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Written by leading experts from industry and academia, this comprehensive resource addresses recent developments in next generation DNA sequencing technology and their impact on genome research, drug
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Not since the publication of Paul Auster’s The Random House Book of 20th Century French Poetry (1984) has there been a significant and widely read anthology of modern French poetry in the Engli
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Probability theory has been the only well-founded theory of uncertainty for a long time. It was viewed either as a powerful tool for modelling random phenomena, or as a rational approach to the notion
Members of the Lost Generation, American writers and artists who lived in Paris during the 1920s, continue to occupy an important place in our literary history. Rebelling against increased commercial
Examines the impact that the first generation born into an entirely digital world will have on society as a whole with regard to innovation, privacy, safety, and the digital future itself.
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Examines the potential influence of Generation Xers, who grew up in the affluence of the 1980s and who have experienced the economic uncertainty and technological revolution of the following era, and
By focusing on the importance of human and social interactions in the workplace, What Every Engineer Should Know About Career Management helps engineers navigate the seemingly random whims of those a
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Geared toward advanced undergraduates and graduate students, this introductory text surveys random variables, conditional probability and expectation, characteristic functions, infinite sequences of r
You are faced with so many difficult decisions. Often your decision making seems random. It can be swayed by different situations and emotions. You need to be more rigorous in the way you make decisio
The relaxed, gritty and candid writing of the revolutionary Beat Generation, including Kerouac's On the Road and Ginsberg's Howl, has inspired generations. In his chronicle of the inner workings of th
Lucinda Hoekke works at The Complaint Line, listening to anonymous callers air their random grievances. Lucinda also plays bass in a struggling band whose lyricist, Bedwin, is suffering from writer's
Hungarian mathematics has always been known for discrete mathematics, including combinatorial number theory, set theory and recently random structures, combinatorial geometry as well. The recent volum
This book provides a comprehensive discussion of automatic testing, diagnosis and tuning of analogue, mixed-signal and RF integrated circuits and systems in a single source. The book contains eleven
Designed for both novice and practicing electrical workers, Electricity: Power Generation and Delivery, 9th Edition, explores various types of generators and the delivery of single phase and three-ph
Hungarian mathematics has always been known for discrete mathematics, including combinatorial number theory, set theory and recently random structures, and combinatorial geometry. The recent volume co
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As Apollo 11's Lunar Module descended toward the moon under automatic control, aprogram alarm in the guidance computer's software nearly caused a mission abort. Neil Armstrongresponded by switching of
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