the 2nd scientific american book of mathematical puzzles & diversions

... in the central portion of the mirror, where it is sup- ported by the edge of the tool. Hence the center of the mirror and edge of the tool grind fastest, the mirror becoming concave and the ... responsible for the development of vitamin B^. The motivation of the scientist, professional or amateur, is the sheer joy of knowing. In fact, that is one o...

Ngày tải lên: 12/05/2014, 16:40

... out of the novel came Other Things. Let me get to the plot of the novel I was proposing. A writer uncovers the secrets of the UFO conspiracy, secret societies, and life after death, all of ... making the vain attempt to sum up the end of the world, as if my far- sighted eyes are the window in. I guess I’ve just summed up the limitless ego of the writer. E...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 06:20

... shall be the name of my son." The slip she drew had the name "Ulysses" on it. "Well," murmured the grandfather, "our dear child is named for a great soldier of the olden ... to each other. The Child's Book of American Biography, by by Frank T. Merrill 29 Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 08:20

... print "yes" Thread B b1 print "no" Because the two threads run concurrently, the order of execution depends on the scheduler. During any given run of this program, the output ... consider the following execution path a1 < b1 < b2 < a2 Assuming that the initial value of x is 0, what is its final value? Because both threads read the same initial v...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 11:20

... Application The last appendix gives a couple of the book s longest code examples in their entirety. Companion Website The Book of JavaScript website (http://www.bookofjavascript.com) contains the code ... for many of the websites discussed in the book. www.it-ebooks.info THE BOOK of ™ JAVASCRIPT 2ND EDITION A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO INTERACTIVE WEB PAGES by thau!...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 12:20

... GUIDE TO THE OPENBSD FIREWALL 2ND EDITION HANSTEEN 2ND EDITION THE BOOK OF PF THE BOOK OF PF www.it-ebooks.info xviii Introduction This Is Not a HOWTO The book is a direct descendant of a moderately ... yet another kind of malicious software called a worm, a class of soft- ware that uses the network to propagate its payload. 1 Along the way, the networked v...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 14:20

... Application The last appendix gives a couple of the book s longest code examples in their entirety. Companion Website The Book of JavaScript website (http://www.bookofjavascript.com) contains the code ... many of the websites discussed in the book. THE BOOK of ™ JAVASCRIPT 2ND EDITION A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO INTERACTIVE WEB PAGES by thau! San Francisco ® WELCOME...

Ngày tải lên: 28/04/2014, 16:58

... retaining cross pins in the Remington shotguns, and will work on several others. A rubber ring at the base of the shaft protects the side of the receiver. 16. Another of the B-Squarestock wrenches, ... loop at the muzzle, and slide the hanger off toward the front. Cycle the action to cock the internal hammer, and set the safety in the on-safe position. Unscrew...

Ngày tải lên: 05/05/2014, 17:20

... ones. Determining the relative ages of the halo and disk reveals much about the sequence of the formation of the gal- axy. On the other hand, it leaves open the question of how old the entire gal- axy ... in the U.K. She is also a founder of the International Society for Reef Studies. Ogden is the director of the Florida Institute of Oceanography and prof...

Ngày tải lên: 12/05/2014, 14:48

... microkelvins. In the process the coldest atoms mi- grate to the center of the trap, whereas the hotter atoms oscillate from one side to the other. The hot atoms at the sides of the trap can be ... passed through the cavity. The red laser beam traces the line of the in- frared laser used to excite the atoms; the blue beam marks the path of the atoms t...

Ngày tải lên: 12/05/2014, 14:49