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Significant Gestures
A History of American Sign Language
Av John Tabak
Inbunden, 2006
659 kr
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Tabak has created a fascinating exploration of a unique and uniquely beautiful North American language. The story begins in 18th century France in the first schools to use signed language as the language of instruction. Early in the 19th century a few individuals introduced a variant of this …
Probability and Statistics
Av John Tabak
Inbunden, 2011
509 kr
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Concepts from the fields of probability and statistics pervade our thinking--even those of us who believe in the existence of luck--and we routinely express ourselves using language borrowed from various branches of mathematics. News reports, weather reports, and even sports reports are some …
Biohazards
Humanity's Battle with Infectious Disease
Inbunden, 2006
442 kr
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Some of the most significant and potentially devastating dangers to human and animal life come from sources we cannot see without the help of microscopes. Viruses, bacteria, and other microorganisms have been a troubling presence in the world probably from the time multicellular life first …
History of Mathematics Set
Av John Tabak
Inbunden, 2004
2489 kr
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Who invented algebra? How was geometry first used? Why are probability and statistics important? ""The History of Mathematics"" set answers these questions and many others like them. Showing readers that math's historical development is based on discovery, innovation, collaboration, and …
Biofuels
Av John Tabak
Inbunden, 2009
453 kr
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Obtaining sufficient supplies of energy in an environmentally responsible way is one of the biggest concerns of the 21st century. Of all the problems associated with energy production, none is more complex than those associated with the production of biofuels - or non-fossil fuels derived from …
Coal and Oil
Av John Tabak
Inbunden, 2009
453 kr
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Coal and oil are two of the world's most important sources of primary energy. A multi-trillion dollar infrastructure has been created to locate, produce, transport, process, and burn coal and oil. This infrastructure has made modern life possible. In some of the world's largest economies, …
Natural Gas and Hydrogen
Av John Tabak
Inbunden, 2009
453 kr
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Whether solid, liquid, or gaseous, the phase of a fuel has important implications for how it can be used. In the United States approximately 20 per cent of the nation's electricity is obtained from natural gas-fired power plants, and natural gas is extremely important to residential and commercial …
Nuclear Energy
Av John Tabak
Inbunden, 2009
453 kr
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Commercial nuclear power has long been one of the most controversial of all power-generating technologies, but the debate has not always been particularly informed. In order to understand the contribution that nuclear power makes today and its potential for the future, one must appreciate the …
Solar and Geothermal Energy
Av John Tabak
Inbunden, 2009
453 kr
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Solar energy and geothermal energy have a good deal in common. They are abundant and widely, if unevenly, distributed. They are two of the least environmentally disruptive sources of power available. They are also, for the most part, expensive to develop, and compared to more conventional sources …
Wind and Water
Av John Tabak
Inbunden, 2009
453 kr
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There are enormous reserves of energy in the winds and the tides and in the temperature difference between the upper and lower regions of the oceans. If the energy produced from wind and water were converted into electrical energy, it would satisfy the electricity demands of the entire world many …
Numbers
Av John Tabak
Inbunden, 2011
509 kr
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Progress has often been slow when it comes to understanding numbers. Numbers provide a rich source of exotic ideas, philosophical and mathematical, but because many of us are so invested in the familiar, we have often resisted ideas about numbers that are new and unfamiliar.Numbers, Revised Edition …
Mathematics and the Laws of Nature
Av John Tabak
Inbunden, 2011
509 kr
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Mathematical methods are useful in understanding nature. Though many people accept this view without question, it is usually an act of faith. History demonstrates that nature's most fundamental and important patterns are neither easy to recognize nor easy to harness for the common good. The …
Algebra
Av John Tabak
Inbunden, 2011
509 kr
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For thousands of years, algebra consisted solely of expanding the list of problem-solving algorithms—a list of procedures similar in concept to the quadratic formula. But much of contemporary algebra focuses on identifying and describing the logical structures upon which mathematics is built. It is …
Beyond Geometry
Av John Tabak
Inbunden, 2011
509 kr
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For millennia, Euclidean geometry, the geometry of the ancient Greeks, set the standard for rigor in mathematics--it was the only branch of mathematics that had been developed axiomatically, or based on a system of axioms. This form of geometry was the language of mathematics. But early in the 19th …
History of Mathematics Set
Av John Tabak
Inbunden, 2011, 15+ år
3017 kr
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Contemporary mathematics is often extremely abstract, and the important questions mathematicians concern themselves with can sometimes be difficult to describe to the interested non-specialist. Perhaps this is one reason that so many histories of mathematics give little attention to the last …
