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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

$22.53 NZD

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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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

$182.84 NZD

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 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

$151.83 NZD

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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Topological Data Analysis for Scientific Visualization

by Julien Tierny ...

Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Combining theoretical and practical aspects of topology, this book provides a comprehensive and self-contained introduction to topological methods for the analysis and visualization of scientific data.Theoretical concepts are presented in a painstaking but intuitive manner, with numerous high-quality color illustrations. Key algorithms for the computation and simplification of topological data ... Read more

$264.03 NZD

Combining theoretical and practical aspects of topology, this book provides a comprehensive and self-contained introduction to topological methods for the analysis and visualization of scientific data.Theoretical concepts are presented in a painstaking but intuitive manner, with numerous high-quality color illustrations. Key algorithms for the computation and simplification of topological data
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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

$182.84 NZD

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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National Meeting of R Users

3rd R Day Colombia, Medellín, Colombia, November 14, 2025, Proceedings

Edited by Biviana M. Suárez, Romario Conto, Freddy Hernández, Olga Usuga, Carmen E. Patiño, Cristhian Quiroz ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 3rd R Day, held in Medellín, Colombia, on November 14, 2025.The 21 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 43 submissions. The papers focus on the use of the R programming language for statistics and data analysis, and cover the following topical sections: Development of packages and tools in R; ... Read more

$152.36 NZD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 3rd R Day, held in Medellín, Colombia, on November 14, 2025.The 21 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 43 submissions. The papers focus on the use of the R programming language for statistics and data analysis, and cover the following topical sections: Development of packages and tools in R;
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Multivariate Statistics

Exercises and Solutions

by Wolfgang Karl Härdle, Zdeněk Hlávka ...

Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
The authors present tools and concepts of multivariate data analysis by means of exercises and their solutions. The first part is devoted to graphical techniques. The second part deals with multivariate random variables and presents the derivation of estimators and tests for various practical situations. The last part introduces a wide variety of exercises in applied multivariate data analysis. ... Read more

$243.67 NZD

The authors present tools and concepts of multivariate data analysis by means of exercises and their solutions. The first part is devoted to graphical techniques. The second part deals with multivariate random variables and presents the derivation of estimators and tests for various practical situations. The last part introduces a wide variety of exercises in applied multivariate data analysis.
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Geometry for Students and Parents

Math, #2

by Roy Sawyer ...

Series Book 2 - Math
Unlock Geometry Success: A Practical Guide for Students and ParentsStruggling with geometry homework or prepping for an exam? This clear, concise guide makes learning geometry approachable for both students and parents. Covering essential plane geometry and introductory trigonometry, it features 70 illustrations and 25 practice problems with step-by-step solutions.Explore key topics like triangles ... Read more

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Unlock Geometry Success: A Practical Guide for Students and ParentsStruggling with geometry homework or prepping for an exam? This clear, concise guide makes learning geometry approachable for both students and parents. Covering essential plane geometry and introductory trigonometry, it features 70 illustrations and 25 practice problems with step-by-step solutions.Explore key topics like triangles
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A utilização do Geogebra no estudo dos gráficos de funções por professores do 1º ano do Ensino Médio

by Herminio Edson Maia Santana, Antonio da Fonseca Lira ...

Este trabalho procurou desenvolver metodologias para utilização do software Geogebra no estudo dos gráficos das funções Exponencial, Modular, Exponencial e Logarítmica por professores dos 1º anos do Ensino Médio, com utilização do mínimo de recursos humanos, financeiros e de infraestrutura possíveis. Sob a perspectiva da Teoria das Representações Semióticas de Raymond Duval, buscou-se focar no ... Read more

$16.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

Este trabalho procurou desenvolver metodologias para utilização do software Geogebra no estudo dos gráficos das funções Exponencial, Modular, Exponencial e Logarítmica por professores dos 1º anos do Ensino Médio, com utilização do mínimo de recursos humanos, financeiros e de infraestrutura possíveis. Sob a perspectiva da Teoria das Representações Semióticas de Raymond Duval, buscou-se focar no
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Pattern Recognition Techniques Applied to Biomedical Problems

Edited by Martha Refugio Ortiz-Posadas ...

Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
This book covers pattern recognition techniques applied to various areas of biomedicine, including disease diagnosis and prognosis, and several problems of classification, with a special focus on—but not limited to—pattern recognition modeling of biomedical signals and images.Multidisciplinary by definition, the book’s topic blends computing, mathematics and other technical sciences towards the ... Read more

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This book covers pattern recognition techniques applied to various areas of biomedicine, including disease diagnosis and prognosis, and several problems of classification, with a special focus on—but not limited to—pattern recognition modeling of biomedical signals and images.Multidisciplinary by definition, the book’s topic blends computing, mathematics and other technical sciences towards the
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The construction of Cube root (An addition in Euclidean Geometry)

Mathematics, #2

by manoranjan ghoshal ...

Series Book 2 - Mathematics
For more than two thousand years, the Doubling of the Cube—the construction of the cube root of two using only a compass and straightedge—has stood as one of classical geometry's greatest impossibilities. Declared unsolvable by algebraic proof, it became a symbol of mathematical limitation.In ***The Construction of Cube Root (An Addition in Euclidean Geometry)***, Manoranjan Ghoshal challenges ... Read more

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For more than two thousand years, the Doubling of the Cube—the construction of the cube root of two using only a compass and straightedge—has stood as one of classical geometry's greatest impossibilities. Declared unsolvable by algebraic proof, it became a symbol of mathematical limitation.In ***The Construction of Cube Root (An Addition in Euclidean Geometry)***, Manoranjan Ghoshal challenges
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New Developments in the Visualization and Processing of Tensor Fields

Edited by David H. Laidlaw, Anna Vilanova ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
Bringing together key researchers in disciplines ranging from visualization and image processing to applications in structural mechanics, fluid dynamics, elastography, and numerical mathematics, the workshop that generated this edited volume was the third in the successful Dagstuhl series. Its aim, reflected in the quality and relevance of the papers presented, was to foster collaboration and ... Read more

$284.99 NZD

Bringing together key researchers in disciplines ranging from visualization and image processing to applications in structural mechanics, fluid dynamics, elastography, and numerical mathematics, the workshop that generated this edited volume was the third in the successful Dagstuhl series. Its aim, reflected in the quality and relevance of the papers presented, was to foster collaboration and
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Rapid Serial Visual Presentation

Design for Cognition

by Robert Spence, Mark Witkowski ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
A powerful new image presentation technique has evolved over the last twenty years, and its value demonstrated through its support of many and varied common tasks. Conceptually, Rapid Serial Visual Presentation (RSVP) is basically simple, exemplified in the physical world by the rapid riffling of the pages of a book in order to locate a known image.Advances in computation and graphics processing ... Read more

$101.99 NZD

A powerful new image presentation technique has evolved over the last twenty years, and its value demonstrated through its support of many and varied common tasks. Conceptually, Rapid Serial Visual Presentation (RSVP) is basically simple, exemplified in the physical world by the rapid riffling of the pages of a book in order to locate a known image.Advances in computation and graphics processing
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Breakthroughs in Digital Biometrics and Forensics

Edited by Kevin Daimi, Guillermo Francia III, Luis Hernández Encinas ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book focuses on a wide range of breakthroughs related to digital biometrics and forensics. The authors introduce the concepts, techniques, methods, approaches and trends needed by cybersecurity specialists and educators for keeping current their biometrics and forensics knowledge. Furthermore, the book provides a glimpse of future directions where biometrics and forensics techniques, policies ... Read more

$182.84 NZD

This book focuses on a wide range of breakthroughs related to digital biometrics and forensics. The authors introduce the concepts, techniques, methods, approaches and trends needed by cybersecurity specialists and educators for keeping current their biometrics and forensics knowledge. Furthermore, the book provides a glimpse of future directions where biometrics and forensics techniques, policies
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Introduction To Numerical Computation, An

by Wen Shen ...

Developed during ten years of teaching experience, this book serves as a set of lecture notes for an introductory course on numerical computation, at the senior undergraduate level. These notes contain the material that can be covered in a semester, together with a few optional sections for additional reading. Rather than surveying a large number of algorithms, the book presents the most important ... Read more

$39.32 NZD

Developed during ten years of teaching experience, this book serves as a set of lecture notes for an introductory course on numerical computation, at the senior undergraduate level. These notes contain the material that can be covered in a semester, together with a few optional sections for additional reading. Rather than surveying a large number of algorithms, the book presents the most important
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Principles of Harmonic Analysis

by Anton Deitmar, Siegfried Echterhoff ...

Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
This book offers a complete and streamlined treatment of the central principles of abelian harmonic analysis: Pontryagin duality, the Plancherel theorem and the Poisson summation formula, as well as their respective generalizations to non-abelian groups, including the Selberg trace formula. The principles are then applied to spectral analysis of Heisenberg manifolds and Riemann surfaces. This new ... Read more

$142.13 NZD

This book offers a complete and streamlined treatment of the central principles of abelian harmonic analysis: Pontryagin duality, the Plancherel theorem and the Poisson summation formula, as well as their respective generalizations to non-abelian groups, including the Selberg trace formula. The principles are then applied to spectral analysis of Heisenberg manifolds and Riemann surfaces. This new
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Computer Vision

Statistical Models for Marr's Paradigm

by Song-Chun Zhu, Ying Nian Wu ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
As the first book of a three-part series, this book is offered as a tribute to pioneers in vision, such as Béla Julesz, David Marr, King-Sun Fu, Ulf Grenander, and David Mumford. The authors hope to provide foundation and, perhaps more importantly, further inspiration for continued research in vision. This book covers David Marr's paradigm and various underlying statistical models for vision. The ... Read more

$123.38 NZD

As the first book of a three-part series, this book is offered as a tribute to pioneers in vision, such as Béla Julesz, David Marr, King-Sun Fu, Ulf Grenander, and David Mumford. The authors hope to provide foundation and, perhaps more importantly, further inspiration for continued research in vision. This book covers David Marr's paradigm and various underlying statistical models for vision. The
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Network Data Analytics

A Hands-On Approach for Application Development

by K. G. Srinivasa, Siddesh G. M., Srinidhi H. ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
In order to carry out data analytics, we need powerful and flexible computing software. However the software available for data analytics is often proprietary and can be expensive. This book reviews Apache tools, which are open source and easy to use. After providing an overview of the background of data analytics, covering the different types of analysis and the basics of using Hadoop as a tool, ... Read more

$203.08 NZD

In order to carry out data analytics, we need powerful and flexible computing software. However the software available for data analytics is often proprietary and can be expensive. This book reviews Apache tools, which are open source and easy to use. After providing an overview of the background of data analytics, covering the different types of analysis and the basics of using Hadoop as a tool,
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Subdivision Surface Modeling Technology

by Wenhe Liao, Tao Li, Hao Liu ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book offers a comprehensive introduction to Subdivision Surface Modeling Technology focusing not only on fundamental theories but also on practical applications. It furthers readers’ understanding of the contacts between spline surfaces and subdivision surfaces, enabling them to master the Subdivision Surface Modeling Technology for analyzing subdivision surfaces. Subdivision surface modeling ... Read more

$264.03 NZD

This book offers a comprehensive introduction to Subdivision Surface Modeling Technology focusing not only on fundamental theories but also on practical applications. It furthers readers’ understanding of the contacts between spline surfaces and subdivision surfaces, enabling them to master the Subdivision Surface Modeling Technology for analyzing subdivision surfaces. Subdivision surface modeling
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Cultural Data Science

An Introduction to R

by Harald Klinke ...

Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
This book addresses growing demand in the visual humanities for foundational knowledge in data analysis, image processing, and artificial intelligence. Intended for readers without prior technical knowledge, its eighteen chapters introduce key concepts in data science through examples from art history, visual computing, and cloud technologies. For advanced readers, it explores how digital methods ... Read more

$203.08 NZD

This book addresses growing demand in the visual humanities for foundational knowledge in data analysis, image processing, and artificial intelligence. Intended for readers without prior technical knowledge, its eighteen chapters introduce key concepts in data science through examples from art history, visual computing, and cloud technologies. For advanced readers, it explores how digital methods
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