Gain the insights and techniques you need to give life to your own custom characters, machines, and scenes in Blender 3D.
Are you keen to add Python to your programming skills? Learn quickly and have some fun at the same time with Head First Python.
Groundbreaking research has shown that weight loss does not equal fat loss. The dreaded number on the scale and emotional backlash that come with years of frustrating yo-yo dieting is often what holds readers back from successfully losing weight. Women’s Health fitness expert Rachel Cosgrove empowers readers to finally do what they’ve always wanted: throw out the scale!
Women are not small men.
Stop eating and training like one.
Lean Habits isn’t about quick-fixes, restrictive dieting or calorie-counting. The four staples of lean living are all about adjusting your relationship with food so you can eat what you want, when you want but with a smarter approach.
A practical approach to better customer experience through service design
Scholars have long stressed the problem of ornament and expression when considering Viennese modernism. By the first decade of the 20th century, however, the avant-garde had shifted its focus from the surface to the interior. Adolf Loos (1870-1933), together with Josef Frank (1885-1967) and Oskar Strnad (1879-1935), led this generation of architects to interpret modernism through culture and lifestyle. They were interested in the experience of architectural space: how it could be navigated, inhabited, and designed to reflect the modern way of life while also offering respite from it.
A thought-provoking consideration of how architecture, from a doorknob to a city plan, can influence human behavior
Care Computer Science: For the IB Diploma Program is a new educational resource for all students who need to understand the core themes of Computer Science. The book references the assessment statements in the 2014 13 Computer Science subject guide, while remaining flexib|e enough to be used in any educational setting, including programming courses.
This manual includes worked-out solutions to every odd-numbered exercise in Multivariable Calculus, 8e (Chapters 1-11 of Calculus, 8e).
Some of the best cocktails are the easiest to make, and author Kara Newman figured out the secret-using equal parts of the main ingredients and adding a dash of bitters or a splash of seltzer to gild the lily.
Cake Decorating shows you how to build, pipe, model, and airbrush birthday cakes, wedding cakes, and more, so you can create an edible masterpiece for any occasion.
Follow the Sun will guide you through all aspects of architectural photography, from the genre’s rich history to the exciting new approaches brought by the advent of the digital age. It explains how to use the powerful tools of digital photography while employing many of the skills and traditions of the established genre. Written to be accessible to professionals, amateurs, and students alike, this book will be useful for photographers exploring architecture as fine artists, on editorial assignments, or on commercial shoots.
The Python Data Science Handbook provides a reference to the breadth of computational and statistical methods that are central to data-intensive science, research, and discovery. People with a programming background who want to use Python effectively for data science tasks will learn how to face a variety of problems: e.g., how can I read this data format into my script? How can I manipulate, transform, and clean this data? How can I visualize this type of data? How can I use this data to gain insight, answer questions, or to build statistical or machine learning models?
Want to learn the Python language without slogging your way through how-to manuals? With Head First Python, you’ll quickly grasp Python’s fundamentals, working with the built-in data structures and functions. Then you’ll move on to building your very own webapp, exploring database management, exception handling, and data wrangling. If you’re intrigued by what you can do with context managers, decorators, comprehensions, and generators, it’s all here. This second edition is a complete learning experience that will help you become a bonafide Python programmer in no time.
In Studio Anywhere 2: Hard Light, photographer and author Nick Fancher builds on the success of his previous book (Studio Anywhere: A Photographer’s Guide to Shooting in Unconventional Locations) as he continues to offer candid, practical, and valuable lessons on how to create successful and fresh photographs armed with only minimal gear, a resourceful mind, and a creative spirit.
