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Wendy Abraham
Chinese Phrases For Dummies
For Dummies 2005. Paperback. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. For Dummies paperback
书商的参考编号 : G0764584774I4N00 ???????? : 0764584774 9780764584770
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Sarah Abraham Knight
Biography of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Mor Adai 01/01/2012. Paperback. Used; Good. WE SHIP WITHIN 24 HRS FROM LONDON UK 98% OF OUR ORDERS ARE RECEIVED WITHIN 7-10 DAYS. We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Mor Adai paperback
书商的参考编号 : 3396270 ???????? : 8192837106 9788192837109
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Antony Flew; Roy Abraham Varghese
There Is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind
HarperOne 2008. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. smallest crease in front cover . HarperOne Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 024174 ???????? : 0061335304 9780061335303
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Abraham Max
The Classical Theory of Electricity and Magnetism by Abraham Max
Blackie & Son Limited London and Glasgow 1932. Very Good. First English ed. of the eighth German ed. rev. by Richard Becker; authorized trans. by John Dougall; no. 5 in series "The Student's Physics;" 285 p. clean and unmarked except for personal stamp of former owner on end papers t.p. and on p. 81; list of other titles available from publisher in back; binding firm; brown boards with bright gilt lettering on spine; corners bumped in absence of d.j. and some rubbing at crown and foot of spine; paper fine quality and strong mildly age-toned; many diagrams and equations. Book is divided into four parts: I- Vectors and Vector Fields II - The Electric Field III - The Electromagnetic Field IV - Energy and Forces in Maxwell's Theory. 245 pp. plus: Synopsis of Formulae and Notation Examples Answers to Examples Index. Blackie & Son, Limited, London and Glasgow, 1932 hardcover
书商的参考编号 : SKU1020778
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Abraham J. Twerski Judi Dick
A Taste of Nostalgia: Tales And Recipes to Nourish Body And Soul
Shaar Press. Used - Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. Shaar Press unknown
书商的参考编号 : GRP105355536 ???????? : 1422601056 9781422601051
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Jan Peerce/ Beth Abraham Youth Chorale
Jan Peerce/ Beth Abraham Youth Chorale - Across The Generations - Lp Vinyl Record
Tambur Records. Very Good. LP and sleeve are in very good condition. Album cover slightly faded due to aging. Tambur Records unknown
书商的参考编号 : SKU1020292
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Hermann Grete AND Bierens de Haan J. A. Johannes Abraham
Die naturphilosophischen Grundlagen der Quantenmechanik Hermann pp. 718-721 AND in Probleme des Tierischen Instinktes Bierens de Haan pp. 711-717 in Die Naturwissenschaften Heft 42 23 pp. 718-721 1935
FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPS OF GRETE HERMANN'S PIONEERING PAPER ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CAUSALITY & QUANTUM PHYSICS. Hermann brought many Kantian ideas to her examination of the philosophical foundations of quantum mechanics. "Truly a pioneer in developing a philosophical interpretation of quantum physics" Hermann's work is considered rigorous original and far ahead of its time Crull Grete Hermann: Between Physics and Philosophy 59. An important paper on animal instinct by Bierens de Haan is also included. "In 1934 quantum physics had been a physical theory worthy of the name for only a few years. Since the Solvay Congress of 1927 the term 'quantum mechanics' had referred to something fairly definite and stable: a formalism which was a synthesis of Heisenberg's matrix mechanics Schr�dinger's wave mechanics and Dirac's theory of transformations - together with a more unified interpretation of this formalism proposed by Bohr and Heisenberg and later called the 'Copenhagen interpretation'. Hermann was to adopt numerous ingredients of this interpretation in her own account: the complementarity of wave and particle representations and of the conjugate variables of position and velocity; the idea that the results obtained have validity only in relation to a particular experimental arrangement; etc. ibid. As 'quantum mechanics' evolved and particularly in the early 193os Hermann began to intuit an incompatibility between transcendental philosophy and 20th c. physics. Her response was this essay; its conclusions and the arguments supporting them are complex and subtle drawing as much from physics as from philosophy and history. 1 Writing in this paper Hermann characterized her problems with causality and quantum physics in the following manner: "Kant listed the conditions of possibility of knowledge and thus in particular the conditions of possibility of any future physics. 2 These conditions include the category of causality which seems to imply that the predictions of any proper according to Kant science must be strictly deterministic in the following sense: there must be a univocal one-to-one connection between cause and effect between initial and final conditions; one and the same cause can produce only one single well-defined effect. 3 Now the predictions of quantum mechanics are statistical: one and the same initial state can be followed by several different final states and scientists know in advance before any actual experiment only the probability of each possible result. 4 Should we therefore conclude that the Kantian category of causality is refuted by the new physics That strict causality is not after all a necessary condition of any physics" ibid 57-58. Hermann took care in her essay to address the questions of both philosophers and physicists. Briefly summarized she concluded the following: "1 Quantum physics does not refute the category of causality and 2 There are no hidden variables; quantum physics is complete and its predictions will remain statistical" ibid 58. Note that Hermann first published some of this treatise also in 1935 in Abhandlungen der Fries'schen Schule; this publication in a far more widely-read journal contains only her Kantian ideas. Other arguments against von Neumann were not included here. ALSO INCLUDED: An important paper by the influential Dutch animal psychologist Johannes Abraham Bierens de Haan "Probleme des tierischen Instinktes" Problems of Animal Instinct pp. 711-718. In direct contrast to Lorenz de Haan argued that instincts and instinctive behavior patterns do not equate. CONDITION & DETAILS: Complete issue. Original wraps. 4to. Provenance: Bearing the ownership signature of Christian F�chtbauer 1877-1959 a German experimental physicist & professor who published in AdP & ZfP. No institutional markings. Bright & clean. Fine condition. Springer paperback
书商的参考编号 : 1077
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Ken Abraham Daniel Hart
The Prodigal Project Book II: Exodus
Good. Used book in good condition. Has wear to the cover and pages. Contains some markings such as highlighting and writing. Ex-library with the usual stamps. 100% guaranteed. 052120 unknown
书商的参考编号 : 0452284473[go] ???????? : 0452284473 9780452284470
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Ken Abraham Daniel Hart
The Prodigal Project Book II: Exodus
Very Good. Used book in very good condition. Some cover wear may contain a few marks. Ex-library with the usual stamps. 100% guaranteed. 052120 unknown
书商的参考编号 : 0452284473[vg] ???????? : 0452284473 9780452284470
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George Washington Abraham Lincoln Other Great Americans
The Ideals of the Republic; or Great Words from Great Americans. Knickerbocker Nuggets Series
G. P. Putnam's Sons. Acceptable. This book is quite fragile and is coming apart at the seams literally - in 3 pieces as I write this but could separate further; still entirely readable and clean; inked name/address on front flyleaf; leather cover is frayed and separating but the gilt motif is still bright; this book needs a loving home to live out its last days G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
书商的参考编号 : SKU1019298
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Doc Abraham
Green Thumb Wisdom: Garden Myths Revealed!
1996-01-05. Good. Ships with Tracking Number! INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE Shipping available. May not contain Access Codes or Supplements. May be re-issue. May be ex-library. Shipping & Handling by region. Buy with confidence excellent customer service! unknown
书商的参考编号 : 0882669281q ???????? : 0882669281 9780882669281
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Flexner Abraham
I Remember the Autobiography Of Abraham Flexner
Simon & Schuster 1940-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Ex-library copy sith index stickers on bottom of spine donation sticker on inside front cover library pouch at rear. Some shelf wear to corners of cover no dust jacket. Hardcover 414 pages no highlighting or underlining. Simon & Schuster hardcover
书商的参考编号 : SKU1017218
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Margolian Abraham
A Piece of Blue Heaven
The New Elizabethan Publishing Co Canada. Good. Ex-library. No dust jacket spine sunned. Hardcover 240 pages no highlighting or underlining The New Elizabethan Publishing Co, Canada hardcover
书商的参考编号 : SKU1017440
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Rothberg Abraham
The Thousand Doors
New York Dell 1966. G. PB 12mo. Clean tight copy. Spine creased. 1st ed. New York Dell 1966. paperback
书商的参考编号 : 1609
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Davidson Abraham A.
The Story of American Painting
New York Harry N. Abrams Inc. 1974. FINE/VERY GOOD. 168pp 4to. Extremely clean tight copy. Abundantly illustra ted throughout with 154 pictures 61 plates in full color. 1st Edition. Bin ding is Hardback. New York Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 1974. hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 4215
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Wandersman Abraham and Hess Robert
Beyond the Individual: Environmental Approaches and Prevention
New York: The Haworth Press 1986. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. BOOK NEW. 8vo - over 7�"" - 9�"" tall. 211 pages. Annotated. AN EXTREMELY CLEAN ATTRACTIVE COPY. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. GIFT GIVING CONDITION. The Haworth Press hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 15297
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Epstein Abraham
Insecurity a challenge to America;: A study of social insurance in the United States and abroad
H. Smith and R. Haas. Acceptable. 821 unmarked pages but for owner's stamp on front flyleaf some white staining on rear cover no jacket solid binding. H. Smith and R. Haas unknown
书商的参考编号 : SKU1013521
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Ortels Abraham et al
Tribute To Another Pioneer Reproductions Fromm the First World Atlas Published on the 50th Anniversary of KLM Roral Dutch Airlines
Tirion for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines 1968-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Beautiful unpaginated hardcover some small scratches on rear cover no jacket. Tirion for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines hardcover
书商的参考编号 : SKU1010413
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ABRAHAM SANCTA CLARA A.
Iets voor allen zynde een verhandeling en verbeelding van allerhande standen studien konsten weteschappen handwerken enz waar in derselver oorsprong opkomst aardt eygenschap deugtdt en ondeugden op een geestige wyze beschreeven werdt. In het Hoogduyts zamengesteld en alom met vreemde geschidenissen zinryke zinbeelden en overaardige gedagten doormengt. In 't Nederduyts overgebragt door J. le Long.
1736. Amsterdam by de Janssoons van Waesbere 1736. 1 portrait 6 ff 467 pp 10 ff. Small 8vo. Contemporary stiff vellum binding a bit loosening and a bit soiled some browning and staining and colouring of the engravings. Early edition of this Dutch translation by J. le Long. The first independent volume of four the second was published five years later in 1741 the third and fourth in 1745. Abraham 1644-1709 was a famous Augustinian preacher and author of numerous popular and satirical works. His descriptions of trades and professions are often witty. He advises the bookseller to do his job well in order not to become a bookkeeper instead of a bookselller. He chides some of the bookbinders for sewing poorly and cropping the leaves. The charming illustrations show the craftsman professional artist or intellectual in the middle of his pursuit with much technical details and often attractive background views. Book subjects include the printer binder bookdealer papermaker type-founder poet engraver and intaglio-printer. Van Eeghen/Van der Kellen 337 note. hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 101476
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Abraham Joshua Heschel
The Prophets
The Jewish Publication Society of America. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Book Very Good. No dust jacket. Owner's name on inside. The Jewish Publication Society of America unknown
书商的参考编号 : N24G-00153
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Abraham Gerald
Tchaikovsky: A Short Biography Encore Music Editions
Hyperion Pr. Used - Good. Good condition. No dust jacket. Hyperion Pr unknown
书商的参考编号 : SB17H-00183 ???????? : 0883556723 9780883556726
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Cohen Abraham Ed
Joshua - Judges
Soncino Press. Very Good. Fine condition no markings; attractive dark blue cover with clear gilt lettering on spine; bilingual ed. in English and Hebrew with scholarly commentary; Soncino Books of the Bible series; 5th impression 1967. Soncino Press unknown
书商的参考编号 : SKU1005073
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Cohen Abraham ed
The Psalms by Cohen Abraham ed
Soncino Press Soncino Books of the Bible. Good. 488 p. clean and unmarked label with former owner's name on front and back pastedowns; rubbing on spine and back cover; gilt letters on spine very clear; hinges just beginning to start; bilingual ed. in Hebrew and English with scholarly commentary; 8th impression 1968. Soncino Press (Soncino Books of the Bible) unknown
书商的参考编号 : SKU1005075
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Berengere Abraham
Macarons
Spruce. Hardcover. Used; Good. Simply Brit Shipped with Premium postal service within 24 hours from the UK with impressive delivery time. We have dispatched from our book depository; items of good condition to over ten million satisfied customers worldwide. We are committed to providing you with reliable and efficient service at all times. 11/01/2010 Spruce hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 1456120 ???????? : 1846013836 9781846013836
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Verghese Abraham
Cutting for Stone: A novel
Knopf. Hardcover. 0375414495 First edition First printing. NOT inscribed price clipped or otherwise marked. Dust jacket in a protective cover and securely wrapped and shipped in a box. . Fine. 2009. 1st Edition. Knopf hardcover
书商的参考编号 : ABE-12334113556 ???????? : 0375414495 9780375414497
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Abraham Hayward
The Art of Dining; Or Gastronomy and Gastronomers By A. Hayward
Isha Books . hardcover. New. Isha Books hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 698202231 ???????? : 9332863296 9789332863293
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MINTCHINE Abraham
Abraham Mintchine
Bergamo: Galleria Lorenzelli 1969. Brossura wrappers. Ottimo Fine. Catalogo di mostra dicembre 1969. Presentazione di Giovanni Testori testimonianze critiche di Maximilien Gauthier Denys Sutton Roger Berthoud Alastair Gordon Peter Stone. Con 24 riproduzioni in nero e 10 a colori delle opere dell'artista. Biografia ed elenco esposizioni principali. 8vo. pp. 54. Ottimo Fine. . Galleria Lorenzelli, unknown
书商的参考编号 : 76836
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STOKER Abraham detto Bram
Dracula
Milano: Newton Compton I Grandi dell'800 2004. Rilegato tela sovracoperta cloth dust jacket. Molto Buono Very Good. A cura di Paola Faini. Introduzione di Riccardo Reim. 8vo. pp. 334. Molto Buono Very Good. . Newton Compton, I Grandi dell'800 hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 111386
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MINTCHINE Abraham
Abraham Mintchine 1898-1931
Milano: Galleria San Fedele 1970. Brossura wrappers. Molto Buono Very Good. Catalogo di mostra Milano galleria San Fedele. Marzo 1970. Scritti di Marco Valsecchi Giovanni Testori Maximilien Gauthier Denys Sutton Roger Berthoud. Con 10 illustrazioni a colori. 8vo. pp. 28 non numerate. Molto Buono Very Good. . Abraham Mintchine nato a Kiev il 4 aprile 1898 ed è morto il 25 aprile del 1931 a La Garde francia. "Ci sono pittori cui il destino la lasciato pochi anni per vivere e per esprimersi. Eppure è come se avessero spremuto da una lunga esistenza tutti i veleni e tutte le dolcezze per comporre una miscela amara e inebriante al tempo stesso." Dalla presentazione di Marco Valsecchi Galleria San Fedele, unknown
书商的参考编号 : 113090
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FRIEDMAN Abraham I.
How sex can keep you slim
New York: Bantam Books 1973. Brossura wrappers. Molto Buono Very Good. . 16mo. pp. 164. Molto Buono Very Good. . Bantam Books, unknown
书商的参考编号 : 105546
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Abraham Giorgio
N� IL GIORNO N� L'ORA
Frassinelli 1986. 1986 12mo 206pp - Brossura - Stato libro: MOLTO BUONO pagine brunite catalogo Narrativa italiana - Italian Fiction magazzino EE . collana NARRATIVA. Frassinelli unknown
书商的参考编号 : 36339
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Michelson Albert Abraham and Morley Edward Williams
On the relative motion of the earth and the luminiferous ether in London Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science 5th Series Vol. 24 1887 pp. 449-463
FIRST EDITION FIRST BRITISH PRINTING of a work haled both as the greatest failed experiment of all time AND as 'one of the greatest achievements in physics of all time' Lightman 130. 'What Michelson and Morley did. was undermine a longstanding belief in something called the luminiferous ether; a stable invisible weightless frictionless. medium that was thought to permeate the universe. Conceived by Descartes embraced by Newton and venerated by nearly everyone ever since the ether held a position of absolute centrality in nineteenth-century physics as a way of explaining how light traveled across the emptiness of space Bryson 117. Prevailing theories held that ether formed an absolute reference with respect to which the rest of the universe was stationary and that ether was a medium for the propagation of light as water waves must have a medium to move across: water. Given the speed of light designing an experiment to detect the presence of ether and its drift or hypothetical motion relative to earth was challenging. To do so Michelson designed an interferometer -- essentially a massive stone block with mirrors and crisscrossing light beams -- capable of measuring the velocity of light with great precision. The device enabled Michelson and Morley to measure the speed of light in different directions enabling them in theory to measure the speed or drift of the ether relative to Earth thus establishing its existence. Michelson and Morley expected to see their light beams shifted by the swift motion of the earth in space thus giving measure to different speeds of light in each direction but "none was observed showing that the earth's motion did not affect the light's speed" Dibner 161. "The failure of this experiment was a serious blow to classical scientific theories because it cast doubts on the existence of the universal ether which had been a basic principle of for example the Newtonian theories of the universe" PMM 401. The result discredited the ether theories "and opened the door to "new standards of reference of time and space from geometry and cosmometry" ultimately leading to Einstein's 1905 proposal that the speed of light is a universal constant" Dibner; Lightman 130. The history of science records the 1887 ether-drift experiment of Albert Michelson and Edward Morley as the turning point at which the energetic "ether of space" was discarded by mainstream physics thereafter replaced with the postulate of "empty space." Michelson and Morley's work sounded the death knell of classical physics' beautifully simple belief in the idea of ether. CONDITION & DETAILS: London: Taylor & Francis. 8.5 x 5.5 inches; 213 x 138mm. Complete. viii 524 9 plates. Michelson & Morley paper: pp. 449-463. Ex-libris bearing a discreet stamp on the title page. Solidly and tightly bound in three quarter brown calf over marbled paper boards. Some scuffing and rubbing at the edge tips and along the spine. Five gilt-ruled raised bands at the spine; gilt armorial devices in the compartments. Gilt-lettered red and black morocco spine labels. Very slight age toning within; largely clean and bright. Very good condition. hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 402
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BOSSE ABRAHAM.
Le peintre converty aux precises et universelles regles de son art. Avec un raisonnement abreg� au sujet des tableaux bas-reliefs & autres ornements que l on peut faire sur les diverses superficies des bastimens. Et quelques advertissemens contre les Erreurs que des nouveaux Ecrivains veulent introduire dans la pratique de ces arts.
1667. Paris Abraham Bosse 1667. Engraved frontispiece 87220pp. With an engraved dedication page. 8vo. Contemporary full mottled calf spine and corners expertly restored. Some browning. Bound in at the end the last 20 pages are: 1 - A. Bosse au lecteur sur les causes qu'il croit avoir eu�s de discontinuer le cours de ses le�ons geometrales et perspectives dedans l'Academie Royale de la Peinture et de la Sculpture & mesme de s'en retirer. Paris A. Bosse 1667. 15pp. And: 2 - Discours tendant a desabuser ceux qui ont creu que l'Auteur d'un Trait� qui a pour Titre Entretiens sur les vies et sur les ouvrages des plus excellens peintres anciens et modernes; avoit pretendu m'attaquer dans sa Pr�face. Paris A. Bosse 1667. 4pp. This scarce book is written in the form of a dialogue between Ariste an amateur who would like to build an architect a painter a "disciple" and the author himself. All the representatives of these different arts are asking for Bosse's advice. This allows Bosse to express once again his ideas regarding perspective in painting and architecture. Abraham Bosse who was born in Tours in 1602 is best known as an engraver but he was also the first professor of perspective at the newly founded Acad�mie Royale from 1648 to 1661 when he was forced to leave due to disagreements with other Acad�micians. The two addresses that follow the book explain why in Bosse's own opinion he had been forced to leave his lob at the Acad�mie and they also respond to comments made about Bosse by F�libien in the preface to the first part of the latter's Entretiens published a year earlier. c.f. Cicognara 91; Berlin cat. 2381; Abraham Bosse Savant Graveur # 310 311 & 312. unknown
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Pais Abraham
Subtle Is the Lord: The Science and the Life of Albert Einstein
oxford: Oxford Univ Pr 1983. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. widely recognized as the definitive scientific biography of Albert Einstein. The late Abraham Pais was a distinguished physicist turned historian who knew Einstein both professionally and personally in the last years of his life. His biography combines a profound understanding of Einstein's work with personal recollections from their years of acquaintance illuminating the man through the development of his scientific thought.Pais examines the formulation of Einstein's theories of relativity his work on Brownian motion and his response to quantum theory with authority and precision. The profound transformation Einstein's ideas effected on the physics of the turn of the century is here laid out for the serious reader. Pais also fills many gaps in what we know of Einstein's life - his interest in philosophy his concern with Jewish destiny and his opinions of great figures from Newton to Freud All of our books are in the shop and are 'real' books. We try to post the same day as the order. Descriptions are conservative. Postage rates may be lower than ABE estimate please use Ask Bookseller a Question to confirm availability and postage cost use Ask Bookseller a Question option below to confirm availability and get accurate postage quote for this item the amount quoted is for an 'average' hard-cover book of up to 1kg in weight. Oxford Univ Pr Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 019770 ???????? : 0195204387 9780195204384
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Yisrael N. Levitz PhD Abraham J. Twerski
A Practical Guide to Rabbinic Counseling Jewish Lights Classic Reprint
Jewish Lights Pub 2012-02-13. Hardcover. Used:Good. Jewish Lights Pub hardcover
书商的参考编号 : DADAX158023562X ???????? : 158023562X 9781580235624
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Abraham E. Millgram
Jewish Worship
The Jewish Publication Society 1971-10-01. Hardcover. Used:Good. The Jewish Publication Society hardcover
书商的参考编号 : DADAX0827600038 ???????? : 0827600038 9780827600034
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Edmund Spenser Andrew Hadfield Editor Abraham Stoll Editor
The Faerie Queene Book Six and the Mutabilitie Cantos Bk. 6
Hackett Pub Co 2007-09-07. Hardcover. Used:Good. Hackett Pub Co hardcover
书商的参考编号 : DADAX0872208923 ???????? : 0872208923 9780872208926
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Gabriel Abraham Almond Editor Sidney Verba Editor
The Civic Culture: Political Attitudes and Democracy in Five Nations
SAGE Publications Inc 1989-05-01. Paperback. Used:Good. SAGE Publications, Inc paperback
书商的参考编号 : DADAX0803935587 ???????? : 0803935587 9780803935587
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Abraham Bishop
An Oration On The Extent And Power Of Political Delusion
Kessinger Publishing LLC 2006-07-25. Paperback. Used:Good. Kessinger Publishing, LLC paperback
书商的参考编号 : DADAX1428651446 ???????? : 1428651446 9781428651449
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Wald Abraham
On Cumulative Sums of Random Variables Annals of Mathematical Statistics 15 No. 3 pp. 283 - 296 September 1944 and Sequential Tests of Statistical Hypotheses Annals of Mathematical Statistics 16 No. 2 pp. 117 -186 June 1945
FIRST EDITIONS IN MINT CONDITION AND IN ORIGINAL WRAPS of Abraham Wald's seminal work on sequential tests of statistical hypotheses. Before Wald the traditional style of statistical decision was to posit a hypothesis make a predetermined number of measurements then make a decision whether to accept or reject the hypothesis. Wald realized that this procedure is quite wasteful and that many measurements could be saved if given the option to decide at every step whether to continue or stop the measurement process. "According to Wald the resulting 'sequential probability ratio test frequently results in a savings of about 50 percent in the number of observations over the most efficient test procedure based on a fixed number of observations" Gass An Annotated Timeline of Operations Research 65. In these papers Wald known now as "the father of sequential analysis and decision theory" first presents the theoretical foundations of the theory of sequential analysis. The ideas he put forth revolutionized the art of statistical testing and were later developed in the hands of computer scientists into a field known as on-line algorithms Blom Problems and Snapshots 203. "Probability theory came of age with the advent of Kolmogorov's axiomatics in 1933 and the subsequent developments in limit theorems and stochastic processes. Statistical inference came of age with the advent of the Neyman-Pearson theory in 1933 and the subsequent formalization of hypothesis testing estimation and decision theory. In these papers Wald elegantly unified two seemingly dissimilar areas: probability theory and statistical inference. To probabilists he offered gems of new results in random walks martingales stochastic processes and limit theorems. He also pointed out indirectly how one might seek probability questions from statistical inference the use the latter area as a testing ground for their abstract theorems. To statisticians Wald showed that statistical inference is not just the analysis or 'significance' of an existing body of data; it also entails their entry into the very process of experimentation and continual analysis of the data as they come available. The sequential probability ratio test embodies this aspect. Wald also showed them how results from 'pure' mathematics particularly probability theory can be adapted to put statistical inference in general on stronger footing without losing sight of its practical nature." Kotz & Johnson: Breakthroughs in Statistics. Wald's work was conceived in 1943 at Columbia. He was asked by the Navy's Bureau of Ordnance if there was a sampling plan that could terminate a statistical experiment earlier than planned. Wald's theoretical results first appeared in September 1943 but in the form of a 'restricted' report meaning that the Defense Department considered the results significantly important for the war effort and therefore decided not to disseminate them to the general public for a while. The report was 'declassified' in early 1945 thereby allowing the present paper to appear in June of that year. Interestingly enough Wald had already in his paper 'On Cumulative Sums of Random Variables' from 1944 and also offered here published many of the mathematical foundations of sequential procedures without any mention of the word sequential or any reference to his 1943 report as was called for in the protocol. CONDITION & DETAILS: 4to. 10 X 7 inches 250 x 175mm. Each issue is bound in original blue wraps and is in mint condition in every way. paperback
书商的参考编号 : 96
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EW. Abraham E. W.
A Comparative Survey of Hindu Christian and Jewish Mysticism
Sri Satguru Publications . hardcover. New. pp. xxvii 274 Index 1st Edition Sri Satguru Publications hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 634664 ???????? : 8170304067 9788170304067
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P. Abraham
Ambedkar's Contribution for Economic Planning and Development Its Relevance
Kanishka Publishers & Distributors . hardcover. New. pp. xx 254 Kanishka Publishers & Distributors hardcover
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P. Abraham
From Powerless Village to Union Power Secretary
Concept Publishing Company . hardcover. New. pp. xviii 357 Concept Publishing Company hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 6440775 ???????? : 8180695557 9788180695551
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Abraham Mathew
Role of Panchayats in Welfare Administration
Kalpaz Publications . hardcover. New. pp. 273 Map Index Kalpaz Publications hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 6196057 ???????? : 8178354500 9788178354507
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Uma Natarajan Ronald Joseph Abraham Mohan Guruswamy
Socio-Economic Security of Peninsular India
East West Books Madras Pvt. Ltd. 2006. hardcover. New. pp. x 109 Maps East West Books (Madras) Pvt. Ltd. hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 6258875 ???????? : 818866152X 9788188661527
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Abraham Kandel Suzanne Smith
Verification and Validation of Rule-Based Expert Systems
Taylor & Francis Group . hardcover. New. pp. 224 Taylor & Francis Group hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 62518434 ???????? : 084938902X 9780849389023
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Geeta Abraham Jose
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Cambridge University Press 2008-06-02. Hardcover. Good. Cambridge University Press hardcover
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Routledge 2004-07-21. Hardcover. Good. Routledge hardcover
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