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An Outline of New Testament Theology (Paperback): Estes David Foster 1851-1926 An Outline of New Testament Theology (Paperback)
Estes David Foster 1851-1926
R489 Discovery Miles 4 890 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

An Outline of New Testament Theology (Hardcover): David Foster Estes An Outline of New Testament Theology (Hardcover)
David Foster Estes
R910 Discovery Miles 9 100 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The History of Holden, Massachusetts. 1684-1894: David Foster Estes The History of Holden, Massachusetts. 1684-1894
David Foster Estes
R1,123 Discovery Miles 11 230 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Something to Do with Paying Attention (Paperback): David Foster Wallace Something to Do with Paying Attention (Paperback)
David Foster Wallace; Preface by McNally
R478 R366 Discovery Miles 3 660 Save R112 (23%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Catholic Prayerbook - from Downside Abbey (Hardcover): David Foster The Catholic Prayerbook - from Downside Abbey (Hardcover)
David Foster
R1,973 Discovery Miles 19 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'These prayers help me to pray... All prayer is talking to God as to a friend, and it is God's closest friends who can teach me how to do that best.' Timothy Radcliffe OPThis treasury of prayers for the Third Christian Millennium offers practical spiritual guidance for an increasingly busy world.The late Cardinal Basil Hume, in his Introduction, writes that the need for us to be people of prayer has never been more urgent. We know that unless we are deeply rooted in a sense of God's presence and able to refer all things to God, then our pilgrimage into the future will be marked more by uncertainty than by the peace which is God's gift.The book's extensive range includes favourite Catholic prayers such as the Rosary and the Stations of the Cross, along with others that may be less familiar, organized under many different themes and topics. Helpful introductions and a pattern of daily prayers make this book nothing less than a course in Christian spirituality.The book is for people approaching Christian prayer for the first time, and also for those who want to begin afresh. It will be especially helpful to young people, and the parents and teachers who want to help them learn to pray in the living tradition of the Church.

Generative Deep Learning - Teaching Machines To Paint, Write, Compose, and Play (Paperback, 2nd New edition): David Foster Generative Deep Learning - Teaching Machines To Paint, Write, Compose, and Play (Paperback, 2nd New edition)
David Foster
R1,354 Discovery Miles 13 540 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Generative AI is the hottest topic in tech. This practical book teaches machine learning engineers and data scientists how to use TensorFlow and Keras to create impressive generative deep learning models from scratch, including variational autoencoders (VAEs), generative adversarial networks (GANs), Transformers, normalizing flows, energy-based models, and denoising diffusion models. The book starts with the basics of deep learning and progresses to cutting-edge architectures. Through tips and tricks, you'll understand how to make your models learn more efficiently and become more creative. Discover how VAEs can change facial expressions in photos Train GANs to generate images based on your own dataset Build diffusion models to produce new varieties of flowers Train your own GPT for text generation Learn how large language models like ChatGPT are trained Explore state-of-the-art architectures such as StyleGAN2 and ViT-VQGAN Compose polyphonic music using Transformers and MuseGAN Understand how generative world models can solve reinforcement learning tasks Dive into multimodal models such as DALL.E 2, Imagen, and Stable Diffusion This book also explores the future of generative AI and how individuals and companies can proactively begin to leverage this remarkable new technology to create competitive advantage.

Revelasion (Hardcover): Richard David Foster, Paul Tomas Revelasion (Hardcover)
Richard David Foster, Paul Tomas
R746 Discovery Miles 7 460 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Shape in Picture - Mathematical Description of Shape in Grey-level Images (Hardcover, 1994 ed.): Ying-Lie O, Alexander Toet,... Shape in Picture - Mathematical Description of Shape in Grey-level Images (Hardcover, 1994 ed.)
Ying-Lie O, Alexander Toet, David Foster, Henk J.A.M. Heijmans, Peter Meer
R8,805 Discovery Miles 88 050 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The fields of image analysis, computer vision, and artificial intelligence all make use of descriptions of shape in grey-level images. Most existing algorithms for the automatic recognition and classification of particular shapes have been devel oped for specific purposes, with the result that these methods are often restricted in their application. The use of advanced and theoretically well-founded math ematical methods should lead to the construction of robust shape descriptors having more general application. Shape description can be regarded as a meeting point of vision research, mathematics, computing science, and the application fields of image analy sis, computer vision, and artificial intelligence. The NATO Advanced Research Workshop "Shape in Picture" was organised with a twofold objective: first, it should provide all participants with an overview of relevant developments in these different disciplines; second, it should stimulate researchers to exchange original results and ideas across the boundaries of these disciplines. This book comprises a widely drawn selection of papers presented at the workshop, and many contributions have been revised to reflect further progress in the field. The focus of this collection is on mathematical approaches to the construction of shape descriptions from grey-level images. The book is divided into five parts, each devoted to a different discipline. Each part contains papers that have tutorial sections; these are intended to assist the reader in becoming acquainted with the variety of approaches to the problem."

Spanish Literature (Hardcover): David Foster, Daniel Altamiranda, Carmen De Urioste Spanish Literature (Hardcover)
David Foster, Daniel Altamiranda, Carmen De Urioste
R13,707 Discovery Miles 137 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Spanish Literature: A Collection of Essays - From 1700 to the Present (Volume Three) (Hardcover): David Foster, Daniel... Spanish Literature: A Collection of Essays - From 1700 to the Present (Volume Three) (Hardcover)
David Foster, Daniel Altamiranda, Carmen De Urioste
R4,177 R3,571 Discovery Miles 35 710 Save R606 (15%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days


This collection features major critical articles dealing with the authors and texts customarily taught in colleges and universities in the United States. The articles are in English and Spanish with a predominance of the former. The material is organized to reflect the common chronological and period divisions of the academic curriculum, and is clustered around major literary figures, with a mix of general articles on the writers and texts that are commonly included in anthologies.

Tracer Kinetics in Biomedical Research - From Data to Model (Hardcover, 2002 ed.): Claudio Cobelli, David Foster, Gianna Toffolo Tracer Kinetics in Biomedical Research - From Data to Model (Hardcover, 2002 ed.)
Claudio Cobelli, David Foster, Gianna Toffolo
R6,964 Discovery Miles 69 640 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The use of mathematical modeling te chniques in biomedical research is playing an increasingly important role aso ne seeks tounderstand the physiopathology of disease processes. This includes not only understand ing mechanisms ofphysiological processes, but diagnosis and treatment. In addition, its introduction in the study of genomics andproteomics is key in understanding the functional ch aracteristics of gene expression and protein assembly and secretion. Finally, with the increasing com plexity and associated cost of drug development, modeling techniques are being used to streamline the process. We have workedin c lose collaboration with colleagues in biomedical and pharmaceutical research for a number of years applying and refining mathematical modeling techniques to avariety o f problems. In addition, we haveworked incollaboration with colleagues in applied m athematics and statistics to develop new algorithms to solve new setsof problems as theyemerge ino ur research efforts. Finally, we have worked with colleagues in computer sciencet o develop new software tools that bring the power of mathematical modeling to a broad research community. This books brings together mucho f what we have learned over the years, and presents the material in a format that should be accessible both to the novice reader and those desiring more detailed information about specific techniques.

Infinite Jest (Paperback): David Foster Wallace Infinite Jest (Paperback)
David Foster Wallace
R360 R288 Discovery Miles 2 880 Save R72 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

'A writer of virtuostic talents who can seemingly do anything' New York Times 'Wallace is a superb comedian of culture . . . his exuberance and intellectual impishness are a delight' James Wood, Guardian 'He induces the kind of laughter which, when read in bed with a sleeping partner, wakes said sleeping partner up . . . He's damn good' Nicholas Lezard, Guardian 'One of the best books about addiction and recovery to appear in recent memory' Sunday Times Somewhere in the not-so-distant future the residents of Ennet House, a Boston halfway house for recovering addicts, and students at the nearby Enfield Tennis Academy are ensnared in the search for the master copy of Infinite Jest, a movie said to be so dangerously entertaining its viewers become entranced and expire in a state of catatonic bliss . . .

Signifying Rappers (Paperback): David Foster Wallace, Mark Costello Signifying Rappers (Paperback)
David Foster Wallace, Mark Costello
R426 R385 Discovery Miles 3 850 Save R41 (10%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Finally back in print--David Foster Wallace and Mark Costello's exuberant exploration of rap music and culture.
Living together in Cambridge in 1989, David Foster Wallace and longtime friend Mark Costello discovered that they shared "an uncomfortable, somewhat furtive, and distinctively white enthusiasm for a certain music called rap/hip-hop." The book they wrote together, set against the legendary Boston music scene, mapped the bipolarities of rap and pop, rebellion and acceptance, glitz and gangsterdom. "Signifying Rappers" issued a fan's challenge to the giants of rock writing, Greil Marcus, Robert Palmer, and Lester Bangs: Could the new street beats of 1989 set us free, as rock had always promised?
Back in print at last, "Signifying Rappers" is a rare record of a city and a summer by two great thinkers, writers, and friends. With a new foreword by Mark Costello on his experience writing with David Foster Wallace, this rerelease cannot be missed.

Writing and Learning in Cross-national Perspective - Transitions From Secondary To Higher Education (Paperback): David Foster Writing and Learning in Cross-national Perspective - Transitions From Secondary To Higher Education (Paperback)
David Foster
R1,256 R1,101 Discovery Miles 11 010 Save R155 (12%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Despite the increasingly global implications of conversations about writing and learning, U.S. composition studies has devoted little attention to cross-national perspectives on student writing and its roles in wider cultural contexts. Caught up in our own concerns about how U.S. students make the transition as writers from secondary school to postsecondary education, we often overlook the fact that students around the world are undergoing the same evolution. How do the students in China, England, France, Germany, Kenya, or South Africa--the educational systems represented in this collection--write their way into the communities of their chosen disciplines? How, for instance, do students whose mother tongue is not the language of instruction cope with the demands of academic and discipline-specific writing? And in what ways is U.S. students' development as academic writers similar to or different from that of students in other countries?
With this collection, editors David Foster and David R. Russell broaden the discussion about the role of writing in various educational systems and cultures. Students' development as academic writers raises issues of student authorship and agency, as well as larger issues of educational access, institutional power relations, system goals, and students' roles in society. The contributors to this collection discuss selected writing purposes and forms characteristic of a specific national education system, describe students' agency as writers, and identify contextual factors--social, economic, linguistic, cultural--that shape institutional responses to writing development.
In discussions that bookend these studies of different educational structures, the editors compare U.S. postsecondary writing practices and pedagogies with those in other national systems, and suggest new perspectives for cross-national study of learning/writing issues important to all educational systems. Given the worldwide increase in students entering higher education and the endless need for effective writing across disciplines and nations, the insights offered here and the call for further studies are especially welcome and timely.

Spanish Literature: A Collection of Essays - Current Debates on Hispanism (Volume One) (Hardcover): David Foster, Daniel... Spanish Literature: A Collection of Essays - Current Debates on Hispanism (Volume One) (Hardcover)
David Foster, Daniel Altamiranda, Carmen De Urioste
R5,361 Discovery Miles 53 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Contents:
Beverley, John, Can Hispanism Be A Radical Practice?, Ideologies and Literature 4 [1983]
Read, Malcolm K, Writing in the Institution: The Politics of British Hispanism, Journal of Hispanic Philology 15 [1991]
di Camillo, Ottavio, Interpretations of the Renaissance in Spanish Historical Thought: The Last Thirty Years, Romance Quarterly 49 [1996]
Goldman, Peter B, Dramatic Works and their Readership in Eighteenth-Century Spain: Social Stratifications and the Middle Classes, Bulletin of Hispanic Studies 66 [1989]
Casamayor, Juan, Towards a Revisionary Theory of Spanish Romanticism, Revista de Estudios Hispanicos 28 [1994]
Clementi, Hebe, Sobre le formacion de la ideologia krausista en Espana, Letras Peninsulares 6 [1993-1994]^l Ribbans, Geoffre Y, Some Subversive Thoughts on Modernismo and the Generation of '98, West Virginia University Philogical Papers [1993]
Jurkevich, Gayana, Defining Castile in Literature and Art: Institucionalismo, the Generation 0f '98, and the Origins of Modern Spanish Landscape, revista Hispanica Moderna 67 [1994]
Diaz, Janet W, Spain's Vernacular Literatures in the Post-Franco Era, World Literature Today 53 [1979]
Perez, Janet, Post-Franco Castilian and Vernacular Literatures, Denver Quarterly 17 [1982]
Ciplijauskaite, Birute, Recent Spanish Poetry and the Essential Word, Studies in Twentieth Century Literature 16 [1992]
Spires, Robert C, Discursive Constructs and Spanish Fiction of the 1980's, The Journal of Narrative Technique 27 [1997]
Sullivan, Constance A, On Spanish Literary History and the Politics of Gender, Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association 23 [1990]
Brown, Joan L, Women Writers in Spanish Literary History: Past, Present and Future, Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispanicos^n 14 [1990]
Marti Olivella, Jaume
, Homoeroticism and Specular Transgression in Peninsular Feminine Narrative, Espana Contemporanea 5 [1992]
Jones, Margaret E W, Different Wor(l)ds: Modes of Women's Communication in Spain's Narrativa Femenina, Monographic Review/Revista Monografica 8 [1995]^l Reisz, Susana, Hipotesis sobre el tema 'escritura femenina e hispanidad, Tropelias 1 [1990]
Maravall, Jose A, Notas sobre la libertad de pensamiento en Espana durante el siglo de la ilustracion, Nueva Revista de Filologia Hispanica 33 [1984]
Britt Arredondo, Christopher, El Quijotismo de Ganivet a Ortega. La Modernidad espanola y el macionalismo imperial, Quimera 135 [1995]
Geist, Anthony L, El 27 y la vanguardia: Una aprozimacion ideolgica, ^Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos 514 [1993]
Zaval, Iris M, Apuntes sobre la posmodernidad en la heterogeneidad social espanola, Journal of Interdisciplinary Literary Studies 7 [1995]
Benson, Ken, Transformacion del horizonte de expectativas en la narrative posmoderna espanola: de Senas de indentifad a El jinete polaco, Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispanicos 19 [1994]
Amell, Samuel, Tradicion y renovacion, un difficil balance en la novela espanola actual, Critica Hispanica 14 [1992]
Brown, Joan L, The Contemporary Hispanic Novel: Is There a Canon?, Hispania 78 [1995]
Navajas, Gonzalo, Generacion y canon o ley y orden en literatura, Siglo [1994]

Spanish Literature: A Collection of Essays - From Origins to 1700 (Volume Two) (Hardcover): Daniel Altamiranda, David Foster,... Spanish Literature: A Collection of Essays - From Origins to 1700 (Volume Two) (Hardcover)
Daniel Altamiranda, David Foster, Carmen De Urioste
R4,476 Discovery Miles 44 760 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Contents:
Fiekel, Robert W, The Theme of Love in the Mozarabic jarchas and in cante flamenco, Confluencia 4 [1988]
Montgomery, Thomas, The Presence of the Text: The Poema de mio Cid, Modern Language Notes 108 [1993]
Orduna, German, El Texto del Poema de mio Cid ante el procesco de la tradicionalidad oral y escrita, Letras - Universidad Catolica Argentina 14 [1985]
Tinnell, Roger D, Authorship and Composition: Music and Poetry in Las Cantigas de Santa Maria of Alfonso X, el Sabio, Romance Quarterly 28 [1981]
Diz, Marta Ana, Elmago de Toledo: Borges y don Juan Manuel, Modern Language Notes 108 [1985]
Dunn, Peter N, Framing the Story, Framing the Reader:Two Spanish Masters, Modern Language Review 91 [1996]
Giron Alconchel, Jose Luis, Caracterizacion linguistica de los personajes y polifonia textual en el Libro de Buen Amor, Epos 2 [1986]
Vasvari, Louise, The Battle of Flesh and Lent in the Libro del Arcipreste: Gastro-Genital Rites of Reversal, La Coronica 20 [1991], Swan, A M, Santillana's Serranillas: A Poetic Genre of Their Own, Neophilologus 63 [1979]
Spitzer, Leo, Los romances espanoles: El romance de Abenamar, Explicacion de textos literarios 1 [1972]
Montgomery, Thomas, Jorge, Manrique and the Dynamics of Grieving, Hispania 78 [1995]
Hernandez de Leon, Ascension, Nebrija y las lenguas companeras del imperio, Cuadernos Americanos, 7 [1993]
Lihani, John, Spanish Urban Life in the Late Fifteenth Century as Seen in Celestina, Celestinesca 11 [1987]
Severin, Dorothy Sherman, Celestina and the Magical Empowerment of Women, Celestinesca 17 [1993]
Johnson, Carroll B, Personal Involvement and Poetic Tradition in the Spanish Renaissance: Some thoughts on reading Garcilaso, Romantic Review 80 [1989]
Lopez Castro, Armando, Modernidad de Garcilaso, Revista de Literatura 55 [1993]
Rivers, Elias L, Some Ideas about Language and Poetry in Sixteenth Century Spain, Bulletin of Hispanic Studies 61 [1984]
Bruflat, Alan, Modificacion de la experienca poetica: Tres odas de Fray Luis de Leon, Hispanic Journal 7 [1986]
Ter Horst, Robert, Poetics and Economics in the 'Vida retirada' of Fray Luis de Leon, Hispanic Journal 7 [1986]
Ter Horst, Robert, Poetics and Economics in the 'vida retirada' of Fray Luis de Leon, Hispanic Review 64 [1996]
Lopez Castro, Armando, Hacio una espiritualidad erotica en San Juan de la Cruz, Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos 568 [1997]
Albrecht, Jane W, Linguistics Style and Point of View in Lazarillo de Tormes, Neophilologus 77 [1993]
Cros, Edmond, Semantica y estructuras socials en el Lazarillo de Tormes, Revista Hispanica Moderna 39 [1976-77]
Tirado, Pilar del Carmen, Parody, Poverty and the Lazarillo de Tormes, Hispanofila 115 [1995]
Yndurain, Domingo, El renacimiento de Lazaro, Hispania 75 [1992]
Velasco Kindelan, Magdalena, Motivaciones y destinarios de Libro de la vida de Santa Teresa de Jesus, Revista de Literatura 54 [1992]
Perez de Leon, Vincente, El licenciado Vidriera: La lectura del mundo de un personaje literario, Romance Languages Annual 7 [1995]
Munguia Garcia, Victor Eduardo, El Licenciado Vidriera y Don Quijote, Anales Cervantinos 30 [1992]
Blue, William R, The Politics of Lope's Fuente ovejuna, Hispanic Review 59 [1991]
McKay, Angus, The Crowd in the Theater and the Crowd in History: Fuente ovejuna, Renaissance Drama 17 [1986]
Dolan, Kathleen H, Figure and Ground: Concrete Mysticism in Gongora's Fabula de Polifemo y Galatea, Hispanic Review 52 [1984]
Calcraft, R P, The Carpe Diem sonnets of Garcilaso de la Vega and Gongora, Modern Language Review 76 [1981]
Martin, Francesco J, Mas alla de soneto amoroso: Quevedo y la preocupacion metafisica, Romance Notes 38 [1997]
Rivers, Elias L, Quevedo Against Culteranismo: A Note on Politics and Morality, Modern Language Notes 112 [1997]
Vitse, Marc, Sobre los espacios en La dama duende: El cuarto de don Manuel, RILCE 12 [1996]
, Schizzano Mandel, Adrienne, La dama juega al duende: Pre-texto,geno-texto feno-texto, Bulletin of the Comediantes 37 [1985]

Writing and Learning in Cross-national Perspective - Transitions From Secondary To Higher Education (Hardcover): David Foster Writing and Learning in Cross-national Perspective - Transitions From Secondary To Higher Education (Hardcover)
David Foster
R3,685 Discovery Miles 36 850 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Despite the increasingly global implications of conversations about writing and learning, U.S. composition studies has devoted little attention to cross-national perspectives on student writing and its roles in wider cultural contexts. Caught up in our own concerns about how U.S. students make the transition as writers from secondary school to postsecondary education, we often overlook the fact that students around the world are undergoing the same evolution. How do the students in China, England, France, Germany, Kenya, or South Africa--the educational systems represented in this collection--write their way into the communities of their chosen disciplines? How, for instance, do students whose mother tongue is not the language of instruction cope with the demands of academic and discipline-specific writing? And in what ways is U.S. students' development as academic writers similar to or different from that of students in other countries? With this collection, editors David Foster and David R. Russell broaden the discussion about the role of writing in various educational systems and cultures. Students' development as academic writers raises issues of student authorship and agency, as well as larger issues of educational access, institutional power relations, system goals, and students' roles in society. The contributors to this collection discuss selected writing purposes and forms characteristic of a specific national education system, describe students' agency as writers, and identify contextual factors--social, economic, linguistic, cultural--that shape institutional responses to writing development. In discussions that bookend these studies of different educational structures, the editors compare U.S. postsecondary writing practices and pedagogies with those in other national systems, and suggest new perspectives for cross-national study of learning/writing issues important to all educational systems. Given the worldwide increase in students en

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men - Stories (Hardcover, 1st ed): David Foster Wallace Brief Interviews with Hideous Men - Stories (Hardcover, 1st ed)
David Foster Wallace
R907 Discovery Miles 9 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this thought-provoking and playful short story collection, David Foster Wallace nudges at the boundaries of fiction with inimitable wit and seductive intelligence. Wallace's stories present a world where the bizarre and the banal are interwoven and where hideous men appear in many guises. Among the stories are 'The Depressed Person, ' a dazzling and blackly humorous portrayal of a woman's mental state; 'Adult World, ' which reveals a woman's agonized consideration of her confusing sexual relationship with her husband; and 'Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, ' a dark, hilarious series of imagined interviews with men on the subject of their relations with women. Wallace delights in leftfield observation, mining the absurd, the surprising, and the illuminating from every situation. This collection will enthrall DFW fans, and provides a perfect introduction for new readers.

Power To Prevail (Hardcover): David Foster Power To Prevail (Hardcover)
David Foster
R969 Discovery Miles 9 690 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Also Available as an eBook

Many people believe that once someone becomes a Christian, life is suddenly easy, and problems disappear. This could not be farther from the truth. In fact, Christians often face more challenges, as the same faith that provides them with support and consolation is tested on a daily basis. In THE POWER TO PREVAIL, David Foster explores the paradox of adversity. While obstacles and trials are bound to arise, he asserts it is how people respond to those challenges that determines whether they grow in faith or crumble in defeat. Foster then details a three-point plan that helps to promote a positive response: He says if we choose our attitudes, change our aptitudes, and control our actions, adversity ceases to be a stumbling block and starts to become an opportunity. Practical, hard-hitting, and inspiring, THE POWER TO PREVAIL is a manual for those who want to make the most of their Christian walk, regardless of their circumstances.

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE (9-1) English Language B Student Book (Paperback, 2nd edition): Pam Taylor, Roger Addison,... Pearson Edexcel International GCSE (9-1) English Language B Student Book (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Pam Taylor, Roger Addison, David Foster, Robert O'Brien, Peter Inson, …
R1,297 Discovery Miles 12 970 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

These new resources have been written for the new 9-1 grading scale, with progression, international relevance and support at their core. The new 9-1 grading scale ensures a consistent international standard of qualification. The increase in levels of grading allows learners to achieve their full potential and make more informed decisions about their options for progression. A fully integrated Progression Map tool allows quick and easy formative assessment of student progress, linked to guidance on tailored learning solutions, helping students make the best progress they can. The embedded transferrable skills that are needed for progression into higher education and employment, are explicitly signposted allowing students to understand, and engage with, the skills they're gaining. Online teacher support will save you valuable time when planning, teaching and assessing. Each Student Book provides access to an ActiveBook, a digital version of the Student's Book, which can be accessed online, anytime, anywhere supporting learning beyond the classroom. Specifically developed for International learners, with appropriate international content, making it engaging and relevant for all learners and allowing for learning in a local context, to a global standard. EAL-focused content, checked by an EAL specialist, addresses the needs of EAL students with carefully graded writing to B2/C1 level (CEFR) and a glossary provided of specialist vocabulary.

Infinite Jest (Paperback, Tenth Anniversa): David Foster Wallace Infinite Jest (Paperback, Tenth Anniversa)
David Foster Wallace
R609 Discovery Miles 6 090 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A gargantuan, mind-altering comedy about the Pursuit of Happiness in America Set in an addicts' halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwed-up family to come along in recent fiction, Infinite Jest explores essential questions about what entertainment is and why it has come to so dominate our lives; about how our desire for entertainment affects our need to connect with other people; and about what the pleasures we choose say about who we are. Equal parts philosophical quest and screwball comedy, Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction without sacrificing for a moment its own entertainment value. It is an exuberant, uniquely American exploration of the passions that make us human -- and one of those rare books that renew the idea of what a novel can do. With a foreword by Tom Bisell. "The next step in fiction...Edgy, accurate, and darkly witty...Think Beckett, think Pynchon, think Gaddis. Think." --Sven Birkerts, The Atlantic

Tracer Kinetics in Biomedical Research - From Data to Model (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002):... Tracer Kinetics in Biomedical Research - From Data to Model (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002)
Claudio Cobelli, David Foster, Gianna Toffolo
R5,336 R5,066 Discovery Miles 50 660 Save R270 (5%) Out of stock

The use of mathematical modeling techniques in biomedical research is playing an increasingly important role in the understanding of the pathophysiology of disease processes. This includes not only understanding mechanisms of physiological processes, but also diagnosis and treatment. In addition, its introduction in the study of genomics and proteomics is key in understanding the functional characteristics of gene expression and protein assembly and secretion. Finally, with the increasing complexity and associated cost of drug development, modeling techniques are being used to streamline the process. This book is designed to give the reader the mathematical and statistical information necessary to design tracer kinetic studies, to use noncompartmental methodologies and/or to develop multicompartmental models to interpret the data. The book starts with a review of fundamentals of radioactive and stable isotope tracer kinetics and then proceeds with a description of the noncompartmental and multicompartmental modeling methodologies to study systems in the steady state.The focus is on understanding the basic assumptions inherent in the methodologies and the underlying mathematics and statistics, on discussing how to assess how 'good' a model is and on giving some hints on how better to design kinetic studies, in order to increase the probability of a successful study and to ensure the maximal information content in the experimental data to be extracted. The book has an extensive section on parameter estimation, i.e., fitting models to data, first in general terms and then specifically related to noncompartmental and compartmental models. This is written from a basic point of view, and is intended to remove the mystery from the 'black box' of computer optimization software. Finally, a special application often found in tracer kinetic analysis, precursor-product relationships, is discussed. Throughout the book, the goal is to provide even the novice with sufficient background so that he/she can feel comfortable. A number of case studies, based upon real experimental data, are carried through the text. Other examples illustrate specific points. All data examples are provided on a floppy disk.

Everything and More - A Compact History of Infinity (Hardcover, and): David Foster Wallace Everything and More - A Compact History of Infinity (Hardcover, and)
David Foster Wallace
R1,346 Discovery Miles 13 460 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The best-selling author of Infinite Jest on the two-thousand-year-old quest to understand infinity.

One of the outstanding voices of his generation, David Foster Wallace has won a large and devoted following for the intellectual ambition and bravura style of his fiction and essays. Now he brings his considerable talents to the history of one of math's most enduring puzzles: the seemingly paradoxical nature of infinity.

Is infinity a valid mathematical property or a meaningless abstraction? The nineteenth-century mathematical genius Georg Cantor's answer to this question not only surprised him but also shook the very foundations upon which math had been built. Cantor's counterintuitive discovery of a progression of larger and larger infinities created controversy in his time and may have hastened his mental breakdown, but it also helped lead to the development of set theory, analytic philosophy, and even computer technology.

Smart, challenging, and thoroughly rewarding, Wallace's tour de force brings immediate and high-profile recognition to the bizarre and fascinating world of higher mathematics.

About the series: W. W. Norton and Atlas Books announce the launch of an exciting new series—Great Discoveries—bringing together renowned writers from diverse backgrounds to tell the stories of crucial scientific breakthroughs—the great discoveries that have gone on to transform our view of the world.

Shape in Picture - Mathematical Description of Shape in Grey-level Images (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed.... Shape in Picture - Mathematical Description of Shape in Grey-level Images (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994)
Ying-Lie O, Alexander Toet, David Foster, Henk J.A.M. Heijmans, Peter Meer
R8,312 Discovery Miles 83 120 Out of stock

The fields of image analysis, computer vision, and artificial intelligence all make use of descriptions of shape in grey-level images. Most existing algorithms for the automatic recognition and classification of particular shapes have been devel oped for specific purposes, with the result that these methods are often restricted in their application. The use of advanced and theoretically well-founded math ematical methods should lead to the construction of robust shape descriptors having more general application. Shape description can be regarded as a meeting point of vision research, mathematics, computing science, and the application fields of image analy sis, computer vision, and artificial intelligence. The NATO Advanced Research Workshop "Shape in Picture" was organised with a twofold objective: first, it should provide all participants with an overview of relevant developments in these different disciplines; second, it should stimulate researchers to exchange original results and ideas across the boundaries of these disciplines. This book comprises a widely drawn selection of papers presented at the workshop, and many contributions have been revised to reflect further progress in the field. The focus of this collection is on mathematical approaches to the construction of shape descriptions from grey-level images. The book is divided into five parts, each devoted to a different discipline. Each part contains papers that have tutorial sections; these are intended to assist the reader in becoming acquainted with the variety of approaches to the problem."

New Forest, Hampshire & South Downs 2016 (Paperback, Revised edition): David Foster New Forest, Hampshire & South Downs 2016 (Paperback, Revised edition)
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Pathfinder Hampshire(R) covers parts of the New Forest, South Downs and Fullerton. This selection offers interest, regional variety and balance of routes in Hampshire providing the best walks in the area. From an easy stroll through Bishop's Dyke to the much more challenging walks in the East Meion and the Downs this volume contains something for everyone. Covering walks through the whole of Hampshire both popular and little known scenic routes including Highland Water, Standing Hat and Brockenhurst. See walk locations by Looking Inside. Inside: *28 great Hampshire walks from 2 to 10 miles * Clear, large scale Ordnance Survey route maps * GPS reference for all Hampshire walk waypoints * Where to park, good pubs and places of interest on route * All routes have been fully researched and written by expert outdoor writers * Beautiful photography of scenes from the walks Pathfinder(R) Guides are Britain's best loved walking guides. Made with durable covers, they are the perfect companion for countryside walks throughout Britain. Each title features circular walks with easy-to-follow route descriptions, large-scale Ordnance Survey route maps and GPS waypoints.With over 70 titles in the series, they offer essential information for walkers throughout the country.

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