking at the legal implications of such investigations and the rules of legal procedure relevant to electronic evidence. Significant and current computer forensic developments are examined, as well as the implications for a variety of fields including computer science, security, criminology, law, public policy and administration.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490935http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491152Description: "Focuses on security issues, increasing awareness of the magnitude of cyber vandalism, and the ways to protect ourselves and our society, how cyber attacks are committed, and what efforts are being undertaken to prevent further acts from occurring. This updated edition explores security issues in social networks and the changing business information security landscape in detail"--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491152http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503275Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503275http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489928Description: A colorful and varied collection of fiber art project instructions and mathematical explorations.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489928http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491151Description: Drawing on ecology and biology, math and physics, the author offers four fundamental tools that scientists and engineers use to forecast the likelihood of sudden change: stability, catastrophe, complexity, and game theories.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491151http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489927Description: Overview: Cyber Warfare explores the battlefields, participants and the tools and techniques used during today's digital conflicts. The concepts discussed in this book will give those involved in information security at all levels a better idea of how cyber conflicts are carried out now, how they will change in the future and how to detect and defend against espionage, hacktivism, insider threats and non-state actors like organized criminals and terrorists. Every one of our systems is under attack from multiple vectors-our defenses must be ready all the time and our alert systems must detect the threats every time. Provides concrete examples and real-world guidance on how to identify and defend your network against malicious attacks; Dives deeply into relevant technical and factual information from an insider's point of view; Details the ethics, laws and consequences of cyber war and how computer criminal law may change as a result.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489927http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498929Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498929http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498926Description: Discrete geometry is a relatively new development in pure mathematics, while computational geometry is an emerging area in applications-driven computer science. Discrete and Computational Geometry offers an introduction to this cutting-edge frontier of mathematics and computer science.--[book cover]http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498926http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498909Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498909http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489926Description: Examines the physical security of computer hardware, networks, and digital data. Introduces the different forms of rogue software, discusses methods for preventing and defending against them, and describes a selection of viruses, worms, and Trojans in detail. Investigates threats to network security and explores the subjects of authentication, spyware, and identity theft. Discusses key issues about privacy and trust in the online world.--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489926http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498896Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498896http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491150Description: Researchers at IBM launched a billion-dollar project to develop a machine that could compete in the quiz show Jeopardy--and win. The machine faced off in a high-ratings match against two former champions, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. Journalist Stephen Baker carries readers on a captivating journey from the IBM labs to the showdown in Hollywood. The story features brilliant Ph.D.s, Hollywood moguls, knowledge-obsessed Jeopardy masters--and a very special collection of silicon and circuitry named Watson. It was a classic match of Man vs. Machine, not seen since the chess-playing computer Deep Blue bested the world's reigning grandmaster, Garry Kasparov. And Watson needed to do more than churn through chess moves or find a relevant Web page--it had to understand language, including puns and irony, and master everything from history and literature to science, arts, and entertainment.--Adapted from publisher description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491150http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498923Description: "Shimon Even's Graph Algorithms, published in 1979, was a seminal introductory book on algorithms read by everyone engaged in the field. This thoroughly revised second edition, with a foreword by Richard M. Karp and notes by Andrew V. Goldberg, continues the exceptional presentation from the first edition and explains algorithms in a formal but simple language with a direct and intuitive presentation. The book begins by covering basic material, including graphs and shortest paths, trees, depth-first-search, and breadth-first search. The main part of the book is devoted to network flows and applications of network flows, and it ends with chapters on planar graphs and testing graph planarity"--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498923http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489925Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489925http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498925Description: "A Guide to Elementary Number Theory is a 140-page exposition of the topics considered in a first course in number theory. It is intended for those who may have seen the material before but have half-forgotten it, and also for those who may have misspent their youth by not having a course in number theory and who want to see what it is about without having to wade through traditional texts, some of which approach 500 pages in length. It will be especially useful to graduate students preparing for qualifying exams. Though Plato did not quite say, "He is unworthy of the name of man who does not know which integers are the sums of two squares," he came close. This guide can make everyone more worthy."--P. [4] of cover.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498925http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498897Description: "Computational experiments on algorithms can supplement theoretical analysis by showing what algorithms, implementations, and speed-up methods work best for specific machines or problems. This book guides the reader through the nuts and bolts of the major experimental questions: What should I measure? What inputs should I test? How do I analyze the data? Answering these questions needs ideas from algorithm design and analysis, operating systems and memory hierarchies, and statistics and data analysis. The wide-ranging discussion includes a tutorial on system clocks and CPU timers, a survey of strategies for tuning algorithms and data structures, a cookbook of methods for generating random combinatorial inputs, and a demonstration of variance reduction techniques. Numerous case studies and examples show how to apply these concepts. All the necessary concepts in computer architecture and data analysis are covered so that the book can be used by anyone who has taken a course or two in data structures and algorithms. A companion website, AlgLab (www.cs.amherst. edu/ccm/alglab) contains downloadable files, programs, and tools for use in projects"--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498897http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498920Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498920http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489924Description: Thirteen of Mahoney's essays and papers covering historiography, software engineering, and theoretical computer science.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489924http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498927Description: A translation of the original 1986 French edition by Amy Dahan-Dalmedico and Jeanne Peiffer (both from Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris), this eminently readable book places the birth and development of mathematical activity in historical, cultural, and economic context. The book offers an outstanding account, for instance, of how Arabs preserved Greek mathematics and extended it over an 800-year period, from 400-1200. The large number of illustrations supports the text and contributes to a fine read. - Publisher.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498927http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498898Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498898http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498913Description: "What do proteins and pop-up cards have in common? How is opening a grocery bag different from opening a gift box? How can you cut out the letters for a whole word all at once with one straight scissors cut? How many ways are there to flatten a cube? With the help of 200 colour figures, author Joseph O'Rourke explains these fascinating folding problems starting from high school algebra and geometry and introducing more advanced concepts in tangible contexts as they arise. He shows how variations on these basic problems lead directly to the frontiers of current mathematical research and offers ten accessible unsolved problems for the enterprising reader. Before tackling these, you can test your skills on fifty exercises with complete solutions. The book's website, http://www.howtofoldit.org, has dynamic animations of many of the foldings and downloadable templates for readers to fold or cut out"--Provided by publisher.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498913http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489923Description: In this long-awaited memoir, Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, explains how he has solved problems, what he's learned from his many endeavors--both the triumphs and the failures--and his compelling vision for the future.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489923http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503282Description: "What is the shortest possible route for a traveling salesman seeking to visit each city on a list exactly once and return to his city of origin? It sounds simple enough, yet the traveling salesman problem is one of the most intensely studied puzzles in applied mathematics--and it has defied solution to this day. In this book, William Cook takes readers on a mathematical excursion, picking up the salesman's trail in the 1800s when Irish mathematician W. R. Hamilton first defined the problem, and venturing to the furthest limits of today's state-of-the-art attempts to solve it. Cook examines the origins and history of the salesman problem and explores its many important applications, from genome sequencing and designing computer processors to arranging music and hunting for planets. He looks at how computers stack up against the traveling salesman problem on a grand scale, and discusses how humans, unaided by computers, go about trying to solve the puzzle. Cook traces the salesman problem to the realms of neuroscience, psychology, and art, and he also challenges readers to tackle the problem themselves. The traveling salesman problem is--literally--a $1 million question. That's the prize the Clay Mathematics Institute is offering to anyone who can solve the problem or prove that it can't be done. In Pursuit of the Traveling Salesman travels to the very threshold of our understanding about the nature of complexity, and challenges you yourself to discover the solution to this captivating mathematical problem"--Provided by publisher.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503282http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498904Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498904http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498905Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498905http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498908Description: "This Invitation to mathematics consists of 14 contributions, many by the world's leading mathematicians, which introduce the readers to exciting aspects of current mathematical research. They are written for interested students who know high school mathematics and perhaps competition mathematics and who want to find out what research mathematics is about -- as well as for teachers, advanced students and professional mathematicians who would like to learn about exciting aspects of mathematics outside of their own work or specialization."--Back cover.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498908http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=508345Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=508345http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498932Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498932http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=508346Description: "In 2010, award-winning professor Steven Strogatz wrote a series for the New York Times online called "The Elements of Math." It was hugely popular: Each piece climbed the most emailed list and elicited hundreds of comments. Readers begged for more, and Strogatz has now delivered. In this fun, fast-paced book, he offers us all a second chance at math. Each short chapter of The Joy of X provides an "Aha!" moment, starting with why numbers are helpful, and moving on to such topics as shapes, calculus, fat tails, and infinity. Strogatz explains the ideas of math gently and clearly, with wit, insight, and brilliant illustrations. Assuming no knowledge, only curiosity, he shows how math connects to literature, philosophy, law, medicine, art, business, even pop culture and current events. For example, did O.J. do it? How should you flip your mattress to get the maximum wear out of it? How does Google search the Internet? How many people should you date before settling down? Strogatz is the math teacher you wish you'd had, and The Joy of X is the book you'll want to give to all your smart and curious friends."--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=508346http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498928Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498928http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491149Description: "Mathematics is often thought of as the coldest expression of pure reason. But few subjects provoke hotter emotions--and inspire more love and hatred--than mathematics. And although math is frequently idealized as floating above the messiness of human life, its story is nothing if not human; often, it is all too human. Loving and Hating Mathematics is about the hidden human, emotional, and social forces that shape mathematics and affect the experiences of students and mathematicians. Written in a lively, accessible style, and filled with gripping stories and anecdotes, Loving and Hating Mathematics brings home the intense pleasures and pains of mathematical life. These stories challenge many myths, including the notions that mathematics is a solitary pursuit and a "young man's game," the belief that mathematicians are emotionally different from other people, and even the idea that to be a great mathematician it helps to be a little bit crazy. Reuben Hersh and Vera John-Steiner tell stories of lives in math from their very beginnings through old age, including accounts of teaching and mentoring, friendships and rivalries, love affairs and marriages, and the experiences of women and minorities in a field that has traditionally been unfriendly to both. Included here are also stories of people for whom mathematics has been an immense solace during times of crisis, war, and even imprisonment--as well as of those rare individuals driven to insanity and even murder by an obsession with math."--Overview.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491149http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498918Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498918http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507167Description: "Magical Mathematics reveals the secrets of amazing, fun-to-perform card tricks--and the profound mathematical ideas behind them--that will astound even the most accomplished magician. Persi Diaconis and Ron Graham provide easy, step-by-step instructions for each trick, explaining how to set up the effect and offering tips on what to say and do while performing it. Each card trick introduces a new mathematical idea, and varying the tricks in turn takes readers to the very threshold of today's mathematical knowledge. For example, the Gilbreath principle--a fantastic effect where the cards remain in control despite being shuffled--is found to share an intimate connection with the Mandelbrot set. Other card tricks link to the mathematical secrets of combinatorics, graph theory, number theory, topology, the Riemann hypothesis, and even Fermat's last theorem. Diaconis and Graham are mathematicians as well as skilled performers with decades of professional experience between them. In this book they share a wealth of conjuring lore, including some closely guarded secrets of legendary magicians. Magical Mathematics covers the mathematics of juggling and shows how the I Ching connects to the history of probability and magic tricks both old and new. It tells the stories--and reveals the best tricks--of the eccentric and brilliant inventors of mathematical magic. Magical Mathematics exposes old gambling secrets through the mathematics of shuffling cards, explains the classic street-gambling scam of three-card monte, traces the history of mathematical magic back to the thirteenth century and the oldest mathematical trick--and much more"--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507167http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491148Description: "The untold story of Leonardo of Pisa, the medieval mathematician who introduced Arabic numbers to the West and helped launch the modern era."--P. [2] of dust jacket.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491148http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=508351Description: "Reiji wants two things in life: a black belt in karate and Misa, the girl of his dreams. Luckily, Misa's big brother is the captain of the university karate club and is ready to strike a deal: Reiji can join the club if he tutors Misa in linear algebra.Follow along in The Manga Guide to Linear Algebra as Reiji takes Misa from the absolute basics of this tricky subject through mind-bending operations like performing linear transformations, calculating determinants, and finding eigenvectors and eigenvalues. With memorable examples like miniature golf games and karate tournaments, Reiji transforms abstract concepts into something concrete, understandable, and even fun.As you follow Misa through her linear algebra crash course, you'll learn about: Basic vector and matrix operations such as addition, subtraction, and multiplication Linear dependence, independence, and bases Using Gaussian elimination to calculate inverse matrices Subspaces, dimension, and linear span Practical applications of linear algebra in fields like computer graphics, cryptography, and engineering But Misa's brother may get more than he bargained for as sparks start to fly between student and tutor. Will Reiji end up with the girl--or just a pummeling from her oversized brother? Real math, real romance, and real action come together like never before in The Manga Guide to Linear Algebra"--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=508351http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491147Description: "This book introduces the vast wealth of mathematical concepts and methods on which the Internet depends. It illustrates mathematical and algorithmic methods with examples from various fields to show the universality of the concepts presented. The authors provide complete discussions of sequences, exponential growth, algorithms and complexity, randomness, graphs and networks, search engines, parallel and distributed computation, and cryptography. They also address cutting-edge topics, such as game theory, and include a short encyclopedic dictionary of terms related to the Internet"--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491147http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498911Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498911http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498900Description: "This easy-to-read book demonstrates how a simple geometric idea reveals fascinating connections and results in number theory, the mathematics of polyhedra, combinatorial geometry, and group theory. Using a systematic paper-folding procedure it is possible to construct a regular polygon with any number of sides. This remarkable algorithm has led to interesting proofs of certain results in number theory, has been used to answer combinatorial questions involving partitions of space, and has enabled the authors to obtain the formula for the volume of a regular tetrahedron in around three steps, using nothing more complicated than basic arithmetic and the most elementary plane geometry. All of these ideas, and more, reveal the beauty of mathematics and the interconnectedness of its various branches. Detailed instructions, including clear illustrations, enable the reader to gain hands-on experience constructing these models and to discover for themselves the patterns and relationships they unearth"--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498900http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498930Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498930http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503297Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503297http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498912Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498912http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498924Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498924http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498919Description: "Neuromorphic and brain-based robotics have enormous potential for furthering our understanding of the brain. By embodying models of the brain on robotic platforms, researchers can investigate the roots of biological intelligence and work towards the development of truly intelligent machines. This book provides a broad introduction to this groundbreaking area for researchers from a wide range of fields, from engineering to neuroscience. Case studies explore how robots are being used in current research, including a whisker system that allows a robot to sense its environment and neurally inspired navigation systems that show impressive mapping results. Looking to the future, several chapters consider the development of cognitive, or even conscious robots that display the adaptability and intelligence of biological organisms. Finally, the ethical implications of intelligent robots are explored, from morality and Asimov's three laws to the question of whether robots have rights"--Provided by publisher.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498919http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503299Description: Every day, we use our computers to perform remarkable feats. A simple web search picks out a handful of relevant needles from the world's biggest haystack: the billions of pages on the World Wide Web. Uploading a photo to Facebook transmits millions of pieces of information over numerous error-prone network links, yet somehow a perfect copy of the photo arrives intact. Without even knowing it, we use public-key cryptography to transmit secret information like credit card numbers; and we use digital signatures to verify the identity of the websites we visit. How do our computers perform these tasks with such ease? This is the first book to answer that question in language anyone can understand, revealing the extraordinary ideas that power our PCs, laptops, and smartphones. Using vivid examples, John MacCormick explains the fundamental "tricks" behind nine types of computer algorithms, including artificial intelligence (where we learn about the "nearest neighbor trick" and "twenty questions trick"), Google's famous PageRank algorithm (which uses the "random surfer trick"), data compression, error correction, and much more. These revolutionary algorithms have changed our world: this book unlocks their secrets, and lays bare the incredible ideas that our computers use every day.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=503299http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489641Description: "While many individuals have discovered discrete connections among origami, mathematics, science, technology, and education during the twentieth century, the field really took off when previously isolated individuals began to make stronger connections with each other, exploring the links between origami and "the outside world." This volume brings together an unprecedented number of researchers who discuss topics ranging from mathematics to technology to educational uses of origami to fine art to computer programs for the design of origami"--Provided by publisher.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=489641http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498901Description: In this second volume in the series, Martin Gardner introduces readers to the generalized ham sandwich theorem, origami, digital roots, magic squares, the mathematics of cooling coffee, the induction game of eleusis, Dudeney puzzles, the maze at Hampton Court Palace, and many more mathematical puzzles and principles.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498901http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=508348Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=508348http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498903Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498903http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498907Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498907http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498915Description: Proofs without words are generally pictures or diagrams that help the reader see why a particular mathematical statement may be true, and how one could begin to go about proving it. While in some proofs without words an equation or two may appear to help guide that process, the emphasis is clearly on providing visual clues to stimulate mathematical thought. The proofs in this collection are arranged by topic into five chapters: Geometry and algebra; Trigonometry, calculus and analytic geometry; Inequalities; Integer sums; and Sequences and series. Teachers will find that many of the proofs in this collection are well suited for classroom discussion and for helping students to think visually in mathematics.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498915http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498916Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498916http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507169Description: "Protecting Your Internet Identity: Are you Naked Online? helps readers, young and old alike, understand the implications of their online personas and reputations. The authors offer a guide to the many pitfalls and risks of certain online activities and provide a roadmap to taking charge of your own online reputation for personal and professional success"--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=507169http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=508354Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=508354http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498906Description: "Global threats of terrorism, drug-smuggling and other crimes have led to a significant increase in research on game theory for security. Game theory provides a sound mathematical approach to deploy limited security resources to maximize their effectiveness. A typical approach is to randomize security schedules to avoid predictability, with the randomization using artificial intelligence techniques to take into account the importance of different targets and potential adversary reactions. This book distills the forefront of this research to provide the first and only study of long-term deployed applications of game theory for security for key organizations such as the Los Angeles International Airport police and the US Federal Air Marshals Service. The author and his research group draw from their extensive experience working with security officials to intelligently allocate limited security resources to protect targets, outlining the applications of these algorithms in research and the real world"--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498906http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498910Description: "The discovery of infinite products by Wallis and infinite series by Newton marked the beginning of the modern mathematical era. It allowed Newton to solve the problem of finding areas under curves defined by algebraic equations, an achievement beyond the scope of the earlier methods of Torricelli, Fermat and Pascal. While Newton and his contemporaries, including Leibniz and the Bernoullis, concentrated on mathematical analysis and physics, Euler's prodigious accomplishments demonstrated that series and products could also address problems in algebra, combinatorics and number theory. In this book, Ranjan Roy describes many facets of the discovery and use of infinite series and products as worked out by their originators, including mathematicians from Asia, Europe and America. The text provides context and motivation for these discoveries, with many detailed proofs, offering a valuable perspective on modern mathematics. Mathematicians, mathematics students, physicists and engineers will all read this book with benefit and enjoyment"--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498910http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498902Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498902http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490934Description: "FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING BIOGRAPHIES OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND ALBERT EINSTEIN, THIS IS THE EXCLUSIVE BIOGRAPHY OF STEVE JOBS. Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years--as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues--Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge, and when societies around the world are trying to build digital-age economies, Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination. He knew that the best way to create value in the twenty-first century was to connect creativity with technology. He built a company where leaps of the imagination were combined with remarkable feats of engineering. Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written nor even the right to read it before it was published. He put nothing off-limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. And Jobs speaks candidly, sometimes brutally so, about the people he worked with and competed against. His friends, foes, and colleagues provide an unvarnished view of the passions, perfectionism, obsessions, artistry, devilry, and compulsion for control that shaped his approach to business and the innovative products that resulted. Driven by demons, Jobs could drive those around him to fury and despair. But his personality and products were interrelated, just as Apple's hardware and software tended to be, as if part of an integrated system. His tale is instructive and cautionary, filled with lessons about innovation, character, leadership, and values"--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490934http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491146Description: "Bestselling popular science author Amir Aczel selects the most fascinating individuals and stories in the history of mathematics, presenting a colorful narrative that explores the quirky personalities behind some of the most profound, enduring theorems. Through such mathematical geniuses as Archimedes, Leonardo of Pisa (a.k.a. Fibonacci), Tartaglia ("the stutterer"), Descartes, Gottfried Liebniz, Carl Gauss, Joseph Fourier (Napoleon's mathematician), Evariste Galois, Georg Cantor, Ramanujan, and "Nicholas Bourbaki," we gather little known details about the alliances and rivalries that profoundly impacted the development of what the scheming doctor-turned-mathematician Geronimo Cardano called "The Great Art." This story of mathematics is not your dry "college textbook" account; tales of duels, battlefield heroism, flamboyant arrogance, pranks, secret societies, imprisonment, feuds, theft, and even some fatal errors of judgment fill these pages (clearly, genius doesn't guarantee street smarts). Ultimately, readers will come away from this book entertained, with a newfound appreciation of the tenacity, complexity, eccentricity, and brilliance of the mathematical genius"--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491146http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498917Description: Contains a collection of clever mathematical applications of linear algebra, mainly in combinatorics, geometry, and algorithms. Each chapter covers a single main result with motivation and full proof in at most ten pages and can be read independently of all other chapters (with minor exceptions), assuming only a modest background in linear algebra. --from publisher descriptionhttp://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498917http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498922Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498922http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498933Description: "The Internet and World Wide Web have revolutionized access to information. Users now store information across multiple platforms from personal computers, to smartphones, to Web sites such as YouTube and Picasa. As a consequence, data management concepts, methods, and techniques are increasingly focused on distribution concerns. That information largely resides in the network, as do the tools that process this information. This book explains the foundations of XML, the Web standard for data management, with a focus on data distribution. It covers the many facets of distributed data management on the Web, such as description logics, that are already emerging in today's data integration applications and herald tomorrow's semantic Web. It also introduces the machinery used to manipulate the unprecedented amount of data collected on the Web. Several "Putting into Practice" chapters describe detailed practical applications of the technologies and techniques. Striking a balance between the conceptual and the practical, the book will serve as an introduction to the new, global, information systems for Web professionals as well as for master's level courses"--Provided by publisher.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=498933http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=508358Description: "Who's #1? offers an engaging and accessible account of how scientific rating and ranking methods are created and applied to a variety of uses. Amy Langville and Carl Meyer provide the first comprehensive overview of the mathematical algorithms and methods used to rate and rank sports teams, political candidates, products, Web pages, and more. In a series of interesting asides, Langville and Meyer provide fascinating insights into the ingenious contributions of many of the field's pioneers. They survey and compare the different methods employed today, showing why their strengths and weaknesses depend on the underlying goal, and explaining why and when a given method should be considered. Also describe what can and can't be expected from the most widely used systems"--http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=508358http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491145Description: An author who uses bionic implants to help him hear explains exactly how the brain reacts to common communication tools and discusses the risks, implications, and amazing possibilities that the future holds.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=491145http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490728Description: Journalist Mark Bowden delivers a look at the ongoing and largely unreported war taking place literally beneath our fingertips. When the Conficker computer worm was unleashed on the world in November 2008, cybersecurity experts did not know what to make of it. Was it a platform for criminal profit, or a weapon? The worm, exploiting security flaws in Microsoft Windows, grew at an astonishing rate, infecting millions of computers around the world within weeks. Once the worm infiltrated one system it was able to link that system with others to form a single network under illicit outside control, a situation known as a "botnet," soon capable of overpowering any of the vital computer networks that today control banking, telephone service, energy flow, air traffic, health-care information, even the Internet itself. This book reports on the battle between those determined to exploit the Internet and those committed to protect it.--From publisher description.http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=490728http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=508359Description: http://pilot.passhe.edu:8031/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=508359