Peachpit Press, 2014. — 240 p. For nearly 20 years, designers and non-designers alike have been introduced to the fundamental principles of great design by author Robin Williams. Through her straightforward and light-hearted style, Robin has taught hundreds of thousands of people how to make their designs look professional using four surprisingly simple principles. Now in its...
CommonsWare LLC, 2019. — 542 р. Many books — such as The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development and Elements of Android Jetpack, — present programming topics, showing you how to use different APIs, tools, and so on. This book is different. This book has you build an app from the beginning. Whereas traditional programming guides are focused on breadth and depth, this book is...
CommonsWare LLC, 2019. — 682 р. After a decade's worth of Android app development, 2018 debuted the second generation of Android app development techniques, highlighted by Jetpack and the AndroidX family of libraries. This book follows in the footsteps of The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development, to introduce developers to Android app development, focusing on Jetpack. Here...
CommonsWare LLC, 2019. — 682 р. After a decade's worth of Android app development, 2018 debuted the second generation of Android app development techniques, highlighted by Jetpack and the AndroidX family of libraries. This book follows in the footsteps of The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development, to introduce developers to Android app development, focusing on Jetpack. Here...
CommonsWare LLC, 2019. — 288 р. The programming language for the first generation of Android app development was Java. The programming language that will dominate the second generation of Android app development will be Kotlin. Kotlin is a powerful language, designed to be concise yet expressive, both for application code and for libraries. However, some of that comes at a cost,...
Nick Winter, 2013. — 139 p. “Moderation in all things,” they say. That may keep a society together, but it’s not the protagonist’s job. The Motivation Hacker shows you how to summon extreme amounts of motivation to accomplish anything you can think of. From precommitment to rejection therapy, this is your field guide to getting yourself to want to do everything you always...
Broadway Books, 2010. — 244 p. Do Less, Live More, Get Accepted What if getting into your reach schools didn’t require four years of excessive A.P.-taking, overwhelming activity schedules, and constant stress? In How to Be a High School Superstar, Cal Newport explores the world of relaxed superstars—students who scored spots at the nation’s top colleges by leading uncluttered, low...
Broadway Books, 2010. — 244 p. Do Less, Live More, Get Accepted What if getting into your reach schools didn’t require four years of excessive A.P.-taking, overwhelming activity schedules, and constant stress? In How to Be a High School Superstar, Cal Newport explores the world of relaxed superstars—students who scored spots at the nation’s top colleges by leading uncluttered,...
Broadway Books, 2006. — 224 p. Looking to jumpstart your GPA? Most college students believe that straight A's can be achieved only through cramming and painful all-nighters at the library. But Cal Newport knows that real straight-A students don't study harder--they study smarter. A breakthrough approach to acing academic assignments, from quizzes and exams to essays and papers,...
Published in 2008. — 228 p. Do you ever spend hours re-reading material that never seems to stick? Do you struggle with hard concepts that others seem to understand instantly? Does it feel like you quickly forget the information you worked so hard to remember? Are your classes consuming your life, but you’re still not getting the grades you want? These situations are all...
Reprint edition. — NY: Simon & Schuster, 2017. — n/a. — (New York Times Bestseller). — ISBN10: 1439195455; ISBN13: 978-1439195451. From one of America’s greatest minds, a journey through psychology, philosophy, and lots of meditation to show how Buddhism holds the key to moral clarity and enduring happiness. Robert Wright famously explained in The Moral Animal how evolution...
Reprint edition. — NY: Simon & Schuster, 2017. — n/a. — (New York Times Bestseller). — ISBN10: 1439195455; ISBN13: 978-1439195451. From one of America’s greatest minds, a journey through psychology, philosophy, and lots of meditation to show how Buddhism holds the key to moral clarity and enduring happiness. Robert Wright famously explained in The Moral Animal how evolution...
Insight Press, 1995. — 562 p. Lewis Carroll Epstein explains deep ideas in physics in an easy-to-understand way. Thinking Physics is a perfect beginner’s guide to an amazingly wide range of physics-related questions. The book targets topics that science teachers and students spend time wondering about, like wing lift. Epstein elucidates the familiar but misunderstood — such as...
М.: Багира, 1994. – 249 с. Пересказ А. Куликова. Как спастись из пасти тигра? Как открыть дверь без ключа? Что делать если врач сошёл с ума? Занимательная математика для тех, кто не желает скучать и расслаблять свой мозг. Замечательная книга для любого возраста.
Учебник. — 23-е изд. — М.: Просвещение, 2014. — 399 с., [4] л. ил. — (Классический курс). — ISBN: 978-5-09-032373-4. Материал учебника, завершающего предметную линию «Классический курс», дает представление о современной физике: теории относительности, квантовой теории, физике атомного ядра и элементарных частиц, строении Вселенной. Учебник соответствует федеральному компоненту...