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The last 10-15 years have seen an enormous upsurge in the use of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to study the conformation and interactions of biological macromolecules. NMR is now second in importance only to x-ray crystallography in structural molecular biology. As a result, more and more biologists are seeking to use NMR to solve their structural problems. There are several very good books which give an introduction to the theory of modern NMR spectroscopy, but much less is available on the practical side which is specifically tailored to the special technique required. The aim of this book is to provide the newcomer to these applications of NMR, whether a graduate student or a more senior biologist who wishes to apply NMR to his or her favourite protein, with practical guidance on how to choose the right experiment to obtain the desired information, how to carry out the experiment, and how to analyse the resulting spectra. Those who are familar with chemical applications of NMR but not those to biological macromolecules will also find this book helpful in describing the special requirements of NMR studies of these large molecules. One of the consequences of the considerable proliferation of papers describing the application of NMR to biological macromolecules has been the increasing reluctance of journals to provide space for a detailed description of the methods involved in, for example, resonance assignment or the analysis of NOEs for structure determination. This book will fill this gap, so as to allow the reader both to understand what is involved in the experiments described in the literature and to embark on the application of these powerful methods to his or her own system.
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This book of practical suggestions is aimed at helping educators who are transforming mathematics learning and teaching and who are implementing curricula such as Investigations. Grades K-6
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Beyond Numeracy by bestselling author John Allen Paulos is, according to the introduction, "in part a dictionary, in part a collection of short mathematical essays, and in part the ruminations of a numbers man." This book is genuinely different from other books on mathematics intended for a wide audience as the essay topics are indisputably diverse. (Titles include "Human Consciousness, Its Fractal Nature" and "Mathematics in Ethics.") Furthermore, Paulos's unique sense of humor and ability to intelligently editorialize are delightful--especially in a book on such a dry subject.
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From the author of the national bestseller Innumeracy, a delightful exploration and explanation of mathematical concepts from algebra to zero in easily accessible alphabetical entries. "Paulos . . . does for mathematics what The Joy of Sex did for the boudoir. . . ."--Washington Post Book World. First time in paperback.
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A good starter on some of the more esoteric topics of math.......2005-01-24
But you can save your money by only buying a used version of this book.
But how many people do you think are going to be interested in what are quadratic equations if they happen to have missed them in high school? If they haven't seen them by that time, they are not likely inclined enough toward mathematics to pick up this book on their own volition.
The writing was good and clear, but two questions immediately come to mind:
1. At whom is this aimed?
2. Some of the topics were whittled down to bare bones arguments. For the things that he discussed that I did understand, I could see that he left out a lot in the interest of keeping the reader entertained. But the question is: For things that I don't know, how much was left out for the same reasons and how much better could it have been understood if he had bothered to throw in one or two examples with the mathematics worked out.
One particularly good example of this was the "Arrow's Impossibility Theorem." I would very much like to have seen enough logic discussed to be able to follow the proof.
GREAT INTRO REFERENCE TO SIMPLE AND COMPLEX MATH.......2004-08-13
This is almost a sequel to Innumeracy in which Paulos goes beyond the simple exposition of people's difficulties with math to teach, in a very readable fashion, to main concepts of mathematics, be it simple high school, college, or even the complex research mathematics.
The nice thing about this book is that you can read it bit by bit, since each chapter that deals with a topic is about 3-5 pages long, so you won't get bored and if you don't understand one topic you can move on to the next one. The topics are not really connected, so one can just move on to somehting one finds more interesting.
Overall, I believe I now know what many of the complex topics like chaos theory are about. Enough for a cocktail conversation with a mathematician at least.
one of the few great mathematics books........2004-01-25
I was captured entirely by "innumaracy", so i dwelve deeper into John Allen Paulo works, his website and other books, and i manage to buy several of the books.
I particularly like beyond numeracy. It is not as easily read as innumeracy, but it is deeper and more insightful.
It is written in loose shorter essays focusing on special mathematic things. I love the explanation of "infinity", "chaos theory", "pi", "probability" etc. I think people interested slightly in mathematics will be enchanted and enjoying the book.
Some of the essays are only sweet writing words, some contain heavy formula that needs digestions and basic math understanding.
There are about 70 short essays in all that can be read independently at leasure. I found out i strted to get dizzy after reading 10 essays in a straight reading.
John proved that you can make dry stuff interesting, and if you read some of the materials and use if for conversation, it will makes you look like a whiz with great taste! that is one additional benefit of reading! and you will do it without the usual pain. ;-)
Fascinating dictionary.......2003-09-24
These short essays, arranged alphabetically present a peek into mathematical topics, some I've long forgotten (differentials) and others new (non-Euclidian geometry). Paulos writes directly, usually without formulas, and if a particular essay doesn't click for you, keep turning, there's a new one in a few pages. Although the essays are mostly independent, there are some interesting connections. In light of the California governors voting recall, the section on voting systems seems clairvoyant, but he warns against the "Jean Dixon" effect in an earlier essay. The essays present mathematics as a dynamic field, and something as basic as variables, was just invented in the 16th century. Even since this book first came out, Fermat's last theorem has been proved, and there is even a larger prime number.
For those working with computers, there is a reminder of some of the mathematical background such as Al-Khwarizmi in Baghdad inventing the "Algorithm", the Turing Test, and sorting.
Paulos always touches on the human aspects of math, such as the fractal nature of human consciousness or mathematics in ethics.
QED - a great read
Good for those with interest in math to start.......2002-02-24
I thought this a good book that showed how math is valuable in the real world. The author tries to avoid reading like a text book to try and make math come alive. He is moderately successful, but it is hard not to have some mathy jargon and notation, which I think will discourage those who don't have some motivation to think about math to start with. Overall a good book and I will try to read his first book if I get a chance.
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An applied, interesting approach to one of the most feared subjects around—mathematics! Readers can learn mathematics without intimidation, and the wide variety of applications helps everyone see the critical role mathematics plays in our world.
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Discrete Mathematics: Numbers and Beyond (International Mathematics Series)
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Journey through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics
ASIN: 1568811845 |
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Swim, Bike, and Run your way to math success!
This innovative book offers a challenging athletic workout for anyone interested in building their math muscle. Games, puzzles, and other activities involve the reader in a contest which motivates math learning and appreciation.
An excellent resource for teachers, parents, math teams, and home schooling.
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Covering arithmetic, numbers and symmetry, and geometry.......2003-07-20
The collaborative effort of Judith D. Sally (Northwestern University) and Paul J. Sally, Jr. (University of Chicago), TriMathlon: A Workout Beyond The School Curriculum is an adventurous book of mathematic problems and puzzles to solve, and specifically created to especially to challenge students in the fifth through eighth grades. Problems and solutions covering arithmetic, numbers and symmetry, and geometry fill this inventive and challenging self-test resource. TriMathlon is especially recommended as a classroom curriculum development supplement, and would prove ideal for use with homeschool curriculums as well.
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Professor X and his dog, Y, teach kids how to count exponentially by powers of 10 (1, 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000, etc.), beginning at 1 and working all the way up to a googol (a 1 followed by 100 zeros) and beyond. Children fascinated by large numbers will be amazed how quickly they can count to really BIG numbers, and they’ll also find answers to questions like “What comes after a trillion?” or “What’s the biggest number in the world?” Real-life examples provide plenty of fun facts, such as how much popcorn Americans eat in one year, or how many hairs are on a square inch of a person’s head. Along with the fun comes some powerful learning, as this unique counting book helps kids understand our number system, which is based on multiples of 10.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
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google and googleplex.......2007-09-06
On Beyond a Million is my sons favorite math storybook. Since reading this book, I hear them using the words google and googleplex in conversations with each other. They are young (ages 5 and 7), so I don't think they understood all of it, but my seven year old figured out exponents from the book, and now he can do exponents on his own. It introduced more advanced math concepts in a fun way.
Book for a G/T youngster.......2007-03-18
My son loves numbers and frequently asks questions about large numbers "What is bigger than googol?" I wasn't sure if he would be able to follow everything but he really enjoyed the writing style of the book which was very story-like. He understood it and really enjoyed some of things he learned (like, there is no such number as a zillion).
Great for G/T youngsters who can read and like math and great for kids of all ages!
U of A South Elem. Education Student.......2004-08-31
I liked that this book was fun, but it was hard to read and go from bubble to bubble on every page. That made it very easy to get lost in and throughout the story. I did like that it had a lot of fun facts, which came in handy for older kids at least 4th grade. The book was also very good for the powers of 10. I would recommend it for teachers who are at least 4th grade to about 6th grade.
worth reading.......2002-02-08
My nine-year-old enjoyed having me read this book to him, though it was not nearly as compelling as some other math books we've read for fun, such as Math Trek or The Number Devil. I liked his getting a better picture of the real meanings of big numbers, since he'd had a lamentable tendency to use the words for large numbers, such as "million", "billion", and "trillion", interchangeably. My five-year-old enjoyed the pictures, though he really did not get the concepts.
Teacher review.......2001-08-17
This book is definately for older children. I teach 5th grade and it is to much for them. The facts that are included are very interesting and my kids love those. For my fifth graders i only use the creative facts throughout the book to help my students realize how big a million, billion,...and so in is. I felt the story was hard to follow. It is all in bubble - like a cartoon which was confusing to follow and not easy to read. For older students i think this book would be great. It does teach how easy it is to count using the power of 10's.
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Beyond Calculation: The Next Fifty Years of Computing
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In March 1997, the Association for Computing Machinery will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the electronic computer. To understand what an extraordinary fifty years the computer has had, you need only look around you probably no farther than your desk. Computers are everywhere: in our cars, our homes, our supermarkets, at the phone company office, and at your local hospital. But as the contributors to this volume make clear, the scientific, social and economic impact of computers is only beginning to be felt. These sixteen invited essays on the future of computing take on a dazzling variety of topics, with opinions from such experts as Gordon Bell, Sherry Turkle, Edsger W. Dijkstra, Paul Abraham, Donald Norman, Franz Alt, and David Gelernter. This brilliantly eclectic collection, commissioned to celebrate a major milestone in an ongoing technological revolution, will fascinate anybody with an interest in computers and where they are taking us.
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Sample of a 1-star review (I'd otherwise give 0).......2003-04-04
I attended ACM'97, the Conference for which this text is supposed
to the Proceedings. I've also signed non-disclosure agreements
with some of the firms of the attendees, and I am the pub. reviews
editor for an academic quarterly journal, and I know one of the
Editors (he was an Editor-in-Chief of CACM), and this text is a
real disappointment to me (back when it first came out). A few
of these people are friends.
A more detailed personal set of reviews (chapter by chapter)
can be found on groups.google.com in comp.sys.super.
Editorially, 1st printings are particularly bad. The book and the
meeting reads and felt like "Bob Metcalfe and a few of his friends
get together to pontificate to the world." You can tell a 1st
printing by opening the cover to the Preface (so early?) and
noticing that 2 Roberts (should be a Peter and a Robert)
authored the Preface (corrected after I pointed this out to
Peter in subsequent printings [why?]). Unfortunately, this also
bodes the rest of the book, too.
In the first chapter by Bell and Gray (2 of the most distingushed
computer scientists) there was a log-linear graph where the
left hand log scale was characterized by prefixes
([kilo, mega, giga, ...] with little base-10 exponents) where
the higher exponents had an error (one of the exponents was
repeated twice).
These are merely the easiest to find and rememebr mistakes on
first glance of the book. Fortunately I was given a copy as
a member of the press. I can't recommend buying this book,
and I barely recommend institutinal purchases as an example of
how not to assemble a book.
These are all basic copy editing mistakes which prevade the book.
I normally try to ignore these kinds of things to get to the
content because of my own poor writing skills (really).
Readers should also be aware that many of these authors
would not be working for companies like Microsoft and broadcasting
deep corporate secrets: this does not happen. The content is also
consistently shallow and inconsistently considered (sometimes
self-contridictory).
Subsequent printings can get rid of the typographic errors
I reported to the Editors, but new printings can't change
the shallow content.
I am amazed that this book is rated as high as it is. The other
1-star review is right.
Horrible Horrible Horrible.......2003-01-22
This is a horrible book and terribly boring! The whole time you are reading this book, you end up wondering what these people were smoking as they were writing these essays. It seems that most of them were under the influence of hallucinogenics when they wrote these essays. In my case, I had to read this book in an introductory graduate information science course, and had no choice but to read it. My advice, do not bother unless you have to.
Beyond Calculation: A Review.......2000-03-06
BEYOND CALCULATION was published in celebration of the golden anniversary of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM). The twenty essays explore computing over the next fifty years in terms of the future consequences caused by the way computers are being used today in Part I, The Coming Revolution". The affect computers will have on our lives and identity is discussed in Part II, "Computers and Human Identity". This review will focus on Pare III, Business and Innovation". The writers who contribute to Part III look at the effects of "ubiquitous digital information" on leadership, business practices, innovation, and learning. The omnipresence of digital information is given artificial life in "Sharing Our Planet". Donald D. Chamberlin suggests that, like DNA, digital devices form an ecosystem or "digital habitat". Occupying the ecosystem are "digital individuals", the programs that give the devices function and personality. The "digital habitat" has grown into an interconnected global network. Chamberlin concludes that as a result of the "new digital inhabitants" information becomes free and ubiquitous.
The leader that emerges in the year 2047 will be responsible for the articulation and rearticulation of a company's identity. In an environment where change may be the only constant, the leader takes a new approach to change viewing it as healthy and necessary. The leader must lead the reinvention of a company's identity over time to insure the company's survival. The impact of three decades of computers and information technology has transformed the computer from a calculator and storage device to a vital communication tool. The world becomes more fast pace as information technology reduces the time between innovation and effect.
In "Information Warfare", Larry Druffel highlights the issues surrounding internet security. This essay places the responsibility for the protection of information with the individual or institution that owns it. In light of the recent security intrusions into some of internet's largest websites, security becomes an immense concern when we envision having all information in some electronic form fifty years from now. The learning institution will change to prepare knowledge workers for the workplace of the future. Environments of hyperlearning will replace classrooms with a linear model of learning. In the hyperlearning environment the student-teacher relationship as "apprentice-master" will be most effective. The job of the teacher will be to cultivate knowledge. The two forces that will drive change in the curricula, learning environment and the role of the teacher, reflect both student demand for a more "customer-orientated relationship with the university" and the affect of digital media and networking.
The leadership of the future will be faced with all of these issues. The contributors to Part III, "Business and Innovation", agree on one point. They agree that predicting the future impact of computers, networks, and information and communication technology on business and learning five decades from now is a challenging task.
Living Beyond..........2000-03-01
Beyond Calculation is a collection of 20 essays by some of the cream of computing's top echelon. For the most part, these are not futuristic scenarios- the authors present fairly conservative observations regarding the future of computing. This circumspection is no accident - most of the authors have lived and worked through the full range of computing's evolutionary development and they are quite aware of the disjunction between earlier futuristic predictions and today's realities. On the other hand, they are also cognizant of the grand surprises in innovation and culture that have taken computing in directions that futurists of yore never foresaw. On another level, Beyond Calculation provides a fascinating view into a particular community of practice. For as one reads the individual essays, one encounters similarities in references that undoubtedly arise from the fact that many of these essayists have collaborated in a variety of ways over (in some cases) several decades. Many (all?) are associated with the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) which published the compendium. What is a common conclusion drawn among these essayists? The message is clear- that this is an environment in which surprises have been and will continue to be the norm (Frankston, 56), and that "we should expect that our understanding is incomplete and wrong so that we can adapt to surprises" (55). The surprises in innovation and the social implications of these innovations preclude us from envisioning at this point whatever the full future of computing will bring. Winograd summarizes best this consensus when he writes:
Imagine that on the 50th anniversary of the "Association for Automotive Machinery" a group of experts had been asked to speculate on the "next fifty years of driving". They might well have envisioned new kinds of engines, automatic braking, and active suspension systems. But what about interstate freeways, drive-in movies, and the decline of the inner city? These are not exactly changes in "driving" but in the end they are the most significant consequence of automotive technology (159-160).
Perhaps, then, only through hindsight we will be able to identify `the most significant consequences of computing technology."
WOW! What the future can hold..........2000-02-24
A compulation of essays by some awesome minds. This book examines the ideas of the future via a technique of developing scenarios.
Each author was asked to predict what the next fifty years would bring. Some of the authors look at advancement of technology itself. Other authors review what some of those advancements might mean with regards to our living space. Additional essays explore what business will look like in the year 2047.
A key theme running through the essays is the ubiquitious nature technology will have in years ahead. Having technology inter-woven and abundant in our lives will change many social and political institutions. "Beyond Calculation" depicts these ideas with both tactical information to consider as well as futuristic ideas of what might be possible.
The book also works through ideas about how technology will become more user friendly and design simplificaton will become essential.
All of the ideas are exciting and interesting. Great read if you like considering the unknown, the reachable, or endless possiblities.
A BOOK TO REALLY MAKE YOU THINK!
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