SETI bioastro: FW: New Titles in Computer Science

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Date: Fri Feb 20 2004 - 07:23:12 PST

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    >From: "The MIT Press" <lists_at_mail-mitpress.mit.edu>
    >Reply-To: "The MIT Press" <lists_at_mail-mitpress.mit.edu>
    >Subject: New Titles in Computer Science
    >Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 10:07:41 -0500
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    >| The MIT Press
    >| Computer Science and Intelligent Systems
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    >| 2/20/2004
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    >The MIT Press is pleased to announce these new titles in Computer Science
    >and Intelligent Systems.
    >As an MIT e-list subscriber, you can get these titles at a savings of
    >20% off -- simply purchase them through our website and enter code
    >MW1006 during the checkout process. This 20% discount is applicable to
    >your entire book purchase, so you may want to browse around! Please
    >note that this discount is applicable to book orders only. It is not
    >valid for previously-placed orders, journal subscriptions, or online
    >products.
    >
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    >Beowulf Cluster Computing with Linux, Second Edition
    >By William Gropp, Ewing Lusk and Thomas Sterling
    >
    >The completely updated second edition of a guide to Beowulf cluster
    >computing.
    >December 2003 ISBN 0-262-69292-9 $40.00/£25.95 (CLOTH)
    >TABLE OF CONTENTS AVAILABLE:
    >http://mitpress.mit.edu/item.asp?ttype=2&tid=9947&mlid=252
    >
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    >Turing (A Novel about Computation)
    >By Christos H. Papadimitriou
    >
    >The world of computation according to Turing, an interactive tutoring
    >program, as told to star-crossed lovers; a novel.
    >November 2003 ISBN 0-262-16218-0 $24.95/£16.95 (CLOTH)
    >TABLE OF CONTENTS AVAILABLE:
    >http://mitpress.mit.edu/item.asp?ttype=2&tid=9910&mlid=252
    >
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    >Windows and Mirrors
    >Interaction Design, Digital Art, and the Myth of Transparency
    >By Jay David Bolter and Diane Gromala
    >
    >The experience of digital art and how it is relevant to information
    >technology.
    >November 2003 ISBN 0-262-02545-0 $29.95/£19.95 (CLOTH)
    >TABLE OF CONTENTS AVAILABLE:
    >http://mitpress.mit.edu/item.asp?ttype=2&tid=9906&mlid=252
    >
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    >Rules of Play
    >Game Design Fundamentals
    >By Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman
    >
    >An impassioned look at games and game design that offers the most
    >ambitious framework for understanding them to date.
    >October 2003 ISBN 0-262-24045-9 $49.95/£32.95 (CLOTH)
    >SAMPLE CHAPTERS/TABLE OF CONTENTS AVAILABLE:
    >http://mitpress.mit.edu/item.asp?ttype=2&tid=9802&mlid=252
    >
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    >The Scheme Programming Language
    >Third Edition
    >By R. Kent Dybvig
    >
    >The thoroughly updated third edition of a popular introductory and
    >reference text for standard Scheme, with examples and exercises.
    >October 2003 ISBN 0-262-54148-3 $35.00/£22.95 (PAPER)
    >TABLE OF CONTENTS AVAILABLE:
    >http://mitpress.mit.edu/item.asp?ttype=2&tid=9946&mlid=252
    >
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    >Scalable Input/Output
    >Achieving System Balance
    >Edited by Daniel A. Reed
    >
    >The major research results from the Scalable Input/Output Initiative,
    >exploring software and algorithmic solutions to the I/O imbalance.
    >October 2003 ISBN 0-262-68142-0 $35.00/£22.95 (PAPER)
    >TABLE OF CONTENTS AVAILABLE:
    >http://mitpress.mit.edu/item.asp?ttype=2&tid=10037&mlid=252
    >
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    >Tracing Genres through Organizations
    >A Sociocultural Approach to Information Design
    >By Clay Spinuzzi
    >
    >A sociocultural study of workers' ad hoc genre innovations and their
    >significance for information design.
    >October 2003 ISBN 0-262-19491-0 $35.00/£22.95 (CLOTH)
    >TABLE OF CONTENTS AVAILABLE:
    >http://mitpress.mit.edu/item.asp?ttype=2&tid=9951&mlid=252
    >
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    >Me++
    >The Cyborg Self and the Networked City
    >By William J. Mitchell
    >
    >How the transformation of wireless technology and the creation of an
    >interconnected world are changing our environment and our lives.
    >October 2003 ISBN 0-262-13434-9 $27.95/£18.95 (CLOTH)
    >TABLE OF CONTENTS AVAILABLE:
    >http://mitpress.mit.edu/item.asp?ttype=2&tid=9895&mlid=252
    >
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    >Women, Art, and Technology
    >Edited by Judy Malloy
    >
    >A sourcebook of documentation on women artists at the forefront of
    >work at the intersection of art and technology.
    >October 2003 ISBN 0-262-13424-1 $39.95/£25.95 (CLOTH)
    >TABLE OF CONTENTS AVAILABLE:
    >http://mitpress.mit.edu/item.asp?ttype=2&tid=9905&mlid=252
    >
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    >Scalable Input/Output
    >Achieving System Balance
    >Edited by Daniel A. Reed
    >
    >The major research results from the Scalable
    >Input/Output Initiative, exploring software and algorithmic
    >solutions to the I/O imbalance.
    >October 2003 ISBN 0-262-68142-0 $35.00/£22.95 (PAPER)
    >TABLE OF CONTENTS AVAILABLE:
    >http://mitpress.mit.edu/item.asp?ttype=2&tid=10037&mlid=252
    >
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    >Reasoning about Uncertainty
    >By Joseph Y. Halpern
    >
    >Using formal systems to represent and reason about uncertainty.
    >October 2003 ISBN 0-262-08320-5 $55.00/£35.95 (CLOTH)
    >TABLE OF CONTENTS AVAILABLE:
    >http://mitpress.mit.edu/item.asp?ttype=2&tid=9952&mlid=252
    >
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    >Also of Interest:
    >New from The MIT Press Journals:
    >Information Technologies and International Development
    >Ernest J. Wilson III and Michael L. Best, Editors-in-Chief
    >
    >Information Technologies and International Development (ITID) will be
    >the premier journal in its field, focusing on the intersection of
    >information and communication technologies with international
    >development. Readers from academia, the private sector, NGOs, and
    >government interested in the "other four billion"—the share of the
    >world population whose countries are not yet widely connected to the
    >Internet nor widely considered in the design of new information
    >technologies—will find ITID the perfect resource.
    >
    >The full text of the first issue of ITID is available online for free
    >(registration required for some articles).
    >Quarterly (Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer)
    >Founded: 2003
    >ISSN 1544-7529
    >E-ISSN 1544-7537
    >Information Technologies and International Development Home Page:
    >http://mitpress.mit.edu/item.asp?ttype=4&tid=59&mlid=252
    >Information Technologies and International Development Orders and Renewals:
    >http://mitpress.mit.edu/item.asp?ttype=4&tid=59&mode=p&mlid=252
    >
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