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This book provides the first comprehensive treatment of Benford's law, the surprising logarithmic distribution of significant digits discovered in the late nineteenth century. Establishing the mathematical and statistical principles that underpin this intriguing phenomenon, the text combines up-to-date theoretical results with overviews of the law'

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Presents an understanding of basic and advanced spaces through the application of the Metric Completion Theorem. This book focuses on examples from econometrics to explain topics in measure theory.

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Introduces undergraduate students to quantitative models and methods in ecology, behavioral ecology, evolutionary biology, and conservation. This title explores the core concepts shared by these related fields using tools and practical skills such as experimental design, generating phylogenies, basic statistical inference, and grant writing.

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This is a graduate-level textbook on the global circulation of the Earth's atmosphere--the large-scale system of winds by which energy is transported around the planet, from the tropical latitudes to the poles. Written by David Randall, one of the world's foremost experts on the subject, it is the most comprehensive textbook on the topic. Intended

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Traces milestones in author's field from its beginnings in Britain and Germany in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, through its subsequent growth in the United States, up to its present as the world's vigorous philosophical tradition.

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"Published with support of the Philemon Foundation this book is part of the Philemon series of the Philemon Foundation."

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Brings together the important historical, legal, mythological, liturgical, and secular texts of the ancient Near East, to provide a contextual base for understanding the people, cultures, and literature of the Old Testament. This book aims to understand the likenesses and differences which existed between Israel and the surrounding cultures.

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Why does Islam play a larger role in contemporary politics than other religions Is there something about the Islamic heritage that makes Muslims more likely than adherents of other faiths to invoke it in their political life This title answers these questions by examining the roles of Islam, Hinduism, and Christianity in modern political life.

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A guide that explores the wildlife most likely to be encountered by a safari visitor to the Masai Mara National Reserve in southwest Kenya. It covers 140 photographs that showcase 65 mammals and 17 reptile species, including 6 snakes. It also provides a brief and informative introduction to the habitats of the Masai Mara.

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Containing 146 color photos, this book looks at the mammals and reptiles most likely to be encountered in the world-famous Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Crater. It includes 89 species of mammal and reptile.

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Confronts the story of the man who challenged God, the man who experienced hell on earth and still did not reject his faith. This title examines the symbolic role that theological concepts play in an individual's psychic life.

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Introduces an important method for estimating correlations for large systems of assets: Dynamic Conditional Correlation (DCC). This title demonstrates the role of correlations in financial decision making, and addresses the economic underpinnings and theoretical properties of correlations and their relation to other measures of dependence.

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Covers topics that are essential to understanding contemporary Chinese society, including changing attitudes toward women and marriage, the one-child policy, economic development, China's ethnic minorities, and debates surrounding Taiwan and Hong Kong.

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What if Troy was not destroyed in the epic battle immortalized by Homer This work brings the scientific evidence to bear on biblical accounts, mythology, and the archaeological record to explore how ancient and modern earthquakes have shaped history - and, for some civilizations, seemingly heralded the end of the world.

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