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Various books in the series. Notable For Dummies books include: DOS For Dummies, the first, published in 1991, whose first printing was just 7,500 copies [4] [5] Windows for Dummies, asserted to be the best-selling computer book of all time, with more than 15 million sold [4] L'Histoire de France Pour Les Nuls, the top-selling non-English For ...
A clearly determined TOC is predicated in planning along the intended route of flight far enough from the departure so that the aircraft is at altitude, on course, trimmed up in cruise flight. The variability of departure is now over and accurate tracking and monitoring of progress are beginning.
Pulmonary Embolism Rule-out Criteria (PERC Rule), a clinical decision-making tool to aid in the diagnosis of chest pain and/or dyspnea; Tetrachloroethylene or perc, a chemical widely used for dry cleaning and metal-degreasing; People. Perc Bushby (1919–1975), Australian rules footballer; Perc Horne (1890–1990), Australian rugby league ...
The Introducing... series, like the For Beginners series, has its origins in two Spanish-language books, Cuba para principiantes (1960) and Marx para principiantes (1972) by the Mexican political cartoonist and writer Rius, pocket books which put their content over in a humorous comic book way but with a serious underlying purpose.
Alpha Books, publisher of the Complete Idiot's Guides, is a member of Penguin Group. It began as a division of Macmillan. Pearson Education acquired Macmillan General Reference (MGR) from Simon & Schuster in 1998 and retained the line while the rest of MGR was sold to IDG Books. [1] Alpha moved from Pearson Education to Penguin Group in 2003 ...
The TOC protocol, or Talk to OSCAR protocol, a computing protocol TOC1 (gene) , a gene regulating the circadian rhythm in plants Topics referred to by the same term
TOC protocol, an instant message communications protocol; Translocon at the outer membrane of chloroplast, in beta barrel; Total organic carbon in an organic compound; TOC1 (gene), a gene that regulates circadian rhythm in plants
On a related note, I have a book called Database Design for Mere Mortals, which seems like a euphemistic play on the Dummies/Idiots idea. I'm not aware that it's part of a branded series, but there may be other similar titles out there. It illustrates a cultural impact in how-to books that we're likely to see for some time.