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Because estimation involves inferring information about an unknown quantity on the basis of available data, the selection of an estimator is influenced by its ability to perform well under the conditions that are assumed to underlie the data. Since these conditions are never known exactly, the estimators chosen must be robust; i.e., they must be ab

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Features simple treatment of uncertain linear programming. This book also presents an analysis of the interconnections between the construction of appropriate uncertainty sets and the classical chance constraints (probabilistic) approach.

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Explores why genetic changes do not cause organisms to fail catastrophically and how evolution shapes organisms' robustness. This book looks at this problem, starting with the alphabet of DNA, the genetic code, RNA, and protein molecules, moving on to genetic networks and embryonic development, and working his way up to whole organisms.

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A history of rockets from their early Chinese origins to their modern use in the military, space exploration and commercial peacetime use.

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The central theme of these essays is the nature and role of mathematics, its growth and spread, and its involvement with ever-wider areas of knowledge. The author attempts to determine the decisive and creative aspects of the abstractness" of mathematics which have made it the dominant intellectual force that it is. He frequently confronts the math

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This book presents a compelling account of atomic development over the last century that demonstrates how humans have repeatedly chosen to ignore the associated impacts for the sake of technological, scientific, military, and economic expediency.

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The facts, myths, curiosities and absurdities of sports science - something for every sports fan.

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This edited collection is an introduction to the invertebrate work being performed by Russian scientists. The book should be useful for those interested in acquiring a working knowledge of the behavioral techniques, data, issues and history of Russian studies of invertebrate behavior.

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This first interdisciplinary appraisal of the pioneering perspectives on the natural history of Sarah Bowdich Lee (17911856) pivotally highlights their intercultural and multi-genre dynamics. It thereby challenges approaches to women, gender and national nineteenth-century scientific endeavour by overturning secondary or leaky pipeline narratives for women in early STEM(M).

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Axiomatic and constructive approaches to quantum field theory first aim to establish it on precise, non-perturbative bases: general axioms and rigorous definition of specific theories respectively. From the viewpoint of particle physics, the goal is then to develop a relativistic scattering theory, including particle analysis and the derivation of

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These iconoclastic and witty essays are about what happens when scientists jump on band-wagons. Tony Rothman applies creative skepticism to contemporary fashions in science, including the "standard model" Big Bang theory, geodesic domes, the concept of nuclear winter, and sociological applications of the second law of thermodynamics. "Rothman prove

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Science and Islam provides a detailed account of the relationship between Islam and science from the emergence of the Islamic scientific tradition in the eighth century to the present time.

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Provides an overview of the complex history of the interaction of science and religion. This book chronicles the long history of the battle between adherents of religious doctrines and the nonbelievers who adhere to the naturalism of modern science. It provides a nontechnical introduction to the leading questions that concern science and religion.