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The Artful Universe Expanded

AvJohn Barrow

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

153 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.

Calculated Bets

Computers, Gambling, and Mathematical Modeling to Win

AvSteven S. Skiena,Ronald Grahamm. fl.

Häftad, Engelska, 2001

359 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!

Social Choice and the Mathematics of Manipulation

AvAlan D. Taylor,Ronald Grahamm. fl.

Inbunden, Engelska, 2005

1 311 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.

Eccentric Planet: a play

AvJohn Barrow

Häftad, Engelska

206 kr

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Analysis of One Hundred Voyages to and From India, China, &c., Performed by Ships in the Hon.ble East India Company's Service

With Remarks on the Advantages of Steam-power Applied as an Auxiliary Aid to Shipping: and Suggestions for Improving...

AvHenry Wise,Charles William Fm Wasonm. fl.

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

353 kr

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Letter to John Barrow, Esq. F.R.S. on the Late Extraordinary and Unexpected Hyperborean Discoveries [microform]

AvJohn Ross,John Barrow

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

182 kr

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Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty

AvJohn Barrow,Cyprian Bridge

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

308 kr

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Account of Travels Into the Interior of Southern Africa, in the Years 1797 and 1798

Including Cursory Observations on the Geology and Geography of the Southern Part of That Continent; the Natural History of Such Objects as Occurred in the Animal, ...; v.1

AvJohn Barrow

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

308 kr

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Letter to John Barrow, Esq. on the Subject of the Polar Expedition, or, The Reviewer Reviewed [microform]

AvJohn Ross,John Barrow

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

163 kr

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Analysis of One Hundred Voyages to and From India, China, &c., Performed by Ships in the Hon.ble East India Company's Service

With Remarks on the Advantages of Steam-power Applied as an Auxiliary Aid to Shipping: and Suggestions for Improving...

AvHenry Wise,Charles William Fm Wasonm. fl.

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

204 kr

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Voyages of Discovery and Research Within the Arctic Regions From the Year 1818 to the Present Time [microform]

Under the Command of the Several Naval Officers Employed by Sea and Land in Search of a North-West Passage From the Atlantic to the Pacific...

AvJohn Barrow

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

353 kr

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Travels Into the Interior of Southern Africa

in Which Are Described the Character and the Condition of the Dutch Colonists of the Cape of Good Hope, and of the Several Tribes of Natives Beyond Its Limits: the Natural History of Such Subjects As...; v.1 (1806)

AvJohn Barrow,Samuel Daniellm. fl.

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

336 kr

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Account of Travels Into the Interior of Southern Africa, in the Years 1797 and 1798

Including Cursory Observations on the Geology and Geography of the Southern Part of That Continent; the Natural History of Such Objects as Occurred in the Animal, ...

AvJohn Barrow

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

308 kr

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Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty

Its Cause and Consequences

AvJohn Barrow

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

403 kr

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Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty

Its Cause and Consequences

AvJohn Barrow

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

274 kr

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Life, Voyages, and Exploits of Admiral Sir Francis Drake

With Numerous Original Letters From him and the Lord High Admiral to the Queen and Great Officers of State

AvJohn Barrow,Francis Drake

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

447 kr

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Life, Voyages, and Exploits of Admiral Sir Francis Drake

With Numerous Original Letters From him and the Lord High Admiral to the Queen and Great Officers of State

AvJohn Barrow,Francis Drake

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

317 kr

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Travels in China

Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and On a Subsequent Journey Through the Country From Pekin to Canton

AvJohn Barrow

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

433 kr

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