A concise introduction to the major concepts of functional analysisRequiring only a preliminary knowledge of elementary linear algebra and real analysis, A First Course in Functional Analysis provides an introduction to the basic principles and practical applications of functional analysis. Key conc..
This book describes an advanced generalist approach to direct social work practice with individuals, couples, families, and groups. Intervention paradigms that include psychodynamic, cognitive/behavioral/communications, experiential/humanistic, existential and transpersonal are presented as the four..
This innovative book explores the emerging area of animal rights law. Animal Law: Welfare, Interest, and Rights asks the question, “What are the arguments for animal rights as a matter of philosophy and at law ” David Favre, a well-known figure in the area of animal rights, discusses how the legal ..
Applied Ethics focuses the central concepts of traditional morality - rights, justice, the good, virtue, and the fundamental value of human life - on a number of pressing contemporary problems, including abortion, euthanasia, animals, capital punishment, and war. Author: Oderberg, David S. Publisher..
Book by Landes, David S. Author: Landes, David S. Publisher: Harvard University Press Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0674061659 ISBN-13: 9780674061651..
Discussions of the basic structural, nanotechnology, and system engineering principles, as well as an introductory overview of essential concepts and methods in biotechnology, will be included. Text is presented side-by-side with extensive use of high-quality illustrations prepared using cutting edg..
Christian Ethics provides a biblical, historical, philosophical and theological guide to the field of Christian ethics. Prominent theologian David S. Cunningham explores the tradition of ‘virtue ethics’ in this creative and lively text, which includes literary and musical references as well as key c..
This guide to the WAIS-III and WMS-III tests is written to help clinical practitioners achieve efficient and accurate interpretations of test results. The only interpretive guide to be based on data obtained while standardizing the tests, this reference source provides new models for interpreting re..
Provides information on the challenges IT executives and developers will face in a transition to cloud computing. Author: Linthicum, David S. Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0136009220 ISBN-13: 9780136009221..
In computer science, more specifically computational complexity theory, Computers and Intractability: A Guide to the Theory of NP-Completeness is an influential textbook by Michael Garey and David S. Johnson. It was the first book exclusively on the theory of NP-completeness and computational intrac..
If you are preparing for the AP Calculus AB or BC exam, you’ll find all the techniques and information you need in this guide. Cracking the AP Calculus AB & BC Exams, 2010 Edition comes from the test-prep experts at The Princeton Review, and it includes:•5 full-length AP Calculus practice tests - 3 ..
If you are preparing for the AP Calculus AB or BC exam, you’ll find all the techniques and information you need in this guide. Cracking the AP Calculus AB & BC Exams, 2011 Edition comes from the test-prep experts at The Princeton Review, and it includes:• 5 full-length AP Calculus practice tests - 3..
How has the internet transformed criminal behaviour What is different about cybercrime compared with traditional criminal activity What new criminal opportunities have arisen What impact might cybercrime have on public security In this exciting new text, David Wall carefully examines these and ot..
Now in paperback, how initiatives are remaking our democracy, creating a hazardous new arena of politics.Where once most state laws were passed by legislatures, now voters in half the states and hundreds of cities decide directly on such explosive issues as drugs, affirmative action, casino gambling..
From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Wealth and Poverty of Nations, a fascinating look at the crossroads of kin and coinDavid S. Landes has earned a reputation as a brilliant writer and iconoclast among economic historians. In his latest acclaimed work, he takes a revealing look at t..
Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently administer, score, and interpret the MMPI-2The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Revised (MMPI-2) is the most widely used test in the world for personality assessment. To use it properly, professionals need an authoritative s..
Leonhard Euler's polyhedron formula describes the structure of many objects--from soccer balls and gemstones to Buckminster Fuller's buildings and giant all-carbon molecules. Yet Euler's formula is so simple it can be explained to a child. Euler's Gem tells the illuminating story of this indispensab..
Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis, Second Edition enables students and physicians to navigate from the patient's symptoms and presenting signs to the diagnosis. The book covers 139 chief complaints and signs and is organized to parallel the diagnostic reasoning process: a differential overview of pro..
The emphasis is on theory, programming and appilications to show exactly how Finite Element Method can be applied to quantum mechanics, heat transfer and fluid dynamics. For engineers, physicists and mathematicians with some mathematical sophistication. Author: David S. Burnett Publisher: Addison We..
With creation of the universe as its focus and a deeper understanding of human freedom as its goal, Freedom and Creation in Three Traditions is a work of philosophical theology that brings together Jewish, Christian, and Muslim perspectives on the complex questions surrounding divine and human freed..
This new, modernized edition provides a clear and thorough introduction to matrix computations,a key component of scientific computingRetaining the accessible and hands-on style of its predecessor, Fundamentals of Matrix Computations, Third Edition thoroughly details matrix computations and the acco..
Hero of the Angry Sky draws on the unpublished diaries, correspondence, informal memoir, and other personal documents of the U.S. Navy’s only flying “ace” of World War I to tell his unique story. David S. Ingalls was a prolific writer, and virtually all of his World War I aviation career is covered,..
In the U.S., when a patient is in need of rigorous psychiatric care, the first step is hospitalization. However, elsewhere in the world, psychiatric home treatment is proposed as an alternative. Model programs in Canada and the United Kingdom are publicly administered by community health agencies or..
The key to conquering the most-feared type of standardized test questionsThis is an indispensable resource for the parents of the more than 16 million school children nationwide who, each year, take standardized assessment tests of basic math and language skills. It focuses on the category of test q..
A comprehensive review of the material covered in introduction to art college courses. These are art appreciation courses intended primarily for non-art history majors. The book covers the ``elements'' of art, art criticism, and in an overview, the history of art from prehistoric times to the presen..