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Build a Mathematical Mind - Even If You Think You Can't Have One

by Albert Rutherford ...

Would you like to be a proficient mathematician… without using numbers?There is so much more to math than geometry and calculus! It is present in almost every life aspect, from improving your communication skills to how to fit your luggage into your car.Did you always hate math because you couldn't understand complex formulas?Don't let a few equations or a bad teacher deter you from building a ... Read more

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Would you like to be a proficient mathematician… without using numbers?There is so much more to math than geometry and calculus! It is present in almost every life aspect, from improving your communication skills to how to fit your luggage into your car.Did you always hate math because you couldn't understand complex formulas?Don't let a few equations or a bad teacher deter you from building a
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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

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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...
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Visualising Safety, an Exploration

Drawings, Pictures, Images, Videos and Movies

Edited by Jean-Christophe Le Coze, Teemu Reiman ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This open access book explores the role visual tools and graphical models play in safety management. It explains the importance of visualising safety, for teaching concepts, communicating ideas to peers, and raising awareness of potential threats through posters.Visualising Safety, an Exploration introduces graphical models which have been influential in promoting ideas of safety, and impacting ... Read more

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This open access book explores the role visual tools and graphical models play in safety management. It explains the importance of visualising safety, for teaching concepts, communicating ideas to peers, and raising awareness of potential threats through posters.Visualising Safety, an Exploration introduces graphical models which have been influential in promoting ideas of safety, and impacting
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遠近法基本講座

by なかせよしみ ...

「どうすれば奥行きは表現できるか？」「透視図とはなにか？」漫画の背景描写に必要な遠近法の基本的な考え方を漫画で講義。「ティアズマガジン新潟」誌上での2006年〜2008年連載を総集。4ページの解説漫画を４編収録した総集誌。 ... Read more

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「どうすれば奥行きは表現できるか？」「透視図とはなにか？」漫画の背景描写に必要な遠近法の基本的な考え方を漫画で講義。「ティアズマガジン新潟」誌上での2006年〜2008年連載を総集。4ページの解説漫画を４編収録した総集誌。
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Computational Diffusion MRI

MICCAI Workshop, Munich, Germany, October 9th, 2015

Edited by Andrea Fuster, Aurobrata Ghosh, Enrico Kaden, Yogesh Rathi, Marco Reisert ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
These Proceedings of the 2015 MICCAI Workshop “Computational Diffusion MRI” offer a snapshot of the current state of the art on a broad range of topics within the highly active and growing field of diffusion MRI. The topics vary from fundamental theoretical work on mathematical modeling, to the development and evaluation of robust algorithms, new computational methods applied to diffusion magnetic ... Read more

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These Proceedings of the 2015 MICCAI Workshop “Computational Diffusion MRI” offer a snapshot of the current state of the art on a broad range of topics within the highly active and growing field of diffusion MRI. The topics vary from fundamental theoretical work on mathematical modeling, to the development and evaluation of robust algorithms, new computational methods applied to diffusion magnetic
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Introduction to Graph Theory

With Solutions to Selected Problems

by Khee Meng Koh, Fengming Dong, Eng Guan Tay ...

Graph theory is an area in discrete mathematics which studies configurations (called graphs) involving a set of vertices interconnected by edges. This book is intended as a general introduction to graph theory.The book builds on the verity that graph theory even at high school level is a subject that lends itself well to the development of mathematical reasoning and proof.This is an updated ... Read more

$78.65 NZD

Graph theory is an area in discrete mathematics which studies configurations (called graphs) involving a set of vertices interconnected by edges. This book is intended as a general introduction to graph theory.The book builds on the verity that graph theory even at high school level is a subject that lends itself well to the development of mathematical reasoning and proof.This is an updated
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ggplot2

Elegant Graphics for Data Analysis

by Hadley Wickham ...

Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
This new edition to the classic book by ggplot2 creator Hadley Wickham highlights compatibility with knitr and RStudio. ggplot2 is a data visualization package for R that helps users create data graphics, including those that are multi-layered, with ease. With ggplot2, it's easy to:produce handsome, publication-quality plots with automatic legends created from the plot specificationsuperimpose ... Read more

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This new edition to the classic book by ggplot2 creator Hadley Wickham highlights compatibility with knitr and RStudio. ggplot2 is a data visualization package for R that helps users create data graphics, including those that are multi-layered, with ease. With ggplot2, it's easy to:produce handsome, publication-quality plots with automatic legends created from the plot specificationsuperimpose
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Writing Virtual Environments for Software Visualization

by Clinton Jeffery, Jafar Al-Gharaibeh ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
Writing Virtual Environments for Software Visualization book describes the software for a networked, 3D multi-user virtual environment that allows users to create and share remotely visualizations of program behavior. Collaborative virtual environments such as World of Warcraft or Second Life are a popular way to share interactive internet experiences, but they are complex and difficult to create. ... Read more

$182.84 NZD

Writing Virtual Environments for Software Visualization book describes the software for a networked, 3D multi-user virtual environment that allows users to create and share remotely visualizations of program behavior. Collaborative virtual environments such as World of Warcraft or Second Life are a popular way to share interactive internet experiences, but they are complex and difficult to create.
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Applied Multidimensional Scaling and Unfolding

by Ingwer Borg, Patrick J.F. Groenen, Patrick Mair ...

Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
This book introduces multidimensional scaling (MDS) and unfolding as data analysis techniques for applied researchers. MDS is used for the analysis of proximity data on a set of objects, representing the data as distances between points in a geometric space (usually of two dimensions). Unfolding is a related method that maps preference data (typically evaluative ratings of different persons on a ... Read more

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This book introduces multidimensional scaling (MDS) and unfolding as data analysis techniques for applied researchers. MDS is used for the analysis of proximity data on a set of objects, representing the data as distances between points in a geometric space (usually of two dimensions). Unfolding is a related method that maps preference data (typically evaluative ratings of different persons on a
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Convex Analysis and Monotone Operator Theory in Hilbert Spaces

by Heinz H. Bauschke, Patrick L. Combettes ...

Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
This reference text, now in its second edition, offers a modern unifying presentation of three basic areas of nonlinear analysis: convex analysis, monotone operator theory, and the fixed point theory of nonexpansive operators. Taking a unique comprehensive approach, the theory is developed from the ground up, with the rich connections and interactions between the areas as the central focus, and it ... Read more

$243.67 NZD

This reference text, now in its second edition, offers a modern unifying presentation of three basic areas of nonlinear analysis: convex analysis, monotone operator theory, and the fixed point theory of nonexpansive operators. Taking a unique comprehensive approach, the theory is developed from the ground up, with the rich connections and interactions between the areas as the central focus, and it
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Bézier Circles and other shapes

Fun with Numbers, #2

by G. Adam Stanislav ...

Series Book 2 - Fun with Numbers
While it is impossible to draw a circle with Bézier curves, it is quite possible to emulate one so well that, when viewed by human eyes, the drawing is indistinguishable from an actual circle. All you need to do is use the right value of the Bézier control points. This value is the radius of the circle multiplied by a constant known as the kappa. This book tells you the right value of the kappa, ... Read more

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While it is impossible to draw a circle with Bézier curves, it is quite possible to emulate one so well that, when viewed by human eyes, the drawing is indistinguishable from an actual circle. All you need to do is use the right value of the Bézier control points. This value is the radius of the circle multiplied by a constant known as the kappa. This book tells you the right value of the kappa,
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Advanced Studies in Classification and Data Science

Edited by Tadashi Imaizumi, Akinori Okada, Sadaaki Miyamoto, Fumitake Sakaori, Yoshiro Yamamoto, Maurizio Vichi ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This edited volume focuses on the latest developments in classification and data science and covers a wide range of topics in the context of data analysis and related areas, e.g. the analysis of complex data, analysis of qualitative data, methods for high-dimensional data, dimensionality reduction, data visualization, multivariate statistical methods, and various applications to real data in the ... Read more

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This edited volume focuses on the latest developments in classification and data science and covers a wide range of topics in the context of data analysis and related areas, e.g. the analysis of complex data, analysis of qualitative data, methods for high-dimensional data, dimensionality reduction, data visualization, multivariate statistical methods, and various applications to real data in the
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Elemente der Codierungstheorie

Besser sehen, besser hören, besser informieren

by Hermann Kautschitsch, Gert Kadunz ...

Series series Life Science and Basic Disciplines (German Language)
Im täglichen Leben sind wir zunehmend von Codes umgeben, die mathematisch konstruiert werden. Sie sind teils leicht erkennbar (Strichcode, ISBN, IBAN, QR) und teils eher verborgen (GPS, WLAN, CD, DVD). In diesem Buch werden solche Codes vorgestellt. Es wird dargelegt, wie sie aufgebaut sind, wie sie funktionieren und welche Mathematik zu ihrer Entwicklung und Anwendung notwendig ist. Die Lesenden ... Read more

$53.12 NZD

Im täglichen Leben sind wir zunehmend von Codes umgeben, die mathematisch konstruiert werden. Sie sind teils leicht erkennbar (Strichcode, ISBN, IBAN, QR) und teils eher verborgen (GPS, WLAN, CD, DVD). In diesem Buch werden solche Codes vorgestellt. Es wird dargelegt, wie sie aufgebaut sind, wie sie funktionieren und welche Mathematik zu ihrer Entwicklung und Anwendung notwendig ist. Die Lesenden
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Elementary Vector Calculus and Its Applications with MATLAB Programming

by Nita H. Shah, Jitendra Panchal ...

Series series River Publishers Series in Mathematical, Statistical and Computational Modelling for Engineering
Sir Isaac Newton, one of the greatest scientists and mathematicians of all time, introduced the notion of a vector to define the existence of gravitational forces, the motion of the planets around the sun, and the motion of the moon around the earth. Vector calculus is a fundamental scientific tool that allows us to investigate the origins and evolution of space and time, as well as the origins of ... Read more

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Sir Isaac Newton, one of the greatest scientists and mathematicians of all time, introduced the notion of a vector to define the existence of gravitational forces, the motion of the planets around the sun, and the motion of the moon around the earth. Vector calculus is a fundamental scientific tool that allows us to investigate the origins and evolution of space and time, as well as the origins of
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Digital Manufacturing in Industry 5.0

Edited by Yogesh Kumar Singla, Ashwani Kumar, Michael R. Maughan ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This volume focuses on the virtualization of manufacturing through technologies like digital twin, edge computing, big data analytics, and cloud computing. The authors explain the integration of these technologies in ensuring real-time data processing and decision-making routes and how smart sensors play a pivotal role in digital manufacturing, acting as the sensory network that feeds real-time ... Read more

$304.62 NZD

This volume focuses on the virtualization of manufacturing through technologies like digital twin, edge computing, big data analytics, and cloud computing. The authors explain the integration of these technologies in ensuring real-time data processing and decision-making routes and how smart sensors play a pivotal role in digital manufacturing, acting as the sensory network that feeds real-time
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Multidimensional Data Visualization

Methods and Applications

by Gintautas Dzemyda, Olga Kurasova, Julius Žilinskas ...

Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
This book highlights recent developments in multidimensional data visualization, presenting both new methods and modifications on classic techniques. Throughout the book, various applications of multidimensional data visualization are presented including its uses in social sciences (economy, education, politics, psychology), environmetrics, and medicine (ophthalmology, sport medicine, pharmacology ... Read more

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This book highlights recent developments in multidimensional data visualization, presenting both new methods and modifications on classic techniques. Throughout the book, various applications of multidimensional data visualization are presented including its uses in social sciences (economy, education, politics, psychology), environmetrics, and medicine (ophthalmology, sport medicine, pharmacology
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Decision Mathematics, Statistical Learning and Data Mining

Selected Contributions from ICMSCT2023, Manila, Philippines, September 20-21

Edited by Wan Fairos Wan Yaacob, Yap Bee Wah, Obaid Ullah Mehmood ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book is a collection of selected research papers presented at the Mathematics, Statistics and Computing Technology (ICMSCT2023), held at the UST Angelicum College, Philippines, from 20th to 21st September 2023. This biennial event is a result from collaborations of university partners in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Philippines.Increasing investment in digital technologies is a challenge ... Read more

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This book is a collection of selected research papers presented at the Mathematics, Statistics and Computing Technology (ICMSCT2023), held at the UST Angelicum College, Philippines, from 20th to 21st September 2023. This biennial event is a result from collaborations of university partners in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Philippines.Increasing investment in digital technologies is a challenge
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Desenhando Com Turtle Graphics – Python

by Helio H. Monte-alto ...

Este livro, parte de uma série de livros sobre ensino de programação e matemática por meio de Turtle Graphics, propõe uma abordagem de ensino cujo objetivo principal é auxiliar professores que queiram utilizar linguagens de programação do tipo Logo (também conhecidas como Turtle Graphics, ou Gráficos de Tartaruga) em sala de aula, de modo a introduzir conceitos matemáticos importantes de geometria ... Read more

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Este livro, parte de uma série de livros sobre ensino de programação e matemática por meio de Turtle Graphics, propõe uma abordagem de ensino cujo objetivo principal é auxiliar professores que queiram utilizar linguagens de programação do tipo Logo (também conhecidas como Turtle Graphics, ou Gráficos de Tartaruga) em sala de aula, de modo a introduzir conceitos matemáticos importantes de geometria
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Accelerating Discoveries in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence II

ICDSAI 2023, LIET Vizianagaram, India, April 24–25

Edited by Frank M. Lin, Ashokkumar Patel, Nishtha Kesswani, Bosubabu Sambana ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This edited volume on machine learning and big data analytics (Proceedings of ICDSAI 2023), that was held on April 24-25, 2023 by CSUSB USA, International Association of Academicians (IAASSE), and Lendi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Vizianagaram, India is intended to be used as a reference book for researchers and practitioners in the disciplines of AI and Data Science. With the ... Read more

$424.99 NZD

This edited volume on machine learning and big data analytics (Proceedings of ICDSAI 2023), that was held on April 24-25, 2023 by CSUSB USA, International Association of Academicians (IAASSE), and Lendi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Vizianagaram, India is intended to be used as a reference book for researchers and practitioners in the disciplines of AI and Data Science. With the
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Real-Time Visual Effects for Game Programming

by Chang-Hun Kim, Sun-Jeong Kim, Soo-Kyun Kim, Shin-Jin Kang ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book introduces the latest visual effects (VFX) techniques that can be applied to game programming. The usefulness of the physicality-based VFX techniques, such as water, fire, smoke, and wind, has been proven through active involvement and utilization in movies and images. However, they have yet to be extensively applied in the game industry, due to the high technical barriers. Readers of ... Read more

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This book introduces the latest visual effects (VFX) techniques that can be applied to game programming. The usefulness of the physicality-based VFX techniques, such as water, fire, smoke, and wind, has been proven through active involvement and utilization in movies and images. However, they have yet to be extensively applied in the game industry, due to the high technical barriers. Readers of
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The Fascinating World of Graph Theory

by Arthur Benjamin, Gary Chartrand, Ping Zhang ...

The history, formulas, and most famous puzzles of graph theoryGraph theory goes back several centuries and revolves around the study of graphs—mathematical structures showing relations between objects. With applications in biology, computer science, transportation science, and other areas, graph theory encompasses some of the most beautiful formulas in mathematics—and some of its most famous ... Read more

$34.99 NZD

The history, formulas, and most famous puzzles of graph theoryGraph theory goes back several centuries and revolves around the study of graphs—mathematical structures showing relations between objects. With applications in biology, computer science, transportation science, and other areas, graph theory encompasses some of the most beautiful formulas in mathematics—and some of its most famous
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The Shroud of Turin

First Century after Christ!

by Giulio Fanti, Pierandrea Malfi ...

The Shroud of Turin is the most important and studied relic in the world. The many scientific studies on the relic until today have failed to provide conclusive answers about the identity of the enveloped man and the dynamics regarding the image impressed therein. This book not only addresses these issues in a scientific and objective manner but also leads the reader through new search paths. In ... Read more

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The Shroud of Turin is the most important and studied relic in the world. The many scientific studies on the relic until today have failed to provide conclusive answers about the identity of the enveloped man and the dynamics regarding the image impressed therein. This book not only addresses these issues in a scientific and objective manner but also leads the reader through new search paths. In
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Visual Mathematics and Cyberlearning

Edited by Dragana Martinovic, Viktor Freiman, Zekeriya Karadag ...

Series series Education (R0)
This first book in the series will describe the Net Generation as visual learners who thrive when surrounded with new technologies and whose needs can be met with the technological innovations. These new learners seek novel ways of studying, such as collaborating with peers, multitasking, as well as use of multimedia, the Internet, and other Information and Communication Technologies. Here we ... Read more

$182.84 NZD

This first book in the series will describe the Net Generation as visual learners who thrive when surrounded with new technologies and whose needs can be met with the technological innovations. These new learners seek novel ways of studying, such as collaborating with peers, multitasking, as well as use of multimedia, the Internet, and other Information and Communication Technologies. Here we
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Improving Image Quality in Visual Cryptography

by Bin Yan, Yong Xiang, Guang Hua ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book comprehensively covers the important efforts in improving the quality of images in visual cryptography (VC), with a focus on cases with gray scale images. It not only covers schemes in traditional VC and extended VC for binary secret images, but also the latest development in the analysis-by-synthesis approach.This book distinguishes itself from the existing literature in three ways. ... Read more

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This book comprehensively covers the important efforts in improving the quality of images in visual cryptography (VC), with a focus on cases with gray scale images. It not only covers schemes in traditional VC and extended VC for binary secret images, but also the latest development in the analysis-by-synthesis approach.This book distinguishes itself from the existing literature in three ways.
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