Authors:Charles M. Grinstead, J. Laurie Snell,
Publisher: American Mathematical Society
Keywords: probability, introduction
Number of Pages: 510
Published: 1997-07-01
ISBN-10: 0821807498
ISBN-13: 9780821807491

Text is designed for an introductory probability course at the university level for sophomores, juniors, and seniors in mathematics, physical and social sciences, engineering, and computer science. It presents a thorough treatment of ideas and techniques necessary for a firm understanding of the subject. The text is also recommended for use in discrete probability courses. The material is organized so that the discrete and continuous probability discussions are presented in a separate, but parallel, manner. This organization does not emphasize an overly rigorous or formal view of probabililty

Author: greenpeace.org
Publisher: eBookDB.org
Keywords: revolution, energy, greenpeace
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 2010-07-31
eBookDB-ID: EBDB100976

  Every day, millions of people whose stories you won’t hear are suffering the direct effects of our addiction to fossil fuels. Asthma, cancer, mutilated ecosystems, devastated communities — these are the hidden costs of our backward energy system, and we’re paying those costs right now, whether we know it or not.Unfortunately, the worst is yet to come. According to the Nobel prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, we must peak global warming pollution by 2015 and nearly eliminate it by mid-century. The threat of climate change demands nothing sh

Author: Roy Tennant
Publisher: Roy Tennant
Keywords: grodzins, lipow, anne, honor, libraries, essays, technology
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2008-07-14
ISBN-10: 0615212123
ISBN-13: 9780615212128

festschrift: "a usually miscellaneous volume of writings from several hands for a celebration."Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, unabridged, Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam Company, 1976.A few of Anne’s many friends and colleagues are celebrating her life with essays published as a festschrift both online and in print. The online version is available here for free downloading, since breaking publishing molds was one of the things that Anne did best. A publicity flyer is also available.

Author: Paul Romeij
Publisher: Treemail
Keywords: forestry, plantation, truth, variations, gold
Number of Pages: 221
Published: 1999-01-01
ISBN-10: 9080444324
ISBN-13: 9789080444324

Green Gold explores the Internet as a tool to extract accountability from Trans Nationally operating Corporations. It exposes the collapsed Teakwood investment program of the Delta Lloyd-OHRA Insurance and Banking group and the world’s largest environmental organization, WWF. Peer reviewed. "Compulsory" -- Prof. Dr. J.C. Centeno "Possibly brilliant" -- Prof. Dr. J. van Acker "Extremely thorough and authoritative" -- Prof. Dr. A. Heertje Review This book methodically recounts the technical, legal, political and ethical aspects of a teak plantation established in Costa Rica by the

Authors:Werner Gitt,  Jaap Kie,
Publisher: Christliche Literatur-Verbreitung
Keywords: information, beginning
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2000-12-01
ISBN-10: 3893972552
ISBN-13: 9783893972555

“Powerful evidence for the existence of a personal God!”INFORMATION IS THE CORNERSTONE OF LIFE, yet it is something people don’t often think about. In his fascinating new book, In the Beginning Was Information, Dr. Werner Gitt helps the reader see how the very presence of information reveals a Designer:* Do we take for granted the presence of information that organizes every part of the human body, from hair color to the way internal organs work?* What is the origin of all our complicated data?* How is it that information in our ordered universe is organized and processed?Git

Author: OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and D
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Keywords: agenda, policy, designing, bioeconomy
Number of Pages: 323
Published: 2009-04-21
ISBN-10: 9264038531
ISBN-13: 9789264038530

The biological sciences are adding value to a host of products and services, producing what some have labelled the bioeconomy and offering the potential to make major socio-economic contributions in OECD countries. Using quantitative analyses of data on development pipelines and R D expenditures from private and public databases, this book estimates biotechnological developments to 2015. Moving to a broader institutional view, it also looks at the roles of R D funding, human resources, intellectual property, and regulation in the bioeconomy, as well as at possible developments that could influ

Author: Federal Aviation Administratio
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Keywords: handbook, flying, balloon
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2007-08-01
ISBN-10: 160239069X
ISBN-13: 9781602390690

For pilots ready to go up, up, and away in their beautiful balloons, this official handbook is a must-have. Created by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), it conforms to the agency’s certification standards and offers both beginning and experienced balloonists the essential knowledge necessary for safe piloting. It includes information on how to choose a balloon that best meets your needs; advice on preparing for a flight (weather checking, inspecting equipment, selecting a launch site, picking a crew); detailed instructions for inflating, launching, and landing a balloon; in-flig