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The Lure of Modern Science

Fractal Thinking

By: Bruce J. West,Bill Deering,William D. Deering

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The Lure of Modern Science

Fractal Thinking

By: Bruce J. West,Bill Deering,William D. Deering

The authors describe mostly in non-technical language the development of a new scientific paradigm based on nonlinear deterministic dynamics and fractal geometry. The concepts from these two mathematical disciplines are interwoven with data from the physical, social and life sciences. In this way rather sophisticated mathematical concepts are made accessible through experimental data from various disciplines, and the formalism is relegated to appendices. It is shown that the complexity of natural and social phenomena invariably lead to inverse power law distributions, both in terms of probabilities and spectra. This book tries to show how to think differently about familiar phenomena, such as why the bell-shape curve ought not to be used in teaching or in the characterization of such complex phenomena as intelligence.

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444

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World Scientific

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ISBN 10

9810221975

ISBN 13

9789810221973

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in Portland: The Fireside Poet of Maine

By: John William Babin and Allan M. Levinsky Herb Adams

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in Portland: The Fireside Poet of Maine

By: John William Babin and Allan M. Levinsky Herb Adams

When Peleg Wadsworth built his family home on Congress Street in 1786, he could see the Fore River from his front door. The city grew up around the structure as the Wadsworth-Longfellow family flourished and made history within its walls and the fabric of young America's culture and government. Peleg's daughter, Zilpah Wadsworth, married Stephen Longfellow IV on the first floor, and they raised their eight children in the home with love and high standards. Their second-eldest son, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, wrote his first childhood poem there before going on to pen great classics including "Paul Revere's Ride" and Evangeline. Young Henry watched his father help craft the Maine Constitution and experienced revolutionary ideals of his home city. Step inside the historic Longfellow House and explore the city that shaped a beloved American poet.

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144

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Arcadia Publishing

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1626194998

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9781626194991