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Estuaries of Australia in 2050 and beyond (Estuaries of the World)

Springer, 2013

The book addresses the questions: Is Australia’s rapidly growing human population and economy environmentally sustainable for its estuaries and coasts? What is needed to enable sustainable development?

To answer these questions, this book reports detailed studies of 20 iconic Australian estuaries and bays by leading...

The Rough Guide to Vancouver 3 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)

Rough Guides, 2007

The Rough Guide to Vancouver is your complete guidebook to this lively city. From taking a skyride to Grouse Mountain and the city’s vibrant Chinatown to the near-wilderness area of Stanley Park, the full-colour introduction highlights all the ‘things-not-to-miss’. There are up-to-date reviews of all the best restaurants and...

Digital Copyright and the Consumer Revolution: Hands Off My Ipod

Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007

This book documents and evaluates the growing consumer revolution against digital copyright law, and makes a unique theoretical contribution to the debate surrounding this issue. With a focus on recent US copyright law, the book charts the consumer rebellion against the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act 1998 (US) and the Digital...

Handbook of Computer Vision Algorithms in Image Algebra

CRC Press, 2000

Image algebra is a comprehensive, unifying theory of image transformations, image analysis, and image understanding. In 1996, the bestselling first edition of the Handbook of Computer Vision Algorithms in Image Algebra introduced engineers, scientists, and students to this powerful tool, its basic concepts, and its use in the concise...

Maximum Muscle, Minimum Fat: The Secret Science Behind Physical Transformation

North Atlantic Books, 2008

Diet and fitness books appear at a dizzying rate – and with a wealth of dubious claims – in a culture facing increasing health problems based on a sedentary lifestyle. Ori Hofmekler’s Maximum Muscle, Minimum Fat pulls out of the pack by focusing on the biological principles that dictate muscle gain and fat loss....

The Numbers Behind NUMB3RS: Solving Crime with Mathematics

Plume, 2007

“Numb3rs looks like a winn3r.”
—USA Today

The companion to the hit CBS crime series Numb3rs presents the fascinating way mathematics is used to fight real-life crime

Using the popular CBS prime-time TV crime series Numb3rs as a...

Ruling by Statute: How Uncertainty and Vote Buying Shape Lawmaking

Cambridge University Press, 2011

What are the main factors that allow presidents and prime ministers to enact policy through acts of government that carry the force of law? Or, simply put, when does a government actually govern? The theory presented in this book provides a major advance in our understanding of statutory policy making. Using a combination of an original...

$The Enjoyment of Math$

The Enjoyment of Math

Princeton Press, 1966

A thoroughly enjoyable sampler of fascinating mathematical problems and their solutions.
(Science )

Each chapter is a gem of mathematical exposition.... [The book] will not only stretch the imagination of the amateur, but it will also give pleasure to the sophisticated mathematician.
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Britain and European Integration since 1945: On the Sidelines

Routledge, 2009

This book provides both a comprehensive introduction and a perceptive examination of Britain’s relations with the European Community and the European Union since 1945, combining an historical account with political analysis to illustrate the changing and multifaceted nature of British and European politics.

Few issues in British...

Constructing Correct Software (Formal Approaches to Computing and Information Technology)

Springer, 2004

Central to Formal Methods is the so-called Correctness Theorem which relates a specification to its correct Implementations. This theorem is the goal of traditional program testing and, more recently, of program verification (in which the theorem must be proved). Proofs are difficult, though even with the use of powerful theorem provers. This...

History of Jewish Philosophy (Routledge History of World Philosophies)

Routledge, 1997

This volume is planned as a companion to the Routledge History of Islamic Philosophy, and both take their place in the Routledge History of World Philosophies, a series designed to supplement and amplify the Routledge History of Philosophy. The idea of placing histories of Islamic and Jewish philosophy in such close proximity to a...

Computational Physics

Prentice Hall, 1996

Computational physics book that emphasizes the physics that can be done with numerical/computational methods rather than just the methods themselves. Uses True Basic. (Representative programs on WWW). Praised for its coverage of many interesting topics in pure and applied physics.

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