Inthe tradition of Fermat’s Enigma and Pi, Marcus du Sautoy tells the illuminating, authoritative, and engagingstory of Bernhard Reimann and the ongoing quest tocapture the holy grail of mathematics—the formula to predict prime numbers.Oliver Sacks, author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, calls TheMusic of the Primes “an amazing book. . . . I could not put it down once Ihad started.” Simon Winchester, author of The Professor and the Madman,writes, “this fascinating account, decoding the inscrutable language of themathematical priesthood, is written like the purest poetry. Marcus du Sautoy's enthusiasm shines through every line of this hymnto the joy of high intelligence, illuminating as it does so even the darkestcorners of his most arcane universe.”

The Music of the Primes: Searching to Solve the Greatest Mystery in Mathematics

Du Sautoy, Marcus

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Harper Perennial

Harper

A revision of the leading text on experimental physics. The feature of this book that has made it one of the most loved texts on the subject is that it goes far beyond a mere description of key experiments in physics. The author successfully provides the reader with an understanding and appreciation of the 'physics' behind the experiments. The second edition will be an extensive revision introducing many new devices, including the use of computers and software programs, that have come into use since the publication of the first edition. In addition the important areas of condensed matter physics and optical physics will be added, including two entirely new chapters on lasers and optics.

Experiments in Modern Physics

Science & Math

Napolitano, Jim

Melissinos, Adrian C.

Research

Academic Press

Quality Assurance and Quality Control in the Analytical Chemical Laboratory: A Practical Approach, Second Edition (Analytical Chemistry)

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The second edition defines the tools used in QA/QC, especially the application of statistical tools during analytical data treatment. Clearly written and logically organized, it takes a generic approach applicable to any field of analysis. The authors begin with the theory behind quality control systems, then detail validation parameter measurements, the use of statistical tests, counting the margin of error, uncertainty estimation, traceability, reference materials, proficiency tests, and method validation. New chapters cover internal quality control and equivalence method, changes in the regulatory environment are reflected throughout, and many new examples have been added to the second edition. 
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"Quality Assurance and Quality Control in the Analytical Chemical Laboratory: A Practical Approach extends and improves with its special practical view the spectrum of existing QA/QC textbooks. It is well written, clearly organized, and characterized by many examples from daily analytical activities, and, therefore, good to understand... This monograph gives an excellent opportunity with its understandable style not only to understand terms and approach of QA/QC but also to enable a founded approach to concrete own calculations by numerous examples from real-world analytical chemistry." 
- Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry Journal, Nov. 2018 
 About the Author 
Piotr Konieczka (MSc 1989, PhD 1994, DSc 2008-GUT, Prof. 2014), has been employed at Gdańsk University of Technology since 1989 and is currently working as a full professor. His published scientific output includes 2 books, 10 book chapters, and more than 70 papers published in international journals from the JCR list (Σ IF = 165), as well as more than 100 lectures and communications. Number of citations (without self-citations) = 585, h-index = 16 (according to Web of Science, 16.12.2015). Supervisor or Co-supervisor of 4 PhD thesis (completed). His research interests include metrology, environmental analytics and monitoring, and trace analysis.\nJacek Namieśnik, MSc 1972-GUT, PhD 1978-GUT, DSc 1985-GUT, Prof. 1998), has been employed at Gdańsk University of Technology since 1972. Currently a full professor, he has also served as vice dean of the Chemical Faculty (1990–1996) and dean of the Chemical Faculty (1996–2000 and 2005–2012). He has been the head of the Department of Analytical Chemistry since 1995, as well as chairman of the Committee of Analytical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences since 2007, and Fellow of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) since 1996. He was director of the Centre of Excellence in Environmental Analysis and Monitoring in 2003–2005. Among his published scientific papers are 8 books, more than 650 papers published in international journals from the JCR list (Σ IF = 1673), and more than 400 lectures and communications published in conference proceedings; he has 10 patents to his name. Number of citations (without self-citations) = 6711, h-index = 42 (according to Web of Science, 16.12.2015). Supervisor or Co-supervisor of 59 PhD thesis (completed). Elected as a Rector of Gdańsk University of Technology for the period 2016-2020. His research interests include environmental analytics and monitoring and trace analysis.

Konieczka, Piotr

Chemistry

CRC Press

This book describes the important ideas in a variety of fields such as medicine, biology, finance, and marketing in a common conceptual framework. While the approach is statistical, the emphasis is on concepts rather than mathematics. Many examples are given, with a liberal use of colour graphics. It is a valuable resource for statisticians and anyone interested in data mining in science or industry. The book's coverage is broad, from supervised learning (prediction) to unsupervised learning. The many topics include neural networks, support vector machines, classification trees and boosting---the first comprehensive treatment of this topic in any book. This major new edition features many topics not covered in the original, including graphical models, random forests, ensemble methods, least angle regression &amp; path algorithms for the lasso, non-negative matrix factorisation, and spectral clustering. There is also a chapter on methods for "wide'' data (p bigger than n), including multiple testing and false discovery rates.

The Elements of Statistical Learning: Data Mining, Inference, and Prediction, Second Edition (Springer Series in Statistics)

Computers & Technology

Hastie, Trevor

Tibshirani, Robert

Friedman, Jerome

Computer Science

Springer

Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences

Updates the original, comprehensive introduction to the areas of mathematical physics encountered in advanced courses in the physical sciences. Intuition and computational abilities are stressed. Original material on DE and multiple integrals has been expanded.

Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences, Solutions Manual

Boas, Mary L.

Wiley

World-renowned primatologist, conservationist, and humanitarian Dr. Jane Goodall’s account of her life among the wild chimpanzees of Gombe is one of the most enthralling stories of animal behavior ever written. Her adventure began when the famous anthropologist Dr. Louis Leakey suggested that a long-term study of chimpanzees in the wild might shed light on the behavior of our closest living relatives. Accompanied by only her mother and her African assistants, she set up camp in the remote Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve in Tanzania. For months the project seemed hopeless; out in the forest from dawn until dark, she had but fleeting glimpses of frightened animals. But gradually she won their trust and was able to record previously unknown behavior, such as the use—and even the making— of tools, until then believed to be an exclusive skill of man. As she came to know the chimps as individuals, she began to understand their complicated social hierarchy and observed many extraordinary behaviors, which have forever changed our understanding of the profound connection between humans and chimpanzees. In the Shadow of Man is “one of the Western world’s great scientific achievements” (Stephen Jay Gould) and a vivid, essential journey of discovery for each new generation of readers.

In The Shadow Of Man

Goodall, Jane

Biological Sciences

Mariner Books Classics

A personal account of the author's life among wild chimpanzees in Africa offers insight into animal behavior and draws parallels between chimpanzee and human relationships.

In the Shadow of Man

Demco Media

This best-selling classic tells the story of one of the world's greatest scientific adventures. Jane Goodall was a young secretarial school graduate when the legendary Louis Leakey chose her to undertake a landmark study of chimpanzees in the wild. In the Shadow of Man is an absorbing account of her early years at Gombe Stream Reserve, telling us of the remarkable discoveries she made as she got to know the chimps and they got to know her. This paperback edition, illustrated with 80 photographs, includes an introduction by Stephen Jay Gould and a postscript by Goodall. During Goodall's forty years of studying chimpanzees, she has become one of the world's most honored scientists. She tells of the later years in THROUGH A WINDOW, also available in Mariner paperback. AFRICA IN MY BLOOD: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN LETTERS tells the story, through her letters, of childhood through the early years at Gombe.

JANE GOODALL

Mariner Books

How To Conduct Surveys: A Step-by-Step Guide

Popular for helping readers to organize a rigorous survey and evaluate the credibility of other ones by giving them practical, step-by-step advice, the Second Edition of this book now also covers: computer-assisted and interactive surveys and how they contrast with telephone and face-to-face surveys; guidelines for preparing informed consent statements for survey respondents; ways to ensure the sample you have is large enough to detect a difference between groups (if one exists); ways to ask questions about ethnicity; how to read computer output containing survey results; how to prepare a structured abstract of a survey report; new survey data analysis techniques, such as odds ratios, relative risks, and confidence intervals as well as sampling techniques, such as snowball sampling; and guidelines for preparing overheads and slides to report survey results with illustrations of how an oral presentation of survey results differs from a written one.

Politics & Social Sciences

Fink, Arlene G.

Kosecoff, Jacqueline

Social Sciences

SAGE Publications, Inc

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