Characters from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass" populate these 88 intriguing puzzles. Mathematician Raymond Smullyan re-creates the spirit of Lewis Carroll's writings in puzzles involving word play, logic and metalogic, and philosophical paradoxes. Challenges range[...]
Here are 50 elegant, witty chess problems concerned with deducing events in a game's past. In the first half, Holmes instructs Watson in the intricacies of retrograde analysis while the two examine interrupted games. The second half features increasingly difficult self-contained chess mysteries, inc[...]
Combining stories of great philosophers, quotations, and riddles with the fundamentals of mathematical logic, this new textbook for first courses in mathematical logic was written by the subject's creative master. Raymond Smullyan offers clear, incremental presentations of difficult logic concepts w[...]
Semiparametric regression is concerned with the flexible incorporation of non-linear functional relationships in regression analyses. Any application area that benefits from regression analysis can also benefit from semiparametric regression. Assuming only a basic familiarity with ordinary parametri[...]
Features step-by-step, screen-by-screen approach that encourages students of various levels to expand their understanding of the Microsoft Windows 7 operating system through experimentation, exploration, and planning ahead.[...]
This book is a comprehensive guide to the methodological, ethical and practical issues involved in undertaking research on sensitive topics. Raymond M Lee explores the reasons why social research may be politically or socially contentious: its relation to issues of social or political power; its cap[...]
Guides students through diverse views on public and private life in America using over 240 speeches, letters, journals, articles, and government documents.[...]
Guides students through diverse views on public and private life in America using over 240 speeches, letters, journals, articles, and government documents.[...]
Focuses on the core high impact areas of prehospital medicine such as airway management, cardiac arrest, and respiratory and traumatic emergencies. This title offers an understanding of common patient presentations will ideally result in best practices and, hopefully, an avoidance of common errors.[...]
Excel in your clinical responsibilities with "The Ophthalmic Assistant". Whether you work in an ophthalmology, optometry, or opticianry setting, this best-selling reference delivers expert practical, up-to-date guidance on ocular diseases, surgical procedures, medications, and equipment as well as p[...]
This book features a unique approach to the teaching of mathematical logic by putting it in the context of the puzzles and paradoxes of common language and rational thought. It serves as a bridge from the author's puzzle books to his technical writing in the fascinating field of mathematical logic. [...]
Familiar species, common plants, and natural phenomena are introduced in these beautifully illustrated guides to nature and the outdoors. Printed on the same heavy-duty waterproof stock as the titles in the popular Duraguide(TM) series, these Waterproof Pocket Guides are highly durable for use in th[...]
A chic set featuring four signature Design Memoires,
A unique Assouline signature collection item.[...]
The authors describe in detail the capture and use of design rationale in software engineering to improve the quality of software. Their book is the first comprehensive and unified treatment of rationale usage in software engineering. It provides a consistent conceptual framework and a unified termi[...]