Fundamentals

Author: Frank Wilczek
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0735223890
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description
“Fundamentals might be the perfect book for the winter of this plague year. . . . Wilczek writes with breathtaking economy and clarity, and his pleasure in his subject is palpable.” —The New York Times Book Review One of our great contemporary scientists reveals the ten profound insights that illuminate what everyone should know about the physical world In Fundamentals, Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek offers the reader a simple yet profound exploration of reality based on the deep revelations of modern science. With clarity and an infectious sense of joy, he guides us through the essential concepts that form our understanding of what the world is and how it works. Through these pages, we come to see our reality in a new way--bigger, fuller, and stranger than it looked before. Synthesizing basic questions, facts, and dazzling speculations, Wilczek investigates the ideas that form our understanding of the universe: time, space, matter, energy, complexity, and complementarity. He excavates the history of fundamental science, exploring what we know and how we know it, while journeying to the horizons of the scientific world to give us a glimpse of what we may soon discover. Brilliant, lucid, and accessible, this celebration of human ingenuity and imagination will expand your world and your mind.

Fundamentals of Data Visualization

Author: Claus O. Wilke
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
ISBN: 1492031054
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 390

Book Description
Effective visualization is the best way to communicate information from the increasingly large and complex datasets in the natural and social sciences. But with the increasing power of visualization software today, scientists, engineers, and business analysts often have to navigate a bewildering array of visualization choices and options. This practical book takes you through many commonly encountered visualization problems, and it provides guidelines on how to turn large datasets into clear and compelling figures. What visualization type is best for the story you want to tell? How do you make informative figures that are visually pleasing? Author Claus O. Wilke teaches you the elements most critical to successful data visualization. Explore the basic concepts of color as a tool to highlight, distinguish, or represent a value Understand the importance of redundant coding to ensure you provide key information in multiple ways Use the book’s visualizations directory, a graphical guide to commonly used types of data visualizations Get extensive examples of good and bad figures Learn how to use figures in a document or report and how employ them effectively to tell a compelling story

Fundamentals of Reference

Author: Carolyn M. Mulac
Publisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 0838994903
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 146

Book Description
An excellent training tool for both new and experienced staff, Fundamentals of Reference will quickly become your fundamental reference!

Fundamentals of Business (black and White)

Author: Stephen J. Skripak
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780997920116
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 442

Book Description
(Black & White version) Fundamentals of Business was created for Virginia Tech's MGT 1104 Foundations of Business through a collaboration between the Pamplin College of Business and Virginia Tech Libraries. This book is freely available at: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/70961 It is licensed with a Creative Commons-NonCommercial ShareAlike 3.0 license.

Art Fundamentals 2nd Edition

Author: 3DTotal Publishing
Publisher: 3dtotal Publishing
ISBN: 9781912843077
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
A fully revised and updated edition of this back-to-basics title, packed with the fundamental concepts, conventions and theory needed when creating art.

The Fundamentals

Author: Reuben Archer Torrey
Publisher: Kregel Academic
ISBN: 9780825495526
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 760

Book Description
One of the greatest defenses of the faith that covers all the central teachings of Christianity, including the deity of Christ, the virgin birth, the second coming, and salvation by grace.

14-Book Set, Fundamentals

Author: Pivot Point International
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781940593593
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
Coursebook, Study Guide & License Exam Prep

Engineering Fundamentals: An Introduction to Engineering, SI Edition

Author: Saeed Moaveni
Publisher: Cengage Learning
ISBN: 9781439062104
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 702

Book Description
Specifically designed as an introduction to the exciting world of engineering, ENGINEERING FUNDAMENTALS: AN INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING encourages students to become engineers and prepares them with a solid foundation in the fundamental principles and physical laws. The book begins with a discovery of what engineers do as well as an inside look into the various areas of specialization. An explanation on good study habits and what it takes to succeed is included as well as an introduction to design and problem solving, communication, and ethics. Once this foundation is established, the book moves on to the basic physical concepts and laws that students will encounter regularly. The framework of this text teaches students that engineers apply physical and chemical laws and principles as well as mathematics to design, test, and supervise the production of millions of parts, products, and services that people use every day. By gaining problem solving skills and an understanding of fundamental principles, students are on their way to becoming analytical, detail-oriented, and creative engineers. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Art Fundamentals

Author: Gilles Beloeil
Publisher: 3dtotal Publishing
ISBN: 9781909414006
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A back-to-basics look at the fundamental concepts, conventions and theory that should be considered when creating art.

The Search for Fundamentals

Author: Lieteke van Vucht Tijssen
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401585008
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description
Modernity dissolves absolute certainties; late modernity dissolves them absolutely. In the modern world system there appears to be no firm, unchallenged ground on which to construct a meaningful canopy. But around the world, many individuals and groups long for a kind of cultural coherence that they believe once existed. They search for fundamentals. While these may be sought in religious traditions, many also aspire to new secular certainties. In their various new forms and contexts the contemporary quests for meaning in turn transform the societies in which they occur. The rich comparative examples in The Search for Fundamentals are used to analyze the sources and consequences of several cultural movements. The book also offers theoretical reflections on the difficulties they experience and on the message they carry for students of modernity. Audience: A broad readership of scholars and advanced students in the social sciences and humanities.