So I Have This Theory

Author : Judy Balan
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789351950738

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I Have a Theory about That by Judy Balan Pdf

Meg likes to plan her life on a spreadsheet. Tania believes in letting the universe take charge. Theirs is an unlikely friendship, to say the least – especially since the two met because they used to date the same guy. At the same time. Now, as older, wiser twenty-nine-year olds (and flatmates, no less), they’re determined to enter their thirties with the one thing that's still missing from their halfway happy lives: that elusive long-lasting romance. When a routine conversation ends up with them laying bets on who will find love first, the battle lines are drawn. Now, if only ridiculous first dates, nosey aunties betting on their bet and complicated professional lives would get out of their way for the girls to find their One. And, really, what is the shortest way to finding love – via probability calculations on a-date-a-day week, or just being in the right place at the right time when the planets are all aligned and there are no Venus–Uranus oppositions?

Author : David A. Blackwell,M. A. Girshick
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-14
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780486150895

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Theory of Games and Statistical Decisions by David A. Blackwell,M. A. Girshick Pdf

Evaluating statistical procedures through decision and game theory, as first proposed by Neyman and Pearson and extended by Wald, is the goal of this problem-oriented text in mathematical statistics. First-year graduate students in statistics and other students with a background in statistical theory and advanced calculus will find a rigorous, thorough presentation of statistical decision theory treated as a special case of game theory. The work of Borel, von Neumann, and Morgenstern in game theory, of prime importance to decision theory, is covered in its relevant aspects: reduction of games to normal forms, the minimax theorem, and the utility theorem. With this introduction, Blackwell and Professor Girshick look at: Values and Optimal Strategies in Games; General Structure of Statistical Games; Utility and Principles of Choice; Classes of Optimal Strategies; Fixed Sample-Size Games with Finite Ω and with Finite A; Sufficient Statistics and the Invariance Principle; Sequential Games; Bayes and Minimax Sequential Procedures; Estimation; and Comparison of Experiments. A few topics not directly applicable to statistics, such as perfect information theory, are also discussed. Prerequisites for full understanding of the procedures in this book include knowledge of elementary analysis, and some familiarity with matrices, determinants, and linear dependence. For purposes of formal development, only discrete distributions are used, though continuous distributions are employed as illustrations. The number and variety of problems presented will be welcomed by all students, computer experts, and others using statistics and game theory. This comprehensive and sophisticated introduction remains one of the strongest and most useful approaches to a field which today touches areas as diverse as gambling and particle physics.

Author : Abraham Edel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351472869

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The Theory and Practice of Philosophy by Abraham Edel Pdf

There is an historical element throughout philosophy. As Edel notes, this is always in the context of problems, so emphasis will fall on the major objective of reflective analysis of ideas. The major objective of Edel's analysis in The Theory and Practice of Philosophy is the fundamental interrelatedness of problems of method, metaphysics, and value. Each part is an integral whole, complete in itself.That philosophy has this central role in human practice indicates that it should be neither discarded nor deified. This is the explicit premise of the book. Students are likely to be faced increasingly with a demand for clarification on the fundamental issues of life and value. The expectation that philosophy will provide ready-made answers to these kinds of questions is as naive as the demand for any panacea, but this task cannot be turned over to any other department of human knowledge or any other branch of social activity.By placing emphasis on the importance of theory in matters of practice, the need for clear and systematic understanding of the world and man within it, and on the constant role of reflection in the management of human affairs, Edel seeks to shed light on the larger questions of philosophy by examining them in a systematic way. The result is a great text and tool for students and teachers that deals directly with the fundamental issues of our civilization.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0025128762

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Theory of Morals and Origin of Language by Anonim Pdf

Author : Denis McQuail
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 633 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010-02-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780857023223

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McQuail′s Mass Communication Theory by Denis McQuail Pdf

"Denis McQuail′s Mass Communication Theory is not just a seminal text in the study of media and society - it is a benchmark for understanding and appreciating the long and winding road people and their media have taken to get us here." - Mark Deuze, Indiana University and Leiden University "This is a unique work tested by time and generations of students around the world - North, South, East and West." - Kaarle Nordenstreng, University of Tampere "McQuail′s Mass Communication Theory continues to be the clearest and best introduction to this sprawling field." - Anders Hansen, University of Leicester With over 125,000 copies sold, McQuail′s Mass Communication Theory has been the benchmark for studying media and communication for more than 25 years. It remains the most authoritative and comprehensive introduction to the field and offers unmatched coverage of the research literature. It covers everything a student needs to know of the diverse forms of mass communication today, including television, radio, newspapers, film, music, the internet and other forms of new media. Denis McQuail shows that more than ever, theories of mass communication matter for the broader understanding of society and culture. Unmatched in coverage and used across the globe, this book includes: Explorations of new media, globalization, work, economy, governance, policy, media audiences and effects New boxed case studies on key research publications, to familiarize students with the critical research texts in the field Definitions, examples, and illustrations throughout to bring abstract concepts to life. McQuail′s Mass Communication Theory is the indispensable resource no student of media and communication studies can afford to be without.

Author : James Martineau
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Ethics
ISBN : OSU:32435028932085

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Types of Ethical Theory by James Martineau Pdf

Author : Michael A. Neblo
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107027671

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Deliberative Democracy between Theory and Practice by Michael A. Neblo Pdf

This book offers a model to bridge the differences between political theorists and social scientists, focusing on deliberative practices.

Author : Esteban Vázquez Cano,Luisa Sevillano García,Annemarie Profanter
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781527512894

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Theory and Best Practice Models in Educational Institutions in Spain and Italy by Esteban Vázquez Cano,Luisa Sevillano García,Annemarie Profanter Pdf

The current societal and social reality in Europe is undergoing far-reaching changes due to the phenomenon of migration. Educational policy and pedagogical practice play a key role in the academic support of immigrant children in schools. In this volume, the connections between societal change and educational issues in relation to two southern European nations, Spain and Italy, are analyzed. The stories of intercultural communication and integration of these two case studies focus on five themes: linguistic diversity, the performance gap, teacher training programs and school culture, the role of music education in multicultural and multilingual contexts, and the development of a supranational education as an improvement for multicultural education. The volume is of particular relevance for educational researchers, as well as for the interested general reader. It takes the reader to public and private entities in Italy and Spain, where intercultural education is part of societal discourse, and serves as a sounding board for the discussion of developments in other parts of Europe with similar demographics.

Author : Stuart Macwilliam
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134945658

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Queer Theory and the Prophetic Marriage Metaphor in the Hebrew Bible by Stuart Macwilliam Pdf

The Hebrew Bible offers a metaphor of marriage that portrays men and women as complementary, each with their distinct and 'natural' roles. Queer Theory and the Prophetic Marriage Metaphor in the Hebrew Bible draws on contemporary scholarship to critique this hetero-normativity. The book examines the methodological issues involved in the application of queer theory to biblical texts and draws on the concept of gender performativity - the construction of gender through action and behaviour - to argue for the potential of queer theory in political readings of the Bible. The central role of metaphor in reinforcing gender performativity is examined in relation to the books of Jeremiah, Hosea and Ezekiel. The book offers a radical reassessment of the relationship between biblical language and gender identity.

Author : Simon N. Chandler-Wilde,Marko Lindner
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Compact operators
ISBN : 9780821852439

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Limit Operators, Collective Compactness, and the Spectral Theory of Infinite Matrices by Simon N. Chandler-Wilde,Marko Lindner Pdf

In the first half of this memoir the authors explore the interrelationships between the abstract theory of limit operators (see e.g. the recent monographs of Rabinovich, Roch and Silbermann (2004) and Lindner (2006)) and the concepts and results of the generalised collectively compact operator theory introduced by Chandler-Wilde and Zhang (2002). They build up to results obtained by applying this generalised collectively compact operator theory to the set of limit operators of an operator $A$ (its operator spectrum). In the second half of this memoir the authors study bounded linear operators on the generalised sequence space $\ell^p(\mathbb{Z}^N,U)$, where $p\in [1,\infty]$ and $U$ is some complex Banach space. They make what seems to be a more complete study than hitherto of the connections between Fredholmness, invertibility, invertibility at infinity, and invertibility or injectivity of the set of limit operators, with some emphasis on the case when the operator $A$ is a locally compact perturbation of the identity. Especially, they obtain stronger results than previously known for the subtle limiting cases of $p=1$ and $\infty$.

Author : Douglas Carnegie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Chemistry
ISBN : HARVARD:32044080590250

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Law and Theory in Chemistry by Douglas Carnegie Pdf

Author : Jane L. Swanson,Nadya A. Fouad
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781452256696

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Career Theory and Practice by Jane L. Swanson,Nadya A. Fouad Pdf

Unique in the way it links five major career development and choice theories to a fictional case client, this user-friendly text is ideal for counselors engaged in helping clients make wise career choices. Thoroughly updated, the Third Edition of Career Theory and Practice takes a multicultural approach as it blends theory, practical examples, and specific cases, helping readers apply a wide range of career development theories to counseling clients.

Author : R. Jon McGee,Richard L. Warms
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 1053 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781452276304

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Theory in Social and Cultural Anthropology by R. Jon McGee,Richard L. Warms Pdf

Social and cultural anthropology and archaeology are rich subjects with deep connections in the social and physical sciences. Over the past 150 years, the subject matter and different theoretical perspectives have expanded so greatly that no single individual can command all of it. Consequently, both advanced students and professionals may be confronted with theoretical positions and names of theorists with whom they are only partially familiar, if they have heard of them at all. Students, in particular, are likely to turn to the web to find quick background information on theorists and theories. However, most web-based information is inaccurate and/or lacks depth. Students and professionals need a source to provide a quick overview of a particular theory and theorist with just the basics—the "who, what, where, how, and why," if you will. In response, SAGE Reference plans to publish the two-volume Theory in Social and Cultural Anthropology: An Encyclopedia. Features & Benefits: Two volumes containing approximately 335 signed entries provide users with the most authoritative and thorough reference resource available on anthropology theory, both in terms of breadth and depth of coverage. To ease navigation between and among related entries, a Reader's Guide groups entries thematically and each entry is followed by Cross-References. In the electronic version, the Reader's Guide combines with the Cross-References and a detailed Index to provide robust search-and-browse capabilities. An appendix with a Chronology of Anthropology Theory allows students to easily chart directions and trends in thought and theory from early times to the present. Suggestions for Further Reading at the end of each entry and a Master Bibliography at the end guide readers to sources for more detailed research and discussion.

Author : David Ebrey
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107055131

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Theory and Practice in Aristotle's Natural Science by David Ebrey Pdf

This collection of groundbreaking new essays show how Aristotle's natural science illuminates fundamental topics in his philosophy.

Author : Patrick Williams,Laura Chrisman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317325239

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Colonial Discourse and Post-Colonial Theory by Patrick Williams,Laura Chrisman Pdf

This popular text provides an in-depth introduction to debates within post-colonial theory and criticism. The readings are drawn from a diverse selection of thinkers both historical and contemporary.