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This book is an excellent introduction to the concept of scale invariance, which is a growing field of research with wide applications. It describes where and how symmetry under scale transformation (and its various forms of partial breakdown) can be used to analyze solutions of a problem without the need to explicitly solve it. The first part gives descriptions of tools and concepts, the second is devoted to recent attempts to go beyond the i...

This book explores how labour markets are changing - jobs are being created but they pay less and job security is declining, as is the payoff for experience and seniority. The authors discuss training, private-public partnerships, job searching and community development corporations (CDCs) and community-based organizations (CBOs) as social agents. They also take the reader through numerous case studies, using examples from across the United St...

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woman whose place in the history of Western culture has been at once assured and mysterious.

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Gender in African Prehistory provides methods and theories for delineating and discussing prehistoric gender relations and their change through time. Sites studied range from Egypt to South Africa and Ghana to Tanzania, while time periods span the Stone Age to the period just prior to colonialization.

Gender in African Prehistory provides methods and theories for delineating and discussing prehistoric gender relations and their change through time. Sites studied range from Egypt to South Africa and Ghana to Tanzania, while time periods span the Stone Age to the period just prior to colonialization.

When the train arrived in Cottondale, the summer at Bigmama's house in Florida began. Donald Crews brilliantly evokes the sights, sounds, and emotions of a memorable childhood experience. "A very special book by a superb artist and storyteller."--Horn Book.

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H. Clark Johnson develops a convincing and original narrative of the events that led to the major economic catastrophe of the twentieth century. He identifies the undervaluation and consequent shortage of world gold reserves after World War I as the underlying cause of a sustained international price deflation that brought the Great Depression. And, he argues, the reserve-hoarding policies of central banks -- particularly the Bank of France --...

Hearty stews. Rib-sticking chilis. Tender pot roasts. The real secret is a long, slow simmer at a constant temperature, and no appliance does this better than the slow cooker. If your old slow cooker recipes disappointed you, throw them away! "The Slow Cooker Ready and Waiting Cookbook" is for people who love good food!Rick Rodgers has adapted an eclectic array of American and ethnic dishes for the slow cooker. They're all here: fancy fare (Fa...

From a log cabin in Kentucky to the White House, the life of Abraham Lincoln is an inspiring saga of courage and dedication. The simple words and timeless pictures in "Honest Abe" weave the important threads of Lincoln's life into a colorful folk tapestry that illustrates a true American pioneer of justice. Full color. 32 pp. Ages 5 and up. Pub: 1/98.

The Many Faces of RNA is the subject for the eighth SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals Research Symposia. It highlights a rapidly developing area of scientific investigation. The style and format are deliberately designed to promote in-depth presentations and discussions and to facilitate the forging of collaborations between academic and industrial partners.This symposium focuses on several of the many fundamental, advancing strategies for ex...

Inhaltsangabe:Gang der Untersuchung: Information Retrieval befaßt sich mit der Erschließung, Speicherung und Wiedergewinnung von Information. Die Inhalte des Information Retrieval werden anhand von Online-Datenbanken erklärt und in bezug auf Bewertungsmöglichkeiten von Retrievalsystemen vertieft. Den erläuterten Inhalten des Information Retrieval entsprechend werden zwei Dienste des Internet untersucht: die Wide Area Information Server (WAIS)...

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Victor Pe, rez-Diaz examines the return of civil society in Spain. He covers the transition of Spain from a preindustrial economy, an authoritarian government, and a Roman Catholic-dominated culture to a modern state based on the interaction of economic and class interests, on a market society, on voluntary associations such as trade unions and political parties, and on a culture of moral autonomy and rationality.

Frontmatter -- Inhalt -- Prolog: Krise der reinen Vernunft -- Teil I: 14. Juli 1789, Paris: Die Festung Frankreich fällt -- Teil II: 27. Juni 1797, Korfu: Heimkehr der Helden Homers -- Teil III: 21. Juli 1774, Kütschük-Kainardschi: Gestalten der orientalischen Frage -- Teil IV: 28. März 1797, Tarvis (Kärnten): Krieg der Berge -- Teil V: 29. Mai 1453, Konstantinopel: Wiedergeburt der Wissenschaften und Künste -- Teil VI: 19. September 1798, Giz...

The din and deadlock of public life in America - where insults are traded, slogans proclaimed, and self-serving deals are made and unmade - reveal the deep disagreement that pervades our democracy. The disagreement is not only political but also moral, as citizens and their representatives increasingly take extreme and intransigent positions. A better kind of public discussion is needed, and Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson provide an eloquent ...

Introductory statistics book for the non-technical person that integrates the traditional foundations of statistical inference with the more modern ideas of data analysis. The book is divided into three parts. Part One is concerned with data in general and with describing groups of numbers. Part Two develops the ideas of randomness, probability, and statistical inference. Part Three moves forward, applying these ideas to more complex data stru...