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A compilation of papers presented at the 2001 European Summer
Meeting of the Association for Symbolic Logic, Logic Colloquium '01
includes surveys and research articles from some of the world's
preeminent logicians. Two long articles are based on tutorials
given at the meeting and present accessible expositions of research
in two active areas of logic, geometric model theory and
descriptive set theory of group actions. The remaining articles
cover seperate research topics in many areas of mathematical logic,
including applications in Computer Science, Proof Theory, Set
Theory, Model Theory, Computability Theory, and aspects of
Philosophy. This collection will be of interest not only to
specialists in mathematical logic, but also to philosophical
logicians, historians of logic, computer scientists, formal
linguists and mathematicians in the areas of algebra, abstract
analysis and topology. A number of the articles are aimed at
non-specialists and serve as good introductions for graduate
students.
The Trump administration's peace agreements in the Middle East were
the greatest foreign policy accomplishment in decades. Now, for the
first time, his ambassador to Israel explains how they pulled it
off. Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different
results is insanity. For decades, the U.S. State Department called
it diplomacy. David Friedman was an outside candidate when
President Trump appointed him U.S. ambassador to Israel. He took
office to find U.S.-Israel policy stuck in stalemate. For years,
accepted wisdom was that extensive experience and detailed
knowledge of Middle Eastern history and culture were necessary to
negotiate treaties. In truth, Friedman realized, all parties played
on that accepted wisdom to stall-expecting to get a better deal
further down the road. Tossing the State Department playbook aside
and incorporating insights from his many years as a negotiator in
the American private sector, Friedman and a small team with no
prior diplomatic experience revamped American diplomacy to project
"peace through strength." He emphasized the importance of leverage,
the key to any good negotiation. After painstaking,
behind-the-scenes work, the Abraham Accords were signed: a historic
series of peace deals between Israel and the five Muslim nations.
In Sledgehammer, Friedman tells the true story of how the Abraham
Accords came about. He takes us from the Oval Office to the highest
echelons of power in the Middle East, putting us at the table
during the intense negotiations that led to this historic
breakthrough. The inside story of arguably the greatest achievement
of the Trump Administration, Sledgehammer is an important,
inspiring account of the hard, hopeful work necessary to bring long
overdue-and lasting-peace to one of the most turbulent and tragic
regions of the globe.
This collection documents the work of the Hyperuniverse Project
which is a new approach to set-theoretic truth based on justifiable
principles and which leads to the resolution of many questions
independent from ZFC. The contributions give an overview of the
program, illustrate its mathematical content and implications, and
also discuss its philosophical assumptions. It will thus be of wide
appeal among mathematicians and philosophers with an interest in
the foundations of set theory. The Hyperuniverse Project was
supported by the John Templeton Foundation from January 2013 until
September 2015
This collection documents the work of the Hyperuniverse Project
which is a new approach to set-theoretic truth based on justifiable
principles and which leads to the resolution of many questions
independent from ZFC. The contributions give an overview of the
program, illustrate its mathematical content and implications, and
also discuss its philosophical assumptions. It will thus be of wide
appeal among mathematicians and philosophers with an interest in
the foundations of set theory. The Hyperuniverse Project was
supported by the John Templeton Foundation from January 2013 until
September 2015
During his 25 years as a holistic practitioner and health expert on
syndicated TV and radio, Dr. David Friedman has interviewed
hundreds of world-renowned doctors and best-selling authors. From
proponents of a Vegan, Paleo, Mediterranean Diet, Keto, to a Gluten
Free and Low Carb Diet, the opinions are as different as night and
day. After becoming frustrated with all the conflicting research
and opinions, Dr. Friedman wrote Food Sanity, which explores all
the fads, facts and fiction. Using a common science meets common
sense approach, this groundbreaking book finally answers the
question, what should we be eating? In this International
award-winning, #1 best-selling book, Food Sanity shares
never-before-heard nutritional and dieting advice that will ensure
they get the maximum benefits from their food and dietary
supplements. Unfortunately, people can’t solely rely on
scientific studies because those can change, sometimes weekly.
Plus, many of them are bought and paid for. Dr. Friedman breaks
through the culinary conundrum and offers an easy to follow
blueprint to getting healthy, losing weight and preventing disease.
Engineers and physicists are more and more encountering
integrations involving nonelementary integrals and higher
transcendental functions. Such integrations frequently involve (not
always in immediately re cognizable form) elliptic functions and
elliptic integrals. The numerous books written on elliptic
integrals, while of great value to the student or mathematician,
are not especially suitable for the scientist whose primary
objective is the ready evaluation of the integrals that occur in
his practical problems. As a result, he may entirely avoid problems
which lead to elliptic integrals, or is likely to resort to
graphical methods or other means of approximation in dealing with
all but the simplest of these integrals. It became apparent in the
course of my work in theoretical aero dynamics that there was a
need for a handbook embodying in convenient form a comprehensive
table of elliptic integrals together with auxiliary formulas and
numerical tables of values. Feeling that such a book would save the
engineer and physicist much valuable time, I prepared the present
volume."
How can each of us live "Cooler Smarter"? While the routine
decisions that shape our days--what to have for dinner, where to
shop, how to get to work--may seem small, collectively they have a
big effect on global warming. But which changes in our lifestyles
might make the biggest difference to the climate? This
science-based guide shows you the most effective ways to cut your
own global warming emissions by twenty percent or more, and
explains why your individual contribution is so vital to addressing
this global problem.
"Cooler Smarter" is based on an in-depth, two-year study by the
experts at The Union of Concerned Scientists. While other green
guides suggest an array of tips, "Cooler Smarter" offers proven
strategies to cut carbon, with chapters on transportation, home
energy use, diet, personal consumption, as well as how best to
influence your workplace, your community, and elected officials.
The book explains how to make the biggest impact and when not to
sweat the small stuff. It also turns many eco-myths on their head,
like the importance of locally produced food or the superiority of
all hybrid cars.
The advice in "Cooler Smarter" can help save you money and live
healthier. But its central purpose is to empower you, through low
carbon-living, to confront one of society's greatest threats.
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StreetSavvy Business is for entrepreneurs, managers, and those in
business wanting tools and insights to beat the competition and
grow their businesses. Author David Friedman tells his secrets of
success complete with stories, illustrations and help from a few
friends.
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