Peer Instruction for Astronomy is an instructor's guide to an exciting and easily-implemented enhancement for lecture classes in introductory astronomy. Application of this powerful and efficient teaching technique requires that the instructor have on hand a large number of thought-provoking, conceptual short answer questions aimed at a variety of levels. While significant numbers of such questions have been published for use in Physics, Peer Instruction for Astronomy provides the first such compilation for Astronomy, and includes hints on use of the technique and applications of the method. Covers peer instruction, incentives, a large database of conceptual questions for use in class, and a list of readings and resources. Ideal for introductory astronomy intructors at the undergraduate or advanced high school level.

Peer Instruction for Astronomy

Science & Math

Green, Paul J

Astronomy & Space Science

Addison-Wesley Professional

-- Hundreds of task-focused solutions -- from a team of top enterprise Windows administrators. -- Active Directory, security, DNS/DHCP/WlNS, group policies, printing, administrative tools, and more. -- Practical backup, recovery, and disaster planning techniques.
This task-oriented guide delivers the unsurpassed experience of three world-class Windows 2000 deployment and management experts -- organized for quick reference, so you get enterprise-proven answers exactly when you need them! Windows 2000 System Administration Handbook delivers start-to-finish, expert guidance on managing Windows 2000 for maximum performance, reliability, and value. You'll find detailed, real-world techniques for planning, implementing, and managing Active Directory; migrating to Windows 2000 DNS, DHCP, and/or WINS services; and much more. The authors demonstrate how to manage users and groups more efficiently; reduce TCO by using group policies to centrally administer and control workstations; and secure your network using the powerful new tools Windows 2000 provides. From printing to disaster recovery, task scheduling to network monitoring, Windows 2000 System Administration Handbook is the first total guide to effective Windows 2000 administration.

Windows 2000 System Administration Handbook

Computers & Technology

Willis, Will

Watts, David

Strahan, Tillman

Operating Systems

This book provides a wealth of astronomy knowledge designed for the non-science major. Presents thorough coverage of the big ideas in astronomy. For self-study purposes for those interested in astronomy.

Learner-Centered Astronomy Teaching: Strategies for Astro 101

Slater, Professor Timothy F

Adams, Jeffrey P.

A practical introduction to programming in Perl and the interactions between Perl and the .NET Framework. There is full coverage of all of Perl's capabilities including advanced material on writing Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) and database programming, Web applications, and XML. A case study is used throughout the volume to illustrate creating a complete system using Perl and .NET.

Programming Perl in the .Net Environment

Oberg, Robert J.

Saltzman, Michael

Menaker, Yevgeny

Web Development & Design

Discussing what Just in Time Teaching is (JiTT), this book is intended for educators. JiTT is a teaching and learning methodology designed to engage students by using feedback from pre-class web assignments to adjust classroom lessons so that students receive rapid response to the specific questions and problems they are having.

Just-In-Time Teaching: Blending Active Learning with Web Technology

Christian, Wolfgang

Novak, Gregor

Gavrin, Andrew

Patterson, Evelyn

Computer Science

Parallel and Distributed Programming Using C++

Parallel and Distributed Programming Using C++

Hughes, Cameron

Hughes, Tracey

Networking & Cloud Computing

Using statistical research and case studies, the author presents the most convincing case ever made for iterative development. He offers a concise summary of the key ideas that drive all agile and iterative processes, with the details of four noteworthy iterative methods: Scrum, XP, RUP, and Evo.

Agile and Iterative Development: A Manager's Guide

LARMAN, CRAIG

Business & Money

Used like new, except on the inside of the front cover, under "issued to," there is one hand-written name.

Stats: Modeling the World, Teacher's Edition, AP* Edition

David Bock

“This book is required reading for anyone working with accelerator-based computing systems.” –From the Foreword by Jack Dongarra, University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory CUDA is a computing architecture designed to facilitate the development of parallel programs. In conjunction with a comprehensive software platform, the CUDA Architecture enables programmers to draw on the immense power of graphics processing units (GPUs) when building high-performance applications. GPUs, of course, have long been available for demanding graphics and game applications. CUDA now brings this valuable resource to programmers working on applications in other domains, including science, engineering, and finance. No knowledge of graphics programming is required–just the ability to program in a modestly extended version of C. CUDA by Example, written by two senior members of the CUDA software platform team, shows programmers how to employ this new technology. The authors introduce each area of CUDA development through working examples. After a concise introduction to the CUDA platform and architecture, as well as a quick-start guide to CUDA C, the book details the techniques and trade-offs associated with each key CUDA feature. You’ll discover when to use each CUDA C extension and how to write CUDA software that delivers truly outstanding performance. Major topics covered include <ul>
<li> Parallel programming </li>
<li> Thread cooperation </li>
<li> Constant memory and events </li>
<li> Texture memory </li>
<li> Graphics interoperability </li>
<li> Atomics </li>
<li> Streams </li>
<li> CUDA C on multiple GPUs </li>
<li> Advanced atomics </li>
<li> Additional CUDA resources </li> </ul>
All the CUDA software tools you’ll need are freely available for download from NVIDIA.http://developer.nvidia.com/object/cuda-by-example.html

CUDA by Example: An Introduction to General-Purpose GPU Programming

Sanders, Jason

Kandrot, Edward

25 proven patterns for improving data access and application performance Efficient, high-quality data access code is crucial to the performance and usability of virtually any enterprise application--and there's no better way to improve an existing system than to optimize its data access code. Regardless of database engine, platform, language, or application, developers repeatedly encounter the same relational database access challenges. In Data Access Patterns, Clifton Nock identifies 25 proven solutions, presenting each one in the form of a clear, easy-to-use pattern. These patterns solve an exceptionally wide range of problems including creating efficient database-independent applications, hiding obscure database semantics from users, speeding database resource initialization, simplifying development and maintenance, improving support for concurrency and transactions, and eliminating data access bottlenecks. Every pattern is illustrated with fully commented Java/JDBC code examples, as well as UML diagrams representing interfaces, classes, and relationships.The patterns are organized into five categories: *Decoupling Patterns: Build cleaner, more reliable systems by decoupling data access code from other application logic *Resource Patterns: Manage relational database resources more efficiently *Input/Output Patterns: Simplify I/O operations by translating consistently between "physical" relational data and domain object representations of that data *Cache Patterns: Use caching strategically, to optimize the tradeoffs between data access optimization and cache overhead *Concurrency Patterns: Implement concurrency and transactions more effectively and reliably Data Access Patterns demystifies techniques that have traditionally been used only in the most robust data access solutions--making those techniques practical for every software developer, architect, and designer.

Data Access Patterns: Database Interactions in Object-Oriented Applications

Nock, Clifton

Programming

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