Semiotics: The BasicsFollowing the successful Basics format, this is the book for anyone coming to semiotics for the first time. Using jargon-free language and lively, up-to-date examples, Semiotics: The Basics demystifies this highly interdisciplinary subject. Along the way, the reader will find out what a sign and a text are, what codes we take for granted, how semiotics can be used in textual analysis and who Saussure, Peirce, Barthes and Jakobson are and why they are important. Features include a glossary of key terms and realistic suggestions for further reading.
Dynamic Prototyping with SketchFlow in Expression Blend
This book is for designers, user experience pros, creative directors, developers, or anyone who wants to create rich, interactive, and compelling products. If you want to communicate innovative ideas, research, experiment, and prototype in the language of the interface, Dynamic Prototyping with SketchFlow in Expression Blend is the perfect text. Learn how to sketch, iterate, and validate ideas–utilizing the power and productivity within SketchFlow.
All of the courses in the junior high, high school, and college mathematics curriculum require a thorough grounding in the fundamentals, principles, and techniques of basic math and pre-algebra, yet many students have difficulty grasping the necessary concepts. Utilizing the author's acclaimed and patented fail-safe methodology for making mathematics easy to understand, Bob Miller's Basic Math and Pre-Algebra for the Clueless enhances students' facility in these techniques and in understanding the basics.
This book presents an introduction to MATLAB and its applications in engineering problem solving. The book is designed as an introductory course in MATLAB for engineers. The classical methods of electrical circuits, control systems, numerical methods, optimization, direct numerical integration methods, engineering mechanics and mechanical vibrations are covered using MATLAB software.
Over three billion people - half the world's population - are actively pursuing Spiritual Intelligence and Knowledge. Spiritual intelligence is concerned with being part of the bigger scheme of things. It involves seeing the "Big picture".
With its powerful series of Brain Workouts, mind-maps and exercises, Spiritually Intelligence enables you to learn from some of the spiritual giants of the age, from Mother Teresa and Nelson Mandela to the Dalai Llama. If you Mind Map your vision, you really can be your best self.
