Image Processing: "Digital Image Processing", Gonzalez and Woods. Comprehensive coverage of principles, well written, practical w/ useful examples yet well grounded in signal processing and engineering principles. Complemented nicely by a version of the book rich in examples solved in MATLAB (co-author Steve Eddins).
By chance, do you know a good book for audio signal processing?
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#72Radiation Detection and Measurement by Knoll is our bible.
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#73The watch repair manual, by Fried
Practical watch repairing, by De Carle
The Swiss Watch repairer's manual, by Jendritzki (This book is great, but don't pay more than $75. After Fried's book it pulls in all the information nicely.)
Bulova Repair Training Manual
Chicago school of watchmaking (There's no copyright on this course. A guy on EBay has been scaring people for years. He does not own the copyright.)
Bestfit encyclopedia of Watch Parts 1 & 2
The clock and watch makers guide to gear making
George Daniels Watchmaking
I'll be writing my own book in the future. It will be a modern take on the repair of mechanical watches. It will have a lot of pictures. It will be direct, and to the point.
If you are interested in watch repair; I would do it as a hobby. I couldn't imagine making a good living repairing watches.
The bigger watch brands do not want to sell spare parts. That just might change in the future? Right now, it looks dim. Rolex, and the Swatch Group basically want to dictate whom, and where you can elect to get your watch repaired. Most times it the factory, at factory prices.
If you get into watch repair throughly, your appreciation of watches might change. When there's no mystery, there's no magic, I guess?
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#74So here you go:
The Innovators Dilema, C. M. Christensen. Just because , not really domain relevant for me but tons of interessting stuff and insights
Introduction to Materials Management, Arnold, Chapman, Clive. Covering the basics of Supply Chain Management. And I have yet to encounter a situation where the basics don't matter.
Designing and Managing the Supply Chain, Simchi-Levi, D., Simchi-Levi E., Kaminsky P.. Not just the basics of supply chain management, in essence what Amazon is doing in that regard. I have an older edition from 2005 that was just as relevant druing my Masters in 2018 as was back then, but maybe a newer edition doesn't hurt.
Logistics Engineering and Management, Blanchard. The book adding a systems engineering perspective to the above mentioned ones. A little bit weak on the actual logistics and supply chain part, which makes it even more powerfull in combination with the ones mentioned earlier. I can only recommend it for everyone working with complex long-life systems, e.g. ships, planes, industrial equipments,...
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#75Options, Futures and Other Derivatives is basically a Bible. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/013447208X/ref=dp_ob_neva_mob...
https://www.amazon.com/Trading-Exchanges-Market-Microstructu...
These aren't really textbooks, but regardless, the Market Wizards series by Jack Schwagger is highly recommended:
https://www.amazon.com/Market-Wizards-Updated-Interviews-Tra...
https://www.amazon.com/New-Market-Wizards-Conversations-Amer...
https://www.amazon.com/Hedge-Fund-Market-Wizards-Winning/dp/...
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#76Putting my mostly-retired audio engineer hat back on for a minute... The Yamaha Sound Reinforcement Handbook https://www.amazon.com/Sound-Reinforcement-Handbook-Gary-Dav... This is basically the soundman's bible. Sold for an aspiring live sound engineer, has much more than just advice for live sound guys - covering everything from microphones to acoustics to basic electronics to handy rules of thumb to MIDI, all writ…
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#77Preston Blair, "Cartoon Animation" https://www.amazon.com/Cartoon-Animation-Collectors-Preston-...
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#78Can anyone make recommendations for Astrophysics ?
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#79Chemical instrumentation: A systematic Approach by Strobel. It is quite old (1989), but it is still best in class.
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#80On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen by Harold McGee
Very curious to see a book on food show up here. What did you like about the book and did it change the way you think about food or life?