Random Order
Title | Random Order PDF eBook |
Author | Branden Wayne Joseph |
Publisher | MIT Press |
Total Pages | 444 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780262100991 |
An examination of the artistic development of Robert Rauschenberg, focusing on his relationship with John Cage and his role in the making of the American neo-avant-garde.
What Is Random?
Title | What Is Random? PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Beltrami |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Total Pages | 192 |
Release | 2020-07-30 |
Genre | Mathematics |
ISBN | 1071607995 |
In this fascinating book, mathematician Ed Beltrami takes a close enough look at randomness to make it mysteriously disappear. The results of coin tosses, it turns out, are determined from the start, and only our incomplete knowledge makes them look random. "Random" sequences of numbers are more elusive, but Godels undecidability theorem informs us that we will never know. Those familiar with quantum indeterminacy assert that order is an illusion, and that the world is fundamentally random. Yet randomness is also an illusion. Perhaps order and randomness, like waves and particles, are only two sides of the same (tossed) coin.
Science, Order and Creativity
Title | Science, Order and Creativity PDF eBook |
Author | David Bohm |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 360 |
Release | 2010-10-04 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1136922806 |
One of the foremost scientists and thinkers of our time, David Bohm worked alongside Oppenheimer and Einstein. In Science, Order and Creativity he and physicist F. David Peat propose a return to greater creativity and communication in the sciences. They ask for a renewed emphasis on ideas rather than formulae, on the whole rather than fragments, and on meaning rather than mere mechanics. Tracing the history of science from Aristotle to Einstein, from the Pythagorean theorem to quantum mechanics, the authors offer intriguing new insights into how scientific theories come into being, how to eliminate blocks to creativity and how science can lead to a deeper understanding of society, the human condition and the human mind itself. Science, Order and Creativity looks to the future of science with elegance, hope and enthusiasm.
Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods
Title | Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods PDF eBook |
Author | Paul J. Lavrakas |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Total Pages | 1073 |
Release | 2008-09-12 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1452261474 |
In conjunction with top survey researchers around the world and with Nielsen Media Research serving as the corporate sponsor, the Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods presents state-of-the-art information and methodological examples from the field of survey research. Although there are other "how-to" guides and references texts on survey research, none is as comprehensive as this Encyclopedia, and none presents the material in such a focused and approachable manner. With more than 600 entries, this resource uses a Total Survey Error perspective that considers all aspects of possible survey error from a cost-benefit standpoint.
Surveys in Combinatorics, 1993
Title | Surveys in Combinatorics, 1993 PDF eBook |
Author | Keith Walker |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 299 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Combinatorial analysis |
ISBN | 0521448573 |
This volume contains the invited papers presented at the 14th British Combinatorial Conference, held at the University of Keele in July 1993.
Topics in Mathematical Economics and Game Theory
Title | Topics in Mathematical Economics and Game Theory PDF eBook |
Author | Robert J. Aumann |
Publisher | American Mathematical Soc. |
Total Pages | 306 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780821805251 |
Since the publication of "Theory of Games and Economic Behavior" by von Neumann and Morgenstern, the concept of games has played an increasing role in economics. It also plays a role of growing importance in other sciences, including biology, political science, and psychology. Many scientists have made seminal advances and continue to be leaders in the field, including Harsanyi, Shapley, Shubik, and Selten. Professor Robert Aumann, in addition to his important contributions to game theory and economics, made a number of significant contributions to mathematics. This volume provides a collection of essays in mathematical economics and game theory, including cutting-edge research on noncooperative game theory and its foundations, bargaining theory, and general equilibrium theory. Also included is a reprint of Aumann's classic paper, "Acceptable Points in General Cooperative n-Person Games" and of the oft-cited, yet hard to find, paper by Maschler, "The Worth of a Cooperative Enterprise to Each Member". This book illustrates the wide range of applications of mathematics to economics, game theory, and social choice. The volume is dedicated to Professor Robert J. Aumann, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, for his contributions in mathematics and social sciences.
Advances in Cryptology – EUROCRYPT 2009
Title | Advances in Cryptology – EUROCRYPT 2009 PDF eBook |
Author | Antoine Joux |
Publisher | Springer |
Total Pages | 614 |
Release | 2009-04-16 |
Genre | Computers |
ISBN | 3642010016 |
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 28th Annual International Conference on the Theory and Applications of Cryptographic Techniques, EUROCRYPT 2009, held in Cologne, Germany, in April 2009. The 33 revised full papers presented together with 1 invited lecture were carefully reviewed and selected from 148 submissions. The papers address all current foundational, theoretical and research aspects of cryptology, cryptography, and cryptanalysis as well as advanced applications. The papers are organized in topical sections on security, proofs, and models, hash cryptanalysis, group and broadcast encryption, cryptosystems, cryptanalysis, side channels, curves, and randomness.