Bestselling author Davis turns his keen eye to the White House and the 43 presidents, with quotes and sidebars that reveal the presidents' nicknames, pets, and even favorite foods. Includes a running timeline charting major landmarks in American history and a complete list of presidents and vice presidents. Full-color illustrations.
This accessible survey traces the history of computer science, profiles influential mathematicians and logicians, celebrates the long-term impact of their innovations, and probes the technological and intellectual foundation of this rapidly evolving field.
Readers can learn far-out facts about stars, asteroids, and the planets in this resource that also teaches them how to safely watch a solar eclipse and what makes each planet in the solar system special. Includes fact-filled sidebars and fun pop quizzes. Illustrations.
Here, the reader learns of the food and feeding habits of more than 1,000 species of birds and mammals, together with their distribution in America, their migratory habits, and the most important plant-animal relationships. Not only naturalists but also sportsmen, farmers, botanists, birdwatchers, foresters, Boy Scouts, and anyone with a general ...
From Columbus Day to Christmas, these 13 haunting tales of dark fantasy and the supernatural give new meaning to the term holiday spirit. Includes stories by David Niall Wilson, Bradley H. Sinor, Nancy Holder, and others. Original.
"No one executed a shot with more force or authority than Ben Hogan", begins Ben Crenshaw's vivid recollection. Hogan won all of golf's major tournaments -- the Masters, the British Open, the PGA Championship, and a record five U.S. Opens -- and his golf swing became the model for generations of golf aficionados. The unmatched scenes in this rare, ...
Drawn from a recently discovered archive, this landmark book reveals more than 100 photographs of Bobby Jones demonstrating, step-by-step, all of the fundamentals of golf. Keyed to the photos are meticulous instructions, taken from original pages handwritten by Jones himself. 5-color printing throughout.
This introductory text covers the key areas of computer science, including recursive function theory, formal languages, and automata. It assumes a minimal background in formal mathematics. The book is divided into five parts: Computability, Grammars and Automata, Logic, Complexity, and Unsolvability. Computability theory is introduced in a manner ...
Classic graduate-level introduction to theory of computability. Discusses general theory of computability, computable functions, operations on computable functions, Turing machines self-applied, unsolvable decision problems, applications of general theory, mathematical logic, Kleene hierarchy, more.
This is a comprehensive source for easy-to-find simple-to-use prehospital knowledge and information for the practicing paramedic or critical care transport team
This text assumes no knowledge of mathematical logic. Beginning with a nonstandard construction of the real number system, it leads students thorough the basic topics of elementary real analysis, topological spaces, and Hilbert space. Includes nonstandard treatments of equicontinuity, nonmeasurable sets, and the existence of Haar measure. 1977 ...
Hughes, Davis, Matthew and Jones: Text and Materials on Housing Law is a collection of housing case law and legislation combined with commentary to enable students fully to understand the often complicated language of the law. It gathers together all the important original materials to which students of housing law will need to have access. Text ...
Bobby Jones, arguably the greatest golfer who has ever lived, won 13 national titles, including the Grand Slam in 1930, and was the only golfer to have won the four majors in one year. This tribute to Jones features essays by Ben Crenshaw, Larry Dorman, Alistair Cook, and many others, plus over 250 photographs, many never before published.
This collection of 13 original tales of the magic and mishaps that await those who seek to become masters of their crafts includes spellbinding stories by such noted authors as Michelle West, Tim Waggoner, David D. Levine, Tanya Huff, Mickey Zucker Reichert, and others. Original.
This lavishly illustrated, magnificently produced celebration of Byron Nelson, who was recently honored with the PGA's Lifetime Achievement Award, presents the full story of the golfer's life and career, chronicling his path from his days as a caddie for Ben Hogan through the 54 PGA events he won as a professional golfer. 150 photos, including an ...
How did some plant-eating dinosaurs "chew" with their stomachs? Which dinosaurs were the best musicians? How did T. rex attack its prey? Dinosaurs were some of the most fascinating animals that ever lived on our planet. Some were huge, and some were tiny; some ate leaves, and some loved to chomp on other dinosaurs! In Don't Know Much ...
Thirteen brand-new tales explore the future of Earth and humanity a thousand years from now. From the development of a race that will be the next evolutionary step beyond mankind to civilization's adaptation to a new ice age, inventive glimpses of our world and universe that are only a millennium away. Original.
In this pictorial biography, more than 80 full-color photos show the band members of 'N Sync during performances and backstage. One chapter is devoted to each member of the group.
An anthology of fundamental papers on undecidability and unsolvability, this classic reference opens with Godel's landmark 1931 paper demonstrating that systems of logic cannot admit proofs of all true assertions of arithmetic. Subsequent papers by Godel, Church, Turing, and Post single out the class of recursive functions as computable by finite ...
Montgomerie, the leading golfer in Europe for the past seven years, shows how to play those shots that are most common on links style golf courses. Includes three 6-page double gatefold spreads and four 4-page single gatefolds to convey Montie's teaching methods. 351 color photos.
Expert guidance on managing your business for maximum profit. . This book examines the elements critical to running a business, picking up where the bestselling "Start Your Own Business" leaves off, with tips on leadership, customer service, financials, and more. It includes lessons from seasoned businesspeople experienced in the situations new ...
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