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The Creationists

The Creationists

Ronald L. Numbers

Ronald L. Numbers chronicles the astonishing resurgence of this belief since the 1960s, as well as the creationist movement's tangled roots in the theologies of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Baptists, Presbyterians, Lutherans ...
Science and Religion: New Historical Perspectives

Science and Religion: New Historical Perspectives

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Number Systems and the Foundations of Analysis

Number Systems and the Foundations of Analysis

Elliott Mendelson

Geared toward undergraduate and beginning graduate students, this study explores natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, and complex numbers. Numerous exercises and appendixes supplement the text. 1973 edition.
A Story of Natural Numbers

A Story of Natural Numbers

David Demant

Natural numbers have a long and fascinating history. Whet your appetite for numbers by reading A Story of Natural Numbers, which will grip you all the way from mysterious zero to the wonderful nine.
Which Numbers Are Real?

Which Numbers Are Real?

Michael Henle

This book surveys alternative real number systems: systems that generalize and extend the real numbers yet stay close to these properties that make the reals central to mathematics.Alternative real numbers include many different kinds of ...
The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers

The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers

David Wells

Provides information on numbers and what makes particular ones noteworthy
In Search of Numbers

In Search of Numbers

Alan Kramer

Perform this script about a TV reporter who goes back in time to find out about the history of numbers.
The Numbers Game: Why Everything You Know About Football is ...

The Numbers Game: Why Everything You Know About Football is ...

Chris Anderson

The Numbers Game by Chris Anderson and David Sally reveals football's astonishing hidden rules Football has always been a numbers game: 4-4-2, the big number 9 and 3 points for a win.
Indian Esoteric Buddhism: A Social History of the Tantric ...

Indian Esoteric Buddhism: A Social History of the Tantric ...

Ronald M. Davidson

A Social History of the Tantric Movement Ronald M. Davidson. figure 7 Yogini from Hirapur displaying human sacrifice. Ronald M. Davidson Orissa, seventh century. Ronald M. Davidson.
Collected Wheel Publications Volume I: Numbers 1–15

Collected Wheel Publications Volume I: Numbers 1–15

Various

This book contains the first fifteen numbers of the renowned Wheel Publication series, dealing with various aspects of the Buddha’s teaching.
The Triumph of Numbers: How Counting Shaped Modern Life

The Triumph of Numbers: How Counting Shaped Modern Life

I. Bernard Cohen

Cohen has left us with an engaging and accessible history of numbers, an appreciation of the essential nature of statistics.
Calculated Risks: How to Know When Numbers Deceive You

Calculated Risks: How to Know When Numbers Deceive You

Gerd Gigerenzer

This eye-opening book explains how we can overcome our ignorance of numbers and better understand the risks we may be taking with our money, our health, and our lives.
CRIME PLOT

CRIME PLOT

Ronald Williams Sr.

Ronald Williams Sr. Crime Plot Ronald Williams Sr. Copyright © 2014 by Ronald Williams Sr. Library of Congress Title page.
Baseball Between the Numbers: Why Everything You Know about ...

Baseball Between the Numbers: Why Everything You Know about ...

James Click

Reveals how practitioners of the new, revolutionary statistical analysis in baseball think about numbers and the game, covering hitting, pitching, fielding, roster construction, scouting, and drafting.
Secular Cycles

Secular Cycles

Peter Turchin

This book tests that theory's specific and quantitative predictions by tracing the dynamics of population numbers, prices and real wages, elite numbers and incomes, state finances, and sociopolitical instability.
Collected Wheel Publications Volume XXVIII: Numbers 431 to 447

Collected Wheel Publications Volume XXVIII: Numbers 431 to 447

Bhikkhu Bodhi

This book contains sixteen numbers of the renowned Wheel Publication series, dealing with various aspects of the Buddha’s teaching.
Darwinism Comes to America

Darwinism Comes to America

Ronald L. Numbers

John McCrady, "The Law of Development by Specialization: A Sketch of Its Probable Universality," Journal of the Elliott Society of Natural History 1 (1860): 101-114; Lester D. Stephens and Dale R. Calder, "John McCrady of South Carolina: ...
Numbers Explained -

Numbers Explained -

Stephen Miller

Numbers Explained builds up an understanding of number work in easy stages without talking down to the reader. After reading this book, you should understand how to tackle all the arithmetic required in everyday life.
Ronald Searle's America:

Ronald Searle's America:

Ronald Searle

Dispatched to America in the early ’60s, the golden age of illustrative reportage, Ronald Searle spent several years covering everything―in the form of drawings in his trademark satirical and virtuosic style―from sports to politics, ...
p-adic Numbers, p-adic Analysis, and Zeta-Functions

p-adic Numbers, p-adic Analysis, and Zeta-Functions

NEAL Koblitz

The first edition of this work has become the standard introduction to the theory of p-adic numbers at both the advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate level.
The Solitude of Prime Numbers

The Solitude of Prime Numbers

Paolo Giordano

The Solitude of Prime Numbers is a stunning meditation on loneliness, love, and the weight of childhood experience.
Cholesterol Clarity: What The HDL Is Wrong With My Numbers?

Cholesterol Clarity: What The HDL Is Wrong With My Numbers?

Jimmy Moore

Within the pages of this book you'll learn invaluable lessons, including: -Why your LDL-C and total cholesterol numbers may not be as important in determining your health as your doctor may think -The undeniable negative role that chronic ...
Child welfare services for children with developmental ...

Child welfare services for children with developmental ...

Ronald C. Hughes

Ronald C. Hughes, Judith S. Rycus. The Authors Ronald C. Hughes received his master of science degree in social administration from Case Western Reserve University. He is pursuing a doctorate in psychology at Ohio State University.
How To Examine A Thesis

How To Examine A Thesis

Pearce, Lynne

SRHE and Open University Press imprint General Editor: Heather Eggins Current titles include: Catherine Bargh et al.: University Leadership Ronald Barnett: Beyond all Reason Ronald Barnett: Higher Education Ronald Barnett: Realizing the ...
American Independent

American Independent

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Seeking to recover the numbers, Cohen is pursued by Marcy Dawson (an employee of a Wall Street firm played by Pamela Hart) and Lenny Meyer, a Hasidic Jew, both of whom are desperate to get their hands on the numbers. While Marcy's ...
Narrative and Numbers: The Value of Stories in Business

Narrative and Numbers: The Value of Stories in Business

Aswath Damodaran

Aswath Damodaran, finance professor and experienced investor, argues that the power of story drives corporate value, adding substance to numbers and persuading even cautious investors to take risks.
Thinking in Numbers

Thinking in Numbers

Daniel Tammet

This is the book that Daniel Tammet, bestselling author and mathematical savant, was born to write. In Tammet's world, numbers are beautiful and mathematics illuminates our lives and minds.
p-adic Numbers: An Introduction

p-adic Numbers: An Introduction

Fernando Gouvea

This elementary introduction offers a broad understanding of p-adic numbers. From the reviews: "It is perhaps the most suitable text for beginners, and I shall definitely recommend it to anyone who asks me what a p-adic number is.
Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Jane Sutcliffe

Ronald Reagan / by Jane Sutcliffe. p. cm. — (History maker biographies) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978–0–8225–8894–8 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper) 1. Reagan, Ronald—Juvenile literature. 2. Presidents—United States— ...

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