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145 produkter
145 produkter
Häftad, Engelska, 2011
151 kr
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In The Artful Universe (OUP, 1995) John D. Barrow explored the close ties between our aesthetic appreciation and the basic nature of the Universe, challenging the commonly held view that our sense of beauty is entirely free and unfettered. It looked at some of the unexpected ways in which the structure of the Universe, its laws, its environments, and above all its underlying mathematical structure imprints itself on our thoughts, our aesthetic preferences, and our views about the nature of things. The exploration embraced topics such as perspective; the size of things and the origins of aesthetics; computer art (posing the question: is it art?); and the origins of our susceptibility to music. Life sales of the hardback totalled just over 25,000 copies.The study of the evolutionary and mathematical underpinnings of our aesthetic sense, and our understanding of the nature and scale of the universe has grown over the past decade, with developments in evolutionary psychology, and in cosmology. This paperback of the revised edition (OUP, 2005) contains eight new sections covering the recent discoveries of extrasolar planets, fashionable postmodernist rejection of science as uncovering objective reality, growing understanding of key ratios appearing in biological relationships, and studies of the underlying mathematical structure of a Pollock painting.
Häftad, Engelska, 2001
367 kr
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This is a book about a gambling system that works. It tells the story of how the author used computer simulations and mathematical modeling techniques to predict the outcome of jai-alai matches and bet on them successfully - increasing his initial stake by over 500% in one year! His results can work for anyone: at the end of the book he tells the best way to watch jai-alai, and how to bet on it. With humour and enthusiasm, Skiena details a life-long fascination with computer predictions and sporting events. Along the way, he discusses other gambling systems, both successful and unsuccessful, for such games as lotto, roulette, blackjack, and the stock market. Indeed, he shows how his jai-alai system functions just like a miniature stock trading system. Do you want to learn about program trading systems, the future of Internet gambling, and the real reason brokerage houses don't offer mutual funds that invest at racetracks and frontons? How mathematical models are used in political polling? The difference between correlation and causation? If you are curious about gambling and mathematics, odds are this book is for you!
Inbunden, Engelska, 2005
1 357 kr
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Honesty in voting, it turns out, is not always the best policy. Indeed, in the early 1970s, Allan Gibbard and Mark Satterthwaite, building on the seminal work of Nobel laureate Kenneth Arrow, proved that with three or more alternatives there is no reasonable voting system that is non-manipulable; voters will always have an opportunity to benefit by submitting a disingenuous ballot. The ensuing decades produced a number of theorems of striking mathematical naturality that dealt with the manipulability of voting systems. This 2005 book presents many of these results from the last quarter of the twentieth century, especially the contributions of economists and philosophers, from a mathematical point of view, with many new proofs. The presentation is almost completely self-contained, and requires no prerequisites except a willingness to follow rigorous mathematical arguments. Mathematics students, as well as mathematicians, political scientists, economists and philosophers will learn why it is impossible to devise a completely unmanipulable voting system.
Häftad, Engelska
203 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2021
180 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2021
304 kr
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304 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2021
161 kr
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348 kr
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331 kr
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304 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2022
398 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2022
270 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2022
440 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2022
313 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2022
469 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2022
355 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2022
431 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2022
308 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2022
469 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2022
355 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2022
442 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2022
335 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2022
440 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2022
313 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2022
400 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2022
290 kr
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400 kr
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