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This is a paperbound reprint of the 1966 edition published by W.A. Benjamin. Martin Davis provides a new introduction. Still in typescript, this text contains the lecture notes for a course Cohen (193
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A mentor to Georgia O'Keeffe, Dow literally "wrote the book" on composition. First published in 1899, this art instruction manual influenced generations of teachers and students. Relevant to all of th
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This predecessor to the Communist Manifesto offers a historical analysis of the human condition. It forms the foundation of the author's denunciation of capitalism, combining elements of psychology, s
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Functional analysis provides a concise conceptual framework for linear control theory. This self-contained text, geared toward engineering students, demonstrates the subject's unity. A wide range of p
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Chinese characters are recognized throughout the Far East; however, many of the spoken languages vary. This remarkable guide makes a difficult language accessible by explaining the characters' meaning
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Those with the original 1967 edition of this classic on their bookshelves keep their office doors locked. Treves (mathematics, Rutgers U.) wrote this for upper-level undergraduates and early graduate
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This newly updated text explores the solution of partial differential equations by separating variables, rather than by qualitative theoretical analyses of their properties. It reviews the necessary t
