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      • Computing & IT
        March 2021

        How Programs Work, Third Edition

        The Fundamentals of Programming You Need to Know

        by Hisao Yazawa

        This book explains how a program works in a computer in a way that anyone can understand. The program is loaded into memory, interpreted and executed by the CPU. The structure of the program is explained in an orderly fashion using numerous diagrams. The third edition has been reviewed in its entirety, with new products and development tools, and significant additions have been made to the text and notes so that even those new to programming will not be confused. The hardware explanations and sample programs in C programming language, which were well received in the second edition, have also been updated. The supplementary chapter at the end of the book, "Let's Try C programming language! has also been revised to conform to the latest specifications. Newly written Chapter 12 covers machine learning with Python. Readers experiencing machine learning for the first time will become familiar with artificial intelligence (AI) as a way to utilize computers and programs. In addition, an explanation of Python, "Let's Try Python!" has been added to the supplementary chapter at the end of the book.

      • December 2017

        Sounds from 1922

        Tanabe Hisao’s Fieldwork in Colonial Taiwan and Amoy

        by Tanabe Hisao

        This book assembles the related literature on Japanese musicologist Tanabe Hisao’s reconnaissance in Taiwan and Xiamen in April of 1922, including historical materials such as the Taiwan and Xiaman sections in Nanyang, Taiwan, Okinawa Musical Notes, essays on Taiwanese music before and after his trips to Taiwan, the transcripts of his speeches in Taiwan, the sleeve notes of recordings on Taiwanese aboriginal music released in 1978, etc.. This book also contains an appendix of 17 pieces of Taiwanese aboriginal music recorded by Tanabe Hisao so that readers can be transported to the Taiwan a hundred years back through sound.

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