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ISBN: 9781107076266Cambridge University Press, 19 Dec 2016Hardback, 475 pagesDescriptionNetworks are everywhere, from the internet, to social networks, and the genetic networks that deter… More...

ISBN: 9781107076266Cambridge University Press, 19 Dec 2016Hardback, 475 pagesDescriptionNetworks are everywhere, from the internet, to social networks, and the genetic networks that determine our biological existence. Illustrated throughout in full colour, this pioneering textbook, spanning a wide range of topics from physics to computer science, engineering, economics and the social sciences, introduces network science to an interdisciplinary audience. From the origins of the six degrees of separation to explaining why networks are robust to random failures, the author explores how viruses like Ebola and H1N1 spread, and why it is that our friends have more friends than we do. Using numerous real-world examples, this innovatively designed text includes clear delineation between undergraduate and graduate level material. The mathematical formulas and derivations are included within Advanced Topics sections, enabling use at a range of levels. Extensive online resources, including films and software for network analysis, make this a multifaceted companion for anyone with an interest in network science. , 0, ISBN: 9780521548236Cambridge University Press, 01 January 2012Paperback, 662 pagesLinear algebra and matrix theory are fundamental tools in mathematical and physical science, as well as fertile fields for research. This new edition of the acclaimed text presents results of both classic and recent matrix analysis using canonical forms as a unifying theme, and demonstrates their importance in a variety of applications. The authors have thoroughly revised, updated, and expanded on the first edition. The book opens with an extended summary of useful concepts and facts and includes numerous new topics and features, such as: - New sections on the singular value and CS decompositions - New applications of the Jordan canonical form - A new section on the Weyr canonical form - Expanded treatments of inverse problems and of block matrices - A central role for the Von Neumann trace theorem - A new appendix with a modern list of canonical forms for a pair of Hermitian matrices and for a symmetric-skew symmetric pair - Expanded index with more than 3,500 entries for easy reference - More than 1,100 problems and exercises, many with hints, to reinforce understanding and develop auxiliary themes such as finite-dimensional quantum systems, the compound and adjugate matrices, and the Loewner ellipsoid - A new appendix provides a collection of problem-solving hints., 0, Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, a division of Main Line Book Co. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped. SUB-TITLE: Understanding Sexual Orientation. GENERAL EDITOR AND INTRODUCTION BY: Martin B. Duberman. ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Therese De Angelis. ASSISTANT EDITOR: Annie McDonnell. PICTURE RESEARCH: Matthew J. Dudley. CONTENTS: How Different? - Martin Duberman; Preface - Jan Clausen 1 What Is All the Shouting About? 2 Bodies and Meanings Across Cultures 3 The Marriage of Science and Sex and the Birth of Modern Sexual Identities 4 After Stonewall 5 The "Science of Desire"... 6 ...And the Desire for Science 7 "That Old Grating Mysterious Engine"; Sources; Further Reading; Glossary; Index. PUBLISHER: Chelsea House Publishers, a division of Main Line Book Co. Philadelphia. Editorial Director: Richard Rennert. Copy Chief: Robin James. Picture Editor: Judy Hasday. Art Director: Sara Davis. Production Manager: Pamela Loos. SERIES: Issues in Lesbian and Gay Life. Senior Editors: John Ziff, Sean Dolan. Series Design: Basia Niemczyc. Cover Design: Alison Burnside. Each of the volumes in Issues in Lesbian and Gay Life provides an up-to-date, learned, informative, and highly readable introduction to an important topic in this rapidly developing field of study. SYNOPSIS: Is sexual orientation an inborn trait, or does it somehow develop in the unfolding personality? Is it an unchanging characteristic, or one that may shift over time? Is it present in all cultures, or is it simply the way in which certain societies currently think about personal sexual identity? In this remarkably candid work, author Jan Clausen explores the intense and often emotional debate surrounding these questions. Moving from historical and cross-cultural surveys to scientific studies of modern sexual identity, from the political and social ramifications of "being different" to a distinctly personal analysis, Clausen examines the spectrum of variations in sexual orientation, allowing the reader to formulate his or her own idea of what constitutes "the mystery of desire" and how it informs individual identity. Jan Clausen has written on literature, feminism, and multiculturalism for such periodicals as Ms., The Nation, OUT/LOOK, and The Women's Review of Books. A poet and fiction writer, she is the author of the lesbian novels Sinking, Stealing (Crossing Press, 1985) and The Prosperine Papers (Crossing Press, 1988). She teaches writing and directs the writing center at the Eugene Lang College of the New School for Social Research. Martin Duberman is Distinguished Professor of History at the Graduate Center for the City University of New York and the founder and director of the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies. One of the country's foremost historians, he is the author of 17 books and numerous articles and essays. He has won the Bancroft Prize for Charles Francis Adams (1960); two Lambda Awards for Hidden from History: Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Past, an anthology that he coedited; and a special award from the National Academy of Arts and Letters for his overall "contributions to literature." His play In White America won the Vernon Rice/Drama Desk Award in 1964. His other works include James Russell Lowell (1966), Black Mountain: An Exploration in Community (1972), Paul Robeson (1989), Cures: A Gay Man's Odyssey (1991), Stonewall (1993), Midlife Queer (1996), and A Queer World (1996).. First Edition 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Chelsea House Publishers, a division of Main Line Book Co., 5, New York: Academic Press, 1967. Hardcover. Near fine with extremely gentle wear to exterior ; no jacket. Tight and clean.. Small quarto in maroon cloth; xiv, 254 pages; 24 cm. "Solomon Marcus (1925 - 2016) was a Romanian mathematician, member of the Mathematical Section of the Romanian Academy and emeritus professor of the University of Bucharest's Faculty of Mathematics. His main research was in the fields of mathematical analysis, mathematical and computational linguistics and computer science. He also published numerous papers on various cultural topics: poetics, linguistics, semiotics, philosophy, and history of science and education."-Wikipedia Linguistics. Philology. projectivité grammaire. topologie. langage algébrique. Linguistique. Philologie. Linguistique mathématique. linguistics. philology. Philology, Modern Philology Linguistics Mathematical linguistics Linguistique mathématique. Mathematics in Science and Engineering; 32 [series]., Academic Press, 1967, 4, -Oxford University Press, 2000-. First edition. x+204 pages. Cloth. Fine in fine dustjacket. The importance of sound in poetry is indisputable, yet it is not at all an easy subject to discuss, and is rarely treated systematically by literary scholars. This book uses a variety of computer-based processes to construct a systematic analytical description of the sounds of Dante's Divine Comedy in the sense of their overall distribution within the text. The description is developed through a comparative treatment of the same features in a range of related texts, with a view to defining the distinctive characteristics of Dante's practice; and by a discussion of the function and effect of sounds in the work, with special attention to unusually high incidences of particular features. The book is thus both a contribution to the scholarly debate about Dante's poem, and an illustration and discussion of the ways in which new electronic technology can be used for this kind of purpose. Taking advantage of the regularity of Italian orthography, the book begins by using an almost wholly electronic analysis to study the distribution of vocalic and consonantal phonemes and of assonances and alliterations in the text of the Comedy. This is followed by an extensive discussion of the related topic of rhyme, also susceptible of treatment by almost entirely electronic means. The next part of the book deals with rhythmical and metrical structures, and as a result has required a much greater element of manual intervention. A full discussion of syllable divisions in the Comedy and related texts is the necessary first step in the treatment of rhythm. This is followed by a discussion of the theoretical problems involved in the definition of accented syllables in verse, and the formulation a set of principles for resolving them, which are then systematically applied. The outcome is the identification of some distinctive rhythmical tendencies in Dante's work, and a discussion of the effect of certain kinds of rhythmical structure in the poem. The final chapter's contribution is broadly contextual, describing and discussing the theoretical and methodological starting-points - mainly in Formalism and structuralism - of the numerical analysis with which the rest of the book is concerned. Literature Dante Sound and Structure in The Divine Comedy. 0198184980, -Oxford University Press, 2000-, 0<