Student Solutions Manual for Strang's Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 4th

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Includes detailed step-by-step solutions to selected odd-numbered problems.

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Don't waste your money!.......2006-06-07

This is exactly the same solutions as what is in the back of the text book. There are no even-numbered solutions or extra information. If you own the text, you already have what's in this $35.00 solution manual.

Linear Algebra Solutions Manual.......2006-02-25

The idea of a Solutions manual is to give solutions for the problems in the book. However, this manual is the exact same thing as what I have in the back of my book. The even numbers aren't included, and no additional explanation is included, I'm disappointed and wasted 40 dollars.

Calculus and Its Applications/Brief Calculus and Its Applications: Student Solutions Manual

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Calculus and Its Applications/Brief Calculus and Its Applications: Student Solutions Manual
Daniel D. Benice
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Great Timing.......2005-01-15

I would like to say that the book was in excellent condition. He was prompt with giving me the book. I didn't have any problems wiht him he contacted me within 24 hours of the book purchase. I will buy more books from him in the future.

Calculus and Its Applications: Student's Solutions Manual

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Calculus and Its Applications: Student's Solutions Manual
Marvin L. Bittinger
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Calculus and Its Applications Student Solutions Manual

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Calculus and Its Applications Student Solutions Manual
Stanley J Farlow
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Calculus and Its Applications: Student's Solutions Manual
Marvin L. Bittinger
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The definitive treatment of the trees and tree-like plants of Sonora, a remarkably diverse and biologically important region, ranging from some of the driest and hottest areas in North America to cool, temperate woodlands and the northernmost tropical regions in the New World. The majority of the trees in this semi-arid region are at their northern limits in the Americas in this state and many range to South America. Thus, this book will be important to biologists in regions well outside of the area covered. Felger is the recognized expert in the area, and the book contains an enormous body of information nowhere else obtainable. The introductory chapter contains biotic and climatic information and an analysis of the geographical distributions of the trees of a state that is poorly known biologically. Two hundred eighty-five species of native and naturalized trees are covered, featuring extensive identification keys and illustrations, most of them newly produced for this book. The descriptive species accounts include common names, indigenous names, and synonyms, detailed botanical descriptions, ecological and geographic data, geographic ranges, natural history, economic uses, and, in many cases, other information such as horticultural uses and conservation status.

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A Definitive Book on Sonoran Trees.......2003-12-17

Sonoran tree communities range from coastal mangroves along the Gulf of California to pine forests atop the Sierra Madre on the continental divide, with thornscrub and tropical deciduous forest filling many of the gaps. While many genera familiar to gringo tree-watchers can be found in Sonora's 285 species-dendroflora -- such as pines, oaks, junipers, alders, ashes,cottonwoods and willows -- most are tropical Americans pressing on their northern boundaries. This new sylva, the first of the state of Sonora, documents the tree species of this enormous oft-overlooked region.And it does so with extraordinary grace and style, blending careful plant science with elegant botanical illustrations and photographs, and clear, accessible writing. For example, "The acorns are eaten fresh and are often consumed in local cantinas - the floors becoming littered with the empty shells" (Emory oak) and "No other Sonoran oak has leaves so densely velvety and fuzzy on both surfaces" (Chihuahua oak).
Among the ecological,historical, and descriptive information in the species narratives are the English, Spanish, and local Indian names of the taxa, as well as shrewd evaluations of the numerous nomenclatural and taxonomic issues that surround many of the species. As a writer of tree books who values reliable, original, and clear information on the dendroflora of botanical regions, I consider this book a rare find. Its authors have spent many years in fruitful field study of a rugged and undervalued region and have produced a volume of the highest quality. Their publisher has done a fine job of designing and manufacturing this attractive contribution to the Mexican flora.

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Evolution and Ecology of Palms
Andrew Henderson
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Nice guide to beautiful walks in paradise.......2004-10-27

Walking in Mallorca is a great traveling book for Mallorcan visitors. Although I was unable to travel ALL of the recommended trails, many of the suggestions - particularly some in the North near Deia - were wonderful finds. The book makes much more sense once you get there and get a good feel for the island. I read the book in advance and was very confused about how or what to do -- once you are there (and in car, preferably) the walks all just work themselves out. I only wish the book had colour plates of more walks, etc. The ratings and descriptions of the trails were accurate at the time I explored using this book (2002/2004).

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Mallorca North and Mountains Tour and Trail Super-durable Map (Discovery Walking Guides)

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Choosing the most suitable coatings for structures such as bridges and building supports can extend the service life of that structure significantly. Corrosion Control Through Organic Coatings discusses the most important variables in the testing, selection, and application of heavy-duty, organic corrosion-protection paints. The book addresses the maintenance and restoration of older infrastructure and industrial plant as well as coatings for new structures made from various types of steel. The author, Amy Forsgren, examines the mechanisms of aging and deterioration caused by ultraviolet light, condensation, temperature, and chemical reactions. She also provides a complete description of composition of anti-corrosive organic coatings, including pigments, binders, and additives. Ms. Forsgren suggests which corrosion tests provide the most useful information on coating performance and corrosion-protection. Several chapters review the advantages and disadvantages of of different surface preparation methods. In addition, the author considers the environmental impact of various coatings and recognizes health hazards posed by volatile organic compounds (VOC's), toxic or hazardous pigments such as lead, and silica dust exposure. She also offers recommendations for providing safe working environments for personnel handling surface preparation. Integrating engineering aspects and corrosion expertise with paint formulation knowledge and surface chemistry, Corrosion Control Through Organic Coatings provides unique coverage of the most advanced treatments for extending the life span of heavy-duty metal structures today.

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Transform theory and methods are useful to many professionals from various mathematical backgrounds. This introduction to the theory and practice of continuous and discrete transforms integrates knowledge from many branches of mathematics. It combines heuristic argument and discussion with careful, defensible mathematical statements, frequently in the form of theorems without proof.

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A fascinating look inside the mind of a man who is supposedly "mad."

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"Time is the whole point...".......2004-04-18

"Sometimes when you read a book or story, the words are dead, you struggle to end it or put it down, your attention is distracted. Another time, with exactly the same book or story, it is full of meaning, every sentence or phrase or even word seems to vibrate with messages and ideas, reading is like being pumped full of adrenalin." (p.155) You don't say, Doris. The title alone should be enough to tell you that Lessing's 1971 novel isn't going to be an easy read, and the first 100 pages are a very hard slog indeed. But it's worth the effort. This self-declared "inner-space fiction" narrates the gradual "recovery" of amnesiac Charles Watkins, a Cambridge Classics Professor who is hospitalized after being found wandering along the London Embankment. The narrative alternates between Watkins' inner world and the efforts of his doctors and friends to revive him. Lessing has been accused of trivializing mental illness here, but the charge carries no weight. She isn't attempting to articulate the experience of amnesia, nor of delusional psychosis. Her aim is philosophical. The further we go into the novel, the more we come to realise that Watkins may not, in fact, be ill at all - rather, the human condition may be his "illness" and his breakdown is actually a kind of waking up. What emerges is a view of the world in which identity is conditional, all matter is a unified system, and "time is the whole point". The "Hell" of the title may not be mental illness - it may be life as it is lived in the supposedly real world. Of course, Lessing can give no definitive answer to such philosophical questions, but her exploration is powerful and increasingly sharp. Once we leave Watkins' inner world and he is asked to write about his experiences, Lessing's narrative elevates to a level of startling lucidity. The stories Watkins writes about his apparent wartime experience in Yugoslavia, and what he can see from the window of his Cambridge study, are both beautiful and profound. They make the philosophical point far better than any academic essay ever could. And what is the point? It's a particular understanding of reality. As Lessing's epigraphs - one from a fourteenth-century Sufi mystic, the other from a twentieth-century marine biologist - neatly show, we tend to think of religion and science as heading in precisely opposite directions, but they are in fact inching ever closer together. No, the conclusion is not that God actually exists as some old man sitting up there in heaven, but rather that the ancients' intuitive understanding of the nature of reality is startlingly similar to what quantum physics is telling us about space-time today. Much of human suffering may stem from an inability to look at our world and ourselves in the right way. Readers engaged by this kind of thinking might also enjoy "Valis" by Philip K. Dick.

Waste of time.......2003-03-27

People who enjoy this book seem to characterize it as an original work of sci-fi/fantasy and a thought-provoking exploration of insanity, which interests me very much. However, I found this book to be neither original nor an adequate account of someone's "descent" into or recovery from madness. The premise is intriguing enough as the novel begins, gradually revealing the story of an amnesiac/schizophrenic patient being admitted to a psych ward, who turns out to be a professor at Cambridge. Immediately, the reader is thrown into 50 pages or so of stream of conciousness ramblings that were quite frankly difficult to trudge through. This put a bad taste in my mouth, possibly tainting the rest of the book for me. The remainder really wasn't terribly interesting; I found Lessing's writing style to be excruciatingly boring and lacking any sort of insight. Other reviews of this book tend to fall to the extremes of loving it or hating it; I guess that means I hated it. So maybe I just didn't "get" it...personally, I don't think there was anything to "get".

Either you "get it" or you "don't"...I think I "got it"........2002-08-10

This book, along with William Styron's "Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness" and a keen interest in Jung and his archetypal analysis of reality and myth, cemented my interests and made me feel not quite so alone in my condition when I read them in my emotionally tumultuous mid-twenties.

A creative and open mind may find themselves skirting the edge of depression and psychosis at many junctions in their life, seeing things, PERCEIVING things through the thin veil that is their surface reality--some call that poetic understanding, others, perhaps, madness. Self-aware, this sensitivity can be an enormous strength...rather than a defect. A dangerous statement, but some of you may know what I'm saying (Lessing did when she wrote the text). In short, if you're looking for a precise clinical exposition on the subject of insanity look elsewhere...but if you're looking for a thoroughly unique (and yes, challenging) study of what madness may MEAN in the context of a number of layers of existence, then this is a heck of a read.

"Briefing" does start out quite slowly. I grant it's critics that...but alas, so do many great literary experiments. It took me several times before I got past the first sixty pages, but, then, taking time with it, I found it wholly rewarding. Like the most important reads of my childhood (I mention here works of Madeliene L'Engle especially), concepts of cosmology, religion, science and humanitarianism all become interwoven. Insanity is more a plot device than the main subject of "Briefing." That symbolism observed via a surreal experience, that empathic judgements and emotional responses are not just pertinent but crucial in the very real human quest for inner meaning--this is more the core of the book. Its an analysis of that which drives a hero to break free from the mundane and strive to elevate her/hisself, a portrayal of that internal calling to"something more."

Those that dismiss "Breifing" as boring pseudo-scientific babble, another late-60s 'bad trip', critical of its lack of action-packed pacing, well, they just don't get it...you're meant to take your time with a read like this, re-read passages and FEEL it. Otherwise, the cold tragic ending won't have its punch, and you will find yourself alienated from the purpose of the book, much like the doctors of the story are clueless to the main characters true 'raison d'etre.' Read it...be patient and open and, unlike most other books, you'll not forget it!

Trivialisation of mental illness.......2002-07-17

I consider this to be a very shoddy piece of literature. A trivialisation of mental illness couled with what is essentially a very boring story. No insights no vision not even well written.

Tough Duty.......2001-07-23

The amnesiac patient, Charles Watkins, seems at first to be the textbook paranoid schizophrenic; his detailed delusions the products of various therapeutic drug trials. However, if the reader willingly plows through the richly written stream-of-consciousness travelogue, there awaits a startling revelation: Professor Watkins may be "going sane" as he wakes from the sleep of conditioning into his true self. He is an alien emissary.

At some point, readers must align themselves with one theory or the other. Is Lessing simply trying to show that madness is the response to the Self's repressed attempts to emerge (see R.D. Laing), or has she delved into the delicious speculation of science fiction? Either way, this book, which preceded both X-Files and much of what we know of psychosis, falls just short of what could have been a literary wallop. Lessing's prose teeters between lush and poetic and merely self-indulgent. Her characterization of the protagonist, too, is incomplete, since she allows him to be revealed through characters who are never developed. All in all, it's a tough book to wade through.

A better look at the possible future of human culture--again with a sci-fi twist--is offered in Lessing's novel entitled The Memoirs of a Survivor.

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Briefing for a Descent Into Hell

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Briefing for a Descent Into Hell
Doris Lessing
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Briefing for a Descent Into Hell
Doris Lessing
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Doris Lessing
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Briefing for a Descent Into Hell
Doris Lessing
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Briefing for a Descent into Hell

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Instrucciones Para UN Descenso Al Infierno/Briefing for a Descent into Hell
Doris May Lessing
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Doris Lessing
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Doris Lessing
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