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Nanotechnology -- a term encompassing nanoscale science,
engineering, and technology -- is focused on understanding,
controlling, and exploiting the unique properties of matter that
can emerge at scales of one to 100 nanometers. A key issue before
Congress regarding nanotechnology is how best to protect human
health, safety, and the environment as nanoscale materials and
products are researched, developed, manufactured, used, and
discarded. While the rapidly emerging field of nanotechnology is
believed by many to offer significant economic and societal
benefits, some research results have raised concerns about the
potential adverse environmental, health, and safety (EHS)
implications of nanoscale materials. Potential detrimental effects
of nanoscale materials and devices -- both real and perceived --
must be addressed to protect and improve human health, safety, and
the environment; enable accurate and efficient risk assessment,
risk management, and cost-benefit trade-offs; foster innovation and
public confidence; and ensure that society can enjoy the widespread
economic and societal benefits that nanotechnology may offer. This
book examines those issues.
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Probability Tales (Paperback)
Charles M. Grinstead, William P. Peterson, J.Laurie Snell
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R1,529
Discovery Miles 15 290
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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This book explores four real-world topics through the lens of
probability theory. It can be used to supplement a standard text in
probability or statistics. Most elementary textbooks present the
basic theory and then illustrate the ideas with some neatly
packaged examples. Here the authors assume that the reader has
seen, or is learning, the basic theory from another book and
concentrate in some depth on the following topics: streaks, the
stock market, lotteries, and fingerprints. This extended format
allows the authors to present multiple approaches to problems and
to pursue promising side discussions in ways that would not be
possible in a book constrained to cover a fixed set of topics. To
keep the main narrative accessible, the authors have placed the
more technical mathematical details in appendices. The appendices
can be understood by someone who has taken one or two semesters of
calculus.
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