Автор: Parker Matt Название: Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors ISBN: 0141989149 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141989143 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 1451.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: **The First Ever Maths Book to be a No.1 Bestseller**'Wonderful ... superb' Daily MailWhat makes a bridge wobble when it's not meant to? Billions of dollars mysteriously vanish into thin air? A building rock when its resonant frequency matches a gym class leaping to Snap's 1990 hit I've Got The Power? The answer is maths. Or, to be precise, what happens when maths goes wrong in the real world.
As Matt Parker shows us, our modern lives are built on maths: computer programmes, finance, engineering. And most of the time this maths works quietly behind the scenes, until ... it doesn't.
Exploring and explaining a litany of glitches, near-misses and mishaps involving the internet, big data, elections, street signs, lotteries, the Roman empire and a hapless Olympic shooting team, Matt Parker shows us the bizarre ways maths trips us up, and what this reveals about its essential place in our world. Mathematics doesn't have good 'people skills', but we would all be better off, he argues, if we saw it as a practical ally. This book shows how, by making maths our friend, we can learn from its pitfalls.
It also contains puzzles, challenges, geometric socks, jokes about binary code and three deliberate mistakes. Getting it wrong has never been more fun.
Автор: Humble, Lance Название: The World Greatest Blackjack Book ISBN: 0385153821 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780385153829 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 2207.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A revised and updated edition of the blackjack player's bible with complete information on the odds, betting strategies, and much more
"A significant contribution to the literature of blackjack . . . I recommend the book to beginners as well as experts."--Edward O. Thorpe, author of Beat the Dealer This is the most comprehensive guide ever published on blackjack, the only casino game in which a knowledgeable player can gain an advantage over the house. It features the Hi-Opt I, the most powerful simple betting system available today, and has been revised and updated to include the rules of play in Atlantic City as well as the latest information on international playing rules. No matter what your level of experience, it will teach you how to make the most money possible playing your cards. You'll learn: - How to pick a casino, with ever major casino in the world evaluated by name - How to pick a dealer - How to keep from being cheated - How to play the cards, using the Basic Strategy to your best advantage - How to win at home and at "Las Vegas nights" - How to keep from being banned once you are a winner
Описание: An entirely new appraisal of the Anglo-French naval war of 1793-1814: the longest sea war in modern history, and the admirals who fought it for Napoleon.
100 days of reproducible addition and subtraction practice problems. Double digits, triple digits, and more. Designed to make daily math routines simple and effective. Word problems are included with each day to promote higher level thinking and answers are listed in the back of the book.
100 days of practice problems for decimals, percents, and fractions. This is not an entry level book. Students will need basic understanding of what fractions and decimals are. This book focuses on converting between fractions, decimals, and percentages. It also teaches students how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals and fractions.
It's a great resource for upper elementary, middle school, and early high school students (KS2, KS3).
Long before baseball became America’s national pastime, English citizens of all ages, genders, and classes of society were playing a game called baseball. It had the same basic elements as modern American baseball, such as pitching and striking the ball, running bases, and fielding, but was played with a soft ball on a smaller playing field and, instead of a bat, the ball was typically struck by the palm of the hand. There is no doubt, however, that this simpler English version of baseball was the original form of the pastime and was the immediate forerunner of its better-known American offspring. Strictly a social game, English baseball was played for nearly two hundred years before fading away at the beginning of the twentieth century. Despite its longevity and its important role in baseball’s evolution, however, today it has been completely forgotten.
In Pastime Lost David Block unearths baseball’s buried history and brings it back to life, illustrating how English baseball was embraced by all sectors of English society and exploring some of the personalities, such as Jane Austen and King George III, who played the game in their childhoods. While rigorously documenting his sources, Block also brings a light touch to his story, inviting us to follow him on some of the adventures that led to his most important discoveries.
Автор: Humble the Poet Название: Things No One Else Can Teach Us ISBN: 006290518X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780062905185 Издательство: HarperCollins USA Рейтинг: Цена: 2903.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: "Rapper, spoken word artist, poet, blogger, social media influencer, and the international bestselling author of Unlearn, Humble the Poet, once again offers counterintuitive lessons for shifting our perceptions, this time on how to create silver linings in even our most difficult moments"--
Born on a farm near Anahuac, Texas, in 1875 and possessed of only a fourth-grade education, Ross Sterling was one of the most successful Texans of his generation. Driven by a relentless work ethic, he become a wealthy oilman, banker, newspaper publisher, and, from 1931 to 1933, one-term governor of Texas. Sterling was the principal founder of the Humble Oil and Refining Company, which eventually became the largest division of the ExxonMobil Corporation, as well as the owner of the Houston Post.
Eager to "preserve a narrative record of his life and deeds," Ross Sterling hired Ed Kilman, an old friend and editorial page editor of the Houston Post, to write his biography. Though the book was nearly finished before Sterling's death in 1949, it never found a publisher due to Kilman's florid writing style and overly hagiographic portrayal of Sterling.
In this volume, by contrast, editor Don Carleton uses the original oral history dictated by Ross Sterling to Ed Kilman to present the former governor's life story in his own words. Sterling vividly describes his formative years, early business ventures, and active role in developing the Texas oil industry. He also recalls his political career, from his appointment to the Texas Highway Commission to his term as governor, ending with his controversial defeat for reelection by "Ma" Ferguson. Sterling's reminiscences constitute an important primary source not only on the life of a Texan who deserves to be more widely remembered, but also on the history of Houston and the growth of the American oil industry.
Автор: Nicola Humble Название: The Literature of Food: An Introduction from 1830 to Present ISBN: 0857854569 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780857854568 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 4434.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Covering every aspect of food within literary texts, from experimental cook books to the sumptuous dinner parties at the heart of every Victorian Novel, The Literature of Food is the first comprehensive study of its kind and a must-buy for students on literature and food courses.
Автор: Humble Aine Название: How Qualitative Data Analysis Happens ISBN: 1138044679 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138044678 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 5817.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This volume shows how researchers actively and consciously arrive at their themes, revealing the complexity of making sense of thousands of pages of interview data, multiple data sources, and diverse types of data.
Описание: Winner of the 2011 Jolt Excellence Award Getting software released to users is often a painful, risky, and time-consuming process.
This groundbreaking new book sets out the principles and technical practices that enable rapid, incremental delivery of high quality, valuable new functionality to users. Through automation of the build, deployment, and testing process, and improved collaboration between developers, testers, and operations, delivery teams can get changes released in a matter of hours-- sometimes even minutes-no matter what the size of a project or the complexity of its code base. Jez Humble and David Farley begin by presenting the foundations of a rapid, reliable, low-risk delivery process. Next, they introduce the "deployment pipeline," an automated process for managing all changes, from check-in to release. Finally, they discuss the "ecosystem" needed to support continuous delivery, from infrastructure, data and configuration management to governance. The authors introduce state-of-the-art techniques, including automated infrastructure management and data migration, and the use of virtualization. For each, they review key issues, identify best practices, and demonstrate how to mitigate risks. Coverage includes - Automating all facets of building, integrating, testing, and deploying software - Implementing deployment pipelines at team and organizational levels - Improving collaboration between developers, testers, and operations - Developing features incrementally on large and distributed teams - Implementing an effective configuration management strategy - Automating acceptance testing, from analysis to implementation - Testing capacity and other non-functional requirements - Implementing continuous deployment and zero-downtime releases - Managing infrastructure, data, components and dependencies - Navigating risk management, compliance, and auditing Whether you're a developer, systems administrator, tester, or manager, this book will help your organization move from idea to release faster than ever--so you can deliver value to your business rapidly and reliably.
Описание: This workbook has 100 days of reproducible addition and subtraction practice problems for digits 0-20. Use these pages as timed tests to improve fluidity or let students complete them at their leisure. Answer key is located at the back of the book.
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