by Ronald F. Brown (1975)
This Organic Chemistry textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the subject, starting with basic concepts and progressing through increasingly complex reactions and compounds. Initial chapters cover essential reactions, such as acid-base, substitution, addition-elimination, and oxidation-reduction, focusing on single and two-carbon compounds to build foundational understanding. Subsequent chapters delve into nomenclature, molecular structure, stereochemistry, and reaction mechanisms in greater detail. The book also includes significant sections on spectroscopy, hydrocarbons, conjugation, aromatic stability, and coal chemistry. Later chapters offer flexibility for course customization, ensuring coverage of essential topics while allowing for elective subjects, making it suitable for both semester and quarter systems.
Robert W. Sebesta
"Concepts of Programming Languages, Seventh Edition is a comprehensive introduction to programming language concepts. The book examines design and analysis issues using a wide variety of programming languages."--Jacket.
W. Richard Stevens
Rago carefully retains the spirit and approach that made this book a classic. Building on Stevens' work, he begins with basic topics such as files, directories, and processes, carefully laying the groundwork for understanding more advanced techniques, such as signal handling and terminal I/O. Substantial new material includes chapters on threads and multithreaded programming, using the socket interface to drive interprocess communication (IPC), and extensive coverage of the interfaces added to the latest version of the POSIX. 1 standard. Nearly all examples have been tested on four of today's most widely used UNIX/Linux platforms: FreeBSD 5.2.1; the Linux 2.4.22 kernel; Solaris 9; and Darwin 7.4.0, the FreeBSD/Mach hybrid underlying Apple's Mac OS X 10.3. As in the first edition, you'll learn through example, including more than 10,000 lines of downloadable, ANSI C source code. More than 400 system calls and functions are demonstrated with concise, complete programs that clearly illustrate their usage, arguments, and return values. To tie together what you've learned, the book presents several chapter-length case studies, each fully updated for contemporary environments. Advanced Programming in the UNIX® Environment has helped ageneration of programmers write code with exceptional power, performance, and reliability. Now updated for today's UNIX/Linux systems, this second edition will be even more indispensable.
Eric Chaisson, Steve McMillan
This number one, best-selling astronomy text reflects the most current findings in astronomy using a clear, accurate exposition, market-leading art program, and the most innovative, integrated media program available. A free CD is included with each copy of the text with a multimedia version of the text and links directly to the widely praised Chaisson/McMillan companion web site at The CD contains approximately 35 updates on events and discoveries that have occurred since the print-based book was published.
Mary L. Boas
Updates the original, comprehensive introduction to the areas of mathematical physics encountered in advanced courses in the physical sciences. Intuition and computational abilities are stressed. Original material on DE and multiple integrals has been expanded.