Poet Seamus Heaney wrote of the "deep and literate gaze" Robert Gardner transmits "with an intensity that passes from the documentary into the visionary" in his film "Forest of Bliss." A decade and a half after its making, it is recognized as a contemporary classic of nonfiction cinema. "Making For[...]
An in-depth look at real analysis and its applications, including an introduction to wavelet
analysis, a popular topic in "applied real analysis." This text makes a very natural connection between the classic pure analysis and the applied topics, including measure theory, Lebesgue Integral,
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The Wiley Classics Library consists of selected books that have become recognized classics in their respective fields. With these new unabridged and inexpensive editions, Wiley hopes to extend the life of these important works by making them available to future generations of mathematicians and scie[...]
For over twenty years THE YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION has been recognized as the best collection of short science fiction writing in the universe and an essential resource for every science fiction fan. Now, with hundreds of stories and dozens of authors who have gone on to become some of the most e[...]
This text discusses the theoretical developments, modelling approaches and results, and empirical data of landscape ecology. It also emphasizes selected topics in which landscape ecology has made the most contributions to our understanding of ecological processes.[...]
Introduced in 1940, The Flash burst onto the comic book scene with an explosive debut akin to his super-speed powers. He was an instant smash-hit success, as the lightning bolt insignia upon his chest became synonymous with the term "superhero". Even as seven decades have passed, The Flash is still [...]
The Passage of Power follows Lyndon Johnson through both the most frustrating and the most triumphant periods of his career ? 1958 to 1964. It is a time that would see him trade the extraordinary power he had created for himself as Senate Majority Leader for what became the wretched powerlessness of[...]
On the other side of the wall there is a dark secret. And the devil. And the Moon Man. And the Motherland doesn't want anyone to know. But Standish Treadwell, who has different-colored eyes, who ?can't read, can't write, Standish Treadwell isn't bright, ? sees things differently than the rest of the[...]
Robert A. Caro's life of Lyndon Johnson continues ? one of the richest, most intensive and most revealing examinations ever undertaken of an American President. It is the magnum opus of a writer perfectly suited to his task: the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer-historian, chronicler also of Robert [...]