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A Student's Guide to Maxwell's Equations
Daniel Fleisch
Cambridge University Press, 2008
Epiphany of clarity!
Maxwell's equations represent a comprehensive and descriptive condensation of (once believed to be disparate) electromagnetic phenomena, into a gloriously concise set of self-consistent (albeit arcane) mathematical statements. Daniel Fleisch has lucidly crafted ...
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Advanced Grammar in Use With CD ROM (Grammar in Use)
Martin Hewings
Cambridge University Press, 2005
Excellent for Teachers and students
If you are giving English lçessons this is the right book. Divided into simple steps the book provides you an excellent gide to your classes or self study.
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The Dynamics of Military Revolution, 1300-2050
Cambridge University Press, 2001
The Heart of Asymmetric Advantage is NOT Technology
This is the only serious book I have been able to find that addresses revolutions in military affairs with useful case studies, a specific focus on whether asymmetric advantages do or do not result, and a very satisfactory executive conclusion. This book is strongly ...
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Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology: Neuroscientific Basis and Practical Applications (Essential ...
Stephen M. Stahl
Cambridge University Press, 2008
The one book that needs to be in your library
Dr. Stahl and Nancy Munter have outdone themselves once again. While the bar they have set is always high, this is the best book they have produced to date. Details are rich and easily understood - they even include tyramine content by brand. Everyone involved in ...
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English Grammar In Use with Answers and CD ROM: A Self-study Reference and Practice Book for Intermediate ...
Raymond Murphy
Cambridge University Press, 2004
very useful book
This book is very good self-study helper. People,who study English as an ESL should buy it. If I am not sure, I go through this book and look up the word I don't understand.I recommend this reference book to anyone even for the first language people.
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Essential Psychopharmacology: The Prescriber's Guide: Revised and Updated Edition (Essential ...
Stephen M. Stahl
Cambridge University Press, 2006
Essential Psychopharmacology: the Prescriber's Guide
Great book! I went to a training by the author on polypharmacy in the treatment of individuals with mental illnesses. I then bought his general "Essential Psychopharmacology" book that was fairly complex, but the cartoons made the information fairly understandable ...
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Numerical Recipes 3rd Edition: The Art of Scientific Computing
William H. Press, Saul A. Teukolsky, ...
Cambridge University Press, 2007
Essential book on scientific computing
Fifteen years after its previous edition, this peerless book on scientific computing has been upgraded with some very welcome changes. Not only have some advances in scientific computing been incorporated, the explanations are even clearer and more detailed than ...
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Data Analysis Using Regression and Multilevel/Hierarchical Models
Andrew Gelman, Jennifer Hill
Cambridge University Press, 2006
Outstandingly useful for social scientists
I found this book after reading up on the weaknesses of traditional psychological statistics and methods. I read through 3 or 4 classic texts on classical regression (Casella and Berger, etc) and a couple more texts on Bayesian analysis (including Gelman's own ...
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The Cambridge Illustrated History of Warfare (Cambridge Illustrated Histories)
Cambridge University Press, 2000
Excellent Summary On The Evolution of Western Warfare
As with its political and economic systems, Western Europe came to develop very unique military institutions that had evolved from Greco-Roman military doctrines applying war as a science and as a precise instrument towards defined political ends: emphasizing on ...
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The Art of Electronics
Paul Horowitz, Winfield Hill
Cambridge University Press, 1989
Great refresher and then some
It is obvious to some that this book would contain material for the design of electronics but everyone who has any interest in the subject could just as easily learn electronics by giving this a read and performing some of the practice problems. I wish this was my ...
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Turn Left at Orion: A Hundred Night Sky Objects to See in a Small Telescope--and How to Find Them
Guy Consolmagno, Dan M. Davis
Cambridge University Press, 2000
Excellent directions
Turn Left at Orion is a great buy, especially for the beginning sky gazer. It is written for both beginners and experts and doesn't contain language that requires a Harvard degree to understand. If you are looking for a book on astrology, then you should begin here. ...
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The Cambridge Illustrated History of China (Cambridge Illustrated Histories)
Patricia Buckley Ebrey
Cambridge University Press, 1999
An interesting perspective on Chinese history
I'm a Chinese living in China. Because of politicized history accounts in China after 1949 I have little interest in official history books in Chinese. But I like this book very much; for me it provides a totally new perspective on the evolution of our culture, peoples ...
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Critical Thinking
Alec Fisher
Cambridge University Press, 2001
Raise your intelligence with this book
Raise your intelligence with this book; the first few chapters will enable the reader to approach information absorbtion likely in a way they perhaps never considered. For others it will confirm their approach to open and thoughtful listening, and go forward with the ...
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Grammar in Use Intermediate With answers: Self-study Reference and Practice for Students of English (Grammar ...
Raymond Murphy, William R. Smalzer
Cambridge University Press, 2000
ESL revisited...
Students love this book and so do I as their teacher in English as a Second Language or ESL in the El Paso TX area. This puts the polish on the vocabulary, comprehension, pronunciation, and confidence I attempt to instil in my students...the answers are in the back ...
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The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World
Bjorn Lomborg
Cambridge University Press, 2001
The Most Thoughtful Book on the Environment in Print
The Skeptical Environmentalist is a wonderful book. In today's environmental debates, this is a work without peer. Nowhere else can a person obtain a truly focused and non-biased view (at least as non-biased as a person can be) on the future of our planet and how to ...
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