In this sprawling and sometimes polemical account, Klerkx, formerly associated with the SETI Institute, excoriates what he sees as NASA's present-day ......
Fritjof Capra, bestselling author of The Tao of Physics and The Web of Life, here explores another frontier in the human significance of scientific id......
Probability matching priors, ensuring frequentist validity of posterior credible sets up to the desired order of asymptotics, are of substantial curre......
This book presents a unified theory of rare event simulation and the variance reduction technique known as importance sampling from the point of view ......
This book is a compilation of approximately nine hundred problems, which have appeared on the preliminary exams in Berkeley over the last twenty years......
What is the biological reason for gossip? For laughter? For the creation of art? Why do dogs have curly tails? What can microbes tell us about mora......
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Partial differential equations are fundamental to the modeling of natural phenomena, arising in every field of science. Consequently, the desire to un......
This book considers problems of optimization arising in the design of electromagnetic radiators and receivers. The authors develop a systematic genera......
Population genetics occupies a central role in a number of important biological and social undertakings。It is fundamental to our understanding of evol......
This book provides an introduction to the theory of continental drift. The authors provide a history of the theory, as well as in-depth treatment of i......
Explore the brain with neurologist Restak as a basis of our emotional and mental capacities, as it affects language, health, and personality. Explore ......
The Great And Glorious Coastal city of MacOongafoondsen (population twenty-one) lies sheltered from the world. Some citizens, like Fierfl the Tailor a......
Work in groups to "get the facts" about your schoolbuilding. Then you can put together a class book ofarchitectural facts about your school. Each grou......
Asthma is the leading cause of missed school days in America. Here， the president of Allergy and Asthma Network/Mothers of Asthmatics， Inc. shares her......
A guide to health care for infants， organized anatomically， includes entries on every part of the body and contains information on symptoms， common re......
This textb00k is designed to be used in conjunction with theAmerican Red Cross Standard First Aid and Personal Satety course.The purpose of the course......
STANDARD FIRST AID AND PERSONAL SAFETY the american national red cross,The first aid program of the american national red cross,for which this book is......
Looks Can Be Deceiving SCIENTISTS tell us that the earth is round.It is a big ball， they say， about eight thousand mileswide. It is spinning aroun......
