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Download for FREE: NASA Graphics Standards Manual (1976)

"A driving force and the use of innovative techniques and ideas have brought NASA the image of a get-it-done agency, and the record backs up the reputation. As we move ahead to an even more exciting era in aeronautical research and space exploration, we have added a new tool to enhance and symbolize the progressive path we have always followed. Not as suspenseful as a Command and Service Module splashdown nor as dramatic as a Mariner flyby, it is nonetheless of major importance because it is designed to achieve maximum communication of the agency's program objectives, both internally and externally. We have adopted a new system of graphics-the visual communications system by which we are known to those who read our publications, see our vehicle markings and signboards and the logotype that unmistakably brands them as NASA's."

So began the introduction to NASA's then-new style guide, the NASA Graphics Standard Manual, issued in January 1976 with an introduction by NASA Administrator Richard Truly. The above image is only one of the gems found therein.

Download NASA Graphics Standards Manual (1976)

~ link http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/nasa-graphics-standard-manual

Free eBook by NASA: Archaeology, Anthropology, and Interstellar Communication

Archaeology, Anthropology, and Interstellar Communication
By Douglas A. Vakoch

Addressing a field that has been dominated by astronomers, physicists, engineers, and computer scientists, the contributors to this collection raise questions that may have been overlooked by physical scientists about the ease of establishing meaningful communication with an extraterrestrial intelligence. These scholars are grappling with some of the enormous challenges that will face humanity if an information-rich signal emanating from another world is detected. By drawing on issues at the core of contemporary archaeology and anthropology, we can be much better prepared for contact with an extraterrestrial civilization, should that day ever come.

› Kindle readers: MOBI [2.8 MB]
› All other eBook readers: EPUB [3.8 MB]
› Fixed layout: PDF [1.7 MB]

Link: http://www.nasa.gov/connect/ebooks/archaeology_anthropology_and_interstellar_communication.html

High Performance Browser Networking, read online for FREE

High Performance Browser Networking
by Ilya Grigorik

How prepared are you to build fast and efficient web applications? This eloquent book provides what every web developer should know about the network, from fundamental limitations that affect performance to major innovations for building even more powerful browser applications—including HTTP 2.0 and XHR improvements, Server-Sent Events (SSE), WebSocket, and WebRTC.

Author Ilya Grigorik, a web performance engineer at Google, demonstrates performance optimization best practices for TCP, UDP, and TLS protocols, and explains unique wireless and mobile network optimization requirements. You’ll then dive into performance characteristics of technologies such as HTTP 2.0, client-side network scripting with XHR, real-time streaming with SSE and WebSocket, and P2P communication with WebRTC.

• Deliver optimal TCP, UDP, and TLS performance
• Optimize network performance over 3G/4G mobile networks
• Develop fast and energy-efficient mobile applications
• Address bottlenecks in HTTP 1.x and other browser protocols
• Plan for and deliver the best HTTP 2.0 performance
• Enable efficient real-time streaming in the browser
• Create efficient peer-to-peer videoconferencing and low-latency applications with real-time WebRTC transports

~ Read online for FREE (Brought to you by Velocity Conference)

How Google Works

How Google Works

Google Executive Chairman and ex-CEO Eric Schmidt and former SVP of Products Jonathan Rosenberg came to Google over a decade ago as proven technology executives. At the time, the company was already well-known for doing things differently, reflecting the visionary--and frequently contrarian--principles of founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. If Eric and Jonathan were going to succeed, they realized they would have to relearn everything they thought they knew about management and business.

Today, Google is a global icon that regularly pushes the boundaries of innovation in a variety of fields. HOW GOOGLE WORKS is an entertaining, page-turning primer containing lessons that Eric and Jonathan learned as they helped build the company. The authors explain how technology has shifted the balance of power from companies to consumers, and that the only way to succeed in this ever-changing landscape is to create superior products and attract a new breed of multifaceted employees whom Eric and Jonathan dub "smart creatives." Covering topics including corporate culture, strategy, talent, decision-making, communication, innovation, and dealing with disruption, the authors illustrate management maxims ("Consensus requires dissension," "Exile knaves but fight for divas," "Think 10X, not 10%") with numerous insider anecdotes from Google's history, many of which are shared here for the first time.

In an era when everything is speeding up, the best way for businesses to succeed is to attract smart-creative people and give them an environment where they can thrive at scale. HOW GOOGLE WORKS explains how to do just that.

FREE online ebook: Learn Version Control with Git

Learn Version Control with Git, A step-by-step course for the complete beginner. The goal of this book is to get you started with version control and Git as quickly and easily as possible. It's aimed at beginners of programming, at designers, at project managers... It tries not to require too much prior knowledge on the technical side. It tries to go slowly.

http://www.git-tower.com/learn/ebook/command-line/introduction

Learn Version Control with Git

Android Hacker's Handbook

The first comprehensive guide to discovering and preventing attacks on the Android OS

Android Hacker's Handbook

As the Android operating system continues to increase its share of the smartphone market, smartphone hacking remains a growing threat. Written by experts who rank among the world's foremost Android security researchers, this book presents vulnerability discovery, analysis, and exploitation tools for the good guys. Following a detailed explanation of how the Android OS works and its overall security architecture, the authors examine how vulnerabilities can be discovered and exploits developed for various system components, preparing you to defend against them.

If you are a mobile device administrator, security researcher, Android app developer, or consultant responsible for evaluating Android security, you will find this guide is essential to your toolbox.

• A crack team of leading Android security researchers explain Android security risks, security design and architecture, rooting, fuzz testing, and vulnerability analysis
• Covers Android application building blocks and security as well as debugging and auditing Android apps
• Prepares mobile device administrators, security researchers, Android app developers, and security consultants to defend Android systems against attack

Android Hacker's Handbook is the first comprehensive resource for IT professionals charged with smartphone security.

Free book online - Pro Git

The entire Pro Git book, written by Scott Chacon and published by Apress, is available HERE. Download this book in PDF, mobi, or ePub form for free.

This book is translated into German, 中文, French, Japanese, Dutch, Russian, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese and Czech.

Partial translations available in Arabic, Spanish, Indonesian, Italian, Finnish, Macedonian, Polish, Turkish and Taiwanese Mandarin,

Translations started for Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Catalan, Esperanto. Spanish (Nicaragua), Hungarian, Norwegian Bokmål, Romanian, Serbian, Thai and Vietnamese.

http://git-scm.com/book