Probably one of the best books I've seen for a basic understanding of RCS and how it applies to aircraft design. It's a little daunting at first if you are not familiar with basic electromagnetics, especially the math. But there are many places where only principles are discussed. The one drawback of the book is the lack of numerical examples demonstrating the proper use of the monstrous equations and techniques. When an example is given, only results are shown.

Knott, Shaeffer, and Tuley don't tell us everything about stealth, naturally, but within the limits of a single, unclassified volume this is about as balanced and comprehensive an overview as could be wished. The approach is physical rather than purely mathematical. A good background in electromagnetics is needed for full mastery of the material, but a more limited knowledge of electricity and magnetism will still allow good basic comprehension. Even full mastery of the book won't make you a qualified RCS engineer, but it provides a good basis for further study as well as an excellent resource for those who need an overall design and technology perspective, or must communicate clearly with specialists. I've consulted it over and over in the 15 years since I acquired a copy of the first edition. The second edition has important improvements, although the first edition remains useful in many areas.

Will O'Neil

This book was helpful in the class taken at a CT University.It was relatively easy to understand, that is, as easy as statisticsCAN be to understand. Most of the students had taken an introductorystats class a while back, so the examples were helpful. I will say that students get in a rut and do not end up reading as they should. This book was very helpful in understanding the lectures as long as the reading was done! ...

I just finished a Research Methods in Psychology class that used this text. Overall, I thought this book was excellent. All the topics discussed are well organized and explained with many helpful examples. The writing is clear and generally easy to understand. I struggled with a couple chapters but class discussions helped clear up what I didn't understand. Some of the students in my class complained that the reading could be a little dry at times and the chapters a little long. I don't necessarily agree with that. I would describe the chapters as thorough and to me, they were interesting. I think those who complained were just less motivated and wouldn't enjoy the subject matter no matter how it was presented.

One of the things I found most helpful was the fact that each chapter begins with a list of key points to be presented in the chapter. These were a great help in keeping focused during the reading. I think anyone who bothered to do them would also find the questions at the end of each chapter to be very helpful. I tried to answer them regurlarly when preparing for tests found that they thoroughly covered the important material. Those along with the publisher's website were my key to success in the class I took. The final chapters do a good job of explaining statistics needed to write a research report (although I think a class in statistics is needed to really understand everything). There is also a complete, annotated research report at the end of the book which I also found very helpful (more helpful than the sample report provided in the APA style manual).

After reading Ultimate Things by Dennis E. Engleman, I found it to be an unbeleivable book putting some of the real questions in perspective.

A rumor of War takes you deeper,looking at things from the begining where it all started with the creation and the falling of satan from Heaven.

Although I am only in the early stage of the book my soul is hungry for the food that our fathers are interpreting and delivering the message through this book.

Being a Russian Orthodox and getting back to my faith after the parting of my mother late last year. It is an unbeleivable feeling to re-new and deepen the faith and the relationship with God.

I will be posting a complete review after I finish reading it.
Thank you Dennis for your inspirational writings.

WOW ! What can I say about A RUMOR of WAR except that this is one of the BEST and most enlightening books I have EVER read. With ULTIMATE THINGS being the second best.

Our Soul searches for nourishment every day and many times the type of nourishment that we find is not the right kind to easy the hunger of the soul. But A Rumor of WAR finds the proper portion in fullfiling the hunger and replaces the hunger with hope and faith through salvation of our spiritual life.

It puts questions of the faith in perfect harmony, it opens up your HEART to show us what really is our purpose here on earth.

It makes sure that we don't get deceived by the new wave pre- trib teachings of todays churches, it focuses on the teachings of our fathers and it opens our understanding of the material presented in A Rumor of WAR.

A must Read for anyone in search and whos SOUL is hungering for the truth. I only wish that there was a way that Dennis E. Engleman could some how put his work of the books into a series of videos or a mini - series type like a movie to show the people the real way of things to come and open up their eyes and heart by saving them from the false teachings that are going on out there in our World.

Thank you very much Dennis for your books, please continue to feed our souls, for the hunger is always there! Amen
Walt
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I purchase this series of crossword puzzle books pretty often, but this one seems more difficult. This is great news to those of you looking for new clues; bad news to those of us who have struggled merrily in the past!

This Simon and Schuster series of crossword puzzles follows the same format of 50 puzzles per book. The cruciverbalists (crossword constructors) vary from puzzle to puzzle which makes for a variety of construction styles. The themed puzzles vary somewhat in difficulty and some are quite challenging. I recommend this series of books highly for one rather different reason as well-the paper the puzzles are printed on is very tough, quite erasable and a clear white which makes it easier to fill out puzzles in pencil (and correct mistakes). Puzzling aficionados will tell you-paper quality is important! You will find all the puzzles fun and a certain satisfaction in completing each one.

A MOST INTRIGUING BOOK FULL OF ASTONISHING REVELATIONS . AT FIRST ONE HAS THE IMPRESSION THE AUTHOR IS "SETTING UP" HE READER SO AS TO MAKE THE PRINCIPAL CHARACTER, GRIGORI -RUSSIAN GENERAL TURNED MONSIGNORE- MORE BELIEVABLE. BUT,AS THE STORY UNFOLDS DESCRIBING CIA'S TREACHERIES.THE VATICAN'S FINANCIAL POWER, ITS DECEPTIONS AND CORRUPTION AND THE STUPENDOUS ERRORS COMMITTED BY ANGLO AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE SERVICES LITTLE DOUBT REMAINS THAT IT IS ALL TRAGICALLY TRUE.. THE BOOK IS A HIGH DRAMA STORY OF GRIGORI,BORN IN ST.PETERSBURG,WHO DEVELOPS AND EARLY FEAR AND HATRED OF COMMUNISTS WHEN THEY FORCE HIS APOLITICAL FATHER INTO EXILE. DRAFTED INTO THE ARMY HE IS TRAINED IN INTELLIGENCE,ORGANIZES COMMUNIST CELLS IN FRANCE AS HIS FIRST INTERNATIONAL ASIGNMENT. LATER, BECOMES SOVIET LIAISON OFFICER WITH THE INTERNATIONAL BRIGADES DURING HE CIVIL WAR IN SPAIN WHERE HE FALLS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF OPUS DEI,THE POWERFUL L AY CATHOLIC ORDER . AFTER THE END OF WORLD WAR 2 GRIGORI ORGANIZES "THE HERMITAGE COEFFICIENT" AN UNDERGRUND NETWORK TO SABOTAGE THE SOVIET ECONOMY. HE ALSO MANAGES TO TRANSFER TOP SECRET KGB DOCUMENTS TO THE VATICAN "TRICHECO FILES"AND PERSUADES THE FOUNDER OF OPUS DEI,E SCRIVA DE BALAGUER, TO THRON THE WEIGHT OF HIS WORLDWIDE MEMBERS BEHIND THE NOMINATION OF KAROL WOJTYLA TO THE THRONE OF SAINT PETER,

I WAS ASTONISHED TO READ AN AMERICAN SO CONSCIOUS OF EUROPEAN EVENTS,PARTICULARLY THE ARTLESS COLD WAR ANTICS OF AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE. HIS DESCRIPTION OF WHAT LEAD TO THE "COLONELS" REVULUTION IN GREECE SHOWS INCREDIBLE INSIGHT ON US GREEKS.

Note that this is a small book (roughly 160 pages of text) so don't expect to find a broad coverage of the field in it. The (only) 3 topics covered in a satisfactory detail are: Hidden Markov Models, Probabilistic Grammars and Word Sense Disambiguation.

The first chapter ("The Standard Model") is probably included just for comparison to the statistical model, so it's a bit surprising to find the good coverage of the Chart Parsing there.

If you are interested in some of the 3 topics mentioned above, consider buying this book. Don't forget that it's been written in 1993 (so it's pretty old). For this reason (or maybe others) it is less known that other similar writings in the field, so you may also surprise some of your colleagues with it :-)

This book is one of the most concise presentations of the subject of natural language processing using statistical theory. It gives a very thorough introduction in the areas of hidden Markov models (HMMs), PCFG (probabilistic context-free grammar) and other related areas, with good coverage of the mathematics behind the theory. There is quite an extensive use of relevant samples, and the bibliography is extensive. It is a very good introduction to this area for professionals and students alike.

Juntung Wu University College (University of Oxford) Oxford, England

Reading Upright Man was informative and fun. It is sympathetic and descriptive to the reality of life. Self help books are often dry, and although their purpose it to provide knowledge and insight, they often don't touch the reader.The wit and personal anecdotes make this book an intimate experience. An INSIGHTFUL read for both MEN and WOMEN.

I have reviewed and read this book several times and have seen it created from its inception. Eugene Shaipro has indeed "...a refreshingly unique twist" which eminates from his genuine nature.

This book is informative, full of wit, every Man and Woman should read it and find out how to connect to this power Eugene exposes in the Upright Man.

Ever wonder where all those examples of crazy inventions come from? This is the book. Glasses for chickens, dimple maker....all sorts of crazy ideas. Maybe it will stimulate some new ideas. Either way, it's so cheap you can't go wrong.

This is one of the most hilarious books you will ever browse, and will be eager to share with a someone. It is a treat. It induces nothing but side-splitting belly laughs without ever trying. The book lists actual patents obtained, by inventive out-of-the-box thinkers and tinkerers. It beats any current humorists's or comedien's dull gibberish by a long shot. I knew there were wacko patents issued to wacko inventors but this list contains: lip shaper,automatic saluting hat,trains which go over one another on the same track,( as opposed to colluding) vulture powered baloons, water splashing wake up clocks, chewed gum locket, and some others I will let you to find out yourself. All and all, there are about 60 inventions listed. These inventions, all, were granted US patents by the Patent Office. Keep it on your bedside it will end your day laughing out loud regardless of the day you had earlier.

A tragedy by William Shakespeare, written around 1599-1601. Before the play opens, the king of Denmark has been murdered by his brother, Claudius, who has taken the throne and married the queen, Gertrude. The ghost of the dead king visits his son, Prince Hamlet, and urges him to avenge the murder. Hamlet, tormented by this revelation, appears to be mad and cruelly rejects Ophelia whom he loved. Using a troupe of visiting players to act out his father's death, the prince prompts Claudius to expose his own guilt. Hamlet then kills Ophelia's father Polonius in mistake for Claudius, and Claudius tries but fails to have Hamlet killed. Ophelia drowns herself in grief, and her brother Laertes fights a duel with Hamlet.

Hamlet's dilemma is often seen as typical of those whose thoughtful nature prevents quick and decisive action.

Hamlet contains several fine examples of soliloquy, such as " To be or not to be" and Hamlet's earlier speech lamenting his mother's hasty remarriage and Claudius' reign which opens "O! that this too too solid flesh would melt". Much quoted lined "Neither a borrower nor a lender be", "Something is rotten in the stste of Denmark", "Brevity is the soul of wit", "To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;" The lady doth protest too much, methinks," and "Alas, poor Yorick". Arguably Shakespeare's finest play and one that can be read again and again.

Hamlet is, by far, the most complex of Shakespeare's many plays. Many of the themes covered are love vs hate, action vs non-action, revenge, and jealousy. Hamlet discovers that "something is rotten in the state of Denmark" when he encounters the ghost of his father, the King, who has recently been killed in battle. From here, Hamlet goes on a search for the discovery of what happened to his father. However, Hamlet not only uncovers secrets of the past, but also the depths of his own being.

The Folger Edition of Hamlet is a great edition to buy, especially for those who are studying this play in high school or college, because it is relatively cheap in price and is very "reader-friendly" with side notes and footnotes that accompany each page of each scene. So, even if you aren't a Shakespeare lover or if Shakespeare is just a little intimidating (we all know how this feels), this version at least allows you to get the gist of what is going on. Also, there are summaries of each scene within each act, to let you know in layman's terms what is taking place. I highly recommend this edition.

Hamlet is considered, by many scholars, the pinnacle of Shakespeare's dramas. If you haven't read it yet this this Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism edition would be a great place to begin.

The text notes that are included with the play are very helpful to understand some of the more difficult language nuances that are inevitable with any Shakespeare. The structure is well laid out and conclusive. It complements the complexity of Hamlet very well.

Of course Hamlet is one of the great paradoxes and mysteries every written. The search of finding yourself and what it is that fuels the human spirit. Hamlet can be a very confusing play because of the depth of substance. However, the critical essays that suppliment the reading make it very accessable.

Each of the critical essays are of different schools of literary criticism: Feminist Criticism, psychoanalytic criticism, post-structuralist (deconstuctionist) criticism, Marxist critism, and finally a New Historicist criticism. Before each critism there is clearly written introduction to explain the motives and histories of that type of criticism.

This edition of Hamlet will not only introduce the reader to more Shakespeare, but also explain the play and help to familiarize the reader with literary criticism too. It is a beautiful volume that cannot be more recommended if you are wanting to buy a copy Hamlet.

Before I begin, I would like to mention that I have been a student of Zen Buddhism for some years and have also been a kyudo practitioner for some time. Thus, I think I can speak a little from both sides. I shall first state that this book is truly an inspirational account of Mr.Herrigel's own personal, spiritual journey and should be recognized as a good read. It is also a good starting point for a Western beginner of Zen Buddhism as it gives him/her a glimpse from a Westerner's perspective. Having said that, Zen in the Art of Archery has some fundamental problems and errors that misrepresents both Zen Buddhism and kyudo.It might surprise some readers to learn that it has been severely criticized by modern teachers and practitioners of kyudo. To start with, as stated in the book, Herrigel has only one intention of learning kyudo-to become a Zen mystic. Thus his heart is not in kyudo at all. Just as one should do zazen for the sake of zazen one should also do kyudo for the sake of kyudo. Herrigel came to study kyudo with his cup half-full. Next, one must also know that Awa, Herrigel's teacher himself has never been a Zen practitioner and has never done a formal Zen training at all, which is all-important for someone who wishes to understand Zen. Awa, while a fantastic archer, has also been regarded as highly unorthodox in his teaching and views and one should thus not equate his teachings to be the norm of kyudo and Zen. Another glaring problem is that Mr. Herrigel himself does not understand Japanese and relies on an interpreter, Mr. Komachiya. Mr. Komachiya has himself wrote that he has taken liberty in explaining some of Awa's words to Herrigel. One of the most important part of the book, the Target in the Dark, highlights this problem. The careful reader will realize that in the entire episode, Herrigel is trying to understand Awa without an interpreter at all. One can easily speculate the misinterpretations that might have taken place. Another famous incident is where Awa supposedly says, "It Shoots". Scholars of both Japanese and German have speculated that what Awa meant was that "It just happened." Meaning that he was lucky. For those looking for a more detailed criticism, one should read Yamada Shoji's excellent essay, The Myth of Zen in the Art of Archery. My contention in this review is not to debase Zen's relationship with Kyudo. Indeed Kyudo is heavily influenced by Zen and one can absorb traces of Zen in the practice of Kyudo. But one should also try to read this book with an open eye and should not treat this book as a reliable, definitive account of both Zen and Kyudo.

An excellent introduction to Eastern philosophy, if not for the fact that the book is a novella in its length and therefor easy to focus on. Many books attempt to express the art of Zen in everyday tasks, but do so through a perspective that roots itself in the West and not the East. Herrigel does not attempt to bring Zen to the reader. We are brought to it without our knowing, much like the arrow which finds its target.

The author is able to transport the reader to a Japanese archery range through prose that places the bow in one's hand and mind. The descriptions are powerful, yet subtle. You see the target. You can feel the taught string yearning to be set free from your grasp and let fly the arrow to its home. Herrigel translates Zen philosophy into the actions of your hands, that are linked to your mind, that is linked to arrow, that is linked to the target, and back again. It is this innocuous connection to everything outside the body that Herrigel aptly writes in a way that almost indirectly explains what Westerners have attempted to define in innumerous ways, but never quite understood.

If one desires to pursue the path of enlightenment under Zen, one must select as a vehicle one of the Zen arts - archery, swordsmanship, brush-and-ink, the tea ceremony or flower arranging. Eugen (pronounced OI-gen) chronicles his struggle to overcome his "much too willful will" and master the bow. This interesting story is very moving, educational and inspiring, while never becoming heavy as it easily could have under less skillful authorship.

The ultimate challenge Eugen faces ends up being the smooth release of the bowstring and arrow without conscious intent, "like the ripe fruit falls from the tree", "like a baby's hand releases one object to grasp another", "like the bamboo leaf slowly bends under the weight of the snow, then releases the clump of snow without thought". Eugen, during a summer sabbatical, develops a "technique" that he believes will solve this problem and nearly gets himself thrown out of the program for "offending the Spirit of Zen". There is also an interesting account of an after-hours meeting where his teacher gives an amazing demonstration of quiet mastery in order to raise Eugen's morale and level of understanding.

I had read the book several times and decided to get the tape to listen to while driving. Ralph Blum's sonorous voice is perfect for the reading and I enjoyed listening to the book as much or more than reading it. There is much that this presentation has to offer and its message will live in your heart for a long time.