Author: John Allen Paulos
Publisher: Basic Books
Keywords: market, stock, plays, mathematician
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2003-05
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 0465054803
ISBN-13: 9780465054800

Can a renowned mathematician successfully outwit the stock market? Not when his biggest investment is WorldCom.In A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market, best-selling author John Allen Paulos employs his trademark stories, vignettes, paradoxes, and puzzles to address every thinking reader’s curiosity about the market--Is it efficient? Is it random? Is there anything to technical analysis, fundamental analysis, and other supposedly time-tested methods of picking stocks? How can one quantify risk? What are the most common scams? Are there any approaches to investing that truly outperform t

Author: John Allen Paulos
Publisher: Vintage
Keywords: numeracy
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 1992-04-07
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 067973807X
ISBN-13: 9780679738077

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.

Author: John Allen Paulos
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Keywords: laugh, think
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2000-03-15
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 0231119151
ISBN-13: 9780231119153

-- Brian Butterworth, author of What Counts: How Every Brain is Hardwired for Math

Author: Paulos Mar Gregorios
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Keywords: enlightenment, foundations, series, religious, new, studies, european, bright, assessment, values, light, search
Number of Pages: 261
Published: 1992-07
List price: $54.50
ISBN-10: 0791411338
ISBN-13: 9780791411339

Authors:Rosemarie Menager-Beeley, Lyn Paulos,
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Keywords: plagiarism, avoiding, guide, coach, quick
Number of Pages: 80
Published: 2009-01-05
List price: $6.95
ISBN-10: 0547203403
ISBN-13: 9780547203409

The QUICK COACH GUIDE TO AVOIDING PLAGIARISM gives students the necessary knowledge and tools to be able to confidently author their own work without making citation errors or committing plagiarism. Chapters cover the basics of recognizing plagiarism; taking notes; summarizing, quoting, and paraphrasing source material; and documenting sources in MLA and APA styles. Knowledge Checks in each chapter and a Practice Quiz allow students to test their understanding of the concepts presented.

Authors:Philip A. Allen, John R. Allen,
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Keywords: applications, principles, analysis, basin
Number of Pages: 560
Published: 2005-02-18
List price: $109.95
ISBN-10: 0632052074
ISBN-13: 9780632052073

Basin Analysis is an up-to-date overview of the essential processes of the formation and evolution of sedimentary basins, and their implications for the development of hydrocarbon resources. Since the first edition of this important and popular text, there has been an explosion of new data, new technology and new concepts in the field. This new edition takes account of these developments while retaining the successful structure and philosophy of the original text. Basin Analysis builds an understanding of sedimentary basins by examining the principles underlying how basins function by lo

Authors:John Allen, Audrey Shalinsky, John Allen, Audrey Shal
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin
Keywords: anthropology, atlas, student
Number of Pages: 180
Published: 2003-08-13
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0072889853
ISBN-13: 9780072889857

"The Student Atlas of Anthropology" contains 118 full-color maps. Prepared jointly by professors of geography and anthropology, the collection is both unique and comprehensive in its scope. It displays the human past and its evolution to the present day in relationship to the physical world. In the maps on these pages, students can go beyond their textbooks and actually see the interplay of physical geographical features/environmental patterns and human biological, archaeological, linguistic, and cultural development.