Unlike most probability textbooks, which are only truly accessible to mathematically-oriented students, Ward and Gundlach’s Introduction to Probability reaches out to a much wider introductory-level audience. Its conversational style, highly visual approach, practical examples, and step-by-step problem solving procedures help all kinds of students understand the basics of probability theory and its broad applications. The book was extensively class-tested through its preliminary edition, ...

‘Verbluffende, mooie paleokunst. Nu zien we hoe de dinosauriërs er echt uitzagen.’ — CNN

‘Benton neemt je mee terug naar de dinotijd ... in full colour, aan de hand van het nieuwste onderzoek.’

— Anne Schulp, hoogleraar vertebratenpaleontologie aan de Universiteit Utrecht en onderzoeker bij Naturalis in Leiden

Hoe zagen dinosauriërs er echt uit? Daarover is de afgelopen jaren veel duidelijk geworden. Nieuwe wetenschappelijke technieken maken het mogelijk de huid, de schubben,...

Dan Larose’s Discovering Statistics strikes the ideal balance of conceptual application and computational understanding to develop students’ statistical sense and enable them to discover the statistician within.

Now available with Macmillan’s online learning platform Achieve, Larose’s Discovering Statistics strikes the ideal balance of conceptual application and computational understanding to develop students’ statistical sense and enable them to discover the statistician within.

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Holt's Linear Algebra with Applications, Second Edition, blends computational and conceptual topics throughout to prepare students for the rigors of conceptual thinking in an abstract setting. The early treatment of conceptual topics in the context of Euclidean space gives students more time, and a familiar setting, in which to absorb them. This organization also makes it possible to treat eigenvalues and eigenvectors earlier than in most texts. Abstract vector spaces are introduced later, on...

In Houtstromen ontrafelt Paul Borghaerts de herkomst van hout, dat gebruikt werd in Noord-Nederland gedurende de periode van 1600 tot 1950 om boerderijen te bouwen. De auteur ontdekte dat de herkomst van het hout in de loop van de jaren steeds verschoof, waardoor er negen belangrijke herkomstgebieden en perioden zijn aan te wijzen. De nieuwe inzichten verklaren onder meer de veranderingen in de landbouw en de grote invloed op de economische groei in heel Nederland. Voor zijn unieke onderzoek ...

An arresting insight into the origins and material culture of Arctic peoples, whose lifestyle is now threatened by climate change.

This book builds theoretical statistics from the first principles of probability theory. Starting from the basics of probability, the authors develop the theory of statistical inference using techniques, definitions, and concepts that are statistical and are natural extensions and consequences of previous concepts. Intended for first-year graduate students, this book can be used for students majoring in statistics who have a solid mathematics background.

It can also be used in a way that stre...

Foundations of Astrophysics provides a contemporary and complete introduction to astrophysics for astronomy and physics majors. With a logical presentation and conceptual and quantitative end-of-chapter problems, the material is accessible to introductory astrophysics students taking a two-semester survey course. Starting with the motions of the solar system and a discussion of the interaction of matter and light, the authors explore the physical nature of objects in the solar system, and the...

Previous editions of this popular textbook offered an accessible and practical introduction to numerical analysis. An Introduction to Numerical Methods: A MATLAB (R) Approach, Fourth Edition continues to present a wide range of useful and important algorithms for scientific and engineering applications. The authors use MATLAB to illustrate each numerical method, providing full details of the computed results so that the main steps are easily visualized and interpreted.

This edition also inclu...

A beautiful collection of 100 international flowers and the ways they have shaped our lives