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    Inside the New World of Finance and Business

    An indispensable on-the-ground guide to the financial landscape of the twenty-first century, from venture capital to hedge funds to management consulting.Money Makers illuminates the often-secretive industries of the private sector that drive the modern economy. David Snider and Chris Howard draw on their interviews with top executives—such as Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase; David Rubenstein, ... Read more

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    This book provides readers with an introductory overview of art from the perspective of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The author utilizes well-known and important works of art to demonstrate how STEM concepts apply to them. The book’s examples include a structural analysis of Michelangelo’s David. The author covers major breakthroughs in art history, such as the discovery of ... Read more

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  • Basics of Optimization Theory

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    This book presents a short introduction to the main tools of optimization methodology including linear programming, steepest descent, conjugate gradients, and the Karush-Kuhn-Tucker-John conditions. Each topic is developed in terms of a specific physical model, so that the strategy behind every step is motivated by a logical, concrete, easily visualized objective. A quick perusal of the Fibonacci ... Read more

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    This book offers an intuitive approach to random processes and educates the reader on how to interpret and predict their behavior. Premised on the idea that new techniques are best introduced by specific, low-dimensional examples, the mathematical exposition is easier to comprehend and more enjoyable, and it motivates the subsequent generalizations. It distinguishes between the science of ... Read more

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