Media and Health By Professsor Clive Seale 2002 | 257 Pages | ISBN: 0761947299 | PDF | 2 MB Text demonstrates how health messages in popular mass media are important influences in our lives, and how they are not neutral. Brings together the fields of media studies with sociology of health and illness. Discussions include: Media Health and Everyday Life and The Forms of Media Health. Includes references and index. Hardcover, softcover listed in approval week 2003-13. Neil Safier, "Measuring the New World: Enlightenment Science and South America" English | ISBN: 0226733556, 0226733629 | 2008 | EPUB | 387 pages | 15 MB Prior to 1735, South America was terra incognita to many Europeans. But that year, the Paris Academy of Sciences sent a mission to the Spanish American province of Quito (in present-day Ecuador) to study the curvature of the earth at the Equator. Equipped with quadrants and telescopes, the mission's participants referred to the transfer of scientific knowledge from Europe to the Andes as a "sacred fire" passing mysteriously through European astronomical instruments to observers in South America.
Matrix Differential Calculus with Applications in Statistics and Econometrics, 3rd Edition by Jan R. Magnus English | 2019 | ISBN: 1119541204 | 471 Pages | PDF EPUB | 11.31 MB Maths on the Back of an Envelope: Clever ways to (roughly) calculate anything by HarperCollins English | October 17, 2019 | ISBN: 0008324581 | 160 pages | PDF | 2.05 Mb Does that statistic make sense? Mathemagical Music Production: Second Edition by Derrick Scott van Heerden English | July 21, 2016 | ISBN: 1494312042 | 136 pages | PDF | 2.58 Mb Mathemagical Music Production is like a bible for musicians who want to apply the ancient "as above-so below" maxim to modern day music production. If you want to know exactly what Pythagorean, Just Intonation, harmonic series and 432 Hz based tuning systems are all about, or how your brainwaves can be adjusted using sound frequencies then this is just the book for you. Includes tutorials for tuning the individual notes on many popular vst / hardware synthesizers including Omnisphere 2, Serum, Kontakt 5, Zebra 2, Alchemy, Spectral, Albino 3, Cronox 2 and 3, CrX4, most vst instruments that come with Logic and Cubase, and also some hardware synths like the Yamaha dx-7 and moog slim phatty. You will also learn how to embed brainwave frequencies into music, harmonize your BPM with your instrument tuning and many other useful things. Among all of this technical stuff there are some very interesting connections drawn up, connections between certain numbers, ancient cultures, planetary movements, sacred geometry, the light spectrum, our chakras, the golden ratio and plenty of other interesting things. In the end it seems like the whole universe is actually vibrating as one harmonious chord, so read and enjoy ! Math for Programmers: 3D Graphics, Machine Learning, and Simulations with Python by Paul Orland 2020 | ISBN: 1617295353 | English | 692 pages | True PDF | 26 MB To score a job in data science, machine learning, computer graphics, and cryptography, you need to bring strong math skills to the party. Math for Programmers teaches the math you need for these hot careers, concentrating on what you need to know as a developer. Math Magic: Amazing Tricks With Numbers, Arithmetic & Geometry! by Sunil Tanna English | November 30, 2016 | ISBN: 1540742571 | 146 pages | PDF | 2.19 Mb Math Magic: Amazing Tricks With Numbers, Arithmetic & Geometry! is a guide to 40 math-based magical tricks. The instructions for each trick explain what props or accessories are needed (for example playing cards or calculator), how the trick appears to the audience, how to perform the trick, and in many cases, the mathematical secrets behind the trick. This book is ideal for magicians looking for something new and different to add to their acts, those who simply want to amaze their friends, and for mathematics teachers and educators who wish to inspire their students with fun and interesting mathematical ideas.
Marketing Revolution: The Radical New Approach to Transforming the Business, the Brand & the Bottom Line By Paul R Gamble, Alan Tapp, Anthony Marsella, Merlin Stone, Paul R. Gamble 2005 | 321 Pages | ISBN: 0749443855 | PDF | 2 MB * Based on the experience of IBM and its leading business partners in transforming themselves and their clients Norman J. W. Thrower, "Maps and Civilization: Cartography in Culture and Society, 3rd Edition" English | ISBN: 0226799743 | 2008 | EPUB | 352 pages | 10 MB In this concise introduction to the history of cartography, Norman J. W. Thrower charts the intimate links between maps and history from antiquity to the present day. A wealth of illustrations, including the oldest known map and contemporary examples made using Geographical Information Systems (GIS), illuminate the many ways in which various human cultures have interpreted spatial relationships. The third edition of Maps and Civilization incorporates numerous revisions, features new material throughout the book, and includes a new alphabetized bibliography. Praise for previous editions of Maps and Civilization:"A marvelous compendium of map lore. Anyone truly interested in the development of cartography will want to have his or her own copy to annotate, underline, and index for handy referencing." -L. M. Sebert, Geomatica Manual of Section by Paul Lewis, Marc Tsurumaki, David J. Lewis 2016 | ISBN: 1616892552 | English | 208 pages | EPUB | 27 MB "It has been a while since I devoured a book on architecture with as much pleasure. I love a good section and I love this book."-Aaron Betsky, Architect Magazine |