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Calculus Essentials For Dummiesby Mark Ryan
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2010; US$ 9.99Many colleges and universities require students to take at least one math course, and Calculus I is often the chosen option. Calculus Essentials For Dummies provides explanations of key concepts for students who may have taken calculus in high school and want to review the most important concepts as they gear up for a faster-paced college course. Free of review and ramp-up material, Calculus Essentials For Dummies sticks to the point with content focused on key topics only. It provides discrete explanations of critical concepts taught in a typical two-semester high school calculus class or a college level Calculus I course, from limits and differentiation to integration and infinite series. This guide is also a perfect reference for parents... more...
Differential Geometryby Clifford Henry Taubes
OUP Oxford 2011; US$ 49.50Bundles, connections, metrics and curvature are the 'lingua franca' of modern differential geometry and theoretical physics. This book will supply a graduate student in mathematics or theoretical physics with the fundamentals of these objects. Many of the tools used in differential topology are introduced and the basic results about differentiable manifolds, smooth maps, differential forms, vector fields, Lie groups, and Grassmanians are all presented here. Other material covered includes the basic theorems about geodesics and Jacobi fields, the classification theorem for flat connections, the definition of characteristic classes, and also an introduction to complex and K--auml--;hler geometry.Differential Geometry uses many of the... more...
Algebra Iby Jerry Bobrow
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2001; US$ 9.99CliffsQuickReview course guides cover the essentials of your toughest classes. Get a firm grip on core concepts and key material, and test your newfound knowledge with review questions. Whether you're brushing up on pre-Algebra concepts or on your way toward mastering algebraic fractions, factoring, and functions, CliffsQuickReview Algebra I can help. This guide introduces each topic, defines key terms, and carefully walks you through each sample problem step-by-step. In no time, you'll be ready to tackle other concepts in this book such as Equations, ratios, and proportions Inequalities, graphing, and absolute value Coordinate Geometry Roots and radicals Quadratic equations CliffsQuickReview Algebra I acts as a supplement to your textbook... more...
The Non-Local Universeby Robert Nadeau; Menas Kafatos
Oxford University Press, USA 2001; US$ 15.00Classical physics states that physical reality is local, or that a measurement at one point in space cannot cannot influence what occurs at another beyond a fairly short distance. Until recently this seemed like an immutable truth in nature. However, in 1997 experiments were conducted in which light particles (photons) originated under certain conditions and traveled in opposite directions to detectors located about seven miles apart. The amazing results indicated that the photons "interacted" or "communicated" with one another instantly or "in no time," leading to the revelation that physical reality is non-local--a discovery that Robert Nadeau and Menas Kafatos view as "the most momentous in the history... more...
Statistical Analysis with Excel For Dummiesby Joseph Schmuller
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2009; US$ 29.99You too can understand the statistics of life, even if you're math-challenged! What do you need to calculate? Manufacturing output? A curve for test scores? Sports stats? You and Excel can do it, and this non-intimidating guide shows you how. It demystifies the different types of statistics, how Excel functions and formulas work, the meaning of means and medians, how to interpret your figures, and more in plain English. Getting there learn how variables, samples, and probability are used to get the information you want Excel tricks find out what's built into the program to help you work with Excel formulas Playing with worksheets get acquainted with the worksheet functions for each step Graphic displays... more...
The End of Timeby Julian Barbour
Oxford University Press, USA 2000; US$ 21.95Richard Feynman once quipped that "Time is what happens when nothing else does." But Julian Barbour disagrees: if nothing happened, if nothing changed, then time would stop. For time is nothing but change. It is change that we perceive occurring all around us, not time. Put simply, time does not exist. In this highly provocative volume, Barbour presents the basic evidence for a timeless universe, and shows why we still experience the world as intensely temporal. It is a book that strikes at the heart of modern physics. It casts doubt on Einstein's greatest contribution, the spacetime continuum, but also points to the solution of one of the great paradoxes of modern science, the chasm between classical and quantum physics. Indeed,... more...
Shifting the Earthby Arthur Mazer
John Wiley & Sons 2011; US$ 59.95Discover how mathematics and science have propelled history From Ancient Greece to the Enlightenment and then on to modern times, Shifting the Earth: The Mathematical Quest to Understand the Motion of the Universe takes readers on a journey motivated by the desire to understand the universe and the motion of the heavens. The author presents a thought-provoking depiction of the sociopolitical environment in which some of the most prominent scientists in history lived and then provides a mathematical account of their contributions. From Eudoxus to Einstein, this fascinating book describes how, beginning in ancient times, pioneers in the sciences and mathematics have dramatically changed our vision of who we are as well as our place in the universe.... more...
Algorithmic Puzzlesby Anany Levitin; Maria Levitin
Oxford University Press, USA 2011; US$ 21.95While many think of algorithms as specific to computer science, at its core algorithmic thinking is defined by the use of analytical logic to solve problems. This logic extends far beyond the realm of computer science and into the wide and entertaining world of puzzles. In Algorithmic Puzzles, Anany and Maria Levitin use many classic brainteasers as well as newer examples from job interviews with major corporations to show readers how to apply analytical thinking to solve puzzles requiring well-defined procedures. The book's unique collection of puzzles is supplemented with carefully developed tutorials on algorithm design strategies and analysis techniques intended to walk the reader step-by-step through the various approaches to algorithmic... more...
An Introduction to Stochastic Modeling, Student Solutions Manual (e-only)by Mark Pinsky; Samuel Karlin
Elsevier Science 2011; US$ 9.99An Introduction to Stochastic Modeling, Student Solutions Manual (e-only) more...
Financial Enterprise Risk Managementby Paul Sweeting
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 79.00Covers the full range of qualitative and quantitative techniques needed to manage risk in a financial organisation. more...