robert recorde [electronic resource] tudor polymath, expositor and practitioner of computation

... Williams, Robert Recorde: Tudor Polymath, Expositor and Practitioner of Computation, History of Computing, DOI 10.1007/978-0-85729-862-1_1, © Springer-Verlag London Limited 201 Abstract Son of a ... . xi Foreword: Robert Recorde and the History of Computing At the technical heart of the history of computing is data and computation. A computer scientist s...

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... number of factors, which include the type and construction of cable, the cable length, the way in which bends have been formed, the type and quality of connectors and the range of frequencies (bandwidth) ... practical methods of defining and measuring such things as picture resolution and image size and, for example, in 1989 introduced the Rotakin method of testing the...

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... of video editing and DVD creation. The expanding feature sets of GarageBand ’08, GarageBand ’09, and GarageBand ’11 (a.k.a. GarageBand versions 4, 5, and 6, respectively) have continued to raise ... GarageBand user, and I love working with Logic, too), GarageBand is now so powerful and delivers an end product of such a high level of quality that a majority of people who wa...

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... un- derstanding of the various types of commodities and their relative attrac- tiveness. The attractiveness of a commodity from an investor’s standpoint is referring to the current supply/demand situation ... 149 Additional Pair Trades 150 CHAPTER 10 Basic Principles of Commodity Investing 155 Basic Supply and Demand 156 Understanding the Mathematics of Stock Prices and Cycles...

Ngày tải lên: 29/05/2014, 23:54

... support and understanding of a whole network of people, and it’s wonderful to have folks interested in hearing how the writing is going. I’m particularly grateful for the enthusiasm and support of ... support of my parents, Tony and Maggie, and my wife’s parents, Geoff and Lucy. Finally, and most importantly, I want thank my wife, Jenny; our sons, Aaron and Timothy; a...

Ngày tải lên: 31/05/2014, 00:59

... audio recorder, editor, and mixer for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X. It comes packaged in easy-to-use installers for Mac OS X and all versions of Windows, and Linux users will find it in the software ... Figure 1-17, offers a number of different scales for precise timing and selection of portions of your audio tracks and for setting the correct frame rates for video soundtra...

Ngày tải lên: 31/05/2014, 01:35

... “Troubleshooting iPad and iPhone Hardware and Software Problems,” gives you the skills and techniques you need to deal with hardware and software problems that occur with the iPad and iPhone. These ... 281 Removing and Reinstalling iTunes and the Related Software on Windows 284 Removing and Reinstalling the Apple Mobile Device Service on the Mac 286 Squeezing the Most Bat...

Ngày tải lên: 01/06/2014, 10:05

... the parameters of regulators as the loads change. Determining regulated threshold and time of switching and changing parameters of regulators are controlled by microprocessor and power electronic ... the loads (imposible maximum power of loads) [4,5]. In practice, the power of loads vary depending on demand of comsumption, result in varying voltage profile and power fac...

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... see many of the sights this state has to offer. And, if you let the cruise line handle all or most of your shore-based activities, the lat- ter are accomplished without much of the hassle and uncer- tainty ... It separates the mainland from the seemingly countless offshore islands of the Alexander Archipelago. The most heavily-visited region of Alaska lies along the long strip o...

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