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Hardback. Introduces advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and researchers to the statistical and algebraic methods used to analyze spatiotemporal data in a range of fields, including climate science, geophysics, ecology, astrophysics, and medicine. Num Pages: 368 pages, 76 halftones. 19 line illus. BIC Classification: PBF; PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 169 x 26. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128917
- ISBN
- 9780691128917
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.91€ 91.03
€ 118.91
€ 91.03
Paperback. Resolution of singularities is a powerful and frequently used tool in algebraic geometry. This book provides a comprehensive treatment of the characteristic 0 case. It describes more than a dozen proofs for curves, many based on the original papers of Newton, Riemann, and Noether. Series: Annals of Mathematics Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 line illus. BIC Classification: PBMW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- y First printing
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691129235
- ISBN
- 9780691129235
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Condition: New
€ 71.34€ 55.72
€ 71.34
€ 55.72
Hardback. Revealing the mathematical side of Benjamin Franklin, this book explains the mathematics behind Franklin's popular "Poor Richard's Almanac", which featured such things as population estimates and a host of mathematical digressions. It includes optional math problems that challenge readers to match wits with the Founding Father himself. Num Pages: 272 pages, 9 color plates. 50 halftones. 52 line illus. BIC Classification: PBC; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691129563
- ISBN
- 9780691129563
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.38
€ 30.99
€ 22.38
Hardback. British mathematician Alan Turing, credited with cracking the German Enigma code during World War II, he died in 1954 after eating a cyanide-laced apple - his death was ruled a suicide. This book reveals the author's personal reflections on Turing and other fellow mathematicians. Num Pages: 176 pages, 18 line illus. BIC Classification: PBB; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691129822
- ISBN
- 9780691129822
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.79
€ 25.99
€ 19.79
Hardback. Presents a comprehensive treatment of Coxeter groups from the viewpoint of geometric group theory. This book discusses many important topics in geometric group theory and topology, including Hopf's theory of ends; contractible manifolds and homology spheres; the Poincare Conjecture; and Gromov's theory of CAT(0) spaces and groups. Series: London Mathematical Society Monographs. Num Pages: 600 pages, 31 line illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: PBG; PBM; PBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 166 x 37. Weight in Grams: 978.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 602
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691131382
- ISBN
- 9780691131382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.79€ 103.90
€ 131.79
€ 103.90
Hardback. Explores important aspects of Markov and hidden Markov processes and the applications of these ideas to various problems in computational biology. This book provides a range of exercises, including drills to familiarize the reader with concepts and more advanced problems that require deep thinking about the theory. Series: Princeton Series in Applied Mathematics. Num Pages: 312 pages, 50 line illus. BIC Classification: PBT; PDE; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133157
- ISBN
- 9780691133157
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Condition: New
€ 71.34€ 55.72
€ 71.34
€ 55.72
Paperback. Plotting humankind's efforts to visualize data, this book discusses atheoretical plotting of data to reveal suggestive patterns. It includes chapters illustrating the uses and abuses of this invention (plotting), from a murder trial in Connecticut to the Vietnam War's effect on college admissions. Num Pages: 208 pages, 14 halftones. 93 line illus. 8 tables. BIC Classification: PBV; PBW; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 251 x 190 x 15. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691134055
- ISBN
- 9780691134055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.72
€ 46.99
€ 33.72
Hardback. Covers stability and stabilization of equilibria for both linear and nonlinear time-invariant systems of ordinary differential equations. Suitable for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students in the sciences, engineering, and mathematics, this book takes a modern approach that bridges the gap between linear and nonlinear systems. Num Pages: 480 pages, 14 line illus. BIC Classification: PBKJ; PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 187 x 263 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1164.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691134444
- ISBN
- 9780691134444
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.47
€ 149.47
Hardback. A collection of the author's general writings on philosophy, mathematics, and physics. It includes the author's exposition of his synthesis of electromagnetism and gravitation. Editor(s): Pesic, Peter. Num Pages: 272 pages, 24 halftones. 19 line illus. BIC Classification: PBB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 165 x 31. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691135458
- ISBN
- 9780691135458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.45€ 46.96
€ 59.45
€ 46.96
Paperback. Presents the analytic foundations to the theory of the hypoelliptic Laplacian. This book shows that the hypoelliptic Laplacian provides a geometric version of the Fokker-Planck equations. It gives the proper functional analytic setting in order to study this operator and develop a pseudodifferential calculus. Series: Annals of Mathematics Studies. Num Pages: 376 pages, 4 line illus. BIC Classification: PBMS; PBMW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691137322
- ISBN
- 9780691137322
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.29€ 59.90
€ 77.29
€ 59.90
Hardback. Explores developments in the theory of planar quasiconformal mappings with a focus on the interactions with partial differential equations and nonlinear analysis. This book presents a modern approach to the classical theory and features applications across a spectrum of mathematics such as dynamical systems and singular integral operators. Series: Princeton Mathematical Series. Num Pages: 696 pages, 2 halftones. 17 line illus. BIC Classification: PBKJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1102.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 696
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691137773
- ISBN
- 9780691137773
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.66
€ 173.66
Hardback. Since the birth of democracy in ancient Greece, the simple act of voting has given rise to mathematical paradoxes that have puzzled some of the greatest philosophers. This title traces the quest by these thinkers to create a more perfect democracy and adapt to the ever-changing demands that each generation places on our democratic institutions. Num Pages: 240 pages, 21 tables. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691139944
- ISBN
- 9780691139944
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.06
€ 39.06
Mathematicians Fleeing from Nazi Germany: Individual Fates and Global ...
Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze
paperback. The emigration of mathematicians from Europe during the Nazi era signaled an irrevocable and important historical shift for the international mathematics world. This book presents an account of this exodus. It describes the flight of more than 140 mathematicians, their reasons for leaving, and the political and economic issues involved. Num Pages: 504 pages, 59 halftones. 1 table. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140414
- ISBN
- 9780691140414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.23€ 64.47
€ 83.23
€ 64.47
Paperback. Higher category theory is generally regarded as technical and forbidding, but part of it is considerably more tractable: the theory of infinity-categories, higher categories in which all higher morphisms are assumed to be invertible. This title presents the foundations of this theory. Series: Annals of Mathematics Studies. Num Pages: 944 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: PBCD; PBCH; PBPD; PBW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 944
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140490
- ISBN
- 9780691140490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 104.64€ 80.25
€ 104.64
€ 80.25
Hardback. Game theory is central to understanding human behavior and relevant to all of the behavioral sciences - from biology and economics, to anthropology and political science. This title demonstrates that game theory alone cannot fully explain human behavior and should instead complement other key concepts championed by the behavioral disciplines. Num Pages: 304 pages, 36 line illus. BIC Classification: GT; HP; JMH; KC; PBUD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 262 x 189 x 25. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140520
- ISBN
- 9780691140520
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.18€ 68.86
€ 89.18
€ 68.86
Hardback. Focusing on graph theoretic methods for the analysis and synthesis of dynamic multiagent networks, this book presents a powerful formalism and set of tools for networked systems. It covers topics such as formation control, coverage, distributed estimation, social networks, and games over networks. Series: Princeton Series in Applied Mathematics. Num Pages: 424 pages, 137 line illus. BIC Classification: PBV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 31. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140612
- ISBN
- 9780691140612
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.18€ 68.86
€ 89.18
€ 68.86
Paperback. Examines how advances in philosophy were led by scientific discoveries - the more humankind understood about the physical world, the more curious we became. Drawing on work by Descartes, Galileo, Hume, Kant, Leibniz, and Newton, this book helps readers understand science through the lens of philosophy. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141206
- ISBN
- 9780691141206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.40€ 51.34
€ 65.40
€ 51.34
Hardback. Provides readers with the skills they need to write computer codes that simulate convection, internal gravity waves, and magnetic field generation in the interiors and atmospheres of rotating planets and stars. This book describes how to create codes that simulate the internal dynamics of planets and stars. Series: Princeton Series in Astrophysics. Num Pages: 328 pages, 16 color illus. 19 halftones. 23 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: PBWH; PGC; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141725
- ISBN
- 9780691141725
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.31€ 106.53
€ 140.31
€ 106.53
Paperback. Provides readers with the skills they need to write computer codes that simulate convection, internal gravity waves, and magnetic field generation in the interiors and atmospheres of rotating planets and stars. This book describes how to create codes that simulate the internal dynamics of planets and stars. Series: Princeton Series in Astrophysics. Num Pages: 328 pages, 16 color illus. 19 halftones. 23 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: PBWH; PGC; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141732
- ISBN
- 9780691141732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.23€ 64.31
€ 83.23
€ 64.31
Paperback. Develops a systematic general approach to the proof of ergodic theorems for a large class of non-amenable locally compact groups and their lattice subgroups. This book formulates simple general conditions on the spectral theory of the group and the regularity of the averaging sets, which suffice to guarantee convergence to the ergodic mean. Series: Annals of Mathematics Studies. Num Pages: 160 pages, 2 line illus. BIC Classification: PBG; PBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 199.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141855
- ISBN
- 9780691141855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.45€ 46.81
€ 59.45
€ 46.81