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Artificial Life is the study of synthetic systems that exhibit behaviors characteristics of natural living systems. It complements the traditional biological sciences concerned with the analysis of living organisms by...

The aim of this series is to bring together important recent writings in major areas of philosophical inquiry, selected from a variety of sources, mostly periodicals, which may not be...

The new editions contain new sections: Classwork and Examinations and Background to Shakespeare's England. There are also short sections on Date and Text, and Source.

Machines will attain human levels of intelligence by the year 2040, predicts robotics expert Hans Moravec. And by 2050, they will have far surpassed us. In this mind-bending new book,...

In this groundbreaking work, computer scientist Leslie G. Valiant details a promising new computational approach to studying the intricate workings of the human brain.

Technology doesn't flow smoothly; it's the big surprises that matter, and Yale computer expert David Gelernter sees one such giant leap right on the horizon. Today's small scale software programs...

When do the hands of a clock coincide? How likely is it that two children in the same class will share a birthday? Should you play Roulette or the Lottery?...

France 1428. Mariane's parents have been murdered by the occupying English army. She has nothing left but the ring, insignia and gauntlet bequeathed to her by her father. Taken in...

The Scripture Source Book for Catholics is a collection of information about Scripture gathered to help people of faith learn about the Catholic understanding and interpretation of Scripture and enrich...

Sixteen-year-old Mattie Gokey has a word for everything, and big dreams but little hope of seeing them come true. She collects words, stores them up as a way of fending...

Media star Jamila Rizvi's exploration of the confidence deficit holding women back, the barriers to career success this can create, and how they might be overcome. Accessible and timely, this...

Joss McMillan's perfect life crashes down the night he witnesses his sister's murder - at the hands of a vampire. He then finds out his family's secret heritage: they are...

It's the first day of Term One, and Luke and Anna are on opposite sides of the student-teacher divide. School is the last thing Luke feels like - how can...

The wind, blasting up over the horizon from the south, carried with it the coldness of polar ice, and wielded it like a sword. Already the waves at the Heads...

Young people today enter puberty earlier than ever before and leave home later. The good news is that teenagers aren't impossible to live with, especially if parents adopt the common-sense...

The Energy DietRevolutionary new weight-loss programHave you tried the GI diet, the low-carb diet, the high-carb diet and wondered why they didn't work for you?The real secret of weight loss...

From the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Once and for All Expect the unexpected. Macy's got her whole summer carefully planned. But her plans didn't include a...

The latest unputdownable novel from the hugely popular Sarah Dessen, whose fanbase just keeps growing. Ruby Cooper likes to expect the worst. That way, she's never disappointed. Abandoned by her...

Tom Henderson is small, skinny and awkward, and pretty much feels like an idiot most of the time. But when he discovers his father's copy of "The Catcher in the...

The Lightness of Being is a tour de force, revealing a universe where matter is the hum of strange music, mass doesn't weigh, and empty space is a multilayered, multicoloured...

annys dad had a secret, but now the secrets out and its going to lead Danny on the adventure of a lifetime.

THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF GLOBAL CHANGE FROM 1945 TO THE PRESENT DAY The world since 1945 has witnessed fundamental changes, notably the increasing influence of the West - particularly the...

A survey conducted in 1993 discovered that 22% of adults were functionally illiterate and that 43% of 9 year olds fell below 'basic level' skills in reading and writing. Over...

This work looks at the business of computing in the US, as computer science, as a business, and as a collection of extraordinary and eccentric characters. After automobiles, energy production,...

Moving on from his books on chaos ("Does God Play Dice?") and symmetry ("Fearful Symmetry"), the author of this book deals with the wider field of complexity theory. The book...

The compiler tools covered within this text are Lex and YACC, whose uses are shown both through examples concerned with compiler construction and examples concerned with other syntax-directed tools, such...

A guided tour of numerous software design methods, this volume collects into book form a variety of articles from P.J. Plauger's monthly column Programming on Purpose which has been entertaining...

Neuroscientists once believed your brain was essentially "locked down" by adulthood. No new cells. No major changes. If you grew up depressed, angry, sad, aggressive, or nasty, you'd be that...

The Prentice Hall Essence of Computing Series provides a concise, practical and uniform introduction to the core components of an undergraduate computer science degree. Acknowledging the recent changes within Higher...

The books in this series provide a concise, practical introduction to the core components of an undergraduate computer science degree. Acknowledging recent changes within Higher Education, this approach uses a...

The Prentice Hall "Essence of Computing" series provides a concise, practical and uniform introduction to the core components of an undergraduate computer science degree. Acknowledging recent changes within Higher Education,...

Become a safe and responsible cyclist with Cyclecraft - The complete guide to safe and enjoyable cycling for adults and children. Whether you are new to cycling, looking to extend...

A very enjoyable, nicely illustrated book on one of royalty's most captivating personalities: Mary, Queen of Scots. Her rivalry with Queen Elizabeth I, over Mary's claim to the throne of...

Adam and Sandra are dancers, friends since they were fifteen, now lovers. She is in the corps of the New York City Ballet and has just caught the eye of...

A must-read for anyone who has ever wondered why people do what they do, from the popular author of The Naked Ape. A must-read for anyone who has ever wondered...

Wartime food rationing is bad enough, but when the whisky supplies run out on the Hebridean islands of Great and Little Todday, nothing seems to go right. Then the fifty-thousand-bottle...

'You won't find a more passionate voice-smart, punchy prose - a smashing combination of the heartbreaking and the hilarious' - Vogue Thelma is six years old. Life at home is...

The computer has revolutionised the modern age of communication and information. It has touched every part of modern working life to the extent that it would now be inconceivable without...

Newton is one of the most influential scientists the world has ever known. He changed the way we viewed the universe by showing how it really worked - developing the...

DNA - the very building blocks of life. Its discovery by Francis Crick and James Watson has had astounding implications for mankind's present and future - opening up a whole...