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Misteaks. . . and how to find them before the teacher does. . . A Calculus Supplement 3rd Edition

Misteaks. . . and how to find them before the teacher does. . . A Calculus Supplement 3rd Edition

An unusual supplement to every calculus textbook Misteaks and How to Find Them before the Teacher Does is popular with students and teachers alike. Teachers love the way it encourages students to truly think about mathematics rather than simply plugging numbers into equations to crank out answers and students love the author's straightforward tongue-in-cheek style. The title of this light-hearted and amusing book might well have been Going Gray in Elementary Calculus and How to Avoid it. Changing the metaphor Barry has hit the nail on the finger in hundreds of fine examples. Philip J. Davis coauthor of The Mathematical Experience. How I wish that something like this had been available when I was a student! -Ralph P. Boas former editor of The American Mathematical Monthly. Bonus: Solution to LeWitt Puzzle | Misteaks. and how to find them before the teacher does. A Calculus Supplement 3rd Edition

GBP 170.00
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Ancient Loons Stories Pingree Told Me

Ancient Loons Stories Pingree Told Me

Ah I’m Pingree. We meet again. Splendid. Won’t you sit down?I looked around David’s room. Short of the library stacks I had never seen so many books piled into a single room. Where could I sit down? Every square inch of horizontal surface was covered. Books papers notes manuscripts—all congregated in random and chaotic disorder. This small encounter and the snapshot of the protagonist on the cover of this book introduce the reader to David E. Pingree the eminent classicist Orientalist historian of ancient science and member of the Department of the History of Mathematics at Brown University. This is a book of his stories retold by Phil Davis award-winning author and raconteur par excellence who reconstructs them from letters and many conversations with his friend Pingree. The stories trace connections between ancient characters historical and mythical and recreate a world in which the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake leads to unexpected pleasures and associations. They capture a world best described by Saul Lieberman’s quip about Gershom Scholem’s great work on the Kabala: Trash is trash; but the study of trash is scholarship and David Pingree’s imagined response Yes but there’s always something of value to be learned. The book is dedicated to preserving and promoting the specialized knowledge and thoughts of David Pingree a truly remarkable person and to inspire readers to follow academic tradition and at the same time explore unusual connections. | Ancient Loons Stories Pingree Told Me

GBP 69.99
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Real-Time Rendering Fourth Edition

Real-Time Rendering Fourth Edition

Real-Time Rendering combines fundamental principles with guidance on the latest techniques to provide a complete reference on three-dimensional interactive computer graphics. It will help you increase speed and improve image quality and learn the features and limitations of acceleration algorithms and graphics APIs. This latest fourth edition has been updated to include a chapter on virtual reality and augmented reality and covers new topics such as visual appearance global illumination and curves and curved surfaces. It is for anyone serious about computer graphics who wants to learn about algorithms that create synthetic images fast enough that the viewer can interact with a virtual environment. Reviews This is the book I recommend to everyone starting out in the industry. Not only is it a great reference on so many topics each topic is covered in impressive depth with great references for further exploration. — Alex Vlachos Valve Real-Time Rendering condenses literally thousands of cutting-edge papers talks and blogs into a single easy-to-read volume presenting today's best practices open problems and promising state-of-the-art research. A key reference for beginners and experts! — Chris Wyman Principal Research Scientist NVIDIA Since it was first published Real-Time Rendering has been an invaluable companion to anyone who wants to keep up with this dynamic field. It combines rigorous coverage of the fundamentals with up-to-date discussion of the latest techniques. The fourth edition is required reading for anyone serious about computer graphics. — Matt Pharr co-author of Physically Based Rendering: From Theory to Implementation I built our rendering engine and my career on what I learned in previous editions of Real-Time Rendering. This new edition is carefully updated to represent the current state of our field and will remain the first resource I check when tackling a new challenge. — Patrick Cozzi Principal Graphics Architect Cesium and co-editor of OpenGL Insights Real-Time Rendering is the first book I recommend reading to anyone who wants to learn real-time graphics. All the relevant knowledge in one place and a joy to read too! — Aras Pranckevičius Unity Technologies About the Cover: The cover shows an example of advanced real-time rendering technology used in the 2018 Star Wars™ short Reflections which includes real-time ray tracing of reflections and area light shadows computed on the GPU. The short was produced by Epic Games and built in Unreal Engine in collaboration with ILMxLAB and NVIDIA. | Real-Time Rendering Fourth Edition

GBP 82.99
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Algebra Groups Rings and Fields

Algebra Groups Rings and Fields

This text presents the concepts of higher algebra in a comprehensive and modern way for self-study and as a basis for a high-level undergraduate course. The author is one of the preeminent researchers in this field and brings the reader up to the recent frontiers of research including never-before-published material. From the table of contents: - Groups: Monoids and Groups - Cauchyís Theorem - Normal Subgroups - Classifying Groups - Finite Abelian Groups - Generators and Relations - When Is a Group a Group? (Cayley's Theorem) - Sylow Subgroups - Solvable Groups - Rings and Polynomials: An Introduction to Rings - The Structure Theory of Rings - The Field of Fractions - Polynomials and Euclidean Domains - Principal Ideal Domains - Famous Results from Number Theory - I Fields: Field Extensions - Finite Fields - The Galois Correspondence - Applications of the Galois Correspondence - Solving Equations by Radicals - Transcendental Numbers: e and p - Skew Field Theory - Each chapter includes a set of exercises | Algebra Groups Rings and Fields

GBP 59.99
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The Baseball Mysteries Challenging Puzzles for Logical Detectives

The Baseball Mysteries Challenging Puzzles for Logical Detectives

The Baseball Mysteries: Challenging Puzzles for Logical Detectives is a book of baseball puzzles logical baseball puzzles. To jump in all you need is logic and a casual fan’s knowledge of the game. The puzzles are solved by reasoning from the rules of the game and a few facts. The logic in the puzzles is like legal reasoning. A solution must argue from evidence (the facts) and law (the rules). Unlike legal arguments however a solution must reach an unassailable conclusion. There are many puzzle books. But there’s nothing remotely like this book. The puzzles here while rigorously deductive are firmly attached to actual events to struggles that are reported in the papers every day. The puzzles offer a unique and scintillating connection between abstract logic and gritty reality. Actually this book offers the reader an unlimited number of puzzles. Once you’ve solved a few of the challenges here every boxscore you see in the papers or online is a new puzzle! It can be anywhere from simple to complex to impossible. For anyone who enjoys logical puzzles. For anyone interested in legal reasoning. For anyone who loves the game of baseball. Jerry Butters has a BA in mathematics from Oberlin College and an MS in mathematics and a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago. He taught mathematics for two years at Mindanao State University in the Philippines as a Peace Corps volunteer. He taught economics for five years at Princeton University. For most of his career he worked on consumer protection cases and policy issues at the Federal Trade Commission. In his retirement he has become a piano teacher and performer. He enjoys hobbies ranging from reading Chinese to practicing Taiji. This book is an outgrowth of another of his hobbies—his love of designing and solving puzzles of all sorts. Jim Henle has a BA in mathematics from Dartmouth College and a PhD from M. I. T. He taught for two years at U. P. Baguio in the Philippines as a Peace Corps volunteer two years at a middle school as alternative service and 42 years at Smith College. His research is primarily in logic and set theory with additional papers in geometry graph theory number theory games economics and music. He edited columns for The Mathematical Intelligencer. He authored or co-authored five books. His most recent book The Proof and the Pudding compares mathematics and gastronomy. He has collaborated with Jerry on puzzle papers and chamber music concerts. | The Baseball Mysteries Challenging Puzzles for Logical Detectives

GBP 22.99
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