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A collection of stories covering the early lives of two lads growing up in the Warwickshire village of Studley during the 1940s, 50s and 60s. Humorously they speak of their adventures and of other villagers, together with their school days and pastimes. They share with the reader their passion for the countryside and tales of roaming around the village. Also recalled are their memories of the industrial centre of Studley, the cinema and other ...

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This book has three main goals: to explore a selection of topics from the early period of the theory of relativity, focusing on particular aspects that are interesting or unusual, to provide an exposition of the differential geometry needed to understand these topics, to reflect on the historical development of the subject and its significance for our understanding of what reality is.

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Praise for the Second Edition "An amazing assemblage of worldwide contributions in mathematics and, in addition to use as a course book, a valuable resource . . . essential." --CHOICE This Third Edition of The History of Mathematics examines the elementary arithmetic, geometry, and algebra of numerous cultures, tracing their usage from Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, India, China, and Japan all the way to Europe during the Medieval and Renaissan...

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This title is written for the numerate nonspecialist, and hopes to serve three purposes. First it gathers mathematical material from diverse but related fields of order statistics, records, extreme value theory, majorization, regular variation and subexponentiality.

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A valuable guide to understanding the problem of quantifying uncertainty in dose response relations for toxic substances In today's scientific research, there exists the need to address the topic of uncertainty as it pertains to dose response modeling. Uncertainty Modeling in Dose Response is the first book of its kind to implement and compare different methods for quantifying the uncertainty in the probability of response, as a function of d...

This insightful book combines the history, pedagogy, and popularization of algebra to present a unified discussion of the subject Classical Algebra provides a complete and contemporary perspective on classical polynomial algebra through the exploration of how it was developed and how it exists today. With a focus on prominent areas such as the numerical solutions of equations, the systematic study of equations, and Galois theory, this book f...