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This book illustrates the application of perfect simulation ideas and algorithms to a wide range of problems. The author describes numerous protocol methodologies for designing algorithms for specific problems. He first examines the commonly used acceptance/rejection (AR) protocol for creating perfect simulation algorithms. He then covers other major protocols, including coupling from the past (CFTP), the Fill, Machida, Murdoch, and Rosenthal ...

François Huber (1750-1831) was a Swiss naturalist. He was born at Geneva, of a family which had already made its mark in the literary and scientific world: his great-aunt, Marie Huber, was known as a voluminous writer, and his father Jean Huber (1721- 1786), had distinguished himself by his Observations sur le Vol des Oiseaux (1784). François Huber was only fifteen years old when he began to suffer from a disease which gradually resulted in to...

First published in Geneva in 1792, this English translation appeared in 1806. Huber was a Swiss naturalist who at 15 contracted a disease which gradually resulted in total blindness.

Ten sets of disciplinary scholars respond to an orienting essay that raises questions about the history of discourse about teaching and learning in the disciplines, the ways in which disciplinary "styles" influence inquiry into teaching and learning, and the nature and roles of interdisciplinary exchange. The authors hope to "contribute to a common language for trading ideas, enlarging our pedagogical imaginations, and strengthening our schola...