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The present work is an arithmetic treatment of the principles of permutations, combinations and probability with a large number (more than 3000) of solved examples. Based on a purely arithmetic basis, the present elementary treatise will be intelligible to a reader who has no knowledge of mathematics.

"What I cannot create, I do not understand" - Richard Feynman This book will guide you on your journey to deeper Machine Learning understanding by developing algorithms in Python from scratch! Learn why and when Machine learning is the right tool for the job and how to improve low performing models!

Our planet is warming up. In this short book I will discuss what sets the Earth's temperature and explain why it is increasing. There will be a small amount of mathematics used here and there in the book because this is a "numbers" story. Happily it is not necessary to know much of this at all in order to appreciate the discussion.

O editor de textos VIM é o que muitos dizem ser a maneira mais produtiva de se escrever software. Sua produtividade vem devido ao seu modo de uso baseado em atalhos, ser carregado no terminal e outros pontos legais. Nesse livro nós aprendemos rapidamente a utilizar o VIM e ainda podemos usar como referência para quando esquecemos seus comandos.

The book reveals how to recognize what in your writing overwhelms the reader's memory, attention, and knowledge to create confusion, misunderstanding, disinterest, and frustration. Through many examples and corrected exercises in literature and science, and with the help of original assessment tools, this book will turn you into a reader's writer.

This book is meant to teach kids how the internet works, feedback would be greatly appreciated.

This book draws a complete picture of the data analysis process, filling out many details that are missing from previous presentations. It presents a new perspective on what makes for a successful data analysis and how the quality of data analyses can be judged.

In this astonishing book, author Lee Baker uncovers how politicians, the press, corporations and other statistical conmen use graphs and charts to deceive their unwitting audience.Written as a layman’s guide to lying, cheating and deceiving with graphs, there’s not a dull page in sight!Discover the exciting world of graphical lies.

In this eye-opening book, author Lee Baker uncovers the key tricks used by statistical hustlers to deceive, hoodwink and dupe the unwary.Written as a layman’s guide to lying, cheating and deceiving with data and statistics, there’s not a dull page in sight!Discover the exciting world of statistical cheating and persuasive misdirection.

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Current action to manage global warming is inadequate. But how are decisions made? Scientists pursue a reductionist explanation of reality. In this approach, our genes act selfishly. Are our decisions made by our genes? Is our future determined by thoughtless actions of our genes? There is another explanation. We could be living in a simulation.

Learn how to organize a team, engineer biomolecules at the nanoscale, and share your results. All sales proceeds go to BIOMOD Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organized to promote science and science education.

In my career, I have been doing research in both academic and industrial settings, experiencing both positive and negative aspects of doing research in practice. With these essays, I want to share the lessons I learned. The central theme of essays is the tension between the value of doing research in practice and difficulties that it brings.

Este livro consiste numa revisão compreensiva da literatura sobre a dominância do membro inferior. Não visa dar opiniões sobre os artigos seleccionados mas expor as suas orientações e conclusões de modo a servirem que estuda esta área. Serve como base de trabalhos, sendo expectável uma actualização da obra sempre que necessário.

The advantages of lean and agile business modeling and agile delivery became evident. Even agile contracts are in place more and more. However the procurement process didn't became agile nor lean yet. Lean-Agile Procurement is a new, exciting simple approach for procurement, that makes fun. The results will surprise you!-Lead time of sourcing a new partner is reduced to days, most important customer problems are solved first and the risk -to evaluate the wrong partner- is minimized.