In dit boek wil de auteur iets van haar liefde voor de wiskunde overbrengen op de lezer, ook en zelfs in het bijzonder op die lezer voor wie de schoolwiskunde een vervelende ervaring of zelfs een "bittere" teleurstelling is geweest, en zij is daar uitstekend in geslaagd.

Rozsa Péter kent nauwkeurig de grens tot waar de wiskunde kan worden vereenvoudigd zonder dat het beeld vertekend wordt, ze laat het genoegen proeven dat aan iedere ontdekking in de wiskunde verbonden is, en toont het mensel...

Het woord fenomenologie, leerde er verschijnselen, is van oudere datum; hoofdwerken van Hegel en Ed. von Hartmann dragen het reeds in hun titel. Maar in de betekenis van een bepaalde wijsgerige methode, waarbij men van een "fenomenologische school" kan spreken, is het een tamelijk modern begrip, afkomstig van de Duitse filosoof Edmund Husserl (1913). Een groot aantal leerlingen en latere navolgers past deze wijsgerige methode toe, die ook in de extensiefilosofie een grote invloed heeft uitgeo...

Structural proof theory is a branch of logic that studies the general structure and properties of logical and mathematical proofs. This book is both a concise introduction to the central results and methods of structural proof theory, and a work of research that will be of interest to specialists. The book is designed to be used by students of philosophy, mathematics, and computer science. A special feature of the volume is a computerized system for developing proofs interactively, downloa...

Gauss's law for electric fields, Gauss's law for magnetic fields, Faraday's law, and the Ampere-Maxwell law are four of the most influential equations in science. In this guide for students, each equation is the subject of an entire chapter, with detailed, plain-language explanations of the physical meaning of each symbol in the equation, for both the integral and differential forms. The final chapter shows how Maxwell's equations may be combined to produce the wave equation, the basis for th...

For 5000 years shipping has served the world economy and today it provides a sophisticated transport service to every part of the globe. Yet despite its economic complexity, shipping retains much of the competitive cut and thrust of the “perfect” market of classical economics. This blend of sophisticated logistics and larger than life entrepreneurs makes it a unique case study of classical economics in a modern setting.

The enlarged and substantially rewritten Maritime Economics u...

Divided into seven parts, the text is organised so that the main focus progresses across chapters from primary prevention (parts 1 to 3), through secondary prevention (parts 4 and 5), to tertiary prevention and care (part 6).

Ever since the attacks of 11th September, western leaders have described a world engaged in 'a fight for civilization'. But what do we mean by civilization? We believe in a western tradition of openness and freedom that has produced a good life for many millions of people and a culture of enormous depth and creative power. But the history of our civilisation is also filled with unspeakable brutality - for every Leonardo there is a Mussolini, for every Beethoven symphony a concentration camp, ...

Financial measures are critical for business success and if you're a manager, for your career. That may scare some people. But here's the good news: there is a relatively small number of essential management ratios with which you can measure any aspect of business performance you need to. If you can master these, you will have a firm grip of business finance and need never be put off by the numbers again. Key Management Ratios cuts straight to the measures that matter. It shows you what they...