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2010
| LAFE doesn't live in the forest. LAFE is the forest. LAFE's size and thousands of years of experience provide the wisdom to survive. When a pipeline project threatens to slice LAFE's brain, LAFE seeks the aid of Daphne DeFreest. But first they must heal her broken body and find a way to communicate. Then Daphne must find the love of her life, and they all must cope with their common enemies.
This is their story.
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2010
| What happens if the physicists' String Theory is correct. The "real" universe is a human mental construct?
And what happens to the half-dozen young adults who, through an accident on their common day of conception, can mentally pull the strings of the universe? Sequel to First Stringers
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2010
| HOW WOULD YOU LIVE IF YOU LOST YOUR HANDS?
Could you feed yourself? Clean yourself? What about opening a door? How would you dress yourself, or tie your shoes? Would everyone you ever loved consider you a freak? A monster?
Pamela Ruka knows the answers to these questions, and more.
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2010
| Freshman Murders is a "Nerder Mystery," which means that the detectives who solve these crimes are nerds-brilliant individuals whose social skills may not equal their skills in mathematics.
Josh Rosemont, finds a young woman’s body in the woods. He is paralyzed by her resemblance to his murdered daughter. He is enraged into action by an obstructive Dean. Teaming with his cop-turned-anthropologist wife, Carmela, and his four genius grad students, he sets out to prevent another murder.
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2010
| Marna has a PhD in theoretical physics. So does Tess.
Marna is unhappy–nobody pays attention to her theory of quantum displacement. Tess is unhappy–everybody pays attention to Aremac, her reverse camera. Evil people will go to any length to steal their work, but first they will have to outwit Tess and Marna's team of geniuses.
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2007
| Young genius Roger Fixman is unprepared for what happens after inventing Aremac, a machine that extracts pictures from people's minds. The legal system is thrown into chaos. Corporations play dirty tricks on Fixman to steal the patent and grab the profits. Terrorists holding Chicago hostage want to destroy Fixman's machine before the FBI discovers their plans by using Aremac to interrogate a captured bomber.
When the prisoner is murdered in custody, the FBI accuses Roger's cousin. Though his wi....[more] |
2010
| In the near future, a group of handicapped twenty-one-year-olds with the ability to control the string structure of the universe, find each other and form an alliance against the people and organizations who would hunt them down and use their powers to conquer the world. As they discover one another they must strive to master their abilities, overcome their conflicts, face their personal fears and discover their deepest values in order to become more fully human. |
2009
| Libra has never seen a tree, let alone a forest. She lives on the planet Precursor, where anything that grows is poisonous to humans. The planet is, however, rich with heavy-metal molecules which are mined by huge industrial chemical plants, plants that pollute the air and shorten the lifespan of the populace. The planet, like most human planets, is controlled by these powerful corporations who use the militant churches to anesthetize and control the populations.
Libra has a hidden fully....[more] |
2008
| "Finally! A book about software testing written by someone who actually understands software testing. I consider Jerry to be the greatest living tester. Jerry tests everything. Jerry tests me. . . . It's been forty-seven years since Weinberg first wrote on software testing, and his ideas today are still ahead of their time. Read this and get your head straight about testing."
-- James Bach, consulting software tester,
author of Lessons Learned in Software Testing |
1985
| "Much of the advice given in this book can be applied across all areas of the spectrum, both in job classification and function.
"Weinberg knows this arena very well. He dispenses invaluable advice in the form of simple folkish sayings that you should post on the wall and repeat several times a
day. . . . The best advice often has a homespun flavor, and these consulting aids, sometimes complex only in their simplicity, will help you plot a path to a successful business as a consultant . . .....[more] |
2001
| "Weinberg's original Secrets of Consulting has a place on every consultant's (at least the ones that are making any money) bookshelf. If you have not read Jerry's original book, you will be surprised at how he makes simple analogies and symbols so meaningful. And how these analogies, rules and symbols lead to a better personal performance from the consultant. This time around he gives us the "consultant's tool kit" of symbols. He devotes a chapter to each of these symbolic tools, from The Wisdom....[more] |
1986
| Becoming a Technical Leader is a personalized guide to developing the qualities that make a successful problem-solving leader. The book emphasizes that we all contain the ingredients for leadership, though some elements are better developed than others. "Anyone can improve as a leader simply by building the strength of our weakest elements," author Gerald M. Weinberg writes. "Mr. Universe doesn't have more muscles than I do, just better developed ones."
On one level, the book is an extremely ....[more] |
1982
| "Full of great little tips and tricks. . . . at just over 150 pages it is easy to digest. It serves as a great introduction to problem solving.
"If there is one thing I learned from Are Your Lights On? it is that people don't do a very good job at problem solving. Like usability, while problem solving seems so obvious in retrospect, it is actually quite difficult. . . .
"As Don Gause and Gerald Weinberg point out, each solution is the source of the next problem. It is very likely that yo....[more] |
1971
| This classic volume probes how a program reflects its writer's personality; the effects of working environment on productivity; and many additional computer psychology issues.
This is the original edition. See the Silver Anniversary Edition for updates with the perspective of what has changed or not changed in a generation. |
1975
| (This is the original edition. See the Silver Anniversary Edition for updates done with the perspective of a generation.)
". . . it is truly an extraordinary piece of work. . . . It is not about computing per se, but about how humans think about things and how 'facts' are relative to time, our personal experience and environmental context. . . .
"Weinberg uses science and mathematics as the genesis point for most of his examples. The laws of thermodynamics, chance and simulations in state ....[more] |
2006
| "It wasn't until I participated in one of Jerry Weinberg's writing workshops that I was able to take my writing to the next level. . . .
"I'm proof these techniques work. I've published three books, over 100 articles, and am working on my next few books. Next few books, you ask? Yes. One of the techniques Jerry suggests is that you have many fieldstones, chunks of work in progress. In progress may mean you've written two words. It may mean you've written several chapter-like things. It may me....[more] |
1978
| "When I started reading Walkthroughs, Inspections, and Technical Reviews: Evaluating Programs, Projects, and Products by Daniel P. Freedman and Gerald M. Weinberg, my intention was to summarize its key points. But alas, I have found this talk impossible because every page of this book is so full of meat that the summary would be almost as long as the book itself. The book is based on the authors' extensive experience in conducting, facilitating, and observing reviews, and I'm not surprised the b....[more] |
1982
| Systems analysis and design have solved many problems, but they have also created many problems. This unique book tackles crucial analysis and design issues that are glossed over in conventional texts. It recognizes that while many problems are solved with systems analysis and design, many problems are also created.
Using a short, highly readable essay format, Rethinking Systems Analysis & Design presents readers with both the logical and the more intuitive aspects of the analysis/design proc....[more] |
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