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How space is making Rotterdam warmer, how this affects the health of its inhabitants, and what can be done about it
2019 || Paperback || Frank van der Hoeven e.a. || TU Delft Open
Heat waves will occur in Rotterdam with greater frequency in the future. Those affected most will be the elderly – a group that is growing in size. In the light of the Paris heat wave of August 2003 and the one in Rotterdam in July 2006, mortality rates among the elderly in particular are likely to rise in the summer.
Method
The aim of the Hotterdam research project was to gain a better understanding of urban heat. The heat was measured and the surface energy balance modelled from that pers...
Embracing Complexity
Strategic Perspectives for an Age of Turbulence
2022 || Paperback || Jean G. Boulton || Oxford University Press
The book describes what it means to say the world is complex and explores what that means for managers, policy makers and individuals. The first part of the book is about the theory and ideas of complexity. This is explained in a way that is thorough but not mathematical.
It compares differing approaches, and also provides a historical perspective, showing how such thinking has been around since the beginning of civilisation. It emphasises the difference between a complexity worldview and the...
Six Degrees / 1st edition
The Science of a Connected Age
2004 || Paperback || Duncan J. Watts || WW Norton & Co
In this remarkable book, Duncan Watts, one of the principal architects of network theory, sets out to explain the innovative research that he and other scientists are spearheading to create a blueprint of our connected planet. Whether they bind computers, economies, or terrorist organizations, networks are everywhere in the real world, yet only recently have scientists attempted to explain their mysterious workings. From epidemics of disease to outbreaks of market madness, from people searchi...
Thomas' Calculus in SI Units / 14th edition
2020 || Paperback || Joel Hass e.a. || Pearson
For three-semester or four-quarter courses in Calculus for students majoring in mathematics, engineering, or science Clarity and precisionThomas' Calculus helps students reach the level of mathematical proficiency and maturity you require, but with support for students who need it through its balance of clear and intuitive explanations, current applications, and generalized concepts. In the 14th SI Edition, new co-author Christopher Heil (Georgia Institute of Technology) partners with author ...
University Calculus: Early Transcendentals in SI Units / 4th edition
University Calculus Early Transcendentals
2021 || Paperback || Joel Hass e.a. || Pearson
This title is a Pearson Global Edition. The Editorial team at Pearson has worked closely with educators around the world to include content which is especially relevant to students outside the United States. For 3-semester or 4-quarter courses covering single variable and multivariable calculus, taken by students of mathematics, engineering, natural sciences, or economics.
Clear, precise, conciseUniversity Calculus: Early Transcendentals helps students generalize and apply the key ideas of ca...
For All Practical Purposes (International Edition)
Mathematical Literacy in Today's World
2022 || Paperback || COMAP || Macmillan
Bringing contemporary mathematical thinking to non-specialists.
For All Practical Purposes emphasises the valuable connections between contemporary mathematics and modern society. This foundational resource introduces students to real math applications without simply listing equations, but offering practice that is geared towards understanding what these equations do and what they can reveal. A series of independent chapters also focus on high-interest topics, including business management, d...
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Brain Gym
40 workouts to boost your brain health
2023 || Cards || Dr Sabina Brennan || BIS Publishers
Train your brain for emotional wellbeing: feel happier and more productive with 40 science-based brain workouts
Determined
Life Without Free Will
2024 || Paperback || Robert M Sapolsky || Vintage Publishing
One of the world’s greatest scientists of human behaviour, the bestselling author of Behave, shows that free will does not exist - and sets out the disturbing yet liberating implications of accepting this fact.
‘One of the best scientist-writers of our time’ OLIVER SACKS
What if free will is an illusion? As Robert Sapolsky shows in this masterful account of the science of human behaviour, everything we think and do is caused by the luck of our biology and the influence of our environmen...
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Planet Earth III
2023 || Hardcover || Michael Gunton e.a. || Veltman Distributie Import Books
The iconic series that started it all returns- accompanying an 8-part programme narrated by David Attenborough, Planet Earth III takes you closer than ever to the world's most fascinating animals and landscapes - and humanity's irrevocable impact upon them. There are over 100 billion planets in our galaxy. Only one is home to life. Ranging across seven dramatic habitats, from the depths of the ocean, to the scorching desert and into the to the darkest jungle, Planet Earth III showcases places...
Modeling Life
The Mathematics of Biological Systems
2017 || Hardcover || Alan Garfinkel e.a. || Springer International Publishing AG
This book develops the mathematical tools essential for students in the life sciences to describe interacting systems and predict their behavior. From predator-prey populations in an ecosystem, to hormone regulation within the body, the natural world abounds in dynamical systems that affect us profoundly. Complex feedback relations and counter-intuitive responses are common in nature; this book develops the quantitative skills needed to explore these interactions.
Differential equations are t...