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61. |  Mathematical Modelling in One Dimension By: Jacek Banasiak Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication Date: 28-FEB-2013 Insert Date: 24-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Mathematical Modelling in One Dimension
Difference and Differential Equations in Mathematical Modelling demonstrates the universality of mathematical techniques through a wide variety of applications. Learn how the same mathematical idea governs loan repayments, drug accumulation in tissues or growth of a population, or how the same argument can be used to find the trajectory of a dog pursuing a hare, the trajectory of a self-guided missile or the shape of a satellite dish. The author places equal importance on difference and differential equations, showing how they complement and intertwine in describing natural phenomena.
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62. |  A First Course in Computational Algebraic Geometry By: Wolfram Decker; Gerhard Pfister Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication Date: 07-FEB-2013 Insert Date: 24-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: A First Course in Computational Algebraic Geometry
A First Course in Computational Algebraic Geometry is designed for young students with some background in algebra who wish to perform their first experiments in computational geometry. Originating from a course taught at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, the book gives a compact presentation of the basic theory, with particular emphasis on explicit computational examples using the freely available computer algebra system, Singular. Readers will quickly gain the confidence to begin performing their own experiments.
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63. |  By: Malcolm Longair Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication Date: 31-JAN-2013 Insert Date: 24-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Quantum Concepts in Physics
Written for advanced undergraduates, physicists, and historians and philosophers of physics, this book tells the story of the development of our understanding of quantum phenomena through the extraordinary years of the first three decades of the twentieth century. Rather than following the standard axiomatic approach, this book adopts a historical perspective, explaining clearly and authoritatively how pioneers such as Heisenberg, Schrodinger, Pauli and Dirac developed the fundamentals of quantum mechanics and merged them into a coherent theory, and why the mathematical infrastructure of...
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64. |  Representations of Lie Algebras By: Anthony Henderson Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication Date: 16-AUG-2012 Insert Date: 19-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Representations of Lie Algebras
This bold and refreshing approach to Lie algebras assumes only modest prerequisites (linear algebra up to the Jordan canonical form and a basic familiarity with groups and rings), yet it reaches a major result in representation theory: the highest-weight classification of irreducible modules of the general linear Lie algebra. The author's exposition is focused on this goal rather than aiming at the widest generality and emphasis is placed on explicit calculations with bases and matrices. The book begins with a motivating chapter explaining the context and relevance of Lie algebras and...
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65. |  The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics By: Leonard Susskind; George Hrabovsky Publisher: Basic Books Publication Date: 29-JAN-2013 Insert Date: 13-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics
In The Theoretical Minimum, physicist Leonard Susskind and hacker-scientist George Hrabovsky offer a first course and associated math for the ardent amateur. Popular physics books give readers a taste of what physicists know, but shy away from teaching the skills required to do the work. By contrast, Susskind and Hrabovsky cover the minimum--the theoretical minimum of the title--that readers need to study more advanced topics. Beginning with classical mechanics, the work ends with discussions of electromagnetic fields and chaos theory. An alternative to the go-to-college method, The...
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66. |  Enseigner les sciences et technologies autrement By: Bruno Dey; Marianne Milan-Frechi Publisher: Editions d'Organisation Publication Date: 07-JUL-2011 Insert Date: 10-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Enseigner les sciences et technologies autrement
PrésentationEnseigner les sciences et technologies autrement est le septième ouvrage de la collection Master Class, la boîte à outil des enseignants.Découpé en 23 fiches synthétiques et écrit par deux enseignants de terrain, cet ouvrage s'adresse aux enseignants du second degré, ainsi qu'à ceux qui souhaitent le devenir.Il sera un guide précieux pour les enseignants du secondaire en début de carrière, tout comme pour les professeurs plus expérimentés soucieux de renouveler leur pratique au sein de la classe.Il propose des pistes pour enseigner les sciences et technologies de façon...
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67. |  How to Pass Numerical Reasoning Tests, 2nd Edition By: Heidi Smith Publisher: Kogan Page Publication Date: 03-MAY-2013 Insert Date: 10-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: How to Pass Numerical Reasoning Tests, 2nd Edition Designed to help anyone lacking in practice, How to Pass Numerical Reasoning Tests is an invaluable resource for brushing up on your maths skills. An overview of the basics is followed by a step-by-step guide to numerical tests including fractions and decimals, rates, percentages, data interpretation and ratios and proportions.
Written in an approachable way and using an easy to follow format, it will help boost your understanding and develop your analytical skills. Focusing on the core areas of numeracy, it will help you learn to answer questions without using of a calculator and...
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68. |  By: Michael Lovelady Publisher: FT Press Publication Date: 17-APR-2013 Insert Date: 09-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | This book makes quantitative finance (almost) easy! Its new
visual approach makes quantitative finance accessible to a broad
audience, including those without strong backgrounds in math or
finance. Michael Lovelady introduces a simplified but powerful
technique for calculating profit probabilities and graphically
representing the outcomes. Lovelady's "pictures" highlight key
characteristics of structured securities such as the increased
likelihood of profits, the level of virtual dividends being
generated, and market risk exposures. After explaining his visual
approach, he applies it to one...
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69. |  Natural Products in Chemical Biology By: Natanya Civjan Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 03-JUL-2012 Insert Date: 08-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Natural Products in Chemical Biology
Based on the award winning Wiley Encyclopedia of Chemical Biology, this book provides a general overview of the unique features of the small molecules referred to as "natural products", explores how this traditionally organic chemistry-based field was transformed by insights from genetics and biochemistry, and highlights some promising future directions. The book begins by introducing natural products from different origins, moves on to presenting and discussing biosynthesis of various classes of natural products, and then looks at natural products as models and the possibilities of using...
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70. |  Quantitative Techniques: Theory and Problems By: P. C. Tulsian; Vishal Pandey Publisher: Pearson Education India Publication Date: 22-JUN-2006 Insert Date: 08-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Quantitative Techniques: Theory and Problems
Quantitative Techniques: Theory and Problems adopts a fresh and novel approach to the study of quantitative techniques, and provides a comprehensive coverage of the subject. Essentially designed for extensive practice and self-study, this book will serve as a tutor at home. Chapters contain theory in brief, numerous solved examples and exercises with exhibits and tables.
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71. |  By: Anandamoy Manna Publisher: Pearson Education India Publication Date: 19-MAY-2011 Insert Date: 08-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Heat and Thermodynamics
The book is meant for an introductory course on Heat and Thermodynamics. Emphasis has been given to the fundamentals of thermodynamics. The book uses variety of diagrams, charts and learning aids to enable easy understanding of the subject. Solved numerical problems interspersed within the chapters will help the students to understand the physical significance of the mathematical derivations.
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72. |  By: Bhaskar Dasgupta Publisher: Pearson Education India Publication Date: 29-JUN-2006 Insert Date: 08-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Applied Mathematical Methods
Applied Mathematical Methods covers the material vital for research in today's world and can be covered in a regular semester course. It is the consolidation of the efforts of teaching the compulsory first semester post-graduate applied mathematics course at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Kanpur for two successive years.
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73. |  By: Thomas Beveridge Publisher: Business Expert Press Publication Date: 29-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 02-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: A Primer on Macroeconomics Economics, far from being the “dismal science,” offers us valuable lessons that can be applied to our everyday experiences. At its heart, economics is the science of choice and a study of economic principles that allows us to achieve a more informed understanding of how we make our choices, whether these choices occur in our everyday life, in our work environment, or at the national or international level. This book represents a common sense approach to basic macroeconomics, and begins by explaining key economic principles and defining important terms used in macroeconomic discussion. It uses...
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74. |  How Data Science Is Transforming Health Care By: Tim O'Reilly; Mike Loukides; Julie Steele; Colin Hill Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Publication Date: 24-AUG-2012 Insert Date: 29-MAR-2013 Slots: 0.0 | Overview: How Data Science Is Transforming Health Care In the early days of the 20th century, department store magnate John
Wanamaker famously said, "I know that half of my advertising doesn't
work. The problem is that I don't know which half." That remained
basically true until Google transformed advertising with AdSense based
on new uses of data and analysis. The same might be said about health
care and it's poised to go through a similar transformation as new
tools, techniques, and data sources come on line. Soon we'll make
policy and resource decisions based on much better understanding of
what leads to the best outcomes, and we'll make...
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75. |  How to Master the UKCAT, 4th Edition By: Mike Bryon; Chris John Tyreman; Jim Clayden Publisher: Kogan Page Publication Date: 03-APR-2013 Insert Date: 20-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: How to Master the UKCAT, 4th Edition The UK Clinical Aptitude Test (UKCAT) is used by the majority of UK medical and dentistry schools to identify the brightest candidates most suitable for training at their institutions.
With over 600 questions, the best-selling How to Master the UKCAT, 4th edition contains more practice than any other book. Questions are designed to build up speed and accuracy across the four sections of the test, and answers include detailed explanations to ensure that you maximize your learning.
Now including a brand new mock test to help you get in some serious score improving practice, How to Master the...
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76. |  Creating a Sustainable Ecology Using Technology-Driven Solutions By: Elias Carayannis Publisher: IGI Global Publication Date: 31-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 19-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Creating a Sustainable Ecology Using Technology-Driven Solutions As advancements in technology continue to influence all facets of society, its aspects have been utilized in order to find solutions to emerging ecological issues. Creating a Sustainable Ecology Using Technology-Driven Solutions highlights matters that relate to technology driven solutions towards the combination of social ecology and sustainable development. This publication addresses the issues of development in advancing and transitioning economies through creating new ideas and solutions; making it useful for researchers, practitioners, and policy makers in the socioeconomic sectors....
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77. |  By: S. Mani Naidu Publisher: Pearson Education India Publication Date: 06-OCT-2009 Insert Date: 19-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Engineering Physics
Written in a lucid style, this book assimilates the best practices of conceptual pedagogy, dealing at length with various topics such as crystallography, principles of quantum mechanics, free electron theory of metals, dielectric and magnetic properties, semiconductors, superconductivity, lasers, holography, nanotechnology and optics.
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78. |  By: Matthias Dehmer; Frank Emmert-Streib Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publication Date: 17-AUG-2009 Insert Date: 12-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Analysis of Complex Networks
Mathematical problems such as graph theory problems are of increasing importance for the analysis of modelling data in biomedical research such as in systems biology, neuronal network modelling etc. This book follows a new approach of including graph theory from a mathematical perspective with specific applications of graph theory in biomedical and computational sciences. The book is written by renowned experts in the field and offers valuable background information for a wide audience.
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79. |  Loss Models: From Data to Decisions, 4th Edition By: Stuart A. Klugman; Harry H. Panjer; Gordon E. Willmot Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 11-SEP-2012 Insert Date: 12-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Loss Models: From Data to Decisions, 4th Edition
Praise for the Third Edition
"This book provides in-depth coverage of modelling techniques used throughout many branches of actuarial science. . . . The exceptional high standard of this book has made it a pleasure to read." —Annals of Actuarial Science
Newly organized to focus exclusively on material tested in the Society of Actuaries' Exam C and the Casualty Actuarial Society's Exam 4, Loss Models: From Data to Decisions, Fourth Edition continues to supply actuaries with a practical approach to the key concepts and techniques needed on the job. With updated material and extensive...
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80. |  Probability, Random Variables, and Random Processes: Theory and Signal Processing Applications By: John J. Shynk Publisher: Wiley-Interscience Publication Date: 06-NOV-2012 Insert Date: 12-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Probability, Random Variables, and Random Processes: Theory and Signal Processing Applications
Probability, Random Variables, and Random Processes is a comprehensive textbook on probability theory for engineers that provides a more rigorous mathematical framework than is usually encountered in undergraduate courses. It is intended for first-year graduate students who have some familiarity with probability and random variables, though not necessarily of random processes and systems that operate on random signals. It is also appropriate for advanced undergraduate students who have a strong mathematical background.
The book has the following features:
Several appendices include...
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