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This broad-ranging and original text provides an accessible introduction to British politics since 1945, challenging many well-established orthodoxies.

This broad-ranging and original text provides an accessible introduction to British politics since 1945, challenging many well-established orthodoxies.

The Science of Esports draws from contemporary research and coach expertise to examine esports athlete health and performance from a range of disciplinary perspectives, including physiology, psychology, sociology, and nutrition. The rapid expansion of the esports industry has elevated competitive video gaming into the realm of high performance, requiring players, coaches, and practitioners to implement interdisciplinary approaches to performance support.

The book covers key topic areas such as:

What esports is and similarities and differences to sport

Game-specific training

Physiological and psychological consideration for esports athletes

Social aspects of player performance and the social environment of esports

Esports coaching and structure of esports performance environments

Technology and its use in esports

Safeguarding, cheating, and gambling

This book includes worked examples and case studies to allow immediate implementation into practice for esports athletes and coaches. It summarises the current state of research to inform researchers and identify gaps in knowledge. This book is critical reading for students of esports and related courses. It serves as the first scientific resource designed to provide athletes, coaches, and practitioners with interdisciplinary insights into esports health and performance.

The Science of Esports draws from contemporary research and coach expertise to examine esports athlete health and performance from a range of disciplinary perspectives, including physiology, psychology, sociology, and nutrition. The rapid expansion of the esports industry has elevated competitive video gaming into the realm of high performance, requiring players, coaches, and practitioners to implement interdisciplinary approaches to performance support.

The book covers key topic areas such as:

What esports is and similarities and differences to sport

Game-specific training

Physiological and psychological consideration for esports athletes

Social aspects of player performance and the social environment of esports

Esports coaching and structure of esports performance environments

Technology and its use in esports

Safeguarding, cheating, and gambling

This book includes worked examples and case studies to allow immediate implementation into practice for esports athletes and coaches. It summarises the current state of research to inform researchers and identify gaps in knowledge. This book is critical reading for students of esports and related courses. It serves as the first scientific resource designed to provide athletes, coaches, and practitioners with interdisciplinary insights into esports health and performance.

The Science of Esports draws from contemporary research and coach expertise to examine esports athlete health and performance from a range of disciplinary perspectives, including physiology, psychology, sociology, and nutrition. The rapid expansion of the esports industry has elevated competitive video gaming into the realm of high performance, requiring players, coaches, and practitioners to implement interdisciplinary approaches to performance support.The book covers key topic areas such as: What esports is and similarities and differences to sport Game-specific training Physiological and psychological consideration for esports athletes Social aspects of player performance and the social environment of esports Esports coaching and structure of esports performance environments Technology and its use in esports Safeguarding, cheating, and gamblingThis book includes worked examples and case studies to allow immediate implementation into practice for esports athletes and coaches. It summarises the current state of research to inform researchers and identify gaps in knowledge. This book is critical reading for students of esports and related courses. It serves as the first scientific resource designed to provide athletes, coaches, and practitioners with interdisciplinary insights into esports health and performance.

The Science of Esports draws from contemporary research and coach expertise to examine esports athlete health and performance from a range of disciplinary perspectives, including physiology, psychology, sociology, and nutrition. The rapid expansion of the esports industry has elevated competitive video gaming into the realm of high performance, requiring players, coaches, and practitioners to implement interdisciplinary approaches to performance support.The book covers key topic areas such as: What esports is and similarities and differences to sport Game-specific training Physiological and psychological consideration for esports athletes Social aspects of player performance and the social environment of esports Esports coaching and structure of esports performance environments Technology and its use in esports Safeguarding, cheating, and gamblingThis book includes worked examples and case studies to allow immediate implementation into practice for esports athletes and coaches. It summarises the current state of research to inform researchers and identify gaps in knowledge. This book is critical reading for students of esports and related courses. It serves as the first scientific resource designed to provide athletes, coaches, and practitioners with interdisciplinary insights into esports health and performance.

Despite a burgeoning debate on substantive issues in IPE, little attention has been devoted to its theoretical foundations. In this important new text, Matthew Watson reviews the main current theoretical approaches to IPE and highlights the problems that arise from treating ''states'' and ''markets'' as separate and contesting units of analysis. Foremost among these problems is the lack of attention given to theorizing the constitution of the individual as both an economic agent and a moral being.

Despite a burgeoning debate on substantive issues in IPE, little attention has been devoted to its theoretical foundations. In this important new text, Matthew Watson reviews the main current theoretical approaches to IPE and highlights the problems that arise from treating 'states' and 'markets' as separate and contesting units of analysis. Foremost among these problems is the lack of attention given to theorizing the constitution of the individual as both an economic agent and a moral being.

Despite a burgeoning debate on substantive issues in IPE, little attention has been devoted to its theoretical foundations. In this important new text, Matthew Watson reviews the main current theoretical approaches to IPE and highlights the problems that arise from treating 'states' and 'markets' as separate and contesting units of analysis. Foremost among these problems is the lack of attention given to theorizing the constitution of the individual as both an economic agent and a moral being.

The bestselling book on Python deep learning, now covering generative AI, Keras 3, PyTorch, and JAX!Deep Learning with Python, Third Edition puts the power of deep learning in your hands. This new edition includes the latest Keras and TensorFlow features, generative AI models, and added coverage of PyTorch and JAX. Learn directly from the creator of Keras and step confidently into the world of deep learning with Python. In Deep Learning with Python, Third Edition you'll discover: *; Deep learning from first principles *; The latest features of Keras 3 *; A primer on JAX, PyTorch, and TensorFlow *; Image classification and image segmentation *; Time series forecasting *; Large Language models *; Text classification and machine translation *; Text and image generationbuild your own GPT and diffusion models! *; Scaling and tuning models With over 100,000 copies sold, Deep Learning with Python makes it possible for developers, data scientists, and machine learning enthusiasts to put deep learning into action. In this expanded and updated third edition, Keras creator Franois Chollet offers insights for both novice and experienced machine learning practitioners. You'll master state-of-the-art deep learning tools and techniques, from the latest features of Keras 3 to building AI models that can generate text and images. About the technology In less than a decade, deep learning has changed the worldtwice. First, Python-based libraries like Keras, TensorFlow, and PyTorch elevated neural networks from lab experiments to high-performance production systems deployed at scale. And now, through Large Language Models and other generative AI tools, deep learning is again transforming business and society. In this new edition, Keras creator Franois Chollet invites you into this amazing subject in the fluid, mentoring style of a true insider. About the book Deep Learning with Python, Third Edition makes the concepts behind deep learning and generative AI understandable and approachable. This complete rewrite of the bestselling original includes fresh chapters on transformers, building your own GPT-like LLM, and generating images with diffusion models. Each chapter introduces practical projects and code examples that build your understanding of deep learning, layer by layer. What's inside *; Hands-on, code-first learning *; Comprehensive, from basics to generative AI *; Intuitive and easy math explanations *; Examples in Keras, PyTorch, JAX, and TensorFlow About the reader For readers with intermediate Python skills. No previous experience with machine learning or linear algebra required. About the author Franois Chollet is the co-founder of Ndea and the creator of Keras. Matthew Watson is a software engineer at Google working on Gemini and a core maintainer of Keras. Table of Contents 1 What is deep learning? 2 The mathematical building blocks of neural networks 3 Introduction to TensorFlow, PyTorch, JAX, and Keras 4 Classification and regression 5 Fundamentals of machine learning 6 The universal workflow of machine learning 7 A deep dive on Keras 8 Image classification 9 ConvNet architecture patterns 10 Interpreting what ConvNets learn 11 Image segmentation 12 Object detection 13 Timeseries forecasting 14 Text classification 15 Language models and the Transformer 16 Text generation 17 Image generation 18 Best practices for the real world 19 The future of AI 20 Conclusions

This book studies the methodological revolution that has resulted in economists’ mathematical market models being exported across the social sciences. The ensuing process of economics imperialism has struck fear into subject specialists worried that their disciplinary knowledge will subsequently count for less. Yet even though mathematical market models facilitate important abstract thought experiments, they are no substitute for carefully contextualised empirical investigations of real social phenomena. The two exist on completely different ontological planes, producing very different types of explanation.In this deeply researched and wide-ranging intellectual history, Matthew Watson surveys the evolution of modern economics and its modelling methodology. With its origins in Jevons and Robbins and its culmination in Samuelson, Arrow and Debreu, he charts the escape from reality that has allowed economists’ hypothetical mathematical models to speak to increasingly self-referential mathematical truths. These are shown to perform badly as social truths, consequently imposing strict epistemic limits on economics imperialism.The book is a formidable analysis of the epistemic limitations of modern-day economics and marks a significant counter to its methodology’s encroachment across the wider social sciences.

How do common household items such as basic plastic house wares or high-tech digital cameras transform our daily lives? The Design of Everyday Life considers this question in detail, from the design of products through to their use in the home. Drawing on interviews with consumers themselves, the authors look at how everyday objects, ranging from screwdrivers to photo management software, are used on a practical level. Closely investigating the design, production and use of mass-market goods, the authors offer new interpretations of how consumers' needs are met and manufactured. They examine the dynamic interaction of products with everyday practices. The Design of Everyday Life presents a pathbreaking analysis of the sociology of objects, illuminating the connections between design and consumption.

How do common household items such as basic plastic house wares or high-tech digital cameras transform our daily lives? The Design of Everyday Life considers this question in detail, from the design of products through to their use in the home. Drawing on interviews with consumers themselves, the authors look at how everyday objects, ranging from screwdrivers to photo management software, are used on a practical level. Closely investigating the design, production and use of mass-market goods, the authors offer new interpretations of how consumers' needs are met and manufactured. They examine the dynamic interaction of products with everyday practices. The Design of Everyday Life presents a pathbreaking analysis of the sociology of objects, illuminating the connections between design and consumption.

The market is one of the most readily identifiable manifestations of the modern economy: the locus of supply and demand, the object of countless production and consumption decisions. As an abstract idea, it has spilled over from economic theory to inform the way we speak about our relationship to the economic system as a whole. However, what does it really mean to allow ourselves to submit to market forces? And does economic theory really provide insights into the market institutions that shape everyday life, or can it only talk about an abstract idea of the market that has no real-life counterpart? Matthew Watson tackles these questions and in so doing provides an important contribution to the deeper appreciation of the dominant economic language of our time. It is a book that will be welcomed by students across the social sciences and humanities and it will challenge readers' assumptions about why they think what they think about markets and the way they act in a variety of marketplaces.

The market is one of the most readily identifiable manifestations of the modern economy: the locus of supply and demand, the object of countless production and consumption decisions. As an abstract idea, it has spilled over from economic theory to inform the way we speak about our relationship to the economic system as a whole. However, what does it really mean to allow ourselves to submit to market forces? And does economic theory really provide insights into the market institutions that shape everyday life, or can it only talk about an abstract idea of the market that has no real-life counterpart? Matthew Watson tackles these questions and in so doing provides an important contribution to the deeper appreciation of the dominant economic language of our time. It is a book that will be welcomed by students across the social sciences and humanities and it will challenge readers' assumptions about why they think what they think about markets and the way they act in a variety of marketplaces.

Not My Own: Deep Devotional is a book for those who want to go deeper into God's Word, but find themselves in a position where the time or the ability to do all of their own background study is limited for them. This book synthesizes the study that has been completed and presents it to the reader. The end result of this process produces challenged convictions and the reader asking deeper questions of themselves and their heart behind actions.For the past decade Matthew has been enriching his study of the word and how to practice living it out. He has grabbed from the writings and teachings of different individuals from the early church and has come up with the 5 S s. These five S s are as follows: Study, Significance, Survey, Supplication, and Solicitation. This method has proven effective and allows for Scripture to mean what it has always meant, while seeking to understand what that translates to in an individual s life.There comes a time where understanding the do s and don ts of Scripture isn t enough and the Spirit of God shows us that the requirement that the Lord has for His disciples is so much greater. Will you accept the call to have a deeper devotion and allegiance to the Lord?