| Author | : Matthew J. Salganik |
| Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
| Total Pages | : 448 |
| Release | : 2019-08-06 |
| Genre | : Computers |
| ISBN | : 0691196109 |
This essential guide to doing social research in this fast-evolving digital age explains how the digital revolution is transforming the way social scientists observe behavior, ask questions, run experiments, and engage in mass collaborations.
| Author | : Andrew Ervin |
| Publisher | : Basic Books |
| Total Pages | : 248 |
| Release | : 2017-05-02 |
| Genre | : Games & Activities |
| ISBN | : 0465096581 |
An acclaimed critic argues that video games are the most vital art form of our time Video games have seemingly taken over our lives. Whereas gamers once constituted a small and largely male subculture, today 67 percent of American households play video games. The average gamer is now thirty-four years old and spends eight hours each week playing -- and there is a 40 percent chance this person is a woman. In Bit by Bit, Andrew Ervin sets out to understand the explosive popularity of video games. He travels to government laboratories, junk shops, and arcades. He interviews scientists and game designers, both old and young. In charting the material and technological history of video games, from the 1950s to the present, he suggests that their appeal starts and ends with the sense of creativity they instill in gamers. As Ervin argues, games are art because they are beautiful, moving, and even political -- and because they turn players into artists themselves.
| Author | : Tim Hetherington |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Liberia |
| ISBN | : 9781884167737 |
Intrepid journalist considers power's corrosion, evades execution, and walks on the wild side of war-torn Africa.
| Author | : Noel Kalicharan |
| Publisher | : Springer Nature |
| Total Pages | : 289 |
| Release | : 2021-07-15 |
| Genre | : Computers |
| ISBN | : 3030739368 |
The main goal of this book is to teach fundamental programming principles to beginners using Julia, one of the fastest growing programming languages today. Julia can be classified as a "modern" language, possessing many features not available in more popular languages like C and Java. The book is organized in 10 chapters. Chapter 1 gives an overview of the programming process. It shows how to write a first Julia program and introduces some of the basic building blocks needed to write programs. Chapter 2 is all about numbers—integers, floating-point, operators, expressions—how to work with them and how to print them. Chapter 3 shows how to write programs which can make decisions. It explains how to use if and if...else statements. Chapter 4 explains the notion of ‘looping’, implemented using for and while statements. It also explains how to read data from a file and write results to a file. Chapter 5 formally treats with functions, enabling a (large) program to be broken up into smaller manageable units which work together to solve a given problem. Chapter 6 is devoted to characters and strings. In Julia, we can work with them as seamlessly as we do with numbers. Chapter 7 tackles array processing, which is significantly easier in Julia than other languages. Chapter 8 is about sorting and searching techniques. Sorting puts data in an order that can be searched more quickly/easily, and makes it more palatable for human consumption. Chapter 9 introduces structures, enabling us to group data in a form that can be manipulated more easily as a unit. Chapter 10 deals with two useful data structures—dictionaries and sets. These enable us to solve certain kinds of problems more easily and conveniently than we can without them. This book is intended for anyone who is learning programming for the first time. The presentation is based on the fact that many students (though not all) have difficulties in learning programming. To overcome this, the book uses an approach which provides clear examples, detailed explanations of very basic concepts and numerous interesting problems (not just artificial exercises whose only purpose is to illustrate some language feature).
| Author | : Kristin Chenoweth |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 268 |
| Release | : 2009-04-14 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1439100675 |
"Life's too short. I'm not." You might know her as a Tony Award-winning Broadway star, who originated the role of Galinda the Good Witch in the smash musical Wicked and won a Tony for 1999's You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Or you may recognize her from her starring roles on TV -- The West Wing, Pushing Daisies, Sesame Street...oh, and her Huge Hit Sitcom Kristin on NBC. (Huge hit. L.A. breast-implant huge. Ask either of the people who watched it.) Or maybe you saw her sexy spread in FHM magazine? Or her appearance on Pat Robertson's The 700 Club? Kristin is a wonderful collection of contradictions -- but everyone who's ever met her remembers her as the little girl with the big voice. At four foot eleven, Kristin Chenoweth is an immense talent in a petite but powerful package. In this lively, laugh-out-loud book, Kristin shares her journey from Oklahoma beauty queen to Broadway leading lady, reflecting on how faith and family have kept her grounded in the dysfunctional rodeo of show biz. The daughter of an engineer and a nurse, Kristin was singing in front of thousands at Baptist conventions by age twelve and winning beauty pageants by age twenty-two. (Well, actually she was second runner-up almost every freaking time. But, hey, she's not bitter.) On her way to a career as a professional opera singer, she stopped in New York to visit a friend and went on a whim to an audition. Through a combination of talent, hard work, and (she's quick to add) the grace of God, Kristin took Broadway by storm. But of course, into every storm, the occasional drizzle of disaster must fall. Filled with wit, wisdom, and backstage insight, A Little Bit Wicked is long on love and short on sleep; it's essential reading for Kristin's legions of fans and an uplifting story for anyone seeking motivation to follow his or her dreams -- over the rainbow and beyond.
| Author | : Claire Alexander |
| Publisher | : Words & Pictures |
| Total Pages | : 35 |
| Release | : 2019 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 0711245452 |
A Little Bit Different is a light and fun story depicting the journey from ignorance to acceptance and celebration. Meet the ploofers. The ploofers have been practicing something special that they all want to do at the exact same time--but wait! What's that? One of them does something different! When one little ploofer goes against the usual flow of things, the rest of them turn their backs on him. But all it takes is for one person to recognize the beauty in being different to spark a change in attitude of everyone. With simple, yet striking, illustrations and a cutaway cover design that adds tactile interest, A Little Bit Different is a joyful reading experience for both you and your child, providing the opportunity to spark more meaningful discussions about people's differences and how we accept and value them.
| Author | : Deborah Hopkinson |
| Publisher | : G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers |
| Total Pages | : 39 |
| Release | : 2013 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 039925241X |
When his father leaves to fight in World War I, Mikey joins the Central Park Knitting Bee to help knit clothing for soldiers overseas.
| Author | : Dani Bryant |
| Publisher | : Union Square + ORM |
| Total Pages | : 117 |
| Release | : 2019-03-05 |
| Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
| ISBN | : 1454933895 |
Learn to develop your spiritual energy with every swing of a pendulum in accessible introduction to this ancient practice. This easy-to-follow guide will help you get the most out of your pendulum and seek the answers that exist within. Author and green witch Dani Bryant covers everything you need to know about choosing and using a pendulum: how pendulums work, different ways to use them, meditation and divination, connecting with your spirit guides, and even how to make your own pendulum. This volume includes rituals for clearing negativity, balancing chakras, making contact with the spirit world, meditation, generating accurate answers to your questions, and much more. It also includes fifteen circle charts that you can use to ask your pendulum simple questions.
| Author | : Chris Atkins |
| Publisher | : Atlantic Books |
| Total Pages | : 342 |
| Release | : 2020-02-06 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1838950168 |
'Shocking, scathing, entertaining.' Guardian 'Incredibly compelling.' The Times 'Heart-breaking.' Sunday Times Where can a tin of tuna buy you clean clothes? Where is it easier to get 'spice' than paracetamol? Where does self-harm barely raise an eyebrow? Welcome to Her Majesty's Prison Service. Like most people, documentary-maker Chris Atkins didn't spend much time thinking about prisons. But after becoming embroiled in a dodgy scheme to fund his latest film, he was sent down for five years. His new home would be HMP Wandsworth, one of the largest and most dysfunctional prisons in Europe. With a cast of characters ranging from wily drug dealers to senior officials bent on endless reform, this powerful memoir uncovers the horrifying reality behind the locked gates. Filled with dark humour and shocking stories, A Bit of a Stretch reveals why our creaking prison system is sorely costing us all - and why you should care.
