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  • Wings Over Somerset

    Aircraft Crashes since the End of World War II

    by Peter Forrester ...
    One evening as he made his way to a local church social in the village hall during the 1950s, a loud crack shook the ground and the night sky turned to an orange glow, lighting the way for him. Shrugging his shoulders, the author made his way through the village, and in the distance he heard an explosion as a jet aircraft hit the ground. It was a common enough occurrence in the village of Ilton; ... Read more

    $10.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Aircraft Aerodynamic Design

    Geometry and Optimization

    by András Sóbester, Alexander I. J. Forrester, Peter Belobaba, Jonathan Cooper, Allan Seabridge ...
    Series series Aerospace Series
    Optimal aircraft design is impossible without a parametric representation of the geometry of the airframe. We need a mathematical model equipped with a set of controls, or design variables, which generates different candidate airframe shapes in response to changes in the values of these variables. This model's objectives are to be flexible and concise, and capable of yielding a wide range of ... Read more

    $99.00 USD

  • Progress on the Study of the Ginibre Ensembles

    by Sung-Soo Byun, Peter J. Forrester ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    This open access book focuses on the Ginibre ensembles that are non-Hermitian random matrices proposed by Ginibre in 1965. Since that time, they have enjoyed prominence within random matrix theory, featuring, for example, the first book on the subject written by Mehta in 1967. Their status has been consolidated and extended over the following years, as more applications have come to light, and the ... Read more

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  • The Essence of Catholicism

    Religious Commitment within the Bounds of Humanism

    by Professor Peter Forrest ...
    Peter Forrest argues that Essential Catholicism is the one and only religion to which reasonable humanists could commit. Drawing onImmanuel Kant's Religion within the Bounds of Bare Reason and Ludwig Feuerbach's The Essence of Christianity, he provides an in-depth philosophical investigation into the synthesis of Catholicism and the Enlightenment.In this nuanced study humanity and divinity are two ... Read more

    $93.19 USD

  • Intellectual, Humanist and Religious Commitment

    Acts of Assent

    by Professor Peter Forrest ...
    This book offers a rigorous analysis of why commitment matters and the challenges it presents to a range of believers.Peter Forrest treats commitment as a response to lost innocence. He considers the intellectual consequences of this by demonstrating why, for example, we should not believe in angels. He then explores why humans are attached to reason and to humanism, recognising the different ... Read more

    $36.49 USD

  • Reality and Humean Supervenience

    Essays on the Philosophy of David Lewis

    by Gerhard Preyer, Frank Siebelt, D M. Armstrong, Jonathan Bennett, John Bigelow, Daniel Bonevac, Phillip Bricker, Peter Forrest, Terence Horgan, Harold W. Noonan, Paul Teller, Michael Tye ...
    Series series Studies in Epistemology and Cognitive Theory
    If asked what Humeanism could mean today, there is no other philosopher to turn to whose work covers such a wide range of topics from a unified Humean perspective as that of David Lewis. The core of Lewis's many contributions to philosophy, including his work in philosophical ontology, intensional logic and semantics, probability and decision theory, topics within philosophy of science as well as ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery

    Clinical Questions and Answers

    by Forrest "Dell" Moore, Peter M. Rhee, Carlos J. Rodriguez ...
    Surgical Critical Care and Emergency SurgeryIn this newly revised edition of Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery, a distinguished team of emergency surgeons deliver a one-of-a-kind question-and-answer book on the growing specialty of surgical critical care and acute surgery, ideal for those caring for the critically ill and injured surgical patient.This book reviews surgical critical care ... Read more

    $82.00 USD

  • The Antipodean Philosopher

    Public Lectures on Philosophy in Australia and New Zealand, Volume 1

    by John Bigelow, Raymond D. Bradley, Andrew Brennan, James Franklin, Karen Green, Russell Grigg, Matthew Sharpe, Jeanette Kennett, Neil Levy, Gary Malinas, Chris Mortensen, Robert Nola, Charles R. Pidgen, Val Plumwood, Greg Restall, Paul Thom, Paul Patton, Jack Reynolds, Michelle Boulous Walker, Tony Coady, Peter Forrest, Catriona Mackenzie, Graham Priest ...
    Philosophy in both Australia and New Zealand has been has been experiencing, for some time now, something of a 'golden age', exercising an influence in the global arena that is disproportionate to the population of the two countries. To capture the distinctive and internationally recognised contributions Australasian philosophers have made to their discipline, a series of public talks by leading ... Read more

    $121.49 USD

  • Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery

    Clinical Questions and Answers

    Edited by Samuel A. Tisherman, Gerard J. Fulda, Peter M. Rhee, Forrest O. Moore ...
    This is a unique question-and-answer book for surgical residents and trainees, concentrating on the growing subspecialty of surgery in critical care and emergency surgery. This book covers all surgical aspects of critical care and acute or emergency surgery, making it an ideal learning and review text for surgical trainees and those professionals specializing in these fields. ... Read more

    $99.75 USD

  • The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars: Volume 3, Experience, Culture and Memory

    Edited by Alan Forrest, Peter Hicks ...
    Series series The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars
    Volume III of the Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars moves away from the battlefield to explore broader questions of society and culture. Leading scholars from around the globe show how the conflict left its mark on virtually every aspect of society. They reflect on the experience of the soldiers who fought in them, examining such matters as military morale, ideas of honour and masculinity, ... Read more

    $132.89 USD

  • Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery

    Clinical Questions and Answers

    Edited by Gerard J. Fulda, Peter M. Rhee, Forrest O. Moore ...
    A unique question-and-answer book for surgical residents and trainees that covers all surgical aspects of critical care and acute or emergency medicineThis is a comprehensive, one-of-a-kind question-and-answer text for medical professionals and apprentices concentrating on the growing subspecialty of surgery in critical care and emergency surgery. Covering all surgical aspects of critical care and ... Read more

    $66.00 USD

  • The Way it Was

    A History of the Early Days of the Margaret River Wine Industry

    by Peter Forrestal, Ray Jordan ...
    Shortlisted for Best Wine Book for the 2018 Wine Communicator of the Year Awards.TheMargaret River region of Australia's south-west is internationally renowned forits award-winning wines. There are nowmore than 200 wineries, predominantly boutique style, in the region, producingmore than 20% of Australia's premium wine market.The Way It Was tells the story of the early days of theregion's wine ... Read more

    $14.79 USD