Below the Convergence
Title | Below the Convergence PDF eBook |
Author | Alan Gurney |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 338 |
Release | 2007-02-27 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780393329049 |
This wonderfully written book tells of the first Herculean expeditions to Antarctica, from astronomer Edmond Halley's 1699 voyage in the Paramore to the sealer John Balleny's 1839 excursion in the Eliza Scott, all in search of land, glory, fur, science, and profit. Life was harsh: crews had poor provisions and inadequate clothing, and scurvy was a constant threat. With unreliable--often homemade--charts, these intrepid explorers sailed in the stormy waters of the Southern Ocean below the Convergence, that sea frontier marking the boundary between the freezing Antarctic waters and the warmer sub-Antarctic seas. These men were the first to discover and exploit a new continent, which was not the verdant southern island they had imagined but an inhospitable expanse of rock and ice, ringed by pack ice and icebergs: Antarctica.
Contraction & Convergence
Title | Contraction & Convergence PDF eBook |
Author | Aubrey Meyer |
Publisher | Green Books |
Pages | 106 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Nature |
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The C&C framework, which was been pioneered and advocated by GCI at the United Nations throughout the 1990s, is the most widely supported framework proposal in the global debate on what to do about climate change.
Social Theory Re-Wired
Title | Social Theory Re-Wired PDF eBook |
Author | Wesley Longhofer |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 943 |
Release | 2023-06-22 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 100088824X |
This third edition of Social Theory Re-Wired is a significantly revised edition of this leading text and its unique web learning interactive programs that "allow us to go farther into theory and to build student skills than ever before," according to many teachers. Vital political and social updates are reflected both in the text and the online supplements. "System updates" to each section offer an expanded set of contemporary theory readings that focus on the impacts of information/digital technologies on each of the text’s five big themes: 1) the Puzzles of Social Order, 2) the Social Consequences of Capitalism, 3) the Darkside of Modernity, 4) Subordinated/Alternative Knowledges, and 5) Self-Identity and Society. New to this edition: The "big ideas/questions" thematic structure of the text as well as the connections between classical and contemporary theorists continues to be popular with instructors. This feature is enhanced in the new edition An expanded "Podcast Companions" series now pairs at least one podcast to every reading in the book Many new updates to the exercise platform allow students to theorize and build theory on their own New readings excerpts include such important recent work as: Shoshana Zuboff’s "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism," Ruha Benjamin’s "Race After Technology," David Graeber’s "Of Flying Cars and the Declining Rate of Profit," Sherry Turkle’s “Always-On/Always-on-You.”
The Foundations of Real Analysis
Title | The Foundations of Real Analysis PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Mikula |
Publisher | Universal-Publishers |
Pages | 505 |
Release | 2015-10-20 |
Genre | Mathematics |
ISBN | 1627345655 |
This textbook covers the subject of real analysis from the fundamentals up through beginning graduate level. It is appropriate as an introductory course text or a review text for graduate qualifying examinations. Some special features of the text include a thorough discussion of transcendental functions such as trigonometric, logarithmic, and exponential from power series expansions, deducing all important functional properties from the series definitions. The text is written in a user-friendly manner, and includes full solutions to all assigned exercises throughout the text.
Weak Convergence Methods for Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations
Title | Weak Convergence Methods for Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations PDF eBook |
Author | Lawrence C. Evans |
Publisher | American Mathematical Soc. |
Pages | 98 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Mathematics |
ISBN | 0821807242 |
"Expository lectures from the the CBMS Regional Conference held at Loyola University of Chicago, June 27-July 1, 1988."--T.p. verso.
Convergence and Persistence in Corporate Governance
Title | Convergence and Persistence in Corporate Governance PDF eBook |
Author | Jeffrey N. Gordon |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 396 |
Release | 2004-04-08 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780521536011 |
Corporate governance is on the reform agenda all over the world. How will global economic integration affect the different systems of corporate ownership and governance? Is the Anglo-American model of shareholder capitalism destined to become the template for a converging global corporate governance standard or will the differences persist? This reader contains classic work from leading scholars addressing this question as well as several new essays. In a sophisticated political economy analysis that is also attuned to the legal framework, the authors bring to bear efficiency arguments, politics, institutional economics, international relations, industrial organization, and property rights. These questions have become even more important in light of the post-Enron corporate governance crisis in the United States and the European Union's repeated efforts at corporate integration. This will become a key text for postgraduates and academics.
A Guide to Topology
Title | A Guide to Topology PDF eBook |
Author | Steven G. Krantz |
Publisher | MAA |
Pages | 128 |
Release | 2009-09-24 |
Genre | Mathematics |
ISBN | 9780883853467 |
A Guide to Topology is an introduction to basic topology for graduate or advanced undergraduate students. It covers point-set topology, Moore-Smith convergence and function spaces. It treats continuity, compactness, the separation axioms, connectedness, completeness, the relative topology, the quotient topology, the product topology, and all the other fundamental ideas of the subject. The book is filled with examples and illustrations. Students studying for exams will find this book to be a concise, focused and informative resource. Professional mathematicians who need a quick review of the subject, or need a place to look up a key fact, will find this book to be a useful resource too.