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Numerical Methods for Image Registration (Numerical Mathematics and Scientific Computation)

Oxford University Press, 2004

Based on the author's lecture notes and research, this well-illustrated and comprehensive text is one of the first to provide an introduction to image registration with particular emphasis on numerical methods in medical imaging. Ideal for researchers in industry and academia, it is also a suitable study guide for graduate mathematicians,...

Krishna's Lineage: The Harivamsha of Vyasa's Mahabharata

Oxford University Press, 2019

Forming the final part of the Sanskrit Mahabharata, the Harivamsha's main business is to supply narrative details about the great god Vishnu's avatar Krishna Vasudeva, who has been a comparatively minor character in the previous parts of the Mahabharata, despite having taken centre stage in the Bhagavad...

The Postcolonial Enlightenment: Eighteenth-century Colonialism and Postcolonial Theory

Oxford University Press, 2009

Over the last thirty years, postcolonial critiques of European imperial practices have transformed our understanding of colonial ideology, resistance, and cultural contact. The Enlightenment has played a complex but often unacknowledged role in this discussion, alternately reviled and venerated as the harbinger of colonial dominion and avatar of...

Magic Universe: A Grand Tour of Modern Science

Oxford University Press, 2005

As a prolific author, BBC commentator, and magazine editor, Nigel Calder has spent a lifetime spotting and explaining the big discoveries in all branches of science. In Magic Universe, he draws on his vast experience to offer readers a lively, far-reaching look at modern science in all its glory, shedding light on the latest ideas in...

Guide to Neural Computing Applications (Hodder Arnold Publication)

Butterworth-Heinemann, 1998

An excellent tutorial and practical users guide - far more accessible than the competition.,Professor Alan F. Murray, University of Edinburgh, UK. ... deserves a place on the neural network practitioners bookshelf ...,Proceedings of the Institution of Electrical Engineers,

Neural networks have shown enormous potential for...

Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction

Oxford University Press, 2004

We are made of atoms. With each breath you inhale a million billion billion atoms of oxygen, which gives some idea of how small each one is. All of them, together with the carbon atoms in your skin, and indeed everything else on Earth, were cooked in a star some 5 billion years ago. So you are made of stuff that is as old as the planet,...

Online Newsgathering: Research and Reporting for Journalism

Focal Press, 2007

Journalists used to rely on their notepad and pen. Today, professional journalists rely on the computerand not just for the writing. Much, if not all, of a journalists research happens on a computer.

If you are journalist of any kind, you need to know how to find the information you need online. This book will show you how to find...

Experiments in the Machine Interpretation of Visual Motion

MIT Press, 1990

If robots are to act intelligently in everyday environments, they must have a perception of motion and its consequences. This book describes experimental advances made in the interpretation of visual motion over the last few years that have moved researchers closer to emulating the way in which we recover information about the surrounding...

A First Course in Logic: An Introduction to Model Theory, Proof Theory, Computability, and Complexity

Oxford University Press, 2004

'a clear and unifying treatment of fundamental concepts underlying Computer Sciences and Foundations of Mathematics' Professor Boris Zilber (Professor of Mathematical Logic, University of Oxford)

'an excellent book' Professor Dov Gabbay (King's College, London)

The ability to reason and think in a logical manner...

Access Denied: The Practice and Policy of Global Internet Filtering (Information Revolution and Global Politics)

MIT Press, 2008

This book is a testament to collaboration. About five years ago, it became clear to several of us—at the University of Cambridge, Harvard Law School, and the University of Toronto—that we might accomplish more by working together, across institutions and continents, than we could by going it alone. Since that time, the Oxford Internet...

A History of Mathematics: From Mesopotamia to Modernity

Oxford University Press, 2005

A History of Mathematics covers the evolution of mathematics through time and across the major Eastern and Western civilizations. It begins in Babylon, then describes the trials and tribulations of the Greek mathematicians. The important, and often neglected, influence of both Chinese and Islamic mathematics is covered in detail,...

The Dynamics of Radicalization: A Relational and Comparative Perspective

Oxford University Press, 2015

Why is it that some social movements engaged in contentious politics experience radicalization whereas others do not? The Dynamics of Radicalization offers an innovative reply by investigating how and when social movement organizations switch from a nonviolent mode of contention to a violent one. Moving beyond existing explanations...

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