Whether you're onboard for business or pleasure, headed to a conference in Toledo or a week in Tahoe, your time spent in the airport and flying through the skies can be just as enjoyable as the rest of your trip. Forget tapping your foot on that ugly carpet or drooling on that (supposedly) "e;on[...]
Updated version of a classic textbook in Statistics Focus on Fisherian inference, rather than the previous blend of Fisherian and Neyman-Pearson inference Illustrates the practical application of the projective approach to linear models This textbook provides a wide-ranging introduction to the use a[...]
Little Plane is learning to fly! When you're small and on the go, there's a lot to watch out for: tall trees, muddy hills, and more! With wings aloft, Little Plane keeps flying, weathering the bumps along the way with his initiative, confidence, and positive attitude. This colorful follow-up to Litt[...]
This book is a text for junior, senior, or first-year graduate courses traditionally titled Foundations of Geometry and/or Non- Euclidean Geometry. The first 29 chapters are for a semester or year course on the foundations of geometry. The remaining chap- ters may then be used for either a regular c[...]
Along with many small improvements, this revised edition contains van Yzeren's new proof of Pascal's theorem ( 1.7) and, in Chapter 2, an improved treatment of order and sense. The Sylvester-Gallai theorem, instead of being introduced as a curiosity, is now used as an essential step in the theory of[...]
This textbook provides a wide-ranging introduction to the use and theory of linear models for analyzing data. The author's emphasis is on providing a unified treatment of linear models, including analysis of variance models and regression models, based on projections, orthogonality, and other vector[...]
This unique text is an introduction to harmonic analysis on the simplest symmetric spaces, namely Euclidean space, the sphere, and the Poincare upper half plane. This book is intended for beginning graduate students in mathematics or researchers in physics or engineering. Written with an informal [...]
Plane and Geodetic Surveying blends together theory and practice, conventional techniques and satellite-based methods, to provide the ideal book for students of surveying. It gives detailed guidance on how and when the principal surveying instruments (total stations, levels and navigational satellit[...]
'This is a ghost train of a book, sometimes frightening, sometimes lurid but what it reveals is always entertaining.' - Graham Hancock Drawing on a fascinating array of material, both eastern and western, Steve Richards presents a unique panoramic view of the hidden or 'astral reality' -- the essent[...]
Over 100 mind-bending puzzles, mazes, doodles, crosswords, wordsearches and more to keep children entertained for hours on long journeys. Perfect for sharing, this handy, pocket-sized paperback includes both individual and group activities.[...]
On October 12, 1972, a Uruguayan Air Force plane carrying members of the Old Christians rugby team and many of their friends and family members crashed into the Andes Mountains. "I Had to Survive "offers a gripping and heartrending recollection of the harrowing brink-of-death experience that propell[...]
On October 13, 1972, an Uruguayan air force plane carrying members of the Old Christians rugby team--and many of their friends and family members--crashed in the Andes mountains. I Had to Survive offers a gripping and heartrending recollection of the harrowing brink-of-death experience that propelle[...]
On October 12, 1972, a Uruguayan Air Force plane carrying members of the "Old Christians" rugby team--and many of their friends and family members--crashed into the Andes Mountains. I Had to Survive offers a gripping and heartrending recollection of the harrowing brink-of-death experience that prope[...]