Schaum's Outline of Fundamentals of Computing with C++

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This powerful study tool is the best tutor you can have if you want top grades and thorough understanding of the fundamentals of computing with C++, the computing language taught at 83% of all colleges. This student-friendly study guide leads you step-by-step through the entire computer science course, giving you 420 problems with fully worked solutions and easy-to-follow examples for every new topic. You get complete explanations of data abstraction, recursion, Standard C++ container classes, searching, sorting algorithms, and other complex concepts, simplified and illustrated so they're easy to grasp. You also get additional practice problems to solve on your own, working at your own speed. This superb study guide covers the entire course, from logic to libraries. If you're taking introduction to computer science, this book will be your best friend. It's perfect for independent study, too!

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Very basic introduction to C++.......2006-10-29

If you don't already know the C programming language, this is probably a pretty good book on C++ programming basics. It goes into control structures, arrays, strings, pointers, recursion, and abstract data types, among other topics. It even has a good introductory chapter on the basics of computing that even includes information on the binary and hex number systems. In that sense, it is good enough to stand alone as a pretty good textbook. However, there is one major component missing from this outline that is essential for anyone who claims to know C++ in any meaningful way, that being any mention of object-oriented programming constructs as expressed in the C++ language. If you don't know object orientation as it is expressed in C++, then you are just a C programmer programming with C++ notation. Thus, this outline is not wrong, it is just woefully incomplete. I still give it three stars because for the right audience it is a good beginner's text at a very cheap price. For those who are interested in learning object orientation as it is expressed in the C++ language, I instead recommend "Schaum's Outline of Programming with C++". In that book there is less of an emphasis on algorithms and computing and more of an emphasis on teaching the complete language with all of its components.

Surprisingly Readable.......1999-04-21

I am a 12 year old male who just happens to be interested in learning C/C++. Someone showed this book to me and highly recommended it. I have found that the text is simple to understand even to a novice starting for the first time, and that it is completely stuffed with useful examples. I am going to buy this book -- you just wait!

An OK guide for the beginner.......1998-08-27

This is the C++ guide in the famous Schaum's outlines series. It teaches you the foundation's of C++ fairly well, as usual with a great load of examples and code snippets. We are used to this by Schaum.

What I am missing is in-depth information. How do I use make to compile bigger programs? How do I use the STL? How do I use glib?

This book will scratch the surface, and will probably be an ok guide for a novice. But if you want to take a step further after the first weeks of learning C++, you will have to look elsewhere.

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European Community Law: Text and Materials is the culmination of years of teaching Community law to students of law and social sciences. It seeks to emphasise that EC law is not a system solely imposed by external EC institutions upon member states. Rather it is an evolving, independent system forming part of, and receiving contributions from, twelve national systems of law. The book combines the expository virtues of a textbook with a comprehensive selection of important source documents. These include extracts from the Treaties of Rome and Maastricht, secondary legislation in the form of Regulations, Directives and Decisions, Judgements of the European Court of Justice, periodical literature plus certain source materials to which students will rarely have access, if at all. It is designed to be as accessible as possible and to encompass the principal topics studied in relevant undergraduate courses.

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This book is for practising professionals and academics working in urban planning and international development: international project staff, trainers, urban development researchers and teaching staff in universities and polytechnics.
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Pleasant light intro, but exercises too trivial.

Introduction to Classical and Modern Optics
Jurgen R.Meyer- Arendt
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0134794362

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Yes and No.......2004-05-19

A previous reviewer has suggested that this book's breezy style contributes to readability but limits the utility of the book for those who seek a substantive and quantitative understanding of optics. In this he is correct. In his assertion that the book's oversimplifications are, "presumably," appropriate for optometry students, he is mistaken. To suggest this is analagous to suggesting that cliff's notes are acceptable for students of physics but not of literature. After all, physicists, bless their sweet souls, could not comprehend the full text versions!

If you are a student in an introductory optics course (in any field), this book's style may help you get your footing. If you are not a beginner, or you want to understand the mathematical basis (derivations) of paraxial optics' formalisms and assumptions, this book is not for you.

Of course, it would be absurd to suggest that any work is, by itself, sufficient for the study of any discipline.

Pleasant light intro, but exercises too trivial........1999-05-08

For several semesters, I used the text by Pedrotti and Pedrotti in my 1-semester Optics course for Physics majors. But needing a change, I eventually switched a few years ago to Meyer-Arendt, and despite growing misgivings, have taught the course from his book 3 times so far. It appealed by its brevity, large variety of topics offered, lively historical anecdotes, and appeared somewhat more amusing and less dry than the solid, thorough, careful book by P & P. In those respects, it did not disappoint.

However, I need to warn potential readers and adopters of a serious downside: exercises are TOO simple--usually 1-step plug-and-chug jobbies. They may be adequate for future optometrists, who were, presumably, a large part of Dr. Meyer-Arendt's original audience. But they offer no real workout or skill-building exercise worthy of a Physics or Math major. The text also seems to bend over backwards to be "user-friendly" to the least skillful readers--rather than "scare away" anyone still at the "Sophomore level," it tends to fade out into vague descriptive language at the ends of chapters or whenever the topic at hand threatens to become a little bit sophisticated. No science student can solve any quantitative problems based on such hand-waving "snippets," so what good does this do?? No skill is imparted by these weak chapter-endings--but every mature Physics student knows that skill-building ability is the one indispensable criterion of value in a textbook. Unless a reader/teacher has the wherewithal to invent adequate problems to accompany the text, he should be aware of this practical limitation of the book as a learning tool.

With all respect, I APPEAL TO THE AUTHOR to rescue his rather entertaining, breezy book by adding problems worthy of intelligent science students. And to shore up many chapter-ends, replacing the descriptive fluff with usable, quantitative material--if need be, putting it in optional sections that "eyeglass-doctors," bless their good souls, can skip.

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The Light Fantastic: A Modern Introduction to Classical and Quantum Optics
Ian Kenyon
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0198566468

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Introduction to Classical and Modern Optics
Illustrated Edition . Meyer-Arendt . (Jurgen R. Meyer-Arendt of Pacific University)
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OIVTDK

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Lonnie Milton has all of life's essential accessory pieces: a 401(K) plan, a nice TV, a coffee table from Pottery Barn. The only thing missing is an actual life. Trapped in a dead-end job, Lonnie meets Claire, the perfect deliverance from his safe, boring, and even worse, ordinary life. Sucked into the swirling L.A. nightlife. Lonnie quickly graduates from Claire's admirer to her accomplice. Together they pillage the town's hottest spots, kissing cheeks with Hollywood's power players, show runners and stars at SkyBar and Spago before their mendacity runs out. Alone, Lonnie discovers he has become an underground legend, his actions spawning a cult following of imitators as he careens toward an inescapable, explosive climax.

In Los Angeles, it isn't who you are, it's where you're seated...

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Fake Liar Cheat.......2007-05-07

I was expecting this to be targeted towards a younger crowd but the story nonetheless was delightful. I couldn't put it down. But I'm glad i bought it used. Granted... I'm cheap. :)

A build-up, let-down kind of book........2007-02-04

I enjoyed another MTV book, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and thought that maybe there was something good finaly coming from the music tycoon. While I am glad that they are trying to encourage reading with books teenagers and young adults can relate to more readily, this book was a bit of a disappointment.

While the character build up is so-so, the plot makes an okay attempt at making you want to read more. I grew attached at about the seventh chapter of this very short novel and had to keep reading as Claire led Lonnie deeper into a world I do not understand, cheating the system.

Parts of the story that should have been clearer were left vauge, the plot built up into a brilliant climax, but disappointed. It seems that maybe the author wanted to be clever by having an ending that no one wanted, therefore making him a clever writing. The ending just made me sad I had wasted my time reading the book.

The author has the same, dry, simplistic writing style reminiscent of Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk in it's delivery, but that is one of the only upsides. An audience of people who are not looking for an intriguing, thought provoking read might enjoy this, simply because it is a story with a beginning, middle, and end.

I'm not planning on recommending this to many other people.

Good, but not my favorite........2006-05-03

As you probably have guessed, my review is for the book Fake, Liar, Cheat. It is a realistic (sort of) fiction book that has been published by MTV and has taken on many characteristics of other MTV books. One of the differences though is this one didn't do as much for me. In case you haven't read any other MTV published books, pretty much they're about teenagers or young adults who have problems, lots of problems. That's pretty vague, I know, so here's the plot without giving away too much (I hope).
The main character of the book is Lonnie Milton. He meets a girl named Claire Gooden (sort of, but I don't want to give away too much, and that's what she goes by, so that's what I'll call her). After going on quite a few escapades with her which all include dining and dashing in rather expensive restaurants in the L.A. area, Lonnie gets closer to "Claire" and realizes he doesn't know much about her. By that time it's a bit late though. As Lonnie learns more about Claire, the more he dislikes her, yet finds it impossible to resist her, and she gets him into quite a few predicaments. Bad things start happening to Lonnie and he digs himself a hole he finds nearly impossible to get out of. The ending is very unclear though, so I wasn't sure if he ever does.
My opinion of the book? It had strong points, but its fair share of weak ones too. I found the character's personalities not all that interesting for one thing. Another problem it had was the incredibly far-fetched plot. Lonnie's Army seemed to come out of nowhere. It almost reminded me of So I Married an Axe Murderer, only not a joke. The ending was a bit disappointing too, it just sort of abruptly stopped, that might have been Goldberg's intention though. An epilogue would have been much appreciated. I found it fairly humorous and I could almost relate to Lonnie at parts. I wouldn't read it twice, and I wouldn't say it "changed" me as a person, but it passes the time during standardized testing and with all the twists, it kept me interested.

eh.......2005-02-22

its not like this book was bad, its just nto original.
It does have one of those cant put it down factors.
One thing i dont understand and i wish the author wouldve elaborated on is how the Lonnie Milton army started and such.
the ending is very disapointing , just kinda leaves you high and dry.

Ehhh -- another MTV entry.......2004-11-30

I don't know, maybe it's me but I just can't seem to get overly excited about these MTV books. They all seem basically they same to me, all pandering to the MTV generation of Britney Spears non-readers. They must be doing a good job though because we keep buying their books.

Fake Liar Cheat was okay. Nothing more than that. It reminded me of other MTV books that I've read in the past in that a lot of its plot lines and characters were unrealistic and underdeveloped. This book does its job of helping to pass the time, but anything beyond that is a stretch. If you're looking for good indie reading that is as believable as it is powerful, then I always recommend reading Dylan Raskin. These MTV books are just for passing time while waiting for the doctor.

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