Ce se ascunde oare în spatele comportamentelor noastre? Ce for?e tainice ne mân? ac?iunile de zi cu zi? Un b?rbat nu reu?e?te s? se implice în nicio rela?ie amoroas? de lung? durat? cu o femeie — s? aib? el o orientare sexual? diferit?? O femeie, de?i are toate semnele c? partenerul îi este infidel, pare s? nu poat? observa ce se întâmpl? chiar sub ochii ei — oare s? fie chiar atât de naiv?? Un tat? î?i reneag? fiica atunci când aceasta se m?rit? cu un b?rbat de alt? religie — s? fie convingerile sale religioase mai puternice decât dragostea fa?? de propriul copil? Povestirile din aceast? carte ne deschid o fereastr? nu numai spre lumea l?untric? a protagoni?tilor ?i spre ceea ce se petrece într-un cabinet de psihanaliz?, ci ?i spre propria noastr? via??, ce poate purta, la rândul ei, sensuri ascunse. A-?i împ?rt??i tr?irile ?i a asculta cap?t? astfel noi valen?e, capabile s? duc? la o în?elegere profund? ?i la schimbare. Ele sunt istorii de caz din experien?a psihanalitic? a autorului, pove?ti ale pacien?ilor, redate într-un limbaj simplu, accesibil cititorului nefamiliarizat cu psihanaliza. Sensurile ascunse ale vie?ii este o carte ce te captiveaz? înc? de la primele pagini. O carte frumos scris? ?i plin? de înv???minte... o serie de capitole scurte, p?trunz?toare, care se citesc ca o combina?ie de Cehov ?i Oliver Sacks. – New York Times Atunci când nu putem g?si o cale de a ne rosti povestea, povestea ne roste?te pe noi, vis?m aceste pove?ti, dezvolt?m simptome sau ne vedem ac?ionând în feluri pe care nu le în?elegem ?Uneori schimbarea vine nu pentru c? ne propunem s? ne vindec?m sau s? repar?m rela?ia noastr? cu via?a; uneori ne schimb?m când repar?m rela?ia noastr? cu pierderea, cu uitarea, cu moartea. – Stephen Grosz

Alcoolul a reprezentat o problem? ?n familia ta de origine? Dependen?a de o substan?? ascunde nefericire, ru?ine, sentimente de vinov??ie. Adesea, cei afla?i ?n aceast? situa?ie ??i neag? sau ??i ascund adic?ia. Astfel, copiii lor cresc av?nd ?n fa?? un secret, pe care se simt datori s? ?l p?streze – s? fie ?perfec?i“ –, ?n speran?a c? lucrurile vor deveni mai bune, asum?ndu-?i astfel un rol ce le dep??e?te cu mult puterile.Acest volum, av?nd la baz? m?rturiile a numero?i ?copii adul?i“, fiice ale unor p?rin?i alcoolici, este o recunoa?tere a suferin?ei acestor copii ?i totodat? a rezilien?ei de care ei au dat dovad? pe parcursul vie?ii, aduc?nd un plus de cunoa?tere, de ?n?elegere ?i, cel mai important, de ?ncredere c? tiparul negativ poate fi schimbat.

Un volum incitant de care nu se pot lipsi adolescen?ii, elevii, studen?ii, profesorii, acest indirect dic?ionar de vise ?i destine reprezint? o carte necesar?, c?ci ?ndeamn? la cunoa?tere de sine. Acest studiu-eseu interdisciplinar con?ine valoroase trimiteri la Freud, Nietzsche, Aristotel ?i al?i g?nditori – eventuale modele ?n epoca tranzi?iei sufocat? de acultura?ie ?i de modele de o calitate ?ndoielnic?.

The School of Life ofer soluii revoluionare prin care putem s ne nsuim tezaurul comun al cunoaterii umane.“ Independent on Sunday Seria Lecii de via din The School of Life alege cte un mare gnditor i pune accentul pe acele idei ale sale care au o nsemntate profund pentru noi, cei de astzi. Crile din aceast serie demonstreaz c voci importante din trecut nc au lucruri fundamentale de transmis generaiilor actuale. Sren Kierkegaard a fost un filosof danez, teolog, poet, critic social i autor religios. S-a nscut n 1813 la Copenhaga. Opera sa filosofic evideniaz primatul individului concret i importana alegerii personale i a angajamentului. Critic acerb al gnditorilor idealiti contemporani cu el, Kierkegaard este considerat primul filosof existenialist. Vei gsi aici fragmente din cele mai importante lucrri ale sale.

ntreaga noastr via suntem n cutarea unui echilibru satisfctor i sntos ntre legturile simbiotice i puterea de-a aciona liber. ns gsirea justei proporii ntre dependen i autonomie devine extrem de dificil atunci cnd individul a trecut n primii si ani de via printr-o traum simbiotic“ la nivelul relaiei de ataament cu mama sau cu ali ngrijitori apropiai. Atunci cnd sugarul sau copilul mic nu obine de la mama sa iubirea, sigurana, protecia i cldura de care are absolut nevoie, el va cdea prad unor complicaii simbiotice“ care, n dezvoltarea sa ulterioar, vor lua forma unor comportamente adictive, anxioase sau chiar schizofrenice. Prin numeroase studii de caz, Ruppert demonstreaz n ce fel abordarea bazat pe constelaiile familiale – i mai specific pe constelarea inteniei“ – poate aduce autonomia i integrarea persoanelor traumatizate i afectate de un clivaj psihic timpu-riu. Datorit multiplelor forme ale complicaiilor simbiotice“ (din familii, dar i din organizaii sau chiar la nivel de naiune), cartea este de interes nu doar pentru psihotraumatologi, dar i pentru consilieri, terapeui ori sociologi i specialiti n asisten social.

Femeile ?i b?rba?ii tr?iesc ?n lumi diferite… create de cuvinte diferite. Cartea Ce spun eu ?i ce ?n?elegi tu. De ce b?rba?ii ?i femeile vorbesc limbi diferite este un adev?rat fenomen cultural ?i intelectual care s-a aflat aproape patru ani pe lista de bestselleruri New York Times, din care opt luni pe primul loc. Este cartea ce a adus ?n aten?ia publicului diferen?ele de gen din modurile de vorbire. Cu o combina?ie rar? de perspicacitate ?tiin?ific? ?i scriere ?nc?nt?toare ?i amuzant?, Tannen arat? cum de este posibil ca b?rba?ii ?i femeile s? aib? o impresie total diferit? despre ce s-a spus ?n cadrul unei conversa?ii.

Cum am putea ?n?elege sensibilitatea crescut?, irascibilitatea, vulnerabilitatea, sugestibilitatea, egoismul, apeten?a pentru fantastic, ?nstr?inarea de realitate, dorin?a de a domina, r?utatea, bun?tatea care duce p?n? la sacrificiu, cochet?ria, la?itatea ?i frica unor oameni pe care ?i ?nt?lnim ?n cabinet sau ?n via?a de zi cu zi???n cartea de fa??, Alfred Adler ne ofer? un r?spuns: din sentimentul de inferioritate din copil?rie se na?te o intens? dorin?? de putere care ajunge ?n cele din urm? s? fie limitat? ?i s? se piard? sub presiunea cerin?elor societ??ii ?i a semnalelor lansate de c?tre sentimentul social. Astfel, ?ntregul tablou al nevrozei ?i toate simptomele acesteia sunt influen?ate, ba chiar determinate, de un iluzoriu scop final care ar aduce cre?terea stimei de sine.

Ea ?i el... c?nd sunt ?mpreun? iese cu sc?ntei, c?nd sunt desp?r?i?i, se caut? unul pe cel?lalt. Ce ?i deosebe?te? Ce transmite ea ?i ce transmite el, prin postura corpului, mimic?, voce, comportament? De unde vin toate aceste diferen?e, ne-am n?scut cu ele sau le-am ?nv??at pe parcursul vie?ii? Sunt ?ntreb?ri care ne intrig?, care ne macin? uneori, atunci c?nd iubitul sau iubita pare s? nu ?n?eleag? ce dorim sau c?nd, ?n situa?iile sociale, suntem minimaliza?i de cei din tab?ra sexului opus.Ba nu, ba da!?este mai mult dec?t un simplu ghid prin labirintul stilurilor diferite de comunicare ale femeilor ?i b?rba?ilor. Bazat? pe studii ?tiin?ifice, dar ?i pe exemple din via?a de zi cu zi,?Ba nu, ba da!?este cartea care ??i spune ce s? faci: unde ?i c?t trebuie s? schimbi, astfel ?nc?t ne?n?elegerile dintre tine ?i el sau dintre tine ?i ea s? ajung? de domeniul trecutului. Iar rela?iile armonioase sunt fundamentul ?mplinirii ?n cuplu ?i al succesului ?n carier?!?

Pornind de la tendin?a natural? a copilului de a imagina roluri ?i de a construi pove?ti relevante pentru via?a sa interioar?, terapia prin joc este larg folosit? în abordarea problemelor psihice ale copiilor ?i adolescen?ilor. Cele 101 tehnici prezentate în acest volum ofer? psihologilor, educatorilor, dar ?i p?rin?ilor ?i pediatrilor un instrument eficient ?i neintruziv pentru a-i ajuta pe cei mici s?-?i verbalizeze emo?iile, s?-?i gestioneze furia, s? fac? fa?? pierderilor ?i doliului, dar ?i s? vindece vechi r?ni, cum sunt cele pricinuite de abuzuri ?i traume. Cartea include contribu?iile unor autorit??i mondiale în terapia prin joc, cu orient?ri variate, de la psihodinamic? la cognitiv-comportamental?. De asemenea, diversele tehnici, utile atât în evaluare, dar ?i în cur?, sunt grupate în ?apte sec?iuni: de la pove?ti vindec?toare ?i arte plastice la jocuri de grup ?i marionete. Copiii pot spune cu u?urin?? cum se simt cât? vreme este „doar în glum?“ sau doar „în joac?“. Mul?i copii se simt foarte confortabil ?i mai pu?in amenin?a?i când r?spund la întreb?ri într un format de joc, datorit? distan??rii pe care o simt fa?? de realitate. – Heidi Gerard Kaduson Piesele geometrice ale jocurilor de construit ofer? infinite posibilit??i: zgârie-nori, gr?dini zoologice, autostr?zi, aeroporturi, poduri, castele sau case ale dinozaurilor. Toate acestea asigur? copiilor un sentiment real de împlinire, care le optimizeaz? imaginea de sine ?i le satisface impulsul de st?pânire a mediului. – Charles E. Schaefer

(This edition does not include illustrations.) An intimate celebration of women and friendship from international bestselling author Nikki Gemmell. ‘The Bride Stripped Bare’ exposed female desire as no other book had; raw, intoxicating and breathtakingly libidinous. ‘Pleasure’ looks set to do the same with more secret women's business – dealing candidly with everything from Brazilian waxes to 'secret' underwear, from coping with broken hearts to what makes a perfect partner (a checklist to cut out and keep), from advice on the friends who flatten you (frenemies) to the importance of empathy. Both bold and intimate, ‘Pleasure’ is a book Nikki Gemmell says she looked for as a gift for a cherished friend – and never found. So she decided to write it herself. Encased in a stunning design package with beautiful feminine illustrations, this is a book every woman will want to share with her best friend, aunt, sister or fairy godmother.

Lori Gottlieb suggests the unthinkable: what if she, and single women everywhere, need to stop chasing the elusive Mr Perfect and instead opt for Mr Good Enough? Embarking on her own journey to find the ideal partner, Lori explores a prevalent issue facing women today - how do you reconcile a strong desire for a husband and family without wanting to settle for anything less than the perfect package…? After interviewing a range of people from behavioural therapists to marriage counsellors, neuropsychologists to divorce lawyers, as well as single and married men and women from their twenties right up to their sixties, Lori is well placed to offer an answer Mr Good Enough is this year's intelligent, eye-opening insight into modern relationships - a fast, funny read which 'might just be a formula for marital bliss' The Times

Κατ’αρχ?ν θα πρ?πει να διευκριν?σουμε πω? ο ?ρωτα? δεν ε?ναι αμαρτ?α. Αντιθ?τω? μ?λιστα! Ο ?ρωτα? ευλογε?ται απ? το Θε?, ?ταν ε?ναι αληθιν??. ?ταν βασ?ζεται στην αγ?πη. ?ταν συνοδε?εται και συνοδε?ει την αγ?πη. Αυτ?? ο ?ρωτα? δε χ?νεται και δε σβ?νει ποτ?. Γιατ? ακ?μη κι ?ταν ?λθει η στιγμ? που καταλαγι?ζει το π?θο?, η αγ?πη βγα?νει στην επιφ?νεια, και ε?ναι αυτ? που κρατ? του? ερωτευμ?νου? μαζ? για π?ντα, και του? κρατ? για π?ντα ερωτευμ?νου?! ?ταν ?μω? δεν υπ?ρχει η αγ?πη, ο ?ρωτα? δεν ευλογε?ται. Μ?λλον, δε μπορε? να υπ?ρξει πραγματικ?? ?ρωτα? χωρ?? την αγ?πη. Και ε?ναι εκε?νε? οι στιγμ?? που μ?λι? αρχ?σει το π?θο? να σβ?νει, ανακαλ?πτει? πω? δεν ?χει με?νει τ?ποτα, παρ? ?να απ?ραντο κεν?. ?να κεν?, που δεν πληρ?νεται ο?τε με ψε?τικε? υποσχ?σει?, ο?τε με ψε?τικα ?σ’αγαπ??, ο?τε με ουτοπικ? ?για π?ντα?, ο?τε με την ιδιοτ?λεια! Γι αυτ? αναρρωτι?ται κανε??, βλ?ποντα? ?ναν ?νθρωπο που ερωτε?εται και αγαπ? τ?σο ε?κολα κ?θε φορ? ?να διαφορετικ? ?νθρωπο: ?Ποι?ν αγαπ?? για π?ντα αυτ? τη φορ?;?

Segítség a h?tleneknek, segítség a szeret?knek és segítség a megcsaltaknak. A k?tet szerz?je, Gelsei Bernadett szeret?ként maga is volt ilyen helyzetben, és pszichológusként is rendszeresen ad tanácsot azoknak, akik szerelmi háromsz?gbe kerültek. A k?nyvb?l jobban megérheted a társas hármas más résztvev?inek néz?pontját, és kitalálhatod, mit tegyél, ha valahogy szerelmi háromsz?gbe jutottál.

L'auteur, conférencier, étudie depuis quarante ans, les phénomènes inexpliqués. Il s'est initié seul, intuitivement, au magnétisme puis à la communication avec l'au-delà, depuis le printemps 1993. "Ma quête spirituelle m'a ouvert tant de portes nouvelles que j'ai choisi le format d'un abécédaire pour présenter ses multiples facettes. Je vis et je pratique une spiritualité naturelle offerte à tous ceux qui acceptent de s'interroger, de remettre en question leurs vieilles certitudes en les confrontant au filtre de l'intuition. J'ai usé et j'use toujours de ma médiumnité comme d'un outil privilégié de recherches. L'aventure intérieure m'a peu à peu mené vers les mathématiques puis la physique alors que ma formation ne m'y préparait pas. Ma spiritualité n'a pas seulement changé mes perceptions ; elle a bousculé mes certitudes fondées, le plus souvent, sur l'opinion d'un autre. Par elle et avec elle, ma relation aux autres a changé. Le travail sur soi, plus que le don, m'a peu à peu conduit, au fil des ans, à juguler et atténuer de plus en plus ces excès de l'ego que nous connaissons tous. Chaque lecteur pourra parcourir ce livre en suivant ses propres centres d'intérêt. S'il le souhaite, il pourra peut-être découvrir, au fil des mots choisis, un autre chemin offrant un regard neuf sur ce monde si mystérieux qui nous contient et nous entoure."

An Irish Fiction Omnibus is a collection of three bestselling novels from Orna Ross, perfect for fans of The Irish Heart series by Juliet Gauvin and An Irish Family Saga series by Jean Reinhardt. After the Rising, book one in The Irish Trilogy is a historical murder mystery of love, revenge and redemption. Twenty years ago, Jo Devereux fled Mucknamore, the small Irish village where she grew up, driven away by buried secrets and hatreds, swearing never to return Now she is back and wants to uncover the truth… What really happened between her family and their friends, the O’Donovans, during the Ireland’s bitter Civil War? The consequences of that bitter division in the 1920s carried down into Jo’s own life, shattering her relationship with Rory O’Donovan, the only man she ever loved, and driving her to leave Ireland. Now, Jo’s estranged mother has died, leaving her a suitcase full of letters and diaries that seem answer some questions about the past. Over the course of a long hot summer, Jo is astonished to read about her grandmother and great-aunt, their part in Ireland’s fight for freedom and the repercussions that echoed throughout their lives. She has learned how the passion of rebellion sweeps people up but what happens after the rising? Her Secret Rose is the first book in The Yeats-Gonne Trilogy, chronicling the passionate relationship between W.B. Yeats and Maud Gonne.? Willie Yeats was 23 years old in 1889, when Maud Gonne, six feet tall, elegantly beautiful and passionately political, came calling to his house and “the troubling of his life” began.? He spread his dreams under her feet, as they set about creating a new Ireland, through his poetry and her politics, and their shared interest in the occult. Packed with emotional twists and surprises, Her Secret Rose is a novel of secrets and intrigue, passion and politics, mystery and magic, that brings to life 1890s Dublin, London and Paris, two fascinating characters — and a charismatic love affair that altered the course of history for two nations. Blue Mercy is a literary family drama, with a murder at its heart, full of emotional twists and surprises. When Mercy Mulcahy was 40 years old, she was accused of killing her elderly and tyrannical father. Now, at the end of her life, she has written a book about what really happened on that fateful night of Christmas Eve, 1989. The tragic and beautiful Mercy has devoted her life to protecting Star, especially from the father whose behavior so blighted her own life. Yet Star vehemently resists reading her manuscript. Why? What is Mercy hiding? Was her father's death an assisted suicide? Or something more sinister? In this book, nothing is what it seems on the surface and everywhere there are emotional twists and surprises. Will you side with mother or daughter?

A horoszkóp, az univerzum k?re, életünk kerete adott. Születésünk pillanatában megérkezünk a magunk választotta pontjára, valamilyen céllal, megoldandó feladattal. Ez a sorsunk, a karmánk, ezt kell megcselekednünk. A j?v?nk kulcsa, a megoldás abban rejlik, hogy felismerjük-e a karmánk szabta feladatot, és hogy azt hogyan teljesítjük.Az asztrológia nem jóslás, hanem a sorsfeladatunk tudatosításáról és elfogadásáról szól.Ez az asztrológiai kézik?nyv a lehet? legegyszer?bb alapokon nyugszik: elegend? ismerni a Szaturnusz, a Jupiter, valamint a Nap jegy és az uralkodó bolygójának elhelyezkedését a horoszkópban jegyek és házak szerint.A k?nyv els?sorban azoknak szól, akik alapvet? asztrológiai ismeretekkel rendelkeznek, és szeretnének k?nnyen eligazodni, esetleg másoknak is tanácsot adni, hogy miként ismerhetik fel a nekik rendelt utat.

A huszadik század alapvet?en megváltoztatta a nemek kapcsolatát, a család szerepét és a n? helyét a világban. A maga korában minden újabb lépés természetes volt: az emberek jogot formáltak a szerelem szabad élvezetére, megtanultuk, hogyan tervezzünk tudatosan családot, a n?k munkába álltak, és küzdeni kezdtek a szabadságukért. ?s mindek?zben a nemek viszonya el?re nem látott módon változott meg. Megváltozott a férfi és a n? szerepe és biológiája, háttérbe szorult a család, és sokan már a gyerekekr?l is tudatosan mondanak le. Korántsem biztos azonban, hogy ebben az új világban tényleg boldogabbak és szabadabbak vagyunk… Vajon mi lehet az evolúciós háttere a tudatos gyermektelenségnek vagy a szingli életformának? Mit?l változott meg a szépségideál az elmúlt száz esztend?ben? Nem egyszer?en a viszonyok rendez?dtek át: a két nem biológiai értelemben is változik. Változik a n? teste, változik egész lénye. SZENDI G?BOR A n? felemelkedése és tünd?klése cím? nagysiker? k?nyvében még arról írt, mi rejlik a génekben, milyen programok dolgoznak a n?ben és a férfiben. Legújabb k?tetében már azt elemzi, milyen er?k és fordulatok ?sszhatására született meg az ?új n?”, és milyen nehézségekkel kell megküzdenie a jelenben és a j?v?be.

Expand your knowledge of computer vision by building amazing projects with OpenCV 3About This BookBuild computer vision projects to capture high-quality image data, detect and track objects, process the actions of humans or animals, and much moreDiscover practical and interesting innovations in computer vision while building atop a mature open-source library, OpenCV 3Familiarize yourself with multiple approaches and theories wherever critical decisions need to be madeWho This Book Is ForThis book is ideal for you if you aspire to build computer vision systems that are smarter, faster, more complex, and more practical than the competition. This is an advanced book intended for those who already have some experience in setting up an OpenCV development environment and building applications with OpenCV. You should be comfortable with computer vision concepts, object-oriented programming, graphics programming, IDEs, and the command line.What You Will LearnSelect and configure camera systems to see invisible light, fast motion, and distant objectsBuild a “camera trap”, as used by nature photographers, and process photos to create beautiful effectsDevelop a facial expression recognition system with various feature extraction techniques and machine learning methodsBuild a panorama Android application using the OpenCV stitching module in C++ with NDK supportOptimize your object detection model, make it rotation invariant, and apply scene-specific constraints to make it faster and more robustCreate a person identification and registration system based on biometric properties of that person, such as their fingerprint, iris, and faceFuse data from videos and gyroscopes to stabilize videos shot from your mobile phone and create hyperlapse style videosIn DetailComputer vision is becoming accessible to a large audience of software developers who can leverage mature libraries such as OpenCV. However, as they move beyond their first experiments in computer vision, developers may struggle to ensure that their solutions are sufficiently well optimized, well trained, robust, and adaptive in real-world conditions. With sufficient knowledge of OpenCV, these developers will have enough confidence to go about creating projects in the field of computer vision.This book will help you tackle increasingly challenging computer vision problems that you may face in your careers. It makes use of OpenCV 3 to work around some interesting projects. Inside these pages, you will find practical and innovative approaches that are battle-tested in the authors’ industry experience and research. Each chapter covers the theory and practice of multiple complementary approaches so that you will be able to choose wisely in your future projects. You will also gain insights into the architecture and algorithms that underpin OpenCV’s functionality.We begin by taking a critical look at inputs in order to decide which kinds of light, cameras, lenses, and image formats are best suited to a given purpose. We proceed to consider the finer aspects of computational photography as we build an automated camera to assist nature photographers. You will gain a deep understanding of some of the most widely applicable and reliable techniques in object detection, feature selection, tracking, and even biometric recognition. We will also build Android projects in which we explore the complexities of camera motion: first in panoramic image stitching and then in video stabilization.By the end of the book, you will have a much richer understanding of imaging, motion, machine learning, and the architecture of computer vision libraries and applications!Style and approachThis book covers a combination of theory and practice. We examine blueprints for specific projects and discuss the principles behind these blueprints, in detail.

Implement state-of-the-art techniques to visualize solutions to challenging problems in scientific computing, with the use of the SciPy stackAbout This BookMaster the theory and algorithms behind numerical recipes and how they can be applied to real-world problemsLearn to combine the most appropriate built-in functions from the SciPy stack by understanding the connection between the sources of your problem, volume of data, or computer architectureA comprehensive coverage of all the mathematical techniques needed to solve the presented topics, with a discussion of the relevant algorithms built in the SciPy stackWho This Book Is ForIf you are a mathematician, engineer, or computer scientist with a proficiency in Python and familiarity with IPython, this is the book for you. Some basic knowledge of numerical methods in scientific computing would be helpful.What You Will LearnMaster relevant algorithms used in symbolic or numerical mathematics to address approximation, interpolation, differentiation, integration, root-finding, and optimization of scalar or multi-variate functionsDevelop different algorithms and strategies to efficiently store and manipulate large matrices of data, in particular to solve systems of linear equations, or compute their eigenvalues/eigenvectorsUnderstand how to model physical problems with systems of differential equations and distinguish the factors that dictate the strategies to solve themPerform statistical analysis, hypothesis test design and resolution, or data mining at a higher level, and apply them to real-life problems in the field of data analysisGain insights on the power of distances, Delaunay triangulations and Voronoi diagrams for Computational Geometry, and apply them to various engineering problemsFamiliarize yourself with different techniques in signal/image processing, including filtering audio, images, or video to extract information, features, or remove componentsIn DetailThe SciPy stack is a collection of open source libraries of the powerful *ing language Python, together with its interactive shells. This environment offers a cutting-edge platform for numerical computation, programming, visualization and publishing, and is used by some of the world’s leading mathematicians, scientists, and engineers. It works on any operating system that supports Python and is very easy to install, and completely free of charge! It can effectively transform into a data-processing and system-prototyping environment, directly rivalling MATLAB and Octave.This book goes beyond a mere de*ion of the different built-in functions coded in the libraries from the SciPy stack. It presents you with a solid mathematical and computational background to help you identify the right tools for each problem in scientific computing and visualization. You will gain an insight into the best practices with numerical methods depending on the amount or type of data, properties of the mathematical tools employed, or computer architecture, among other factors.The book kicks off with a concise exploration of the basics of numerical linear algebra and graph theory for the treatment of problems that handle large data sets or matrices. In the subsequent chapters, you will delve into the depths of algorithms in symbolic algebra and numerical analysis to address modeling/simulation of various real-world problems with functions (through interpolation, approximation, or creation of systems of differential equations), and extract their representing features (zeros, extrema, integration or differentiation).Lastly, you will move on to advanced concepts of data analysis, image/signal processing, and computational geometry.Style and approachPacked with real-world examples, this book explores the mathematical techniques needed to solve the presented topics, and focuses on the algorithms built in the SciPy stack.

Master performance optimization for Unity3D applications with tips and techniques that cover every aspect of the Unity3D EngineAbout This BookOptimize CPU cycles, memory usage, and GPU throughput for any Unity3D applicationMaster optimization techniques across all Unity Engine features including Scripting, Asset Management, Physics, Graphics Features, and ShadersA practical guide to exploring Unity Engine's many performance-enhancing methodsWho This Book Is ForThis book is intended for intermediate and advanced Unity developers who have experience with most of Unity’s feature-set, and who want to maximize the performance of their game. Familiarity with the C# language will be needed.What You Will LearnUse the Unity Profiler to find bottlenecks anywhere in our application, and discover how to resolve themImplement best-practices for C# *ing to avoid common pitfallsDevelop a solid understanding of the rendering pipeline, and maximize its performance through reducing draw calls and avoiding fill rate bottlenecksEnhance shaders in a way that is accessible to most developers, optimizing them through subtle yet effective performance tweaksKeep our scenes as dynamic as possible by making the most of the Physics engineOrganize, filter, and compress our art assets to maximize performance while maintaining high qualityPull back the veil on the Mono Framework and the C# Language to implement low-level enhancements that maximize memory usage and avoid garbage collectionGet to know the best practices for project organization to save time through an improved workflowIn DetailCompetition within the gaming industry has become significantly fiercer in recent years with the adoption of game development frameworks such as Unity3D. Through its massive feature-set and ease-of-use, Unity helps put some of the best processing and rendering technology in the hands of hobbyists and professionals alike. This has led to an enormous explosion of talent, which has made it critical to ensure our games stand out from the crowd through a high level of quality. A good user experience is essential to create a solid product that our users will enjoy for many years to come.Nothing turns gamers away from a game faster than a poor user-experience. Input latency, slow rendering, broken physics, stutters, freezes, and crashes are among a gamer’s worst nightmares and it’s up to us as game developers to ensure this never happens. High performance does not need to be limited to games with the biggest teams and budgets.Initially, you will explore the major features of the Unity3D Engine from top to bottom, investigating a multitude of ways we can improve application performance starting with the detection and analysis of bottlenecks. You’ll then gain an understanding of possible solutions and how to implement them. You will then learn everything you need to know about where performance bottlenecks can be found, why they happen, and how to work around them.This book gathers a massive wealth of knowledge together in one place, saving many hours of research and can be used as a quick reference to solve specific issues that arise during product development.Style and approachThis book is organized based on the major features of Unity engine and should be treated as a reference guide. It is written as a series of investigations into both common and unusual performance pitfalls, each including a study on why the bottleneck is causing us problems, and a list of enhancements or features that can be used to work around them. Differences in effectiveness, behaviors, or feature-sets between Unity 4.x and Unity 5.x will be highlighted.

In the second English edition of her popular annual horoscope series, leading Russian astrologer Tatiana Borsch shares with you her forecasts on major everyday issues; career and business, finances, family and romantic relationships and health. In her look ahead to 2020, Borsch includes a general forecast for each sign of the Zodiac and a detailed monthly forecast that helps you to recognize auspicious occasions, to seize good luck, to avoid trouble and resolve conflicts, to organize personal affairs and to achieve professional success. Also included is a Zodiac compatibility guide to help you with relationships that are happy and not so happy. This complete 2020 Horoscope features guidance from the astrologer and gives you an insight into what lies in store for you in the turbulent year of the metal rat. ABOUT THE AUTHORTatiana Borsch is a well-known Russian astrologer and the author of twenty-eight astrological almanacs and horoscopes. She has prepared a general forecast for each sign of the Zodiac every year since1992. She currently lives and works in Moscow where she writes astrological columns for popular Russian publications and is the founder and director of the AstraArt television company.