This volume, the first printed catalog of the holdings of American drawings, watercolors, pastels, and collages of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, documents 1,784 works by 645 artists, acquired through 1982. Black-and-white thumbnail illustrations accompany the entries,...
While working on The Art of Unix Programming, I became aware of a fascinating archeological discovery — the recovery of the lost teachings of an ancient Unix master…The discovery of the collection of koans known as the Rootless Root, apparently preserved for...
Isn’t funny that books don’t seem to evoke the same emotions as films in the sense of sadness and laughter? What is the one book or series of books that you find yourself revisiting which makes you fall off your chair out of laughter? Some books may be...
The concept of utilizing big data to enable scientific discovery has generated tremendous excitement and investment from both private and public sectors over the past decade, and expectations continue to grow. Using big data analytics to identify complex patterns...
In this world of wonderful surprises, you’ll tend to come across funny, weird and interesting episodes in everything that we do. One of which, in this case, is within the world of books and reading. Be prepared to watch how toddlers react to reading and...
