Desert Dancing: Exploring the Land, the People, the Legends of the California Deserts



Len Wilcox “Desert Dancing: Exploring the Land, the People, the Legends of the California Deserts (Hunter Travel Guides)"
Springer | 2000-02 | ISBN: 155650876X | PDF | 300 pages | 1,2 Mb

Reader's review:
This well written book is a "must have" for those who enjoy exploring the desert. The authors personable writing style, trip routes, and historical information make this a good book. But, the authors illustrated love of the desert and it's solitude and beauty make this a fantastic book. Those who love exploring the desert will treasure this book. I have a hundred or so books about the deserts, and this one is in the top three. When I need to relax from the days work load, I open this book; I'm taken from my office into the desert; My office chair becomes the front seat of my jeep, desert breeze in my face, while ghosts of yesterday's jackass miners abound.

Lattice: Multivariate Data Visualization with R (Use R)



Robin Sharp “Lattice: Multivariate Data Visualization with R (Use R)"
Springer | 2008-03-13 | ISBN: 0387759689 | PDF | 288 pages | 8,3 Mb

R is rapidly growing in popularity as the environment of choice for data analysis and graphics both in academia and industry. Lattice brings the proven design of Trellis graphics (originally developed for S by William S. Cleveland and colleagues at Bell Labs) to R, considerably expanding its capabilities in the process. Lattice is a powerful and elegant high level data visualization system that is sufficient for most everyday graphics needs, yet flexible enough to be easily extended to handle demands of cutting edge research. Written by the author of the lattice system, this book describes it in considerable depth, beginning with the essentials and systematically delving into specific low levels details as necessary. No prior experience with lattice is required to read the book, although basic familiarity with R is assumed. The book contains close to 150 figures produced with lattice. Many of the examples emphasize principles of good graphical design; almost all use real data sets that are publicly available in various R packages. All code and figures in the book are also available online, along with supplementary material covering more advanced topics.