John Horgan, “Der menschliche Geist”
Fischer | 2001 | ISBN: 3596151392 | 428 pages | PDF | 1,9 MB

Wo liegen die Grenzen der Selbsterkenntnis? In Der menschliche Geist, dem Nachfolgewerk zu seinem allgemeiner gehaltenen An den Grenzen des Wissens, stellt der gefeierte Wissenschaftsautor John Horgan eine kritische Betrachtung über die Welt der Neurowissenschaft an. Horgan, sowieso schon pessimistisch was die langfristigen Aussichten für das große Streben des wissenschaftlichen Fortschritts angeht, findet bezüglich der Behauptungen derer, die das Gehirn und den Verstand erforschen, sogar noch mehr Anlass zur Skepsis.

Werden wir je die erklärungsbedürftige Kluft zwischen unserem reduktionistischen neuroanatomischen Wissen und unserem alltäglichen Bewusstsein der Qualität unserer Wahrnehmungen, Gedanken und Gefühle schließen können? Horgans Antwort darauf lautet nein. Er ist allerdings kein Neo-Maschinenstürmer. Es ist nicht sein Ziel, die Öffentlichkeit zu desillusionieren oder den Geldfluss zu reduzieren, sondern vielmehr, die Anmaßung der Neurowissenschaftler, Entwicklungspsychologen und Künstliche-Intelligenz-Forscher anzusprechen, die alle behaupten, ein neues goldenes Zeitalter stünde uns kurz bevor, dank einer bevorstehenden großen vereinten Theorie des Bewusstseins, einer Theorie, die Horgan bestenfalls für unwahrscheinlich und weit verfehlt hält. Sein klarer, unterhaltsamer Stil ist mehr im Gesprächston gehalten als polemisch und seine Porträts von Koryphäen wie Eric Kandel und Lewis Wolpert sorgen für fesselnden, wohl überlegten Lesestoff. Auch wenn Sie wie viele Neurowissenschaftler seine Meinung nicht teilen sollten, sein Standpunkt ist dennoch erfrischend und faszinierend, und allein schon deswegen einen Gedanken wert. –Rob Lightner
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U. Kohlenbach, “Applied Proof Theory: Proof Interpretations and their Use in Mathematics”
Springer | 2008 | ISBN: 3540775323 | 536 pages | PDF | 3,2 MB

This is the first treatment in book format of proof-theoretic transformations — known as proof interpretations — that focuses on applications to ordinary mathematics. It covers both the necessary logical machinery behind the proof interpretations that are used in recent applications as well as – via extended case studies – carries out some of these applications in full detail.

This subject has its historical roots in pioneering work of G. Kreisel going back to the 1950s but was developed more systematically only during the past 15-20 years, mainly by the author and his collaborators in numerous paper. The main direction in this work is to apply proof transformations that originally had been developed in the course of foundational studies (erg. consistency proofs and Hilbert’s program) as well as new versions and extensions thereof to concrete pieces of mathematics. This work so far only existed in the form of research papers that either developed the logical machinery and were published in logic journals or that presented concrete applications (mainly in analysis) and were published in analysis journals on the expense of dropping most of the logical background.

The present book for the first time tells the whole story: the logical theory, how to connect this theory up with ordinary mathematics and, finally, concrete applications in approximation theory and fixed point theory.
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Database Design for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Relational Database Design, Second Edition
Addison-Wesley Professional; 2 edition | 0201752840 | 672 pages | March 5, 2003 | CHM | 6 Mb

Programmers and software architects don’t really make a conscious decision to design an application (particularly one with online exposure) around the three-tier model-view-controller design pattern anymore. Three-tier, largely because of its adaptability and stability, is the norm. All of which means you need a database to underpin each of your applications. Designing your databases correctly can make the difference between slow-running, complicated code and software that’s speedy, modular, and easy to work with.

Database Design for Mere Mortals prepares someone with only a passing familiarity with databases for the important job of building the persistence layer (also called the data model) for software.
Michael Hernandez explains database design in tradesman’s terms. That is, he shows his readers how to identify the business problems that have to be satisfied by a database, then proceeds to explain how to build a solid solution to them. Hernandez’s approach combines procedural guidelines (first identify critical facts, then apply a certain logic to yield tables, then establish cross-references, and so on) with practical definitions that clear up much of the rich trove of jargon surrounding databases. He walks through numerous examples, and doesn’t shy away from the complexities that always exist in real customers’ requirements. If you’re not familiar with database design, and want to be, this is the book you need.

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Data Warehousing Fundamentals: A Comprehensive Guide for IT Professionals
Wiley-Interscience; 1 edition | 0471412546 | 528 pages | August 3, 2001 | PDF | 3 Mb

Geared to IT professionals eager to get into the all-important field of data warehousing, this book explores all topics needed by those who design and implement data warehouses. Readers will learn about planning requirements, architecture, infrastructure, data preparation, information delivery, implementation, and maintenance. They’ll also find a wealth of industry examples garnered from the author’s 25 years of experience in designing and implementing databases and data warehouse applications for major corporations.

Market: IT Professionals, Consultants.

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Data Structures and Program Design in C++
Prentice Hall; US Ed edition | 0137689950 | 717 pages | September 23, 1998 | PDF | 12 Mb
Progressing from the concrete to the abstract and using numerous, substantial case studies and sample programs this book explores structured problem solving, data abstraction, software engineering principles, and the comparative analysis of algorithms as fundamental tools of program design. Emphasizes principles of top-down refinement, program design, review, and testing. Uses the C programming language throughout.

Offers Internet access to the source code for all the programs and program extracts printed in the book.

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G. Levenfish: Select games and memoirs
Russian | ISBN: 1709325242 | 1967 | 202 Pages | Djvu | 3.71 MB

Flashbacks of international grand master Grigory Yakovlevich Levenfish, participant of first three Moscow international tournaments (1925, 1935 and 1936 y.y.) engulf the period of the first half of the twentieth age.
Contemporary of Lasker, Kapablanka and Alekhin, he repeatedly met behind a board not only with them but also with Nimtsovich, Rubinshteyn, Tartakoverm and many other foreign and soviet chess-players of those times.

On his eyes and there was becoming of soviet chess school at his direct participation.

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