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Genome

The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters

par Matt Ridley ...

"Ridley leaps from chromosome to chromosome in a handy summation of our ever increasing understanding of the roles that genes play in disease, behavior, sexual differences, and even intelligence. . . . . He addresses not only the ethical quandaries faced by contemporary scientists but the reductionist danger in equating inheritability with inevitability." — The New YorkerThe genome's been mapped. ... En savoir plus

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"Ridley leaps from chromosome to chromosome in a handy summation of our ever increasing understanding of the roles that genes play in disease, behavior, sexual differences, and even intelligence. . . . . He addresses not only the ethical quandaries faced by contemporary scientists but the reductionist danger in equating inheritability with inevitability." — The New YorkerThe genome's been mapped.
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The Golden Ratio

The Story of PHI, the World's Most Astonishing Number

par Mario Livio ...

Throughout history, thinkers from mathematicians to theologians have pondered the mysterious relationship between numbers and the nature of reality. In this fascinating book, Mario Livio tells the tale of a number at the heart of that mystery: phi, or 1.6180339887...This curious mathematical relationship, widely known as "The Golden Ratio," was discovered by Euclid more than two thousand years ago ... En savoir plus

$15.99 CAD

Throughout history, thinkers from mathematicians to theologians have pondered the mysterious relationship between numbers and the nature of reality. In this fascinating book, Mario Livio tells the tale of a number at the heart of that mystery: phi, or 1.6180339887...This curious mathematical relationship, widely known as "The Golden Ratio," was discovered by Euclid more than two thousand years ago
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The Prime Number Conspiracy

The Biggest Ideas in Math from Quanta

Modifié par Thomas Lin ...

**Explore the mysteries and latest breakthroughs of the mathematical universe with the Pulitzer Prize-winning magazine Quanta—beloved by Bill Gates!Featuring a foreword by James Gleick, New York Times-bestselling author of Chaos: Making a New Science**These stories from Quanta Magazine map the routes of mathematical exploration, showing readers how cutting-edge research is done, while illuminating ... En savoir plus

$27.19 CAD

**Explore the mysteries and latest breakthroughs of the mathematical universe with the Pulitzer Prize-winning magazine Quanta—beloved by Bill Gates!Featuring a foreword by James Gleick, New York Times-bestselling author of Chaos: Making a New Science**These stories from Quanta Magazine map the routes of mathematical exploration, showing readers how cutting-edge research is done, while illuminating
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This Idea Is Brilliant

Lost, Overlooked, and Underappreciated Scientific Concepts Everyone Should Know

par John Brockman ...

Collections Livre 23 - Edge Question Series
Brilliant but overlooked ideas you must know, as revealed by today’s most innovative mindsWhat scientific term or concept ought to be more widely known? That is the question John Brockman, publisher of the acclaimed science salon Edge.org (“The world’s smartest website”—The Guardian), presented to 205 of the world’s most influential thinkers from across the intellectual spectrum—award-winning ... En savoir plus

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Brilliant but overlooked ideas you must know, as revealed by today’s most innovative mindsWhat scientific term or concept ought to be more widely known? That is the question John Brockman, publisher of the acclaimed science salon Edge.org (“The world’s smartest website”—The Guardian), presented to 205 of the world’s most influential thinkers from across the intellectual spectrum—award-winning
... En savoir plus
Math-ish

Finding Creativity, Diversity, and Meaning in Mathematics

par Jo Boaler ...

From Stanford professor, author of Limitless Mind, youcubed.org founder, and leading expert in the field of mathematics education Jo Boaler comes a groundbreaking guide to finding joy and understanding by adopting a diverse approach to learning math.“Every once in a while, someone revolutionizes an approach to a difficult subject and changes it forever. That is what Jo Boaler has done for math. ... En savoir plus

$18.99 CAD

From Stanford professor, author of Limitless Mind, youcubed.org founder, and leading expert in the field of mathematics education Jo Boaler comes a groundbreaking guide to finding joy and understanding by adopting a diverse approach to learning math.“Every once in a while, someone revolutionizes an approach to a difficult subject and changes it forever. That is what Jo Boaler has done for math.
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The Equation that Couldn't Be Solved

How Mathematical Genius Discovered the Language of Symmetry

par Mario Livio ...

What do Bach's compositions, Rubik's Cube, the way we choose our mates, and the physics of subatomic particles have in common? All are governed by the laws of symmetry, which elegantly unify scientific and artistic principles. Yet the mathematical language of symmetry-known as group theory-did not emerge from the study of symmetry at all, but from an equation that couldn't be solved.For thousands ... En savoir plus

$21.99 CAD

What do Bach's compositions, Rubik's Cube, the way we choose our mates, and the physics of subatomic particles have in common? All are governed by the laws of symmetry, which elegantly unify scientific and artistic principles. Yet the mathematical language of symmetry-known as group theory-did not emerge from the study of symmetry at all, but from an equation that couldn't be solved.For thousands
... En savoir plus
Know This

Today's Most Interesting and Important Scientific Ideas, Discoveries, and Developments

par John Brockman ...

Collections Livre 22 - Edge Question Series
Today's most visionary thinkers reveal the cutting-edge scientific ideas and breakthroughs you must understand.Scientific developments radically change and enlighten our understanding of the world -- whether it's advances in technology and medical research or the latest revelations of neuroscience, psychology, physics, economics, anthropology, climatology, or genetics. And yet amid the flood of ... En savoir plus

$11.99 CAD

Today's most visionary thinkers reveal the cutting-edge scientific ideas and breakthroughs you must understand.Scientific developments radically change and enlighten our understanding of the world -- whether it's advances in technology and medical research or the latest revelations of neuroscience, psychology, physics, economics, anthropology, climatology, or genetics. And yet amid the flood of
... En savoir plus
A PhD Is Not Enough!

A Guide to Survival in Science

par Peter J. Feibelman ...

Everything you ever need to know about making it as a scientist.Despite your graduate education, brainpower, and technical prowess, your career in scientific research is far from assured. Permanent positions are scarce, science survival is rarely part of formal graduate training, and a good mentor is hard to find.In A Ph.D. Is Not Enough!, physicist Peter J. Feibelman lays out a rational path to a ... En savoir plus

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Everything you ever need to know about making it as a scientist.Despite your graduate education, brainpower, and technical prowess, your career in scientific research is far from assured. Permanent positions are scarce, science survival is rarely part of formal graduate training, and a good mentor is hard to find.In A Ph.D. Is Not Enough!, physicist Peter J. Feibelman lays out a rational path to a
... En savoir plus
Endless Forms

The Secret World of Wasps

par Seirian Sumner ...

“A book that draws us in to the strange beauty of what we so often run away from.” — Robin Ince, author of The Importance of Being InterestedIn this eye-opening and entertaining work of popular science in the spirit of The Mosquito, Entangled Life, and The Book of Eels, a leading behavioural ecologist transforms our understanding of wasps, exploring these much-maligned insects’ secret world, their ... En savoir plus

$18.99 CAD

“A book that draws us in to the strange beauty of what we so often run away from.” — Robin Ince, author of The Importance of Being InterestedIn this eye-opening and entertaining work of popular science in the spirit of The Mosquito, Entangled Life, and The Book of Eels, a leading behavioural ecologist transforms our understanding of wasps, exploring these much-maligned insects’ secret world, their
... En savoir plus
Luck

Understanding Luck and Improving the Odds

par Barrie Dolnick, Anthony H. Davidson ...

Have you ever noticed that you talk about luck every day of your life? Luck is your silent companion, sometimes bringing awesome parking spaces, a chance meeting with a new love interest, or a small windfall. Most of the time you probably don’t even pay attention to luck. Chances are, you only really think about luck when you buy a lottery ticket or participate in a contest.Luck is so much more ... En savoir plus

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Have you ever noticed that you talk about luck every day of your life? Luck is your silent companion, sometimes bringing awesome parking spaces, a chance meeting with a new love interest, or a small windfall. Most of the time you probably don’t even pay attention to luck. Chances are, you only really think about luck when you buy a lottery ticket or participate in a contest.Luck is so much more
... En savoir plus
Pi, Imperatively

par Ken Ramsey ...

Pi is the controlling constant for circles, globes, orbits, the inverse square power distribution and many of the other fundamental aspects of our universe. This ebook is an effort to put forward the idea that a better understanding of pi is required. The entire knowledge base of our understanding of science could be greatly changed with additional efforts in the study of pi. ... En savoir plus

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Pi is the controlling constant for circles, globes, orbits, the inverse square power distribution and many of the other fundamental aspects of our universe. This ebook is an effort to put forward the idea that a better understanding of pi is required. The entire knowledge base of our understanding of science could be greatly changed with additional efforts in the study of pi.
... En savoir plus
Credit Risk Management

Basic Concepts: Financial Risk Components, Rating Analysis, Models, Economic and Regulatory Capital

par Dr Tony Van Gestel, Dr Bart Baesens ...

Credit Risk Management: Basic Concepts is the first book of a series of three with the objective of providing an overview of all aspects, steps, and issues that should be considered when undertaking credit risk management, including the Basel II Capital Accord, which all major banks must comply with in 2008. The introduction of the recently suggested Basel II Capital Accord has raised many issues ... En savoir plus

$140.79 CAD

Credit Risk Management: Basic Concepts is the first book of a series of three with the objective of providing an overview of all aspects, steps, and issues that should be considered when undertaking credit risk management, including the Basel II Capital Accord, which all major banks must comply with in 2008. The introduction of the recently suggested Basel II Capital Accord has raised many issues
... En savoir plus
Constructing Dynamic Triangles Together

Gerry Stahl's eLibrary, #6

par Gerry Stahl ...

Collections Livre 6 - Gerry Stahl's eLibrary
Rational thinking as exemplified in mathematical cognition is of undeniable importance in the modern world. This book documents how a group of three eighth-grade girls developed specific practices typical of such thinking through involvement in an online educational experience. The presentation begins by discussing the methodological approach adopted in analyzing the development of mathematical ... En savoir plus

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Rational thinking as exemplified in mathematical cognition is of undeniable importance in the modern world. This book documents how a group of three eighth-grade girls developed specific practices typical of such thinking through involvement in an online educational experience. The presentation begins by discussing the methodological approach adopted in analyzing the development of mathematical
... En savoir plus
Generalizations Of Finite Metrics And Cuts

par Elena Deza, Michel-marie Deza, Mathieu Dutour Sikiric ...

This book introduces oriented version of metrics and cuts and their multidimensional analogues, as well as partial metrics and weighted metrics. It is a follow-up of Geometry of Cuts and Metrics by Deza and Laurent which presents rich theory of classical binary and symmetric objects — metrics and cuts.Many research publications on this subject are devoted to different special aspects of the theory ... En savoir plus

$56.09 CAD

This book introduces oriented version of metrics and cuts and their multidimensional analogues, as well as partial metrics and weighted metrics. It is a follow-up of Geometry of Cuts and Metrics by Deza and Laurent which presents rich theory of classical binary and symmetric objects — metrics and cuts.Many research publications on this subject are devoted to different special aspects of the theory
... En savoir plus
Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy

par Bertrand Russell ...

"This book is intended essentially as an “Introduction,” and does not aim at giving an exhaustive discussion of the problems with which it deals. It seemed desirable to set forth certain results, hitherto only available to those who have mastered logical symbolism, in a form offering the minimum of difficulty to the beginner. The utmost endeavour has been made to avoid dogmatism on such questions ... En savoir plus

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"This book is intended essentially as an “Introduction,” and does not aim at giving an exhaustive discussion of the problems with which it deals. It seemed desirable to set forth certain results, hitherto only available to those who have mastered logical symbolism, in a form offering the minimum of difficulty to the beginner. The utmost endeavour has been made to avoid dogmatism on such questions
... En savoir plus
The Birth of Ontological Mathematics: The Origin of the Ultimate Intellectual Revolution

par Jack Tanner ...

Ontological mathematics is the rational and logical explanation of everything. Where did it come from? If you wish to develop a profound understanding of ontological mathematics, the science that will shape the future of the human race, you need to know the context in which it evolved, and how it diverged from scientific materialism. Ontological mathematics is the subject that accomplished what ... En savoir plus

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Ontological mathematics is the rational and logical explanation of everything. Where did it come from? If you wish to develop a profound understanding of ontological mathematics, the science that will shape the future of the human race, you need to know the context in which it evolved, and how it diverged from scientific materialism. Ontological mathematics is the subject that accomplished what
... En savoir plus
Algebraic Operads

An Algorithmic Companion

par Murray R. Bremner, Vladimir Dotsenko ...

This book presents a systematic treatment of Grobner bases in several contexts. The book builds up to the theory of Grobner bases for operads due to the second author and Khoroshkin as well as various applications of the corresponding diamond lemmas in algebra. Throughout the book, both the mathematical theory and computational methods are emphasized and numerous algorithms, examples, and ... En savoir plus

$149.77 CAD

This book presents a systematic treatment of Grobner bases in several contexts. The book builds up to the theory of Grobner bases for operads due to the second author and Khoroshkin as well as various applications of the corresponding diamond lemmas in algebra. Throughout the book, both the mathematical theory and computational methods are emphasized and numerous algorithms, examples, and
... En savoir plus
How to learn math?

par Hakan SAĞLIK ...

Learning mathematics is a very difficult process for many students. Some of us are naturally gifted in mathematics, while some of us have to put a little more effort into it. However, no matter how talented we are, the challenges we may face in learning math are the same for all of us.This book emphasizes that learning mathematics is not only about knowledge of mathematics, but also about ... En savoir plus

$4.12 CAD

Learning mathematics is a very difficult process for many students. Some of us are naturally gifted in mathematics, while some of us have to put a little more effort into it. However, no matter how talented we are, the challenges we may face in learning math are the same for all of us.This book emphasizes that learning mathematics is not only about knowledge of mathematics, but also about
... En savoir plus
Die Erfindung der Mathematik

Wie der Mensch Zahlen schuf, um die Welt zu bändigen

par Lutz Spilker ...

Was ist Mathematik – ein vorgefundenes Gefüge von Wahrheiten oder eine vom Menschen geschaffene Ordnung? Die Antwort scheint naheliegend, solange Zahlen als selbstverständlich gelten. Doch ein Blick in die frühe Geschichte des Menschen lässt Zweifel aufkommen. Über lange Zeiträume hinweg wurde gezählt, ohne dass es Zahlen im heutigen Sinn gab. Mengen wurden gezeigt, nicht benannt; Relationen ... En savoir plus

$3.99 CAD

Was ist Mathematik – ein vorgefundenes Gefüge von Wahrheiten oder eine vom Menschen geschaffene Ordnung? Die Antwort scheint naheliegend, solange Zahlen als selbstverständlich gelten. Doch ein Blick in die frühe Geschichte des Menschen lässt Zweifel aufkommen. Über lange Zeiträume hinweg wurde gezählt, ohne dass es Zahlen im heutigen Sinn gab. Mengen wurden gezeigt, nicht benannt; Relationen
... En savoir plus
Reversible polynomials

polynomials and dual circles

par yau zakari ...

$8.00 CAD
Nonabsolute Integration On Measure Spaces

par Wee Leng Ng ...

Collections Livre 14 - Series In Real Analysis
This book offers to the reader a self-contained treatment and systematic exposition of the real-valued theory of a nonabsolute integral on measure spaces. It is an introductory textbook to Henstock-Kurzweil type integrals defined on abstract spaces. It contains both classical and original results that are accessible to a large class of readers.It is widely acknowledged that the biggest difficulty ... En savoir plus

$76.99 CAD

This book offers to the reader a self-contained treatment and systematic exposition of the real-valued theory of a nonabsolute integral on measure spaces. It is an introductory textbook to Henstock-Kurzweil type integrals defined on abstract spaces. It contains both classical and original results that are accessible to a large class of readers.It is widely acknowledged that the biggest difficulty
... En savoir plus
Classical Approach to Constrained and Unconstrained Molecular Dynamics

par Ajith Gunaratne ...

In this book, we propose a penalty-function method for constrained molecular dynamics simulation by defining a quadratic penalty function for the constraints. The simulation with such a method can be done by using a conventional, unconstrained solver only with the penalty parameter increased in an appropriate manner as the simulation proceeds. More specifically, we scale the constraints with their ... En savoir plus

$5.39 CAD

In this book, we propose a penalty-function method for constrained molecular dynamics simulation by defining a quadratic penalty function for the constraints. The simulation with such a method can be done by using a conventional, unconstrained solver only with the penalty parameter increased in an appropriate manner as the simulation proceeds. More specifically, we scale the constraints with their
... En savoir plus
Continua

With the Houston Problem Book

Modifié par Howard Cook ...

Collections series Lecture Notes in Pure and Applied Mathematics
This volume contains the proceedings of the special session on Modern Methods in Continuum Theory presented at the 100th Annual Joint Mathematics Meetings held in Cincinnati, Ohio. It also features the Houston Problem Book which includes a recently updated set of 200 problems accumulated over several years at the University of Houston.;These proceedings and problems are aimed at pure and applied ... En savoir plus

$384.77 CAD

This volume contains the proceedings of the special session on Modern Methods in Continuum Theory presented at the 100th Annual Joint Mathematics Meetings held in Cincinnati, Ohio. It also features the Houston Problem Book which includes a recently updated set of 200 problems accumulated over several years at the University of Houston.;These proceedings and problems are aimed at pure and applied
... En savoir plus
Abbachi, Mercanti E Algoritmi Nelle Civiltà Del Mediterraneo

Storia sociale delle origini, sviluppo e diffusione delle scienze matematiche nel bacino del Mediterraneo dall’antichità alle soglie dell’età moderna

par Giovanni Bosco Cannelli ...

Un’originale retrospettiva sulla storia della matematica, “arte” vitale per l’evoluzione dell’intero genere umano. Tempo poche pagine, e il lettore si appassionerà leggendo delle origini e dello sviluppo della scienza dei numeri, partendo dalla sua diffusione avvenuta nel bacino Mediterraneo per giungere fino all’età moderna, in cui riusciamo a dare per scontati i miliardi di calcoli simultanei ... En savoir plus

$13.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

Un’originale retrospettiva sulla storia della matematica, “arte” vitale per l’evoluzione dell’intero genere umano. Tempo poche pagine, e il lettore si appassionerà leggendo delle origini e dello sviluppo della scienza dei numeri, partendo dalla sua diffusione avvenuta nel bacino Mediterraneo per giungere fino all’età moderna, in cui riusciamo a dare per scontati i miliardi di calcoli simultanei
... En savoir plus

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