Introduction to Random Chaos contains a wealth of information on this significant area, rooted in hypercontraction and harmonic analysis. Random chaos statistics extend the classical concept of empirical mean and variance. By focusing on the three models of Rademacher, Poisson, and Wiener chaos, this book shows how an iteration of a simple random principle leads to a nonlinear probability model- unifying seemingly separate types of chaos into ...
This text focuses on key issues for Old Testament study, raising questions which students will be bound to encounter as they move forward in their studies. This new edition has been extensively updated and revised.
The authors explore the psychological dimensions of smoking amongst adolescents, suggesting how anti-smoking interventions should be re-evaluated to take account of new evidence. The book is aimed at teachers, youth workers, health professionals, and parents, as well as students of psychologoy. In the ADOLESCENCE AND SOCIETY series.
The Ethics of Science is essential reading for all students and professionals in science and scientific research. It is also vital reading for anyone who wishes to understand the importance of ethics in science.
This text is focused on the very specific needs and approaches appropriate for teachers of music to very young children. It focuses on the very specific needs and approaches appropriate for teaching music to very young children.
A handbook for the Christian journey into the third millennium. Surveying the Church, scripture, spirituality, holiness and salvation, it presents a way to escape lethargy, despair and endless waiting around for revival to descend miraculously from on high.
Palliative care is an area of increasing importance, dealing with care of the dying. It is a truly multidisciplinary specialty combining the expertise of oncologists, anaethetists, nurses and many other therapeutic groups. Because of this, the effectiveness of palliative care is difficult to measure although observation and anecdotal information provide ample support of its effectiveness. This timely book examines the methodological issues in ...
This book presents a full appraisal of accepted knowledge in wound management, drawing on the expertise of leading specialists in all the fields concerned. It is extensively illustrated, and includes essential, practical advice. Throughout, the emphasis is on the control of healing, and particularly, the recognition of adverse factors.
Birds is generally recognized as one of Aristophanes' masterpieces, for its imaginative plot (it is the source of the word "Cloudcuckooland"), and its charming and original lyrics. This abridgment of Nan Dunbar's widely acclaimed edition of Birds, published in 1995, preserves all the material designed to help the less advanced student of Greek or the non-specialist to translate, understand, and enjoy the play. It also retains the notes on stag...
This book is a guide to the practical application of statistics to data analysis in the physical sciences. It is primarily addressed at students and professionals who need to draw quantitative conclusions from experimental data. Although most of the examples are taken from particle physics, the material is presented in a sufficiently general way as to be useful to people from most branches of the physical sciences. The first part of the book d...
