Краткое описание: Welcome to the sixth volume of the How It Works Annual, where your burning questions about how the world ticks finally get answers. Feed your mind, indulge your curiosity, get answers to your strangest questions and uncover the truth behind the greatest misconceptions. We delve deep into the mysteries of our world with in-depth and entertaining articles, accompanied by cutaways, illustrations and incredible images to show you exactly what goes on inside. The How It Works Annual explores the universe through six areas of knowledge: technology, transport, the environment, history, science and space.

Краткое описание: From the team behind Linux User & Developer magazine, RasPi is the essential guide to getting the most out of the Raspberry Pi credit-card sized computer. Made for makers, RasPi powers the innovation of the Raspberry Pi community by providing a wealth of resources and inspiration to drive development forward. In-depth, easy to follow guides to creating with the Pi go hand-in-hand with innovator interviews, project code and a community workshop for resolving readers’ Pi problems.

Краткое описание: Adobe’s Photoshop Elements is renowned for providing a more accessible image-editing experience than some of the company’s more advanced alternatives. But to dismiss Elements as a watered down version of Photoshop would be doing it a disservice. In fact, it provides all the tools necessary to create some quite stunning digital art. In The Photoshop Elements Book, we’ll show you how to harness the power of this brilliant piece of software to help transform your photos and create amazing artwork from scratch.

Краткое описание: To get the best image quality from your SLR or compact system camera, you need to be shooting in the raw image format. Raw files contain much more detail in the scene compared with a simple JPEG, and provide far more flexibility to adjust contrast, colour and exposure at the editing stage. If you tried to do the same with a JPEG, you’ll soon end up with a pixelated mess!

Краткое описание: The history of human aviation spans over a hundred years, from the first manned flight of the Wright Flyer in 1903, which flew a groundbreaking 260 metres, to the futuristic spacecraft of today that shuttle astronauts and payloads to the International Space Station. Today’s aircraft are constantly evolving and being upgraded; would the Wright brothers even recognise a Eurofighter Typhoon as a descendant of their Flyer? In the How It Works Book of Aircraft, we will bring to life a plethora of modern flying machines.

Краткое описание: The Google team are full of surprises. Just when you think they’ve gone and outdone themselves – not content to map the whole world, but then going on to have a go at Mars and the Moon too – they roll out another improvement that completely changes everything. Their most recent change was one of the smallest, but most talked about ones to date: the logo. Changing from its serif font that everybody instantly recognised, the company opted to rebrand with a bright, smooth approach to reflect Alphabet, their parent company.

Краткое описание: Photoshop has grown to be a part of our everyday – even the verb ‘to Photoshop’ makes an appearance in the Collins English dictionary. So it’s no wonder why more and more people are familiarising themselves with its image-transforming capabilities. While it might seem to first-timers that there are a baffling array of buttons on the Photoshop interface, we encourage you to imagine it as an artist’s toolbox, and that space in the middle is your blank canvas.

Краткое описание: Once upon a time, a man named Neil Armstrong stepped onto the surface of the Moon, declaring it “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Join us as we step further than you have ever imagined across our Solar System and out into deep space. In this new revised edition, we journey through our home galaxy, explore our neighbour planets and discover the brutal force of our central star. You will find out all about the ongoing search for extra terrestrial life, and delve deep into the effort and research going into the latest discoveries on Pluto.

Краткое описание: From the team behind Linux User & Developer magazine, RasPi is the essential guide to getting the most out of the Raspberry Pi credit-card sized computer. Made for makers, RasPi powers the innovation of the Raspberry Pi community by providing a wealth of resources and inspiration to drive development forward. In-depth, easy to follow guides to creating with the Pi go hand-in-hand with innovator interviews, project code and a community workshop for resolving readers’ Pi problems.

Краткое описание: The world of web design changes on a daily basis. Whether it’s a new language that is being invented, or a new design element, or even just a new trend or fashion. Gone are the days where coding was just about a page on the web, these days this evolved, responsive way of creating that goes as far as building games and applications for your mobile devices. In this book we aim to take you through a plethora of diff erent ways to make your website cutting edge and brief you on the new standard of javascript.