This text focuses on developing an intimate acquaintance with the geometric meaning of curvature and thereby introduces and demonstrates all the main technical tools needed for a more advanced course on Riemannian manifolds. It covers proving the four most fundamental theorems relating curvature and[...]

This book is an introduction to manifolds at the beginning graduate level, and accessible to any student who has completed a solid undergraduate degree in mathematics. It contains the essential topological ideas that are needed for the further study of manifolds, particularly in the context of diffe[...]

* Prestigious Canadian author team* Strong focus on evidence-based assessment and intervention* Lifespan approach* International perspective that includes a comparison of Canadian and other healthcare systems* Broad approach to diversity issues* Large selection of cases* Engaging Viewpoint boxes tha[...]

Over the past two centuries, many aspects of criminal behavior have been investigated. Finding this information and making sense of it all is difficult when many studies would appear to offer contradictory findings. This handbook collects the summary analysis of crime research worldwide.[...]