Authors:Robert Kaplan, Ellen Kaplan,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: free, mathematics, setting, labyrinth
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2007-01-22
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 0195147448
ISBN-13: 9780195147445

Who hasn’t feared the math Minotaur in its labyrinth of abstractions? Now, in Out of the Labyrinth, Robert and Ellen Kaplan--the founders of The Math Circle, the popular learning program begun at Harvard in 1994--reveal the secrets behind their highly successful approach, leading readers out of the labyrinth and into the joyous embrace of mathematics. Written with the same wit and clarity that made Robert Kaplan’s The Nothing That Is an international bestseller, Out of the Labyrinth offers an engaging and practical guide for parents and educators, and a delight for anyone intereste

Authors:Michael Kaplan, Ellen Kaplan,
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Keywords: probability, adventures, chances
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2007-02-27
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0143038346
ISBN-13: 9780143038344

A compelling journey through history, mathematics, and philosophy, charting humanity’s struggle against randomness Our lives are played out in the arena of chance. However little we recognize it in our day-to-day existence, we are always riding the odds, seeking out certainty but settling—reluctantly—for likelihood, building our beliefs on the shadowy props of probability. Chances Are is the story of man’s millennia-long search for the tools to manage the recurrent but unpredictable—to help us prevent, or at least mitigate, the seemingly random blows of disaster, disease, and injust

Authors:Michael Kaplan, Ellen Kapla,
Publisher: Bloomsbury Pre
Keywords: human, err, sapiens, bozo
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2009-05-05
List price: $26.00
ISBN-10: 1596914009
ISBN-13: 9781596914001

A dazzling new work of popular science and psychology for readers who enjoyed Blink, Stumbling on Happiness, or The Black Swan. The New York Times called the Kaplans’ look at probability in everyday life, Chances Are..., “a dizzying, exhilarating ride.” Now they take readers on a new fun-house tour—exploring the burgeoning science of why humans make mistakes. Our species, it appears, is hardwired to get things wrong in myriad different ways. Why did recipients of a loan offer accept a higher rate of interest when a pretty woman’s face was printed on the flyer? Why did one poll on imm

Authors:Rachel Kaplan, Stephen Kaplan, Robert Ryan,
Publisher: Island Press
Keywords: everyday, nature, management, design, mind, people
Number of Pages: 239
Published: 1998-03-01
List price: $32.00
ISBN-10: 1559635940
ISBN-13: 9781559635943

Some parks, preserves, and other natural areas serve people well; others are disappointing. Successful design and management requires knowledge of both people and environments.With People in Mind explores how to design and manage areas of "everyday nature"-parks and open spaces, corporate grounds, vacant lots and backyard gardens, fields and forests-in ways that are beneficial to and appreciated by humans. Rachel Kaplan and Stephen Kaplan, leading researchers in the field of environmental psychology, along with Robert Ryan, a landscape architect and urban planner, provide a conceptual framewor

Authors:Rachel Kaplan, Stephen Kaplan,
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: perspective, psychological, nature, experience
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 1989-07-28
List price: $54.95
ISBN-10: 0521341396
ISBN-13: 9780521341394

A study of the natural environment, people, and the relationship between them. The authors offer a research-based analysis of the vital psychological role that nature plays. They try to understand how people perceive nature and what kinds of natural environments they prefer.

Authors:Ellen Cole, Esther D Rothblum, Ellen J Reich,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: haworth, women, studies, pregnancy, hope, diary, loss, waiting
Number of Pages: 121
Published: 1992-04-01
List price: $59.95
ISBN-10: 1560240873
ISBN-13: 9781560240877

Waiting is an honest, in-depth account of one woman’s experiences of pregnancy and miscarriage. Author Ellen Judith Reich’s journal, kept through her third pregnancy, reflects upon two previous miscarriages. She explores not only the terror that can accompany the prospect of becoming a mother, but the loss of innocence and fear of future loss that haunt any woman who has miscarried. Reich focuses on grief and hope and on learning to cope with change and loss of control. She has recorded her thoughts and expectations about motherhood, children, being in control, and being betrayed b

Authors:Ellen K. Cromley PhD, Sara L. McLafferty, Ellen K. C
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Keywords: health, public, gis
Number of Pages: 340
Published: 2002-02-06
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 1572307072
ISBN-13: 9781572307070

This clearly written text provides a comprehensive introduction to the use of geographic information systems (GIS) in analyzing and addressing public health problems. The book lays a solid foundation in GIS, guides the reader through basic concepts and methods, and emphasizes practical applications. Described are ways that GIS can be used to map health events, identify disease clusters, investigate environmental health problems, and understand the spread of communicable and vector-borne infectious disease. Also covered are strategies for assessing patterns of health services delivery and assis