Full of technical cheer:
technica q&a: will shortz (sudoku: easy to hard)
technica q&a: mario livio (the equation that couldn't be solved)
technica q&a: jeff byles (rubble)
linus pauling memorial lectures: joel garreau
win an ipod!
buy an ipod book, get three free itunes
teach yourself visually series
2005 gift picks in tech
history of science
ebooks
doug brown's science factoid
bestsellers
"Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think."
—Niels Bohr
TECHNICA Q&A: WILL SHORTZ
Will Shortz, American puzzle meister, New York Times crossword editor, and NPR Weekend Sunday Puzzle host, presents Sudoku: Easy to Hard (Volume 3). What is sudoku? you may well ask. It's the new wordless crossword puzzle currently taking the world by storm! Crossword fans, fans of logic puzzles, and puzzle lovers in general will be engrossed and delighted with this number-placing game. Find out more in our Technica Q&A with Will Shortz.
TECHNICA Q&A: MARIO LIVIO
Mario Livio, author of the elegant and highly successful book The Golden Ratio, returns with The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved. Illuminating and literary, Livio's latest uncovers the gripping tale of the romantic characters and dramatic history surrounding the discovery of the language of symmetry. Read our Technica Q&A with Livio and save 30% on The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved.
TECHNICA Q&A: JEFF BYLES
Jeff Byles's Rubble: Unearthing the History of Demolition rides the wrecking ball through the world of destruction. Told with arresting detail and energy, this tale goes to the heart of the scientific, social, economic, and personal meaning of how we unbuild our world. Publishers Weekly lauds, "With brio, Byles ably and pungently excavates the shadowy crannies of this underappreciated art." Read Byles's answers to our Technica Q&A and save 30% on Rubble.
LINUS PAULING MEMORIAL LECTURE SERIES: JOEL GARREAU
Powell's Technical Bookstore is proud to sponsor the Science, Technology and Society 2005-2006 Linus Pauling Memorial Lecture Series in Portland, OR. In the second lecture of the season, Dr. Joel Garreau speaks on December 1 at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. Garreau is the author of Radical Evolution: Promises and Perils, which Kirkus praises in a starred review as "excellent scientific journalism." Through this special offer, receive 25% off the ticket price; simply enter promotion code DISCOVERY during checkout.
WIN AN iPOD!
Want an iPod, but don't have the extra cash to spend on one? Here's one easy way to possibly get this year's toy of toys: Just enter to win a black nano iPod, courtesy of Pearson Education Publishing and Powell's Technical Bookstore. Best hurry, though: the contest ends December 31.
BUY AN iPOD OR iTUNE BOOK, GET THREE FREE iTUNES
We're featuring a sweet selection of iPod and iTune books this month. And when you buy any new copy from our featured section, we'll give you a coupon for three free iTunes. Amateur, expert, or in between, there's a book here for you.
TEACH YOURSELF VISUALLY
The Teach Yourself Visually series is truly the ultimate in self-teaching guides. Learning Photoshop, JavaScript, Windows XP, Office, Dreamweaver, Mac OS X Tiger, Quicken, and a slew of other cool programs has never been easier than with the Teach Yourself Visually Series. For a limited time, save 20% on these great titles.
"Nothing in this world is to be feared... only understood."
—Marie Curie
TECHNICA GIFT GUIDE
From American beer brewing to number theory, game design to underwater robotics, animation art to GPS, there's something in our Technica Gift Guide for the techie nearest and dearest to your heart.
HISTORY OF SCIENCE
John von Neumann was born on December 28, 1903. He was a pioneer in computer science, as well as one of the initiators of game theory; he also worked at Los Alamos on the Manhattan Project and made many contributions to a wide array of mathematical fields. Von Neumann's signature achievement was in quantum mechanics, providing a rigorous foundation for quantum statistical mechanics.
eBOOKS
New in eBook: James R. Hansen's First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong tells the life story of the first man on the moon. In Clapton's Guitar, Allen St. John offers a close-up and fascinating look at how guitar master Wayne Henderson turns a few pieces of wood into a work of musical art using little more than a whittling knife. Descartes' Secret Notebook by Amir D. Aczel explores the secret, coded notebook of this towering figure in Western philosophy and mathematics.
DOUG BROWN'S FACTOID
While there are many small recent volcanic cones in the immediate Portland area, the most prominent volcano on the Portland skyline is Mt. Hood. The oldest rocks at the base of the mountain are Columbia River Basalts dating back 12 to 17 million years before present. However, the main bulk of the stratovolcano is andesitic rock that erupted less than 700,000 years ago. In the last 15,000 years, there have been four main eruptive periods; however, they have only subtly changed the shape of the mountain. The most recent was from 1760 to 1810; Crater Rock is a lava dome formed during this period. Lewis and Clark described the Sandy River as choked with debris from these eruptions.
TECH BESTSELLERS
1. Mac OS X: The Missing Manual by David Pogue (Macintosh)
2. 2005 Oregon Residential Specialty Code by the International Code Council (Construction)
3. Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things by Cy Tymony (Featured Titles)
4. Physics by Art Hobson (Physics)
5. Perl Best Practices by Damian Conway (Computer Languages)
6. Regular Expression Pocket Reference by Tony Stubblebine (Nutshell)
7. Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger by Maria Langer (Macintosh)
8. Handbook of Mathematics and Computational Science by John W. Harris (Mathematics)
9. ActionScript for Flash MX by Colin Moock (Nutshell)
10. Agile Web Development with Rails by Dave Thomas (Computer Languages)
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