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  • Dear Martin / Dear Marcello: Gardner And Truzzi On Skepticism

    by Dana Richards ...
    In 1952, Martin Gardner wrote the book Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science, which has become a modern classic of the skeptical movement. He is best known as the Father of Recreational Mathematics, but was also a frank critic of pseudoscientists and a contributor to the Skeptical Inquirer magazine.Marcello Truzzi was one of the founders of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Two Years Before the Mast - The Original Classic Edition

    by Dana Richard ...
    Why should you read this book? Yes, it is a classic. Yes, it documents the wonderful, adventurous time of the clipper ship. But thats not why you should read it.Richard Henry Dana must have been a most extraordinary man. While attending Harvard as a young man, his eyesight became weak and his health declined. He decided that the austere prescription of salt air and plain hard work would be the ... Read more

    $7.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Logic and Language Models for Computer Science

    by Dana Richards, Henry Hamburger ...
    This unique compendium highlights the theory of computation, particularly logic and automata theory. Special emphasis is on computer science applications including loop invariants, program correctness, logic programming and algorithmic proof techniques.This innovative volume differs from standard textbooks, by building on concepts in a different order, using fewer theorems with simpler proofs. It ... Read more

    $42.29 USD

  • Logic And Language Models For Computer Science (Third Edition)

    by Dana Richards, Henry Hamburger ...
    This text presents the formal concepts underlying Computer Science.It starts with a wide introduction to Logic with an emphasis on reasoning and proof, with chapters on Program Verification and Prolog.The treatment of computability with Automata and Formal Languages stands out in several ways:The style is appropriate for both undergraduate and graduate classes. ... Read more

    $41.99 USD

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  • The Riddle of the Sands

    by Erskine Childers ...
    In October last (1902), my friend 'Carruthers' visited me in my chambers, and, under a provisional pledge of secrecy, told me frankly the whole of the adventure described in these pages. Till then I had only known as much as the rest of his friends, namely, that he had recently undergone experiences during a yachting cruise with a certain Mr 'Davies' which had left a deep mark on his character and ... Read more

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  • Look Homeward, Angel

    by Thomas Wolfe ...
    First published in 1929, “Look Homeward, Angel” is Thomas Wolfe’s deeply autobiographical debut novel. The story concerns the lives of the Gant family, who live in the fictionalized town of Altamont, North Carolina. Eugene Gant, a character largely based on Wolfe’s own life experiences, is the son of Oliver Gant, who descends into alcoholism following the death of his first wife. At the center of ... Read more

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  • The Demon-Haunted World

    Science as a Candle in the Dark

    by Carl Sagan ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the renowned astronomer and author of Cosmos comes a “powerful [and] stirring defense of informed rationality” (The Washington Post Book World) in a world where fake news stories and Internet conspiracy theories play to a disaffected American populace.LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE WINNER • “Glorious . . . A spirited defense of science . . . From the first page to ... Read more

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  • Database Design and Relational Theory

    Normal Forms and All That Jazz

    by C.J. Date ...
    What makes this book different from others on database design? Many resources on design practice do little to explain the underlying theory, and books on design theory are aimed primarily at theoreticians. In this book, renowned expert Chris Date bridges the gap by introducing design theory in ways practitioners can understand—drawing on lessons learned over four decades of experience to ... Read more

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  • The Believing Brain

    From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies—How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths

    by Michael Shermer ...
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  • Elements of Programming

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  • Introduction to the Analysis of Algorithms, An

    by Robert Sedgewick, Philippe Flajolet ...
    Despite growing interest, basic information on methods and models for mathematically analyzing algorithms has rarely been directly accessible to practitioners, researchers, or students. An Introduction to the Analysis of Algorithms, Second Edition, organizes and presents that knowledge, fully introducing primary techniques and results in the field.Robert Sedgewick and the late Philippe Flajolet ... Read more

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