In this book, Paul A. Ruud, a well known and respected scholar, makes sense of this complex field by presenting a careful intuitive understanding of the subject. He teaches the reader to think like an econometrician, not like a person simply learning how to get the "right" answers.
To those interested in a life in science, Sir Peter Medawar, Nobel laureate, deflates the myths of invincibility, superiority, and genius; instead, he demonstrates it is common sense and an inquiring mind that are essential to the scientist’s calling.
The Dictionary of Real Numbers was designed for researchers who have encountered various numbers computationally and want to know if these numbers have simple form. The book is structured as a reverse handbook of special function values. It lists over 100,000 eight digit real numbers in the interval (1,0) that arise as the first eight digits of special values of familiar functions. This book should be of interest to researchers in mathematics.
Cool Careers for Girls with Animals (Cool Careers for Girls Series)
Profiles ten women who work with animals, in such jobs as horse farm owner, veterinarian, and exotic animal trainer, and explains their duties and how they prepared for and got their positions.
