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SciTech Book News

As a resource for librarians and other buyers of high-level books, SciTech Book News, published quarterly, cites about 2000 new books from several hundred publishers in each issue, offering concise reviews and annotations and thorough bibliographic information. The bibliography itself is arranged by subject, but this page and the other publisher pages present the material arranged by publisher.

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Titles appearing in SciTech Book News — December 2008

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FIRST LEGO league; the unofficial guide.

Kelly, James Floyd and Jonathan Daudelin.

978-1-59327-185-5

Every year thousands of children between the ages of nine and fourteen compete in teams to design and build LEGO robots. Kelly, who helps to develop the program and Daudelin, who won the world championship, have collaborated on this comprehensive guide to setting up teams in schools, focusing first on funding, coaching and mentoring. They also give advice on setting up the assigned project and building the robots. Lastly, they discuss preparing for the competition. With clear pictures and diagrams, this is useful both for adult and children involved in this clever method for bringing engineering problems into the classroom. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

The IDA Pro book; the unofficial guide to the world's most popular disassembler.

Eagle, Chris.

978-1-59327-178-7

Eagle (US Naval Postgraduate School) offers this guide to the IDA Pro disassembly software, which highlights how this application can be used without having to write large amounts of code. Designed for both novice and advanced programmers, this book shows how the automation levels of IDA Pro are uncommon for disassemblers, and how the flexibility of the program saves users time and money. A section is devoted to plug-in options that make IDA Pro's features even easier when analyzing unknown software architectures or conducting vulnerability studies of security systems. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)