Introduction to Accountancy for Banking Students

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Comprehensive and Thorough.......2001-12-13

An excellent source of information. If you are an Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, this book is very helpful.

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

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Enthusiastically recommended for astronomy enthusiasts!

Celestial Sites, Celestial Splendors
Hervé Burillier
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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Have you ever gazed at the night sky and wondered about the celestial objects you see? Are you able to identify them? Now, with the help of this extraordinary new volume, you'll be able to name the objects you are viewing. Part guidebook, part photo album, Celestial Sites, Celestial Splendors comprises a fascinating panorama of the universe, from nearby planets, meteors and comets, to distant stars, galaxies and nebulae. The book provides a comprehensive guide to viewing these objects through simple instruments, such as binoculars or a small telescope, and sometimes even the naked eye. Detailing more than a hundred wonders of the night sky, Hervé Burillier clearly outlines each object's location and discusses discovery and optimal observation times. He also passes along a wealth of practical, and very specific, advice on the best observational techniques and the best choice of accessories to use with amateur telescopes. Over 150 photographs, nearly 60 in full-color, portray the full splendor of the night sky and illustrate how each object appears when seen through telescopes, both amateur and larger. Accessible and replete with beautiful photography, this book is the ultimate reference for all amateur astronomers and indeed anyone interested in the night sky. Prior to opening his own bookshop, Hervé Burillier was responsible for managing the largest astronomy bookshop of its kind in France. He is a 1991 Fondation de France prizewinner for his work on variable stars and was decorated by the Sociéte Astronomique de France in 1994.

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Enthusiastically recommended for astronomy enthusiasts!.......2001-01-23

Celestial Sites, Celestial Splendors pairs magnificent photographs showing how stars, constellations and other phenomena appear to the naked eye, along with full-color shots of how these wonders of the evening sky look when viewed through a telescope. These magnified photos of planets, meteors, comets, stars, nebulae, and galaxies were shot using both amateur and professional telescopes, giving the reader the opportunity to identify scores of beautiful distant starts, galaxies or planets. Celestial Sites, Celestial Splendors is enthusiastically recommended for students of astronomy and anyone who simply likes to examine the wonders of the sky at night from their own backyard.

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The molecular structure and composition of ionomers lead to a complex superposition of properties of organic chains and of polyelectrolytes. The potential use of this class of polymers in applications such as surfactants, ion selective membranes in electrochemical processes, coatings, fuel cells and batteries has sparked a vast amount of research.

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A description of the theoretical foundations of inelasticity, its numerical formulation and implementation, constituting a representative sample of state-of-the-art methodology currently used in inelastic calculations. Among the numerous topics covered are small deformation plasticity and viscoplasticity, convex optimisation theory, integration algorithms for the constitutive equation of plasticity and viscoplasticity, the variational setting of boundary value problems and discretization by finite element methods. Also addressed are the generalisation of the theory to non-smooth yield surface, mathematical numerical analysis issues of general return mapping algorithms, the generalisation to finite-strain inelasticity theory, objective integration algorithms for rate constitutive equations, the theory of hyperelastic-based plasticity models and small and large deformation viscoelasticity. Of great interest to researchers and graduate students in various branches of engineering, especially civil, aeronautical and mechanical, and applied mathematics.

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very complete and useful.......2007-07-25

I bought this book several years ago, and keep going back and study more in it. As usual, I didn't read it from front to back. Instead I started from the middle, jumped around and then settled for chapter 7. That's mainly a review of continuum mechanics, and one of the reasons I keep this book handy. It is very comprehensive and very clear. I think the reason Simo and Hughes could explain things so clear is because they just really deeply understood it. There is hardly any superfluous talking or name dropping, it's all just clear, well printed math and neat little diagrams that lets you get the point. Somehow I understood chapters 8 and 9 much better by first reading chapter 10 on nonlinear viscoelasticity, finally getting the idea of dissipative processes in solids, and how one can actually compute all this. Recently I studied more of the first part of the book: finally this stuff about yield surfaces makes sense. It's a real mystery buster. Another thing that makes this book very useful are the boxes: detailed algorithms, neatly printed, that actually work if you turn them into computer code. In general, this book is not for total beginners, but if you understand the very basic mathematical underpinnings for continuum mechanics, this will bring you to the next level. If you get stuck, read around in other books, but go back to this one, because that's were you will understand.

review for Computational Inelasticity - J.C. Simo.......2007-03-09

the book is in excellent condition and reached me well before the estimated time. Worth the money...Great transaction and look forward for many more ahead on Amazon.

Absolutely amazing.......2006-09-30

I strongly recommend this book. It gives insights that no other books give. A solid mathematical background and a wide scope are the fundamental book characteristics.

Absolutely Accept No Substitute.......2002-06-24

This book is really well organised, and the theory is well presented, particularly Chapter 1. It is among the few which I highly recommend, and it is value for money.

Right on target yet someting missing.......2000-01-08

The book had been in the making at Stanford for some time. I happened to use a manuscript of it in 1991 at Virginia Tech. I was pleasantly surprised how quickly a student could pick up relevant aspects of compuatational plasticity from this book; the book has a style of its own. We have successfully used the book in programming the integral (or endochronic) hardening rule with the incremental theory of plasticity. The book surely makes a useful companion to a plasticity textbook.

It is disheartening to see that the numerical schemes for the integration of the constitutive equations of the endochronic theory are missing from the book.

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great, beautiful, but patchy

Nausea, in a good way

Book from my young adulthood

To be honest...

An intellectual goldmine...

The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge: A Novel
Rainer Maria Rilke
Manufacturer: Vintage
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ASIN: 0679732454
Release Date: 1990-11-27

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This is the definitive, widely acclaimed translation of the major prose work of one of our century's greatest poets -- "a masterpiece like no other" (Elizabeth Hardwick) -- Rilke's only novel, extraordinary for its structural uniqueness and purity of language. First published in 1910, it has proven to be one of the most influential and enduring works of fiction of our century.

Malte Laurids Brigge is a young Danish nobleman and poet living in Paris. Obsessed with death and with the reality that lurks behind appearances, Brigge muses on his family and their history and on the teeming, alien life of the city. Many of the themes and images that occur in Rilke's poetry can also be found in the novel, prefiguring the modernist movement in its self-awareness and imagistic immediacy.

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great, beautiful, but patchy.......2007-08-28

Although I love Rilke's poetry (check out Archaic Torso of Apollo, now!)I read this for my job, which is to re-tell classic lit. for ESL university students. Itleads to a strange reading style whereby I'm weighing abridgement optiopns as I proceed but I still found myself amazed by some passages in this book, particularly those of a surrealistic vein which I wasn't prepared for having read his poetry. Anyway! I was struck by the books similarities to the previous book I abridged, Goethe's Sorrows of Young Werthe, the story in letters of a troubled young man who commits suicide. Rilke's young man is also troubled, not by unforsaken love as is Goethe's, but more by death and the nature of his memories. Rilke, I read, wrote to some Countess that he thought the artistic principle wasn't good tho the concept of a found notebook was viable. I agree; the notebook lacks a narrative or coherant structure, and though soem od the passages, particularly on death, are striking and insightful, and some of the childhood memories very vivid, there are a few flat digressions, into obscure biography, for exmple, and a relatively long 'comic' digression about a Russian obsessed with time which falls flat on its face, I feel (the voice is all wrong, like a frenchman trying to tell a Russian story in Gernman),and there's probably one ghost story too many. The tone and quality fluctuates, but there is some truly great prose passages in this book: strange, vivid, startlingly insightful - what you'd expect from one of the world's greatest poets.

Nausea, in a good way.......2007-08-21

Brigge seems to be journaling through some rage here. But a good kind of rage, the kind that somehow weaves childhood memories together with weird historical anecdotes with existential subtexts. There's some hefty reference to traditional French and German poets, and a few of the more famous nuns out there, but I think I was happiest when he kept it personal and wrote about his walks around Paris. Some might disagree with me, but I really think this book is about dogs. Rilke's dogs don't trouble themselves with the notion of fate or how to meet death. They just are.

Book from my young adulthood.......2007-06-14

I discovered this book quite by accident, so it has a a special place for me. I found it at a used book sale in my home town, pop. 2000, and was so curious as to what exactly it was about, I bought it, figuring it had to have some value. Needless to say, it was like nothing I'd read at that point, being all of 21. It didn't matter to me that the book was plotless (as has been noted elsewhere)--the prose was gorgeous.
I still have my copy, and have gone back to it a number of times in the last 20 years. At one point I read aloud, to my wife, the last section in which Rilke/Malte gives his interpretation of the Prodigal Son story. I didn't know when I began, but it would soon reduce me to tears. So you could say it spoke to me very personally about love and "not wanting to be loved", which is part of his theme about the Prodigal.
A gem of a book, but probably not for everyone...but then, that's true for many books!

To be honest..........2005-09-04

I don't normally do this, but I'm going to fess up to not understanding what The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge was all about. So for readers who don't want to see a Lit 101 excerpt here, please continue reading my review.

First, the style is tricky, but manageable. Rainer Maria Rilke was primarily a poet, and it shows here in many ways, but this is still a prose story. It is told in snippets of thought, supposedly from a notebook (hence the title) or diary of some kind, but not like any I've imagined. Brigge is a young man in a foreign city pondering, I think, life and everything. Particularly death. This comes as no surprise as it's what most poets ponder. Throughout, he tells stories about his family and upbringing. I got the sense he was searching for something in his mind/emotions, but what that is I don't know. Inner peace, I would imagine. Or maybe the meaning of life. That's usually a safe assumption.

For this unliterary philistine, the strengths and weaknesses of the Notebook were found in whether Brigge's reminiscences were interesting to read about or not. Some, like the appearance of the long dead ghost at the supper table, stick in my mind. Others don't. I'd share with you which ones don't, but I've forgotten them. Somehow they all fit together. Or at least Brigge wants them too. He may have found the meaning of life or he may not have. The author was a bit vague about such things as actual conclusions.

I liked it well enough. The mood was properly dark and searching. Literarily inclined Goth teens might get into it. I tried (no, it wasn't assigned in a class), but I think I failed. Best of luck to future readers.

An intellectual goldmine..........2003-04-26

This proto-existentialist novel features a main character (Malte) that is frightened by the possibility of faceless-ness; that is, he is terrified by the collapse of a coherent subject/identity in modernity. This work is highly critical of the traditional narrative where everything occurs in a logical and temporal order that is coherent and teleological. Through the character of Malte, Rilke illustrates the decay of such an understanding of one's self and the chaos that results.

Rilke read a lot of Nietzsche prior to writing this book, and many of the same themes Nietzsche contemplated in The Gay Science and Thus Spake Zarathustra are reworked by Rilke in this novel. It is my interpretation that Rilke was trying to work out a theory of modern, fragmented, existential subjectivity and then offer some way to make such a life livable. Rilke explores such themes as memory's transience, unpredictability, and instability, the role of a God in a world after the "death of God", and a dissolving of the conceptual categories between the self and the other, or the inside and the outside, all play into this fascinating book.

The book is written in notebook form, which plays into the notion of fragmentary identity and problematic narrative. Entries jump from the past to the present to imagined futures in an often random and chaotic order. There is no "plot" to speak of, although there are bits and pieces of narratives, but nothing sufficient enough to create a comprehensible 'Malte'. All the while, you are in the mind of a character that is trying and failing to make sense of it all (to 'impose' a narrative).

The later Martin Heidegger always lauded Rilke (despite Rilke's being too metaphysical) for being able to express ways of interacting with the world that were non-humanist. He was especially interested, and wrote significantly about, a passage (p. 46 in the Vintage paperback edition) where Malte imagines a house and its inhabitants from a single mutilated wall that is left remaining. I'm not too sure what his relation to the text as a whole was, so I'll leave it at that.

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Based on Rilke's own experience, this is the story of an impoverished Danish poet and nobleman leading a solitary existence in Paris at the turn of the century. Fascinated by squalor, he observes the misfits and out-casts of society--victims of fate like himself.

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