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Plotting the Globe

Author : Avraham Ariel
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313056463
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Plotting the Globe written by Avraham Ariel and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2005-12-30 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People use concepts such as time and date to structure their lives on a daily basis. They often measure their travel by marking points arranged along great circles on the globe. Yet most do not understand the origin and history of these terms and the stories of the intrepid adventurers, scientists, and seafarers who shaped our picture of the world today. Ariel transports readers to faraway lands and ancient cultures that span more than 3500 years of exploration. Phoenicians, Spaniards, Portuguese, British, French, and many others star in an epic that stretches from Lapland to Cape Horn, via Greenwich, Paris, the Andes and the Fortunate Islands. This book is a collection of stories and myths about geography, navigation, and geodesy— the science that deals with the Earth's figure and the interrelationship of selected points on its surface-that reaches far beyond dry scientific texts to concentrate on the people behind the discoveries. The knowledge and understanding of abstract notions such as the Prime Meridian, the Equator, and the International Date Line is conveyed through emphasis on the human spirit that motivated the pioneer scientists and sailors. It is a tale littered with heroes and villains, battles, tragedies and international intrigue. Readers will learn of a time when nothing was certain—even the shape and size of the earth were the subjects of fierce competition, conflict, and politics.

Plotting the Globe

Author : Avraham Ariel
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Plotting the Globe written by Avraham Ariel and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2006 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How we came to measure time and distance due to the efforts of intrepid adventurers, scientists, and seafarers who shaped our picture of the world today.

Maps

Author : Paula Bryant Pratt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781560062554
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book Maps written by Paula Bryant Pratt and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the evolution of mapmaking/cartography from ancient times to the present.

The GLOBE Program Teacher's Guide

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 692 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The GLOBE Program Teacher's Guide written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Plot to Control the World

Author : Dan Kovalik
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1510745017
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Plot to Control the World written by Dan Kovalik and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Russia’s foreign policy is following the lead of the United States. As politicos and pundits wring their hands about alleged Russian collusion and meddling in the 2016 US presidential elections, Dan Kovalik reminds us that the US has been meddling in other countries’ elections and democratic processes for decades, and with terrible results. While the US holds itself out as a beacon of democracy and freedom in the world, the US’s actions stray quite far from this pretense. From Vietnam in the 1950s, when the US blocked elections which would have allowed the Vietnamese people to vote for a unified country and for their own president, to the overthrow of democratic governments in Iran and Guatemala and the consequent installation of brutal regimes which killed tens of thousands, the US has undermined democracies in ways which make the alleged Russian “meddling” (the sum total of which involve claims of social media posts and computer hacking) look like mere child’s play. The Plot to Control the World details these instances of US interference and other instances of meddling in other countries’ democratic processes, such as in Nicaragua, Haiti, Venezuela, Greece, the Congo, Honduras, and even in Russia in the very recent past. These examples put the current allegations against Vladimir Putin and Russia into historical context and challenge the reader to consider that, if the US does not want other countries to interfere in its elections, it may be high time for the US to stop its interference in other countries around the world.

First Observations in Astronomy

Author : Mary Emma Byrd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book First Observations in Astronomy written by Mary Emma Byrd and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Plotting Apocalypse

Author : Jennie Chapman
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1617039047
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Plotting Apocalypse written by Jennie Chapman and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2013-09-12 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is the not-too-distant future, and the rapture has occurred. Every born-again Christian on the planet has, without prior warning, been snatched from the earth to meet Christ in the heavens, while all those without the requisite faith have been left behind to suffer the wrath of the Antichrist as the earth enters into its final days. This is the premise that animates the enormously popular cultural phenomenon that is the Left Behind series of prophecy novels, co-written by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins and published between 1995 and 2007. But these books are more than fiction: it is the sincere belief of many evangelicals that these events actually will occur—soon. Plotting Apocalypse delves into the world of rapture, prophecy, and tribulation in order to account for the extraordinary cultural salience of these books and the impact of the world they project. Through penetrating readings of the novels, Chapman shows how the series offers a new model of evangelical agency for its readership. The novels teach that although believers are incapable of changing the course of a future that has been preordained by God, they can become empowered by learning to read the prophetic books of the Bible—and the signs of the times—correctly. Reading and interpretation become key indices of agency in the world that Left Behind limns. Plotting Apocalypse reveals the significant cultural work that Left Behind performs in developing a counter-narrative to the passivity and fatalism that can characterize evangelical prophecy belief. Chapman’s arguments may bear profound implications for the future of American evangelicalism and its interactions with culture, society, and politics.

Geocomputation with R

Author : Robin Lovelace
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1351396900
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book Geocomputation with R written by Robin Lovelace and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-03-22 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geocomputation with R is for people who want to analyze, visualize and model geographic data with open source software. It is based on R, a statistical programming language that has powerful data processing, visualization, and geospatial capabilities. The book equips you with the knowledge and skills to tackle a wide range of issues manifested in geographic data, including those with scientific, societal, and environmental implications. This book will interest people from many backgrounds, especially Geographic Information Systems (GIS) users interested in applying their domain-specific knowledge in a powerful open source language for data science, and R users interested in extending their skills to handle spatial data. The book is divided into three parts: (I) Foundations, aimed at getting you up-to-speed with geographic data in R, (II) extensions, which covers advanced techniques, and (III) applications to real-world problems. The chapters cover progressively more advanced topics, with early chapters providing strong foundations on which the later chapters build. Part I describes the nature of spatial datasets in R and methods for manipulating them. It also covers geographic data import/export and transforming coordinate reference systems. Part II represents methods that build on these foundations. It covers advanced map making (including web mapping), "bridges" to GIS, sharing reproducible code, and how to do cross-validation in the presence of spatial autocorrelation. Part III applies the knowledge gained to tackle real-world problems, including representing and modeling transport systems, finding optimal locations for stores or services, and ecological modeling. Exercises at the end of each chapter give you the skills needed to tackle a range of geospatial problems. Solutions for each chapter and supplementary materials providing extended examples are available at https://geocompr.github.io/geocompkg/articles/. Dr. Robin Lovelace is a University Academic Fellow at the University of Leeds, where he has taught R for geographic research over many years, with a focus on transport systems. Dr. Jakub Nowosad is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geoinformation at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, where his focus is on the analysis of large datasets to understand environmental processes. Dr. Jannes Muenchow is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the GIScience Department at the University of Jena, where he develops and teaches a range of geographic methods, with a focus on ecological modeling, statistical geocomputing, and predictive mapping. All three are active developers and work on a number of R packages, including stplanr, sabre, and RQGIS.

Participating in Development

Author : Alan Bicker
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134514042
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (345 download)

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Download or read book Participating in Development written by Alan Bicker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-12-16 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Development has too often failed to deliver on its promises to poor nations. The policies imposed from above by international agencies and state bodies have frequently not met the needs and aspirations of ordinary people. Development agencies have been searching for sometime for alternative approaches. One of those being pioneered is 'indigenous knowledge', which aims to make local voices heard more effectively. However while it is increasingly acknowledged in development contexts, it is yet to be validated and accepted by anthropologists. It is self-evident to any anthropologist that effective development assistance will benefit from some understanding of local knowledge and practices. This therefore puts anthropology and anthropologists at the centre of development. This volume focuses on two major issues that anthropology might profitably address. First of all how to define indigenous knowledge and who should define it as it currently lacks disciplinary coherence. Secondly once this definition is achieved what methodologies should be used in such an interdisciplinary research endeavour when it must meet the demands of development (cost- and time-effective, intelligible to non-experts) while not compromising anthropological expectations. The new opportunities and their methodological implications are addressed in the chapters of this book in a range of ethnographic and institutional contexts and demonstrate how wide-reaching and how crucially important this debate has become. Participating in Development is a thought provoking and challenge collection. Its authors both define and validate the role of the anthropologist in development as well of development in anthropology.

Special Publications

Author : U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Special Publications written by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Short Studies of Shakespeare's Plots

Author : Cyril Ransome
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Short Studies of Shakespeare's Plots written by Cyril Ransome and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Originally delivered as popular lectures."--Pref. Hamlet.--Julius Cæsar.--Macbeth.--King Lear.--Richard II.--Othello, the Moor of Venice.--Coriolanus.--The tempest.

Python Data Science Handbook

Author : Jake VanderPlas
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN 13 : 1491912138
Total Pages : 743 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (919 download)

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Download or read book Python Data Science Handbook written by Jake VanderPlas and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2016-11-21 with total page 743 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many researchers, Python is a first-class tool mainly because of its libraries for storing, manipulating, and gaining insight from data. Several resources exist for individual pieces of this data science stack, but only with the Python Data Science Handbook do you get them all—IPython, NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Scikit-Learn, and other related tools. Working scientists and data crunchers familiar with reading and writing Python code will find this comprehensive desk reference ideal for tackling day-to-day issues: manipulating, transforming, and cleaning data; visualizing different types of data; and using data to build statistical or machine learning models. Quite simply, this is the must-have reference for scientific computing in Python. With this handbook, you’ll learn how to use: IPython and Jupyter: provide computational environments for data scientists using Python NumPy: includes the ndarray for efficient storage and manipulation of dense data arrays in Python Pandas: features the DataFrame for efficient storage and manipulation of labeled/columnar data in Python Matplotlib: includes capabilities for a flexible range of data visualizations in Python Scikit-Learn: for efficient and clean Python implementations of the most important and established machine learning algorithms

Elements of Map Projection with Applications to Map and Chart Construction

Author : U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Elements of Map Projection with Applications to Map and Chart Construction written by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Corruption Plots

Author : Malini Ranganathan
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501768778
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Corruption Plots written by Malini Ranganathan and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2023-04-15 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corruption Plots illuminates how corruption is fundamental to global storytelling about how states and elites abuse entrusted power in late capitalism. The millennial city of the global South is a charged setting for allegations of corruption, with skyscrapers, land grabs, and slum evictions invoking outrage at deepening economic polarization. Drawing on ethnography in Bengaluru and Mumbai and a cross-section of literary and cinematic stories from cities around the world, Malini Ranganathan, David L. Pike, and Sapana Doshi pay close attention to the racial, caste, class, and gender locations of the narrators, spaces, and publics imagined to be harmed by corruption. Corruption Plots demonstrates how corruption talk is leveraged to make sense of unequal spatial change and used opportunistically by those who are themselves implicated in wrongdoing. Offering a wide-ranging analysis of urban worlds, the authors reveal the ethical, spatial, and political stakes of storytelling and how vital it is to examine the corruption plot in all its contradictions.

Report of Progress of Work and Guide to Experimental Plots, North Central Experiment Station, Grand Rapids

Author : Minnesota. Agricultural Experiment Station, Grand Rapids
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report of Progress of Work and Guide to Experimental Plots, North Central Experiment Station, Grand Rapids written by Minnesota. Agricultural Experiment Station, Grand Rapids and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

GLOBE Program Teacher's Guide

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book GLOBE Program Teacher's Guide written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Climate Mathematics

Author : Samuel S. P. Shen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108754074
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book Climate Mathematics written by Samuel S. P. Shen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-09-19 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique text provides a thorough, yet accessible, grounding in the mathematics, statistics, and programming that students need to master for coursework and research in climate science, meteorology, and oceanography. Assuming only high school mathematics, it presents carefully selected concepts and techniques in linear algebra, statistics, computing, calculus and differential equations within the context of real climate science examples. Computational techniques are integrated to demonstrate how to visualize, analyze, and apply climate data, with R code featured in the book and both R and Python code available online. Exercises are provided at the end of each chapter with selected solutions available to students to aid self-study and further solutions provided online for instructors only. Additional online supplements to aid classroom teaching include datasets, images, and animations. Guidance is provided on how the book can support a variety of courses at different levels, making it a highly flexible text for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as researchers and professional climate scientists who need to refresh or modernize their quantitative skills.