Applying statistical techniques for geogrphical data collection and analysis can be a difficult and challenging process, especially for students who have not studied formal mathematics for many years.
Big data knows where you've been and who your friends are. It knows what you like and what makes you angry. It can predict what you'll buy, where you'll be the victim of crime and when you'll have a h
Get smart - learn to convert the promise of Big Data into real-world results.There is so much buzz around big data. We all need to know what it is and how it works. But what will set you apart from th
A technology reporter for the "New York Times" traces the rise of Big Data and explains how individuals and institutions will need to exploit, protect, and manage their data to stay competitive in the
Our increasing reliance on technology and the Internet has opened a window for mathematicians and data researchers to gaze through into our lives. Using the data they are constantly collecting about w
Gun rights advocate John Lott, author of More Guns, Less Crime, rebuts recent anti-gun factoids with real statistics.When it comes to the gun control debate, there are two kinds of data: data that’s a
Analysis and Design of Marine Structures V contains the papers presented at MARSTRUCT 2015, the 5th International Conference on Marine Structures (Southampton, UK, 25-27 March 2015).The MARSTRUCT seri
The super-villain known as Brainiac loves nothing more than adding new data about civilizations to his memory banks--and then destroying those civilizations so the data is more valuable. He has long c
Among the world’s foremost pedestrian foragers, the Ahtna tribe possesses a profound system of geographic knowledge that has facilitated travel and spatial cognition in Ahtna and other Athabascan lang
Designed specifically for greater flexibility of use, the two workbooks that accompany The Complete Musician: An Integrated Approach to Tonal Theory, Analysis, and Listening, Third Edition, feature a
Keyboard InstructionFeaturing lessons, music, historical analysis and rare photos, this book/CD pack provides a complete overview of the techniques and styles popularized by 15 of the greatest jazz pi
This manual offers an overview of hazards analysis as it applies to the process and allied industries. The guidelines provide practical guidance to both novices and seasoned risk professionals and can
Conservationist Rachel Carson spent over six years documenting the effects on DDT—a synthetic organic compound used as an insecticide—on numerous communities. Her analysis revealed that such power
From the New York Times bestselling author of Great by Choice comes an authoritative, practical guide to individual performance—based on analysis from an exhaustive, groundbreaking study.Why do
A firsthand account and incisive analysis of modern protest, revealing Internet-fueled social movements' greatest strengths and frequent challenges. To understand a thwarted Turkish coup, an anti-Wall
Late one evening investigative journalist Bastian Obermayer receives an anonymous message offering him access to secret data. Through encrypted channels he then receives documents showing a mysterious
Adapted from the author's historical thriller, Killing the Rising Sun, an analysis of the decision to use the atom bomb at the end of World War II shares insights into the reasons the bomb was utilize
k52 is a vast artifical intelligence with world domination on its mind. If it succeeds in creating an artificial reality based on our own universe, it could gain enough data to allow it to alter reali
In our increasingly complicated and data-driven world, many new developments are so complex that only experts comprehend their nuances. But what they don't grasp is how to tell the world about them.
A primer to the critical thinking that is more necessary now than ever. We are bombarded with more information each day than our brains can process—especially in election season. It's raining bad data
Landau brilliantly chronicles Sharon’s surprising about-face, combining the immediacy of firsthand reportage with the analysis and independent insight of a historian’s perspective. Sharon suffered a
From the former assistant secretary of state Kurt Campbell: the definitive analysis and explanation of the major shift—the Pivot—in American foreign policy, its interests and assets, to Asia.There is
This scathing critique of US political culture is a brilliant analysis of the Iran-Contra scandal. Chomsky offers a message of hope, reminding us resistance is possible.
In the near future, a signal is detected coming from the Alpha Centauri system. Mysterious, unintelligible data streams in for ten years. Heather Davis, a professor in the University of Toronto psycho
A big-picture look at how the latest trends in information management and technology are impacting business models and innovation worldwide...With all of the recent emphasis on "big data", a
The New York Times best-selling author of Cinderella Ate My Daughter presents an analysis of the new sexual landscape faced by girls in today's high schools and colleges, revealing hidden truths, hard
Blending narrative with analysis, Peter Davies explores a time of obscene opulence, mass starvation, and ground-breaking ideals; where the streets of Paris ran red with blood, and the numbers requirin
A computer program etched into the atmosphere has a story to tell—the story of two people, of a city lost to chaos, of survival and love. The program’s data, however, has been corrupted. As the novel’
A computer program etched into the atmosphere has a story to tell—the story of two people, of a city lost to chaos, of survival and love. The program’s data, however, has been corrupted. As the novel’
Top secret data has been stolen from the CIA, and the only man who knows its hiding place is dead. CIA operative Mitch Rapp must race to find the classified information in this blistering novel that p
Top secret data has been stolen from the CIA, and the only man who knows its hiding place is dead. CIA operative Mitch Rapp must race to find the classified information in this blistering novel that p
The service sector has grown to become 80% of the US economy, yet it's poised for a revolution in personalization, big data, and complexity. The authors begin by reviewing their own foundational work,
The service sector has grown to become 80% of the US economy, yet it's poised for a revolution in personalization, big data, and complexity. The authors begin by reviewing their own foundational work,
A comedy of loyalty, betrayal, sex, madness, and music-swappingArt is an up-and-coming interface designer working on the management of data flow along the Massachusetts Turnpike. He's doing the best w
A comedy of loyalty, betrayal, sex, madness, and music-swappingArt is an up-and-coming interface designer working on the management of data flow along the Massachusetts Turnpike. He's doing the best w
Gilman presents this analysis of voice as intertwined with somatic patterns and the habits of the nervous system. The first part focuses on describing the interaction, defining somatic map, self-image
An impassioned plea for reason in a world divided by faith. This important and timely work delivers a startling analysis of the clash of faith and reason in today's world.Harris offers a vivid histori
A balanced examination of the environmental crisis attempts to wade through the media hype and provide readers with actual data surrounding environmental destruction.
In a lucid, perceptive analysis of the Renaissance, Hudson explores the major forces behind this transition from the medieval to the modern world. He examines voyages of discovery, inventions, scienc
An analysis of cutting-edge thinking on nutrition answers why a whole-food, plant-based diet provides optimal nutrition and demonstrates how far the scientific reductionism of the nutrition orthodoxy
