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the so-called 'canon tables' of the christian gospels are an absolutely remarkable feature of the early, late antique, and medieval christian manuscript cultures of east and west, the invention of which is commonly attributed to eusebius and dated to first decades of the fourth century ad. intended to host a technical device for structuring, organizing, and navigating the four gospels united in a single codex - and, in doing so, building upon and bringing to completion previous endeavours - the canon tables were apparently from the beginning a highly complex combination of text, numbers and images, that became an integral and fixed part of all the manuscripts containing the four gospels as sacred scripture of the christians and can be seen as exemplary for the formation, development and spreading of a specific christian manuscript culture across east and west ad 300 and 800.

in the footsteps of carl nordenfalk's masterly publication of 1938 and few following contributions, this book offers an updated overview on the topic of 'canon tables' in a comparative perspective and with a precise look at their context of origin, their visual appearance, their meaning, function and their usage in different times, domains, and cultures.

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  • "a very stimulating book ... in a class by itself." -- american mathematicalmonthly advanced students, mathematicians and number theorists will welcome this stimulating treatment of advanced number theory, which approaches the complex topic of algebraic number theory from a historical standpoint, taking pains to show the reader how concepts, definitions and theories have evolved during the last two centuries. moreover, the book abounds with numerical examples and more concrete, specific theorems than are found in most contemporary treatments of the subject. the book is divided into three parts. part i is concerned with background material -- a synopsis of elementary number theory (including quadratic congruences and the jacobi symbol), characters of residue class groups via the structure theorem for finite abelian groups, first notions of integral domains, modules and lattices, and such basis theorems as kronecker's basis theorem for abelian groups. part ii discusses ideal theory in quadratic fields, with chapters on unique factorization and units, unique factorization into ideals, norms and ideal classes (in particular, minkowski's theorem), and class structure in quadratic fields. applications of this material are made in part iii to class number formulas and primes in arithmetic progression, quadratic reciprocity in the rational domain and the relationship between quadratic forms and ideals, including the theory of composition, orders and genera. in a final concluding survey of more recent developments, dr. cohn takes up cyclotomic fields and gaussian sums, class fields and global and local viewpoints. in addition to numerous helpful diagrams and tables throughout the text, appendices, and an annotated bibliography, advanced number theory also includes over 200 problems specially designed to stimulate the spirit of experimentation which has traditionally ruled number theory. show more (1)
  • "bubbling over with useful ideas." -independent "hard-wired to reality. hype free and brutally honest." -business age "practical, down-to-earth advise of great value to would-be entrepreneurs." -sir adrian cadbury "i was hooked. a really useful diy manual for success." -personnel today "exhiliration. fright. bewilerment. exultation." -career development international "a complete toolkit for the ambitious entrpreneur. success, happiness and your first million within your grasp." -the citizen "a gem of a book. a source of ideas and inspiration to any manager." - professor richard teare, oxford brookes university "a good easy read. i agree with everything." -philip vale, durham university business school "that depth of understanding entrepreneurial business which can only come from doing it." -baron prestoungrange, co-founder, mcb university press "recommended reading for any frustrated executive considering going it alone." -gulf business there are better ways to becoming a millionaire than trudging to your local store to buy a lottery ticket every week. the fact is your chances are 14 million to one. if you entered the lottery once every week, then-sure-you can expect to win. about once in every two hundred and seventy thousand years! but still there are those who believe that if they sit and listen as number after number is called out on the tv, that this will be their week. their lucky break. then there are those that know that they must do more than watch spinning balls to make their lives a success; that in order to do more, to have more, to become master of their own destiny-they must change. they must act. and this book is for them. enter richard dobbins and barrie o. pettman, two self-made millionaires who reveal the secrets of their fantastic business achievements and personal fortunes. what self-made millionaires really think, know and do does not rely on a mystical system, flimsy hype or unbelievable get-rich-quick schemes. instead it offers practical and realistic advice for turning your brilliant ideas into a money-making business reality. what self-made millionaires really think, know and do guides you from business idea to market acclaim. you will discover the secrets of real business - from thinking creatively and setting clear goals to negotiating skills, leadership and liberating time management. it is illustrated throughout with superb success stories and anecdotes from the authors' remarkable careers. dobbins and pettman provide a complete toolkit for the ambitious entrepreneur. they provide proven methods for getting what you want in life; success, happiness and your first million. it's not an easy walk in the park, but if you are serious about dramatically changing your life, it's all within your grasp. and it's all in here. show more (1)

  • the essays in this volume are concerned with early printed narrative texts in western europe. the aim of this book is to consider to what extent the shift from hand-written to printed books left its mark on narrative literature in a number of vernacular languages. did the advent of printing bring about changes in the corpus of narrative texts when compared with the corpus extant in manuscript copies? did narrative texts that already existed in manuscript form undergo significant modifications when they began to be printed? how did this crucial media development affect the nature of these narratives? which strategies did early printers develop to make their texts commercially attractive? which social classes were the target audiences for their editions? around half of the articles focus on developments in the history of early printed narrative texts, others discuss publication strategies. this book provides an impetus for cross-linguistic research. it invites scholars from various disciplines to get involved in an international conversation about fifteenth- and sixteenth-century narrative literature.

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  • a central question in political representation is whether government responds to the people. to understand that, we need to know what the government is doing, and what the people think of it. we seek to understand a key question necessary to answer those bigger questions: how does american public opinion move over time? we posit three patterns of change over time in public opinion, depending on the type of issue. issues on which the two parties regularly disagree provide clear partisan cues to the public. for these party-cue issues we present a slight variation on the thermostatic theory from (soroka and wlezien (2010); wlezien (1995)); our “implied thermostatic model.” a smaller number of issues divide the public along lines unrelated to partisanship, and so partisan control of government provides no relevant clue. finally, we note a small but important class of issues which capture response to cultural shifts (1)
  • a powerful alternative to alcoholics anonymous this book details an increasingly popular program of recovery for the increasingly large number of people who are uncomfortable with what they perceive to be the religious overtones of alcoholics anonymous. a program of individual spiritual empowerment that focuses on the ability to not submit to that first impulsive desire, empowering your sober self focuses on sobriety, self-help, and secularity (no formal religious affiliations). most important to this program is the concept of a personal and unique recovery program that may or may not include attending groups. the book includes many illustrative stories, along with exercises and self-tests used in lifering training. martin nicolaus (berkeley, ca) is cofounder and principal spokesperson for the burgeoning lifering movement, as well as a public-interest attorney. show more (1)
  • a very valuable addition to any mathematical library. -- school science and math this book, written by a prominent mathematician and sterling professor of mathematics at yale, differs from most other books on number theory in two important ways: first, it presents the principal ideas and methods of number theory within a historical and cultural framework, making the subject more tangible and easily grasped. second, the material requires substantially less mathematical background than many comparable texts. technical complications and mathematical requirements have been kept to a minimum in order to make the book as accessible as possible to readers with limited mathematical knowledge. for the majority of the book, a basic knowledge of algebra will suffice. in developing the importance and meaning of number theory in the history of mathematics, professor ore documents the contributions of a host of history's greatest mathematicians: diophantos, euclid, fibonacci, euler, fermat, mersenne, gauss, and many more, showing how these thinkers evolved the major outlines of number theory. topics covered include counting and recording of numbers, the properties of numbers, prime numbers, the aliquot parts, indeterminate problems, theory of linear indeterminate problems, diophantine problems, congruences, analysis of congruences, wilson's theorem, euler's theorem, theory of decimal expansions, the converse of fermat's theorem, and the classical construction problems. based on a course the author gave for a number of years at yale, this book covers the essentials of number theory with a clarity and avoidance of abstruse mathematics that make it an ideal resource for undergraduates or for amateur mathematicians. it has even been recommended for self-study by gifted high school students. in short, number theory and its history offers an unusually interesting and accessible presentation of one of the oldest and most fascinating provinces of mathematics. this inexpensive paperback edition will be a welcome addition to the libraries of students, mathematicians, and any math enthusiast. show more (1)
  • a young woman with nothing to live for is persuaded to embark on a suicide mission to find a missing scientist... when a number of leading scientists disappear without trace, concern grows within the international intelligence community. are they being kidnapped? blackmailed? brainwashed? one woman appears to have the key to the mystery. unfortunately, olive betteron now lies in a hospital bed, dying from injuries sustained in a moroccan plane crash. meanwhile, in a casablanca hotel room, hilary craven prepares to take her own life. but her suicide attempt is about to be interrupted by a man who will offer her an altogether more thrilling way to die... show more (1)
  • although every day we read news reports linking health problems to diet and lifestyle, there remains a dearth of books on the topic that consider obesity from a variety of standpoints that include medical, personal, financial, and related considerations. the obesity reality discusses these viewpoints to explain how and why the problem exists both in the united states and around the world, and in men, women, children. more than a billion people are overweight and that number is expected to increase substantially over the next decade. how can we live past 90 while being obese? how can we remain healthy until our last breath? during the last decade, doctors have been successfully applying medical principles to the search for an obesity cure. but there is no magic medication, no vaccine that can head off the obesity epidemic as sweeps across the planet. dr. ali discusses the realities of obesity and its repercussions, which include poor health, high medical costs, restrictions on lifestyle and activities, and more. he shows how we can address obesity, starting in childhood, to prevent it from getting worse, both on a personal and on a societal level, and how we can reverse its effects through proper diet, exercise, and lifestyle choices as well as medical procedures and medications. show more (1)
  • although mathematics majors are usually conversant with number theory by the time they have completed a course in abstract algebra, other undergraduates, especially those in education and the liberal arts, often need a more basic introduction to the topic. in this book the author solves the problem of maintaining the interest of students at both levels by offering a combinatorial approach to elementary number theory. in studying number theory from such a perspective, mathematics majors are spared repetition and provided with new insights, while other students benefit from the consequent simplicity of the proofs for many theorems. among the topics covered in this accessible, carefully designed introduction are multiplicativity-divisibility, including the fundamental theorem of arithmetic, combinatorial and computational number theory, congruences, arithmetic functions, primitive roots and prime numbers. later chapters offer lucid treatments of quadratic congruences, additivity (including partition theory) and geometric number theory. of particular importance in this text is the author's emphasis on the value of numerical examples in number theory and the role of computers in obtaining such examples. exercises provide opportunities for constructing numerical tables with or without a computer. students can then derive conjectures from such numerical tables, after which relevant theorems will seem natural and well-motivated. show more (1)
  • america’s #1 bestselling travel series written by more than 175 outspoken travelers around the globe, frommer’s complete guides help travelers experience places the way locals do.more annually updated guides than any other series16-page color section and foldout map in all annual guidesoutspoken opinions, exact prices, and suggested itinerariesdozens of detailed maps in an easy-to-read, two-color design completely updated for 2009, frommer's walt disney world & orlando is the perfect trip-planner for america's #1 vacation destination—disney world. seven of the world’s top ten theme parks are in orlando, and it’s the number one destination for families on the planet. this book will cover all of the highlights of the city, including the opening of seaworld's latest theme park, aquatica. it also features detailed itineraries for all of the disney and universal orlando theme parks. the guide also includes info on seaworld, discovery cove, bush gardens, and the kennedy space center. you'll also find individual park maps, up-to-date advice on finding the best package deals, and a free color fold-out map. show more (1)
  • as the auto industry moves into its second century, it suffers from low margins and a sclerotic value chain that cannot evolve with customer desires. inventories of many weeks pile up on dealer lots and at distribution centers around the world while executives applaud marginal improvements in factory efficiency. value streams based on henry ford's mass-production model from the early 1900s do not deliver the strategic flexibility that is needed in today's increasingly competitive and demanding market. with billions of potential product variations, customers still compromise by selecting from a limited number of products sitting at dealerships or at distribution centers. those customers who dare insist on a specific variation not only wait weeks but also pay extra for the privilege of telling vehicle manufacturers what they actually want. in the second century, matthias holweg and frits pil provide a comprehensive look at today's dysfunctional value-chain strategies, then systematically discuss the changes in products and in processes that are needed to bring about responsiveness to customer needs through build-to-order. they look beyond the dealer, the factory and the design studio to examine the web of relationships and dynamics that have brought the auto industry to its current low point. holweg and pil argue that in this century the winners will not be those firms that search for larger and larger scale or those who run efficient factories, or those that squeeze the last drop of profitability from their suppliers. the winners, they say, will be those who build products as if customers mattered. show more (1)
  • b is for binary, f is for fibonacci, p is for probability... even a small sample begins to give you the idea that this is a math book unlike any other. ranging freely from exponents to light-years to numbers found in nature, this smorgasbord of math concepts and trivia makes a perfect classroom companion or gift book for the budding young mathematician at home. even the most reluctant math student will be drawn in by the author's trademark wit, marissa moss's quirky illustrations and funny captions, and the answers revealed in w is for " when are we ever gonna use this stuff, anyway?" download the g is for googol teacher's guide(300k) (1)
  • caleb carr's novel, the alienest, was a blockbuster international bestseller and positioned its author as a modern master of the historical thriller. now, in the italian secretary, carr reaches back further, to the age of opium dens and jack the ripper, when fictional detective sherlock holmes made the science of murder as real as the gore on a killer's hands... foul whisperings... mycroft holmes's encoded message to his brother, sherlock, is unsubtle enough even for dr. watson to decipher: a matter concerning the safety of queen victoria herself calls them to edinburgh's holyroodhouse to investigate the confounding and gruesome deaths of two young men--horrific incidents that took place with her highness in residence. the victims were crushed in a manner surpassing human power. and while recent attempts on her majesty's life raise a number of possibilities, these intrigues also seem strangely connected to an act of evil that took place centuries earlier... ...unnatural deeds for indeed, the slaying of david rizzio, music master and friend to mary, queen of scots, was an extraordinarily brutal and treacherous act--even for a time when brutality and treachery were the order of the day. now, the ghosts of holyroodhouse are being reawakened by someone with a diabolical agenda of greed, madness, and terror as holmes and watson set out to trap a killer who is eager to rewrite history in blood... show more (1)
  • charles dickens became immensely popular early on in his career as a novelist, and his appeal continues to grow with new editions prompted by recent television and film adaptations, as well as large numbers of students studying the victorian novel. this lively and accessible introduction to dickens focuses on the extraordinary diversity of his writing. jon mee discusses dickens's novels, journalism and public performances, the historical contexts and his influence on other writers. in the process, five major themes emerge: dickens the entertainer; dickens and language; dickens and london; dickens, gender, and domesticity; and the question of adaptation, including dickens's adaptations of his own work. these interrelated concerns allow readers to start making their own new connections between his famous and less widely read works and to appreciate fully the sheer imaginative richness of his writing, which particularly evokes the dizzying expansion of nineteenth-century london (1)
  • cognitive neuroscientists have started to uncover the neural substrates, systems, and mechanisms enabling us to prioritize the processing of certain sensory information over other, currently less-relevant, inputs. however, there is still a large gap between the knowledge generated in the laboratory and its application to real-life problems of attention as when, for example, interface operators are multi-tasking. in this element, laboratory studies on crossmodal attention (both behavioural/psychophysical and cognitive neuroscience) are situated within the applied context of driving. we contrast the often idiosyncratic conditions favoured by much of the laboratory research, typically using a few popular paradigms involving simplified experimental conditions, with the noisy, multisensory, real-world environments filled with complex, intrinsically-meaningful stimuli. by drawing attention to the differences between basic and applied studies in the context of driving, we highlight a number of important issues and neglected areas of research as far as the study of crossmodal attention is concerned (1)
  • completely updated for 2008, frommer's walt disney world & orlando is the perfect trip-planner for america's #1 vacation destination—disney world. a total of 50 million people visited orlando in 2006, spending over $28 billion, according to the orlando convention & visitor’s bureau. seven of the world’s top ten theme parks are in orlando, and it’s the number one destination for families on the planet. this book will cover all of the highlights of the city, including the opening of disney's latest attraction, finding nemo–the musical. it also features detailed itineraries for all of the disney and universal orlando theme parks. the guide also includes info on seaworld, discovery cove, busch gardens, and the kennedy space center. you'll also find individual park maps, up-to-date advice on finding the best package deals, and a free color fold-out map. show more (1)
  • during the period of decolonisation in africa, the cia covertly subsidised a number of african authors, editors and publishers as part of its anti-communist propaganda strategy. managed by two front organisations, the congress of cultural freedom and the farfield foundation, its africa programme stretched across the continent. this element unravels the hidden networks and associations underpinning african literary publishing in the 1960s; it evaluates the success of the cia in secretly infiltrating and influencing african literary magazines and publishing firms, and examines the extent to which new circuits of cultural and literary power emerged. based on new archival evidence relating to the transcription centre, the classic and the new african, it includes case studies of wole soyinka, nat nakasa and bessie head, which assess how the authors' careers were affected by these transnational networks and also reveal how they challenged, subverted, and resisted external influence and control (1)
  • engineers and scientists who want to avoid insidious errors in their computer-assisted calculations will welcome this concise guide to trouble-shooting. real computing made real offers practical advice on detecting and removing bugs. it also outlines techniques for preserving significant figures, avoiding extraneous solutions, and finding efficient iterative processes for solving nonlinear equations. those who compute with real numbers (for example, floating-point numbers stored with limited precision) tend to develop techniques that increase the frequency of useful answers. but although there might be ample guidance for those addressing linear problems, little help awaits those negotiating the nonlinear world. this book, geared toward upper-level undergraduates and graduate students, helps rectify that imbalance. its examples and exercises (with answers) help readers develop problem-formulating skills and assist them in avoiding the common pitfalls that software packages seldom detect. some experience with standard numerical methods is assumed, but beginners will find this volume a highly practical introduction, particularly in its treatment of often-overlooked topics. show more (1)
  • 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. show more (1)
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