Author: Brian Clegg
Publisher: Icon Books
ISBN: 1785788337
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 122
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Brian Clegg was always fascinated by Isaac Asimov's classic Foundation series of books, in which the future is predicted using sophisticated mathematical modelling of human psychology and behaviour. Only much later did he realise that Asimov's 'psychohistory' had a real-world equivalent: game theory. Originating in the study of probabilistic gambling games that depend on a random source - the throw of a dice or the toss of a coin - game theory soon came to be applied to human interactions: essentially, what was the best strategy to win, whatever you were doing? Its mathematical techniques have been applied, with varying degrees of wisdom, to fields such as economics, evolution, and questions such as how to win a nuclear war. Clegg delves into game theory's colourful history and significant findings, and shows what we can all learn from this oft-misunderstood field of study.
Author: Rasheed Jones
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595246206
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 358
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The Humours of Black Life exposes the underbelly of African-American culture in much the same way the successful "Preppie Handbook" unmasked WASP life in the '80s. Naturally, having been written on CP (colored people's) time, it has taken a bit longer to bring the colorful insights of The Humours of Black Life to light. Using a mix of humor, sarcasm, and irony, Humours explores the life and times of Black folks in America. From the legacy of their African past, to the culture of slavery, to the philosophical poles of Cool and Conscience, to razor edged Hip Hop, Humours of Black Life chronicles the ways and why-fors of Black life without regrets, apologies, or recriminations in embarrassingly frank detail. Beneath its humor, The Humours of Black Life makes a very positive statement about being Black in America. It is a history lesson for those that don't know the history and a social commentary for those who think they know all there is to know. "A Must Read" —Detroit Freedom Press "A Laugh Riot…I saw me or someone I knew in every hilarious chapter!" —Essencent Magazine "Like, for real. This is it, they said it all! —Amsterdam Mews
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Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Monthly current affairs magazine from a Christian perspective with a focus on politics, society, economics and culture.
Author: Dr Christopher J Kelly
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 1409481743
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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This book explores Cassian's use of scripture in the Conferences, especially its biblical models to convey his understanding of the desert ideal to the monastic communities of Gaul. Cassian intended the scriptures and, implicitly, the Conferences to be the voices of authority and orthodoxy in the Gallic environment. He interprets familiar biblical characters in unfamiliar ways that exemplify his ideal. By imitating their actions the monk enters a seamless lineage of authority stretching back to Abraham. This book demonstrates how the scriptures functioned as a dynamic force in the lives of Christian monks in the fourth and fifth centuries, emphasizes the importance of Cassian in the development of the western monastic tradition, and offers an alternative to the sometimes problematic descriptions of patristic exegesis as "allegory" or "typology". Cassian has been described as little more than a provider of information about Egyptian monasticism, but a careful reading of his work reveals a sophisticated agenda to define and institutionalize orthodox monasticism in the Latin West.
Author: Christopher J. Kelly
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317169530
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 235
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This book explores Cassian's use of scripture in the Conferences, especially its biblical models to convey his understanding of the desert ideal to the monastic communities of Gaul. Cassian intended the scriptures and, implicitly, the Conferences to be the voices of authority and orthodoxy in the Gallic environment. He interprets familiar biblical characters in unfamiliar ways that exemplify his ideal. By imitating their actions the monk enters a seamless lineage of authority stretching back to Abraham. This book demonstrates how the scriptures functioned as a dynamic force in the lives of Christian monks in the fourth and fifth centuries, emphasizes the importance of Cassian in the development of the western monastic tradition, and offers an alternative to the sometimes problematic descriptions of patristic exegesis as "allegory" or "typology". Cassian has been described as little more than a provider of information about Egyptian monasticism, but a careful reading of his work reveals a sophisticated agenda to define and institutionalize orthodox monasticism in the Latin West.
Author: Andrew Grof
Publisher: Sunstone Press
ISBN: 1611394341
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 126
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In this first-person account, a composer confronts cancer as well as an increasingly debilitating dementia that threatens to rob him of both his past and his present. In something of a last ditch effort he does his best to resurrect nearly forgotten loves as well as the music of the greats that once sustained him. In the process he finds the past no less difficult to deal with than his present and is forced to confront a most unflattering image of himself. The crisp yet lyrical writing is crisp yet lyrical and alternates between staccato and legato depending on the particular stages of the composer's illness. The Hamlet-like narrator is at once dangerously close and forbiddingly distant from the reader with a climax in death's full assault with hitherto hidden revelations.
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Category : Sports
Languages : en
Pages : 426
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Pages : 56
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Boys' Life is the official youth magazine for the Boy Scouts of America. Published since 1911, it contains a proven mix of news, nature, sports, history, fiction, science, comics, and Scouting.
Author: Cecilia V. Gomez Andersen
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing
ISBN: 160693001X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 369
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Cecilia Andersen paints a vivid word picture of a young girl, driven into the jungle for her own safety during WWII in the Philippines. The story packs an emotional wallop that combines with a compelling plot in a true-to-life historical setting. The reader will tremble with the heroine's terror and will delight at her discoveries in this extraordinary autobiographical novel. This is reality writing, and readers will love it! -- Dr. Kathleen E. Assar, Vice President (Retired) Pima Community College, Tucson, Arizona This is a powerful tale told from the point of view of a survivor of many horrific, terrible things. It happens at a place and time that I, and most twenty-something Americans, are unfamiliar with but that I find incredibly engaging. -- Patrick, PCC. Tucson, Arizona This material is so riveting, so compelling, it is hard to put it down. -- Cheryl White, PCC. Tucson, Arizona Cecilia Andersen, Ph.D. has been an educator for over 50 years teaching English and related subjects at the college and university level. She has been honored with several awards for teaching.A native of Negros Occidental in the Philippines, Cecilia has served in a number of Philippine community organizations across the United States. She returned to her native home in 2004 to begin her research for this novel. She resides now, with her husband, in Bella Vista, Arkansas
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 974
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