Jacob van der Woude's Books

Max Plus at Work

Modeling and Analysis of Synchronized Systems: A Course on Max-Plus Algebra and Its Applications

By: Bernd Heidergott,Geert Jan Olsder,Jacob van der Woude

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Max Plus at Work

Modeling and Analysis of Synchronized Systems: A Course on Max-Plus Algebra and Its Applications

By: Bernd Heidergott,Geert Jan Olsder,Jacob van der Woude

Trains pull into a railroad station and must wait for each other before leaving again in order to let passengers change trains. How do mathematicians then calculate a railroad timetable that accurately reflects their comings and goings? One approach is to use max-plus algebra, a framework used to model Discrete Event Systems, which are well suited to describe the ordering and timing of events. This is the first textbook on max-plus algebra, providing a concise and self-contained introduction to the topic. Applications of max-plus algebra abound in the world around us. Traffic systems, computer communication systems, production lines, and flows in networks are all based on discrete even systems, and thus can be conveniently described and analyzed by means of max-plus algebra. The book consists of an introduction and thirteen chapters in three parts. Part One explores the introduction of max-plus algebra and of system descriptions based upon it. Part Two deals with a real application, namely the design of timetables for railway networks. Part Three examines various extensions, such as stochastic systems and min-max-plus systems. The text is suitable for last-year undergraduates in mathematics, and each chapter provides exercises, notes, and a reference section.

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Princeton University Press

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1400865239

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The Book That Changed Europe

Picart and Bernard’s Religious Ceremonies of the World

By: Lynn Hunt,Margaret C. Jacob,Wijnand Mijnhardt

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The Book That Changed Europe

Picart and Bernard’s Religious Ceremonies of the World

By: Lynn Hunt,Margaret C. Jacob,Wijnand Mijnhardt

Two French Protestant refugees in eighteenth-century Amsterdam gave the world an extraordinary work that intrigued and outraged readers across Europe. In this captivating account, Lynn Hunt, Margaret Jacob, and Wijnand Mijnhardt take us to the vibrant Dutch Republic and its flourishing book trade to explore the work that sowed the radical idea that religions could be considered on equal terms. Famed engraver Bernard Picart and author and publisher Jean Frederic Bernard produced The Religious Ceremonies and Customs of All the Peoples of the World, which appeared in the first of seven folio volumes in 1723. They put religion in comparative perspective, offering images and analysis of Jews, Catholics, Muslims, the peoples of the Orient and the Americas, Protestants, deists, freemasons, and assorted sects. Despite condemnation by the Catholic Church, the work was a resounding success. For the next century it was copied or adapted, but without the context of its original radicalism and its debt to clandestine literature, English deists, and the philosophy of Spinoza. Ceremonies and Customs prepared the ground for religious toleration amid seemingly unending religious conflict, and demonstrated the impact of the global on Western consciousness. In this beautifully illustrated book, Hunt, Jacob, and Mijnhardt cast new light on the profound insight found in one book as it shaped the development of a modern, secular understanding of religion.

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Harvard University Press

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0674251490

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9780674251496

The Library of Franeker University in Context, 1585–1843

By: Jacob van Sluis

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The Library of Franeker University in Context, 1585–1843

By: Jacob van Sluis

From 1585 to 1843, the Dutch town Franeker housed the University of Franeker. It had its peak in the seventeenth century and attracted students from Protestant countries throughout Europe. A library was founded right from the start and its collection has been preserved almost entirely. Eleven catalogues were printed in the course of its existence, and as a result the development of the collection can be examined chronologically. The Library of Franeker University in Context, 1585–1843 discusses the relationship with education at Franeker University in detail, and makes a comparison with other similar libraries.

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BRILL

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9004352260

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9789004352261

God's Prophetic Feasts

By: Jacob Keegstra

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God's Prophetic Feasts

By: Jacob Keegstra

In the Bible we find God's instructions on how His people should celebrate the Seasonal Feasts. At the Last Supper, Jesus gave the commandment to do this in remembrance of Him and that He would join this meal again in His kingdom. Throughout the Biblical year we see a progression taking place: The Spring-festivals point towards the first coming of Jesus while the Fall-festivals point towards His second coming. The Feast of Tabernacles is the climax of the Fall celebrations, and according to the prophets, the nations will go up to Jerusalem to celebrate this Feast of the Lord. Do we yearn for the ultimate fulfilment of God's purposes on His festive days, so that the Great Feast can begin?

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Lulu.com

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9657542103

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9789657542101

The Self-Perception of Early Modern Capitalists

By: M. Jacob,C. Secretan

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The Self-Perception of Early Modern Capitalists

By: M. Jacob,C. Secretan

A collection of essays by leading historians of early modern Europe and the U.S., this books explores how merchants, entrepreneurs, and other early modern capitalists viewed themselves.

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Springer

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0230613802

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9780230613805

The Reckoning

Financial Accountability and the Rise and Fall of Nations

By: Jacob Soll

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The Reckoning

Financial Accountability and the Rise and Fall of Nations

By: Jacob Soll

A “brilliant” (Los Angeles Review of Books) history of accounting, showing how financial and political accountability has shaped the rise and fall of nations and empires Whether building a road or fighting a war, leaders from ancient Mesopotamia to the present have relied on financial accounting to track their state's assets and guide its policies. Basic accounting tools such as auditing and double-entry bookkeeping form the basis of modern capitalism and the nation-state. Yet our appreciation for accounting and its formative role throughout history remains minimal at best-and we remain ignorant at our peril. Poor or risky practices can shake, and even bring down, entire societies. In The Reckoning, historian and MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner Jacob Soll presents a sweeping history of accounting, drawing on a wealth of examples from over a millennia of human history to reveal how accounting has shaped kingdoms, empires, and entire civilizations. The Medici family of 15th century Florence used the double-entry method to win the loyalty of their clients, but eventually began to misrepresent their accounts, ultimately contributing to the economic decline of the Florentine state itself. In the 17th and 18th centuries, European rulers shunned honest accounting, understanding that accurate bookkeeping would constrain their spending and throw their legitimacy into question. And in fact, when King Louis XVI's director of finances published the crown's accounts in 1781, his revelations provoked a public outcry that helped to fuel the French Revolution. When transparent accounting finally took hold in the 19th Century, the practice helped England establish a global empire. But both inept and willfully misused accounting persist, as the catastrophic Stock Market Crash of 1929 and the Great Recession of 2008 have made all too clear. A masterwork of economic and political history, and a radically new perspective on the recent past, The Reckoning compels us to see how accounting is an essential instrument of great institutions and nations-and one that, in our increasingly transparent and interconnected world, has never been more vital.

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Basic Books

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0465036635

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Gottes prophetische Feste

By: Jacob Keegstra

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Gottes prophetische Feste

By: Jacob Keegstra

German translation of God's Prophetic Feasts by Jacob Keegstra. In der Bibel finden wir Gottes Anweisungen dazu, wie sein Volk die biblischen Feste feiern soll. Bei seinem Abschiedsmahl gebot Jesus, das Abendmahl in Erinnerung an ihn zu halten und erklärte, dass er in seinem Königreich dieses Mahl wieder feiern werde. Im Verlauf des biblischen Jahres sehen wir eine fortschreitende Entwicklung: Die Frühlingsfeste weisen auf das erste Kommen Jesus ́ hin, während die Herbstfeste auf sein zweites Kommen hindeuten. Das Laubhüttenfest ist der Höhepunkt der Herbstfeste und den Propheten zufolge werden die Nationen nach Jerusalem hinaufziehen um dieses Fest des Herrn zu feiern. Sehnen wir uns nach der endgültigen Erfüllung von Gottes Absichten an seinen Festtagen, sodass das große Fest beginnen kann?

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9657542154

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Rebuilding Identity

The Nehemiah-Memoir and its Earliest Readers

By: Jacob L. Wright

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Rebuilding Identity

The Nehemiah-Memoir and its Earliest Readers

By: Jacob L. Wright

This monograph presents a fresh and detailed treatment of the problems posed by the Nehemiah-Memoir. Starting from the pre-critical interpretations of Ezra-Neh, the study demonstrates that the use of the first-person does not suffice as a criterion for distinguishing between the verba Neemiae and the additions of later authors. The earliest edition of the Memoir isconfined to a building report, which was expanded as early generations of readers developed the implications of Nehemiah's accomplishments for the consolidation and centralization of Judah. The expansions occasioned in turn the composition of the history of the "Restoration" in Ezra-Neh.

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Walter de Gruyter

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3110927209

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Ballenger's Otorhinolaryngology

Head and Neck Surgery

By: John Jacob Ballenger,James Byron Snow

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Ballenger's Otorhinolaryngology

Head and Neck Surgery

By: John Jacob Ballenger,James Byron Snow

This comprehensive compendium of current knowledge in the fields of otology/neurotology, rhinology, facial plastic and reconstructive surgery, paediatric otorhinolaryngology, head and neck surgery and bronchoesophagology features sections on facial plastic, reconstructive surgery and paediatrics. The content reflects the central responsibility of the otorhinolaryngologist in treating patients with diseases affecting the senses of smell, taste and balance. Also encompassed in this section are treatments for disorders of human communication affecting hearing, voice, speech and language.

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PMPH-USA

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1550091972

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9781550091977

Yaffe and Aranda's Neonatal and Pediatric Pharmacology

Therapeutic Principles in Practice

By: Jacob V. Aranda

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Yaffe and Aranda's Neonatal and Pediatric Pharmacology

Therapeutic Principles in Practice

By: Jacob V. Aranda

The premier comprehensive textbook in the field, Yaffe and Aranda’s Neonatal and Pediatric Pharmacology, Fifth Edition, provides an authoritative overview of all aspects of drug therapy in newborns, children, and adolescents. It offers evidence-based guidelines for safe, effective, and rational drug therapy, including specific recommendations for all major drug classes and diseases. Now in a vibrant two-color format, this fully revised reference is an indispensable resource for pediatricians, neonatologists, pediatric residents, and fellows in different pediatric subspecialties, including neonatal medicine and pediatric critical care.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1975112490

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9781975112493

George W.E. Nickelsburg in Perspective, vol. 1

An Ongoing Dialogue of Learning

By: Jacob Neusner,Alan Avery-Peck

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George W.E. Nickelsburg in Perspective, vol. 1

An Ongoing Dialogue of Learning

By: Jacob Neusner,Alan Avery-Peck

In these volumes we pays tribute to George W.E. Nickelsburg through acts of engaged, critical scholarship, in which specialists reread articles reproduced in these pages and respond to them, with Nickelsburg then joining issue—a protracted engagement, spanning an entire intellectual career and many of its more important moments. The print edition is available as a set of two volumes (9789004129870).

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BRILL

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9004531300

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9789004531307

Jerusalem and Athens

The Congruity of Talmudic and Classical Philosophy

By: Jacob Neusner

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Jerusalem and Athens

The Congruity of Talmudic and Classical Philosophy

By: Jacob Neusner

The Talmud - the Mishnah, a philosophical law code, and the Gemara, a dialectical commentary upon the Mishnah - works by translating principal modes of Western philosophy and science into the analysis of the rules of rationality governing the rules of humble, everyday reality. Science, in particular the method of hierarchical classification characteristic of natural history, supplies the method of making connections and drawing conclusions to the Mishnah, the law-code that forms the foundation-document of the Talmud, as Neusner demonstrated in his Judaism as Philosophy. The Method and Message of the Mishnah. Here he proceeds to show how philosophy, specifically dialectical analysis, defines the logic of the Gemara and guides the writers of the Gemara's compositions and the compilers of its composites in their analysis and amplification of some of the topical presentations, or tractates, of the Mishnah.

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9004497978

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9789004497979

Bernard Picart and the First Global Vision of Religion

By: Lynn Hunt,Margaret C. Jacob,W. W. Mijnhardt

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Bernard Picart and the First Global Vision of Religion

By: Lynn Hunt,Margaret C. Jacob,W. W. Mijnhardt

In an era of intense religious conflict in Europe and ongoing exploration of the lands beyond Europe, Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde (1723-37) set a new agenda for thinking about faith and provided a lasting visual template for representing the world's religions. In the work's seven massive volumes, Jean Frederic Bernard and the renowned engraver Bernard Picart invited readers to view religions and their institutions as cultural practices. Bernard Picart and The First Global Vision of Religion approaches this much-cited but little-studied work from a variety of angles. Its fifteen scholarly essays examine Bernard and Picart's authorial and artistic strategies, the handling of religious difference in Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses, and the cultural context that fostered the creation of one of the most influential works of comparative religion ever published.

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Getty Publications

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089236968X

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9780892369683

Max Plus at Work

Modeling and Analysis of Synchronized Systems: A Course on Max-Plus Algebra and Its Applications

By: Bernd Heidergott,Geert Jan Olsder,Jacob van der Woude

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Max Plus at Work

Modeling and Analysis of Synchronized Systems: A Course on Max-Plus Algebra and Its Applications

By: Bernd Heidergott,Geert Jan Olsder,Jacob van der Woude

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Max Plus at Work

Max Plus at Work

The Book That Changed Europe

The Book That Changed Europe

The Library of Franeker University in Context, 1585–1843

The Library of Franeker University in Context, 1585–1843

God's Prophetic Feasts

God's Prophetic Feasts

The Self-Perception of Early Modern Capitalists

The Self-Perception of Early Modern Capitalists

The Reckoning

The Reckoning

Gottes prophetische Feste

Gottes prophetische Feste

Rebuilding Identity

Rebuilding Identity

Ballenger's Otorhinolaryngology

Ballenger's Otorhinolaryngology

Yaffe and Aranda's Neonatal and Pediatric Pharmacology

Yaffe and Aranda's Neonatal and Pediatric Pharmacology

George W.E. Nickelsburg in Perspective, vol. 1

George W.E. Nickelsburg in Perspective, vol. 1

Jerusalem and Athens

Jerusalem and Athens

Bernard Picart and the First Global Vision of Religion

Bernard Picart and the First Global Vision of Religion

Max Plus at Work

Max Plus at Work

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