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  • A Mind For Numbers

    How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra)

    by Barbara Oakley PhD ...
    The companion book to COURSERA®'s wildly popular massive open online course "Learning How to Learn"Whether you are a student struggling to fulfill a math or science requirement, or you are embarking on a career change that requires a new skill set, A Mind for Numbers offers the tools you need to get a better grasp of that intimidating material. Engineering professor Barbara Oakley knows firsthand ... Read more

    2,05 €

  • The Signal and the Noise

    The Art and Science of Prediction

    by Nate Silver ...
    The International Bestseller by 'The Galileo of number crunchers' (Independent)Every time we choose a route to work, decide whether to go on a second date, or set aside money for a rainy day, we are making a prediction about the future. Yet from the financial crisis to ecological disasters, we routinely fail to foresee hugely significant events, often at great cost to society. The rise of 'big ... Read more

    14,99 €

  • Why Machines Learn

    The Elegant Maths Behind Modern AI

    by Anil Ananthaswamy ...
    'An invaluable companion for anyone who wants a deep understanding of what’s under the hood of often inscrutable machines' Melanie MitchellA rich, narrative explanation of the mathematics that has brought us machine learning and the ongoing explosion of artificial intelligenceMachine-learning systems are making life-altering decisions for us: approving mortgage loans, determining whether a tumour ... Read more

    17,99 €

  • Linked

    How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science, and Everyday Life

    by Albert-László Barabási ...
    The best-selling guide to network science, the revolutionary field that reveals the deep links between all forms of human social lifeA cocktail party. A terrorist cell. Ancient bacteria. An international conglomerate. All are networks, and all are a part of a surprising scientific revolution. In Linked, Albert-László Barabási, the nation's foremost expert in the new science of networks, takes us ... Read more

    10,99 €

  • Neuro Design

    Neuromarketing Insights to Boost Engagement and Profitability

    by Darren Bridger ...
    COMMENDED: Business Book Awards 2018 - Thought Leader CategoryToday, businesses of all sizes generate a great deal of creative graphic media and content, including websites, presentations, videos and social media posts. Most big companies, including the likes of Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola, Tesco and Google, now use neuroscience research and theories to optimize their digital content. Neuro Design ... Read more

    33,27 €

  • Market-Consistent Actuarial Valuation

    by Mario V. Wüthrich ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    This is the third edition of this well-received textbook, presenting powerful methods for measuring insurance liabilities and assets in a consistent way, with detailed mathematical frameworks that lead to market-consistent values for liabilities.Topics covered are stochastic discounting with deflators, valuation portfolio in life and non-life insurance, probability distortions, asset and liability ... Read more

    42,92 €

  • A CONCISE GUIDE TO THE QURAN: Answering Thirty Critical Questions

    by Dr. A. M. Awal PhD ...
    Investigating the authenticity of the Koran from a mathematical standpoint and a numerical point of view, to scientifically and historically verify whether Mohammed wrote the Koran. ... Read more

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  • A Statistical Handbook for Agricultural Field Trials Specialists

    A handy companion for use with ARM data management tools.

    by Gérard de Kerchove d'Exaerde ...
    In this book we have tried to bring together in a logical and understandable way all the basic statistical elements which affect field trials, their planning, implementation and interpretation. The book is designed to be suitable for Field Trials Specialists, Project Managers who may be interpreting results and students who may be taking their first opportunity to get involved in this type of ... Read more

    29,71 €

  • GIS-Based Simulation and Analysis of Intra-Urban Commuting

    by Yujie Hu, Fahui Wang ...
    Commuting, the daily link between residences and workplaces, sets up the complex interaction between the two most important land uses (residential and employment) in a city, and dictates the configuration of urban structure. In addition to prolonged time and stress for individual commuters on traffic, commuting comes with additional societal costs including elevated crash risks, worsening air ... Read more

    32,04 €

  • Alex's Adventures in Numberland

    Dispatches from the Wonderful World of Mathematics

    by Alex Bellos ...
    A tenth anniversary edition of the iconic book about the wonderful world of mathsSunday Times bestseller | Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize'Original and highly entertaining' Sunday Times'A page turner about humanity's strange, never easy and, above all, never dull relationship with numbers' New Scientist'Will leave you hooked on n... ... Read more

    13,35 €

  • How Not to Be Wrong

    The Hidden Maths of Everyday Life

    by Jordan Ellenberg ...
    The maths we learn in school can seem like an abstract set of rules, laid down by the ancients and not to be questioned. In fact, Jordan Ellenberg shows us, maths touches on everything we do, and a little mathematical knowledge reveals the hidden structures that lie beneath the world's messy and chaotic surface. In How Not to be Wrong, Ellenberg explores the mathematician's method of analyzing ... Read more

    14,99 €

  • The Ten Equations that Rule the World

    And How You Can Use Them Too

    by David Sumpter ...
    THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'An entertaining tour that will change how you see the world' Sean Carroll, author of Something Deeply HiddenIs there a secret formula for improving your life? For making something a viral hit? For deciding how long to stick with your current job, Netflix series, or even relationship?This book is all about the equations that make our world go round. Ten of them, in fact ... Read more

    9,49 €

  • Mathematical Tools for Understanding Infectious Disease Dynamics

    by Odo Diekmann, Hans Heesterbeek, Tom Britton ...
    Series series Princeton Series in Theoretical and Computational Biology
    Mathematical modeling is critical to our understanding of how infectious diseases spread at the individual and population levels. This book gives readers the necessary skills to correctly formulate and analyze mathematical models in infectious disease epidemiology, and is the first treatment of the subject to integrate deterministic and stochastic models and methods.Mathematical Tools for ... Read more

    108,43 €

  • Advances in Dynamic Games

    Theory, Experiments, and Applications

    Edited by Guiomar Martín-Herrán, Arne Traulsen, Florian Wagener ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This contributed volume collects overviews and recent advances in dynamic games and their applications, based on presentations given at the 19th and 20th International Symposium in Dynamic Games and Applications, held July 25-28, 2022, in Porto, Portugal, and July 9-12, 2024, in Valladolid, Spain. Written by experts in their respective disciplines, these papers cover various aspects of dynamic ... Read more

    208,92 €

  • Universal Key: Fourier Transformation Innovative

    Applications in Science and Technology

    by Ulrich Karrenberg ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    The Fourier Transformation is one of the most powerful mathematical tools used across modern science and engineering. By breaking down complex signals and functions into their frequency components, it offers a transformative perspective on data and phenomena. From signal processing to quantum physics, there are few fields where this method doesn’t play a pivotal role.This book captures the essence ... Read more

    171,71 €

  • Why Cryptography Should Not Rely on Physical Attack Complexity

    by Juliane Krämer ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book presents two practical physical attacks. It shows how attackers can reveal the secret key of symmetric as well as asymmetric cryptographic algorithms based on these attacks, and presents countermeasures on the software and the hardware level that can help to prevent them in the future. Though their theory has been known for several years now, since neither attack has yet been ... Read more

    85,85 €

  • Hemo-Dynamics

    by Mair Zamir ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    Praise for Hemo-Dynamics:“This book provides an elegant and intuitive derivation of the fundamental mathematics underlying fluid flow, and then applies these in a straightforward way to pulsatile blood flow in all its complexity. One of the triumphs of the book is that Zamir succeeds in making essential concepts such as the Navier-Stokes equations completely accessible to any reader with a ... Read more

    133,55 €

  • Handbook Of The Fundamentals Of Financial Decision Making (In 2 Parts)

    by Leonard C Maclean, William T Ziemba ...
    Series Book 4 - World Scientific Handbook In Financial Economics Series
    This handbook in two parts covers key topics of the theory of financial decision making. Some of the papers discuss real applications or case studies as well. There are a number of new papers that have never been published before especially in Part II.Part I is concerned with Decision Making Under Uncertainty. This includes subsections on Arbitrage, Utility Theory, Risk Aversion and Static ... Read more

    25,11 €

  • Computational Methods for Quantitative Finance

    Finite Element Methods for Derivative Pricing

    by Norbert Hilber, Oleg Reichmann, Christoph Schwab, Christoph Winter ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    Many mathematical assumptions on which classical derivative pricing methods are based have come under scrutiny in recent years. The present volume offers an introduction to deterministic algorithms for the fast and accurate pricing of derivative contracts in modern finance. This unified, non-Monte-Carlo computational pricing methodology is capable of handling rather general classes of stochastic ... Read more

    76,31 €

  • Quantitative Ultrasound in Soft Tissues

    Edited by Jonathan Mamou, Michael L. Oelze ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Due to parallel advances in signal processing and computer hardware in the last 15 years, quantitative ultrasound techniques have reached maturity, allowing for the construction of quantitative maps or images of soft tissues. This book will focus on 5 modern research topics related to quantitative ultrasound of soft tissues: - Spectral-based methods for tissue characterization, tissue typing, ... Read more

    133,55 €

  • The Visual Language of Technique

    Volume 2 - Heritage and Expectations in Research

    Edited by Luigi Cocchiarella ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    The book is inspired by the second seminar in a cycle connected to the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the Politecnico di Milano. "Working with the Image Description Processing Prediction" was the motto of this meeting, aiming to point out the role of Visual Language not only in describing reality, but also in supporting the thinking processes in Science (prediction), in Art (invention), ... Read more

    47,69 €

  • Mathematische Methoden der Technischen Mechanik

    Für Studium und Beruf

    by Michael Riemer, Jörg Wauer, Walter Wedig ...
    Series series Computer Science and Engineering (German Language)
    Dieses Lehrbuch bringt die Darstellung der mathematischen Methoden, die für die Festkörpermechanik bedeutsam und wichtig sind, u. a. Matrizenrechnung, Theorie linearer Differenzialgleichungen mit Distributionstheorie sowie Variationsrechnung und analytische Mechanik. Ziel ist eine Verständnisbrücke zwischen mathematischer und ingenieurmäßiger Vorgehensweise aufzuzeigen. Somit ist es für angewandte ... Read more

    21,72 €

  • New Trends In Control Theory

    by Vladimir G Ivancevic, Tijana T Ivancevic ...
    Series Book 19 - Series On Stability, Vibration And Control Of Systems, Series A
    New Trends in Control Theory is a graduate-level monographic textbook. It is a contemporary overview of modern trends in control theory. The introductory chapter gives the geometrical and quantum background, which is a necessary minimum for comprehensive reading of the book. The second chapter gives the basics of classical control theory, both linear and nonlinear. The third chapter shows the key ... Read more

    52,78 €

  • Walter Gautschi, Volume 1

    Selected Works with Commentaries

    Edited by Claude Brezinski, Ahmed Sameh ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    Walter Gautschi has written extensively on topics ranging from special functions, quadrature and orthogonal polynomials to difference and differential equations, software implementations, and the history of mathematics. He is world renowned for his pioneering work in numerical analysis and constructive orthogonal polynomials, including a definitive textbook in the former, and a monograph in the ... Read more

    85,85 €