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Prosodic Weight - Kevin M. (professor Of Linguistics Ryan - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Prosodic Weight - Kevin M. (professor Of Linguistics Ryan - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

This volume provides the most comprehensive treatment of phonological weight to date, bringing together traditional notions of categorical, rime-based weight and new developments in statistical prosodic phonology. The book demonstrates that while some systems treat weight as a simple (heavy vs. light) distinction, others treat it as a rich continuum of heaviness. Following an introduction to weight-sensitive systems in phonology, Kevin Ryan explores the range of phenomena that interact with prosodic weight. Chapters examine the analysis of scales in terms of prominence rather than moraic coercion; prosodic minimality in the context of larger prosodic constituents; syllable weight in metrics; and the relationship between prosodic end-weight and stress. Throughout, the analysis is based on a survey of weight systems both within and across the world''s languages, which yields a number of valuable generalizations and points towards a universal theory of weight in human language.

DKK 1103.00
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Exercises in Synthetic Organic Chemistry - Chiara Ghiron - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Exercises in Synthetic Organic Chemistry - Chiara Ghiron - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

The book is comprised of a series of exercises in synthetic organic chemistry based around recent published syntheses. The exercises are designed to provide challenges for people with varying levels of experience from final year students to academic staff and industrial group leaders, allowing them to increase their `vocabulary'' of synthetic transformations. This novel approach, which actively involves the reader, would be an ideal source of topics for group discussions.

DKK 870.00
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Reappraising Political Theory - Terence Ball - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Reappraising Political Theory - Terence Ball - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Machiavelli, Hobbes, Rousseay, Mill and Marx, and Foucault - what really links these and other `classic'' political theorists? Not, argues Terence Ball, their common status as `dead, white, European males'', but instead the exciting and compelling way in which they can speak to us today.Professor Ball begins by setting out his liberating view of the way we should approach `classic'' texts. Using an approach that is both `problem-driven'' and methodologically `pluralist'', Ball offers new readings - and reappraisals - of key authors and classic works in political theory. Throughout he argues that the importance of the great texts lies in their repeated reinterpretation in the light of problems that arise for present-day readers.This tour de force, always entertaining and eclectic, focuses on the core problems surrounding many of the major thinkers. Was Machiavelli really amoral? Why did language matter so much to Hobbes - and why should it matter to us? Are the roots of the totalitarian state to be found in Rousseau? Were the utilitarians sexist in their view of the franchise?Written in a lively and accessible style, the book will provoke debate among students and scholars alike. Throughout, Terence Ball shows just how exciting and important political theory can be.

DKK 595.00
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Reappraising Political Theory - Terence Ball - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Reappraising Political Theory - Terence Ball - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Machiavelli, Hobbes, Rousseau, Mill, and Marx, and Foucault - what really links these and other `classic'' political theorists? Not, argues Terence Ball, their common status as `dead, white, European males'', but instead the exciting and compelling way in which they can speak to us today.Professor Ball begins by setting out his liberating view of the way we should approach `classic'' texts. Using an approach that is both `problem-driven'' and methodologically `pluralist'', Ball offers new readings - and reappraisals - of key authors and classic works in political theory. Throughout he argues that the importance of the great texts lies in their repeated reinterpretation in the light of problems that arise for present-day readers.This tour-de-force, always entertaining and eclectic, focuses on the core problems surrounding many of the major thinkers. Was Machiavelli really amoral? Why did language matter so much to Hobbes - and why should it matter to us? Are the roots of the totalitarian state to be found in Rousseau? Were the utilitarians sexist in their view of the franchise?Written in lively and accessible styly, the book will provoke debate among students and scholars alike. Throughout, Terence Ball shows just how exciting and important political theory can be.

DKK 648.00
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Robinson's Paradigms and Exercises in Syriac Grammar - J.f. Coakley - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Robinson's Paradigms and Exercises in Syriac Grammar - J.f. Coakley - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

T. H. Robinson''s Paradigms and exercises in Syriac Grammar was first published in 1915 to meet the need for ''something of an elementary nature which should be of value to the student who takes up Syriac for the first time''. Since then, the book has met this need for generations of students. The fifth edition of 2002 remains the grammar of choice for many teachers of Syriac classes as well as for students learning by themselves. The present revision, drawing on ten more years of university teaching experience and students'' comments, clarifies some of the grammatical explanations and exercises. Improvements to the fonts and a larger format make for easier reading. As before, the West Syriac script and grammatical tradition are followed in the body of the lessons, and appendices introduce reading in the other (estrangela and Eastern) scripts. The book remains a plain and friendly introduction to this important language.

DKK 366.00
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World without weight - Daniel Povinelli - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

World without weight - Daniel Povinelli - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

In every domain of reasoning-from time and space, to mental states and physical illness-humans deploy an exceedingly diverse range of intuitive ''theories'' about how the world works. Children from diverse cultures always seem to arrive at a few, common folk theories as they hone their developing brains against roughly similar interactions with people and objects. The result is an impressive panoply of folk notions that the human species uses to explain, predict, and just plain talk about everything from why the sky is blue, to why we catch a cold when we stand out in the rain. Unquestionably, all of this "higher-order" reasoning rests upon a diverse and complex tool-kit of "lower-order" neural and bodily mechanisms, much of which humans share in common with other species (and which, collectively, are quite clever in their right). But this book asks a different question: Are humans alone in trying to make sense of the world by postulating theoretical entities to explain how the world works? Povinelli and his colleagues approach this highly controversial territory by investigating the seemingly prosaic topic whether chimpanzees wield roughly the same commonsense ideas about weight that human do. When it comes to the physical world, they ask if chimpanzees reinterpret a broad range of primary experiences-lifting objects, seeing objects fall or collide, observing the differential effort others exert when they move objects-in terms of a common, causal mechanism which, in our everyday parlance, we refer to as ''weight.'' The question is not whether chimpanzees have a theory about weight that''s any better or worse than preschool children or Einstein or modern string theorists. The question is whether chimpanzees have any theories at all. And the answer comes in the form of over 30 never-before-published experiments from a decade-long research project involving seven adult chimpanzees and one hundred and twenty preschool children. Povinelli''s work encourages us to stand back and adopt a different perspective on even our closest living relatives. Rather than seeing chimpanzees as watered-down versions of ourselves, this book challenges us to see our joint encounter for what it is: a meeting of alien minds.

DKK 858.00
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Reggie Rabbit: Robbery at the Masqued Ball - Swapna Reddy - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Reggie Rabbit: Robbery at the Masqued Ball - Swapna Reddy - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

It''s time for the GRANDEST event in Bearburgh: the Masque family''s Masqued Ball! And this year it''s even more exciting because famous pop star KITTY QITA is going to perform!Young detectives Reggie Rabbit and Pipsquark are there-as waiters for Auntie Hibiscus''s catering company. But not everything goes to plan. In the middle of Kitty Qita''s big act, the lights go out, and the guests'' jewels are stolen. It''s a tough case, but Reggie and Pipsquark are on it! Does the answer lie in the mean streets of Dog Lane as the clues suggest? Or is there more to this mystery than meets the eye?

DKK 106.00
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The Self-Made Tapestry - Philip Ball - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

The Self-Made Tapestry - Philip Ball - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Why do similar patterns and forms appear in nature in settings that seem to bear no relation to one another? The windblown ripples of desert sand follow a sinuous course that resemles the stripes of a zebra or a marine fish. In the trellis-like shells of microscopic sea creatures we see the same angles and intersections as for bubble walls in a foam. The forks of lightning mirror the branches of a river or a tree. ^l This book explains why these are no coincidences. Nature commonly weaves its tapestry by self-organization, employing no master plan or blueprint but by simple, local interactions between its component parts - be they grains of sand, diffusing molecules or living cells - give rise to spontaneous patters that are at the same time complex and beautiful. Many of these patterns are universal: spirals, spots, and stripes, branches, honeycombs. Philip Ball conducts a profusely illustrated tour of this gallery, and reveals the secrets of how nature''s patterns are made.

DKK 787.00
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One Thousand Exercises in Probability - Professor David (professor Emeritus Stirzaker - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

One Thousand Exercises in Probability - Professor David (professor Emeritus Stirzaker - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

This third edition is a revised, updated, and greatly expanded version of previous edition of 2001. The 1300+ exercises contained within are not merely drill problems, but have been chosen to illustrate the concepts, illuminate the subject, and both inform and entertain the reader. A broad range of subjects is covered, including elementary aspects of probability and random variables, sampling, generating functions, Markov chains, convergence, stationary processes, renewals, queues, martingales, diffusions, Lévy processes, stability and self-similarity, time changes, and stochastic calculus including option pricing via the Black-Scholes model of mathematical finance.The text is intended to serve students as a companion for elementary, intermediate, and advanced courses in probability, random processes and operations research. It will also be useful for anyone needing a source for large numbers of problems and questions in these fields. In particular, this book acts as a companion to the authors'' volume, Probability and Random Processes, fourth edition (OUP 2020).

DKK 424.00
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Branches - Philip (freelance Writer And Consultant Editor For Nature) Ball - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Branches - Philip (freelance Writer And Consultant Editor For Nature) Ball - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

As part of a trilogy of books exploring the science of patterns in nature, acclaimed science writer Philip Ball here looks at the form and growth of branching networks in the natural world, and what we can learn from them.Many patterns in nature show a branching form - trees, river deltas, blood vessels, lightning, the cracks that form in the glazing of pots. These networks share a peculiar geometry, finding a compromise between disorder and determinism, though some, like the hexagonal snowflake or the stones of the Devil''s Causeway fall into a rigidly ordered structure. Branching networks are found at every level in biology - from the single cell to the ecosystem. Human-made networks too can come to share the same features, and if they don''t, then it might be profitable to make them do so: nature''s patterns tend to arise from economical solutions.

DKK 179.00
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Molecules - Philip (freelance Science Writer And Consultant Editor Of Nature) Ball - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Molecules - Philip (freelance Science Writer And Consultant Editor Of Nature) Ball - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

The processes in a single living cell are akin to that of a city teeming with molecular inhabitants that move, communicate, cooperate, and compete. In this Very Short Introduction, Philip Ball explores the role of the molecule in and around us - how, for example, a single fertilized egg can grow into a multi-celled Mozart, what makes spider''s silk insoluble in the morning dew, and how this molecular dynamism is being captured in the laboratory, promising to reinvent chemistry as the central creative science of the century.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

DKK 119.00
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Alamein - Simon (professor Of International History And Politics Ball - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Alamein - Simon (professor Of International History And Politics Ball - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

El Alamein was one of the pivotal battles of the Second World War, fought by armies and air forces on the cutting edge of military technology. Yet Alamein has always had a patchy reputation - with many commentators willing to knock its importance. This book explains just why El Alamein is such a controversial battle. Based on an intensive reading of the contemporary sources, in particular the extensive and recently declassified British bugging of Axis prisoners of war, military historian Simon Ball turns Alamein on its head, explaining it as a cultural defeat for Britain. Alamein is a military history of the battle - showing how different it looks stripped of later cultural excrescences. But it also shows how ''Alamein culture'' saturated the post-war world, when archival sources mingled with film, novels, magazines, popular histories, and the rest of Alamein''s footprint. Whether you are interested in the battle itself or its cultural afterlife, if you have an opinion about Alamein, you''ll question it after reading this book.

DKK 203.00
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Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops Fiction: Level 12 More Pack A: Pass the Ball! - Debbie White - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops Fiction: Level 12 More Pack A: Pass the Ball! - Debbie White - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

In Pass the Ball! Tommy is embarrassed when his grandad wears his old kit to Tommy''s football practice. But Tommy''s team are soon glad that Grandad has a trick or two up his sleeve.TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of quality stories enabling children to explore and develop their own reading tastes and interests. It contains stories from a variety of genres including humour, sci-fi, adventure, mystery and historical fiction. These exciting stories are ideal for introducing children to a wide selection of authors and illustrators. There is huge variety to ensure every reader finds books they will enjoy and can read.Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with children''s reading development also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.

DKK 116.00
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Workbook on Cointegration - Peter Reinhard Hansen - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Workbook on Cointegration - Peter Reinhard Hansen - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

This workbook is a companion to the textbook Likelihood-Based Inference in Cointegrated Vector Autoregressive Models, also published by Oxford University Press. The workbook contains exercises and solutions concerned with the theory of cointegration in the vector autoregressive model. The main text has been used for courses on Cointegration, and many of the exercises have been posed as either training exercises or exam questions. Many of them are challenging and summarize results published in the literature. Each chapter starts with a brief summary of the content of the corresponding chapter in the main text, which introduces the notation and the most important results.

DKK 604.00
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The Science of Golf - John Wesson - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

The Science of Golf - John Wesson - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

This book gives a scientific account of all aspects of the game of golf and answers the questions which occur to all who play the game.The mechanics of the swing and the impact of the club on the ball are explained. Together these decide the range of the ball - which is shown to be the most important factor for success.The aerodynamics of the ball''s flight has several surprises, including the effects of dimples and spin. Understanding these effects allows a calculation of the ball''s flight and explains how the range depends on the clubhead speed and the characteristics of the club.Putting is analysed to find the optimum strategy and to understand how winds, slopes, and mud affect the run of the ball. Handicaps are perhaps the most discussed topic in golf and the book examines the handicaps system to identify their consequences in matches and competitions, with results which will surprise many players.The famous question - "what is the probability of a hole-in-one?" is discussed and a neat way of answering it is proposed. Further chapters examine the players, the equipment, and the economics of the game, discussing the aspects of play that determine success, how much the improvments in clubs and balls have affected performance and the remarkable growth of both the amateur and the professional game.

DKK 634.00
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The Science of Golf - John Wesson - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

The Science of Golf - John Wesson - Bog - Oxford University Press - Plusbog.dk

This book gives a scientific account of all aspects of the game of golf and answers the questions which occur to all who play the game.The mechanics of the swing and the impact of the club on the ball are explained. Together these decide the range of the ball - which is shown to be the most important factor for success.The aerodynamics of the ball''s flight has several surprises, including the effects of dimples and spin. Understanding these effects allows a calculation of the ball''s flight and explains how the range depends on the clubhead speed and the characteristics of the club.Putting is analysed to find the optimum strategy and to understand how winds, slopes, and mud affect the run of the ball. Handicaps are perhaps the most discussed topic in golf and the book examines the handicaps system to identify their consequences in matches and competitions, with results which will surprise many players.The famous question - "what is the probability of a hole-in-one?" is discussed and a neat way of answering it is proposed. Further chapters examine the players, the equipment, and the economics of the game, discussing the aspects of play that determine success, how much the improvments in clubs and balls have affected performance and the remarkable growth of both the amateur and the professional game.

DKK 274.00
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