Algorithmic Architecture3 reviews Kostas Terzidis Architectural Press, 2006 Interesting cross-disciplinary book not just for architects + Including MEL scripts This is a very interesting book on the use of algorithms to come up with interesting solutions to architectural design problems. It is a sort of cross between artificial intelligence, computer science, computer graphics, and, of course, architecture that uses the language of algorithm ...             An Introduction to Bioinformatics Algorithms (Computational Molecular Biology)7 reviews Neil C. Jones, Pavel A. Pevzner The MIT Press, 2004 A very good introduction! + Uma excelente introdução à bioinformática + Excellent algorithms exercise & bioinformatics intro + The First Undergraduate Text             Perl Hacks: Tips & Tools for Programming, Debugging, and Surviving (Hacks)9 reviews chromatic, Damian Conway, ... O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2006 Excellent Compendium of Perl Tricks + An excellent way to get more out of Perl than you ever realized + Super-advanced Perl + A Great Collection of Perl Tricks + Do perl or die - $@             Algorithms on Strings, Trees and Sequences: Computer Science and Computational Biology12 reviews Dan Gusfield Cambridge University Press, 1997 Definitive String Algorithms Text + phenomenal + Well Written Text Book + nice intersection of computing and biology + What it says, it says best.             Fundamentals of Astrodynamics and Applications (Space Technology Library) (Space Technology Library)7 reviews D.A. Vallado Springer, 2007 Excellent book for the practicing engineer + Excellent coverage! + Notes on Vallado's book + Admirable survey             Astronomical Algorithms18 reviews Jean Meeus Willmann-Bell, 1998 Raw meat for astronomy nerds + A great book on the "how-tos" but not the whys + A great tool for astronomy computations + Essential for writing astronomy applications + Excellent Information for Astronomical Calculations             The Nonlinear Workbook: Chaos, Fractals, Celluar Automata, Neural Networks, Genetic Algorithms, Gene ...5 reviews Willi-Hans Steeb World Scientific Publishing Company, 2005 Good overview of nonlinear dynamics + Exact same content as the cheaper and sturdy paperback version + explains many key ideas This book is an overview of all of the components of nonlinear dynamics. Nonlinear dynamics is a field of study that enables well-constructed predictive modeling of systems that might be difficult to solve otherwise. Such continuous systems were first widely modeled by ordinary and differential ...             Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C, Second Edition99 reviews Bruce Schneier Wiley, 1996 Dated but indespensible + A Classic Cryptography Bible + The unique and original applied cryptography book! + Easy to read, perfect level of detail. + Excellent Introduction             Data Compression: The Complete Reference5 reviews David Salomon Springer, 2006 An undiscovered gem of compression algorithm details + Very Complete - No Useless Filler + A comprehensible but not very profound book + Decent overview of many algorithms             The Definitive Guide to Building Java Robots (The Definitive Guide to)6 reviews Scott Preston Apress, 2005 Good starting place for PC based robots + Good book + Very good book on this subject. + Interesting robotics book             Algorithms for Image Processing and Computer Vision10 reviews J. R. Parker Wiley, 1996 Outstanding source of implementations of image processing algorithms + Good book; somewhat sloppy code + An unusually clear book -- and great for OCR researchers. + I like this book             Algorithms in a Nutshell (In a Nutshell (O'Reilly))1 review George Heineman, Gary Pollice, ... O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2008 A great supplemental book on Algorithms This new book on algorithms from O'Reilly is a breath of fresh air. Most books on the subject fall into two categories: very dense tomes full of math and heavy on sometime unintelligible pseudocode, or books that basically just give you recipes without much understanding. The second category is the ...             Parallel Programming With MPI12 reviews Peter Pacheco Morgan Kaufmann, 1996 Very insightful! + Great for MPI beginners + Your MPI on-ramp + Just what I needed + Well written, easy for someone who is not an MPI guru... yet             Mathematical Elements for Computer Graphics (2nd Edition)5 reviews David F. Rogers, J. Alan Adams McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, 1989 Solid Graphics Text + One of the best books I've read. + Clear presentation of the mathematics behind computer graphics + The cover shown is for the 1976 edition description 1990 ed             Numerical Recipes 3rd Edition: The Art of Scientific Computing7 reviews William H. Press, Saul A. Teukolsky, ... Cambridge University Press, 2007 Essential book on scientific computing + Continues to improve + Quickly switching your matlab routines to cpp + The perfect book             The Pocket Handbook of Image Processing Algorithms In C11 reviews Harley R. Myler, Arthur R. Weeks Prentice Hall PTR, 1993 Excellent cookbook of image processing algorithms + Really Nice Book with a couple of flaws + Useful, full of stuff, but old and in some cases wrong... This book is excellent if you use it as intended - to lift working C code for the implementation of a variety of image processing algorithms. There are even algorithms for computer vision techniques such as circularity, compactness, and finding the minimum or maximum axis. This book assumes that ...             Head First Design Patterns (Head First)250 reviews Elisabeth Freeman, Eric Freeman, ... O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2004 Great Book! + Head First Design Patterns + Head First Design Patterns (Head First) + This is how learning should be + Readable and Understandable             Digital Image Processing (3rd Edition)23 reviews Rafael C. Gonzalez, Richard E. Woods Prentice Hall, 2007 Simply Excellent! Fully Justifies Its Price! + Even better than the first edition + Great Introduction to Image Processing + Excellent book for Image Processing + OK book for 1st or 2nd year undergrads             Bundle of Algorithms in Java, Third Edition, Parts 1-5: Fundamentals, Data Structures, Sorting, Searching, ...7 reviews Robert Sedgewick Addison-Wesley Professional, 2003 More Practical for Programmers Than Cormen's + A treasure! These text(s) do for the software engineer what Cormen's book does for the scientist. To be knowledgable with algorithms will greatly seperate you from a novice. Very good examples and using Java is very smart because most OO programmers can easily understand the language (C# is practically ...             Computational Geometry: Algorithms and Applications15 reviews Mark de Berg, Otfried Cheong, ... Springer, 2008 A very nice introduction to the field + Excellent Background + good source of many methods + Good Introduction but look elsewhere for detailed reference