Thermodynamics: From Concepts to Applications
Thermodynamics, the authors tell us, is viewed by many students as a difficult subject. This is their attempt to provide a clear and accessible introduction to the subject that is self-contained and...
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A First Course in General Relativity
This is the long-awaited second edition of the highly successful undergraduate text on classical relativity, dating from 1985.The broad structure and content remain similar to the first edition, but...
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Using Counter-Examples in Calculus
Using Counter-Examples in Calculus provides the serious (or, alternatively, mildly sadistic) mathematics lecturer with a cornucopia of counter-examples to falsify conjectures and expose sham...
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Classical and Relativistic Mechanics
Classical and Relativistic Mechanics spans the Newtonian mechanics of A-level further mathematics and first-year undergraduate courses, also including special relativity. Assuming no prior knowledge...
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Student Review: Three Steps to the Universe: From the Sun to Black Holes to the Mystery of Dark Matter
Three Steps to the Universe is an enjoyable read, providing a fresh perspective on what can be a dense and complex subject.It seems to target a wide audience, from those who are unfamiliar with the...
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Student Review: Introduction to Linear Algebra
Introduction to Linear Algebra is a comprehensive text that covers the core material for linear algebra. Its author has gone to great lengths to ensure that the contents of this book are broken up...
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Mathematical Modelling with Case Studies: A Differential Equations Approach Using Maple and MATLAB
It is possible to gain entry to mathematics degrees at prestigious UK institutions with only a single AS-level module of applied mathematics, covering nothing beyond "v = u + at". Discrete...
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Mere thermodynamics
This text provides a condensed overview of classical thermodynamics, covered at pace and enlivened with historical asides. It is not a book for the uninitiated. To fully benefit, students will need...
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Introduction to the Calculus of Variations
This is a text firmly aimed at graduate students in mathematics. The book is formal in style; after a short introduction, it starts with a chapter on the definitions of function spaces, followed by...
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Interest Rate Modelling
Initially, this book appears to be a comprehensive introduction to interest rate modelling. However as the necessary underlying techniques of stochastic calculus and martingales have to be explained...
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Stochastic Tools in Mathematics and Science
The compact text covers mathematical basics, probability, brownian motion and stationary stochastic processes, before introducing statistical mechanics and applying these techniques to both...
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Caesar adsum iam forte
In a shock move, our thrusting Director of Corporate Affairs, Jamie Targett, has announced "a major quantitative upsurge" in the amount of Latin to be used in our graduation ceremonies.Targett told...
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From where I sit: Accentuating the positive
I am constantly reading (and writing) about the negatives of tertiary education today: universities are now merely businesses; grammatical standards have slipped; young people are ignoramuses who don...
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Research intelligence: Change of climate
A consultation aims to ensure that postgrads in environmental science are ready for the future. Zoë Corbyn reports