Addison–Wesley
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Addison–Wesley is a book publishing imprint of Pearson PLC, best known for computer books. As well as publishing books, Addison–Wesley distributes its technical titles through the Safari Books Online e-reference service.
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[edit] History
Melbourne Wesley Cummings founded Addison–Wesley in 1942, with first book published by Addison–Wesley being MIT professor Francis Weston Sears' Mechanics. Its first computer book was Programs for an Electronic Digital Computer, by Wilkes, Wheeler, and Gill. In 1977, Addison–Wesley acquired W.A. Benjamin Company, and merged it with the Cummings division of the company to form Benjamin Cummings. It was purchased by Pearson PLC in 1988.[1]
[edit] Notable books
- The UK Internet Book by Sue Schofield
- The Art of Computer Programming by Donald Knuth
- The Feynman Lectures on Physics by Richard Feynman, Robert Leighton, and Matthew Sands
- Calculus and Analytical Geometry by George B. Thomas and Ross Lee Finney, based on a course taught at MIT.
- Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation For Computer Science by Ronald Graham, Donald Knuth, and Oren Patashnik
- Evolutionary Biology by Dr. Eli C. Minkoff
- Programming Pearls by Jon Bentley
- Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John Vlissides
- The C++ Programming Language by Bjarne Stroustrup
- Hacker's Delight by Henry S. Warren, Jr.
- Exploratory data analysis by John W. Tukey, based on a course taught at Princeton.
- The Mythical Man-Month by Fred P. Brooks. Jr.
- Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment and TCP/IP Illustrated by W. Richard Stevens
