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Andy Warhol, Pat Hackett | 4.20
„Dnevnici“ Endija Vorhola su izdati daleke 1989. godine i do danas su doživeli nebrojeno mnogo izdanja, a i objavljeni su na svim važnim svetskim jezicima. Iako je većini čitalaca prva asocijacija na Endija Vorhola njegova izjava da će u budućnosti svako imati svojih 15 minuta slave, njegovi dnevnici nam daju uvid u jednu od najbitnijih decenija u svetskoj umetnosti. U vreme kada umetnici i poznate ličnosti nisu živeli samo za 15 minuta slave. Bez obzira na činjenicu da je neprekidno živeo pod zaslepljujućim svetlima reflektora, „Dnevnici“ nam daju istinsku sliku umetnika Endija Vorhola, sa... more „Dnevnici“ Endija Vorhola su izdati daleke 1989. godine i do danas su doživeli nebrojeno mnogo izdanja, a i objavljeni su na svim važnim svetskim jezicima. Iako je većini čitalaca prva asocijacija na Endija Vorhola njegova izjava da će u budućnosti svako imati svojih 15 minuta slave, njegovi dnevnici nam daju uvid u jednu od najbitnijih decenija u svetskoj umetnosti. U vreme kada umetnici i poznate ličnosti nisu živeli samo za 15 minuta slave. Bez obzira na činjenicu da je neprekidno živeo pod zaslepljujućim svetlima reflektora, „Dnevnici“ nam daju istinsku sliku umetnika Endija Vorhola, sa svim vrlinama i manama, nadama i strahovima. Kroz više od deceniju dnevničkih zapisa vidimo kako se menjao Vorhol, ali i savremena umetnost, kao i svet u kome je živeo. Zbog toga su za njega govorili da je kao ogledalo, jer je savršeno odslikavao društvo i trenutak u kome je živeo. Desetine hiljada stranica svakodnevnih dnevničkih zapisa Endija Vorhola, pripremila je njegova dugogodišnja saradnica Pet Heket, tako da „Dnevnici“ pored potpunog uvida u ličnost samog umetnika, slikaju i portrete svih značajnih ljudi koje je Vorhol tokom svog života sretao, od Lu Rida, Peti Smit, Mika Džegera, Džona Lenona, preko Frenka Sinatre, Majkla Džeksona, Joko Ono, do Džeki Kenedi, Frensisa Bejkona i Salvadora Dalija. less 
Blake GopnikWe assume that Andy knew that they might be published, and he may have wanted them to be published – and so would have controlled and manipulated their content. He didn’t scribble these entries down in a notebook, for his own eyes only. So you never know if he’s speaking to posterity in order to falsify the record – or at least to construct a record – or whether the Diaries are actually giving... (Source)
Craig BrownWarhol’s diaries came out shortly after he died, and at the time I couldn’t see the point of them at all. They were just a litany of names, all social gossip, very close to being boring. But reading them 20 years on, I find them fascinating. My edition is about 800 pages long. There aren’t many diaries you could read from start to finish, but this one is luminous. (Source)
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When she was 19 months old, Helen Keller (1880–1968) suffered a severe illness that left her blind and deaf. Not long after, she also became mute. Her tenacious struggle to overcome these handicaps-with the help of her inspired teacher, Anne Sullivan-is one of the great stories of human courage and dedication. In this classic autobiography, first published in 1903, Miss Keller recounts the first 22 years of her life, including the magical moment at the water pump when, recognizing the connection between the word "water" and the cold liquid flowing over her hand, she realized that objects had... more When she was 19 months old, Helen Keller (1880–1968) suffered a severe illness that left her blind and deaf. Not long after, she also became mute. Her tenacious struggle to overcome these handicaps-with the help of her inspired teacher, Anne Sullivan-is one of the great stories of human courage and dedication. In this classic autobiography, first published in 1903, Miss Keller recounts the first 22 years of her life, including the magical moment at the water pump when, recognizing the connection between the word "water" and the cold liquid flowing over her hand, she realized that objects had names. Subsequent experiences were equally noteworthy: her joy at eventually learning to speak, her friendships with Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edward Everett Hale and other notables, her education at Radcliffe (from which she graduated cum laude), and-underlying all-her extraordinary relationship with Miss Sullivan, who showed a remarkable genius for communicating with her eager and quick-to-learn pupil. less Craig BrownI only vaguely knew about her myself to begin with. I think she’s more famous in America, and deserves to be. Helen Keller, who died in 1968, was deaf, dumb and blind. She was struck deaf and blind by meningitis at the age of 18 months, which makes you “dumb” as you don’t know what other people are saying. (Source)
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"This is a riotous story which is reasonably mad and as accurate as a Marx brother can make it. Despite only a year and a half of schooling, Harpo, or perhaps his collaborator, is the best writer of the Marx Brother. Highly recommended." -Library Journal
"A funny, affectionate and unpretentious autobiography done with a sharply professional assist from Rowland Barber." -New York Times Book Review
more"This is a riotous story which is reasonably mad and as accurate as a Marx brother can make it. Despite only a year and a half of schooling, Harpo, or perhaps his collaborator, is the best writer of the Marx Brother. Highly recommended." -Library Journal
"A funny, affectionate and unpretentious autobiography done with a sharply professional assist from Rowland Barber." -New York Times Book Review
lessCraig BrownYes he does. I was always keen on the Marx brothers as comedians. Their films are still very funny and very fast. Other comedies, even from only 20 years ago, seem slow – the human mind finds quicker routes to get to jokes. But the Marx brothers still seem fast. There’s something amazing about them. (Source)
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Harold Nicolson is one of the three great political diarists of the 20th century. Nicolson was an MP who attended the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. He never achieved high office, but rarely a day went by when he didn't record what was going on at Westminster. He socialized widely, was married to the poet and author Vita Sackville-West, and together they created the famous garden at Sissinghurst. The diversity of Harold Nicolson's interests and the irony in his writing make his diary a highly entertaining record of his life and times, as well as a document of great historical value. more Harold Nicolson is one of the three great political diarists of the 20th century. Nicolson was an MP who attended the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. He never achieved high office, but rarely a day went by when he didn't record what was going on at Westminster. He socialized widely, was married to the poet and author Vita Sackville-West, and together they created the famous garden at Sissinghurst. The diversity of Harold Nicolson's interests and the irony in his writing make his diary a highly entertaining record of his life and times, as well as a document of great historical value. less Craig BrownCertainly towards the end of his life, Harold Nicolson was a crabby old thing. But he wrote his diaries at a particularly interesting time, just before and during the [Second World] War. He starts off as a journalist, but you soon realise how small society was then. In one of his first diary entries he is walking up Whitehall and bumps into the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who invites him into... (Source)
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The long-awaited autobiography of one of the greatest actors of our day - a memoir that in its scrupulous intelligence and accuracy of observation, its modesty mingled with wild and dancing humor, and its sweet idiosyncrasy, is pure Guinness.
The "Blessings" Sir Alec counts are characteristically - the people who have deeply affected his life. Here are brilliant portraits of Ralph Richardson (Guinness was never certain precisely what Richardson believed in, except motorcycles and gin, until "on one occasion he rose to his feet, stood at attention and raised his beaker in a military-style... more The long-awaited autobiography of one of the greatest actors of our day - a memoir that in its scrupulous intelligence and accuracy of observation, its modesty mingled with wild and dancing humor, and its sweet idiosyncrasy, is pure Guinness.
The "Blessings" Sir Alec counts are characteristically - the people who have deeply affected his life. Here are brilliant portraits of Ralph Richardson (Guinness was never certain precisely what Richardson believed in, except motorcycles and gin, until "on one occasion he rose to his feet, stood at attention and raised his beaker in a military-style toast. 'To Jesus Christ. What a splendid chap!'" ...); John Gielgud, who nurtured the young Alec 's talent with not-always-tactful generosity ("I can't think why you want to play big parts. Why
don't you stick to the little people you do so well?"); Edith Evans in her flawed majesty; Sybil Thorndike, Lewis Casson, Tyrone Guthrie - and a rich and strange supporting cast including Martita Hunt, all champagne and high-colonic irrigations, who gave Sir Alec his first acting lessons under the delusion that he must be one of the Guinnesses; Ernest Milton, arguably the greatest Hamlet of the century; and Edith Sitwell, terrorizing the Sesame and Imperial Pioneer Ladies Club (after the author dared disagree with her about Beethoven, she pronounced his doom: "Alec Guinness is not a Plantagenet"...). Here are Evelyn Waugh in church and Bernard Shaw at lunch; Vivien Leigh bewitching an admiral; Ernest Hemingway being underwhelmed by Noel Coward; Ernie Kovacs versus Fidel Castro;
and Grace Kelly and the twenty-year "war" with a tomahawk... And in telling us about these people, Sir Alec tells us about himself. We see the bewildered, sometimes terrified child ("My birth certificate registers me as Alec Guinness de Cuffe, born in Marylebone, London, 2nd April 1914 ... my father's name is left a speculative blank ") ... the chance treat (an invitation
to the theatre - an unimagined luxury) that decides his future ... the young Guinness taking his first steps (and slips) as an actor, looking like Dickens's pale young gentleman, Mr. Herbert Pocket, the appealing vulnerable innocent with the triangular grin and the outstanding ears. We see the unfolding careerfirst on the stage, then in film ... the wonderfully sustaining marriage... Sir Alec's war (the relevant chapter is called "Damage to the Allied Cause," and one can see why) ... the
long (and extraordinarily compelling) journey towards the Catholic Church (clinched by a bargain struck with God). And he writes about his sense of life now - in this moving, hilarious, entrancing book, an autobiography to celebrate.
With 16 pages of photographs
"The wittiest, most elegant memoir to come out of the theatre
in years."
-London Sunday Times
"A book so wise, hilarious and elegant that no review can do
justice to the richness of its content and the sparkle of its style.
It is, without question, the best book by an actor for several
decades."
-James Roose-Evans
"This is a marvellous Guinness record ... of a great period in
the British theatre. On Guinness himself it is marvellous in a
different way. It presents a wholly likeable man, brave in war,
modestly brilliant in peace, rare in faith and optimism, boasting
of only one thing: 'I am unaware of ever having lost a
friend.' As for his talent, he must, with such modesty, leave the
boosting to the millions of us who cherish it."
-Anthony Burgess, Observer less Craig BrownAlec Guinness wrote three lots of diaries, and then there is the autobiography, which is diary in disguise. I don’t draw much of a distinction between them. Often in the diaries he will remember something from 20 years ago – it’s not quite faking, but it’s a way of including all your life. I rather like Alec Guinness as a diarist. He is sheltered and quiet, quite slippery in a way. You can’t... (Source)
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In today's competitive global environment, manufacturers are offered unprecedented opportunities to build hyper-efficient and highly flexible plants, towards meeting variable market demand, while at the same time supporting new production models such as make-to-order (MTO), configure-to-order (CTO) and engineer-to-order (ETO). During the last couple of years, the digital transformation of industrial processes is propelled by the emergence and rise of the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0). The latter is based on the extensive deployment of Cyber-Physical Production Systems (CPPS) and... more In today's competitive global environment, manufacturers are offered unprecedented opportunities to build hyper-efficient and highly flexible plants, towards meeting variable market demand, while at the same time supporting new production models such as make-to-order (MTO), configure-to-order (CTO) and engineer-to-order (ETO). During the last couple of years, the digital transformation of industrial processes is propelled by the emergence and rise of the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0). The latter is based on the extensive deployment of Cyber-Physical Production Systems (CPPS) and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) technologies on the manufacturing shopfloor, as well as on the seamless and timely exchange of digital information across supply chain participants. The benefits of Industry 4.0 have already been proven in the scope of pilot and production deployments in a number of different use cases including flexibility in automation, predictive maintenance, zero defect manufacturing and more. Despite early implementations and proof-of-concepts, CPPS/IIoT deployments are still in their infancy for a number of reasons, including:
- Manufacturers' poor awareness about digital manufacturing solutions and their business value potential, as well as the lack of relevant internal CPPS/IIoT knowledge.
- The high costs that are associated with the deployment, maintenance and operation of CPPS systems on the manufacturing shopfloors, which are particularly challenging in the case of SME (Small Medium Enterprises) manufacturers that lack the equity capital needed to invest in Industry 4.0.
- The time needed to implement CPPS/IIoT and the lack of a smooth and proven migration path from existing OT solutions.
- The uncertainty over the business benefits and impacts of IIoT and CPPS technologies, including the lack of proven methods for the techno-economic evaluation of Industry 4.0 systems.
- Manufacturers' increased reliance on external integrators, consultants and vendors.
- The absence of a well-developed value chain needed to sustain the acceptance of these new technologies for digital automation.
In order to alleviate these challenges, three European Commission funded projects--namely H2020 FAR-EDGE (http: //www.far-edge.eu/), H2020 DAEDALUS (http: //daedalus.iec61499.eu) and H2020 AUTOWARE (http: //www.autoware-eu.org/)--have recently joined forces towards a "Digital Shopfloor Alliance." The Alliance aims at providing leading edge and standards based digital automation solutions, along with guidelines and blueprints for their effective deployment, validation and evaluation. The present book provides a comprehensive description of some of the most representative solutions offered by these three projects, along with the ways these solutions can be combined in order to achieve multiplier effects and maximize the benefits of their use. The presented solutions include standards-based digital automation solutions, following different deployment paradigms, such as cloud and edge computing systems. Moreover, they also comprise a rich set of digital simulation solutions, which are explored in conjunction with the H2020 MAYA project (http: //www.maya-euproject.com/). The latter facilitates the testing and evaluation of what-if scenarios at low risk and cost, but also without disrupting shopfloor operations. As already outlined, beyond leading edge scientific and technological development solutions, the book comprises a rich set of complementary assets that are indispensable to the successful adoption of IIoT/CPPS on the shopfloor.
The book is structured in three parts as follows:
- The first part of the book is devoted to digital automation platforms. Following an introduction to Industry 4.0 in general and digital automation platforms in particular, this part presents the digital automation platforms of the FAR-EDGE, AUTOWARE and DAEDALUS projects.
- The second part of the book focuses on the presentation of digital simulation and digital twins' functionalities. These include information about the models that underpin digital twins, as well as the simulators that enable experimentation with these processes over these digital models.
- The third part of the book provides information about complementary assets and supporting services that boost the adoption of digital automation functionalities in the Industry 4.0 era. Training services, migration services and ecosystem building services are discussed based on the results of the three projects of the Digital Shopfloor Alliance. less Craig BrownFree open access book on Industry 4.0, factory automation and Edge: The Digital Shopfloor: Industrial Automation in the Industry 4.0 Era looks like a great free open access book by John Soldatos, Oscar Lazaro and… https://t.co/w5Z30cPo5j #DataScience #BigDataAnalytics #AI (Source)
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Paul D. McNicholas and Peter Tait | 3.00
"This book is a great way to both start learning data science through the promising Julia language and to become an efficient data scientist."- Professor Charles Bouveyron, INRIA Chair in Data Science, Universit� C�te d'Azur, Nice, France
Julia, an open-source programming language, was created to be as easy to use as languages such as R and Python while also as fast as C and Fortran. An accessible, intuitive, and highly efficient base language with speed that exceeds R and Python, makes Julia a formidable language for data science. Using well known data science methods... more "This book is a great way to both start learning data science through the promising Julia language and to become an efficient data scientist."- Professor Charles Bouveyron, INRIA Chair in Data Science, Universit� C�te d'Azur, Nice, France
Julia, an open-source programming language, was created to be as easy to use as languages such as R and Python while also as fast as C and Fortran. An accessible, intuitive, and highly efficient base language with speed that exceeds R and Python, makes Julia a formidable language for data science. Using well known data science methods that will motivate the reader, Data Science with Julia will get readers up to speed on key features of the Julia language and illustrate its facilities for data science and machine learning work.
Features:
Covers the core components of Julia as well as packages relevant to the input, manipulation and representation of data.
Discusses several important topics in data science including supervised and unsupervised learning.
Reviews data visualization using the Gadfly package, which was designed to emulate the very popular ggplot2 package in R. Readers will learn how to make many common plots and how to visualize model results.
Presents how to optimize Julia code for performance.
Will be an ideal source for people who already know R and want to learn how to use Julia (though no previous knowledge of R or any other programming language is required).
The advantages of Julia for data science cannot be understated. Besides speed and ease of use, there are already over 1,900 packages available and Julia can interface (either directly or through packages) with libraries written in R, Python, Matlab, C, C++ or Fortran. The book is for senior undergraduates, beginning graduate students, or practicing data scientists who want to learn how to use Julia for data science.
"This book is a great way to both start learning data science through the promising Julia language and to become an efficient data scientist."
Professor Charles Bouveyron
INRIA Chair in Data Science
Universit� C�te d'Azur, Nice, France less Craig BrownBook Memo: “Data Science with Julia”: This book is a great way to both start learning data science through the promising Julia language and to become an efficient data scientist.’- Professor Charles Bouveyron, INRIA Chair in Data Science, Université Côte… https://t.co/0Q8OOyI6Mb (Source)
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Craig BrownData Scientist's Book of Quotes: Insights and Advice from Data Science Leaders and Key Influencers Paperback – July 13, 2018. By Matt Corey. The Data Scientist’s Book of Quotes includes over 300 insightful and inspiring quotes from the world’s leading… https://t.co/6Res04Um3f https://t.co/tlXggqBpIG (Source)
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Effective visualization is the best way to communicate information from the increasingly large and complex datasets in the natural and social sciences. But with the increasing power of visualization software today, scientists, engineers, and business analysts often have to navigate a bewildering array of visualization choices and options.
This practical book takes you through many commonly encountered visualization problems, and it provides guidelines on how to turn large datasets into clear and compelling figures. What visualization type is best for the story you want to tell? How... more Effective visualization is the best way to communicate information from the increasingly large and complex datasets in the natural and social sciences. But with the increasing power of visualization software today, scientists, engineers, and business analysts often have to navigate a bewildering array of visualization choices and options.
This practical book takes you through many commonly encountered visualization problems, and it provides guidelines on how to turn large datasets into clear and compelling figures. What visualization type is best for the story you want to tell? How do you make informative figures that are visually pleasing? Author Claus O. Wilke teaches you the elements most critical to successful data visualization.
Explore the basic concepts of color as a tool to highlight, distinguish, or represent a value
Understand the importance of redundant coding to ensure you provide key information in multiple ways
Use the book's visualizations directory, a graphical guide to commonly used types of data visualizations
Get extensive examples of good and bad figures
Learn how to use figures in a document or report and how employ them effectively to tell a compelling story less Craig BrownBook Memo: “Fundamentals of Data Visualization”: A Primer on Making Informative and Compelling Figures Effective visualization is the best way to communicate information from the increasingly large and complex datasets in the natural and social sciences.… https://t.co/28h9rR7Ixt (Source)
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Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio, et al. | 4.28
An introduction to a broad range of topics in deep learning, covering mathematical and conceptual background, deep learning techniques used in industry, and research perspectives.
Deep learning is a form of machine learning that enables computers to learn from experience and understand the world in terms of a hierarchy of concepts. Because the computer gathers knowledge from experience, there is no need for a human computer operator to formally specify all the knowledge that the computer needs. The hierarchy of concepts allows the computer to learn complicated concepts by... more An introduction to a broad range of topics in deep learning, covering mathematical and conceptual background, deep learning techniques used in industry, and research perspectives.
Deep learning is a form of machine learning that enables computers to learn from experience and understand the world in terms of a hierarchy of concepts. Because the computer gathers knowledge from experience, there is no need for a human computer operator to formally specify all the knowledge that the computer needs. The hierarchy of concepts allows the computer to learn complicated concepts by building them out of simpler ones; a graph of these hierarchies would be many layers deep. This book introduces a broad range of topics in deep learning.
The text offers mathematical and conceptual background, covering relevant concepts in linear algebra, probability theory and information theory, numerical computation, and machine learning. It describes deep learning techniques used by practitioners in industry, including deep feedforward networks, regularization, optimization algorithms, convolutional networks, sequence modeling, and practical methodology; and it surveys such applications as natural language processing, speech recognition, computer vision, online recommendation systems, bioinformatics, and videogames. Finally, the book offers research perspectives, covering such theoretical topics as linear factor models, autoencoders, representation learning, structured probabilistic models, Monte Carlo methods, the partition function, approximate inference, and deep generative models.
Deep Learning can be used by undergraduate or graduate students planning careers in either industry or research, and by software engineers who want to begin using deep learning in their products or platforms. A website offers supplementary material for both readers and instructors. less 
Elon MuskWritten by three experts in the field, Deep Learning is the only comprehensive book on the subject. (Source)
Nassim Nicholas TalebVery clear exposition, does the math without getting lost in the details. Although many of the concepts of the introductory first 100 pages can be found elsewhere, they are presented with remarkable cut-to-the-chase clarity. (Source)
Satya NadellaElon Musk and Facebook AI chief Yann LeCun have praised this textbook on one of software’s most promising frontiers. After its publication, Microsoft signed up coauthor Bengio, a pioneer in machine learning, as an adviser (Source)
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