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The Starbucks Experience

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:10:56 PST

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WAKE UP AND SMELL THE SUCCESS! You already know the Starbucks story. Since 1992, its stock has risen a staggering 5,000 percent! The genius of Starbucks success lies in its ability to create personalized customer experiences, stimulate business growth, generate profits, energize employees, and secure customer loyalty-all at the same time. The Starbucks Experience contains a robust blend of home-b ...

Time-dependent density functional theory

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:08:27 PST

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Time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) is based on a set of ideas and theorems quite distinct from those governing ground-state DFT, but emphasizing similar techniques. Today, the use of TDDFT is rapidly growing in many areas of physics, chemistry and materials sciences where direct solution of the Schrodinger equation is too demanding. This is the first comprehensive, textbook-style in ...

Living with Complexity

Sat, 5 Feb 2011 15:54:23 PST

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If only today's technology were simpler! It's the universal lament, but it's wrong. We don't want simplicity. Simple tools are not up to the task. The world is complex; our tools need to match that complexity. Simplicity turns out to be more complex than we thought. In this provocative and informative book, Don Norman writes that the complexity of our technology must mirror the complexity and ric ...

Emotional Design

Sun, 2 May 2010 11:34:06 PST

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Did you ever wonder why cheap wine tastes better in fancy glasses? Why sales of Macintosh computers soared when Apple introduced the colorful iMac? New research on emotion and cognition has shown that attractive things really do work better, as Donald Norman amply demonstrates in this fascinating book, which has garnered acclaim everywhere from Scientific American to The New Yorker. Emotional Des ...

Eyetracking Web Usability

Sun, 2 May 2010 11:33:03 PST

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Eyetracking Web Usability is based on one of the largest studies of eyetracking usability in existence. Best-selling author Jakob Nielsen and coauthor Kara Pernice used rigorous usability methodology and eyetracking technology to analyze 1.5 million instances where users look at Web sites to understand how the human eyes interact with design. Their findings will help designers, software developer ...

Universal Principles of Design

Sun, 2 May 2010 11:32:58 PST

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Whether a marketing campaign or a museum exhibit, a video game or a complex control system, the design we see is the culmination of many concepts and practices brought together from a variety of disciplines. Because no one can be an expert on everything, designers have always had to scramble to find the information and know-how required to make a design work until now. Universal Principles of D ...

Prioritizing Web Usability

Sun, 2 May 2010 11:32:52 PST

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In 2000, Jakob Nielsen, the world's leading expert on Web usability, published a book that changed how people think about the Web-Designing Web Usability (New Riders). Many applauded. A few jeered. But everyone listened. The best-selling usability guru is back and has revisited his classic guide, joined forces with Web usability consultantHoa Loranger, and created an updated companion book that c ...

The Humane Interface

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 6:21:33 PST

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The honeymoon with digital technology is over: millions of users are tired of having to learn huge, arcane programs to perform the simplest tasks; fatigued by the pressure of constant upgrades, and have had enough of system crashes. In The Humane Interface, Jef Raskin -- the legendary, controversial creator of the original Apple Macintosh project -- shows that there is another path. Raskin explai ...

Molecular Spectra and Molecular Structure

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:45:57 PST

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In the course of the last three decades, considerable progress has been made in the investigation and theoretical interpretation of the molecular spectra. As a result the study of molecular spectra has become one of the most important means for investigating molecular structure. This first volume deals with the spectra of diatomic molecules and the conclusions that can be drawn from them concerni ...

Visualizing Data

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:23:10 PST

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The Design of Everyday Things

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:19:35 PST

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Donald Norman's best-selling plea for user-friendly design, with more than 175,000 copies sold to date, is now a Basic paperback. First, businesses discovered quality as a key competitive edge; next came service. Now, Donald A. Norman, former Director of the Institute for Cognitive Science at the University of California, reveals how smart design is the new competitive frontier. The Design of E ...

The Visual Display of Quantitative Information

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:18:55 PST

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A timeless classic in how complex information should be presented graphically. The Strunk & White of visual design. Should occupy a place of honor--within arm's reach--of everyone attempting to understand or depict numerical data graphically. The design of the book is an exemplar of the principles it espouses: elegant typography and layout, and seamless integration of lucid text and perfectl ...

Visual Explanations

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:18:48 PST

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With Visual Explanations, Edward R. Tufte adds a third volume to his indispensable series on information display. The first, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, which focuses on charts and graphs that display numerical information, virtually defined the field. The second, Envisioning Information, explores similar territory but with an emphasis on maps and cartography. Visual Explanati ...

Making and Breaking the Grid

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:16:32 PST

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For designers working in every medium, layout is arguable the most basic and most important element. Effective layout is essential to communication and enables the end user to not only be drawn in with an innovative design but to digest information easily. Making and Breaking the Grid is a comprehensive layout design workshop that assumes that to effectively break the rules of grid-based design o ...

Modern Quantum Chemistry

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:04:06 PST

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Graduate-level text explains modern in-depth approaches to the calculation of the electronic structure and properties of molecules. Hartree-Fock approximation, electron pair approximation, much more. Largely self-contained, only prerequisite is solid course in physical chemistry. Over 150 exercises. 1989 edition.

Envisioning Information

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:11:29 PST

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A remarkable range of examples for the idea of visual thinking, with beautifully printed pages. A real treat for all who reason and learn by means of images. -- Rudolf Arnheim

Grid Computing

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:56:01 PST

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Grid computing has become a topic of significant interest in the scientific community as a means of enabling application developers to aggregate resources scattered around the globe for solving large-scale scientific problems. This monograph addresses four critical software development aspects for the engineering and execution of applications on parallel and Grid architectures. A new directive-ba ...

Molecular Electronic-Structure Theory

Mon, 7 Jan 2008 13:00:19 PST

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Ab initio quantum chemistry has emerged as an important tool in chemical research and is appliced to a wide variety of problems in chemistry and molecular physics. Recent developments of computational methods have enabled previously intractable chemical problems to be solved using rigorous quantum-mechanical methods. This is the first comprehensive, up-to-date and technical work to cover all th ...

A Chemist's Guide to Density Functional Theory, 2nd Edition

Mon, 7 Jan 2008 12:57:35 PST

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"Chemists familiar with conventional quantum mechanics will applaud and benefit greatly from this particularly instructive, thorough and clearly written exposition of density functional theory: its basis, concepts, terms, implementation, and performance in diverse applications. Users of DFT for structure, energy, and molecular property computations, as well as reaction mechanism studies, are guid ...

Transcending CSS

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 3:46:28 PST

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As the Web evolves to incorporate new standards and the latest browsers offer new possibilities for creative design, the art of creating Web sites is also changing. Few Web designers are experiences programmers, and as a result, working with semantic markup and CSS can create roadblocks to achieving truly beautiful designs using all the resources available. Add to this the pressures of presenting ...

The Da Vinci Code

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 3:33:04 PST

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While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. While working to solve the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci -- clues visible for all to see -- ...

Мастер и маргарита

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 3:29:01 PST

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Роман Михаила Булгакова "Мастер и Маргарита" вобрал в себя все лучшее из богатейшего творческого опыта писателя. Переведенный на все основные языки мира, роман является самым читаемым произведением, написанным русским автором. В настоящем издании текст романа сопровождают 40 иллюстраций Павла Оринянского. Вступительная статья известного литературоведа Виктора Лосева отражает основные вехи жизни и ...

Двенадцать стульев

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 3:26:28 PST

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Thinking with Type

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 3:13:50 PST

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Step Inside Design, Dec. 2004 "dense enough to cover all vital type subjects...condensed enough for easy referencing." Florida Inside Out, April 2005 "If you've ever wondered why you 'instinctively' buy one cake mix over the other, find out here." [강컴닷컴 제공]

The Elements of Typographic Style

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 3:13:40 PST

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Renowned typographer and poet Robert Bringhurst brings clarity to the art of typography with this masterful style guide. Combining the practical, theoretical, and historical, this edition is completely updated, with a thorough exploration of the newest innovations in intelligent font technology, and is a must-have for graphic artists, editors, or anyone working with the printed page using digital ...

Scientific Visualization

Mon, 8 Oct 2007 13:55:09 PST

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Beautiful Evidence

Sun, 7 Oct 2007 11:54:50 PST

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Bulletproof Web Design

Wed, 3 Oct 2007 4:10:03 PST

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No matter how visually appealing or content-packed a Web site may be, if it's not adaptable to a variety of situations and reaching the widest possible audience, it isn't really succeeding. In Bulletproof Web Desing, author and Web designer extraordinaire, Dan Cederholm outlines standards-based strategies for building designs that provide flexibility, readability, and user control--key components ...

CSS Mastery

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:39:16 PST

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This book is your indispensable guide to cutting-edge CSS development--all you need to work your way up to CSS professional. You'll learn how to: Plan, organize, and maintain your stylesheets more effectively Apply the secrets of liquid, elastic, and hybrid layouts Create flickr-style image maps, remote rollovers, and other advanced CSS features Lay out forms using pure ...

The Principles of Beautiful Web Design

Wed, 5 Sep 2007 13:11:14 PST

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Book Description Tired of making web sites that work absolutely perfectly but just don't look nice? If so, then The Principles of Beautiful Web Design is for you. A simple, easy-to-follow guide, illustrated with plenty of full-color examples, this book will lead you through the process of creating great designs from start to finish. Good design principles are not rocket science, and using the ...

Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:40:11 PST

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A Modern Course in Statistical Physics

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:38:23 PST

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All the tools necessary to understand the concepts underlying today's statistical physics A Modern Course in Statistical Physics goes beyond traditional textbook topics and incorporates contemporary research into a basic course on statistical mechanics. From the universal nature of matter to the latest results in the spectral properties of decay processes, this book emphasizes the theoretical f ...

Fortran 90 Programming

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 4:11:13 PST

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Offering a clear tutorial guide to the new Fortran 90 language, this book highlights Fortran 90's role as a powerful tool for problem solving in engineering and science. Having been involved in the development of the new standard, the authors provide (as a bonus) an inside perspective on the design rationale behind the major features of Fortran 90.

The Theory of Simple Liquids

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:06:20 PST

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This book gives a comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of the theory of simple liquids. The new second edition has been rearranged and considerably expanded to give a balanced account both of basic theory and of the advances of the past decade. It presents the main ideas of modern liquid state theory in a way that is both pedagogical and self-contained. The book should be accessible to graduate ...

Computer Simulation of Liquids

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:00:53 PST

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Computer simulation is an essential tool in studying the chemistry and physics of liquids. Simulations allow us to develop models and to test them against experimental data. They can be used to evaluate approximate theories of liquids, and to provide detailed information on the structure and dynamics of model liquids at the molecular level. This book is an introduction and practical guide to the ...

Molecular Modelling

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:58:49 PST

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This important new edition is for graduate students studying Molecular Modelling, Computational Chemistry within Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry and Biochemistry. Postgraduates and researchers in academia and in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. This new edition introduces background theory and techniques of molecular modelling, also illustrates applications in studying physical, chemic ...

Electronic Structure Calculations for Solids and Molecules

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:51:56 PST

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Electronic structure problems are studied in condensed matter physics and theoretical chemistry to provide important insights into the properties of matter. This graduate textbook describes the main theoretical approaches and computational techniques, from the simplest approximations to the most sophisticated methods. It starts with a detailed description of the various theoretical approaches to ...

The Art of Molecular Dynamics Simulation

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:50:15 PST

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In this Second Edition an extensive series of detailed case studies introduces the reader to solutions to a variety of problems connected with the way molecular interactions and motions determine the properties of matter. The methods are widely used in studying phenomena involving everything from the simplest of liquids to highly complex molecules such as proteins. In addition to a significant am ...