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 ...

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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 ...

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

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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 ...

Emergency management university programs have experienced dramatic & exponential growth over the last twelve years This new fully updated edition introduces majors & minors to the field & provides content accessible to those students taking introductory emergency management courses The book's student-centered focus looks at the regional state & local level response as well as some of the often misunderstood or overlooked social aspects of disasters Real-world cases are described throughout including considerations of international emergency management & disasters alongside features from former students now working as professionals in the field of emergency management ...

310 pages 77 Line drawings black & white; 68 Tables black & white; 145 Illustrations black a Blok Kornelis (Delft University of Technology The Netherlands) ...