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  • Introduction to the Theory of Relativity

    by Etienne Parent ...
    This brief document (less than 10,000 words) provides an introduction to the special theory of relativity with ample use of diagrams. The approach is slow and deliberate, providing a nice contrast to the rushed, condensed presentation of college textbooks and professors. ... Read more

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  • Organic Soils and Peat Materials for Sustainable Agriculture

    Edited by Leon Etienne Parent, Piotr Ilnicki ...
    While organic soils have the potential to contribute greatly to agricultural production, the irreversible processes that occur from draining organic soils need to be managed with caution. The wise use of peatlands must include the avoidance of unacceptable ecological effects on the contiguous and global environment. Organic Soils and Peat Materials ... Read more

    $129.99 CAD

  • Introduction to Hierarchical Bayesian Modeling for Ecological Data

    by Eric Parent, Etienne Rivot ...
    Series series Chapman & Hall/CRC Applied Environmental Statistics
    Making statistical modeling and inference more accessible to ecologists and related scientists, Introduction to Hierarchical Bayesian Modeling for Ecological Data gives readers a flexible and effective framework to learn about complex ecological processes from various sources of data. It also helps readers get started on building their own statisti ... Read more

    $100.99 CAD

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  • A Student’s Guide to Bayesian Statistics

    by Ben Lambert ...
    Supported by a wealth of learning features, exercises, and visual elements as well as online video tutorials and interactive simulations, this book is the first student-focused introduction to Bayesian statistics.Without sacrificing technical integrity for the sake of simplicity, the author draws upon accessible, student-friendly language to provide approachable instruction perfectly aimed at ... Read more

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  • Statistical Rethinking

    A Bayesian Course with Examples in R and STAN

    by Richard McElreath ...
    Series series Chapman & Hall/CRC Texts in Statistical Science
    Winner of the 2023 De Groot Prize awarded by the International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA)Statistical Rethinking: A Bayesian Course with Examples in R and Stan builds your knowledge of and confidence in making inferences from data. Reflecting the need for scripting in today's model-based statistics, the book pushes you to perform step-by-step calculations that are usually automated. This ... Read more

    $170.99 CAD

  • Elementary Particles and the Laws of Physics

    The 1986 Dirac Memorial Lectures

    by Richard P. Feynman, Steven Weinberg ...
    Perhaps the two most important conceptual breakthroughs in twentieth century physics are relativity and quantum mechanics. Developing a theory that combines the two seamlessly is a difficult and ongoing challenge. This accessible book contains intriguing explorations of this theme by the distinguished physicists Richard Feynman and Steven Weinberg. Richard Feynman's contribution examines the ... Read more

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  • General Relativity 1: Newton vs Einstein

    by Robert Piccioni ...
    Relativity and Quantum Mechanics are the two major pillars of 20th century physics. These theories, launched within five years of one another, revolutionized our understanding of nature. They utterly dismantled the conceptual basis of Newtonian physics that had been the gold standard of science for over 200 years, and introduced radically new concepts that defy human intuition. These theories may ... Read more

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  • Higgs & Bosons & Fermions .... Oh My

    by Robert Piccioni ...
    Series series Everyone's Guide Series
    This book explores the Micro-World of subatomic particles and forces, including the recently discovered Higgs boson.The pursuit of nature’s smallest parts is one of mankind’s oldest quests, beginning at least 26 centuries ago. But, just in our lifetimes it seems we’ve finally “hit bottom.” Each step deeper into the Micro-World has revealed surprises, and expanded our understanding of nature on all ... Read more

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  • General Relativity 3: Astrophysics with Tensor Calculus

    Advanced Topics

    by Robert Piccioni ...
    Series series Everyone's Guide Series
    All of modern astrophysics and cosmology stands on the foundation of General Relativity that is best expressed in tensors.This book, and its sequel, General Relativity 4: Astrophysics & Cosmology, present the clearest, most comprehensible, and most complete introduction to the tensor calculus of differential topology, which Einstein used to explain the cosmos. Derivations that are difficult to ... Read more

    $7.04 CAD

  • Ecological Models and Data in R

    by Benjamin M. Bolker ...
    Ecological Models and Data in R is the first truly practical introduction to modern statistical methods for ecology. In step-by-step detail, the book teaches ecology graduate students and researchers everything they need to know in order to use maximum likelihood, information-theoretic, and Bayesian techniques to analyze their own data using the programming language R. Drawing on extensive ... Read more

    $95.99 CAD

  • General Relativity 2: Spacetime Curvature

    by Robert Piccioni ...
    Series series Everyone's Guide Series
    This book continues our exploration of the most profound theory of science, Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity.We examine more carefully the properties of spacetime, the unity of space and time.We explore the major features of curvature, how to measure it, and how to reduce its complexity to finding distances between nearby points.We find a simple expression, 2M/r, which proves remarkably ... Read more

    $4.22 CAD