The Advent of the Algorithm: The 300-Year Journey from an Idea to the Computer, Paperback - David Berlinski

Reducere. Simply put, an algorithm is a set of instructions-it's the code that makes computers run. A basic idea that proved elusive for hundreds of years an...

A journey through the Advent and Christmas seasons in the company of familiar seasonal and domestic objects, reflecting spiritually on their signif...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom an Idea to Nike is a fully-illustrated look into how Nike stepped up its sneaker game to become the most popular athletic brand in ...

DescriptionFrom an Idea to Google is a behind-the-computer-screen look into the history, business, and brand of the world's largest search engine. ...

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*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of medieval battles *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading In the time period betw...

After 30 years as a professor in the field of Communication Studies, Dr. Smith reminisces about some of his experiences and how his race and differ...

At the crossroads between Africa, Asia, and Europe, the South Arabian kingdoms were major commercial, military, and cultural players in world histo...

Reducere. Experience the stories of Advent in a vibrant, new way this year as you Color AdventIn a collection of stories from both testaments, explore prophe...

Reducere. DescriptionEach Gospel, in its own way, leads us on the Advent journey of preparation for Christ's coming. Awaiting the Already, originally release...

Reducere. DescriptionBest Biography of the Year--Western Writers of America Spur Award. General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo was one of California's most distin...

Reducere. The Advent of Divine Justice, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made eff...

Reducere. Sir Isaac Newton, creator of the first and perhaps most important scientific theory, is a giant of the scientific era. Despite this, he has remaine...

The extraordinary true story of a flamboyant Indian prince who married an English chambermaid, of his place in the British monarchy and his eventua...

DescriptionWithin the history of African American struggle against racist oppression that often verges on dystopia, a hidden tradition has depicted...

With the twelve-volume series Feasting on the Word, Westminster John Knox Press offers one of the most extensive and well-respected resources for p...

Veteran worrier, author of To Be a Machine and father-of-two, Mark O'Connell, meets the anarchists, environmentalists, far-right nut-jobs and super...

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The extraordinary story of a marriage between an Indian monarch and an English chambermaid, whose son became an Australian farmer.Publisher: The We...

This popular book on special relativity was first published in Moscow back in 1961 under the Russian title 'Очевидное? Нет, ещё неизведанное', whic...

Publisher: Tuttle PublishingAuthor(s): Kiki DeereIllustration(s): 250 photos and 10 mapsNumber of pages: 112Collection: Journey ThroughPublication ...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Peter BellwoodIllustration(s): 25 b/w illus. 6 tables. 21 maps.Number of pages: 384Publication date...

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"Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of each." Modernity rule...

Reducere. David S. Thompson is the author and master artist for his book, The Face of Music. His book was eleven years in the making and is a collection of o...

This book shows how the energy in crude oil is used to make a fast food snack. It explains how crude oil was formed, how it is obtained and how it ...

How does an invisible God reveal himself to us in scripture and in Jesus? Amy Scott Robinson, poet and storyteller, explores biblical metaphor in t...

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DescriptionA graphic novel biography of the escaped slave, abolitionist, public speaker, and most photographed man of the nineteenth century, based...

Publisher: Wood Lake Books, CanadaAuthor(s): David SparksNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2010Dimensions: 215 x 141 x 15Cover type: Paperback ...

Crocheting and travelling - these two passions have been brought together by designer Mark Roseboom - aka The Guy with the Hook - in this exquisite...

COLLECTIVE WINNER OF THE HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZE AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 'This is the book that has been wanting to be written for dec...

A new, compact edition of David Hockney and Martin Gayford's brilliantly original book, with a revised final chapter and three entirely new Hockney...

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