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Chaos: Making a New Science

Making a New Science

par James Gleick ...

The blockbuster modern science classic that introduced the butterfly effect to the world—even more relevant two decades after it became an international sensationFor centuries, scientific thought was focused on bringing order to the natural world. But even as relativity and quantum mechanics undermined that rigid certainty in the first half of the twentieth century, the scientific community clung ... En savoir plus

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The blockbuster modern science classic that introduced the butterfly effect to the world—even more relevant two decades after it became an international sensationFor centuries, scientific thought was focused on bringing order to the natural world. But even as relativity and quantum mechanics undermined that rigid certainty in the first half of the twentieth century, the scientific community clung
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Chaos

A Very Short Introduction

par Leonard Smith ...

Collections series Very Short Introductions
Chaos exists in systems all around us. Even the simplest system of cause and effect can be subject to chaos, denying us accurate predictions of its behaviour, and sometimes giving rise to astonishing structures of large-scale order. Our growing understanding of Chaos Theory is having fascinating applications in the real world - from technology to global warming, politics, human behaviour, and even ... En savoir plus

$11.19 CAD

Chaos exists in systems all around us. Even the simplest system of cause and effect can be subject to chaos, denying us accurate predictions of its behaviour, and sometimes giving rise to astonishing structures of large-scale order. Our growing understanding of Chaos Theory is having fascinating applications in the real world - from technology to global warming, politics, human behaviour, and even
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Greeniology 2020

Greener Living Today, And In The Future

par Tanya Ha ...

Do you want to live well, be green and make a difference? There's never been a better time to reduce your personal impact on the environment and prepare for change as our society moves towards sustainability. With topics covering everything from green cleaning and eco-fashion to growing food and saving energy and water, Greeniology 2020 is a practical, fun guide to changing your lifestyle for a ... En savoir plus

$20.99 CAD

Do you want to live well, be green and make a difference? There's never been a better time to reduce your personal impact on the environment and prepare for change as our society moves towards sustainability. With topics covering everything from green cleaning and eco-fashion to growing food and saving energy and water, Greeniology 2020 is a practical, fun guide to changing your lifestyle for a
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The Golden Ticket

P, NP, and the Search for the Impossible

par Lance Fortnow ...

The P-NP problem is the most important open problem in computer science, if not all of mathematics. The Golden Ticket provides a nontechnical introduction to P-NP, its rich history, and its algorithmic implications for everything we do with computers and beyond. In this informative and entertaining book, Lance Fortnow traces how the problem arose during the Cold War on both sides of the Iron ... En savoir plus

$24.19 CAD

The P-NP problem is the most important open problem in computer science, if not all of mathematics. The Golden Ticket provides a nontechnical introduction to P-NP, its rich history, and its algorithmic implications for everything we do with computers and beyond. In this informative and entertaining book, Lance Fortnow traces how the problem arose during the Cold War on both sides of the Iron
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Nonlinear Workbook, The: Chaos, Fractals, Cellular Automata, Genetic Algorithms, Gene Expression Programming, Support Vector Machine, Wavelets, Hidden Markov Models, Fuzzy Logic With C++, Java And Symbolicc++ Programs (6th Edition)

par Willi-hans Steeb ...

The Nonlinear Workbook provides a comprehensive treatment of all the techniques in nonlinear dynamics together with C++, Java and SymbolicC++ implementations. The book not only covers the theoretical aspects of the topics but also provides the practical tools. To understand the material, more than 100 worked out examples and 160 ready to run programs are included. Each chapter provides a ... En savoir plus

$50.59 CAD

The Nonlinear Workbook provides a comprehensive treatment of all the techniques in nonlinear dynamics together with C++, Java and SymbolicC++ implementations. The book not only covers the theoretical aspects of the topics but also provides the practical tools. To understand the material, more than 100 worked out examples and 160 ready to run programs are included. Each chapter provides a
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The Official Raspberry Pi Handbook 2026

Astounding projects with Raspberry Pi computers

par The Makers of Raspberry Pi Official magazine ...

Dive into the world of Raspberry Pi with this huge book of tutorials, projects, guides, product reviews, and more from the pages of Raspberry Pi Official Magazine.With 200 pages full of high-tech DIY projects – from building robots to retro gaming handhelds – there's something for every maker in this full-color guidebook. No matter which Raspberry Pi model you have, you’ll find inspiration and ... En savoir plus

$13.59 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

Dive into the world of Raspberry Pi with this huge book of tutorials, projects, guides, product reviews, and more from the pages of Raspberry Pi Official Magazine.With 200 pages full of high-tech DIY projects – from building robots to retro gaming handhelds – there's something for every maker in this full-color guidebook. No matter which Raspberry Pi model you have, you’ll find inspiration and
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Convex Optimization of Power Systems

par Joshua Adam Taylor ...

Optimization is ubiquitous in power system engineering. Drawing on powerful, modern tools from convex optimization, this rigorous exposition introduces essential techniques for formulating linear, second-order cone, and semidefinite programming approximations to the canonical optimal power flow problem, which lies at the heart of many different power system optimizations. Convex models in each ... En savoir plus

$102.39 CAD

Optimization is ubiquitous in power system engineering. Drawing on powerful, modern tools from convex optimization, this rigorous exposition introduces essential techniques for formulating linear, second-order cone, and semidefinite programming approximations to the canonical optimal power flow problem, which lies at the heart of many different power system optimizations. Convex models in each
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Optimization Theory: A Concise Introduction

par Jiongmin Yong ...

Mathematically, most of the interesting optimization problems can be formulated to optimize some objective function, subject to some equality and/or inequality constraints. This book introduces some classical and basic results of optimization theory, including nonlinear programming with Lagrange multiplier method, the Karush-Kuhn-Tucker method, Fritz John's method, problems with convex or quasi ... En savoir plus

$21.99 CAD

Mathematically, most of the interesting optimization problems can be formulated to optimize some objective function, subject to some equality and/or inequality constraints. This book introduces some classical and basic results of optimization theory, including nonlinear programming with Lagrange multiplier method, the Karush-Kuhn-Tucker method, Fritz John's method, problems with convex or quasi
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An Introduction to Continuum Mechanics

par J. N. Reddy ...

This best-selling textbook presents the concepts of continuum mechanics in a simple yet rigorous manner. It introduces the invariant form as well as the component form of the basic equations and their applications to problems in elasticity, fluid mechanics and heat transfer, and offers a brief introduction to linear viscoelasticity. The book is ideal for advanced undergraduates and graduate ... En savoir plus

$102.39 CAD

This best-selling textbook presents the concepts of continuum mechanics in a simple yet rigorous manner. It introduces the invariant form as well as the component form of the basic equations and their applications to problems in elasticity, fluid mechanics and heat transfer, and offers a brief introduction to linear viscoelasticity. The book is ideal for advanced undergraduates and graduate
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Micro- and Nanoscale Fluid Mechanics

Transport in Microfluidic Devices

par Brian J. Kirby ...

This text focuses on the physics of fluid transport in micro- and nanofabricated liquid-phase systems, with consideration of gas bubbles, solid particles, and macromolecules. This text was designed with the goal of bringing together several areas that are often taught separately - namely, fluid mechanics, electrodynamics, and interfacial chemistry and electrochemistry - with a focused goal of ... En savoir plus

$99.19 CAD

This text focuses on the physics of fluid transport in micro- and nanofabricated liquid-phase systems, with consideration of gas bubbles, solid particles, and macromolecules. This text was designed with the goal of bringing together several areas that are often taught separately - namely, fluid mechanics, electrodynamics, and interfacial chemistry and electrochemistry - with a focused goal of
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Beyond DNA

How Epigenetics is Transforming our Understanding of Evolution

par Benjamin Oldroyd ...

Beyond DNA is a journey through uncharted territory, advancing new ways of thinking about evolution and adaptation. For nearly a hundred years evolutionary biologists have understood that evolution proceeds by substituting better genes for less good ones. But consensus is growing that this is not the whole story: geneticists are now revealing that spores, sperm, pollen and ova are packed with ... En savoir plus

$29.99 CAD

Beyond DNA is a journey through uncharted territory, advancing new ways of thinking about evolution and adaptation. For nearly a hundred years evolutionary biologists have understood that evolution proceeds by substituting better genes for less good ones. But consensus is growing that this is not the whole story: geneticists are now revealing that spores, sperm, pollen and ova are packed with
... En savoir plus
Quantitative Risk Assessment

The Scientific Platform

par Terje Aven ...

Quantitative risk assessments cannot eliminate risk, nor can they resolve trade-offs. They can, however, guide principled risk management and reduction - if the quality of assessment is high and decision makers understand how to use it. This book builds a unifying scientific framework for discussing and evaluating the quality of risk assessments and whether they are fit for purpose. Uncertainty is ... En savoir plus

$67.99 CAD

Quantitative risk assessments cannot eliminate risk, nor can they resolve trade-offs. They can, however, guide principled risk management and reduction - if the quality of assessment is high and decision makers understand how to use it. This book builds a unifying scientific framework for discussing and evaluating the quality of risk assessments and whether they are fit for purpose. Uncertainty is
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Hybrid Dynamical Systems

Modeling, Stability, and Robustness

par Rafal Goebel, Ricardo G. Sanfelice, Andrew R. Teel ...

Hybrid dynamical systems exhibit continuous and instantaneous changes, having features of continuous-time and discrete-time dynamical systems. Filled with a wealth of examples to illustrate concepts, this book presents a complete theory of robust asymptotic stability for hybrid dynamical systems that is applicable to the design of hybrid control algorithms--algorithms that feature logic, timers, ... En savoir plus

$131.99 CAD

Hybrid dynamical systems exhibit continuous and instantaneous changes, having features of continuous-time and discrete-time dynamical systems. Filled with a wealth of examples to illustrate concepts, this book presents a complete theory of robust asymptotic stability for hybrid dynamical systems that is applicable to the design of hybrid control algorithms--algorithms that feature logic, timers,
... En savoir plus
Cellular Biophysics and Modeling

A Primer on the Computational Biology of Excitable Cells

par Greg Conradi Smith ...

What every neuroscientist should know about the mathematical modeling of excitable cells. Combining empirical physiology and nonlinear dynamics, this text provides an introduction to the simulation and modeling of dynamic phenomena in cell biology and neuroscience. It introduces mathematical modeling techniques alongside cellular electrophysiology. Topics include membrane transport and diffusion, ... En savoir plus

$57.59 CAD

What every neuroscientist should know about the mathematical modeling of excitable cells. Combining empirical physiology and nonlinear dynamics, this text provides an introduction to the simulation and modeling of dynamic phenomena in cell biology and neuroscience. It introduces mathematical modeling techniques alongside cellular electrophysiology. Topics include membrane transport and diffusion,
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Agent_Zero

Toward Neurocognitive Foundations for Generative Social Science

par Joshua M. Epstein ...

Collections series Princeton Studies in Complexity
The Final Volume of the Groundbreaking Trilogy on Agent-Based ModelingIn this pioneering synthesis, Joshua Epstein introduces a new theoretical entity: Agent_Zero. This software individual, or "agent," is endowed with distinct emotional/affective, cognitive/deliberative, and social modules. Grounded in contemporary neuroscience, these internal components interact to generate observed, often far ... En savoir plus

$76.99 CAD

The Final Volume of the Groundbreaking Trilogy on Agent-Based ModelingIn this pioneering synthesis, Joshua Epstein introduces a new theoretical entity: Agent_Zero. This software individual, or "agent," is endowed with distinct emotional/affective, cognitive/deliberative, and social modules. Grounded in contemporary neuroscience, these internal components interact to generate observed, often far
... En savoir plus
Raspberry Pi: Beginner's Guide - Learn Raspberry Pi in Easy Steps

par Jessica Kirklin ...

Raspberry Pih1>Beginner's Guide - Learn Raspberry Pi in Easy Stepsh2>This book is an in depth guide to one of the best pieces of technology to ever come out of the British Isles! This book outlines the major functions of the device and adds in a few tips for good measure! Utilize the information in this text and you will remain one step ahead of your friends when it comes to knowing how to get the ... En savoir plus

$6.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

Raspberry Pih1>Beginner's Guide - Learn Raspberry Pi in Easy Stepsh2>This book is an in depth guide to one of the best pieces of technology to ever come out of the British Isles! This book outlines the major functions of the device and adds in a few tips for good measure! Utilize the information in this text and you will remain one step ahead of your friends when it comes to knowing how to get the
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Plasma Chemistry

par Alexander Fridman ...

Providing a fundamental introduction to all aspects of modern plasma chemistry, this book describes mechanisms and kinetics of chemical processes in plasma, plasma statistics, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and electrodynamics, as well as all major electric discharges applied in plasma chemistry. Fridman considers most of the major applications of plasma chemistry, from electronics to thermal ... En savoir plus

$121.59 CAD

Providing a fundamental introduction to all aspects of modern plasma chemistry, this book describes mechanisms and kinetics of chemical processes in plasma, plasma statistics, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and electrodynamics, as well as all major electric discharges applied in plasma chemistry. Fridman considers most of the major applications of plasma chemistry, from electronics to thermal
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Buoyancy Effects on Natural Ventilation

par Torwong Chenvidyakarn ...

This book describes in depth the fundamental effects of buoyancy, a key force in driving air and transporting heat and pollutants around the interior of a building. It is essential reading for anyone involved in the design and operation of modern sustainable, energy-efficient buildings, whether a student, researcher or practitioner. The book presents new principles in natural ventilation design ... En savoir plus

$164.79 CAD

This book describes in depth the fundamental effects of buoyancy, a key force in driving air and transporting heat and pollutants around the interior of a building. It is essential reading for anyone involved in the design and operation of modern sustainable, energy-efficient buildings, whether a student, researcher or practitioner. The book presents new principles in natural ventilation design
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Hypernetworks In The Science Of Complex Systems

par Jeffrey Johnson ...

Collections Livre 3 - Series On Complexity Science
The modern world is complex beyond human understanding and control. The science of complex systems aims to find new ways of thinking about the many interconnected networks of interaction that defy traditional approaches. Thus far, research into networks has largely been restricted to pairwise relationships represented by links between two nodes. This volume marks a major extension of networks to ... En savoir plus

$56.09 CAD

The modern world is complex beyond human understanding and control. The science of complex systems aims to find new ways of thinking about the many interconnected networks of interaction that defy traditional approaches. Thus far, research into networks has largely been restricted to pairwise relationships represented by links between two nodes. This volume marks a major extension of networks to
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Practical Mathematical Cryptography

par Kristian Gjøsteen ...

Collections series Chapman & Hall/CRC Cryptography and Network Security Series
Practical Mathematical Cryptography provides a clear and accessible introduction to practical mathematical cryptography.Cryptography, both as a science and as practice, lies at the intersection of mathematics and the science of computation, and the presentation emphasises the essential mathematical nature of the computations and arguments involved in cryptography.Cryptography is also a practical ... En savoir plus

$94.81 CAD

Practical Mathematical Cryptography provides a clear and accessible introduction to practical mathematical cryptography.Cryptography, both as a science and as practice, lies at the intersection of mathematics and the science of computation, and the presentation emphasises the essential mathematical nature of the computations and arguments involved in cryptography.Cryptography is also a practical
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Nonlinear Dynamical Control, Computer Simulation and Optimization Systems

Theory and Applications

par Dumitru Baleanu, Necati Özdemir, Yeliz Karaca, Mukund N Janardhanan, Firat Evirgen ...

Collections Livre 2 - Systems Science and Nonlinear Intelligence Dynamics
This book compiles a curated selection of papers presented at the Third International Conference on Applied Mathematics in Engineering - ICAME'24. The content is dedicated to key areas within the realm of applied mathematics, including optimization, control, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and operations research.The primary aim of this volume is to showcase both theoretical ... En savoir plus

$138.59 CAD

This book compiles a curated selection of papers presented at the Third International Conference on Applied Mathematics in Engineering - ICAME'24. The content is dedicated to key areas within the realm of applied mathematics, including optimization, control, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and operations research.The primary aim of this volume is to showcase both theoretical
... En savoir plus
High Accuracy Algorithm For The Differential Equations Governing Anomalous Diffusion: Algorithm And Models For Anomalous Diffusion

par Weihua Deng, Zhijiang Zhang ...

The aim of this book is to extend the application field of 'anomalous diffusion', and describe the newly built models and the simulation techniques to the models.The book first introduces 'anomalous diffusion' from the statistical physics point of view, then discusses the models characterizing anomalous diffusion and its applications, including the Fokker-Planck equation, the Feymann-Kac equations ... En savoir plus

$103.39 CAD

The aim of this book is to extend the application field of 'anomalous diffusion', and describe the newly built models and the simulation techniques to the models.The book first introduces 'anomalous diffusion' from the statistical physics point of view, then discusses the models characterizing anomalous diffusion and its applications, including the Fokker-Planck equation, the Feymann-Kac equations
... En savoir plus
#1 Book on Python Programming

par Minhaj ...

This book, written by Minhaj Abdullah, is designed to take you on a journey through the world of Python programming, starting with the fundamentals and progressing to more advanced concepts like AI and automation. Whether you're a complete beginner or have some prior coding experience, this book offers a practical and engaging approach to learning Python.Key Features:Beginner-Friendly Introduction ... En savoir plus

$7.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

This book, written by Minhaj Abdullah, is designed to take you on a journey through the world of Python programming, starting with the fundamentals and progressing to more advanced concepts like AI and automation. Whether you're a complete beginner or have some prior coding experience, this book offers a practical and engaging approach to learning Python.Key Features:Beginner-Friendly Introduction
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Introduction to Linear Optimization and Extensions with MATLAB

par Roy H. Kwon ...

Collections series Operations Research Series
Filling the need for an introductory book on linear programming that discusses the important ways to mitigate parameter uncertainty, Introduction to Linear Optimization and Extensions with MATLAB provides a concrete and intuitive yet rigorous introduction to modern linear optimization. In addition to fundamental topics, the book discusses current l ... En savoir plus

$261.08 CAD

Filling the need for an introductory book on linear programming that discusses the important ways to mitigate parameter uncertainty, Introduction to Linear Optimization and Extensions with MATLAB provides a concrete and intuitive yet rigorous introduction to modern linear optimization. In addition to fundamental topics, the book discusses current l
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