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Who has the final say on the meaning of the Constitution? Most
agree that this power lies with the Supreme Court. From high school
to law school, students learn that the framers of the Constitution
designed the court to be the ultimate arbiter of constitutional
issues, a function Chief Justice John Marshall recognized in
deciding Marbury v. Madison in 1803. This provocative work
challenges American dogma about the Supreme Court's role, showing
instead that the founding generation understood judicial power not
as a counterweight against popular government, but as a
consequence, and indeed a support, of popular sovereignty.
Contending that court power must be restrained so that policy
decisions are left to the people's elected representatives, this
study offers a combination of remedies--including term limits and
popular selection of the Supreme Court--to return the people to
their proper place in the constitutional order.
What is the nature of syntactic structure? Why do some languages
have radically free word order ('nonconfigurationality')? Do
parameters vary independently (the micro-view) or can they co-vary
en masse (the macro-view)? Mirrors and Microparameters examines
these questions by looking beyond the definitional criterion of
nonconfigurationality - that arguments may be freely ordered,
omitted, and split. Drawing on data from Kiowa, a member of the
largely undescribed Kiowa-Tanoan language family, the book reveals
that classically nonconfigurational languages can nonetheless
exhibit robustly configurational effects. Reconciling the
cooccurrence of such freedom with such rigidity has major
implications for the Principles and Parameters program. This
approach to nonconfigurational languages challenges widespread
assumptions of linguistic theory and throws light on the syntactic
structures, ordering principles, and nature of parametrization that
comprise Universal Grammar.
What is the nature of syntactic structure? Why do some languages
have radically free word order ('nonconfigurationality')? Do
parameters vary independently (the micro-view) or can they co-vary
en masse (the macro-view)? Mirrors and Microparameters examines
these questions by looking beyond the definitional criterion of
nonconfigurationality - that arguments may be freely ordered,
omitted, and split. Drawing on newly discovered data from Kiowa, a
member of the largely undescribed Kiowa-Tanoan language family, the
book reveals that classically nonconfigurational languages can
nonetheless exhibit robustly configurational effects. Reconciling
the cooccurrence of such freedom with such rigidity has major
implications for the Principles and Parameters program. This novel
approach to nonconfigurational languages challenges widespread
assumptions of linguistic theory and throws light on the syntactic
structures, ordering principles, and nature of parametrization that
comprise Universal Grammar.
to Mechanics of Human Movetnent by James Watkins Scottish School oj
Physical Education lordanhill College oj Education, Glasgow,
Scotland 1983 M. TP PRESS LIM. ITED . . . . a member of (he KLUWER
ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS GROteP BOSTON / THE HAGUE! DORDRECHT !
LANCASTER " Published by MTP Press Limited Lancaster, England
Copyright (c) 1983 MTP Press Limited Softcover reprint of the
hardcover 1st edition 1983 First published 1983 All rights
reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in
a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means,
electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise,
without prior permission from the publishers. British Library
Cataloguing in Publication Data Watkins, James An introduction to
mechanics of human movement 1. Human locomotion I. Title 612476
QP303 ISBN-13: 978-94-011-7815-0 e-ISBN-13: 978-94-011-7813-6 DOl:
10. 1007/978-94-01\-7813-6 Typeset by Blackpool Typesetting
Services Ltd. , Blackpool. Bound by WBC Bookbinders Ltd. , Maesteg,
Mid Glamorgan. Contents PREFACE vii INTRODUCTION Mechanics of human
movement 1 1. 1 1. 2 Forms of motion 2 1. 3 Units 3 LINEAR MOTION 2
2. 1 Distance and speed, displacement and velocity 4 2. 2
Acceleration 11 2. 3 Vector and scalar quantities 13 2. 4 Mass,
inertia and linear momentum 21 2. 5 Force and Newton's First Law of
Motion 21 2. 6 Newton's Law of Gravitation (law of attraction);
gravity and weight 23 2. 7 Newton's second law of motion; the
impulse of a force 27 2. 8 Units of force 31 2.
In a culture increasingly focused on visual media, students have
learned not only to embrace multimedia presentations in the
classroom, but to expect them. Such expectations are perhaps more
prevalent in a field as dynamic and cross-disciplinary as religious
studies, but the practice nevertheless poses some difficult
educational issues -- the use of movies in academic coursework has
far outpaced the scholarship on teaching religion and film. What
does it mean to utilize film in religious studies, and what are the
best ways to do it?
In Teaching Religion and Film, an interdisciplinary team of
scholars thinks about the theoretical and pedagogical concerns
involved with the intersection of film and religion in the
classroom. They examine the use of film to teach specific religious
traditions, religious theories, and perspectives on fundamental
human values. Some instructors already teach some version of a
film-and-religion course, and many have integrated film as an
ancillary to achieving central course goals. This collection of
essays helps them understand the field better and draws the sharp
distinction between merely "watching movies" in the classroom and
comprehending film in an informed and critical way.
For decades, the question of judicial review's status in a
democratic political system has been adjudicated through the
framework of what Alexander Bickel labeled "the
counter-majoritarian difficulty." That is, the idea that judicial
review is particularly problematic for democracy because it opposes
the will of the majority. Judicial Review and Contemporary
Democratic Theory begins with an assessment of the empirical and
theoretical flaws of this framework, and an account of the ways in
which this framework has hindered meaningful investigation into
judicial review's value within a democratic political system. To
replace the counter-majoritarian difficulty framework, Scott E.
Lemieux and David J. Watkins draw on recent work in democratic
theory emphasizing democracy's opposition to domination and
analyses of constitutional court cases in the United States,
Canada, and elsewhere to examine judicial review in its
institutional and political context. Developing democratic criteria
for veto points in a democratic system and comparing them to each
other against these criteria, Lemieux and Watkins yield fresh
insights into judicial review's democratic value. This book is
essential reading for students of law and courts, judicial
politics, legal theory and constitutional law.
For decades, the question of judicial review's status in a
democratic political system has been adjudicated through the
framework of what Alexander Bickel labeled "the
counter-majoritarian difficulty." That is, the idea that judicial
review is particularly problematic for democracy because it opposes
the will of the majority. Judicial Review and Contemporary
Democratic Theory begins with an assessment of the empirical and
theoretical flaws of this framework, and an account of the ways in
which this framework has hindered meaningful investigation into
judicial review's value within a democratic political system. To
replace the counter-majoritarian difficulty framework, Scott E.
Lemieux and David J. Watkins draw on recent work in democratic
theory emphasizing democracy's opposition to domination and
analyses of constitutional court cases in the United States,
Canada, and elsewhere to examine judicial review in its
institutional and political context. Developing democratic criteria
for veto points in a democratic system and comparing them to each
other against these criteria, Lemieux and Watkins yield fresh
insights into judicial review's democratic value. This book is
essential reading for students of law and courts, judicial
politics, legal theory and constitutional law.
This text focuses on the practical aspects of crystal structure
analysis, and provides the necessary conceptual framework for
understanding and applying the technique. By choosing an approach
that does not put too much emphasis on the mathematics involved,
the book gives practical advice on topics such as growing crystals,
solving and refining structures, and understanding and using the
results. The technique described is a core experimental method in
modern structural chemistry, and plays an ever more important role
in the careers of graduate students, postdoctoral and academic
staff in chemistry, and final-year undergraduates.
Much of the material of the first edition has been significantly
updated and expanded, and some new topics have been added. The
approach to several of the topics has changed, reflecting the
book's new authorship, and recent developments in the subject.
The natural numbers have been studied for thousands of years, yet
most undergraduate textbooks present number theory as a long list
of theorems with little mention of how these results were
discovered or why they are important. This book emphasizes the
historical development of number theory, describing methods,
theorems, and proofs in the contexts in which they originated, and
providing an accessible introduction to one of the most fascinating
subjects in mathematics. Written in an informal style by an
award-winning teacher, Number Theory covers prime numbers,
Fibonacci numbers, and a host of other essential topics in number
theory, while also telling the stories of the great mathematicians
behind these developments, including Euclid, Carl Friedrich Gauss,
and Sophie Germain. This one-of-a-kind introductory textbook
features an extensive set of problems that enable students to
actively reinforce and extend their understanding of the material,
as well as fully worked solutions for many of these problems. It
also includes helpful hints for when students are unsure of how to
get started on a given problem. * Uses a unique historical approach
to teaching number theory * Features numerous problems, helpful
hints, and fully worked solutions * Discusses fun topics like
Pythagorean tuning in music, Sudoku puzzles, and arithmetic
progressions of primes * Includes an introduction to Sage, an
easy-to-learn yet powerful open-source mathematics software package
* Ideal for undergraduate mathematics majors as well as non-math
majors * Digital solutions manual (available only to professors)
How a new mathematical field grew and matured in America Graph
Theory in America focuses on the development of graph theory in
North America from 1876 to 1976. At the beginning of this period,
James Joseph Sylvester, perhaps the finest mathematician in the
English-speaking world, took up his appointment as the first
professor of mathematics at the Johns Hopkins University, where his
inaugural lecture outlined connections between graph theory,
algebra, and chemistry-shortly after, he introduced the word graph
in our modern sense. A hundred years later, in 1976, graph theory
witnessed the solution of the long-standing four color problem by
Kenneth Appel and Wolfgang Haken of the University of Illinois.
Tracing graph theory's trajectory across its first century, this
book looks at influential figures in the field, both familiar and
less known. Whereas many of the featured mathematicians spent their
entire careers working on problems in graph theory, a few such as
Hassler Whitney started there and then moved to work in other
areas. Others, such as C. S. Peirce, Oswald Veblen, and George
Birkhoff, made excursions into graph theory while continuing their
focus elsewhere. Between the main chapters, the book provides short
contextual interludes, describing how the American university
system developed and how graph theory was progressing in Europe.
Brief summaries of specific publications that influenced the
subject's development are also included. Graph Theory in America
tells how a remarkable area of mathematics landed on American soil,
took root, and flourished.
"Across the Board" is the definitive work on chessboard
problems. It is not simply about chess but the chessboard
itself--that simple grid of squares so common to games around the
world. And, more importantly, the fascinating mathematics behind
it. From the Knight's Tour Problem and Queens Domination to their
many variations, John Watkins surveys all the well-known problems
in this surprisingly fertile area of recreational mathematics. Can
a knight follow a path that covers every square once, ending on the
starting square? How many queens are needed so that every square is
targeted or occupied by one of the queens?
Each main topic is treated in depth from its historical
conception through to its status today. Many beautiful solutions
have emerged for basic chessboard problems since mathematicians
first began working on them in earnest over three centuries ago,
but such problems, including those involving polyominoes, have now
been extended to three-dimensional chessboards and even chessboards
on unusual surfaces such as toruses (the equivalent of playing
chess on a doughnut) and cylinders. Using the highly visual
language of graph theory, Watkins gently guides the reader to the
forefront of current research in mathematics. By solving some of
the many exercises sprinkled throughout, the reader can share fully
in the excitement of discovery.
Showing that chess puzzles are the starting point for important
mathematical ideas that have resonated for centuries, "Across the
Board" will captivate students and instructors, mathematicians,
chess enthusiasts, and puzzle devotees.
"Topics in Commutative Ring Theory" is a textbook for advanced
undergraduate students as well as graduate students and
mathematicians seeking an accessible introduction to this
fascinating area of abstract algebra.
Commutative ring theory arose more than a century ago to address
questions in geometry and number theory. A commutative ring is a
set-such as the integers, complex numbers, or polynomials with real
coefficients--with two operations, addition and multiplication.
Starting from this simple definition, John Watkins guides readers
from basic concepts to Noetherian rings-one of the most important
classes of commutative rings--and beyond to the frontiers of
current research in the field. Each chapter includes problems that
encourage active reading--routine exercises as well as problems
that build technical skills and reinforce new concepts. The final
chapter is devoted to new computational techniques now available
through computers. Careful to avoid intimidating theorems and
proofs whenever possible, Watkins emphasizes the historical roots
of the subject, like the role of commutative rings in Fermat's last
theorem. He leads readers into unexpected territory with
discussions on rings of continuous functions and the set-theoretic
foundations of mathematics.
Written by an award-winning teacher, this is the first
introductory textbook to require no prior knowledge of ring theory
to get started. Refreshingly informal without ever sacrificing
mathematical rigor, "Topics in Commutative Ring Theory" is an ideal
resource for anyone seeking entry into this stimulating field of
study
Who first presented Pascal's triangle? (It was not Pascal.) Who
first presented Hamiltonian graphs? (It was not Hamilton.) Who
first presented Steiner triple systems? (It was not Steiner.) The
history of mathematics is a well-studied and vibrant area of
research, with books and scholarly articles published on various
aspects of the subject. Yet, the history of combinatorics seems to
have been largely overlooked. This book goes some way to redress
this and serves two main purposes: 1) it constitutes the first
book-length survey of the history of combinatorics; and 2) it
assembles, for the first time in a single source, researches on the
history of combinatorics that would otherwise be inaccessible to
the general reader. Individual chapters have been contributed by
sixteen experts. The book opens with an introduction by Donald E.
Knuth to two thousand years of combinatorics. This is followed by
seven chapters on early combinatorics, leading from Indian and
Chinese writings on permutations to late-Renaissance publications
on the arithmetical triangle. The next seven chapters trace the
subsequent story, from Euler's contributions to such wide-ranging
topics as partitions, polyhedra, and latin squares to the 20th
century advances in combinatorial set theory, enumeration, and
graph theory. The book concludes with some combinatorial
reflections by the distinguished combinatorialist, Peter J.
Cameron. This book is not expected to be read from cover to cover,
although it can be. Rather, it aims to serve as a valuable resource
to a variety of audiences. Combinatorialists with little or no
knowledge about the development of their subject will find the
historical treatment stimulating. A historian of mathematics will
view its assorted surveys as an encouragement for further research
in combinatorics. The more general reader will discover an
introduction to a fascinating and too little known subject that
continues to stimulate and inspire the work of scholars today.
This text focuses on the practical aspects of crystal structure
analysis, and provides the necessary conceptual framework for
understanding and applying the technique. By choosing an approach
that does not put too much emphasis on the mathematics involved,
the book gives practical advice on topics such as growing crystals,
solving and refining structures, and understanding and using the
results. The technique described is a core experimental method in
modern structural chemistry, and plays an ever more important role
in the careers of graduate students, postdoctoral and academic
staff in chemistry, and final-year undergraduates.
Much of the material of the first edition has been significantly
updated and expanded, and some new topics have been added. The
approach to several of the topics has changed, reflecting the
book's new authorship, and recent developments in the subject.
Who first presented Pascal's triangle? (It was not Pascal.) Who
first presented Hamiltonian graphs? (It was not Hamilton.) Who
first presented Steiner triple systems? (It was not Steiner.) The
history of mathematics is a well-studied and vibrant area of
research, with books and scholarly articles published on various
aspects of the subject. Yet, the history of combinatorics seems to
have been largely overlooked. This book goes some way to redress
this and serves two main purposes: 1) it constitutes the first
book-length survey of the history of combinatorics; and 2) it
assembles, for the first time in a single source, researches on the
history of combinatorics that would otherwise be inaccessible to
the general reader. Individual chapters have been contributed by
sixteen experts. The book opens with an introduction by Donald E.
Knuth to two thousand years of combinatorics. This is followed by
seven chapters on early combinatorics, leading from Indian and
Chinese writings on permutations to late-Renaissance publications
on the arithmetical triangle. The next seven chapters trace the
subsequent story, from Euler's contributions to such wide-ranging
topics as partitions, polyhedra, and latin squares to the 20th
century advances in combinatorial set theory, enumeration, and
graph theory. The book concludes with some combinatorial
reflections by the distinguished combinatorialist, Peter J.
Cameron. This book is not expected to be read from cover to cover,
although it can be. Rather, it aims to serve as a valuable resource
to a variety of audiences. Combinatorialists with little or no
knowledge about the development of their subject will find the
historical treatment stimulating. A historian of mathematics will
view its assorted surveys as an encouragement for further research
in combinatorics. The more general reader will discover an
introduction to a fascinating and too little known subject that
continues to stimulate and inspire the work of scholars today.
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