Most Popular Books by Mark Richards

A truly evocative and incredible collection of photographs of the landscape and natural light effects of the countryside on and around the World Heritage site of Hadrian''s Wall, in northern England.With short historical commentaries to accompany the photographs and provide context.

Florida without Disney shows how you can take your own personal visit to Florida, or anywhere else for that matter, and use it to link yourself to an entire universe of knowledge, understanding and adventure. People of all ages, children and adults alike, are stimulated by: facts stranger than fiction

This revised edition, which has also been chosen as the official guide to the Cotswold Way relay race, describes the Cotswold Way from the best vantage point - on foot. Another title from the Cotswold publisher, Reardon.

Short Shorts and Shorts: Volume 1 (illustrated) by Stephen Mark Richards Illustrated by Joyce Richards Some stories in this book are suitable for young children but you should be aware that some stories contain violent scenes and some limited use of swear words. Here are the opening lines of the first two stories. REFLECTIONS: ''All the young people, children and teenagers, all that is except for me, loved that time of year, the third week in September, when Joe Sowerby''s Circus came to town.'' TRENDY: ''When Shirley Stokes, an attractive young mother, moved into number 4 with her new baby everyone was overjoyed. Everyone that is, except Kay Powell.''

In this dissertation we consider the valuation of discretely monitored barrier options under the in nite element method. The in nite element method is an extension to the standard nite element method that accepts problems with unbounded spacial domains (such as the Black-Scholes PDE), without resorting to domain truncation. The degeneracy of the Black-Scholes PDE when the underlying asset reaches zero, requires that the method be formulated within the context of weighted Sobolev spaces. We will demonstrate the convergence of the proposed method and provide a rigorous investigation into the underlying weighted Sobolev spaces in which the convergence is to be demonstrated.

The journey from developer to software architect is a difficult one. Join us for this edition of Meet the Expert with Mark Richards and Neal Ford, experienced hands-on software architects and coauthors of Fundamentals of Software Architecture , to learn key tips, techniques, and resources to help you along the way. Recorded on July 6, 2020. See the original event page for resources for further learning or watch recordings of past events . O''Reilly Meet the Expert explores emerging business and technology topics and ideas through a series of one-hour interactive events. You''ll engage in a live conversation with experts, sharing your questions and ideas while hearing their unique perspectives, insights, fears, and predictions.

This three-part series of half-day online events, hosted by chair Neal Ford, focuses on the hottest topics in software architecture-including microservices, essential architecture principles, and event-driven architecture and domain-driven design-giving you the insights to keep pace with what''s next while still accommodating legacy needs. Both seasoned software architects and those looking to break into the field will learn new skills and the latest information on the tools and technologies they need to succeed. In Part 1, Software Architecture Fundamentals, the sessions give you a solid grasp of the fundamentals, preparing you to implement the strategies that will help your organization increase performance, reduce costs, manage complexity, build in resilience and scalability, and speed time to market. The four sessions from Rebecca Parsons, Nathaniel Schutta, Mark Richards and Sam Newman provide insight, advice, and essential knowledge you need to transition from developer to architect. About the presenters: Neal Ford is a director, software architect, and meme wrangler at ThoughtWorks, a software company and a community of passionate, purpose-led individuals who think disruptively to deliver technology to address the toughest challenges, all while seeking to revolutionize the IT industry and create positive social change. He''s an internationally recognized expert on software development and delivery, especially in the intersection of Agile engineering techniques and software architecture. Neal has authored seven books (and counting), a number of magazine articles, and dozens of video presentations and spoken at hundreds of developers conferences worldwide. His topics include software architecture, continuous delivery, functional programming, cutting-edge software innovations, and a business-focused book and video on improving technical presentations. Check out his website, Nealford.com. Rebecca Parsons is CTO at ThoughtWorks. Rebecca has more than 30 years'' experience leading the creation of large-scale distributed, services-based applications and the integration of disparate systems. Previously, she was an assistant professor of computer science at the University of Central Florida and a director''s postdoctoral fellow at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Rebecca''s interests include parallel and distributed computation, programming languages, domain-specific languages, evolutionary architecture, genetic algorithms, and computational scien...