The Rough Guide to Romania

Choked: Life and Breath in the Age of Air Pollution

University of Chicago Press, 2019

Nothing is as elemental, as essential to human life, as the air we breathe. Yet around the world, in rich countries and poor ones, it is quietly poisoning us.

Air pollution prematurely kills seven million people every year, including more than one hundred thousand Americans. It is strongly linked to...

Hands-On Recommendation Systems with Python: Start building powerful and personalized, recommendation engines with Python

Packt Publishing, 2018

With Hands-On Recommendation Systems with Python, learn the tools and techniques required in building various kinds of powerful recommendation systems (collaborative, knowledge and content based) and deploying them to the web

Key Features

Build industry-standard recommender systems

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Principles and Models of Biological Transport

Springer, 2008

Transport processes are ubiquitous in the living organism, underlying nerve conduction and muscle contraction, digestion, kidney function and the nourishment of every cell in the body. The mechanisms by which these processes take place, and the models that describe them, are the subject of Principles and Models of Biological Transport,...

Land of Nuclear Enchantment: A New Mexican History of the Nuclear Weapons Industry

University of New Mexico Press, 2019

In this thoughtful social history of New Mexico's nuclear industry, Lucie Genay traces the scientific colonization of the state in the twentieth century from the points of view of the local people. Genay focuses on personal experiences in order to give a sense of the upheaval that accompanied the rise of the nuclear era. She...

The Definitive Guide to Building Java Robots

Apress, 2005

If you want off-the-shelf robot components, free software, and development tools, this is the book for you. You can download all the software—it’s GPL (General Public License) or Apache License—and you can purchase the components from your favorite robot supplier and/or hobby shop. The following sections outline the...

Microsoft Office 2010 In Depth

Que, 2010

Congratulations! You are about to harness the incredible capabilities of the latest version of Microsoft Office: Office 2010. Microsoft Office has been the gold standard for application suites for many years and provides all the applications that you need for a wide variety of tasks. Whether you are writing a novel, balancing your budget,...