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  • Introduction to Applied Linear Algebra

    Vectors, Matrices, and Least Squares

    by Stephen Boyd, Lieven Vandenberghe ...
    This groundbreaking textbook combines straightforward explanations with a wealth of practical examples to offer an innovative approach to teaching linear algebra. Requiring no prior knowledge of the subject, it covers the aspects of linear algebra - vectors, matrices, and least squares - that are needed for engineering applications, discussing examples across data science, machine learning and ... Read more

    $53.99 CAD

  • Convex Optimization

    by Stephen Boyd, Lieven Vandenberghe ...
    Convex optimization problems arise frequently in many different fields. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the subject, and shows in detail how such problems can be solved numerically with great efficiency. The book begins with the basic elements of convex sets and functions, and then describes various classes of convex optimization problems. Duality and approximation techniques ... Read more

    $101.99 CAD

  • Artifice and Invention in the Spanish Golden Age

    by Stephen Boyd ...
    The corpus of literary works shaped by the Renaissance and the Baroque that appeared in Spain during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries had a transforming effect on writing throughout Europe and left a rich legacy that scholars continue to explore. For four decades after the Spanish Civil War the study of this literature flourished in Great Britain and Ireland, where many of the leading ... Read more

    $89.31 CAD

  • Pilgram Marpeck

    His Life and Social Theology

    by Stephen B. Boyd ...
    Series Book 12 - Duke Monographs in Medieval and Renaissance Studies
    This intellectual and social history is the first comprehensive biography of Pilgram Marpeck (c. 1495–1556), a radical reformer and lay leader of Anabaptist groups in Switzerland, Austria, and South Germany. Marpeck’s influential life and work provide a glimpse of the theologies and practices of the Roman Church and of various reform movements in sixteenth-century Europe.Drawing on extensive ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • Earth is a Nuclear Planet

    The Environmental Case for Nuclear Power

    by Mike Conley, Tim Maloney, Ph. D., Stephen A. Boyd, Ph. D. ...
    Earth Is a Nuclear Planet is a book on nuclear energy unlike any other. It makes the reader feel like a genius by clearly explaining all the relevant basic science in a fun and entertaining way.Faced by the looming catastrophe of devastating climate change, more and more environmentalists and climate scientists are turning to nuclear power as the cleanest, safest, and ultimately least costly ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wildlife Toxicology

    Emerging Contaminant and Biodiversity Issues

    Edited by Ronald J. Kendall, Thomas E. Lacher, George C. Cobb, Stephen Boyd Cox ...
    Updating the extremely successful Wildlife Toxicology and Population Modeling (CRC Press, 1994), Wildlife Toxicology: Emerging Contaminant and Biodiversity Issues brings together a distinguished group of international contributors, who provide a global assessment of a range of environmental stressors, including pesticides, environmental contaminant ... Read more

    $103.99 CAD

  • Russiagate Revisited

    The Aftermath of a Hoax

    Edited by Oliver Boyd-Barrett, Stephen Marmura ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This volume provides a comprehensive, scholarly re-examination of the events and developments collectively referred to as Russiagate. In 2016 a consensus emerged within American and British intelligence, political, and news media establishments that Russia was interfering in the United States federal election vis-à-vis an “influence campaign,” in support of the candidacy of Donald Trump. This ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Piece of Another Period

    Four sons and a Cambridge childhood

    by Richard Boyd, Stephen Boyd, Robert Boyd, John Boyd ...
    Dixon and Amelie Boyd were Belfast medical students. Later he was a Cambridge Professor and she an Academic's wife. They and their four sons, became a Cambridge mid-century fixture. Their copious letters (and memories of those sons, the authors) bring to light an unvarnished picture of that University at a time of dramatic change.Darlingest, It not only seems but it was a long time ago. We were ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Best of Boyd's Blogs: 87 Solutions to a Life of Better Speaking and Listening

    by Stephen D. Boyd Phd ...
    Ever wish you could have your favorite blog in book form? There's nothing like flipping through the pages and reading helpful snippets here and there.In this book, Steve Boyd gives you that very opportunity. He has intrigued his readers and clients for years with his insightful newsletters and blog posts. This book includes some of his most interesting stories and communication tips, from ... Read more

    $6.86 CAD

  • Nature-Based Tourism in Peripheral Areas

    Development or Disaster?

    Edited by Prof. C. Michael Hall, Prof. Stephen W. Boyd ...
    Series Book 21 - Aspects of Tourism
    This book provides one of the first detailed examinations of the problems of nature-based tourism development in peripheral areas. A diverse range of environments is used to illustrate the challenges and difficulties of managing nature-based tourism resources. A central theme throughout the book is the degree of opportunity that nature-based tourism provides as the basis for peripheral region ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Global Climate Change and Coastal Tourism

    Recognizing Problems, Managing Solutions and Future Expectations

    by Abdullah Akbas, Nazan An, Angela Anthonisz, Paulo Borges, Stephen William Boyd, Jeremy Buultjens, Helena Calado, Rita Cannas, Salvador Anton Clavé, James Andrew Graham Cooper, Janice Cumberbatch, Osman Cenk Demiroglu, Denyse S. Dookie, Danielle Edwards, Huong T. Bui ...
    Climate Change and Coastal Tourism includes case studies on climate change and coastal tourism that explore current threats to, and consequences of, climate change on existing tourism coastal destinations. It assesses management and policy options for the future sustainability of threatened tourism coastal destinations. The cases discussed are from all regions of the world - Europe - The Americas ... Read more

    $144.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    The 3rd Alternative

    Solving Life's Most Difficult Problems

    by Stephen R. Covey ...
    Narrated by Boyd Craig ...

    Abridged

    3 hours 37 min

    From the multimillion-copy bestselling author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, hailed as the #1 Most Influential Business Book of the Twentieth Century, The 3rd Alternative introduces a breakthrough approach to conflict resolution and creative problem solving.There are many methods of “conflict resolution,” but most involve compromise, a low-level accommodation that stops the fight ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

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