Beginning with Buddha's life story this concise guide explains the essential elements of the Buddhist way of life such as understanding the mind rebirth karma & ultimate truth & what it means to be a Buddhist Meditation is explained clearly & simply as a tool for developing qualities such as inner peace love & patience The emphasis throughout is on the practical application of Buddhist ideas & practice to finding solutions to everyday problems Those interested in Buddhism & meditation will find this book a rich source of guidance & inspiration ...

The bestselling textbook in this subject area Introduction to Business Law introduces students to the core legal areas relevant to the world of business & work Known for its visual approach & engaging writing style the book features over 90 full colour diagrams to illustrate complex issues while practical examples & case studies are included throughout to put the law into context The book contains a chapter on study skills & revision guiding business students on how to tackle legal exam questions & how to approach case law & statutes At the end of each chapter students can practise applying their knowledge & legal skills by answering sample essay & problem questions Further guidance on these can be found on the Online Resource Centre which features resources for students & lecturers Student resources
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This book is an introduction in the very best sense of the word It provides the beginner with an accurate sophisticated yet accessible account & offers new insights & challenging perspectives to those who have more specialized knowledge Focusing on the period in Chinese philosophy that is surely most easily approachable & perhaps is most important it ranges over of rich set of competing options It also with admirable self-consciousness presents a number of daring attempts to relate those options to philosophical figures & movements from the West I recommend it very highly--Lee H Yearley Walter Y Evans-Wentz Professor Religious Studies Stanford University ...

This textbook covers all the standard introductory topics in classical mechanics including Newton's laws oscillations energy momentum angular momentum planetary motion & special relativity It also explores more advanced topics such as normal modes the Lagrangian method gyroscopic motion fictitious forces 4-vectors & general relativity It contains more than 250 problems with detailed solutions so students can easily check their understanding of the topic There are also over 350 unworked exercises which are ideal for homework assignments Password protected solutions are available to instructors at wwwcambridgeorg 9780521876223 The vast number of problems alone makes it an ideal supplementary text for all levels of undergraduate physics courses in classical mechanics Remarks are scattered throughout the text discussing issues that are often glossed over in other textbooks & it is thoroughly illustrated with more than 600 figures to help demonstrate key concepts ...

David Groome with Nicola Brace Graham Edgar Helen Edgar Michael Eysenck Tom Manly Hayley Ness Graham Pike Sophie Scott & Elizabeth Styles An Introduction to Cognitive Psychology Processes & Disorders is a comprehensive introductory textbook for undergraduate students The third edition of this well-established text has been completely revised & updated to cover all the key areas of cognition including perception attention memory thinking & language Uniquely alongside chapters on normal cognitive function there are chapters on related clinical disorders (agnosia amnesia thought disorder & aphasia) which help to provide a thorough insight into the nature of cognition Key features Completely revised & updated throughout to provide a comprehensive overview of current thinking in the field Accessibly written & including new authors including Sophie Scott Tom Manly Hayley Ness & Elizabeth Styles all established experts in their field A new chapter on Emotion & Cognition written by Michael Eysenck the leading authority in the field Greater coverage of neuropsychological disorders with additional material from the latest brain imaging research that has completely revolutionized neuropsychology Specially designed textbook features chapter summaries further reading & a glossary of key terms A companion website featuring an extensive range of online resources for both teachers & students Written to cover all levels of ability using helpful figures & illustrations An Introduction to Cognitive Psychology has sufficient depth to appeal to the most able students while the clear & accessible text written by experienced teachers will help students who find the material difficult It will appeal to any student on an undergraduate psychology degree course as well as to medical students & those studying in related clinical professions such as nursing ...

The new edition of an introductory text that teaches students the art of computational problem solving covering topics ranging from simple algorithms to information visualization This book introduces students with little or no prior programming experience to the art of computational problem solving using Python & various Python libraries including Py Lab It provides students with skills that will enable them to make productive use of computational techniques including some of the tools & techniques of data science for using computation to model & interpret data The book is based on an MIT course (which became the most popular course offered through MIT's Open Course Ware) & was developed for use not only in a conventional classroom but in in a massive open online course (MOOC) This new edition has been updated for Python 3 reorganized to make it easier to use for courses that cover only a subset of the material & offers additional material including five new chapters Students are introduced to Python & the basics of programming in the context of such computational concepts & techniques as exhaustive enumeration bisection search & efficient approximation algorithms Although it covers such traditional topics as computational complexity & simple algorithms the book focuses on a wide range of topics not found in most introductory texts including information visualization simulations to model randomness computational techniques to understand data & statistical techniques that inform (and misinform) as well as two related but relatively advanced topics optimization problems & dynamic programming This edition offers expanded material on statistics & machine learning & new chapters on Frequentist & Bayesian statistics ...

This second edition of Introduction to Cosmology is an exciting update of an award-winning textbook It is aimed primarily at advanced undergraduate students in physics & astronomy but is also useful as a supplementary text at higher levels It explains modern cosmological concepts such as dark energy in the context of the Big Bang theory Its clear lucid writing style with a wealth of useful everyday analogies makes it exceptionally engaging Emphasis is placed on the links between theoretical concepts of cosmology & the observable properties of the universe building deeper physical insights in the reader The second edition

Includes:: recent observational results fuller descriptions of special & general relativity expanded discussions of dark energy & a new chapter on baryonic matter that makes up stars & galaxies It is an ideal textbook for the era of precision cosmology in the accelerating universe

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Introduction to Econometrics provides students with clear & simple mathematics notation & step-by-step explanations of mathematical proofs to give them a thorough understanding of the subject Extensive exercises throughout build confidence by encouraging students to apply econometric techniques Retaining its student-friendly approach Introduction to Econometrics has a comprehensive revision guide to all the essential statistical concepts needed to study econometrics additional Monte Carlo simulations new summaries & non-technical introductions to more advanced topics at the end of chapters This book is supported by an Online Resource Centre which

Includes:: For lecturers Instructor's manual for the text & data sets detailing the exercises & their solutions Customizable Power Point slides For students Data sets referred to in the book A comprehensive study guide offers students the opportunity to gain experience with econometrics through practice with exercises Software manual Power Point slides with explanations

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In the second revised edition of a well-established textbook the author strikes a balance between quantitative rigor & intuitive understanding using a lively informal style The first chapter provides a detailed historical introduction to the subject while subsequent chapters offer a quantitative presentation of the Standard Model A simplified introduction to the Feynman rules based on a toy model helps readers learn the calculational techniques without the complications of spin It is followed by accessible treatments of quantum electrodynamics the strong & weak interactions & gauge theories New chapters address neutrino oscillations & prospects for physics beyond the Standard Model The book contains a number of worked examples & many end-of-chapter problems A complete solution manual is available for instructors ...

The theory of elliptic curves & modular forms provides a fruitful meeting ground for such diverse areas as number theory complex analysis algebraic geometry & representation theory This book starts out with a problem from elementary number theory & proceeds to lead its reader into the modern theory covering such topics as the Hasse-Weil L-function & the conjecture of Birch & Swinnerton-Dyer This new edition details the current state of knowledge of elliptic curves ...