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Excellent
I found this book a very readable, concise and useful introduction to probability.
Great Intro to Probability
I am a university student taking a probability course and found this book to be invaluable.
Excellent guide
This is an excellent introductory guide to anyone interested in probability. The book is written with a general audience, but there are some examples that are specific to information and communication theory. I'm especially fond of the challenging problems at the end of the book. The language is lucid, and the concepts are explained in a very clear and logical fashion. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Mathematics    2. Probability & Statistics - General    3. Science/Mathematics   

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Good Mathematics Book
This book makes this branch of Mathematics fun. It reads well too. I understand many of the concepts because the presentation is well constructed. Good reading.

A good book
I like this book and use it for teaching my students. As a teacher, you have the opportunity to select similar problems for class activity and homework assignment. Also, you can find not only simple and middle-level problems but also high-level problems to provide a good source for active students. Unfortunately, the author uses the letters "F" and "T" in the truth tables instead of much easier and perspective "0" and "1", which correspond to the real needs, e.g., in computer science. That's the most essential lack, which I've found by this time.

This book is interesting
I like the exclamations and the concepts/problem solving this book teaches.Maybe I am being swayed by the subject because I enjoy it, however, in comparison to other math books, this one livens it up and is a higher then the average mathematics book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Discrete Mathematics    2. Mathematics    3. Science/Mathematics    4. Mathematics / Discrete Mathematics   

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Comprehensive book for General Topology
This is the text that my first graduate level topology class is using.Over all I find it very well written.The author uses good examples for motivation and explaination of the topics he covers.The exercises are also well thought out and instructive.They're challenging enough to make you really learn the material, but not so hard as to sway the only average mathematician from the subject.I highly recommend this book, even if it's not for your class.It'll be a welcome reference book to add to your math text collection!

Good standard introduction to topology, useful book for textbook, self-study, or reference
This book is pretty much a standard.It has a number of strong points.It is self-contained relative to students even at a fairly elementary level.There are a lot of exercises, and they are appropriate.And, the book is very comprehensive and thorough, covering a lot of material and covering it in good depth.Most of the material is exceptionally easy to read.
very clear introduction
This book is well organised, and the proofs are easy to follow.If you are looking for a solid introduction to topology, then this is the place to start! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Algebra - General    2. Mathematics    3. Science/Mathematics    4. Topology    5. Topology - General    6. Mathematics / Algebra / General   

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A Cross-platform textbook
I have bought Dr. Dielman's Applied Regression 4e textbook in Taiwan) for preparing my MBA thesis regarding the interaction effects. Given the widespread use of commercially available packages, this book provided considerately coverage on ALL computer packages about the field of regression work. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Commercial statistics    2. Econometrics    3. Economics    4. Mathematics    5. Probability & Statistics - General    6. Regression analysis    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Statistical methods    9. Mathematics / Statistics    10. Probability & statistics   

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We Should All Be 1/4th John Semour
The book is everything you could wish to know from beginning to end.The ONLY criticism I have with the book is that is seems to be for one specific climate in England.I'm not quite sure how to translate a lot of it over to a New England (USA)Winter setting. Regardless of that, it's a miracle to have such a book in this day and age.

Great Book
I have read this book twice now. I was amazed at the amount of topics and the detail of each. I would highly recommend this book to people who are looking to start out, or who are only able to read about it.

This was my favorite all time book!
What a wonderful guide on living! This book shows you how to survive and thrive with simple, back-to-basics skills and instructions on how to do almost anything you'd ever need to know to live. Beautiful illustrations and a easy to use index. Everybody should own a copy of this book! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Agriculture    2. Agriculture - General    3. Country life    4. Gardening    5. Gardening/Plants    6. Handbooks, manuals, etc    7. Organic    8. Self-Help    9. Techniques    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. Gardening / Organic   

Subjects:  1. Earth Sciences - Geology    2. Geology (General)    3. Physical Geology    4. Science    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Textbooks    7. Geology & the lithosphere    8. Science / Geology   

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Notfor Dummies
Now if I were a dummy, and in many ways I am, I would be furious with this book.It doesn't mention until page 4 that the author assumes you've already had a year of algebra.What if I hadn't?What if I was picking up this book because I wanted to learn algebra from scratch?Most anyone would naturally assume that's what this book is for.But right away you'd be lost.Even the "fun facts" would make me heave this thing out the window.Info about "three-term quadratic equations" is a fun fact?Not if you're a compleat dummy and you haven't the foggiest what this woman is talking about.The 2 stars are generous.It's not too bad for an overview of something you already know and merely want to to remember.Thank my stars I do know algebra, but damn...dummies beware.

What????
This book is not for beginners. It assumes you've had at least a year of algebra education.

Good for me
This book was good for me in my Masters program. Now if I can only get my son to use it to pass high school ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Algebra    2. Algebra - General    3. Mathematics    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Mathematics / Algebra / General   

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Couldn't have asked for it any better!
When I got my book I was shocked.I expected the book was going to be ragged but I couldn't even tell it was used! I thought it was new! I am definitely ordering my books from ya'll for now on!!! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Algebra    2. Graphic Methods    3. Mathematics    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Textbooks    6. Trigonometry    7. Elementary geometry & trigonometry    8. Mathematics / Algebra / General   

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excellent bookfor doctors
really wonderful book on hematolog ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Allied Health Services - Medical Assistants    2. Blood    3. Cytology    4. Diseases    5. Hematologic Diseases    6. Hematology    7. Immunology    8. Internal Medicine    9. Life Sciences - Cytology    10. Medical    11. Medical / Nursing    12. Medical Hematology    13. Haematology    14. Medical / Hematology   

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BUYERS BE AWARE 8th Edition Published
Fall 2004 & Spring 2005 Students: the 8th edition of this book is published and comes with a CD, and, in some cases, a free world atlas. Check with your instructor for requirements. In any case, I wouldn't spend $100 for the 7th edition.
Very well-written and illustrated text with great photos
Obviously written by authors who have a deep appreciation for this subject and a desire to pass on their knowledge, this text is useful not just for students of physical geography, but for anyone wanting a deeper understanding of geopolitics, area studies, anthropology, world history, etc. For example, I would have no clue about the culture, history and politics of Central Asia/Afghanistan and vicinity (my area of interest) without having a comprehensive understanding of the physical terrain and climate of this region--and how its inhabitants have adapted to it. I would not have gained this understanding without reading this text. still on my bookshelf
I remember this book from when I was an undergraduate, lo these many years ago (OK, so it was an earlier edition)! I'm glad to see it is still available and updated -- I enjoyed it then and I am using it now in answering the questions my children throw at me. Read more

Subjects:  1. Earth Sciences - Geography    2. Physical Geography    3. Science    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Science / Geography   

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missing alot of detail....
Wow, I am really suprised this book garnered as much positive feedback as it has. I am a nursing major, and I was apalled at the lack of detail in this book. I ended up using the A&P text from my 201 class for the majority of this class. Maybe it was the questions my instructor asked, but I constanatly had to go to other sources in order to find the information I needed. If anyone finds themself in this situation, Ken Saladin's text by the same name is the best!!!

Best A&P book for nursing majors
This is a required reading text for anatomy and physiology I and II at the college I attend, and I have nothing but praise for the author and illustrators of this book.It is as comprehensive as A&P can get, and as difficult as the material is to learn, it is broken down into systems so that it is not too overwhelming.
Wow!
I bought the book the first time because I had to.I bought it the second time because I wanted to.
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Subjects:  1. Human Anatomy    2. Human Physiology    3. Life Sciences - Human Anatomy & Physiology    4. Pathophysiology    5. Science    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Anatomy    8. Physiology    9. Science / Biology   

Subjects:  1. Physics    2. Science    3. Science/Mathematics    4. Science / Physics   

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Not good when compare to Chang's Chemistry book
This book made me confuse. Not clearly written.
Clearly written, richly illustrated, and well organized text for a one year general chemistry course (or self study)
This is an interesting text for a one year general chemistry course.While all general chemistry texts form major publishers have some convergence so they all cover similar basic material, they all have different organizing ideas.What I enjoyed about this text is that it has a clear organizing principle: the periodic table of elements.
it s not the best and certainly not even good. just bit below average
I have read 2 other chem book and found this book is my least favorite.
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Subjects:  1. Chemistry    2. Chemistry (General)    3. Chemistry - General    4. Science    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Science / Chemistry / General   

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Awesome book for TS
If you are thinking of mastering TS this is the book to start with. Do not get intimidated however with all the symbols and notations, the author does a pretty good job explaining each and every equation. A seperate book is needed for application eg RATs handbook by Enders.

A review of Time Series Analysis
The book provides a good overview of the analysis of time series and it also gives a good treatise of the economitric background of the use of estimation methods.

The most careful ecmtx textbook I know
As you may guess from the title, I loved Hamilton's book. I must definitely disagree with all those who find it too technical. Rather on the contrary, I would say. Admittedly, entire pages with greek letters look intimidating at first glance. But what Hamilton actually does is making a huge effort (unlike most of his competitors) to actually explain the details of the derivations, thereby helping the reader a lot. You'll learn to appreciate this a lot by the time you start developing sth. on your own rather than simply applying existing techniques.
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Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. Econometrics    4. Investments & Securities - General    5. Mathematics    6. Probability & Statistics - General    7. Time Series Analysis    8. Time-series analysis    9. Business & Economics / Investments & Securities    10. Economics    11. Finance    12. Probability & statistics   

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Very good learning version
This affordable version of SPSS allows students to learn how to use SPSS without investing a large amount of money on the full version ($600 or so).This version is limited in the number of variables and cases it can store, so students looking to perform serious analysis would be better off to purchase the SPSS Graduate Pack.

Not for graduate students
Unfortunately I didn't see the part about the student version being limited to 50 variables and 1500 cases until I'd bought it.The class I'm taking uses far more variables than that.I am wiser now.
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Subjects:  1. Mathematics    2. Microcomputer Operating Environments    3. Operating Systems - Windows    4. Probability & Statistics - General    5. Social Science    6. Sociology    7. Statistical Methods In The Social Sciences    8. Statistics    9. Mathematical & statistical software    10. Mathematics / Statistics   

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Review of Book that i bought.
Partial Differential Equations (Graduate Studies in Mathematics, V. 19) GSM/19 (Graduate Studies in Mathematics)
The best book for an introduction to PDE's for a graduated student
If you're looking for a book to learn PDE's at a basic level, please don't buy this book. In the other hand, if you have already worked on this subject it's not surprising why the book doesn't include some topics or techniques. The appendix is for remembering basic facts while you are reading, so if you don't acknowledge this subjects, you have to study them before (you can't ask a book to have an appendix that covers all the related theories you need).There are several books which cover very well the classical theory and the linear cases in the weak sense. As one of the reviews says, this is an excellent book for a GRADUATED COURSE so it is assumed you have a basic background on the subject and you know what you should know about other subjects such as analysis. The book has the basic tools forTHE NON-LINEAR CASES which can't be seen in a basic course. If you don't believe me, try to find a book which cover the same content in such an easy way.

This book opened a new world for me
After several bad lectures I had already almost given up on PDE. But when I got this book into my hands, I was immediately drawn into the subject and couldn't put it down until I finished it completely. After less than a month I felt how a new world had opened up to me, and I can since feel its effect when I go to lectures.
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Subjects:  1. Differential Equations    2. Differential Equations - Partial Differential Equations    3. Differential equations, Partia    4. Differential equations, Partial    5. Mathematics    6. Science/Mathematics   

Editorial Review

Explaining what William McNeill called Read more

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too long
This book REALLY needs an editor. It is just too long. Mr. Diamond goes over the same points over and over in excruciating detail. My solution was just to skip paragraphs detailing exactly how to carbon-date pinecones for the 20th time.
questionable from the beginning
I haven't yet finished the book, but have found reason to doubt the Mr. Diamond in the preface and prologue alone.In the preface, Diamond states that the readers are not about to read a "racist treatise" and that the book doesn't "involve human racial differences at all."Skip a few pages to the prologue and Diamond postulates "Why did New Guineans wind up technologically primitive, despite what I believe to be their superior intelligence?"Is New Guinean a race?Maybe, maybe not... but reverse the statement and then see how the critics chime in.
Not as compelling as "Collapse" but a good read nontheless.
Diamond presents a look at the evolution of various Cultures throughout the World and how geography has played an important part in their developement.The reason that Eurasia and North Africa evolved more highly developed (technologically anyway) cultures was that there was a wider variety of wild plant and animal species that could be tamed by the humans living in those areas following the Ice Age than there was available to humans in other parts of the world.This enabled people in these areas to develope farming societies (which required more specializations than hunter gatherer societies) more quickly than in other parts of the globe.
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Subjects:  1. Anthropology - General    2. Archaeology / Anthropology    3. Civilization    4. Ethnology    5. History    6. Human Geography    7. Life Sciences - Evolution    8. Social Science    9. Social evolution    10. Sociology    11. Evolution    12. Sociology, Social Studies    13. World history    14. Reading Group Guide   

Subjects:  1. Chemistry - Organic    2. Organic Chemistry    3. Science    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Study Guides    6. Science / Chemistry / Organic   

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it will help you
This is a very neat and clear guide. It explains almost everything.
You'd be a dummy not to own this
Pleasantly surprised. Actually covers alot of intensive material in an easy to digest format. The real bonus is the step by step walk through some of the harder problems. decent on the math too

'this friendly guide puts the FUN back in physics FUNdamentals!'
so i'm actually reading this book right now prior to doing some hw, and i just had to stop and write a review for this amazing book.i'm in an low level mnechanics course right now, and this book covers all of the key concepts, and from what i've read (which is a fair amount), it does a very nice job of reinforcing the topics we've covered, breaking them down to the basics.i was afraid this book wouldn't be of much use concerning the mathematical parts of physics, being a guide of sorts for the layman, but there were plenty examples of mathematical reasoning (although i've spotted some times in which the particular derivations from one formula to another aren't present, which isn't particularly bad, since if you're in a phys course you should be able to trace the steps, and if you're not, there's really no reason to be concerned, right?).alas, i'm not sure how much use this book will be for someone in upper level courses, but i'm sure it will retain its value as a reference source.believe it or not, this was actually an entertaining read.highly recommended. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Physics    2. Physics (General)    3. Science    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Science / Physics   

Editorial Review

Aimed at any serious programmer or computer science student,the new second edition of Read more

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Great reference, Bad textbook
This is actually a very good book to read - what they cover, they cover in depth, building each concept up from elementary concepts so you can always see how they got from point A to point B.The authors present mathematical proofs of essentially every assertion (although, as is typical of "discrete math" proofs, the proofs can sometimes be a tad on the silly side as they sometimes just restate whatever they're trying to prove - blame academia).The algorithms are all presented in a language-agnostic pseudocode which highlights the essentials of the algorithm itself without burdening the reader with language idiosyncracies.Plus, if you want something more concrete, the latest edition comes with a CD-ROM including all the algorithms implemented in Java!
A great reference
This book is not for the casual reader.If the contents seems confusing at times it is because there are hard problems being analyzed.Any book on algorithms that is not confusing at times is probably not discussing any interesting algorithms.While quite academic, this book is also relevant to any engineer who needs to design/optimize a non-trivial algorithm.It's also one of those books that one can open up to any random page and start reading.Sometimes when I get coders-block, this is just the thing to break me out of it.This book is heavy, expensive and well worth its weight and price.

Important Book
This is an excellent book. Well written, easy to understand, precise, good problems, excellent coverage of the basics. This book can provide an excellent foundation in computer science.
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Subjects:  1. Computer Books: Operating Systems    2. Computer Science    3. Computer algorithms    4. Computer programming    5. Computers    6. Computers - Languages / Programming    7. Programming - Algorithms    8. Algorithms & procedures    9. Computers / Computer Science    10. Mathematical modelling