BITS PILANI – HYDERABAD CAMPUS LIBRARY Weekly New-Book Display - 32 (01 – 07 March, 2021) Acc. No : 41113 Call No : 005.133 SEV-C

Python for Everybody is designed to introduce students to programming and software development through the lens of exploring data. You can think of the Python programming language as your tool to solve data problems that are beyond the capability of a spreadsheet. Python is an easy to use and easy to learn programming language that is freely available on Macintosh, Windows, or Linux computers. So once you learn Python you can use it for the rest of your career without needing to purchase any software. There are free downloadable electronic copies of this book in various formats and supporting materials for the book at www.pythonlearn.com. The course materials are available to you under a Creative Commons License so you can adapt them to teach your own… BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus Acc. No : 41093 Call No : 006.31 BUR-S machine learning is an intimidating subject until you know the fundamentals. If you understand basic coding concepts, This introductory guide will help you gain a solid foundation in machine learning principles. Using the R programming language, you'll first start to learn with regression modelling and then move into more advanced topics such as neural networks and tree-based methods. Finally, you'll delve into the frontier of machine learning, using the 'caret package in R. Once you develop a familiarity with topics such as the difference between regression and classification models, you'll be able to solve an array of machine learning problems. Author Scott V. Burger provides several examples to help you build a working knowledge of machine learning. Explore machine learning… BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus Acc. No : 39776 Call No : 153.35 PIL-R

Good Morning, Chanakya Sir, How we wish that this was true—that we could get the sharpest of minds to teach us how to deal with the myriad challenges life throws us, What are some of the principles and suggestions given by the most revered teacher and observer of human nature that work best for students? Best-selling author of the Chanakya Series, Radhakrishnan Pillai, culls out some of these nuggets from the master and presents them in a lucid, easy to understand manner, making Chanakya’s teachings accessible to everyone. Systematically addressing the most common issues faced by students, this book will help in, Concentration, Purpose, Learning, Discipline, Awareness, Devotion, Duty, Responsibilities. This book is inspired by the life of Chanakya and his book… BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus Acc. No : 40955 Call No : 294.3923 WHI-A

From the moment she married a handsome young Sikh at a registry office in Oxford in 1933, Freda Bedi, née Houlston, regarded herself as Indian, even though it was another year before she set foot in the country. She was English by birth and upbringing and Indian by marriage, cultural affinity and political loyalty. Later, she travelled the world as a revered Buddhist teacher, but India would remain her home to the end. The life of Freda Bedi is a remarkable story of multiple border crossings. Born in a middle-class home in provincial England, she became a champion of Indian nationalism, even serving time in jail in Lahore as a Satyagrahi. In Kashmir in the 1940s, while her husband B.P.L. Bedi drafted the ‘New Kashmir’ manifesto, she assisted underground left-wing Kashmiri nationalists, and joined a women’s… BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus Acc. No : 38166 Call No : 305.5122 SHA-A

Why has India’s astonishing economic growth not reached the people at the bottom of its social and economic hierarchy? Travelling the length and breadth of the subcontinent, this book shows how India’s ‘untouchables’ and ‘tribals’ fit into the global economy. Ground Down by Growth reveals the impact of global capitalism on their lives. It shows how capitalism entrenches, rather than erases, social difference and has transformed traditional forms of identity-based discrimination into new mechanisms of exploitation and oppression. India, once to some extent shielded from the market forces of global expansion, is now no longer an exception. Right behind the US, China and Germany, and ahead of the UK, India ranks fourth on the list of dollar billionaires. The Indian wealthy now… BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus Acc. No : 34350 Call No : 306.3 BAU-J

Jean Baudrillard's classic text was one of the first to focus on the process and meaning of consumption in contemporary culture. Originally published in 1970, the book makes a vital contribution to current debates on consumption. The book includes Baudrillard's most organized discussion of mass media culture, the meaning of leisure, and anomie in affluent society. A chapter on the body demonstrates Baudrillard's extraordinary prescience for flagging vital subjects in contemporary culture long before others. This English translation begins with a new introductory essay. It was Jean Baudrillard in a series of publications beginning in the late 1960s, who first sought to develop a sustained and innovative critical social analysis of the increasing significance and innovative critical… BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus Acc. No : 40835 Call No : 327.1019 RAT-B

Scholars and citizens tend to assume that rationality guides the decision-making of our leaders. Brian C. Rathbun suggests, however, that if we understand rationality to be a cognitive style premised on a commitment to objectivity and active deliberation, rational leaders are in fact the exception not the norm. Using a unique combination of methods including laboratory bargaining experiments, archival-based case studies, quantitative textual analysis and high-level interviews, Rathbun questions some of the basic assumptions about rationality and leadership, with profound implications for the field of international relations. Case studies of Bismarck and Richelieu show that the rationality of realists makes them rare. An examination of Churchill and… BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus Acc. No : 39979 Call No : 330 KNO-D

Social relations are crucial for understanding diverse economic actions and a network perspective is central to that explanation. Simple exchanges involving money, labor, and commodities combine into complexly connected systems. Economic networks span many levels of analysis, from persons to groups, organizations, populations and the rapidly expanding global economic system. David Knoke blends network theories from a range of disciplines and empirical studies of domestic and international economies to illuminate how economic activity is embedded in and constrained by social ties among economic actors. Social capital, in the form of connections to others holding valuable resources, is vital for finding a job, buying a car, creating a new industry, or triggering… BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus Acc. No : 39790 Call No : 333.7909 MIT-S

Energizing India: Fuelling a Billion Lives brings together top global energy experts, academics and policy makers, contributing an insightful and engaging compilation of essays on the various facets of energy-related issues in India and the world. Edited by Shreerupa Mitra, this book comes at a time when global energy consumption is seeing unprecedented growth while new sources of energy are gaining currency and old ones are threatened by geopolitical upheavals. The illustrious list of contributors include Kirk Smith, Bob Dudley, Daniel Yergin, Fatih Birol, Dharmendra Pradhan, Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, Anil Kakodkar, Arvind Panagariya and Anil Jain among others. The essays also elucidate and assess India’s position in the global energy landscape by taking into account current world… BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus Acc. No : 37248 Call No : 338.064 PHA-U

The commercialization of science and technology enabled innovation is a serious topic of interest for a wide range of global audiences who share one common objective: to understand how science and technology based ideas can be turned into commercial value more effectively. Despite the vast number of publications addressing entrepreneurship, innovation and strategy there is relatively little in the literature which systematically addresses the structures, processes and mechanisms involved in turning ideas into commercially valuable propositions, this book is intended to directly address this gap. The approach in Camels, Tigers & Unicorns consists of three fundamental strands. The contents of this book should be of interest to a wide range of audiences including… BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus Acc. No : 41675 Call No : 363.73874 FIG-C

One of the most inspiring books I have ever read' Yuval Harari, bestselling author of sapiens 'timely and important' Jane good all PhD, DBE, founder of the Jane good all Institute and un Messenger of peace we can and will survive the climate crisis. This book shows us how. The future we choose is a passionate call to arms by two of the leading un figures behind the Paris agreement of 2015. Christiana figueres was the executive Secretary for climate change, and Tom rivett- carnac was the senior political strategist. We have two choices for our future, which is still unwritten. This book shows us what the world will look like in 2050 If we do nothing, and what it will look and feel like it if we Act now. Practical, optimistic and empowering, this is a book for every… BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus Acc. No : 39452 Call No : 514.72 GUI-V

Differential topology provides an elementary and intuitive introduction to the study of smooth manifolds. In the years since its first publication, Guillemin and Pollack's book has become a standard text on the subject. It is a jewel of mathematical exposition, judiciously picking exactly the right mixture of detail and generality to display the richness within. The text is mostly self-contained, requiring only undergraduate analysis and linear algebra. By relying on a unifying idea” transversality” the authors are able to avoid the use of big machinery or ad hoc techniques to establish the main results. In this way, they present intelligent treatments of important theorems, such as the lefschetz fixed-point theorem, the poincaré-hopf index theorem, and Stokes… BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus Acc. No : 41231 Call No : 519.55 MCC-R

Design and Analysis of Time Series Experiments presents the elements of statistical time series analysis while also addressing recent developments in research design and causal modeling. A distinguishing feature of the book is its integration of design and analysis of time series experiments. Drawing examples from criminology, economics, education, pharmacology, public policy, program evaluation, public health, and psychology, Design and Analysis of Time Series Experiments is addressed to researchers and graduate students in a wide range of behavioral, biomedical and social sciences. Readers learn not only how-to skills but, also the underlying rationales for the design features and the analytical methods. ARIMA algebra, Box-Jenkins-Tiao models and… BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus Acc. No : 41134 Call No : 547 KAR-A

Advanced Organic Chemistry entails the specific reactions with regard to their underlying definitions, classifications, typical examples, reaction steps- mechanisms explanations in an extremely lucid, unambiguous, simple language so as to render the text matter easier to understand and grasp the intricate aspects perceptively. The brilliant students will certainly adapt, adore, and accept an enormous ability to Design Synthesis in a comprehensive manner based on their acquired knowledge, wisdom, skill, intellect, and perseverance. There are five major sections in Advanced Organic Chemistry, namely. Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry, Name Reactions Based on Product Formed, Rearrangements, Classifications and Mechanisms, Organic Reactions and… BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus Acc. No : 41705 Call No : 616.08 RED-J

In the history of medicine, we have almost never used the tools of rigorous science to investigate remarkable recoveries from incurable illnesses. But, Dr Jeff Rediger, a world-leading Harvard medic, psychiatrist and theologian, has spent the last fifteen years studying thousands of individuals from around the world and examining the stories behind these extraordinary cases of spontaneous remission. From retiree Claire, diagnosed with a violent form of pancreatic cancer and given weeks to live, to 23-year-old Matt, given a 2 per cent chance of surviving a lethal brain tumour. Both rejected chemotherapy and radiation, and went home to try to prepare themselves for acceptance and a peaceful death. Both are alive over a decade later, their bodies absent of all tumours. Dr Rediger doesn't.. BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus Acc. No : 41414 Call No : 621.382 SHA-S

The book 'Digital Communications' is meant for the students of Electronics and Communication, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Information Technology branches, both at undergraduate and post-graduate levels. In this book, the basic principles involved in the analysis and design of Digital Communication Systems are presented with an overall aim of helping the students to develop an intuitive idea about the theory under discussion. It is a well-designed textbook for self-study as well as a reference for anyone who has interest in studying Digital Communications. The book, though comprehensive, has been developed in a reader-friendly fashion by providing numerous pedagogical aids for the study of Digital Communication… BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus Acc. No : 41329 Call No : 629.895 IGO-T

The workbenches of hobbyists, hackers and makers have become overrun with microcontrollers, computers-on-a- chip that power homebrewed video games, robots, toys and more. In Making Things Talk, Tom Igoe, one of the creators of Arduino, shows how to make these gadgets talk. Whether you need to connect some sensors to the Internet or create a device that can interact wirelessly with other creations, this book shows you what you need. Although they are powerful, the projects in this book are inexpensive to build: the Arduino microcontroller board itself ranges from around $25 to $40. The networking hardware covered here includes Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and can be had for $25 to $50. Fully updated for the latest Arduino hardware and software, this book lets you combine… BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus Acc. No : 40677 Call No : 635.97713 SWA-M

This comprehensive text on flowering trees of tropical gardens discusses some new species of trees, including Adansonia digitata, Monodora myristica, Flacourtia montana, Balanites aegyptiaca, Bursera serrata, Commiphora wightii and Semecarpus anacardium. The text covers more than 200 of the most striking and widespread trees alongside closely related genera and species commonly encountered in the tropical climate. It includes more than 700 high resolution coloured photographs, depicting different facets including growth habit, morphological details of stem, leaves, flowers and fruits. The different tree species are organized according to Bentham and Hooker's system of classification of seed plants. The book discusses many aspects of trees including common and… BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus Acc. No : 41632 Call No : 650.1 KOC-R

In this essential companion to his bestselling The 80/20 Principle - the radical power law that helped thousands of people achieve more by doing less - Koch illuminates 92 other universal principles and laws to promote the science of success in an increasingly challenging business environment. This text refers to an alternate kindle edition. In a brand new Preface, bestselling author Richard Koch describes a paradigm shift in business, whereby intuition is more important than analysis, ideas and product trump strategy, and influence is superior to control. In this essential companion to his bestselling The 80/20 Principle the radical power law that helped thousands of people achieve more by doing less Koch illuminates 92 other universal principles and laws to promote the science of success in… BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus Acc. No : 41601 Call No : 658.15 NAT-D

Are you finding it tough to fund your start-up? Especially in the post-COVID-19 world, where money is scarce? Well, then, this book is for you. It takes you through stories of early-stage start-ups and how they successfully managed to raise funding. Even better, it takes you through stories of failures-start-ups that couldn't raise funding, and why. After all, you can learn as much from failures as you can from successes. The authors also inter view some of the most accomplished founders in the world of business, such as Deep Kalra of MakeMyTrip, Yashish Dahiya of PolicyBazaar, Dinesh Agarwal of IndiaMART and Sairee Chahal of SHEROES. Their stories all come together in a useful 'PERSISTENT' framework, which helps make a start-up investment- ready. The Indian startup scene has been an… BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus Acc. No : 40390 Call No : 658.5752 CAS-A

All Indian reprints of O'Reilly are printed in grayscale. sound can profoundly impact how people interact with your product. Well-designed sounds can be exceptionally effective in conveying subtle distinctions, emotion, urgency, and information without adding visual clutter. In this practical guide, Amber case and Aaron day explain why sound design is critical to the success of products, environments, and experiences. Just as visual designers have a set of benchmarks and a design language to guide their work, This book provides a toolkit for the auditory experience, improving collaboration for a wide variety of shareholder, from product developers to composers, user experience designers to architects. You’ll learn a complete process for designing, prototyping, and… BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus Acc. No : 40702 Call No : 737.4954 MAJ-S

The essays contained in this volume fondly remember and pay tribute to the memory of Nicholas G Rhodes who passed away in 2011. As a numismatist and collector Rhodes left behind his mark in his many publications mostly on the coins and currency systems of the Eastern and north-eastern parts of the subcontinent. The contributors to the volume have written on various aspects of the field of Indian coinage, a Theme that was so dear to Rhodes. The essays delve deep into coins in catalogues, medals, medallions, seals, particular Coin types, commerce and monetization and suchlike. The essays cover diverse areas and different periods of Indian history which experienced varieties of monetary issues. Rich in bibliography, maps, graphs and…

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This book is an attempt to write and develop a critical literary history and theory of Dalit literature. The book grapples with several questions and issues that are key to understanding Dalit voices in literature: Who is a Dalit? What is the history and context of Dalit self- expression? What is the philosophy of Dalit literature? What is Dalit aesthetics? How does one read, interpret and teach Dalit literature? While providing a concise critical survey of the five decades of Dalit literature and criticism, the book deals with Dalit life, culture and history. The volume asserts that Dalit writers are writing a revolution for a new egalitarian democracy which will be casteless and classless. Literary or cultural theory provides concise and lucid introduction to a range of key concepts and theorists in contemporary… BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus Acc. No : 40518 Call No : 930.009824 COB-M

The period from the death of Alexander the Great to the rise of the Islam saw a significant growth in economic, diplomatic and cultural exchange between various civilizations in Africa, Europe and Asia. This was in large part thanks to the Indian Ocean trade. Peoples living in the Roman Empire, Parthia, India and South East Asia increasingly had access to exotic foreign products, while the lands from which they derived, and the peoples inhabiting these lands, also captured the imagination, finding expression in a number of literary and poetic works. The Indian Ocean Trade in Antiquity provides a range of chapters that explore the economic, political and cultural impact of this trade on these diverse societies, written by international experts working in the fields of Classics, Archaeology,… BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus Acc. No : 41667 Call No : 954.04 SIN-R

You have thrown us to the wolves!’ these words by Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan will continue to haunt the nation for decades to come. In the story of India’s freedom struggle, he was one of the bravest. A martyr. Yet he and his Pakhtun brothers were betrayed without a second thought. His dream of an undivided India was crushed when the Partition plan was accepted by the Congress without even consulting him. The newly formed Pakistan government considered him a traitor and threw him into jail several times, even in his old age, forcing him into exile in Afghanistan. Ghaffar Khan was a man who lived, sacrificed, suffered and died for his people. To his followers, he was their uncrowned king, Badshah Khan, while the rest of the world will remember him as the ‘greatest non-violent soldier of… BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus Acc. No : 41716 Call No : FICTION BEN-J

Budding photographer Josie Saint-Martin has spent half her life with her single mother, moving from city to city. When they return to her historical New England hometown to run the family bookstore, Josie knows it's not forever, so there's no reason to change her modus operandi keeping to herself, dreaming of the day she can leave. But after a disastrous summer party, a poorly executed act of revenge lands her in big-time trouble. As in, jail...alongside the last person with whom she’d want to share a mugshot: the son of the boat mechanic across the street, Lucky Karras. Outsider, rebel…and her former childhood best friend. Josie and Lucky become the talk of their coastal small town. But during a summer of secrets, everything changes, and the easy friendship they once shared grows into something… BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus Acc. No : 41653 Call No : FICTION CAR-J

A Navy SEAL has nothing left to live for and everything to kill for after he discovers that the American government is behind the deaths of his team in this ripped-from-the-headlines political thriller. On his last combat deployment, Lieutenant Commander James Reece’s entire team was killed in a catastrophic ambush that also claimed the lives of the aircrew sent in to rescue them. But when those dearest to him are murdered on the day of his homecoming, Reece discovers that this was not an act of war by a foreign enemy but a conspiracy that runs to the highest levels of government. Now, with no family and free from the military’s command structure, Reece applies the lessons that he’s learned in over a decade of constant warfare toward avenging the deaths… BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus Acc. No : 36963 Call No : FICTION UPP-S

Selling ice to Eskimos has always been cited as the role model for all sales persons. With the mindset of meeting targets at all costs, approaches to sales tend to be desperate, aggressive, and highly intrusive. Sales management continues to give precedence to effort over effectiveness and to near-term over long-term gains, and tends to blame the sales persons for lack of success. Customer-centricity is at the heart of transforming the sales effectiveness of any organisation. Switch is focused on business-to-business sales transformation and promotes customer success as the key to a company’s success. Is your time of targeting in the customer’s best interest? How can you nurture customers so that they are ready for your products and services? How will you deliver… BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus Acc. No : 31987 Call No : 535 ARN-N (Young Learners)

Switch on your brain with frightening light. If you think you can stomach the sick side of science, go on as we put some illuminating facts under the spotlight. Find out how eclipses turn day into night, why rattlesnakes could still find you in the dark and what makes your legs look bendy in the swimming pool. Science with the squishy bits left it! Switch on your brain with Frightening Light! Are you burning to know...what keeps your eyeballs from falling out? why dead bodies can make ghostly glowing lights? how a laser beam can sizzle human flesh? If you think you can stomach the sick side of science, then read on as we put some illuminating facts under the spotlight. Find out how eclipses turn day into night, why rattlesnakes could still find you in the dark and what makes your legs look bendy in the swimming… BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus Acc. No : 41644 Call No : FICTION NEE-A (Young Learners)

Aren't we chubby, aren't we cute? Aren't we lovely, as sweet as fruit? Give us a bear hug, give us a kiss regret not later for giving it a miss. Don't go by these sweet words-for all little Asura kids are naughty and troublesome and always up to something! Little will you know when you land in a muddy puddle or your long hair gets chopped off into a bob. They will prod, pull and tug you till you yell-just like the gods in the heavens, especially Vishnu and Shiva who are simply fed up! Indulge in some very, extremely, most funny naughty tales of Asura twins Kundakka and Mandakka, who hate going to school; clumsy Bhasma and pet pig Nakura, who create trouble in the village; brothers Atapi and Vatapi, who like to eat ninety-six cartful's of fruits as dessert, the great Bana who claps with… BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus