It is possible, and only slightly awkward, to make LaTex tables with borders around some of the cells and no borders or only partial borders around other cells. Below are two snippets of code showing you how. Each is followed by an image of the table it produces. This code uses two LaTex packages, multirow

Purpose: This exercise is a brief introduction to MATLAB for students who want to use MATLAB for research projects. You will familiarize yourself with the MATLAB command line and editor. You will learn the difference between a script and a function. Some programming elements such as loops and conditional statements are introduced as well as

This is a very creative video dealing with the second law of thermodynamics I found on Ars Technica.

Below is a preview of Cats’ Paws and Catapults: Mechanical Worlds of Nature and People, curtesy of Google Books. A larger version can be found here.