Wars, witches and worship were key elements in the nation of Scotland and the local life of Dalgety Parish during the 17th Century. It was a period when Scotland was moving from medieval feudalism, where traditions and superstitions governed the lives of the people, into the early modern era.
Focusing on coastal geomorphology, this guide offers an in-depth exploration of coastal processes and features globally, including sandy beaches and coral reefs. It employs a clear quantitative approach and is enriched with over 400 illustrations, photographs, videos, and virtual field trips, making it an extensive educational resource for undergraduates studying this field.
'The Joy of Clojure', 2nd edition, has been fully updated to cover the new and improved features of Clojure 1.5. It goes beyond the syntax and tells the 'why' of Clojure and shows how to write fluent, idiomatic Clojure code. Readers will learn to approach programming challenges from a functional perspective and master the Lisp techniques that make Clojure so efficient and elegant. It also tackles hard software areas like concurrency, interoperability, performance, and more
With this book, you'll learn how to create code that's beautiful, safe, and simple to understand and test by using JavaScript's functional programming support. Author Michael Fogus shows you how to apply functional-style concepts with Underscore.js, a JavaScript library that facilitates functional programming techniques.