Praised as 'one of the best new optics books seen for some time', this book will provide a unique presentation of classical optics from the modern perspective. Written for advanced undergraduate students, the text stands out by its readability and stimulating discussions, close ties to experimental physics, and excellent choice of worked problem sets.

German Quickly: A Grammar for Reading German is a thorough, straightforward textbook with a sense of fun. It teaches the fundamentals for reading German literary and scholarly texts of all levels of difficulty. It can be used as an introductory text for scholars with no background in German, or it can serve as a reference text for students wishing to review German. The grammar explanations are detailed and clear, addressing common problems students... more...

Im Mai 2005 wurde in Herford, Zentrum der Möbelindustrie Nordrhein-Westfalens, der von Frank O. Gehry entworfene Museumsbau eröffnet. Die Galerie im bestehenden Gebäude ist neutral gehalten und entspricht der Vorstellung von einem White Cube; der Dom und die umliegenden Galerien weisen dagegen den eigenwilligen Charakter von Gehrys Formensprache auf. Dabei haben die kleineren Seitengalerien geschwungene Grundlinien, während der Dom einen... more...

A wonderful book about the gardening year with practical advice by the top garden writer and bestselling author of The Tulip.

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Here is an ideal supplement to classroom textbooks for students learning Portuguese. The most frequently-used Portuguese verbs are presented alphabetically in table form, one verb per page. Each verb is completely conjugated in all tenses with English translations. A new index in this edition lists an additional 1,000 verbs with English translations, cross-referenced to verbs that are similarly conjugated in the main text. Language students will find... more...

<div>Language Engineering examines the processes involved in dictionary-making, parsing, spell-checking, lexical semantics, machine translation, question answering and text attribution. The dictionary-building and natural language processing techniques examined are applicable to most languages, and the book includes extensive examples in English, French and German.<br/></div><br/><div>This book is the... more...

This work looks at the best online music resources. The Internet has become a major player in today's music market, especially thanks to online sales from sources such as iTunes; while most web music sales sites boast around 40,000 songs, iTunes offers over 1.3 million - with 25,000 new songs being added each month. From online purchasing to great artist sites like Gorillaz, Lenny Kravitz, and Iggy Pop to recording companies, labels, ringtone sites,... more...

Ce livre introduit de nombreux concepts mathématiques élégants dans le cadre d'applications réelles, pour la plupart modernes. Les divers sujets sont présentés avec clarté et les mathématiques toujours discutées à partir de connaissances de base. À de rares exceptions près, les chapitres sont indépendants et peuvent être lus dans n'importe quel ordre. Chacun suggère de nombreux exercices, certains élémentaires pour renforcer la... more...

Greek Writing from Knossos to Homer examines the origin of the Greek alphabet. Departing from previous accounts, Roger Woodard places the advent of the alphabet within an unbroken continuum of Greek literacy beginning in the Mycenean era. He argues that the creators of the Greek alphabet, who adapted the Phoenician consonantal script, were scribes accustomed to writing Greek with the syllabic script of Cyprus. Certain characteristic features of the... more...