Appropriate for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students, this volume addresses the fundamental concepts of martingales, stochastic integrals, and estimation. Written by an engineer for engine
This book's coverage of differential equations begins with the structure of the solution space and the stability and periodic properties of linear ordinary and Volterra differential equations. Discuss
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Johnson's Dictionary first appeared in 1755 and it served as the standard dictionary for more than 150 years. This modern version reduces the original 2,300 pages of definitions to a more manageable l
Detailed, accurate renderings of lilies, violets, orchids, dogwood, and other floral varieties — shown individually, framed, and in sprays. A versatile source of design inspiration for graphic artists
Everything in the universe rotates: the meteors, the asteroids, the planets and their satellites, the sun, the stars, the clusters and nebulae, even the galaxies themselves. The problem of the shape o
One of the most important schools for architecture, design, and art in the 20th century, the Weimar Bauhaus included in its distinguished membership Moholy-Nagy. This book, a valuable introduction to
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This graduate-level text describes inelastic light scattering by crystals and its use in the investigation of solid-sate excitation. Hayes (U. of Oxford) and Loudon (U. of Essex) cover the basic featu
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This text begins with a discussion of general lemmas and advances to an investigation of Waring's problem, including explorations of singular series, the contribution of the basic intervals, and an es
These much-studied and frequently performed comedies by the great Elizabethan playwright satirize the greed, mendacity, gullibility, and pretension that Jonson saw rampant in 17h-century London socie
These three essays by an eminent scientist explore the nature, origin, and development of our concepts of space from the points of view of the senses, history, and physics. They examine the subject fr
Created especially for graduate students, this introductory treatise on differential geometry has been a highly successful textbook for many years. Its unusually detailed and concrete approach includ
The nude is among the most popular of all art subjects. Here are 16 reproductions of masterworks by Degas, Rivera, Glackens, Ingres, Hopper, Goya, Gauguin, Renoir, Titian, Modigliani, and others.
This trio of short stories by the author of Madame Bovary consists of "A Simple Heart," "The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller," and "Herodias." "To any modern writer, in whatever language,
Shows how to fold paper to create fish and other sea creasures, offering twenty-four models, ranging from intermediate to complex, with explanations for representing scales, fins, gills, and other dis
This graduate text explains enumeration problems, blending combinational and algebraic concepts starting with the elementary and advancing to the research level. The authors (combinatorics and optimiz
Together with Jip the Dog, Polynesia the Parrot, and young Tommy Stubbins, the good doctor sets off in search of a missing colleague. Dr. Dolittle's Newbery Medal-winning adventure ranges around the w
The treatises of Dionysius the Areopagite, written in Greek, were intended to combine Neoplatonic philosophy with Christian theology and mystical experience. This volume, which explores the nature and
From one of the most popular — and most prolific — illustrators of all time, 236 powerful drawings created by the artist during his trip to Spain in the 1870s. Includes a haunting view of Barcelona’s
One of philosophy's most widely read books and the best introduction to Hume's other works, this 1748 treatise offers an accessible account of the author's provocative notions about the limitations o
The Roman philosopher's didactic poem in 6 parts, De Rerum Natura ? On the Nature of Things ? theorizes that natural causes are the forces behind earthly phenomena and dismisses divine intervention. D
Aiming his work simultaneously at advance undergraduate students and communications engineers, O'Neill (physics, Worcester Polytechnic Institute) presents an introduction to classical statistical opti
Such masterpieces as van Gogh's Irises, Renoir's Anemones, Monet's Waterlilies, as well as 69 other works by Degas, Bonnard, Jan van Huysum, Cezanne, Sargent, Cassatt, Delacroix, and others.
A highly successful speculator shows how to use your skills as an amateur psychologist and a student of human nature to make money through the stock market. It identifies the four greatest enemies to
Intended to prove that religion is not contrary to reason, Pensées ranks among the liveliest and most eloquent defenses of Christianity. Pascal had intended to write an ambitious apologia for Christia
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These magnificent illustrations of biblical landscapes and monuments ? by one of the first 19th-century artists to travel throughout the Holy Land ? were first published over160 years ago. The collect
An elementary text that can be understood by anyone with a background in high school geometry, this text focuses on the problems inherent to coloring maps, homeomorphism, applications of Descartes' theorem, and topological polygons. Considerations of the topological classification of closed surfaces cover elementary operations, use of normal forms of polyhedra, more. Includes 108 figures. 1967 edition.
Selected from a wealth of rare, authentic 19th-century sources, this collection abounds in professional-quality nautical images. These 425 black-and-white maritime illustrations range from sailors and
Primarily an advanced study of the modern theory of transcendental numbers, this text focuses on the theory's fundamental methods, chronicles the historical development of its methods, and explores it
This advanced undergraduate and graduate text introduces the power of operator theory as a tool in the study of quantum mechanics, assuming only a working knowledge of advanced calculus and no backgro
A gripping tale of capitalist exploitation and rebellion, set amid the mist-shrouded mountains of a fictional South American republic, employs flashbacks and glimpses of the future to depict the lure
This concise and practical book will enable students to analyze sentences in all 3 languages. Alphabets, numerals, verb parts, and tenses are given for each, along with English equivalents, pronunciat
The observation and analysis of particle and wave scattering plays a crucial role in physics. This book crosses the boundaries of physics' traditional subdivisions to treat the theories of scattering
Bursting with puzzles and coloring activities, this big book offers more than 100 pages of of imaginative entertainment!First, kids can follow the dots in an adventure that will take them under the se
