2013 results for '"Humfrey, Peter'

This book provides a non-mathematical and highly visual account of the concepts of quantum mechanics widely encountered in chemistry and related disciplines. Entries - ordered alphabetically - range...

An introduction to Bayesian philosophy for statistics students. This edition contains new chapters on Gibbs sampling, computer-intensive methods, and hierarchical methods. There are examples...

Vashti believes that she cannot draw, but her art teacher's encouragement leads her to change her mind.

These centuries, as the author demonstrates, were the era in which the most deeply rooted of ancient institutions disappeared for all time. By 476 the Russian empire had vanished from western Europe;...

The new commandments according to Rethinking Life and Death. --If you must take human life, take responsibility for the consequences of your decisions.--All human life is not of equal worth; treat...

Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award and the Banff Mountain Book Award for Mountain Literature "Gripping, intense…Buried in the Sky will satisfy anyone who loved [Into Thin Air]." —Kate Tuttle,...

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of The River: In this "end-of-the-world novel more like a rapturous beginning" (San Francisco Chronicle), Hig somehow...

The city is the largest human artifact. It is made by us, yet simultaneously it makes us, as well as all other nonhuman entities.The particular discourse to which this book on the city contributes is...

"Feldmeier explores connections and divergences between Buddhist and Christian spirituality by utilizing Christian figures like Meister Eckhart and St. John of the Cross to reflect upon Buddhist...

Traces the history of monasteries, describes monastic leaders, and compares the monastic traditions of the East and West

This book provides prespectives on various aspects of the international financial system that contribute to financial crises and growth failures, and discusses the remedies that economists have...