This volume shows how spreadsheets are used in real life to model and analyse real business problems. By modelling problems using spreadsheets from the outset, the text prepares future managers for the types of problems they will encounter in their daily workload.[...]
The market-leading textbook for the course, Winston's OPERATIONS RESEARCH owes much of its success to its practical orientation and consistent emphasis on model formulation and model building. It moves beyond a mere study of algorithms without sacrificing the rigor that faculty desire. As in every e[...]
This brief text assists students in understanding Chomsky's philosophy and thinking so they can more fully engage in useful, intelligent class dialogue and improve their understanding of course content.[...]
"Data Analysis, Opyimization, And Simulation Modeling, 4e, International Edition" emphasizes data analysis, modeling, and spreadsheet use in statistics and management science. Professional Excel software add-ins are included, making this text a market leader in its first edition for its clarity of w[...]
At 6'6", 240 pounds, Forrest Gump is a difficult man to ignore, so follow Forrest from the football dynasties of Bear Bryant to the Vietnam War, from encounters with Presidents Johnson and Nixon to powwows with Chairman Mao.[...]
Winston and Clementine Churchill wrote to each other constantly throughout the 57 years of their life together. Written solely for each others eyes, their letters serve as a revealing portrait of their characters and their relationship, and as a unique political and social history, as international [...]
From caveman to modern man ...Few people doubt that humans are descended from the apes; fewer still consider, let alone accept, the psychological implications. But in truth, man not only looks, moves and breathes like an ape, he also thinks like one. Sexual drive, survival, competition, aggression -[...]
Explores the human mind and shows how our emotions and personality are the result of genes and environment. This book explains how memories are formed and lost, how the ever-changing brain is responsible for toddler tantrums and teenage angst, and reveals the truth behind extra-sensory perception as[...]
In vitro fertilisation has become big business. Drawing on personal and professional experience, this title offers an account of modern reproductive technology from a practitioner who has spent his professional life at the forefront of this most fascinating and emotive area of science.[...]
Winston Churchill steered Britain through its darkest hours during World War II. He was one of the 20th century's greatest orators, and the speeches he painstakingly composed, rehearsed and delivered inspired courage in an entire nation.
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Throughout his six decades in the public eye, Winston Churchill understood and wielded the power of words. This title presents a selection of 200 extracts from Churchill's entire oeuvre of books, articles and speeches that reflect his life story, career and philosophy.[...]
Throughout his six decades in the public eye, Winston Churchill understood and wielded the power of words. In his speeches, books and newspaper and magazine articles, he expressed his feelings and laid out his vision for the future. His wartime writings and speeches in particular have fascinated gen[...]
Winston and Clementine Churchill wrote to each other constantly throughout the fifty-seven years on their life together, from the passionate and charming exchanges of their courtship and early marriage to the year before Winston's death in 1965. Written solely for each other's eyes, spontaneously an[...]
For fans of "The King's Speech," the intriguing bond between monarch and prime minister and its crucial role during World War II
The political and personal relationship between King George VI and Winston Churchill during World War II is one that has been largely overlooked throughout history, y[...]
From ancient cave paintings of honey bee nests to modern science's richly diversified investigation of honey bee biology and its applications, the human imagination has long been captivated by the mysterious and highly sophisticated behavior of this paragon among insect societies. In the first broad[...]
Being among bees is a full-body experience, Mark Winston writes from the low hum of tens of thousands of insects and the pungent smell of honey and beeswax, to the sight of workers flying back and forth between flowers and the hive. The experience of an apiary slows our sense of time, heightens our [...]
"Here, in his own words, are the fascinating first thirty years in the life of one of the most provocative and compelling leaders of the twentieth century
Winston Churchill"
As a visionary, statesman, and historian, and the most eloquent spokesman against Nazi Germany, Winst[...]
"Mathletics" is a remarkably entertaining book that shows readers how to use simple mathematics to analyze a range of statistical and probability-related questions in professional baseball, basketball, and football, and in sports gambling. How does professional baseball evaluate hitters? Is a single[...]